- Indicates action since the request date.
| HB 6 | Goldman, Craig Huffman, Joan | Relating to the criminal penalties for certain controlled substance offenses. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 7 | Guillen, Ryan Birdwell, Brian | Relating to public services and programs in the southern border region of this state to address the effects of ongoing criminal activity and public health threats, including methods of financing those services. |
| Bill History: | 05-26-23 S Senate appointed conference committee Birdwell, Blanco, King, Flores and Parker |
| HB 20 | Schaefer, Matt | Relating to measures to ensure the safety and welfare of the southern border region of this state, including protection from ongoing criminal activity and public health threats. |
| Bill History: | 05-09-23 H Recommitted to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 28 | Slawson, Shelby Birdwell, Brian | Relating to enhancing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the criminal offense of aggravated assault. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 55 | Johnson, Julie Springer, Drew | Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 65 | Spiller, David | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses committed in the course of or for the purpose of unlawfully entering the United States. |
| Bill History: | 05-02-23 H Reported from committee as substituted House State Affairs |
| HB 76 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to reporting the loss or theft of a firearm. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 91 | Slaton, Bryan | Relating to the creation of the offense of criminal trespass by an illegal alien. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 110 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 111 | Toth, Steve | Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 123 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to extreme risk protective orders. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 129 | Ortega, Lina | Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 136 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to extreme risk protective orders. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 142 | Moody, Joe | Relating to abolishing the death penalty. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 146 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 151 | Slaton, Bryan | Relating to certain affirmative defenses to prosecution for the criminal offenses of sexual performance by a child and possession or promotion of child pornography. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 165 | Johnson, Ann Whitmire, John | Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an aggravated assault occurring as part of a mass shooting. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 179 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to displaying a firearm at or near a public demonstration. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 192 | Schaefer, Matt | Relating to the possession of a weapon in certain locations of a government court. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 197 | Ortega, Lina | Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful possession or transfer of a large-capacity magazine. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 203 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to prohibiting certain persons with chemical dependencies from possessing a firearm. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 216 | Ortega, Lina | Relating to the unlawful carrying of certain firearms. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 244 | Bernal, Diego | Relating to limiting the locations where a person may carry a firearm other than a handgun in certain counties. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 253 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 261 | Cortez, Philip | Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle. |
| Bill History: | 05-08-23 H Reported favorably from committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 269 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful transfer of a firearm. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 271 | Slaton, Bryan | Relating to the criminal offense of online solicitation of a minor. |
| Bill History: | 03-07-23 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 279 | Jetton, Jacey Bettencourt, Paul | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of trafficking of persons. |
| Bill History: | 05-24-23 G Vetoed by the Governor |
| HB 298 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to a required waiting period for firearm sales. |
| Bill History: | 04-18-23 H Committee action pending House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 308 | Bernal, Diego | Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 312 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to the criminal offense of carrying a handgun while intoxicated. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 327 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to the affirmative defense to prosecution for a criminal offense for persons acting under duress. |
| Bill History: | 05-11-23 S Received in the Senate |
| HB 385 | Collier, Nicole | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 403 | Collier, Nicole | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of sexual assault. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 482 | Meza, Terry | Relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 485 | Gervin-Hawkins, Barbara | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed in a vehicle operated by a public transportation system. |
| Bill History: | 04-25-23 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 491 | Wu, Gene | Relating to the age of a child at which a juvenile court may exercise jurisdiction over the child and to the minimum age of criminal responsibility. |
| Bill History: | 04-20-23 H Reported favorably from committee on House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues |
| HB 505 | Wu, Gene | Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the criminal offense of hindering the investigation or prosecution of certain sexual offenses committed against a child. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 520 | Wu, Gene | Relating to criminal penalties for possession offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 552 | Troxclair, Ellen (F) | Relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 565 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 571 | Leo-Wilson, Terri (F) | Relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 598 | Shaheen, Matt Whitmire, John | Relating to creating the criminal offense of possession of an animal by a person who has been previously convicted of an offense involving animal cruelty. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 611 | Capriglione, Giovanni Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of unlawful disclosure of residence address or telephone number. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 632 | Meza, Terry | Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful possession or transfer of a large-capacity magazine. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 636 | Patterson, Jared | Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a handgun at a polling place. |
| Bill History: | 05-09-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB 650 | Allison, Steve | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving the damage or destruction of a public monument or a place of worship. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 672 | Hefner, Cole | Relating to the definition of child abuse and the prosecution of the criminal offense of abandoning or endangering a child. |
| Bill History: | 02-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Public Health |
| HB 732 | Wu, Gene | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offenses of gambling, keeping a gambling place, and possession of a gambling device, equipment, or paraphernalia. |
| Bill History: | 02-28-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures |
| HB 736 | Ordaz, Claudia (F) | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals. |
| Bill History: | 02-28-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 761 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to prohibiting the transfer of an assault weapon to certain recipients. |
| Bill History: | 02-28-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 765 | Harless, Sam | Relating to the prosecution of a capital murder committed against a peace officer or fireman. |
| Bill History: | 02-28-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 781 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to prohibiting the transfer of firearms other than handguns to certain recipients. |
| Bill History: | 02-28-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 800 | Guillen, Ryan Flores, Pete | Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons, the operation of a stash house, or evading an arrest or detention. |
| Bill History: | 05-26-23 S Returned to the Senate-Non-germane amendments |
| HB 802 | Gervin-Hawkins, Barbara | Relating to the imposition of consecutive sentences for more than one criminal offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual arising out of the same criminal episode. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 817 | Meza, Terry | Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful possession or transfer of an assault weapon. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 825 | Gervin-Hawkins, Barbara | Relating to the corroboration of certain testimony in the prosecution of a trafficking of persons offense. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 828 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Committee action pending House Select on Youth Health & Safety |
| HB 858 | Slaton, Bryan | Relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 869 | Hefner, Cole | Relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 885 | Meza, Terry | Relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by persons convicted of certain misdemeanor offenses in this state. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 887 | Meza, Terry | Relating to the manufacture of a firearm without a federal license. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 902 | Moody, Joe | Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain firearm magazines to certain recipients. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 H Committee action pending House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 904 | Moody, Joe | Relating to definitions for purposes of gambling criminal offenses. |
| Bill History: | 03-22-23 H Committee action pending House State Affairs |
| HB 914 | Hefner, Cole Whitmire, John | Relating to temporary vehicle tags and the offense of tampering with a governmental record. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 918 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to abolishing the death penalty. |
| Bill History: | 03-02-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 929 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in a capital murder case. |
| Bill History: | 03-02-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 936 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to the use of deadly force to make an arrest. |
| Bill History: | 03-02-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB 938 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to the use of force by peace officers and certain other persons to make an arrest or search or prevent an escape from custody. |
| Bill History: | 03-02-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB 970 | Zwiener, Erin | Relating to the repeal of statutes regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct and to the recognition of certain same-sex relationship statuses. |
| Bill History: | 03-02-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 976 | Patterson, Jared | Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children. |
| Bill History: | 03-02-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 996 | Thierry, Shawn | Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of unlawful carrying of certain weapons and unlawful transfer of certain weapons. |
| Bill History: | 03-02-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 1004 | Shaheen, Matt | Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of trafficking of persons and compelling prostitution and to certain consequences of compelling prostitution. |
| Bill History: | 05-05-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| HB 1007 | Turner, Chris | Relating to prohibiting weapons in certain facilities or residences providing services to individuals with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability. |
| Bill History: | 04-18-23 H Committee action pending House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 1028 | Rosenthal, Jon | Relating to engaging in certain prohibited conduct with the intent to intimidate or interfere with a person seeking or providing health care services or attending an established place of religious worship. |
| Bill History: | 03-02-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1059 | Thierry, Shawn | Relating to a prohibition on prosecuting or referring to juvenile court certain persons for certain conduct constituting the offense of prostitution. |
| Bill History: | 04-05-23 H Committee action pending House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues |
| HB 1065 | Sherman, Carl | Relating to official oppression and to law enforcement policies requiring peace officers to report certain peace officer misconduct. |
| Bill History: | 03-02-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB 1072 | Ramos, Ana-Maria | Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of unlawful carrying of certain weapons and unlawful transfer of certain weapons. |
| Bill History: | 03-02-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 1135 | Jetton, Jacey | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of an educator or health care professional. |
| Bill History: | 03-02-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1138 | Martinez, Armando | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of reckless discharge of a firearm. |
| Bill History: | 05-16-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB 1203 | Ordaz, Claudia (F) | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals. |
| Bill History: | 05-08-23 H Reported from committee as substituted House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1220 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to failure to report assault, neglect, or omission of care in certain group homes. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Human Services |
| HB 1230 | Gonzalez, Jessica | Relating to the confidentiality of and discovery procedures relating to certain material regarding the protection or security of a witness. |
| Bill History: | 05-08-23 H Reported from committee as substituted House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1253 | Shaheen, Matt | Relating to the punishment for the offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 1300 | Geren, Charlie | Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. |
| Bill History: | 05-05-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| HB 1311 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited. |
| Bill History: | 05-16-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB 1316 | Allison, Steve | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 1331 | Plesa, Mihaela (F) | Relating to prohibiting the transfer of firearms to certain recipients. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 1335 | Vasut, Cody | Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals under certain circumstances. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1341 | Wu, Gene | Relating to repealing certain offenses and removing certain regulations relating to the cultivation, manufacture, delivery, and possession of marihuana and cannabis. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1343 | Rosenthal, Jon | Relating to prohibiting carrying a firearm while intoxicated. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 1362 | Wu, Gene | Relating to the punishment for a capital felony committed by an individual younger than 21 years of age. |
| Bill History: | 03-28-23 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1375 | Geren, Charlie | Relating to enhancing the criminal penalties for certain repeat and habitual offenders. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1388 | Thierry, Shawn | Relating to prohibiting the transfer of an assault weapon to certain recipients. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 1398 | Moody, Joe | Relating to extreme risk protective orders. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 1399 | Moody, Joe | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 1402 | Moody, Joe | Relating to the criminal penalties for certain criminal offenses. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1408 | Schaefer, Matt | Relating to changing the elements of the offense of possession or promotion of lewd visual material depicting a child and to the prosecution and punishment of that offense and the severability. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1427 | Campos, Liz Bettencourt, Paul | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of harassment. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 1442 | Johnson, Ann Bettencourt, Paul | Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal conduct involving a reckless driving exhibition and to the forfeiture of contraband as a result of a reckless driving exhibition. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 1454 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to state, local, and court involvement in determining whether victims and witnesses to an offense and certain detained, arrested, or incarcerated persons are lawfully present in the United States. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 1533 | Lozano, Jose | Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving a controlled substance or dangerous drug. |
| Bill History: | 04-25-23 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1559 | Schatzline, Nate (F) | Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of indecency with a child and sexual assault. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1589 | Cook, David | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain family violence assaults. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 1600 | Hefner, Cole | Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for illegal entry into Texas from Mexico by persons who are not citizens or legal permanent residents of the United States. |
| Bill History: | 05-02-23 H Reported from committee as substituted House State Affairs |
| HB 1601 | Wu, Gene | Relating to defenses to prosecution of the criminal offenses of gambling, keeping a gambling place, and possession of a gambling device, equipment, or paraphernalia and county regulation of poker clubs. |
| Bill History: | 04-05-23 H Committee action pending Licensing and Administrative Procedures |
| HB 1611 | Lozano, Jose | Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment for certain criminal offenses involving the smuggling of persons. |
| Bill History: | 03-07-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 1616 | Ordaz, Claudia (F) | Relating to the acquisition or attempted acquisition of a firearm by a person prohibited from possessing a firearm. |
| Bill History: | 03-07-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 1623 | Ortega, Lina | Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful possession or transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles. |
| Bill History: | 03-07-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 1719 | Raymond, Richard | Relating to local option elections to legalize or prohibit the operation of eight-liners. |
| Bill History: | 03-07-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 1730 | Schaefer, Matt Hughes, Bryan | Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 1736 | Leach, Jeff | Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in a capital murder case and the review of certain convictions by the Board of Pardons and Paroles. |
| Bill History: | 04-24-23 S Received in the Senate |
| HB 1742 | Leach, Jeff | Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter. |
| Bill History: | 04-14-23 H Reported favorably from committee on House Corrections |
| HB 1760 | Hefner, Cole Hughes, Bryan | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or postsecondary educational institutions. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 1762 | Gonzalez, Mary | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of indecency with a child. |
| Bill History: | 05-11-23 H Set on the House Calendar |
| HB 1779 | Hinojosa, Gina | Relating to the attempted acquisition of a firearm by a person prohibited from possessing a firearm. |
| Bill History: | 03-07-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 1784 | Landgraf, Brooks | Relating to certain requirements of protective orders and conditions of release on bond and to the criminal penalties for violating those requirements and conditions. |
| Bill History: | 04-14-23 H Reported favorably from committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1811 | Hefner, Cole | Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 H Committee action pending House Corrections |
| HB 1819 | Cook, David Hughes, Bryan | Relating to the repeal of the authority of political subdivisions to adopt or enforce juvenile curfews. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 1833 | Shaheen, Matt King, Phil (F) | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving a public power supply. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 1880 | Howard, Donna | Relating to the applicability of certain laws on the provision of money to organizations that support access to health care services and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion. |
| Bill History: | 03-07-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Public Health |
| HB 1889 | Tinderholt, Tony | Relating to a study of seawater desalination processes used in Israel and the feasibility of using similar processes in Texas. |
| Bill History: | 03-07-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Natural Resources |
| HB 1896 | Guillen, Ryan | Relating to civil and criminal liability for the unlawful disclosure or promotion of intimate visual material. |
| Bill History: | 05-09-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB 1899 | Meyer, Morgan | Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information. |
| Bill History: | 05-09-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB 1910 | Anchia, Rafael Johnson, Nathan | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of forgery. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 1942 | Leach, Jeff | Relating to the regulation of sports wagering. |
| Bill History: | 05-12-23 S Received in the Senate |
| HB 1975 | Harless, Sam | Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain repeat sex offenders and to the admissibility of evidence of certain extraneous offenses or acts in the prosecution of certain sexual and assaultive offenses. |
| Bill History: | 03-08-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2052 | Jones, Venton (F) | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of certain hospital personnel. |
| Bill History: | 03-08-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2055 | Jones, Venton (F) | Relating to the repeal of the criminal offense of homosexual conduct. |
| Bill History: | 05-11-23 H Set on the House Calendar |
| HB 2075 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to prohibiting the transfer of firearms other than handguns to certain recipients. |
| Bill History: | 03-08-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2076 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 H Committee action pending House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2086 | Perez, Mary Ann Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to creating a criminal offense for interfering with a motor fuel metering device or motor fuel unattended payment terminal and the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving that conduct. |
| Bill History: | 05-25-23 S Withdrawn from the Local Calendar |
| HB 2142 | Guillen, Ryan | Relating to definitions for purposes of gambling criminal offenses. |
| Bill History: | 04-20-23 H Reported favorably from committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 2143 | Meyer, Morgan | Relating to the punishment for possession of child pornography. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2187 | Davis, Yvonne Menendez, Jose | Relating to the criminal offense of abandoning or endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 2189 | Johnson, Julie | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of certain hospital personnel. |
| Bill History: | 05-06-23 H Reported from committee as substituted House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2212 | Landgraf, Brooks | Relating to the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as capital murder. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2217 | Button, Angie Chen Perry, Charles | Relating to the regulation of the practice of public accountancy. |
| Bill History: | 06-09-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 2275 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to the unlawful carrying, acquisition, purchase, and transfer of certain weapons. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2276 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2277 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to certain criminal offenses concerning the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2278 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to wrongful exclusion of handgun license holders from certain property owned by or leased to a governmental entity and to certain offenses relating to the carrying of handguns on that property. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2279 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving the carrying of weapons at certain locations. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2280 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2281 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to prohibit openly carrying a handgun within the municipality. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2291 | Slawson, Shelby Birdwell, Brian | Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by certain retired judges and justices. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 2306 | Hefner, Cole Middleton, Mayes (F) | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of voyeurism. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 2330 | Goldman, Craig | Relating to the criminal penalties for certain controlled substance offenses. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2345 | Guillen, Ryan | Relating to definitions for purposes of gambling criminal offenses. |
| Bill History: | 05-09-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB 2365 | Geren, Charlie | Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over an airport or military installation. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 2434 | Plesa, Mihaela (F) | Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2435 | Plesa, Mihaela (F) | Relating to the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2454 | Guillen, Ryan Huffman, Joan | Relating to procuring a firearm for person prohibited to possessing a firearm. |
| Bill History: | 05-25-23 S Senate appointed conference committee Huffman, Whitmire, Bettencourt, Flores and King |
| HB 2487 | Thompson, Ed | Relating to the possession or use of marihuana or e-cigarettes on or near public school property or at certain school events. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Public Education |
