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Texas Legislature

Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored

Sen. Paul Bettencourt
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/6/2026

Number of Bills: 36

Sponsor (36):
Author:
Harris, Cody | Toth
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to third-party review of plats and property development plans, permits, and similar documents, and the inspection of an improvement related to such a document.
Author:
Landgraf
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/16/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the procedure by which a taxing unit is required to provide public notice of certain ad valorem tax-related information.
Author:
Swanson | Smith
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to establishing a pilot program for recording ballot counting activity.
Author:
Jetton | Bhojani | González, Jessica | Shaheen | Thierry
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/24/2023 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of trafficking of persons.
Author:
Thompson, Ed
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/23/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to municipal annexation of certain rights-of-way.
Author:
Bell, Keith | King, Ken | Buckley | Shaheen | Morales, Eddie
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/26/2023 S Returned from the House for further action
Caption:
Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Button | Guillen | Turner | Lopez, Janie | Bumgarner
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/27/2023 E Effective on 1/1/24
Caption:
Relating to the creation and maintenance by an appraisal district of a publicly available Internet database of information regarding protest hearings conducted by the appraisal review board established for the district.
Author:
Spiller | Garcia
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the use of expert testimony in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Author:
Metcalf | Herrero | Lopez, Janie | Spiller
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of possession or promotion of child pornography.
Author:
Hernandez
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/02/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the public sale of real property taken in execution of a judgment.
Author:
Campos | Morales, Eddie | Garcia
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the expiration of a protective order when the subject of the protective order is confined or imprisoned.
Author:
Campos | Bernal | Garcia | Morales Shaw
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of harassment.
Author:
Johnson, Ann | Plesa | Morales, Eddie | Frazier
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/07/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal conduct involving a reckless driving exhibition or racing on a highway and to the forfeiture of contraband as a result of a reckless driving exhibition.
Author:
Dutton | Toth | Schatzline | Burns
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/24/2023 E Effective on 1/1/24
Caption:
Relating to periodic reauthorization of municipal building permit fees.
Author:
Jetton | Harris, Cody | DeAyala | Cortez | Lozano
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to certain public facilities, including public facilities used to provide affordable housing.
Author:
Kacal | Bailes | Morales, Eddie
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/15/2023 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain nonprofit wildlife conservation associations.
Author:
Rosenthal | Orr
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the adoption and amendment of an annual budget by certain emergency services districts.
Author:
Oliverson | Morales, Eddie | Bell, Keith
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/15/2023 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to venue in certain actions involving a contract for an improvement to real property.
Author:
Paul | Tepper
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the distribution, posting, or provision of information regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities and to the confidentiality of certain information relating to persons provided assistance in accessing postsecondary education.
Author:
Thierry
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective on 1/1/24
Caption:
Relating to public notice of the availability on the Internet of property-tax-related information.
Author:
Oliverson
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/02/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the dissolution of the Green Tree Park Municipal Utility District.
Author:
Button | Shine | Noble | Turner | Neave Criado
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/18/2023 S Posting rule suspended
Caption:
Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes.
Author:
Cain
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the election of the entire governing body of a municipality following each apportionment.
Author:
Wilson
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to county regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats.
Author:
Wilson
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to municipal regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats.
Author:
Troxclair | Burrows | Bonnen | Raymond | Meyer
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/26/2023 S Returned from the House for further action
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of bonds by certain local government corporations.
Author:
Goldman | Tepper
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the purposes for which a municipality or county may issue an anticipation note or certificate of obligation.
Author:
Schofield
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/14/2023 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the determination and reporting of the number of residence homesteads of elderly or disabled persons that are subject to the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the properties by school districts.
Author:
Allison | Lujan
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/18/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to including digital teaching in the micro-credential certification program for public school educator continuing education.
Author:
Button | Burrows | Schaefer | Canales | Dutton
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/28/2023 S Returned from the House for further action
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Grant Program.
Author:
Harris, Cody
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective on 1/1/24
Caption:
Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a school district.
Author:
Harris, Cody | Shaheen | Cook
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to employment and retirement consequences for an educator convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor.
Author:
Schofield
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to a study of the financing of regional facilities that convert groundwater to surface water.
Author:
DeAyala | Thimesch | Isaac
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/18/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the partial count of electronic voting system ballots.
Author:
Harless
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Cypress Creek Drainage Improvement District.
Author:
Wilson
Sponsor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 3699.
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