Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Steve Toth
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/28/2025

Number of Bills: 95

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (91) :
Author:
Toth | Capriglione | Wilson
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Last Action:
03/22/2025 S House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
Caption:
Relating to a public school classroom safety review and referral program for students who engage in violent criminal conduct; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/04/2025 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Relating to professional liability insurance coverage for and prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Public Health: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to professional liability insurance coverage for and prohibitions on providing to certain children procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
04/12/2023 H Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to an employee's right to privacy of personal health information; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Elections: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to identification of early voting ballots voted by mail by electronic code.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Public Health: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to in-person visitation with hospital patients during certain periods of disaster.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Elections: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to a requirement that an election for a member of a board of trustees of an independent school district is partisan.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to the limitations period for certain criminal offenses involving dating, household, or other family violence.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/20/2023 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Relating to requirements for the physical presence of a borrower for signing certain documents related to a home equity loan.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Ways & Means: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, and related school finance reform; imposing taxes.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Public Health: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to required submission of vaccine injury reports to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Ways & Means: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/07/2023 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the death penalty for a defendant whose conviction is based solely on certain evidence.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to a district or county attorney participating as counsel in certain proceedings in federal court.
Author:
Toth | Noble
Last Action:
07/19/2024 H Reported engrossed: Jul 19 2024 9:00AM
Caption:
Relating to notice regarding certain benefits for which a representative payee or fiduciary has been appointed for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Public Education: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to requiring the disclosure of certain information regarding public school teaching materials and activities.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Public Health: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to a study on the prevalence of the use of psychoactive or psychotropic medication by persons who have committed suicide.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Elections: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Public Education: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to parental rights in education.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to Public Health: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to access to certain investigational drugs, biological products, treatments, and devices by patients.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting financial institutions and other businesses from using value-based criteria.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/01/2023 H Referred to Transportation: Mar 1 2023 11:49AM
Caption:
Relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane to pass certain vehicles.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/02/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 2 2023 3:47PM
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition on contracts with certain companies that use certain environmental, social, and governance criteria.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/02/2023 H Referred to Transportation: Mar 2 2023 3:47PM
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain counties.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/02/2023 H Referred to County Affairs: Mar 2 2023 3:47PM
Caption:
Relating to the dates a retail fireworks permit holder may sell fireworks to the public.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/03/2023 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 3 2023 1:58PM
Caption:
Relating to municipal release of extraterritorial jurisdiction and disannexation involving certain areas.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/03/2023 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 3 2023 1:58PM
Caption:
Relating to a student's eligibility for special education services provided by a school district, including services for dyslexia and related disorders.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/03/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 3 2023 1:58PM
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating gas stove usage within the State of Texas.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/03/2023 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 3 2023 1:58PM
Caption:
Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting certain instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; authorizing a civil penalty.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/07/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 7 2023 12:31PM
Caption:
Relating to a right of access to certain information after a lapse of time.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/07/2023 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Mar 7 2023 12:31PM
Caption:
Relating to liability for the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Toth | Anderson
Last Action:
03/29/2023 H Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/09/2023 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 9 2023 2:44PM
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of an empowerment scholarship account program.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/13/2023 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 13 2023 3:37PM
Caption:
Relating to state savings achieved through a budget savings program administered by the comptroller of public accounts making an appropriation of a portion of those savings.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/13/2023 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 13 2023 3:37PM
Caption:
Relating to the time for issuance of a municipal building permit.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/13/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 13 2023 3:37PM
Caption:
Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/13/2023 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 13 2023 3:37PM
Caption:
Relating to the creation and administration of the Rural Parents Protection Plan Grant Program.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/13/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 13 2023 3:37PM
Caption:
Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs and duties of Internet service providers; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a private civil right of action.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/13/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 13 2023 3:37PM
Caption:
Relating to requirements regarding certain student resources provided to public and private school students by a public or private primary or secondary school, institution of higher education, state agency, or public library.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/14/2023 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services: Mar 14 2023 11:22AM
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting discrimination by financial institutions against lawful companies and businesses in the firearms and ammunition industry.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/27/2023 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the duties of a birthing facility conducting newborn screening tests; creating an administrative and civil penalty.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/16/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 16 2023 11:39AM
Caption:
Relating to the citizenship status of and the form of birth certificates for certain children born in this state.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/29/2023 H Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to the time for the issuance of municipal building permits.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/20/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption:
Relating to requiring state contractors, political subdivisions of this state, and private employers to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/20/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption:
Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/20/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption:
Relating to cooperation with other states to maintain voter registration lists.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/20/2023 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption:
Relating to a student's eligibility for special education services provided by a school district, including services for dyslexia and related disorders.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/21/2023 H Referred to Natural Resources: Mar 21 2023 12:28PM
Caption:
Relating to the removal from office of a member of the board of directors of certain special purpose districts.
