Texas State Senator

Bob Hall 2025 - 89th 2nd C.S. - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB10

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB11

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
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 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB12

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
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 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB13

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
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 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB14

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB16

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB17

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, and jurors; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB2

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB29

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 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB3

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flood-prone areas.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB5

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB6

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
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 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB7

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
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 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB8

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
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.
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Texas 2025 - 89th 2nd C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB9

Filed
8/15/25  
Out of House Committee
 
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.