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44 Bills17 Critical17 Moderate

Relevant Bills

HB108

Relating to the use of metal or body armor while committing certain offenses; increasing a criminal penalty.

Author: Mihaela PlesaRegular SessionLow
HB166

Relating to committing the criminal offense of endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual by engaging in certain conduct involving a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Author: Giovanni CapriglioneRegular SessionLow
HB272

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information.

Author: Mary PerezRegular SessionLow
HB285

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals.

Author: Claudia Ordaz PerezRegular SessionCritical
HB1465

Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of invasive visual recording and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense.

Author: Hillary HicklandRegular SessionModerate
HB1661

Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

Author: Cody VasutRegular SessionCritical
HB1902

Relating to creating the criminal offense of jugging.

Author: David CookRegular SessionLow
HB2001

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain misuse of official information, including misuse of official information that results in certain net pecuniary gains.

Author: Morgan MeyerRegular SessionCritical
HB2593

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent assault against a disabled or elderly individual.

Author: William MetcalfRegular SessionCritical
HB2761

Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of trafficking of persons, continuous trafficking of persons, and compelling prostitution.

Author: Ann JohnsonRegular SessionLow
HB3073

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.

Author: Donna HowardRegular SessionModerate
HB3425

Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving the unlawful disclosure of a residence address or telephone number.

Author: Giovanni CapriglioneRegular SessionModerate
HB3463

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of theft of service.

Author: Armando WalleRegular SessionModerate
HB3464

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of providing or possessing with the intent to provide an alcoholic beverage, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug to a person in the custody of a correctional facility, taking an alcoholic beverage, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug into a correctional facility, and taking a controlled substance or dangerous drug on property owned, used, or controlled by a correctional facility.

Author: Terry MezaRegular SessionCritical
HB3611

Relating to the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the right-of-way of a public road.

Author: Pat CurryRegular SessionModerate
HB3711

Relating to assistance in the investigation of certain open meetings offenses by the open records division of the attorney general's office.

Author: Giovanni CapriglioneRegular SessionModerate
HB4996

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of refusal to execute the release of a fraudulent lien or claim.

Author: Paul DysonRegular SessionLow
HB5115

Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty.

Author: Matthew ShaheenRegular SessionCritical
SB2

Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.

Author: Charles CreightonRegular SessionCritical
SB20

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.

Author: Peter FloresRegular SessionCritical
SB412

Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.

Author: Mayes MiddletonRegular SessionCritical
SB456

Relating to the purchase or sale of human organs; increasing a criminal penalty.

Author: Mayes MiddletonRegular SessionCritical
SB647

Relating to the filing or recording of documents or instruments conveying or purporting to convey an interest in real or personal property.

Author: Royce WestRegular SessionModerate
SB650

Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages.

Author: Royce WestRegular SessionModerate
SB745

Relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances.

Author: Lois KolkhorstRegular SessionLow
SB826

Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in a school crossing zone while intoxicated; increasing a criminal penalty.

Author: Tan ParkerRegular SessionModerate
SB955

Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons.

Author: Tan ParkerRegular SessionLow
SB1019

Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the adjudication of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or a person with a disability.

Author: Joan HuffmanRegular SessionLow
SB1137

Relating to group home consultant referrals; creating a criminal offense.

Author: Borris MilesRegular SessionCritical
SB1197

Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over a spaceport; creating a criminal offense.

Author: Brian BirdwellRegular SessionModerate
SB1198

Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability.

Author: Brian BirdwellRegular SessionModerate
SB1212

Relating to the prosecution and punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons; increasing a criminal penalty.

Author: Angela PaxtonRegular SessionModerate
SB1220

Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state.

Author: Bryan HughesRegular SessionCritical
SB1281

Relating to certain criminal offenses involving mail or a mail receptacle key or lock; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

Author: Tan ParkerRegular SessionModerate
SB1313

Relating to prohibited signs, logos, and designs in advertising or marketing cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or other tobacco products; creating a criminal offense.

Author: Molly CookRegular SessionCritical
SB1349

Relating to creating the criminal offenses of transnational repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law and to a study and law enforcement training regarding transnational repression.

Author: Bryan HughesRegular SessionModerate
SB1362

Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders; creating a criminal offense.

Author: Bryan HughesRegular SessionCritical
SB1621

Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

Author: Joan HuffmanRegular SessionCritical
SB1806

Relating to the inspection, purchase, sale, possession, storage, transportation, and disposal of petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, and oil and gas waste; creating criminal offenses and increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense.

Author: Kevin SparksRegular SessionCritical
SB1809

Relating to the creation of the offense of fraudulent use, possession, or tampering with a gift card, gift card packaging, or gift card data or redemption information.

Author: Peter FloresRegular SessionModerate
SB2024

Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, offering for sale, or selling certain e-cigarette products; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense.

Author: Charles PerryRegular SessionCritical
SB2167

Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy.

Author: Angela PaxtonRegular SessionModerate
SB2798

Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for certain fraud offenses.

Author: Charles CreightonRegular SessionModerate
SB3031

Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.

Author: Joan HuffmanRegular SessionLow
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