Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Tan Parker
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 5/16/2024

Number of Bills: 42

SB 2 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Creighton | Flores | Huffman | King | et al.
Last Action: 04/10/2023 H Referred to Elections: Apr 10 2023 3:28PM
Caption: Relating to conduct constituting the criminal offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty.

SB 11 Author: Nichols
Coauthor: Blanco | Creighton | Eckhardt | Flores | Hancock | et al.
Sponsor: King, Ken
Last Action: 05/23/2023 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public schools, including measures related to the health and safety of public school students and active shooter training for certain peace officers.

SB 22 Author: Springer | Blanco | Creighton | Eckhardt | Hall | et al.
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Flores | Hughes | Nichols | et al.
Sponsor: Guillen | Gerdes
Last Action: 06/07/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's offices, constable's offices, and prosecutor's offices in rural counties.

SB 23 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 05/02/2023 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole for certain felony offenses in which a firearm is used or exhibited and to certain consequences on conviction of certain offenses.

SB 28 Author: Perry
Coauthor: Blanco | Creighton | Eckhardt | Flores | Hall | et al.
Sponsor: King, Tracy O. | Troxclair | Price | Kacal
Last Action: 06/09/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to financial assistance provided and programs administered by the Texas Water Development Board.

SB 29 Author: Birdwell
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Sponsor: Lozano | Gerdes
Last Action: 06/02/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
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.

SB 129 Author: Springer
Coauthor: Huffman | Kolkhorst | Parker
Sponsor: Meyer
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment for possession or promotion of child pornography; increasing criminal penalties.

SB 200 Author: Eckhardt
Coauthor: Flores | LaMantia | Middleton | Parker | Perry | et al.
Sponsor: Howard
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the period for which an applicant for admission as an undergraduate student to a public institution of higher education is entitled to an academic fresh start.

SB 202 Author: Eckhardt
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 02/15/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to prohibiting an increase in the rent before the end of a lease term of a tenant residing in a development supported with a low income housing tax credit allocation.

SB 224 Author: Alvarado | Whitmire
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | Eckhardt | Flores | et al.
Sponsor: Leach | Hull | Oliverson | Goldman | Walle
Last Action: 05/29/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to catalytic converters, including criminal conduct involving catalytic converters; providing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty; increasing a fee.

SB 249 Author: Hall | Campbell | Perry
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Parker
Last Action: 02/15/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the offense of genital mutilation.

SB 250 Author: Hall | Campbell | Perry
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 04/12/2023 S Committee report printed and distributed: Apr 12 2023 1:09PM
Caption: Relating to the provision of and professional liability insurance coverage for gender transitioning or gender reassignment medical procedures and treatments for certain children.

SB 356 Author: Hall
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 02/15/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for a taxable entity that participates in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program.

SB 361 Author: Eckhardt
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Hall | Nichols | Parker | Springer
Sponsor: Shine
Last Action: 06/16/2023 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of a person employed by a school district as a teacher to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district.

SB 397 Author: Hall
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Parker
Last Action: 04/27/2023 H Referred to Elections: Apr 27 2023 6:39PM
Caption: Relating to the procedures for closing a polling place.

SB 447 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 02/15/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to health benefit coverage for certain fertility preservation services under certain health benefit plans.

SB 467 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Parker | West
Sponsor: Leach
Last Action: 06/14/2023 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment of a motor fuel pump.

SB 478 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Parker
Sponsor: King, Ken
Last Action: 05/29/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the administration of the motorcycle operator training and safety program and requirements for the issuance of certain driver's licenses and commercial driver's licenses; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee.

SB 479 Author: Eckhardt
Coauthor: Parker | Perry | West
Last Action: 02/17/2023 S Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to the exemption from registration fees of certain vehicles used by nonprofit disaster relief organizations.

SB 506 Author: Perry
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 04/24/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Apr 24 2023 7:06PM
Caption: Relating to information required to be reported biennially to the legislature by state agencies that administer state taxes or fees.

SB 625 Author: Campbell
Coauthor: Kolkhorst | Parker
Last Action: 02/17/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
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.

