Bills & Legislation

Designating April as Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Pete FloresRepublican

Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Thursday, February 27, 2025, and ending on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

Judith ZaffiriniDemocrat

Designating the first full week in April as Gifted and Talented Students Week for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Tan ParkerRepublican

Expressing support for the strengthening of our partnership with Israel and for the creation of a Texas Trade and Investment Office in Israel.

Phil KingRepublican

Authorizing the burial of Guy Herman in the State Cemetery.

Lulu Flores

Designating the tomahawk rib-eye steak as the official State Steak of Texas and directing the Texas Department of Agriculture to promote the tomahawk rib-eye steak as part of efforts to support Texas beef and agricultural products.

Ken King

Urging Congress to preserve Sections 45U, 45Y, and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code.

Cody Harris

Expressing support for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's application to the Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

Lauren Ashley Simmons

Designating Matagorda County as the official Birding Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

AJ Louderback

Designating June 3 as Vaccine Injury Awareness Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Steve Toth

Adopting a Joint Rule of the Senate and House of Representatives assigning to each bill passed by the legislature a legislative act number.

Greg Bonnen

Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of a Texas Life Monument at the State Capitol Complex.

Caroline Harris Davila

Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to name the transit amenity center at 207 W. 14th Street in the Capitol Complex the "Lead On! Transit Amenity" in honor of Justin Dart.

Will Metcalf

Urging Congress to allow U.S. citizens to use REAL ID cards as a travel document for arrivals at land and sea ports-of-entry.

Vincent Perez

Designating El Paso as the official Boot Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Mary E. González

Urging the Houston City Council to construct a memorial pedestrian bridge in honor of Sergio Ivan Rodriguez.

Mary Ann Perez

Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Sergeant Ramon Garza Gutierrez.

Wes Virdell

Designating Galatians 5:13 of the New Living Translation of the Bible as the official Bible Verse of the Texas Legislature.

Joanne Shofner

Urging the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to take immediate and decisive action to protect the Edwards Aquifer.

Mark Dorazio

Authorizing the lieutenant governor and speaker to appoint joint committees.

Charlie Geren

Urging the U.S. Department of Defense and national security leadership to recognize the essential role Texas plays in defense innovation and to maintain and expand investment in the state's defense research, development, and operational infrastructure.

Terry M. Wilson

In memory of former Midland mayor Carroll Morgan Thomas.

Tom Craddick

Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

David Lowe

Designating May 8 as Vaccination Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Christina Morales

Designating Mineola as the official Sweets Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035, replacing the city's previous designation as the City of Festivals.

Cole Hefner

Designating the Town of Trophy Club as the official Texas Town of Patriotism for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Benjamin Bumgarner

Designating April 14 as Sikh Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Salman Bhojani

Designating the Texas strip steak as the official State Steak of Texas and directing the Texas Department of Agriculture to promote the Texas strip steak as part of efforts to support Texas beef and agricultural products.

David Spiller

Designating the fourth Thursday of March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

David Cook

Designating Roanoke as the official Unique Dining Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Benjamin Bumgarner

Demanding that Congress reimburse the State of Texas for the costs incurred in securing the southern border.

Cole Hefner

Clarifying that the 1972 ratification by the 62nd Texas Legislature, 2nd Called Session, of the proposed 1972 Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was only valid through March 22, 1979.

David Lowe

Designating April as Promise Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Carrie Isaac

Requesting the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House to create a joint interim committee to study domestic violence in Texas.

Todd Hunter

Requesting the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House to create a joint interim committee to study human trafficking in Texas.

Todd Hunter

Requesting the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker to create a joint interim committee to study suicide prevention in Texas.

Todd Hunter

Requesting the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to create a joint interim committee to study the development of a cruise industry on the Texas coast between Calhoun and Cameron Counties.

Todd Hunter

Expressing support for the repeal of the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Brian Harrison

Expressing support for the repeal of the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Brian Harrison

Designating Newton County as the official Forest Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Joanne Shofner

Urging the U.S. Department of State and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to take appropriate action to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water resources.

Oscar Longoria

Urging Congress to propose and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to clarify that the states and Congress may reasonably regulate and limit the spending of money to influence campaigns, elections, or ballot measures.

Terri Leo Wilson

Directing the Texas School for the Deaf to name its middle school gymnasium the Robert Rives Gymnasium.

Lulu Flores

Urging the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Richard Peña Raymond

Designating March 15 as the Day to Combat Islamophobia for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Salman Bhojani

Designating Amarillo as the official Ranch Rodeo Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

John T. Smithee

Designating the cannon as the official state gun of Texas.

Cole Hefner