Author:
Toth | Anderson
Last Action:
03/21/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 21 2023 12:28PM
Caption:
Relating to conduct constituting the criminal offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/21/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 21 2023 12:28PM
Caption:
Relating to the abolishment of the State Energy Conservation Office and the transfer of its functions to the comptroller.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/21/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 21 2023 12:28PM
Caption:
Relating to a cause of action for drag performances performed in the presence of a minor.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/22/2023 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption:
Relating to the authority of an individual, before purchasing real property to be used as the individual's residence homestead, to request from the chief appraiser of the applicable appraisal district a preliminary determination of whether the property would qualify for a disabled veteran exemption if purchased by the individual and used for that purpose.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/22/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption:
Relating to the public inspection of election records.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/22/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption:
Relating to the use of paper ballots and certain electronic devices in conducting an election.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/22/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption:
Relating to the disposition of certain election records.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/22/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption:
Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute certain criminal offenses.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/22/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption:
Relating to the process of canvassing elections.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/22/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption:
Relating to the procedure for closing a polling place.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/22/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption:
Relating to the security of election systems.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/22/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption:
Relating to unlawful altering of election procedures.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/22/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 22 2023 11:54AM
Caption:
Relating to the systems used in a central counting station.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/23/2023 H Referred to Youth Health & Safety, Select: Mar 23 2023 12:03PM
Caption:
Relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public schools, including measures related to certain student records and conduct.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/23/2023 H Referred to Higher Education: Mar 23 2023 12:03PM
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from requiring diversity training as a condition for enrollment or registration.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/23/2023 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Mar 23 2023 12:03PM
Caption:
Relating to conduct of and complaints against current and former judges.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/23/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 23 2023 12:03PM
Caption:
Relating to prohibited governmental entity implementation or enforcement of a vaccine mandate, mask requirement, or private business or school closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/23/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 23 2023 12:03PM
Caption:
Relating to the posting of an application for a place on the ballot in certain elections on an election authority's internet website.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/23/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 23 2023 12:03PM
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/23/2023 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 23 2023 12:03PM
Caption:
Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district, an adjustment in the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in the exemption amount, and the protection of school districts against the billing loss in local revenue.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the technology applications curriculum for public school students.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to creating a program to designate historic sites in counties.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to creating a program to designate historic sites in this state.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; authorizing a penalty, increasing a penalty.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using a bathroom or changing facility in a public school; authorizing a civil penalty, authorizing a private civil right of action.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using a bathroom or changing facility in a public school.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to certain hospitals and their treatment of mental health.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting discrimination by financial institutions against lawful companies and businesses in the firearms and ammunition industry.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the creation of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials and to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting discrimination by financial institutions against lawful companies and businesses in the oil and gas industry.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to the interstate voter registration crosscheck program.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to a public school policy regarding multi-occupancy bathrooms or changing facilities.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Elections: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to death records maintained and provided by the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of breach of computer security.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from foreign nation.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/24/2023 H Referred to Urban Affairs: Mar 24 2023 2:34PM
Caption:
Relating to the creation and operation of a development zone by and the tax revenue received by The Woodlands Township; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and taxes.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/13/2023 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 13 2023 3:37PM
Caption:
Urging Congress to repeal the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
02/28/2023 H Referred to Ways & Means: Feb 28 2023 4:13PM
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide that the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes for the first tax year that the owner of the property qualifies the property for a residence homestead exemption is the market value of the property and that, if the owner purchased the property, the purchase price of the property is considered to be the market value of the property for that tax year and to limit increases in the appraised value of the homestead for subsequent tax years based on the inflation rate.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
01/17/2025 S House recommits to conf. comm.-reported
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for exceptions to the requirement that a home equity loan be closed only at the office of the lender, an attorney at law, or a title company.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/13/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 13 2023 3:37PM
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment recognizing the right of an individual to refuse a vaccination.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/08/2023 H Reported enrolled: Mar 8 2023 2:54PM
Caption:
Recognizing Chad Robichaux for his work with Save Our Allies.
Author:
Toth
Last Action:
03/13/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 13 2023 3:37PM
Caption:
Recognizing BIZPAC.us and its founder and executive chairman, Joseph L. Trahan.
Joint Author (4) :
Author:
Swanson | Cook | Frazier | Toth | Leo-Wilson
Last Action:
02/04/2025 H Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision for certain repeat intoxication offenders.
Author:
Oliverson | Klick | Metcalf | Toth
Last Action:
03/28/2023 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments.
Author:
Moody | Toth
Last Action:
03/09/2023 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 9 2023 2:44PM
Caption:
Relating to taking a blood specimen from the body of a deceased person during an inquest.
Author:
Metcalf | Bell, Cecil | Toth | Bailes
Last Action:
02/14/2023 H Reported enrolled: Feb 14 2023 7:17PM
Caption:
Recognizing February 14, 2023, as Montgomery County Day at the State Capitol.
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