Legislation from the 88th Session

88th Regular Session

HB 2 – Co-Author – Lowers the appraisal cap to 5% from 10% for residential and commercial property.

HB 3 – Co-Author –  School safety legislation requiring law enforcement on school campuses and appropriating funds to school districts for school safety measures.

HB 4 – Co-Author – The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act which will protect Texans personal data.

HB 7 – Co-Author – Creates the Border Protection Unit within DPS and creates the border security legislative oversight committee to give border security recommendations.

HB 8 – Co-Author – Provides financial aid for students to enroll in dual credit courses at no cost to the student at public junior colleges.

HB 9 – Co-Author – Creates the Texas Broadband Infrastructure Fund.

HB 13 – Co-Author – Requires school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to have an active shooter preparedness plan.

HB 17 – Joint-Author – Provides for the removal of a district attorney who does not prosecute crimes which are state law.

HB 18 – Co-Author – Requires that social media companies exercise care to prevent exposing harmful material to a minor through age verification.

HB 19- Co-Author- Creates a specialized business trial court to streamline resolutions of business disputes.

HB 20 – Co-Author – Increases crime for illegal border entry and creates the Border Protection Unit within DPS.

HB 23 – Co-Author – Prohibits men from competing in women college sports.

HB 25 – Co-Author – Requires a wholesale drug importation program that would help lower the cost of prescription drugs.

HB 28 – Joint-Author – Increases the penalty for aggravated assault that results in irreversible paralysis.

HB 29 – Co-Author – Eliminates school district maintenance and operation ad valorem taxes.

HB 30 – Joint-Author – Exempts information that law enforcement can keep from public info requests.

HB 33 – Joint-Author – Prohibits Texas state agencies and officials from adhering to federal policies regarding the oil and gas industry that conflict with state law.

HB 34 – Co-Author – Requires students who engage in violent criminal conduct to be placed in a referral program.

HB 39 – Joint-Author – Increases the penalty of illegal voting to a second-degree felony.

HB 44 – Co-Author – Prohibits a healthcare provider who participates in Medicaid or CHIP from refusing to provide services to a recipient because of the recipient’s refusal or failure to obtain a vaccine.

HB 52 – Joint-Author – Increases the penalty of illegal voting to a second-degree felony.

HB 60 – Co-Author – Requires public school health education curriculum to teach that life begins at conception.

HB 61 – Co-Author – Prohibits logistical support by a governmental entity for procurement of an abortion.

HB 65 – Co-Author – Creates an offense for unlawfully entering the United States.

HB 81 – Co-Author – Requires patient consent before administering a COVID-19 vaccine.

HB 82 – Co-Author – Creates the interstate compact for border security.

HB 90 – Co-Author – Expands the benefits available for members of the Texas military forces and their survivors.

HB 93 – Co-Author – Increases the penalty for drinking and driving.

HB 96 – Co-Author – Exempts border patrol members from appraisal records.

HB 111 – Co-Author – Removes liability defenses that allow an individual to expose children to inappropriate material.

HB 122- Co-Author – Places liability on a medical professional who changes the gender of a child.

HB 139 – Joint-Author – Requires an agency to notify a legislator when they post rules to the Texas Register regarding legislation the legislator passed in the last 4 years.

HB 200 – Co-Author – Reestablishes the Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council which is tasked with disciplining prosecutors who do not uphold the law.

HB 231 – Co-Author -Requires the SBOE to create standards for the purchase of library books.

HB 246 – Co-Author – Requires the secretary of state to create a pilot program for a process to record the counting of ballots.

HB 294 – Co-Author – Clarifies the separation of federal elections from state and local elections.

HB 319 – Co-Author – Allows healthcare providers to decline to participate in a healthcare service based on their conscience.

HB 360 – Co-Author – Requires schools to disclose information about teaching materials and activities.

HB 391 – Joint-Author – Repeals the franchise tax.

HB 471 – Co-Author – Gives firefighters and first responders a leave of absence for an illness or injury suffered on the job.

HB 478 – Co-Author – Enforces the parental approval for students to participate in human sexuality courses.

HB 513 – Author – Creates a standalone offense for the manufacture or delivery of fentanyl that causes an overdose.

HB 521 – Co-Author – Allows a pregnant woman to use an HOV lane.

