Texas Legislature
Bills Cosponsored
Sen. Phil King
89th Legislature Second Called Session
Report Date: 9/4/2025

Number of Bills: 10

HB 1 Author: Darby | King | Meyer | DeAyala | McQueeney
Sponsor: Perry
Cosponsor: King | Zaffirini | Johnson | Blanco | West | et al.
Last Action: 09/04/2025 S Signed in the Senate
Caption: Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.

HB 7 Author: Leach | Hickland | Troxclair | Pierson | Metcalf
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: King | Campbell | Middleton | Hinojosa, Adam | Bettencourt | et al.
Last Action: 09/03/2025 S Signed in the Senate
Caption: Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions.

HB 8 Author: Buckley | Bell, Keith | Metcalf | Landgraf | Wilson
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Cosponsor: King | Birdwell | Hall | Perry | Kolkhorst | et al.
Last Action: 09/03/2025 S Signed in the Senate
Caption: Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.

HB 16 Author: Leach | Wilson | Morales, Eddie | Dyson | LaHood
Sponsor: Hughes
Cosponsor: Zaffirini | King | Hinojosa, Adam | Bettencourt | Sparks | et al.
Last Action: 08/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, jurors, and the special prosecution unit; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.

HB 18 Author: Shaheen | Gerdes | Swanson
Sponsor: Hinojosa, Adam
Cosponsor: King | Middleton
Last Action: 09/04/2025 S Signed in the Senate
Caption: Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and certain political committees during certain periods in which a member is absent from a legislative session; authorizing a civil penalty.

HB 20 Author: Darby | Louderback | Martinez | Barry | McQueeney
Sponsor: Perry
Cosponsor: King | Zaffirini | Johnson | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action: 09/04/2025 S Signed in the Senate
Caption: Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 23 Author: Harless | Oliverson | Swanson | Hull | Ashby
Sponsor: Bettencourt
Cosponsor: King | Campbell
Last Action: 08/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the community.

HB 25 Author: Shofner | Harris | Wilson | Pierson | Virdell
Sponsor: Hall
Cosponsor: Sparks | Schwertner | Perry | Paxton | Parker | et al.
Last Action: 08/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription.

HB 27 Author: Harris | Ashby | Alders | Hefner | Gerdes
Sponsor: Nichols
Cosponsor: King | Campbell | Hughes
Last Action: 09/03/2025 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption: Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or permit amendments by the district.

HCR 13 Author: Guillen | Kitzman | McLaughlin | Holt | Cook
Sponsor: Perry
Cosponsor: Blanco | Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Adam | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Hughes | et al.
Last Action: 09/03/2025 S Signed in the Senate
Caption: Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm in Texas.

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