Bills & Legislation

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons.

John T. Smithee

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony.

John T. Smithee

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

John H. Bucy lll

Rescinding the automatic rescission of certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing any amendment to that constitution.

Cody Vasut

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain persons who are employed by the district.

Lulu Flores

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Mental Health and Brain Research Institute of Texas and the Mental Health and Brain Institute Research Fund to provide funding for scientific research of mental health issues and human brain diseases and disorders.

Senfronia Thompson

Proposing a constitutional amendment eliminating the statute of limitations for suits for personal injury arising from certain sexual offenses against a child.

Ann Johnson

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to make permanent the limit on the maximum appraised value of real property other than a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes.

Will Metcalf

Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to a clean and healthy environment.

Vikki Goodwin

Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their children.

Cody Vasut

Proposing a constitutional amendment prescribing certain requirements applicable to the impeachment of an officer by the house of representatives and repealing the requirement that an officer against whom articles of impeachment have been preferred be suspended from the exercise of the duties of office during the pendency of the impeachment.

Ryan Guillen

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.

Tom Craddick

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a limitation on the maximum appraised value for ad valorem tax purposes of certain leased residential real property.

Vikki Goodwin

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of certain commercial real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Will Metcalf

Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy.

Vikki Goodwin

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of and use of money in the Grow Texas fund and allocating certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the state highway fund.

Tom Craddick

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

Keith Bell

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to terminate the sentence of a person who has successfully served the required number of years on parole.

Senfronia Thompson

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the governor to call the legislature into special session on petition of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature.

Cody Vasut

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

Will Metcalf

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the enactment of a law imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities transactions.

Morgan Meyer

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives.

Cody Vasut

Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that certain political subdivisions may impose on the residence homesteads of persons who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

Mike Schofield

Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total market value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses.

Cecil Bell Jr.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature or as a statewide elected officer in the executive branch.

Cody Vasut

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Cody Vasut

Relating to the creation of the River Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Pete FloresRepublican

Relating to certain improvements made and programs developed by the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District.

Lois KolkhorstRepublican

Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission.

Donna CampbellRepublican

Relating to the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation to which certain disabled veterans are entitled.

Brent HagenbuchRepublican

Relating to the eligibility of children of certain elected officials to participate in an education savings account program.

Brandon CreightonRepublican

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 315 in Panola County as the Hamby-Webb Memorial Highway.

Bryan HughesRepublican

Relating to the creation of the Bayou Belle Municipal Management District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Robert NicholsRepublican

Relating to the creation of the Colmena Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Angela PaxtonRepublican

Relating to the creation of the Wolf Creek Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Angela PaxtonRepublican

Relating to the boundaries of, and validating certain acts and proceedings of, the Driftwood Conservation District.

Donna CampbellRepublican

Relating to restrictions on the use of certain ad valorem taxes and on the issuance of certain bonds supported by ad valorem taxes.

Paul BettencourtRepublican

Relating to the name of and appointment of directors for the Harris-Montgomery Counties Management District.

Brandon CreightonRepublican

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Management District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Brandon CreightonRepublican

Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating criminal offenses.

Bob HallRepublican

Relating to the authority of a property owner to obtain an injunction restraining the collection of ad valorem taxes by a taxing unit if the taxing unit adopts a tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate and subsequently takes an action that constitutes a material deviation from the stated purpose of the tax increase.

Paul BettencourtRepublican

Relating to the term of an easement granted by the Parks and Wildlife Commission to an electric cooperative for certain state land.

Bryan HughesRepublican

Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings.

Joan HuffmanRepublican

Relating to communications between the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the governor, the lieutenant governor, or a member of the legislature.

Brian BirdwellRepublican

Relating to powers of regional transportation authorities.

Angela PaxtonRepublican

Relating to establishing a pilot program to increase the supply of child-care services and encourage employer partnerships to meet strategic workforce needs in certain regions of the state.

César BlancoDemocrat

Relating to the transfer of public school students who are children of certain public servants.

Sarah EckhardtDemocrat