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State Sen. Molly Cook
Democrat
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Senate District 15
- Houston
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About State Sen. Molly Cook
Committee Assignments
89th Legislative Session
Administration
Health and Human Services
Local Government
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Capitol
EXT E1.810
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
p: (512) 463-0115
District
4808 Gibson Street, Suite 210
Houston, TX 77007
p: (713) 864-8701
Senate District District 15
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SB 2 - School Choice
Senate Journal Page: 190
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Senate Bill 4 - Property Tax Relief, Raising the Homestead Exemption
Senate Journal Page: 241
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SJR 1 - No bail for illegal aliens charged with felonies.
Senate Journal Page: 277
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SB 40 - No taxpayer money for bail
Senate Journal Page: 286
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SB 26 - Teacher pay increases at expense of taxpayers
Senate Journal Page: 356
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Senate Bill 28 - Texas Lottery Restrictions
Senate Journal Page: 364
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SB 5 - Creating Dementia Research Institute
Senate Journal Page: 411
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SJR 3 - Constitutional Amendment for the Dementia Institute
Senate Journal Page: 412
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SB 21 - State Bitcoin Reserve
Senate Journal Page: 423
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SJR 34 - Parental Rights Constitutional Amendment
Senate Journal Page: 470
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SB 25 - Addressing Chronic Health Crisis
Senate Journal Page: 497
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SB 314 - Banning toxic additives in school meals
Senate Journal Page: 498
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SJR 18 - No Capital Gains Tax
Senate Journal Page: 582
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SB 11 - Prayer in Schools
Senate Journal Page: 583
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SB 6 - Government overreach in Energy
Senate Journal Page: 615
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SB 17 - Hostile Foreign Property Ownership
Senate Journal Page: 616
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SB 706 – Universal recognition of handgun licenses
Senate Journal Page: 621
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SB 19 - Floor Amendment 5
Senate Journal Page: 621
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SB 12 - Parental Rights and DEI Ban
Senate Journal Page: 627
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SB 13 - Prohibit Inappropriate Materials in Libraries
Senate Journal Page: 628
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SB 19 - Banning Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
Senate Journal Page: 629
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SB 18 - Drag Queen Story Hour at Libraries
Senate Journal Page: 631
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SB 495 - No ESG in Department of Insurance
Senate Journal Page: 632
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SB 412 - Protecting minors from harmful materials
Senate Journal Page: 633
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SB 1025 - Transparency on ballot propositions
Senate Journal Page: 646
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SB 402 - Streamlining Property Tax Refunds
Senate Journal Page: 661
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SB 1 - State Budget
Senate Journal Page: 699
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SB 14 - Regulatory efficiency
Senate Journal Page: 754
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SB 650 - Mandated Electronic ID Verification
Senate Journal Page: 761
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SB 925 - Ban Union Contract Mandates
Senate Journal Page: 773
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SB 710 - Modernizes Local Communications
Senate Journal Page: 780
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SB 924 - Blocks franchise fee expansion
Senate Journal Page: 787
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SB 1038 - Medicaid Fraud Prevention
Senate Journal Page: 788
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SJR 57 - Ban on local bailout spending
Senate Journal Page: 790
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SB 1024 - Prevents debt circumvention
Senate Journal Page: 791
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SB 961 - Strengthens Medicaid fraud prevention
Senate Journal Page: 795
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SB 1252 - Cuts residential energy regulation
Senate Journal Page: 800
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SB 379 - Limits SNAP on Junk Food
Senate Journal Page: 804
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SB 472 - Ends appraisal district overreach
Senate Journal Page: 824
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SJR 37 - Citizenship requirement for voting
Senate Journal Page: 827
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SB 533 - November Elections for Bonds
Senate Journal Page: 836
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SB 318 - Election Fraud Investigation Unit
Senate Journal Page: 838
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SB 965 - Religious Freedom in Schools
Senate Journal Page: 839
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SB 875 - Stop taxpayer-funded electioneering
Senate Journal Page: 841
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SB 371 - Parental Consent for Sex Ed
Senate Journal Page: 842
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SB 8 - Federal-local border enforcement
Senate Journal Page: 843
