All Roll Calls
Yes: 21 • No: 0
Sponsored By: Carol Alvarado (Democratic), Rafael Anchía, Trent Ashby, Paul Bettencourt (Republican), César Blanco (Democratic), Briscoe Cain, Donna Campbell (Republican), Brandon Creighton (Republican), Mano DeAyala, Paul Dyson, Sarah Eckhardt (Democratic), Pete Flores (Republican), Roland Gutierrez (Democratic), Brent Hagenbuch (Republican), Bob Hall (Republican), Adam Hinojosa (Republican), Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (Democratic), Joan Huffman (Republican), Bryan Hughes (Republican), Nathan Johnson (Democratic), Phil King (Republican), José Menéndez (Democratic), Mayes Middleton (Republican), Borris L. Miles (Democratic), Robert Nichols (Republican), Tan Parker (Republican), Angela Paxton (Republican), Charles Perry (Republican), Charles Schwertner (Republican), Kevin Sparks (Republican), Royce West (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Courts must reduce a defendant’s restitution bill when a title company or insurer pays the person owed restitution. The payment must cover a claim based on the same conduct as the offense. The reduction equals the full value of that payment, preventing duplicate restitution for the covered amount.
The law makes knowingly or intentionally using materially false written statements to obtain real property a felony. It also covers schemes intended to defraud or harm that cause someone to sign a property document without effective consent. Such schemes also include causing a public servant to record a purported judgment or document affecting property rights. Fraud is a second-degree felony below $300,000 and a first-degree felony at $300,000 or more, using the offense-year appraisal-roll value. Punishment rises one level for elderly or disabled owners, nonprofit owners, or an individual’s residence homestead qualifying for the specified tax exemption. The law removes real property from general theft rules about transferring or controlling property and establishes separate real-property offenses.
Texas prison-system employees and board members can challenge property liens filed with the secretary of state by or for inmates. They must be named as a debtor or obligor and submit an affidavit under penalty of perjury claiming fraud. The secretary of state must ask the attorney general to review the filing. If the attorney general finds fraud, the secretary must file a statement ending the filing. The secretary may also reject real-property lien records the attorney general finds fraudulent.
Beginning January 1, 2026, county clerks must alert local law enforcement when someone reports a fraudulent property-transfer document. This rule covers documents filed for recording after January 1, 2026. Clerks must also share the photo ID information supplied by the person who presented the document for filing.
People filing real-property documents in person must show the photo ID required by the county clerk before recording. The clerk may copy the ID or record its details. The clerk cannot charge a fee for copying or recording that information.
Carol Alvarado
Democratic • Senate
Rafael Anchía
House
Trent Ashby
House
Paul Bettencourt
Republican • Senate
César Blanco
Democratic • Senate
Briscoe Cain
House
Donna Campbell
Republican • Senate
Brandon Creighton
Republican • Senate
Mano DeAyala
House
Paul Dyson
House
Sarah Eckhardt
Democratic • Senate
Pete Flores
Republican • Senate
Roland Gutierrez
Democratic • Senate
Brent Hagenbuch
Republican • Senate
Bob Hall
Republican • Senate
Adam Hinojosa
Republican • Senate
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa
Democratic • Senate
Joan Huffman
Republican • Senate
Bryan Hughes
Republican • Senate
Nathan Johnson
Democratic • Senate
Phil King
Republican • Senate
José Menéndez
Democratic • Senate
Mayes Middleton
Republican • Senate
Borris L. Miles
Democratic • Senate
Robert Nichols
Republican • Senate
Tan Parker
Republican • Senate
Angela Paxton
Republican • Senate
Charles Perry
Republican • Senate
Charles Schwertner
Republican • Senate
Kevin Sparks
Republican • Senate
Royce West
Democratic • Senate
Lois Kolkhorst
Republican • Senate
All Roll Calls
Yes: 21 • No: 0
Senate vote • 8/27/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 8/26/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 8/26/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 8/18/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 8/18/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 8/15/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Committee vote: Finance
Yes: 14 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
Committee vote: Criminal Jurisprudence
Yes: 7 • No: 0
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HB 23, Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the community.
SB 5, Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
SB 14, Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.
HB 192, Relating to the funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties.
HB 8, Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
HB 7, Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions.