Texas Legislature
Bills Cosponsored
Sen. José Menéndez
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 6/6/2025

Number of Bills: 29

HB 2 Author: Buckley | Bernal | Guillen
Sponsor: Creighton
Cosponsor: Bettencourt | West | Paxton | Blanco | Hagenbuch | et al.
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to public education and public school finance.

HB 33 Author: McLaughlin | Guillen | Moody | Leo Wilson | Louderback
Sponsor: Flores
Cosponsor: Miles | West | Bettencourt | Blanco | Hagenbuch | et al.
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies.

HB 35 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: West
Cosponsor: Blanco | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Menéndez
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to a peer support network for first responders.

HB 46 Author: King | Moody | Oliverson | Plesa | Lalani
Sponsor: Perry
Cosponsor: Blanco | Menéndez | Campbell | Flores | Alvarado | et al.
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration.

HB 126 Author: Tepper | Ashby | Davis, Aicha
Sponsor: Creighton
Cosponsor: West | Menéndez
Last Action: 06/05/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the compensation and professional representation of prospective student athletes and student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education.

HB 290 Author: Lopez, Ray | Plesa
Sponsor: Hagenbuch
Cosponsor: Menéndez
Last Action: 05/23/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to assistance for tuition and fees at postsecondary educational institutions for certain members of the Texas military forces.

HB 621 Author: Patterson
Sponsor: Hinojosa, Adam
Cosponsor: Kolkhorst | Cook | Menéndez | Eckhardt | Bettencourt
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the assembly, association, and speech of property owners or residents related to governmental officials or candidates for political office.

HB 713 Author: Howard | Johnson
Sponsor: Cook
Cosponsor: Perry | Blanco | Campbell | Alvarado | Johnson | et al.
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

HB 1188 Author: Manuel | Bumgarner | Hinojosa | Frank | Rose
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Cosponsor: Menéndez | Eckhardt
Last Action: 05/29/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the provision of information regarding a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to the parents or guardians of certain special education students.

HB 1393 Author: Metcalf | Ashby | McQueeney | Bucy | Curry
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Cosponsor: Middleton | Alvarado | Menéndez
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to daylight saving time.

HB 1481 Author: Fairly | Patterson | Talarico | Buckley | Johnson
Sponsor: Creighton
Cosponsor: West | Parker | Campbell | Hinojosa, Adam | Sparks | et al.
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices.

HB 1894 Author: Metcalf
Sponsor: Parker
Cosponsor: Hall | West | Blanco | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Menéndez | et al.
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to designating November as Veterans Month.

HB 2310 Author: Ordaz | Buckley | Leo Wilson | Plesa
Sponsor: Parker
Cosponsor: Hinojosa, Adam | Menéndez | Hagenbuch
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to developing a strategic plan for the improvement and expansion of early learning and educational opportunities for young children with disabilities.

HB 2407 Author: Capriglione
Sponsor: Hagenbuch
Cosponsor: Menéndez
Last Action: 05/30/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

HB 2692 Author: Guillen
Sponsor: Perry
Cosponsor: Menéndez
Last Action: 05/29/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the San Antonio River Authority.

HB 2703 Author: Raymond | Bell, Cecil | Hunter | Hinojosa | Bryant
Sponsor: Hall
Cosponsor: Hinojosa, Adam | Bettencourt | Flores | Hagenbuch | Sparks | et al.
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to designating July as American Patriotism Month.

HB 2730 Author: Darby | Noble | Landgraf | Raymond | Metcalf
Sponsor: Parker
Cosponsor: Menéndez | Kolkhorst
Last Action: 05/24/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district to require a person allowed an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead to file a new application or confirm the person's current qualification for the exemption.

HB 2756 Author: Thompson | Ward Johnson
Sponsor: Huffman
Cosponsor: Cook | Menéndez | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Blanco
Last Action: 05/26/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to training on de-escalation, crisis intervention, and behavioral health for correctional officers and certain other employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 3073 Author: Howard | Troxclair | Johnson | Cook | Collier
Sponsor: Paxton
Cosponsor: Zaffirini | Eckhardt | Hagenbuch | Alvarado | Menéndez
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.

HB 3133 Author: Bhojani | Button | Talarico | Harris Davila | Fairly
Sponsor: Huffman
Cosponsor: Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Menéndez
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to user reports of explicit deep fake material on social media platforms.

HB 3372 Author: Metcalf | Leo Wilson
Sponsor: Middleton
Cosponsor: Hinojosa, Adam | Creighton | Menéndez
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to prohibiting certain personal services performed by school district administrators; providing a civil penalty.

HB 3376 Author: Capriglione
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Cosponsor: West | Blanco | Menéndez
Last Action: 05/22/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to training on Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and related disorders for certain guardians.

HB 3464 Author: Meza | Lalani
Sponsor: West
Cosponsor: Campbell | Menéndez | Blanco | Miles
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: 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.

HB 3940 Author: Johnson | Orr | Oliverson | Hull | Garcia, Linda
Sponsor: Paxton
Cosponsor: Blanco | Cook | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Menéndez | Alvarado
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid benefits in relation to newborn children.

HB 4099 Author: Harris Davila | Harris | Vasut | Gervin-Hawkins | Thompson
Sponsor: Perry
Cosponsor: Blanco | Menéndez
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the treatment of a patient by a physical therapist without a referral.

HB 4623 Author: Little | Dutton | Leo Wilson
Sponsor: Paxton
Cosponsor: Hagenbuch | Middleton | Campbell | Hall | King | et al.
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for sexual misconduct involving students.

HB 5323 Author: King
Sponsor: Hancock
Cosponsor: Menéndez | Eckhardt
Last Action: 05/31/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Waste Advisory Committee.

HCR 157 Author: Hunter
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Cosponsor: Menéndez
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Designating Rockport as the official Redfish Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HJR 7 Author: Harris | Hunter | Martinez | Kitzman | Metcalf
Sponsor: Perry
Cosponsor: Alvarado | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Birdwell | Kolkhorst | Hancock | et al.
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of the revenue derived from state sales and use taxes to the Texas water fund and to provide for the allocation and use of that revenue.

Texas Legislature Online - Report