HB 522 – Co-Author – Recognizes the Celebration of Life Day as a state holiday.

HB 553 – Joint-Author – Prohibits local governments from adopting an ordinance that provides welfare payments such as a universal basic income.

HB 571 – Co-Author – Repeals the defense for the offense of displaying harmful material to a minor.

HB 600 – Co-Author – Proposes a COLA for retired teachers.

HB 609 – Co-Author – Creates protections for business owners that do not require employees to be vaccinated against a pandemic disease.

HB 631 – Co-Author – Requires the Texas Education Agency to create procedures to inform parents if their child changes their gender identity.

HB 636 – Co-Author – Allows an election judge to carry a firearm on the premises of an election.

HB 643 – Co-Author – Clarifies a drag performance as a sexually oriented business.

HB 670 – Joint-Author – Allows a person to drink wine in a licensed premise that was purchased elsewhere and allows an individual to take the remainder of the wine home.

HB 683 – Co-Author – Exempts tuition for paramedics for emergency preparedness courses.

HB 777 – Co-Author – Prohibits COVID mandates in public schools.

HB 787 – Co-Author – Prohibits the receipt of tax incentives by business entities that assist an employee in obtaining an abortion.

HB 800 – Co-Author – Creates offense for human smuggling.

HB 807 – Co-Author – Prohibits an individual being forced by the government to receive a vaccine.

HB 808 – Author – Makes the chief appraiser an elected position.

HB 809 – Author­ ­– Makes the appraisal board of directors an elected position

HB 810 – Author – Makes the appraisal review board an elected position.

HB 862 – Co-Author – Requires that an individual who is not a citizen be removed from the voter rolls.

HB 881 – Author – Removes the prohibition of state formula funding for the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

HB 888 – Co-Author – Establishes a statute of limitations for filing a health care liability claim related to gender modification drugs and procedures.

HB 892 – Co-Author –  Implements a law enforcement agency accreditation grant program.

HB 900 – Co-Author –  Prohibits sexually explicit books from being included in public school libraries.

HB 1015 – Co-Author – Prohibit state money from being used for COVID-19 vaccine requirements.

HB 1075 – Co-Author – Prohibits foreign governments from acquiring agricultural land.

HB 1155 – Co-Author – Prohibits the teaching of gender identity in public schools.

HB 1163 – Joint-Author – Increases the criminal penalty for boating while intoxicated (BWI) with a child passenger.

HB 1221 – Author – Allows TDCJ to claim unclaimed property on behalf of crime victims.

HB 1222 – Author – Removes front license plate requirement.

HB 1223 – Author – Lowers the appraisal cap to 5% for homestead properties.

HB 1224 – Author – Lowers the appraisal cap to 10% for real property.

HB 1225 – Author – Allows a parent or guardian to request that their students’ STAAR test be administered on paper.

HB 1226 – Author – Repeals the franchise tax.

HB 1227 – Author – Adds the offense of possession or promotion of child pornography on the list of aggravated offenses.

HB 1228 – Author – Allows property owners to receive a copy of information before they protest to the appraisal review board.

HB 1243 – Co-Author – Increases the penalty for illegal voting.

HB 1313 – Co-Author – Creates a study on the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine.

HB 1372 – Co-Author – Establishes clear guidelines for defining and limiting the scope of the tort of public nuisance.

HB 1408 – Co-Author – Modifies the elements of the offense related to possessing lewd visual material depicting a child.

HB 1414 – Co-Author – Prohibits any restriction on gas stoves.

HB 1422 – Author – Makes daylight savings time permanent all year around.

HB 1425 – Author – Allow voters to decide whether they prefer daylight savings time or standard time.

HB 1436 – Author – Redesignates County Court at Law No. 2 of MoCo as Probate Court No. 1 of MoCo.

HB 1474 – Co-Author – Requires colleges to adopt policies that support pregnant students and students who are parents and does not allow colleges to discriminate against pregnant or parent students.

HB 1494 – Co-Author – Clarifies existing law so that Texas or a political subdivision may not enact a rule that limits religious services.

HB 1507 – Joint-Author – Prohibits celebrations and programs relating to sexual preference in public schools.

HB 1541 – Co-Author – Strengthens parental rights and restricts instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in public education.

HB 1574 – Co-Author – Requires public institutions to provide early registration for parenting students with children under 18 years of age.

HB 1580 – Author – Provides paid parental leave for state agency employees.

HB 1581 – Co-Author – Creates standalone charge for the delivery of a controlled substance causing death or serious bodily injury.

HB 1600 – Joint-Author – Creates a criminal offense for entering Texas illegally from a foreign country.

HB 1610 – Joint-Author – Prohibits settlements challenging constitutionality and provides financial support to state agencies in such cases.

HB 1613 – Co-Author – Protects disabled veterans’ homestead property tax exemption while expanding reimbursement eligibility for local governments that are disproportionally impacted.

HB 1655 – Co-Author – Prohibits sexually explicit books in public school libraries.

HB 1686 – Joint-Author – Prohibits certain procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria in children and prohibits the use of public funds for those procedures.

HB 1735 – Co-Author – Increase the offense of illegal voting.

HB 1750 – Joint-Author – Limits city ordinances that overly regulate agricultural operations within city boundaries.

HB 1769 Joint-Author –  Extends the statute of limitations for trafficking of persons from 10 to 20 years.

HB 1790 – Co-Author – Relieves reporting employer from paying certain TRS retiree contributions if a retired teacher comes back to work.

HB 1804 – Co-Author – Ensures educational materials adopted by the State Board of Education adhere to factual accuracy.

HB 1845 – Author – Allows high school students to earn high school credit while getting their water operator license.

HB 1952 – Co-Author – Prohibits the change of sex on birth certificates.

HB 1956 – Joint-Author – Allows homeowners to recover a reasonable amount of attorney fees after successfully challenging their home appraisal in an appeal of an ARB.

HB 1973 – Co-Author – Requires itemized billing after providing a health care service.

HB 2010 – Co-Author – Enables designated emergency care providers to care for abandoned infants through voluntary delivery or placement in newborn safety devices.

HB 2012 – Joint-Author – Allows a teacher to display “In God We Trust” in their classroom

HB 2020 – Co-Author – Allows the Secretary of State to suspend an election administrator at any time.

HB 2031 – Author – Repeals state testing requirements in schools to what is only federally required.

HB 2035 – Joint-Author – Prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing measures that restrict or delay eviction procedures.

HB 2041 – Co-Author – Second Amendment protection legislation which does not allow financial institutions to discriminate against someone who makes firearm purchases.

HB 2064 – Co-Author – Allows retired peace officers to be employed as school district security personnel.

HB 2073 – Joint-Author – Streamlines fuel cost recovery process for non-ERCOT utilities.

HB 2123 – Co-Author – Implements an offense if a volunteer deputy registrar fails to verify the citizenship of a voter.

HB 2127 – Co-Author – Establishes statewide consistency and limits the authority of municipalities to adopt regulations that conflict with state laws.

HB 2157 – Author – Gives state agencies more flexibility to adjust salaries under the Texas Position Classification Plan.

HB 2192 – Joint-Author – Increases the criminal penalty for election fraud.

HB 2239 – Co-Author – Allows Texans to remove Ashe juniper trees on their private property without fear of fines.

HB 2249 – Author – Makes Appraisal Review Board of Montgomery County an elected position.

HB 2250- Makes the Appraisal Board of Directors of Montgomery County an elected position.

HB 2253 – Author – Makes the Chief Appraiser of Montgomery County an elected position.

HB 2374 – Co-Author – Bans local governments from banning gas combustion engines.

HB 2425 – Co-Author – prohibits governmental entities from entering into contracts with Chinese companies for goods or services.

HB 2426 – Co-Author – Requires lobbyists to disclose whether they are registered as foreign agents under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

HB 2468 – Joint-Author – Gives an employee that suffers a serious bodily injury lifetime benefits under workers comp.

HB 2488 – Joint-Author – Shifts the burden of proof in certain ad valorem tax appeals to the appraisal district.

HB 2546 – Author – Clarifies that a District of Innovation school district can not start instruction until the third Wednesday in August.

HB 2549 – Co-Author – Requires wind turbines to use light mitigation technology to mitigate light pollution.

HB 2555 – Author – Allows electric utilities to submit resiliency plans to the PUC.

HB 2560 – Author – Authorizes counties the ability to create child safety zones protecting children from sexual offenders in the unincorporated area of the county.