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SB 1498 - Expands Civil Asset Forfeiture
Senate Journal Page: 844
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SB 16 - Proof of Citizenship to Vote
Senate Journal Page: 845
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SB 878 - Reins in Corporate Welfare
Senate Journal Page: 858
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SB 1741 - Foreign espionage in universities
Senate Journal Page: 893
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SB 922 - Limits electronic patient information access
Senate Journal Page: 896
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SB 1453 - Prevents unnecessary debt taxation
Senate Journal Page: 898
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SB 406 - Biological Sex on Birth Certificates
Senate Journal Page: 900
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SB 689 - Bans DEI offices in Government
Senate Journal Page: 901
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SB 1188 - Secures medical records, boosts parental rights
Senate Journal Page: 951
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SB 1035 - Defends agricultural property rights
Senate Journal Page: 953
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SB 414 - Transparency on Bonds
Senate Journal Page: 957
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SJR 12 - Parental rights in education
Senate Journal Page: 958
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SB 1396 - Bans national sex ed standards
Senate Journal Page: 999
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SB 2064 - Ends inheritance car tax
Senate Journal Page: 1011
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SJR 81 - Tax relief for small businesses
Senate Journal Page: 1015
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SB 921 - Verified Medicaid renewal data
Senate Journal Page: 1018
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SB 1008 - Standardizes food business regulation
Senate Journal Page: 1023
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SB 1677 - Study on Diabetes Amputation
Senate Journal Page: 1042
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SB 871 - Limits Governor’s disaster powers
Senate Journal Page: 1043
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SB 1592 - Hotel tax centralization
Senate Journal Page: 1046
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SB 36 - DPS Homeland Security Division
Senate Journal Page: 1051
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SJR 4 - Expands Rainy Day Fund
Senate Journal Page: 1055
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SB 2148 - Grid security coordination
Senate Journal Page: 1056
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SB 1067 - Block foreign funding in universities
Senate Journal Page: 1060
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SB 1023 - Local tax rate transparency
Senate Journal Page: 1072
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SB 38 - Eviction for squatters
Senate Journal Page: 1074
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SB 95 - Informed Consent for Childhood Vaccines
Senate Journal Page: 1076
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SB 1059 - Prevents illegal local charter changes
Senate Journal Page: 1078
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SB 1470 - Voter rolls clean-up
Senate Journal Page: 1079
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SB 883 - Medical freedom for COVID care
Senate Journal Page: 1080
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SB 413 - School Board Transparency
Senate Journal Page: 1081
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SB 1030 - Sales tax exemption for aircraft maintenance
Senate Journal Page: 1282
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SB 1333 - Fast-track squatter removal
Senate Journal Page: 1284
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SB 310 - Bans ranked-choice voting
Senate Journal Page: 1288
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SB 1541 - Election integrity oversight
Senate Journal Page: 1289
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SB 1405 - Broadband subsidies expansion
Senate Journal Page: 1293
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SB 22 - Corporate welfare for Hollywood
Senate Journal Page: 1320
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SB 75 - Electric grid resilience
Senate Journal Page: 1332
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SB 1099 - Higher penalties for illegal aliens
Senate Journal Page: 1337
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SB 505 - Election integrity and accountability
Senate Journal Page: 1352
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SB 33 - Ban on Government Support for Abortion
Senate Journal Page: 1353
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SB 1596 - Repeal Ban on Short-barrel firearms
Senate Journal Page: 1354
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SB 1927 - Municipal tree ordinances
Senate Journal Page: 1355
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SB 1962 - Streamlines school testing, adds oversight
Senate Journal Page: 1356
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SB 1851 - Financial transparency for Cities
Senate Journal Page: 1360
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SB 1951 - Stops hidden tax penalties
Senate Journal Page: 1375
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SB 1261 - Water project funding
Senate Journal Page: 1376
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SB 2368 - Hostile nation grid access
Senate Journal Page: 1379
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SB 1883 - Limits unchecked local impact fees
Senate Journal Page: 1417
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SB 2010 - Bans local guaranteed income programs
Senate Journal Page: 1426
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SB 1870 - Local drug preemption
Senate Journal Page: 1426
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SB 843 – Database for School bonds