| HB 2519 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to law enforcement misconduct and law enforcement interactions with certain detained or arrested individuals and other members of the public, to public entity liability. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB 2537 | Ramos, Ana-Maria | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of sexual assault. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2577 | Cook, David | Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2599 | Davis, Yvonne | Relating to prohibiting the possession of a firearm by a person in a criminal street gang. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2602 | Capriglione, Giovanni | Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 2603 | Hull, Lacey | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations. |
| Bill History: | 04-27-23 H Reported favorably from committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2653 | Howard, Donna | Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2685 | Harless, Sam | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful use of criminal instrument or certain devices. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2690 | Toth, Steve | Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs and duties of Internet service providers. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 2695 | Jones, Venton (F) | Relating to a school district policy regarding custodian workloads. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Public Education |
| HB 2696 | Howard, Donna | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault. |
| Bill History: | 05-15-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB 2699 | Guillen, Ryan | Relating to the taking of wildlife by an employee of the Parks and Wildlife Department or by a person or agent of the person on the person's property. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Culture, Recreation, and Tourism |
| HB 2700 | Guillen, Ryan Huffman, Joan | Relating to prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 2705 | Hayes, Richard (F) | Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms. |
| Bill History: | 05-11-23 H Set on the House Calendar |
| HB 2709 | Slaton, Bryan | Relating to the protection of an unborn child's rights and criminal liability and justification for prohibited conduct. |
| Bill History: | 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2715 | Hull, Lacey Alvarado, Carol | Relating to a prohibition on following an individual and tracking or monitoring the individual's personal property or motor vehicle and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 2744 | King, Tracy | Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients. |
| Bill History: | 05-09-23 H Reported from committee as substituted House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2833 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful transfer of a semiautomatic rifle. |
| Bill History: | 03-14-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2843 | Kuempel, John | Relating to the authorization, licensing, and regulation of casino gaming and sports wagering in this state, to the creation, powers, and duties of the Texas Gaming Commission. |
| Bill History: | 05-12-23 H Bill pronounced dead by procedural action |
| HB 2897 | Walle, Armando Whitmire, John | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of theft of service. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 2899 | Plesa, Mihaela (F) Hall, Bob | Relating to the impoundment of a vehicle used in the commission of the offense of racing on a highway. |
| Bill History: | 06-02-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 2915 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to the offense of providing or requesting or allowing another to provide a breath specimen for an ignition interlock device. |
| Bill History: | 03-14-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2916 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to prohibiting the transfer of semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients. |
| Bill History: | 03-14-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2917 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to peace officers and the investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses. |
| Bill History: | 03-14-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB 2953 | Bumgarner, Ben (F) | Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms. |
| Bill History: | 03-14-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 2960 | Cain, Briscoe | Relating to the applicability of a defense to prosecution for an offense relating to carrying a handgun in certain prohibited locations and to repealing associated notice requirements. |
| Bill History: | 05-11-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB 2961 | Cook, David King, Phil (F) | Relating to jury instructions regarding a conspiracy in certain criminal cases. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 2962 | Thimesch, Kronda (F) | Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near a school or day-care center. |
| Bill History: | 04-24-23 H Committee action pending House Select on Youth Health & Safety |
| HB 2984 | Herrero, Abel | Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device. |
| Bill History: | 05-01-23 H Laid on the table - subject to call - see SB 1004 |
| HB 2986 | Jones, Venton (F) | Relating to the conduct that constitutes the use of a deadly weapon for purposes of the prosecution of the offense of aggravated assault or aggravated sexual assault. |
| Bill History: | 03-14-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2997 | Hunter, Todd | Relating to creating a criminal offense for damaging certain critical infrastructure facilities and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as manslaughter in certain circumstances. |
| Bill History: | 03-14-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3012 | Lozano, Jose | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of smuggling of persons. |
| Bill History: | 05-04-23 H Reported from committee as substituted House State Affairs |
| HB 3025 | Vasut, Cody Middleton, Mayes (F) | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offenses of aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, and interference with child custody. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 3037 | Landgraf, Brooks | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of a health care professional. |
| Bill History: | 03-14-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3057 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to extreme risk protective orders. |
| Bill History: | 03-14-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 3058 | Johnson, Ann Hughes, Bryan | Relating to the operation of the physician-patient relationship with respect to certain medically necessary services |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 3062 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault. |
| Bill History: | 03-14-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3065 | Bailes, Ernest Perry, Charles | Relating to the taking of wildlife by an employee of the Parks and Wildlife Department or by a person or agent of the person on the person's property. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 3075 | Kacal, Kyle Flores, Pete | Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over a correctional facility or detention facility. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 3087 | Lalani, Suleman (F) | Relating to prohibiting certain transfers, purchases, and possession of firearms. |
| Bill History: | 03-14-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 3088 | Lalani, Suleman (F) | Relating to prohibiting the transfer of firearms to certain recipients. |
| Bill History: | 03-14-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 3160 | Moody, Joe | Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. |
| Bill History: | 03-15-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3247 | Cain, Briscoe | Relating to creating the criminal offense of prosecutorial misconduct. |
| Bill History: | 05-06-23 H Reported favorably from committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3266 | Frazier, Frederick (F) | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns. |
| Bill History: | 05-12-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB 3342 | Jones, Jolanda (F) | Relating to recordings of peace officer performance of official duties and interactions with the public. |
| Bill History: | 03-15-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB 3381 | Cook, David | Relating to creating the criminal offense of misrepresenting medical history to obtain unnecessary medical treatment for a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. |
| Bill History: | 05-11-23 H Set on the House Calendar |
| HB 3384 | Cook, David | Relating to the punishment for the offense of promotion of prostitution. |
| Bill History: | 04-25-23 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3400 | Smith, Reggie | Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the appointment of certain criminal law hearing officers. |
| Bill History: | 03-15-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3429 | Bryant, John | Relating to access to justice courts by legal aid offices or other providers of pro bono legal services. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence |
| HB 3435 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to creating the criminal offense of making a firearm accessible to a detained person. |
| Bill History: | 04-18-23 H Committee action pending House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 3451 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to human trafficking, including the prosecution and punishment of compelling and solicitation of prostitution and other sexual or assaultive offenses. |
