Texas State Senator

Bob Hall 2025 - 89th 1st C.S. - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Author of Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB10

Filed
8/1/25  
Out of Senate Committee
8/11/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB11

Filed
7/21/25  
Out of Senate Committee
7/24/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB5

Filed
7/21/25  
Out of Senate Committee
7/24/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB6

Filed
8/8/25  
Out of Senate Committee
8/11/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB7

Filed
7/23/25  
Out of Senate Committee
8/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB12

Filed
7/21/25  
Out of Senate Committee
7/24/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB57

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the transfer of groundwater outside a groundwater conservation district's boundaries.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB59

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the liability of a landowner for the withdrawal and beneficial use of groundwater.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB69

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB70

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain by a political subdivision to take private property outside the political subdivision's boundaries.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB71

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to autologous and direct blood donations.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB8

Filed
8/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
8/6/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
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.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB9

Filed
7/30/25  
Out of Senate Committee
8/4/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB58

Relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits.