Texas State Senator

Brian Birdwell 2021 - 87th 1st C.S. - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Texas Senate Bill SB1

Relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses; providing civil penalties.
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Texas Senate Bill SB12

Relating to the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an individual who is elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction from the preceding tax year in the district's maximum compressed rate.
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Texas Senate Bill SB31

Relating to the use of certain information regarding voter qualification.
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Texas Senate Bill SB4

Relating to abortion complication reporting and the regulation of drug-induced abortion procedures, providers, and facilities; creating a criminal offense.
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Texas Senate Bill SB5

Relating to complaint procedures and disclosure requirements for, and to the censorship of users' expressions by, social media platforms.
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Texas Senate Bill SB7

Relating to a one-time supplemental payment of benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
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Texas Senate Bill SB8

Relating to the authority of a person who acquires a residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption for the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in revenue.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR4

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Texas Senate Bill SB76

Relating to athletic conference membership by institutions of higher education.
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Texas Senate Bill SR10

Urging the federal government to immediately declare violent foreign drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and encouraging the Texas Military Department and all state resources to use authority under Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution to repel this violent foreign drug cartel-facilitated invasion in the least lethal manner possible consistent with bringing this facilitated invasion to a conclusion at the earliest possible moment.
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Texas Senate Bill SR42

Recognizing the Cenikor Foundation for its 55 years of service.
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Texas Senate Bill SR6

Recognizing the McLennan Community College baseball team for winning a national championship.