| Bill History: | 05-06-23 H Laid on the table - subject to call - see SB 1527 |
| HB 3464 | Kacal, Kyle | Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with a correctional facility tablet device. |
| Bill History: | 05-16-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| HB 3499 | Guillen, Ryan | Relating to foreign terrorist organizations, including the acquisition of title to real property by, the compilation of information regarding, certain civil actions brought against. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 3500 | Guillen, Ryan | Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons, the operation of a stash house, or evading an arrest or detention. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 3546 | Allen, Alma | Relating to the justified use of force by a school employee or volunteer against a student. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Youth Health & Safety |
| HB 3548 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of certain hospital personnel. |
| Bill History: | 05-06-23 H Laid on the table - subject to call - see SB 840 |
| HB 3549 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device and to certain consequences on conviction of that offense. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 H Committee action pending House Corrections |
| HB 3553 | Thierry, Shawn Whitmire, John | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 3554 | Thierry, Shawn Whitmire, John | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 3605 | Lozano, Jose | Relating to certain criminal conduct involving agricultural land, including the justified use of force or deadly force to protect agricultural land from that conduct, and to civil liability. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 3617 | Tepper, Carl (F) | Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 3618 | Tepper, Carl (F) | Relating to criminal liability for taking a weapon from a juvenile probation officer. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3629 | Lalani, Suleman (F) | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 3644 | Cook, David | Relating to the offense of murder committed by the manufacture or delivery of certain controlled substances. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3649 | Guillen, Ryan | Relating to the definitions of the criminal offenses of gambling, the prosecution of the criminal offenses of gambling, gambling promotion, and keeping a gambling place. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures |
| HB 3660 | Vasut, Cody Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals under certain circumstances. |
| Bill History: | 06-10-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 3667 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 3677 | Jones, Jolanda (F) | Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of prosecutorial misconduct. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3746 | Goldman, Craig | Relating to the repeal of registration and other regulatory provisions applicable to code enforcement officers and sanitarians. |
| Bill History: | 03-29-23 H Committee action pending Licensing and Administrative Procedures |
| HB 3847 | Toth, Steve | Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children. |
| Bill History: | 03-20-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 3854 | Perez, Mary Ann | Relating to creating the criminal offense of possession of an animal by a person convicted of multiple offenses involving animal cruelty and to conditions of punishment and community supervision. |
| Bill History: | 04-25-23 H Reported favorably from committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3918 | Rosenthal, Jon | Relating to the prohibition, prevention, and remedying of certain discrimination. |
| Bill History: | 03-20-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 3994 | Jones, Jolanda (F) | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking. |
| Bill History: | 03-20-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3996 | Bryant, John | Relating to regulating certain firearm transfers, possession of certain firearms, and protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm. |
| Bill History: | 03-20-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 4011 | Hull, Lacey | Relating to the evaluation of child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program. |
| Bill History: | 04-25-23 H Committee action pending House International Relations/Economic Dev |
| HB 4014 | Murr, Andrew | Relating to prohibiting the carrying of a handgun by a member of a criminal street gang while engaged in criminal activity. |
| Bill History: | 05-04-23 H Reported from committee as substituted House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 4056 | Murr, Andrew | Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children. |
| Bill History: | 03-20-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 4098 | Troxclair, Ellen (F) | Relating to investigations and security provided by former members of the special forces. |
| Bill History: | 03-20-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 4124 | Martinez Fischer, Trey | Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of terroristic threat and unlawful possession of a firearm. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 4129 | Slaton, Bryan | Relating to prohibiting certain erotic performances. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 4180 | Frazier, Frederick (F) | Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving obstructing a highway or other passageway by engaging in a reckless driving exhibition or street racing on a highway. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 4249 | Morales, Eddie | Relating to a law enforcement agency's use of deadly force by means of a drone. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB 4337 | Canales, Terry Hinojosa, Chuy | Relating to the definition of a governmental record. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 4364 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to prohibiting certain sales and purchases of firearms. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 4509 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to creating the criminal offense of child grooming. |
| Bill History: | 03-22-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 4554 | Slaton, Bryan | Relating to the right of the people to keep and bear arms. |
| Bill History: | 03-22-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 4595 | Leach, Jeff Johnson, Nathan | Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes and to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 4596 | Hinojosa, Gina | Relating to a limitation on the use of a victim's gender identity or sexual orientation as the basis for a defense in the trial of a criminal offense. |
| Bill History: | 04-25-23 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 4598 | Leach, Jeff | Relating to catalytic converters, including criminal conduct involving catalytic converters. |
| Bill History: | 03-28-23 H Committee action pending House Homeland Security and Public Safety |
| HB 4635 | Guillen, Ryan Flores, Pete | Relating to organized crime, racketeering activities, and collection of unlawful debts. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| HB 4639 | Thimesch, Kronda (F) | Relating to the carrying of a handgun in a motor vehicle or watercraft. |
| Bill History: | 05-11-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB 4642 | Guillen, Ryan | Relating to the State's ability to combat lethal poisonings, creating a criminal offense. |
| Bill History: | 05-12-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| HB 4675 | Slaton, Bryan | Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of indecency with a child and sexual assault and to a child safety zone applicable to a person on community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision for certain sexual offenses. |
| Bill History: | 03-22-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 4726 | Howard, Donna | Relating to prohibiting weapons in certain facilities providing services to individuals with mental illness or an intellectual disability and community centers providing community-based mental health. |
| Bill History: | 03-22-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 4779 | Bhojani, Salman (F) Whitmire, John | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of organized retail theft. |
| Bill History: | 06-17-23 G Vetoed by the Governor |
| HB 4817 | Rosenthal, Jon | Relating to a handgun safety course required for the transfer of a handgun. |
| Bill History: | 03-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 4827 | Leo-Wilson, Terri (F) | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing or carrying a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or educational institutions. |
| Bill History: | 05-05-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate State Affairs |
| HB 4843 | Holland, Justin Huffman, Joan | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony. |
| Bill History: | 05-28-23 H Rep. Holland made a motion to discharge conferees and concur. The motion was subsequently withdrawn. |
| HB 4886 | Herrero, Abel | Relating to sexually violent predators and the prosecution of certain offenses involving prohibited items at correctional or civil commitment facilities. |
| Bill History: | 04-24-23 H Committee action pending House Corrections |
| HB 4887 | Hinojosa, Gina | Relating to gun storage and safety measures. |
