Texas State Senator
Carol Alvarado Authored & Sponsored Legislation
Primary Author of Legislation
TX
Texas 2025 - 89th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1592
Filed
2/24/25
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25
Voted on by Senate
4/10/25
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to the collection of state and local hotel occupancy taxes and assessments related to hotels by an accommodations intermediary.
TX
Texas 2025 - 89th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB161
Filed
11/12/24
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to the completion of sexual harassment prevention training and ethics training to register as a lobbyist.
TX
Texas 2025 - 89th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1657
Filed
2/26/25
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
TX
Texas 2025 - 89th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1658
Filed
2/26/25
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to regulating certain firearm transfers, possession of certain firearms, and protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
Co-Author of Legislation
TX
Texas 2025 - 89th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1621
Filed
2/25/25
Out of Senate Committee
3/6/25
Voted on by Senate
3/12/25
Out of House Committee
4/28/25
Voted on by House
5/23/25
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
TX
Texas 2025 - 89th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB163
Filed
11/12/24
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to funding for full-day prekindergarten programs under the Foundation School Program.
TX
Texas 2025 - 89th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB164
Filed
11/12/24
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to state, local, and court involvement in determining whether victims and witnesses to an offense and certain detained, arrested, or incarcerated persons are lawfully present in the United States.
TX
Texas 2025 - 89th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1668
Filed
2/27/25
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.
TX
Texas 2025 - 89th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB169
Filed
11/12/24
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained.
TX
Texas 2025 - 89th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1728
Filed
2/27/25
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25
Out of House Committee
5/6/25
Voted on by House
5/21/25
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to the participation of certain juvenile justice entities in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.