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Texas Legislature

Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored

Sen. Joan Huffman
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/2/2026

Number of Bills: 54

Sponsor (54):
Author:
Bonnen
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
General Appropriations Bill.
Author:
Goldman | Thimesch | Harless | Cook | Lujan
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/17/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the designation of fentanyl poisoning or fentanyl toxicity for purposes of the death certificate and to the criminal penalties for certain controlled substance offenses; increasing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Ashby | Hunter | Hernandez | Bonnen | Longoria
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/09/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services.
Author:
Cook | Moody | Leach | Metcalf | Burrows
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/07/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys.
Author:
Patterson | Buckley | Cook | Raymond | Shine
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to benefits for certain members of the Texas military forces and survivors of members of the Texas military forces.
Author:
Howard | Button | Neave Criado | Thierry | Leach
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/10/2023 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain family care items.
Author:
Shaheen | Holland | Harris, Caroline | Patterson | Button
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/10/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the sale of fireworks before and during the Diwali holiday.
Author:
Vasut
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/10/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the provision of lifeguards by certain municipalities and counties on public beaches.
Author:
Darby
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the Texas House of Representatives.
Author:
Holland
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for certain medication-assisted treatments for opioid or substance use disorder.
Author:
Hull | Herrero
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to changing the eligibility for mandatory supervision of an inmate serving a sentence for or previously convicted of certain assaults.
Author:
Bonnen | Walle | Thompson, Ed | Paul
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the administration and investment of, and distribution and use of money from, certain constitutional and statutory funds to support general academic teaching institutions in achieving national prominence as major research universities and driving the state economy.
Author:
Neave Criado | Cook | Collier
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the statute of limitations for certain burglary offenses.
Author:
Guillen | Plesa
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/25/2023 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to the unlawful acquisition of certain weapons; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Morrison
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.
Author:
Guillen | Noble | Plesa
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children.
Author:
Leach
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/26/2023 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to the compensation and retirement benefits of certain elected state officials.
Author:
Hull
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the duties of a justice of the peace, medical examiner, or other investigator regarding the bodies of unidentified deceased persons and to the control by certain persons of the disposition of a deceased person's remains.
Author:
Bonnen
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/24/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the amount of the fee imposed on certain sexually oriented businesses that is allocated to the sexual assault program fund and the allocation of certain other revenue to that fund; increasing the amount of a fee.
Author:
Bonnen | Paul | Anderson | Morales, Eddie
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Space Commission and the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium.
Author:
Jetton
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/28/2023 H Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
Caption:
Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and the legislature.
Author:
Bonnen
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the dedication and rededication of revenue and allocation of accrued interest on dedicated revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes.
Author:
Vasut
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture.
Author:
Walle
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to notice requirements for a leased dwelling located in a floodplain.
Author:
Jones, Jolanda
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/24/2023 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the automatic expunction of arrest records and files after certain controlled substance offense charges are dismissed.
Author:
Bucy | Harris, Cody | Garcia | Frank | Ashby
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/10/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a supply of luggage by the Department of Family and Protective Services for the transport of the personal belongings of a foster child.
Author:
Bonnen
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations.
Author:
Goldman | Ashby | Hunter | Morrison | Collier
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/10/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the criteria for media production development zone recognition.
Author:
DeAyala
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/10/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the inclusion of a property in a conservation district by certain municipalities.
Author:
DeAyala
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the suspension of a money judgment pending appeal in a civil action.
Author:
Vasut
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/11/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to eligible coastal municipalities for purposes of the municipal hotel occupancy tax.
Author:
Goldman | Ashby | Hunter | Morrison | Collier
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to qualifications for participation in the moving image industry incentive program.
Author:
Darby
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/12/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the application of statutes that classify political subdivisions according to population.
Author:
Goldman
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the duties of law enforcement agencies, crime laboratories, and the Department of Public Safety following the performance of certain DNA profile comparisons.
Author:
Morrison
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to taxing authority of Jackson County County-Wide Drainage District.
Author:
Holland | Guillen | Harless | Frazier
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/28/2023 H Motion withdrawn
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, to certain consequences on conviction of certain of those offenses, and to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony.
Author:
Bonnen | Capriglione | Jetton
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/09/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium.
Author:
Gates
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 252; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Vasut | Thompson, Ed
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of Port Freeport; limiting the authority of certain municipalities to regulate land use by Port Freeport; and the creation of a reinvestment zone containing property owned by Port Freeport.
Author:
Kitzman
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/11/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Wharton County Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Kitzman
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/11/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 57; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Schofield
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of The Grand Prairie Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Kitzman
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/11/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 55; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Author:
Paul | Thompson, Ed | Cain
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/10/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the board of directors and duties of the Gulf Coast Protection District.
Author:
Vasut
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
04/06/2023 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Congratulating Christopher McLeod of Brazoswood High School on his selection as the 2023 Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year.
Author:
Vasut
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
04/06/2023 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Congratulating the 2022 Goddard Rocket Team from Brazoswood High School on setting a world record for flight altitude.
Author:
Vasut
Sponsor:
Huffman | Middleton
Last Action:
04/06/2023 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Honoring Wayne A. Shaw for establishing Brazoria County Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Vasut
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
04/06/2023 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Congratulating the Brazoswood High School boys' and girls' water polo teams on their performances at the 2022 state tournament.
Author:
Vasut
Sponsor:
Huffman | Middleton
Last Action:
04/14/2023 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of the Honorable James Ray Gayle III of Angleton.
Author:
Vasut
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Commemorating the dedication of the Battle of Velasco Memorial Monument.
Author:
Vasut
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of Arch Hartwell Aplin Jr.
Author:
Bonnen | Capriglione | Burns
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/30/2023 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the 88th Legislature to provide a cost-of-living adjustment to certain annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Bonnen
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/30/2023 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the Texas University Fund, which provides funding to certain institutions of higher education to achieve national prominence as major research universities and drive the state economy.
Author:
Ashby
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/30/2023 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the broadband infrastructure fund to expand high-speed broadband access and assist in the financing of connectivity projects.
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