| Bill History: | 03-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Select on Community Safety |
| HB 4939 | Hefner, Cole | Relating to prohibitions on camping in a public place. |
| Bill History: | 03-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 4968 | Guillen, Ryan | Relating to the establishment of a terrorist offender registry and to the supervision of those terrorist offenders. |
| Bill History: | 03-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 5031 | Bryant, John | Relating to certain statutory changes to reflect and address same-sex marriages and parenting relationships and to the removal of provisions regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct. |
| Bill History: | 03-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence |
| HB 5035 | Toth, Steve | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor. |
| Bill History: | 03-23-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 5133 | Bell, Cecil | Relating to a requirement that an appraisal review board rely on an appraisal of residential real property prepared by an appraiser and submitted to the board by the property owner to determine a protest. |
| Bill History: | 04-24-23 H Committee action pending House Ways and Means |
| HB 5229 | Wilson, Terry | Relating to an employment preference for members of the military and their spouses for positions at state agencies. |
| Bill History: | 05-05-23 S Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Veteran Affairs |
| HB 5251 | Toth, Steve | Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the creation of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child. |
| Bill History: | 03-24-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 5268 | Toth, Steve | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of breach of computer security. |
| Bill History: | 03-24-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 5270 | Toth, Steve | Relating to creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from foreign nation. |
| Bill History: | 03-24-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 5281 | Bumgarner, Ben (F) | Relating to creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from foreign nation. |
| Bill History: | 03-24-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 5287 | Guillen, Ryan | Relating to the offense of terrorism. |
| Bill History: | 03-24-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HJR 93 | Raymond, Richard | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing local option elections to legalize or prohibit the operation of eight-liners or similar gaming devices. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HJR 102 | Leach, Jeff | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to legalize wagering in this state on certain sporting events. |
| Bill History: | 05-12-23 S Received in the Senate |
| SB 12 | Hughes, Bryan Shaheen, Matt | Relating to restricting certain sexually oriented performances on public property, on the premises of a commercial enterprise, or in the presence of a child. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 23 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole for certain felony offenses in which a firearm is used or exhibited. |
| Bill History: | 05-02-23 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| SB 32 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to prohibiting certain transfers, purchases, and possession of assault weapons. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 81 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to certain statutory changes to reflect and address same-sex marriages and parenting relationships and to the removal of provisions regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 82 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to the repeal of statutes regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct and to the recognition of certain same-sex relationship statuses. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 106 | Menendez, Jose | Relating to state, local, and court involvement in determining whether victims and witnesses to an offense and certain detained, arrested, or incarcerated persons are lawfully present in the United States. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 111 | Menendez, Jose | Relating to the repeal of statutes regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct and to the recognition of certain same-sex relationship statuses. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 129 | Springer, Drew Meyer, Morgan | Relating to the prosecution and punishment for possession of child pornography. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 144 | Gutierrez, Roland | Relating to extreme risk protective orders. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 145 | Gutierrez, Roland | Relating to raising the age limit to purchase certain weapons. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 168 | Blanco, Cesar | Relating to the acquisition or attempted acquisition of a firearm by a person prohibited from possessing a firearm. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 172 | Blanco, Cesar | Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms and to proof of loss for personal property insurance coverage for those firearms. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 183 | Miles, Borris | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty prescribed for certain acts of official oppression. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 187 | Miles, Borris Reynolds, Ron | Relating to failure to report assault, neglect, or omission of care in certain group homes. |
| Bill History: | 05-23-23 H Failed to pass (Vote: N: 78/Y: 59) |
| SB 205 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 206 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal trespass. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 212 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 213 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 224 | Alvarado, Carol Leach, Jeff | Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for theft of a catalytic converter. |
| Bill History: | 05-29-23 G Effective May 29, 2023 except Sections 1956.001(6-b) and (7) and 1956.030 Occupations Code effective July 1, 2023 |
| SB 228 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of indecency with a child. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 233 | Hinojosa, Chuy | Relating to the offense of manslaughter. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 253 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting certain persons from carrying certain firearms on the property. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 269 | Perry, Charles | Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of residential picketing. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 287 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to the prosecution of the of offense of terroristic threat. |
| Bill History: | 03-07-23 S Committee action pending Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 354 | Hall, Bob | Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by handgun license holders on the campus of a school district or open-enrollment charter school. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 360 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 386 | Hall, Bob Harless, Sam | Relating to the prosecution of a capital murder committed against a peace officer or fireman. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 395 | Hall, Bob | Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 405 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 416 | Paxton, Angela | Relating to the definition of trafficking for purposes of the offense of trafficking of persons. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 432 | Middleton, Mayes (F) | Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for theft of a catalytic converter. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 S Committee action pending Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 436 | Middleton, Mayes (F) Leach, Jeff | Relating to the punishment for the offense of purchasing or selling human organs. |
| Bill History: | 05-23-23 H Set on the House Calendar |
| SB 437 | Middleton, Mayes (F) | Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children. |
| Bill History: | 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 463 | Parker, Tan (F) | Relating to increasing the criminal punishment for assault committed against a sports participant. |
| Bill History: | 02-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 465 | Bettencourt, Paul | Relating to certain criminal conduct involving a catalytic converter; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 S Committee action pending Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 466 | Bettencourt, Paul | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of trafficking of persons. |
| Bill History: | 02-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 467 | Bettencourt, Paul Leach, Jeff | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment of a motor fuel pump. |
| Bill History: | 06-14-23 G Vetoed by the Governor |
| SB 516 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to abolishing the death penalty. |
| Bill History: | 02-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 520 | West, Royce | Relating to the confidentiality of and discovery procedures relating to certain material regarding the protection or security of a witness; creating a criminal offense. |