SB 989 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Alvarado | Gutierrez | Parker | Schwertner | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Bonnen | Kacal | King, Ken | Rose | Johnson, Ann
Last Action: 05/29/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain biomarker testing.

SB 1004 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Flores | Hinojosa | Kolkhorst | Parker | West
Sponsor: Herrero | Anchía | Hefner
Last Action: 05/15/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device and to certain consequences on conviction of that offense.

SB 1029 Author: Hall
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Kolkhorst | Parker | et al.
Last Action: 05/06/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: May 6 2023 3:49PM
Caption: Relating to civil liability for, governmental health plan coverage of, and public funding for gender modification procedures and treatments.

SB 1039 Author: Bettencourt | Hughes
Coauthor: Kolkhorst | Parker | Paxton
Sponsor: Toth
Last Action: 05/23/2023 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty.

SB 1281 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Alvarado | Middleton | Miles | Parker | West
Last Action: 04/06/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or failure to satisfy a judgment.

SB 1381 Author: Eckhardt
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Blanco | Flores | Gutierrez | Hall | et al.
Sponsor: Hefner
Last Action: 05/27/2023 E Effective on 1/1/24
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of the surviving spouse of an elderly person who qualified for a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit of a portion of the appraised value of the deceased person's residence homestead to continue to receive an exemption for the same property from the same taxing unit in an amount equal to that of the exemption for which the deceased person qualified without applying for the exemption.

SB 1396 Author: Middleton
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | King | et al.
Last Action: 04/25/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Apr 25 2023 5:13PM
Caption: Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.

SB 1401 Author: Zaffirini | Paxton
Coauthor: Parker
Sponsor: Johnson, Ann
Last Action: 05/24/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault and to certain procedures and reimbursements occurring with respect to a sexual assault or other sex offense.

SB 1562 Author: Hancock | Huffman
Coauthor: Creighton | Hall | Hughes | Kolkhorst | Parker | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2023 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Apr 17 2023 1:42PM
Caption: Relating to creating the criminal offense of child grooming.

SB 1599 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Parker
Sponsor: Bucy
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to ballots voted by mail.

SB 1653 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Parker
Sponsor: Cook | Murr | Goldman | Capriglione | Noble
Last Action: 06/09/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of promotion of prostitution.

SB 1907 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Hall | Kolkhorst | Parker
Last Action: 04/18/2023 H Referred to Elections: Apr 18 2023 7:00PM
Caption: Relating to preparing and delivering precinct election returns; increasing a criminal penalty.

SB 1911 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Creighton | Hall | Parker
Last Action: 05/04/2023 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

SB 1938 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Creighton | Kolkhorst | Parker
Last Action: 04/28/2023 H Referred to Elections: Apr 28 2023 2:39PM
Caption: Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws.

SB 1950 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Birdwell | Hall | Kolkhorst | Middleton | Parker
Last Action: 04/18/2023 H Referred to Elections: Apr 18 2023 7:00PM
Caption: Relating to accepting an early voting ballot voted by mail; creating a criminal offense.

SB 2013 Author: Schwertner | King
Coauthor: Creighton | Kolkhorst | Parker | Paxton
Sponsor: Hunter
Last Action: 06/09/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to access to and the security of certain critical infrastructure.

SB 2334 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 05/08/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a digital currency backed by gold; authorizing a fee.

SB 2464 Author: Hall
Coauthor: Parker
Last Action: 03/23/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to elections.

SCR 29 Author: Creighton
Coauthor: Middleton | Parker | Schwertner
Last Action: 05/11/2023 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Declaring an invasion of the State of Texas by transnational cartel terrorists, urging the governor to accelerate the construction of a wall along the Southern Border, and urging Congress to deploy military forces to combat transnational cartels.

SJR 39 Author: Kolkhorst | Hinojosa
Coauthor: Parker | Springer
Last Action: 03/01/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to legalize wagering in this state on certain sporting events.

SJR 44 Author: Huffman | Hinojosa
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Kolkhorst | Parker | Paxton
Sponsor: Smith
Last Action: 05/23/2023 H Postponed
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under some circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons and requiring a judge or magistrate to impose the least restrictive conditions of bail that may be necessary to ensure the person's appearance in court as required and the safety of the community, law enforcement, and the victim of the alleged offense.

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