Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Sen. Kelly Hancock
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 10/9/2024

Number of Bills: 89

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Additional Primary Authored Bills

Author (60):
SB 777 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/21/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the issuance of state parklands passports to and a waiver of certain state park fees for veterans, active duty armed forces members, and certain family members of a person who died while serving in the United States armed forces.

SB 853 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Goldman
Last Action: 05/23/2023 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to electricity service provided by certain municipally owned utilities.

SB 936 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Smithee
Last Action: 05/23/2023 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to certain agreements with collective bargaining organizations related to certain publicly funded public work contracts.

SB 1114 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 04/12/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: Apr 12 2023 12:21PM
Caption: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate the use or sale of a product for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

SB 1115 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Patterson | Perez
Last Action: 05/15/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle.

SB 1117 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Geren
Last Action: 05/22/2023 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to entities that provide video services.

SB 1118 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/09/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain events for funding under the major events reimbursement program.

SB 1249 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Oliverson
Last Action: 05/19/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a living organ donor education program.

SB 1275 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 04/05/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to facility fees charged by certain health care providers; providing an administrative penalty.

SB 1288 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/09/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the sale of spirit coolers by certain alcoholic beverage permittees.

SB 1306 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/09/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the application of balance billing prohibitions and out-of-network dispute resolution procedures to certain self-insured or self-funded employee welfare benefit plans.

SB 1307 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 04/26/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to multiple employer welfare arrangements.

SB 1308 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Geren
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over an airport or military installation; creating a criminal offense.

SB 1405 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/16/2023 S Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to exempting certain autocycles from the requirement that an operator or passenger of an autocycle wear protective headgear.

SB 1466 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/16/2023 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the regulation of residential amenity rentals by a political subdivision; authorizing a fee; authorizing a civil penalty.

SB 1467 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Price
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the disclosure of certain medical information by electronic means.

SB 1562 Author: Hancock | Huffman
Last Action: 04/17/2023 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Apr 17 2023 1:42PM
Caption: Relating to creating the criminal offense of child grooming.

SB 1564 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/16/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to a severance tax credit for gas produced from certain wells that use an onsite flare mitigation system.

SB 1594 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/16/2023 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the authority of an independent organization certified to manage a power region to amend bylaws and certificates of formation.

SB 1595 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 04/19/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the workforce diploma pilot program.

SB 1597 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 04/18/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the office of vehicle fleet management's plan for the state's vehicle fleet.

SB 1598 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Guillen
Last Action: 05/23/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the composition of the Homeland Security Council.

SB 1655 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/16/2023 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the amendment of a certificate of convenience and necessity to provide electricity service to certain water control and improvement districts.

SB 1728 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/16/2023 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to the dedication of surplus money in the foundation school fund to reduce school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes.

SB 1732 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Patterson
Last Action: 05/24/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to standards for certain electric vehicle charging stations.

SB 1858 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 04/18/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the next generation 9-1-1 service fund.

SB 1859 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Raymond
Last Action: 05/15/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to benefits and services for veterans and certain other related benefits.

SB 2044 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 04/19/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of recycling and recycled products.

SB 2045 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 04/19/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to data or information collected by the statewide all payor claims database and the composition of the stakeholder advisory group.

SB 2053 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 05/04/2023 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the disposition of burial spaces and abandoned plots in certain cemeteries in the possession and control of a municipality.

SB 2196 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Kuempel
Last Action: 05/23/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the identification and mapping of aggregate production operations by The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology.

SB 2200 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Harris, Caroline
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to public acknowledgment of donations made to the Texas Department of Transportation.

SB 2201 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/22/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to certain prescription drug benefits under the Medicaid managed care program.

SB 2203 Author: Hancock | West
Last Action: 03/22/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the franchise tax credit for certain clean energy projects.

SB 2209 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Holland
Last Action: 05/23/2023 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to provisions governing the municipal civil service of fire fighters or police officers in certain municipalities.

SB 2407 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Burrows
Last Action: 05/23/2023 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to licensure and training requirements for school marshals.

SB 2408 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes.

SB 2409 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to the authority of a lessee of property to appeal certain ad valorem tax determinations through binding arbitration.

SB 2410 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to notice by an appraisal review board that a protest has been dismissed because of failure by the property owner or the owner's designated agent to appear at the hearing on the protest.

SB 2411 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to the deadline by which a property owner is required to notify an appraisal review board of the owner's intent to appear at a protest hearing by telephone conference call or videoconference.

SB 2412 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to the procedure by which the chief appraiser of an appraisal district is required to notify an owner of property that has been omitted from the appraisal roll that the property is being added to the roll.

SB 2413 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to the information that the chief appraiser of an appraisal district may require an agent who electronically submits a designation of agent form to provide.

SB 2414 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to the deadline for an appraisal review board to deliver written notice of a hearing to determine whether good cause exists for the issuance of a subpoena.

SB 2415 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/23/2023 S Referred to Local Government
Caption: Relating to a requirement that certain appraisal districts maintain an Internet website and post certain information on the website.

SB 2429 Author: Hancock
Sponsor: Klick
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to reporting procedures and training programs for law enforcement agencies regarding missing children and missing persons.

SR 293 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/07/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing the Center for Transforming Lives on the occasion of its 115th anniversary.

SR 304 Author: Hancock | Miles
Last Action: 03/14/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing March 9, 2023, as World Kidney Day.

SR 335 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 03/21/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing Texans who have been awarded the National Medal of Honor.

