Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Wes Virdell
89th Legislature Second Called Session
Report Date: 8/26/2025

Number of Bills: 13

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (10):
HB 164 Author: Virdell
Last Action: 08/22/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the Texas Flood Recovery, Reimbursement, and Reconstruction Program; authorizing a civil penalty.

HB 191 Author: Virdell
Last Action: 08/20/2025 H Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM
Caption: Relating to a preference in state purchasing for certain goods and services used in a disaster area.

HB 217 Author: Virdell
Last Action: 08/20/2025 H Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM
Caption: Relating to the creation of a flood recovery loan program to provide low-interest loans to persons who are victims of flood-related disasters.

HB 232 Author: Virdell
Last Action: 08/20/2025 H Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM
Caption: Relating to establishment of the disaster recovery fund.

HB 286 Author: Virdell
Last Action: 08/21/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to a study and report by the Texas Water Development Board, in consultation with certain other entities, of risks from and solutions to flooding.

HB 287 Author: Virdell
Last Action: 08/21/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to acquire real property for the taking or transportation of water.

HCR 2 Author: Virdell
Last Action: 08/25/2025 H Referred to Local & Consent Calendars: Aug 25 2025 9:04AM
Caption: In memory of the victims of the July 2025 Hill Country floods.

HR 22 Author: Virdell
Last Action: 08/25/2025 H Referred to Local & Consent Calendars: Aug 25 2025 9:04AM
Caption: Honoring the first responders who provided aid to those impacted by the Texas Hill Country floods of July 2025.

HR 23 Author: Virdell
Last Action: 08/25/2025 H Referred to Local & Consent Calendars: Aug 25 2025 9:04AM
Caption: Honoring the Czech urban search-and-rescue team for its assistance in the response to the July 4, 2025, Hill Country flood.

HR 24 Author: Virdell
Last Action: 08/25/2025 H Referred to Local & Consent Calendars: Aug 25 2025 9:04AM
Caption: Honoring the search and rescue team from Fundación 911 of Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, for its assistance in the response to the July 4, 2025, Hill Country flood.

Joint Author (3):
HB 25 Author: Shofner | Harris | Wilson | Pierson | Virdell
Last Action: 08/27/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription.

HB 162 Author: Money | Harris | Hefner | Schofield | Virdell
Last Action: 08/15/2025 H Filed
Caption: Relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain by a political subdivision to acquire property outside the political subdivision's boundaries.

HB 254 Author: Ashby | Virdell | Wharton
Last Action: 08/27/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to eligibility of a political subdivision for a grant from the Rural Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Program.

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