Texas State Representative

Lauren Simmons 2025 - 89th Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 2)

Legislative Session

Co-Author of Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1773

Filed
1/8/25  
Out of House Committee
4/29/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB178

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to social studies curriculum choice for public school students.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2058

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to perinatal palliative care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal palliative care grant program, and a perinatal palliative care hospital recognition program.

Joint Author of Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1778

Filed
1/8/25  
Out of House Committee
4/29/25  
Voted on by House
5/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/14/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/16/25  
Governor Action
5/29/25  
Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas House Bill HB1788

Filed
1/8/25  
Filed
 
Out of House Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists on identifying and assisting victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking.
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Texas House Bill HB193

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the minimum wage.

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1877

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the receipt of financial benefits by the superintendent of a school district for certain services performed by the superintendent.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1878

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the misuse of money received for an open-enrollment charter school to support an out-of-state school.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1879

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1880

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to requiring certain employers to provide paid sick leave to employees; providing administrative penalties.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1881

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a study regarding establishing a public medical school as a professional school of Texas Southern University.
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Texas House Bill HB1882

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a business to establish certain employee-related groups or practices.
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Texas House Bill HB1883

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to coverage of medically necessary health care and treatment under the state employees group benefits program.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1884

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of the sickle cell disease registry.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1989

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the confidentiality and reporting of certain maternal mortality information to the Department of State Health Services, to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing certain information on maternal mortality and morbidity, to the reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee members, and to a work group establishing a maternal mortality and morbidity data registry.