SR 342 Author: Hancock | Birdwell | King | Parker
Last Action: 03/22/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing March 22, 2023, as The University of Texas at Arlington Day.

SR 343 Author: Hancock | Birdwell | King | Parker
Last Action: 03/22/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing March 22 and 23, 2023, as Tarrant County Days.

SR 369 Author: Hancock | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Hinojosa | et al.
Last Action: 03/29/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing March 29, 2023, as Vietnam Veterans Day.

SR 388 Author: Hancock | King
Last Action: 04/04/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing NBT Financial Bank on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

SR 395 Author: Hancock | Parker
Last Action: 04/06/2023 S Printed in full
Caption: In memory of Patricia Carla Rogers.

SR 498 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 05/01/2023 S Printed in full
Caption: In memory of Bruce Jacobson.

SR 569 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 05/15/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing the Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy Foundation for their contributions to the fight against IgA nephropathy.

SR 575 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 05/16/2023 S Printed in full
Caption: In memory of Lori Cheryl Saunders Broughton.

SR 605 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 05/17/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Covenant Classical School mock trial team for winning the Texas High School Mock Trial Competition.

SR 616 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 05/19/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing Jimmy Perdue on the occasion of his retirement.

SR 628 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 05/22/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing Kit Tennison Moncrief for her election as chair of Texas Christian University Board of Trustees.

SR 692 Author: Hancock
Last Action: 05/26/2023 S Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 4227.

Additional Primary Authors (29):
SB 3 Author: Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: Meyer | Bonnen | Burrows | Thierry | Raymond
Last Action: 05/26/2023 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption: Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration.

SB 5 Author: Parker | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action: 04/10/2023 H Referred to Ways & Means: Apr 10 2023 3:28PM
Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income and a franchise tax credit for the payment of certain related ad valorem taxes.

SB 10 Author: Huffman | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Sponsor: Bonnen | Burns | Capriglione
Last Action: 06/14/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

SB 15 Author: Middleton | Bettencourt | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Sponsor: Swanson | Slawson | Klick | Bonnen | Oliverson
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex.

SB 22 Author: Springer | Blanco | Creighton | Eckhardt | Hall | et al.
Sponsor: Guillen | Gerdes
Last Action: 06/07/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's offices, constable's offices, and prosecutor's offices in rural counties.

SB 1421 Author: Perry | Blanco | Campbell | Flores | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2023 H Referred to Agriculture & Livestock: Apr 17 2023 1:42PM
Caption: Relating to the effect of nuisance actions, other actions, and governmental requirements on certain agricultural operations.

SB 1817 Author: Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action: 05/04/2023 H Referred to State Affairs: May 4 2023 8:56PM
Caption: Relating to investments in certain companies doing business in the Russian Federation.

SJR 2 Author: Parker | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action: 03/15/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.

SJR 3 Author: Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: Meyer | Bonnen | Burrows | Thierry | Raymond
Last Action: 05/26/2023 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes, to increase the amount of an exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.

SR 148 Author: West | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 02/08/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing Opal Lee on the occasion of the unveiling of her portrait in the Senate Chamber.

SR 174 Author: Creighton | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 02/15/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing February 15, 2023, as Orange and Maroon Legislative Day.

SR 200 Author: Birdwell | Hancock | King | West
Last Action: 02/22/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing Marcelo Cavazos on the occasion of his retirement.

SR 212 Author: Perry | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 02/22/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing the organizers, supporters, and attendees of the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast.

SR 244 Author: Flores | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 02/28/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing February 28, 2023, as Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association Legislative Day.

SR 288 Author: Sparks | Campbell | Hancock | Hughes | LaMantia | et al.
Last Action: 03/07/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of James Robert Evans.

SR 323 Author: King | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 03/21/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing March 21, 2023, as World Down Syndrome Day.

SR 403 Author: Huffman | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action: 04/12/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing April 10 through 14, 2023, as Texas Retired Teachers Week.

SR 443 Author: Birdwell | Flores | Hancock | Hinojosa | Huffman | et al.
Last Action: 04/19/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing April 19, 2023, as Texas State Technical College Day.

SR 455 Author: King | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 04/26/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the modern state of Israel.

SR 513 Author: LaMantia | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 05/03/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Mary Elizabeth Altman Yturria.

SR 529 Author: Parker | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 05/11/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing May 11, 2023, as World War II Veterans Capitol Day.

SR 532 Author: Menéndez | Alvarado | Blanco | Creighton | Eckhardt | et al.
Last Action: 05/09/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing the members of the 12th class of the Senator Gregory Luna Legislative Scholars and Fellows Program.

SR 601 Author: Miles | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Eckhardt | et al.
Last Action: 05/17/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing May 17, 2023, as Vietnamese American Day.

SR 618 Author: Campbell | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 05/24/2023 S Printed in full
Caption: In memory of Billy Joe "Red" McCombs.

SR 630 Author: Zaffirini | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 05/23/2023 S Printed in full
Caption: In memory of former State Representative and Senator James William "Bill" Haley.

SR 650 Author: Hughes | Hall | Hancock | King | Parker | et al.
Last Action: 05/25/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing Council for Life for its achievements.

SR 678 Author: Perry | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 05/29/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Requesting Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for funds used or will be used to meet federal obligations to secure the southern border.

SR 728 Author: Hughes | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action: 05/29/2023 S Remarks ordered printed
Caption: In memory of Gloria Morris Ashford of Dallas.

SR 729 Author: Hughes | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action: 05/29/2023 S Remarks ordered printed
Caption: In memory of Flora Loretta Solomon Reves.

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