HB 2574 – Joint-Author – Updates notice requirements for self-storage facility lien sales, allowing online advertising.

HB 2615 – Co-Author – Establishes a trade diploma program for high school students.

HB 2659 – Co-Author – Allows a public school employee to opt out of inclusivity training.

HB 2690 – Co-Author – Creates a criminal offense for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs

HB 2705 – Co-Author – Removes short-barrel firearms from the list of prohibited weapons.

HB 2736 – Co-Author – Requires a school district to ensure that they are not exposing students to inappropriate material in schools.

HB 2793 – Joint-Author –  Establishes a framework for ERCOT to monitor backup generation on the grid.

HB 2846 – Co-Author – Prohibits the State Bar of Texas from punishing attorneys for expressing their First Amendment rights.

HB 2911 – Author – Requires the San Jacinto River Authority to receive voter approval for the issuance of revenue bonds.

HB 2912 – Author – Allows voters within the SJRA boundary to elect the board of directors for the San Jacinto River Authority.

HB 2913 – Author – Allows a commissioners court within the SJRA boundary to make recommendations for the appointment of a person to the board of directors of SJRA.

HB 2987- Author – Exempts business personal property from the property tax system.

HB 2989 – Author – Implements a 10% appraisal cap on real property valued at $10 million or less.

HB 3137 – Co-Author –  Prohibits cities or counties from regulating firearms.

HB 3138 – Co-Author –  Recognizes handgun licenses from other states.

HB 3162 – Co-Author –  Enhances patient protections on end-of-life care and DNR orders.

HB 3164 – Co-Author –  Prohibits DEI offices at institutions of higher education.

HB 3340- Author- Allows Houston fire and police to operate a DROP account in their pension system.

HB 3362 – Author – Requires all peace officers to complete active shooter training.

HB 3379 – Co-Author –  Creates an equal parenting order for child custody.

HB 3463 – Author – Implements a paid parental leave policy for state agency employees.

HB 3553- Co-Author- Increases the criminal penalty for trafficking people on a college campus.

HB 3554 – Co-Author –  Increases the criminal penalty for trafficking people from places that interact with children.

HB 3561 – Co-Author – Relieves reporting employers from paying certain TRS retiree contributions if a retired teacher comes back to work.

HB 3570 – Co-Author –  Requires age verification for internet websites that publish sexually explicit materials.

HB 3585 – Co-Author –  Requires age verification for internet websites that publish sexually explicit materials.

HB 3737 – Author – Updates the electricity supply chain map to include water facilities, and adds TxDOT to the electric supply chain mapping committee.

HB 3782 – Co-Author –  Establishes the Border Security Advisory Council and the Border Protection Task Force.

HB 3822 – Author – Requires the construction of non-tolled frontage roads alongside certain toll projects on previously non-tolled highways.

HB 3828 – Author – Allows toll project entities to cease toll collection on certain projects once the cost of acquisition and construction has been paid or when approved by a majority vote.

HB 3847 – Co-Author –  Removes certain defenses to prosecution for conduct that may be harmful to children.

HB 3883 – Co-Author –  Establishes definitions for biological sex and requires governmental entities to collect information based on male or female identification.

HB 3896 – Author – Requires the commissioner of education to teach one continuous week in each public school grade.

HB 3928 – Co-Author –  Requires school districts to screen students for dyslexia.

HB 4006 – Joint-Author – Prohibits foreign entities from purchasing or acquiring title to real property in the state.

HB 4026 – Co-Author –  Creates the office of state special prosecutor, to represent the state in cases related to violations of state law.

HB 4049 – Co-Author –  Pro-life legislation codifying Alternatives to Abortion program in state law to fund services in the program.

HB 4078 – Joint-Author – Ensures that franchise dealers are reimbursed by a manufacturer for warranty and recall work at the same rate as a retail customer.

HB 4089 – Co-Author –  Establishes the Texas Alternatives to Abortion Program, which provides pregnancy support services.

HB 4138 – Co-Author –  Establishes the Texas Adoption Assistance Program, which provides adoption assistance grants to families.

HB 4180 – Co-Author– Increases the penalty for street racing.

HB 4198 – Co-Author – Increases the criminal penalty for illegal voting.

HB 4350 – Co-Author – Prohibits health care discrimination based on vaccination status.

