Texas Legislature
Bills Cosponsored
Sen. John Whitmire
88th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 10/9/2024

Number of Bills: 13

HB 5 Author: Hunter | Meyer | Burrows | Shine | Longoria
Sponsor: Schwertner
Cosponsor: West | Blanco | Whitmire | Alvarado
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.

HB 12 Author: Rose | Thompson, Senfronia | Walle | Thierry | Howard
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Cosponsor: Johnson | Alvarado | Zaffirini | West | Hinojosa | et al.
Last Action: 06/18/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to women following a pregnancy.

HB 242 Author: Howard | Johnson, Julie | Slawson | Leach | Garcia
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Cosponsor: Springer | Alvarado | Hinojosa | Whitmire | Blanco
Last Action: 05/24/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to liability for the donation and distribution of feminine hygiene products.

HB 446 Author: Craddick | Rose | Leach | Frank | Davis
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Cosponsor: LaMantia | Whitmire
Last Action: 05/15/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the terminology used in statute to refer to intellectual disability and certain references to abolished health and human services agencies.

HB 567 Author: Bowers | Rose | Reynolds | Sherman, Sr. | Buckley
Sponsor: Miles
Cosponsor: West | Whitmire | Blanco | Menéndez | Eckhardt
Last Action: 05/27/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race.

HB 1488 Author: Rose | Johnson, Jarvis | Johnson, Ann | Oliverson
Sponsor: Miles
Cosponsor: Blanco | Alvarado | Creighton | Whitmire
Last Action: 06/09/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to sickle cell disease health care improvement and the sickle cell task force.

HB 2063 Author: Talarico | Patterson
Sponsor: Schwertner
Cosponsor: Whitmire | Blanco
Last Action: 06/02/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to required informed consent before a dog or cat may be boarded at a kennel and left unattended; providing a civil penalty.

HB 3660 Author: Vasut | Cain
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Cosponsor: Whitmire
Last Action: 06/10/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals under certain circumstances.

HB 4018 Author: Ashby | Johnson, Ann | Garcia
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Cosponsor: Whitmire | Eckhardt
Last Action: 06/02/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the use of Parks and Wildlife Department land for carbon sequestration or similar ecosystem services projects.

HB 4372 Author: Oliverson | Harless
Sponsor: Campbell
Cosponsor: Whitmire
Last Action: 06/11/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the commissioning of peace officers by certain private schools.

HB 5012 Author: Clardy | Shine | Bell, Keith | Anderson | Jetton
Sponsor: Birdwell
Cosponsor: LaMantia | Paxton | Hinojosa | Whitmire
Last Action: 06/13/2023 E Effective on 9/1/23
Caption: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects and other qualified projects.

HB 5174 Author: Bonnen | Capriglione | Jetton
Sponsor: Huffman
Cosponsor: Blanco | Whitmire | West | Alvarado
Last Action: 06/09/2023 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium.

HJR 2 Author: Bonnen | Capriglione | Burns
Sponsor: Huffman
Cosponsor: Bettencourt | West | Hinojosa | Campbell | Whitmire
Last Action: 05/30/2023 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the 88th Legislature to provide a cost-of-living adjustment to certain annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

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