| Bill History: | 02-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 523 | West, Royce | Relating to certain criminal offenses concerning the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons. |
| Bill History: | 02-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 529 | West, Royce | Relating to extreme risk protective orders. |
| Bill History: | 02-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 571 | West, Royce | Relating to interactions between law enforcement and individuals detained or arrested on suspicion of the commission of criminal offenses, witnesses to the commission of those offenses. |
| Bill History: | 02-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 576 | Menendez, Jose Thierry, Shawn | Relating to the definition of exploitation for purposes of investigating reports of exploitation by certain providers against certain elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities receiving services from those providers. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 598 | Birdwell, Brian | Relating to enhancing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the criminal offense of aggravated assault. |
| Bill History: | 02-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 600 | Birdwell, Brian | Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment for certain criminal offenses involving the smuggling of persons. |
| Bill History: | 04-14-23 H Referred to House Committee on House State Affairs |
| SB 603 | Hughes, Bryan | Relating to the repeal of the authority of political subdivisions to adopt or enforce juvenile curfews. |
| Bill History: | 02-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 645 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to the criminal penalties for certain controlled substance offenses; increasing a criminal penalty. |
| Bill History: | 04-10-23 H Referred to House Committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| SB 682 | West, Royce | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify firearms. |
| Bill History: | 02-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 688 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of forgery. |
| Bill History: | 02-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 698 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful transfer of a firearm. |
| Bill History: | 02-17-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 715 | Kolkhorst, Lois | Relating to the regulation of sports wagering; requiring occupational permits; authorizing fees; imposing a tax; decriminalizing wagering on certain sports events. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 722 | Springer, Drew | Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of trafficking of persons and compelling prostitution and to certain consequences of compelling prostitution. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 726 | Kolkhorst, Lois | Relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances. |
| Bill History: | 05-17-23 H Voted favorably from committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| SB 732 | Hinojosa, Chuy | Relating to an exception to the application of the offense of misuse of official information for journalists. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 754 | Flores, Pete | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for causing bodily injury while resisting arrest, search, or transporation. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 787 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment for certain felony offenses in which a firearm is used or exhibited. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 828 | Hall, Bob | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 840 | West, Royce Anchia, Rafael | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of certain hospital personnel. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 906 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Do-Not-Sell Registry for firearms; creating a criminal offense. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 910 | Menendez, Jose | Relating to requiring a thirty day waiting period before a person less than 21 years of age my purchase a firearm; creating a criminal offense. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 912 | Gutierrez, Roland | Relating to gun storage and safety measures. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 947 | King, Phil (F) Hunter, Todd | Relating to creating a criminal offense for damaging certain critical infrastructure facilities and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as manslaughter in certain circumstances. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 968 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to the affirmative defense to prosecution for a criminal offense for persons acting under duress. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 973 | West, Royce | Relating to increasing criminal penalties for the offense of criminal mischief involving certain damage to residential gas meters. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1004 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 1007 | Flores, Pete | Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1011 | Parker, Tan (F) Cook, David | Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons. |
| Bill History: | 05-23-23 H Set on the House Calendar |
| SB 1059 | Hughes, Bryan | Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure. |
| Bill History: | 03-03-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1166 | Birdwell, Brian | Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle involving theft of a firearm; increasing a criminal penalty. |
| Bill History: | 05-17-23 H Voted favorably from committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| SB 1169 | Birdwell, Brian | Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by certain retired judges and justices. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1172 | Alvarado, Carol | Relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1179 | Perry, Charles Herrero, Abel | Relating to sexually violent predators and the prosecution of certain offenses involving prohibited items at correctional or civil commitment facilities. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 1185 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle involving theft of a firearm. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1248 | Flores, Pete Lozano, Jose | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of smuggling of persons. |
| Bill History: | 05-23-23 H Set on the House Calendar |
| SB 1257 | Creighton, Brandon | Relating to the unlawful disclosure of an autopsy image or other visual depiction. |
| Bill History: | 05-06-23 H Referred to House Committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| SB 1266 | Parker, Tan (F) | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area. |
| Bill History: | 05-06-23 H Referred to House Committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| SB 1267 | Parker, Tan (F) Cook, David | Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of operation of a stash house. |
| Bill History: | 05-23-23 H Set on the House Calendar |
| SB 1274 | Gutierrez, Roland | Relating to regulating certain firearm transfers, possession of certain firearms, and protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1308 | Hancock, Kelly Geren, Charlie | Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over an airport or military installation. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 1310 | Middleton, Mayes (F) | Relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances. |
| Bill History: | 03-09-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1318 | Huffman, Joan Smith, Reggie | Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the appointment of certain criminal law hearing officers; creating a criminal offense. |
| Bill History: | 05-23-23 H Bill pronounced dead by procedural action |
| SB 1361 | Huffman, Joan Burrows, Dustin | Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit videos using deep fake technology, creating a criminal offense. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 1376 | Parker, Tan (F) Wilson, Terry | Relating to a state employment preference for certain spouses of veterans with a disability. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 1385 | Miles, Borris | Relating to the age of a child at which a juvenile court may exercise jurisdiction over the child and to the minimum age of criminal responsibility. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1427 | Flores, Pete | Relating to certain criminal conduct and organizations that threaten the security of this state and its residents and borders. |
| Bill History: | 04-18-23 H Referred to House Committee on House State Affairs |
| SB 1435 | Hinojosa, Chuy | Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1468 | Springer, Drew | Relating to the taking of wildlife by an employee of the Parks and Wildlife Department or by a person or agent of the person on the person's property. |
| Bill History: | 04-24-23 S Committee action pending Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
| SB 1494 | Hall, Bob | Relating to prohibiting certain obscene sexually oriented performances within view of minors. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1511 | Schwertner, Charles | Relating to the evaluation of child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Natural Resources/Economic Developm |