HB 4378 – Co-Author – Establishes a cause of action for drag performances performed in front of a minor.

HB 4520 – Co-Author – Revokes teaching licenses of an educator who provides harmful material to a minor.

HB 4549 – Co-Author – Allows the Attorney General to prosecute offenses related to the election code.

HB 4580 – Co-Author – Ensures that students enrolled in a religious private school have full access to public benefits that students in public schools also have access to.

HB 4590 – Joint-Author – Allows electric co-ops access to funds to offset costs incurred during Winter Storm Uri to protect customers’ rates.

HB 4825 – Author – Allows school districts more access to public school funding.

HB 4847 – Author – Allows school districts more access to public school funding.

HB 5000 – Co-Author – Ensures that students enrolled in a religious private school have full access to public benefits that students in public schools also have access to.

HB 5035 – Co-Author – Increases the penalty for displaying harmful material to minors.

HB 5125 – Author – Updates laws addressing administrative and financial matters in the legislative branch.

HB 5140 – Co-Author – Prohibits the consideration of race or ethnicity in governmental employment or contracting practices.

HB 5217 – Joint-Author – Allows citizens located in a city ETJ to petition removal from the ETJ.

HB 5235 – Co-Author – Requires that the bathroom used by an individual must correspond with their biological sex in a public school.

HB 5261 – Co-Author – Establishes parental rights in education and the establishment of an education savings account program.

HCR 26 – Joint-Author – Authorizes the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of the monument honoring victims of communism.

HJR 73 – Author – Constitutional amendment lowering the limit on the maximum appraised value to 5% of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxes.

HJR 74 – Author – Constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem taxes.

HJR 82 – Author – Allows a statewide vote on whether to adopt daylight saving time or standard time permanently throughout the year.

HJR 129 – Author – Constitutional amendment excluding tangible personal property from being subject to ad valorem taxes.

HJR 131 – Author – Constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of certain commercial real property for ad valorem taxes.

HR 88 – Author – Recognizes February 14, 2023, as Montgomery County Day at the State Capitol.

SB 3 – Co-Sponsored – Increases the homestead exemption in Texas and lowers the appraisal cap for property.

SB 10 – Co-Sponsored – Provides a COLA for retired teachers.

SB 12 – Joint-Sponsored – Does not allow children to attend sexually explicit performances.

SB 14- Joint-Sponsored – Bans the gender modification of a child in Texas.

SB 24 – Co-Sponsored – Pro-life legislation consolidating support programs related to family support, including the Alternatives to Abortion Program, from DFPS to HHSC.

SB 177 – Co-Sponsored – Requires informed consent before giving someone a COVID-19 vaccine.

SB 222 – Sponsor – Provides paid parental leave for state agency employees.

SB 267 – Co-Sponsored – Requires certain law enforcement agencies to achieve and maintain accreditation by creating a grant program to provide financial assistance.

SB 412 – Co-Sponsored – Enforces rules to support pregnant or parenting students in public colleges.

SB 459 – Co-Sponsored – Allows for students who are parents to receive early registration in higher education.

SB 490 – Co-Sponsored – Requires health care providers to issue an itemized bill prior to or at the same time as attempting to collect payment from the patient after providing a health care service.

SB 559 – Co-Sponsored – Prohibits the state bar of Texas from punishing attorneys for exercising their First Amendment rights.

SB 780 – Co-Sponsored – Authorizes a designated emergency infant care provider to place newborn safety devices in its facilities.

SB 1017 – Co-Sponsored – Enforces restrictions on the regulation of energy sources by local governments.

SB 1093 – Sponsor – Adds water facilities to the electricity supply chain map, including TxDOT in the mapping committee.

SB 1403 – Co-Sponsored – Allows for the building of a wall at our southern border.

SB 1563 – Sponsor – Removes state formula funding prohibition for the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

SB 1852 – Sponsor – Requires all peace officers to complete active shooter training.

SB 1866 – Sponsor – Allows Entergy Texas to provide backup electrical service to non-residential retail customers through customer-sited distributed generation facilities.

SB 2038- Joint-Sponsored- Allows citizens located in a city ETJ to petition removal from the ETJ.

SB 2333 – Sponsor – Allows all types of service dogs in the state capitol.

SJR 3 – Co-Sponsored – Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to lower the limitation on appraised value for residence homesteads.

Special Session 1

HB 1 – Co-Author – Provides $12.3 in property tax relief through school rate tax compression. Tax compression in this case is simply the use of state funding to reduce your local school district tax rates. The tax compression replaces local revenues by injecting more state revenue to push down the local maintenance and operation tax rates, which will ultimately reduce what taxpayers owe on their local property tax bills.

HB 2 – Co-Author – Increases the criminal penalty for human smuggling and the operation of a stash house.

HJR 1 – Co-Author – Constitutional amendment authorizing the provisions of HB 1 to provide for property tax relief.

Special Session 2

HB 1 – Co-Author – Provides $12.3 in property tax relief through school rate tax compression. Tax compression in this case is simply the use of state funding to reduce your local school district tax rates. The tax compression replaces local revenues by injecting more state revenue to push down the local maintenance and operation tax rates, which will ultimately reduce what taxpayers owe on their local property tax bills.

HB 2 – Joint-Author – The Property Tax Relief Act representing $18 billion in tax cuts with nearly $13 billion in property tax compression. The legislation also raises the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $100,000 for all homesteads in Texas, implements a three-year pilot program for a 20% limit increase in taxable value for commercial properties under $5 million that expires on 12/31/2026 and provides for the election of three additional members to a county appraisal district board of directors.

HB 3 – Co-Author – Doubles the current exemption from paying the franchise tax to a total of $2.47 million. It will also remove the requirement to file a “no-tax due” franchise tax return which is an unnecessary burden on our job creators.

HJR 1 – Co-Author – Constitutional amendment authorizing the provisions of HB 1 to provide for property tax relief.

HJR 2 – Author – The constitutional amendment to enable all the provisions of the Property Tax Relief Act and appraisal reform package that is contained in SB 2.

SB 2 – Joint-Sponsor – The Property Tax Relief Act representing $18 billion in tax cuts with nearly $13 billion in property tax compression. The legislation also raises the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $100,000 for all homesteads in Texas, implements a three-year pilot program for a 20% limit increase in taxable value for commercial properties under $5 million that expires on 12/31/2026 and provides for the election of three additional members to a county appraisal district board of directors.

SB 3 – Co-Sponsor – Doubles the current exemption from paying the franchise tax to a total of $2.47 million. It will also remove the requirement to file a “no-tax due” franchise tax return which is an unnecessary burden on our job creators

Special Session 3

HB 4 – Co-Author – Creates a criminal offense for the illegal entry into the state from a foreign nation. It also provides for the removal of illegal immigrants who enter illegally.

HB 5 – Co-Author – Increases the criminal penalty for human smuggling and the operation of a stash house.

HB 6 – Co-Author – Provides an additional $1.5 billion for the Texas border wall maintenance and construction.

HB 7 – Co-Author – Prohibits employers from requiring the COVID-19 vaccine. It also allows an employee to file a complaint with the Texas Workforce Commission if they believe they have been discriminated against and the employer may be penalized if it is found they have violated the law.

HB 23 – Joint-Author – Creates a criminal offense for the illegal entry into the state from a foreign nation.

SB 4 – Co-Sponsor – Increases the criminal penalty for human smuggling and the operation of a stash house.

SB 7 – Co-Sponsor – Prohibits employers from requiring the COVID-19 vaccine. It also allows an employee to file a complaint with the Texas Workforce Commission if they believe they have been discriminated against and the employer may be penalized if it is found they have violated the law.

Special Session 4

HB 2 – Co-Author – Establishes the State School Safety Fund, a critical financial resource dedicated to sustaining ongoing school safety projects in public schools.

HB 3 – Co-Author – Appropriates an additional $1.54 billion for the construction, maintenance, and operation of our state’s border wall.

HB 4 – Co-Author – Creates a criminal offense for the illegal entry into the state from a foreign nation. It also provides for the removal of illegal immigrants who enter illegally.

HR 109 – Joint Author – Congratulates the Montgomery County Farm Bureau on receiving the 2023 Golden Buckle Award from the Texas Farm Bureau.

SB 3 – Co-Sponsor – Appropriates an additional $1.54 billion for the construction, maintenance, and operation of our state’s border wall.

SB 4 – Co-Sponsor – Creates a criminal offense for the illegal entry into the state from a foreign nation. It also provides for the removal of illegal immigrants who enter illegally.