Senate Journal Page: 1456
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SB 240 - Protect Women's Spaces
Senate Journal Page: 1488
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SB 1257 – Reverse Gender Transition Coverage
Senate Journal Page: 1489
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SB 1183 – Photo ID on EBT cards
Senate Journal Page: 1491
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SB 1756 – Restricts local hotel project subsidies
Senate Journal Page: 1524
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SB 2018 – Family-focused tax credits
Senate Journal Page: 1532
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SB 401 – Homeschool UIL participation
Senate Journal Page: 1548
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SB 2779 – Prevents misuse of HOT taxes
Senate Journal Page: 1565
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SB 2322 – Weakens JETI accountability safeguards
Senate Journal Page: 1565
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SB 467 – Temporary exemption for fire loss
Senate Journal Page: 1574
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HJR 4 – Ban on financial transaction taxes
Senate Journal Page: 1582
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SB 506 – Protects voter-driven proposition integrity
Senate Journal Page: 1620
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SB 619 – Protects healthcare provider conscience rights
Senate Journal Page: 1677
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SB 324 – Mandatory E-verify
Senate Journal Page: 1677
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SB 646 – Expands mental health loan subsidies
Senate Journal Page: 1678
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SB 1754 – Ends property tax breaks for renewables
Senate Journal Page: 1679
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SB 2330 – Ends government-collected union dues
Senate Journal Page: 1679
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SB 2858 – Stops local government overreach
Senate Journal Page: 1680
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SB 2880 – Citizen enforcement against abortion trafficking
Senate Journal Page: 1681
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SJR 84 – Temporary property tax fire exemption
Senate Journal Page: 1692
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SB 2173 – Protects homebuyers from past taxes
Senate Journal Page: 1703
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SB 2846 – Expansive TPWD quarantine authority
Senate Journal Page: 1726
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SB 1502 – Protects voter-approved tax limits
Senate Journal Page: 1728
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SB 1585 – Ban foreign tech in contracts
Senate Journal Page: 1735
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SB 2523 – Clarifies ETJ removal process
Senate Journal Page: 1778
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SB 2529 – Limits local tax and debt
Senate Journal Page: 1779
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SB 2541 – Tweaks unused tax increment formula
Senate Journal Page: 1781
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SB 2035 – Overreaching restrictions on political speech
Senate Journal Page: 1783
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SB 2422 – Protects doctors’ COVID treatment choices
Senate Journal Page: 1792
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SB 1863 – Expands county election audit program
Senate Journal Page: 1793
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SB 2119 – Protects student conscience rights
Senate Journal Page: 1793
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SB 2753 – Streamlines voting procedures statewide
Senate Journal Page: 1795
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SB 2138 – Closes ESG investment loophole
Senate Journal Page: 1819
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SB 2477 – Urban housing reform
Senate Journal Page: 1879
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SJR 59 – Dedicated fund for Texas State Technical College
Senate Journal Page: 1881
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SB 946 – Blocks ideological credit discrimination
Senate Journal Page: 1900
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SB 1999 – Protects speech on biological sex
Senate Journal Page: 1901
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SB 3016 – Limits local regulatory overreach
Senate Journal Page: 1903
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HB 1399 – Animal feed tax exemption
Senate Journal Page: 1917
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HJR 99 – Animal feed tax exemption
Senate Journal Page: 1917
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SB 2452 – Protects taxpayers from biased valuations
Senate Journal Page: 1927
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HJR 2 – Ban on Death Taxes
Senate Journal Page: 1947
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SB 2519 – Stops Property Tax misuse
Senate Journal Page: 1956
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SB 2063 – Appraisal protests
Senate Journal Page: 1997
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SB 1163 – Protects taxpayer hearing rights
Senate Journal Page: 2060
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SB 1950 – Unemployment Fraud
Senate Journal Page: 2062
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HJR 1 – Tax cut for small businesses
Senate Journal Page: 2084
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HB 9 – Tax cut for small businesses
Senate Journal Page: 2085
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SB 2619 – School accountability and transparency
Senate Journal Page: 2091
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HB 21 – HFC Reform
Senate Journal Page: 2092
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SB 2532 – Prevents HOT tax abuse
Senate Journal Page: 2096
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SB 1310 – Senior Housing Regulations
Senate Journal Page: 2120
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SB 2639 – Property rights and historic designations
Senate Journal Page: 2151
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HB 3526 – Local bond transparency
Senate Journal Page: 2153
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SB 2215 – Property Rights
Senate Journal Page: 2154
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SB 1897 – Ban foreign telecom infrastructure
Senate Journal Page: 2155
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SB 3070 – Abolish Lottery Commission, Move Lottery to TDLR
Senate Journal Page: 2169
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HB 2742 – Fairer tax bill payment deadlines
Senate Journal Page: 2182
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HB 431 – Defends private property energy choice
Senate Journal Page: 2219
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HB 3700 – DOGE the TWC
Senate Journal Page: 2220
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HB 34 – Bans investment in hostile nations
Senate Journal Page: 2222
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HB 3370 – Inheritance tax protection
Senate Journal Page: 2267
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SB 511 – Stops government voter-form mailers
Senate Journal Page: 2269
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HB 107 – Sickle cell disease registry
Senate Journal Page: 2282
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SJR 60 – Niche Property tax exemption
Senate Journal Page: 2283
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SB 1633 – Niche Property tax exemption
Senate Journal Page: 2284
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SB 1978 – Protects Texas Grid from Federal control
Senate Journal Page: 2334
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HJR 34 – Border security and property taxes
Senate Journal Page: 2335
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HB 247 – Border security and property taxes
Senate Journal Page: 2335
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HB 3260 – Expanded apprenticeship subsidies
Senate Journal Page: 2337
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HB 762 – Caps taxpayer-funded severance payouts
Senate Journal Page: 2349
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HB 4076 – Healthcare Freedom
Senate Journal Page: 2466
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HB 2 – Massive New Funding for Public Schools
Senate Journal Page: 2477
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HB 4535 – COVID vaccine transparency
Senate Journal Page: 2522
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HB 4396 – Corporate Welfare
Senate Journal Page: 2535
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HB 2974 – Hotel Tax Subsidies
Senate Journal Page: 2538
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HB 43 – Taxpayer subsidy expansion
Senate Journal Page: 2546
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HB 1586 – Simplifies vaccine exemption process
Senate Journal Page: 2633
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HB 1545 – Improves sunset review process
Senate Journal Page: 2634
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HB 2715 – Local official removal process reform
Senate Journal Page: 2651
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HB 103 – Taxpayer transparency for local debt
Senate Journal Page: 2652
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HB 3627 – SBOE operational independence
Senate Journal Page: 2658
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HB 4488 – Budget gimmick/loophole extension
Senate Journal Page: 2731
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HB 2313 – HOT Tax and PFZ
Senate Journal Page: 2736
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HB 2674 – Homeschool Freedom
Senate Journal Page: 2748
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HB 1661 – Election integrity
Senate Journal Page: 2785
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HB 4751 – Corporate Welfare Expansion
Senate Journal Page: 2790
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HB 322 – Expands JET grants
Senate Journal Page: 2824
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HJR 7 – Billions in new constitutional spending
Senate Journal Page: 2825
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HB 5616 – Taxpayer fund for presidential libraries
Senate Journal Page: 2839
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HB 42 – Higher ed spending increase.
Senate Journal Page: 2844
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HB 4623 – School Accountability for Child Abuse
Senate Journal Page: 2856
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HB 500 – Supplemental Appropriations
Senate Journal Page: 2865
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HB 3441 – Liability for harmful vaccine ads
Senate Journal Page: 2874
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HB 1056 – Gold-backed currency
Senate Journal Page: 2892
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HB 3053 - Firearm buyback programs
Senate Journal Page: 2892
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HB 5138 – Election Enforcement by AG
Senate Journal Page: 2893
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HB 796 – State nullification of Federal Acts
Senate Journal Page: 3035
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HB 2963 – Right-to-repair consumer electronics
Senate Journal Page: 3103
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HB 20 – Skilled trades high school certification
Senate Journal Page: 3223
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HB 127 – Hostile Foreign Influence
Senate Journal Page: 3308
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CCR SB 1 – General Appropriations Act
Senate Journal Page: 3676
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SB 293 - Conference Committee Report
Senate Journal Page: 3850
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