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Texas Legislature

Bills Coauthored

Rep. Trent Ashby
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/27/2026

Number of Bills: 38

Author:
Meyer | Bonnen | Burrows | Thierry | Raymond
Coauthor:
Allison | Anchía | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system and property tax appraisal and administration.
Author:
Burrows | King, Tracy O. | Moody | King, Ken | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
06/14/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the development and implementation of purchases relating to and funding for public school safety and security requirements and the provision of safety-related resources.
Author:
Capriglione | Longoria | Burrows | Meyer
Coauthor:
Allison | Anchía | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty.
Author:
Hunter | Meyer | Burrows | Shine | Longoria
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
06/09/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to agreements authorizing a limitation on taxable value of certain property to provide for the creation of jobs and the generation of state and local tax revenue; authorizing fees; authorizing penalties.
Author:
Guillen | Raymond | Muñoz, Jr. | Morales, Eddie | Lopez, Janie
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Last Action:
05/27/2023 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to measures to address public safety threats in this state presented by transnational criminal activity, including by establishing a Texas Border Force, and to compensate persons affected by those threats; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.
Author:
VanDeaver | Kuempel | Buckley | Bonnen | Longoria
Coauthor:
Allison | Anchía | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Sponsor:
Creighton
Last Action:
06/09/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program.
Author:
King, Ken | Burrows | King, Tracy O. | González, Mary | Buckley
Coauthor:
Allison | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2023 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to training, preparedness, and funding for school safety and emergencies in public schools.
Author:
Slawson | Patterson | González, Mary | Burrows | Darby
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services and electronic devices, including the use and transfer of electronic devices to students by a public school.
Author:
Murr | Leach | Landgraf | Meyer | Lujan
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/09/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a specialty trial court to hear certain cases; authorizing fees.
Author:
Swanson | Slawson | Klick | Bonnen | Oliverson
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action:
02/23/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 23 2023 4:39PM
Caption:
Relating to participation in athletic activities based on biological sex; providing a civil right to action for K-12 athletes and college athletes.
Author:
Spiller | Hefner | Clardy | Cook
Coauthor:
Ashby | Bailes | Bumgarner | Cain | Dean | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2023 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to an interstate compact for border security, including building a border wall and sharing state intelligence and resources.
Author:
Patterson | Buckley | Cook | Raymond | Shine
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
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:
Bonnen | Burns | Capriglione
Coauthor:
Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Keith | Buckley | Button | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2023 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Gates | Bonnen | Oliverson | Moody | Lalani
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2023 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a bundled-pricing program to reduce certain health care costs in the state employees group benefits program.
Author:
Vo | Garcia | Neave Criado | Geren | Guillen
Coauthor:
Allen | Anderson | Ashby | Button | Campos | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2023 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the licensing of certain veterans by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those veterans by political subdivisions.
Author:
Hefner | Spiller | Murr | Leach | Goldman
Coauthor:
Ashby | Bumgarner | Clardy | Cook | Darby | et al.
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Gerdes | Bailes | Kitzman | Holland | Murr
Coauthor:
Ashby | Bumgarner | Cain | Frazier | Guillen | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a rural county law enforcement grant program.
Author:
Shine | Martinez Fischer | Kuempel | Ordaz | Slawson
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchía | Anderson | Ashby | et al.
Sponsor:
Flores
Last Action:
05/25/2023 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans.
Author:
Oliverson | Klick | Metcalf | Toth | Geren
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action:
04/14/2023 H Reported favorably as substituted
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.
Author:
Buckley | Oliverson | Cook | Gerdes | Noble
Coauthor:
Ashby | Bailes | Bonnen | Bryant | Bumgarner | et al.
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/14/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to the relationship between managed care plans and optometrists and therapeutic optometrists.
Author:
Harris, Caroline | Klick | Frank | Campos | Collier
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2023 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Burrows | Meyer | Goldman | King, Ken | Raymond
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Keith | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor:
Creighton
Last Action:
06/14/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption:
Relating to state preemption of and the effect of certain state or federal law on certain municipal and county regulation.
Author:
Rogers | Price | Spiller | King, Ken | Patterson
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Johnson
Last Action:
05/19/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to light pollution mitigation for wind turbine generators.
Author:
Gates | Harris, Cody | Burrows | Canales | Allen
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2023 H Returned to committee: May 11 2023 11:50PM
Caption:
Relating to the operation by a school district of a foundation and trade diploma program to provide eligible high school students with educational training under a plan for the issuance of a high school diploma and the application of certain student-based allotments under the public school finance system.
Author:
Geren | Herrero | Toth | Darby | Buckley
Coauthor:
Ashby
Sponsor:
King
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the confinement in a county jail of a person pending a transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to compensation to a county for certain costs of confinement.
Author:
Rogers | Geren | Longoria | Klick | Stucky
Coauthor:
Ashby | Bailes | Bumgarner | Goldman | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor:
Middleton
Last Action:
06/18/2023 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the reporting of direct campaign expenditures by certain persons and political committees.
Author:
Gates | Howard | Wilson | Paul | Morales, Christina
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2023 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to certain public facilities used to provide affordable housing; authorizing a fee; authorizing a penalty.
Author:
Kitzman | Bumgarner | Jetton
Coauthor:
Ashby | Troxclair | Vasut
Last Action:
03/20/2023 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for firearms, ammunition, and other related items.
Author:
Johnson, Julie | Button | Buckley | Rose | Morrison
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchía | Anderson | Ashby | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the employer child-care contribution partnership program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission; authorizing a civil penalty.
Author:
Troxclair | Leo-Wilson | Slawson | Klick | Noble
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bumgarner | Burns | et al.
Last Action:
03/20/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 20 2023 3:35PM
Caption:
Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex.
Author:
Bell, Keith | Buckley | VanDeaver | Landgraf | Talarico
Coauthor:
Allison | Ashby | Bailes | Burns | Button | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2023 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to the administration of certain assessment instruments, the accountability rating system for assessing campus and district performance, public school career and technology education programs, and an extracurricular and cocurricular allotment under the Foundation School Program.
Author:
Capriglione | Frank | Stucky | Thierry
Coauthor:
Ashby | Price
Last Action:
04/17/2023 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations.
Author:
Kitzman | Schaefer | Rogers
Coauthor:
Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | Bumgarner | Burns | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2023 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption:
Relating to licensing and regulation of certain child-care facilities; providing penalties.
Author:
Bell, Cecil | Metcalf | Schofield | Bell, Keith | Tepper
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Burns | Burrows | Cain | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2023 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to release of an area from and limitations on the expansion of a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Author:
Meyer | Bonnen | Burrows | Thierry | Raymond
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes and to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.
Author:
Vasut | Darby | Clardy
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bumgarner | Burns | Cain | et al.
Last Action:
02/28/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 28 2023 4:13PM
Caption:
Rescinding the automatic rescission of certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing any amendment to that constitution.
Author:
Canales | Goldman | Cain | Lozano | Hunter
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchía | Anderson | Ashby | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2023 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of money in the state highway fund for roadways for seaports, airports, spaceports, land ports of entry, and international bridges.
Author:
Bhojani | Thompson, Senfronia | Bonnen | Oliverson | Craddick
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchía | Anderson | Ashby | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2023 H Reported enrolled: Apr 20 2023 2:43PM
Caption:
Recognizing April 20, 2023, as Texas Capitol Staff Appreciation Day.
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