| SB 1518 | King, Phil (F) Guillen, Ryan | Relating to the establishment of a terrorist offender registry and to the supervision of those terrorist offenders. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 1522 | Blanco, Cesar | Relating to a required waiting period for certain semiautomatic rifle sales. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1527 | Huffman, Joan Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to human trafficking, including the prosecution and punishment of compelling and solicitation of prostitution and other sexual or assaultive offenses. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 1551 | West, Royce Frazier, Frederick (F) | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of failure to identify. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 1562 | Hancock, Kelly | Relating to creating the criminal offense of child grooming. |
| Bill History: | 04-17-23 H Referred to House Committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| SB 1620 | Kolkhorst, Lois | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses committed in the course of or for the purpose of unlawfully entering the United States, unlawfully bypassing certain law enforcement. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Border Security |
| SB 1653 | Huffman, Joan Cook, David | Relating to the punishment for the offense of promotion of prostitution. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 1680 | Menendez, Jose | Relating to the definitions of the criminal offenses of gambling, the prosecution of the criminal offenses of gambling, gambling promotion, and keeping a gambling place. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1681 | Menendez, Jose | Relating to definitions for purposes of gambling criminal offenses. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1682 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals under certain cirmcumstances. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1709 | King, Phil (F) | Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of sedition and engaging in organized criminal activity. |
| Bill History: | 04-24-23 H Referred to House Committee on House State Affairs |
| SB 1736 | Gutierrez, Roland | Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1737 | Gutierrez, Roland | Relating to banning the possession and use of expanding ammo. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1739 | Gutierrez, Roland | Relating to the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as capital murder. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1740 | Gutierrez, Roland | Relating to gun safety. |
| Bill History: | 03-16-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1788 | Flores, Pete | Relating to organized crime, racketeering activities, and collection of unlawful debts. |
| Bill History: | 03-20-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1805 | Springer, Drew | Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault. |
| Bill History: | 03-20-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1889 | Springer, Drew | Relating to the consideration of the proportion of long-term debt and equity capitalization in establishing the rates of electric utilities. |
| Bill History: | 03-20-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Business and Commerce |
| SB 1899 | Birdwell, Brian | Relating to a law enforcement agency's use of deadly force by means of a drone. |
| Bill History: | 03-20-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1900 | Birdwell, Brian Guillen, Ryan | Relating to foreign terrorist organizations, including the acquisition of title to real property by, the compilation of information regarding, certain civil actions brought against, and the prosecution. |
| Bill History: | 09-01-23 G Earliest effective date |
| SB 1960 | Perry, Charles Tepper, Carl (F) | Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon. |
| Bill History: | 05-23-23 H Set on the House Calendar |
| SB 1961 | Perry, Charles | Relating to criminal liability for taking a weapon from a juvenile probation officer. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1969 | Bettencourt, Paul | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed on or near the premises of a day-care center, school, or postsecondary educational institution. |
| Bill History: | 05-04-23 H Referred to House Committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| SB 1970 | Bettencourt, Paul | Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal conduct involving a reckless driving exhibition and to the forfeiture of contraband as a result of a reckless driving exhibition. |
| Bill History: | 04-28-23 H Referred to House Committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| SB 2018 | Flores, Pete | Relating to the prohibitions on camping in a public place. |
| Bill History: | 05-18-23 H Committee action pending House State Affairs |
| SB 2019 | Paxton, Angela | Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole of certain persons convicted of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2020 | Paxton, Angela | Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of mass terroristic threat and to the establishment of the task force on mass violence prevention. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2042 | King, Phil (F) | Relating to prohibiting the carrying of a handgun by a member of a criminal street gang while engaged in criminal activity. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2043 | King, Phil (F) | Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving obstructing a highway or other passageway by engaging in a reckless driving exhibition of street racing activity. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2046 | Whitmire, John | Relating to the repeal of the criminal offense of homosexual conduct. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 2074 | Whitmire, John | Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an aggravated assault occurring as part of a mass shooting. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2094 | West, Royce | Relating to prohibiting the carrying, possession, or storage of a semiautomatic rifle on the campus of a public or private institution of higher education. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 2095 | West, Royce | Relating to the prosecution of the offense involving the possession or carrying of certain weapons on the premises or property of certain locations. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 2100 | Miles, Borris | Relating to defenses to prosecution of the criminal offenses of gambling, keeping a gambling place, and possession of a gambling device, equipment, or paraphernalia and county regulation of poker clubs. |
| Bill History: | 03-21-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 2169 | Alvarado, Carol | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault. |
| Bill History: | 03-22-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2198 | Hall, Bob | Relating to the protection of an unborn child's rights and criminal liability and justification for prohibited conduct. |
| Bill History: | 03-22-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 2281 | Middleton, Mayes (F) | Relating to prohibiting certain adult cabaret performances. |
| Bill History: | 03-22-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 2305 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to creating a criminal offense for interfering with a motor fuel metering device or motor fuel unattended payment terminal and the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving that conduct. |
| Bill History: | 03-22-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2344 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to the offense of murder committed by the manufacture or delivery of certain controlled substances. |
| Bill History: | 03-23-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2346 | Springer, Drew | Relating to certain defenses to prosecution involving the justifiable use of force or threat of force. |
| Bill History: | 03-23-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2348 | Springer, Drew | Relating to required notice prohibiting firearms at certain businesses selling or serving alcoholic beverages and the prohibition on carrying certain weapons on those premises. |
| Bill History: | 03-23-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 2388 | Gutierrez, Roland | Relating to banning the transfer, distribution, sale of bump-fire stock. |
| Bill History: | 03-23-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 2424 | Birdwell, Brian Hefner, Cole | Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from foreign nation. |
| Bill History: | 05-23-23 H Bill pronounced dead by procedural action |
| SB 2473 | Hinojosa, Chuy | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of certain hospital personnel. |
| Bill History: | 03-23-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2593 | Springer, Drew Moody, Joe | Relating to a defense to prosecution for certain assaultive offenses involving the use or exhibition of a less-lethal projectile device by a peace officer. |
| Bill History: | 05-23-23 H Bill pronounced dead by procedural action |
| SB 2610 | Springer, Drew | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of official oppression. |
| Bill History: | 04-18-23 S Filed |
| SJR 39 | Kolkhorst, Lois | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to legalize wagering in this state on certain sporting events. |
| Bill History: | 03-01-23 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |