Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Nathan Johnson
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 10/10/2024

Number of Bills: 34

SB 4 Author: Bettencourt | Huffman | Parker
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 04/10/2023 H Referred to Ways & Means: Apr 10 2023 3:28PM
Caption: Relating to the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district.

SB 144 Author: Gutierrez
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 02/15/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to extreme risk protective orders; creating criminal offenses.

SB 168 Author: Blanco
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 02/15/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the acquisition or attempted acquisition of a firearm by a person prohibited from possessing a firearm; creating a criminal offense.

SB 170 Author: Blanco
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 02/15/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with certain firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.

SB 172 Author: Blanco
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 02/15/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms and to proof of loss for personal property insurance coverage for those firearms; creating a criminal offense.

SB 222 Author: Nichols
Coauthor: Alvarado | Blanco | Eckhardt | Hancock | Johnson | et al.
Sponsor: Metcalf
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to paid leave by certain state employees for the birth or adoption of a child.

SB 224 Author: Alvarado | Whitmire
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | Eckhardt | Flores | et al.
Sponsor: Leach | Hull | Oliverson | Goldman | Walle
Last Action: 05/29/2023 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to catalytic converters, including criminal conduct involving catalytic converters; providing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty; increasing a fee.

SB 238 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 02/15/2023 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the installment of electric school buses and solar panels in Texas public schools.

SB 240 Author: Campbell
Coauthor: Blanco | Johnson | Kolkhorst | West | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Howard | Oliverson | Rogers | Klick | Bonnen
Last Action: 05/15/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to workplace violence prevention in certain health facilities.

SB 258 Author: Eckhardt
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Johnson | Menéndez | West | Whitmire | et al.
Last Action: 05/17/2023 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to energy efficiency goals for electric utilities.

SB 273 Author: Blanco
Coauthor: Campbell | Johnson | Perry | Sparks
Last Action: 02/15/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to annually adjusting for inflation the maximum amount of a motor vehicle excluded in determining eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

SB 318 Author: Hall
Coauthor: Blanco | Eckhardt | Hinojosa | Johnson
Last Action: 02/15/2023 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the confinement in a county jail of a person pending a transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the compensation for certain costs of confinement.

SB 379 Author: Huffman | Alvarado | Campbell | Eckhardt | Kolkhorst | et al.
Coauthor: Blanco | Hinojosa | Johnson | Springer | West
Sponsor: Howard | Button
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain family care items.

SB 557 Author: West
Coauthor: Johnson | LaMantia | Menéndez | Miles
Last Action: 02/17/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain students enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

SB 629 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Sponsor: Talarico | Oliverson | Leo-Wilson | Howard | Zwiener
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the maintenance, administration, and disposal of opioid antagonists on public and private school campuses and to the permissible uses of money appropriated to a state agency from the opioid abatement account.

SB 727 Author: West
Coauthor: Johnson | Menéndez | Miles
Last Action: 03/01/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to allowing certain inmates to apply for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to be provided at the time of discharge or release.

SB 749 Author: Flores
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 03/01/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the administration of a medication and the ordering and administration of an immunization or vaccination by a pharmacist.

SB 751 Author: Flores
Coauthor: Johnson | Schwertner
Last Action: 03/01/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to elimination of limitations periods for suits for personal injury arising from certain offenses against a child.

SB 949 Author: West
Coauthor: Johnson | Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/03/2023 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the creation of a revolving loan program to fund the purchase by historically underutilized businesses of certain bonds required for public work contracts.

SB 1000 Author: West
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Gutierrez | Hall | et al.
Sponsor: Shine | Thierry
Last Action: 05/23/2023 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to a temporary exemption from sales and use taxes for certain clothing and footwear.

SB 1089 Author: Parker
Coauthor: Birdwell | Blanco | Creighton | Eckhardt | Flores | et al.
Sponsor: Capriglione
Last Action: 06/02/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to repealing the ability to declare certain unopposed candidates for office as elected.

SB 1104 Author: Birdwell | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Coauthor: Creighton | Johnson
Sponsor: Slawson
Last Action: 05/23/2023 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the authority of the legislature, governor, and certain political subdivisions with respect to disasters and emergencies.

SB 1161 Author: Eckhardt
Coauthor: Johnson | Zaffirini
Last Action: 03/09/2023 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Caption: Relating to a study of the current and potential economic impacts of recycling.

SB 1183 Author: Eckhardt
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 03/09/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the defense to prosecution for certain offenses involving possession of small amounts of controlled substances, marihuana, dangerous drugs, or abusable volatile chemicals, or possession of drug paraphernalia for defendants seeking assistance for a suspected overdose.

SB 1356 Author: Miles
Coauthor: Eckhardt | Johnson | West
Last Action: 03/16/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race.

SB 1390 Author: Parker
Coauthor: Creighton | Johnson
Last Action: 03/16/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective Services to annually review the department's process to enter into adoption assistance agreements.

SB 1464 Author: West
Coauthor: Johnson | Kolkhorst | Middleton | Nichols
Sponsor: Goldman
Last Action: 05/23/2023 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to prohibiting a retail seller of motor vehicles from imposing certain restrictions on the purchase of a motor vehicle.

SB 2329 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Johnson | Menéndez | Middleton
Last Action: 05/18/2023 S Vote taken in committee
Caption: Relating to daylight saving time.

SB 2466 Author: Eckhardt | Alvarado | Gutierrez | Menéndez
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 03/23/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination and postpartum or contraception-related medical treatment.

SB 2485 Author: Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 03/23/2023 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
Caption: Relating to the establishment, administration, and use of the land and water conservation fund.

SJR 9 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Johnson
Last Action: 02/15/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment abolishing daylight saving time in Texas.

SJR 58 Author: Birdwell | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Coauthor: Creighton | Johnson
Sponsor: Slawson
Last Action: 05/20/2023 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the powers of the governor, the legislature, and the supreme court following certain disaster or emergency declarations.

SJR 59 Author: Birdwell
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Eckhardt | Johnson | Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/06/2023 H Received from the Senate
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the time during which the legislature may act on bills or resolutions during a regular session.

SJR 86 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Johnson | LaMantia | Menéndez | Middleton | Paxton
Last Action: 05/24/2023 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing year-round standard time or daylight saving time and authorizing the legislature to enact legislation that gives effect to the preferred option.

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