Legislation authored by Valoree Swanson

Includes legislation with Valoree Swanson as the primary author for the 85th through 87th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System. Author information is not available for the 87th Legislature.

87th Regular Session
HB 22	Last Action: Recommitted to committee Caption: Relating to accommodating a voter unable to enter a polling place.
HB 23	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission.
HB 25	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the distribution of an application form for an early voting ballot.
HB 26	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the governor's power to control the sale, transportation, and use of weapons and ammunition during a declared state of disaster or state of emergency.
HB 29	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to authorizing the provision of temporary secure storage for weapons at certain public buildings; authorizing fees.
HB 31	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards of county school trustees, and offices of county school superintendent.
HB 35	Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to an election authorizing the issuance of bonds or an increase in taxes by a political subdivision.
HB 42	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to prohibited actions regarding health benefit plan coverage for enrollees who refuse to have an abortion; providing a civil penalty.
HB 44	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to civil liability and criminal penalties for performing certain abortions; providing civil penalties; creating criminal offenses.
HB 55	Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Caption: Relating to the carrying and possession of a concealed handgun by a school marshal.
HB 61	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the signature required on an application for voter registration or for a ballot to be voted by mail.
HB 70	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to legislative review and approval of certain state agency rules.
HB 86	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the preemption and prosecution of certain offenses involving the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle.
HB 92	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to civil liability for performing certain abortions; providing civil penalties.
HB 610	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to judicial review of certain local laws applicable to state license holders.
HB 611	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the assistance of voters; creating a criminal offense.
HB 782	Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions.
HB 895	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the recording of certain personal information of voters by election officials.
HB 971	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to prohibiting public schools from leasing, owning, or having a business interest in certain entities and real property associated with those entities.
HB 1306	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault or aggravated assault of a process server.
HB 1400	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator.
HB 1458	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the separation based on biological sex of athletics teams sponsored by a public school or institution of higher education.
HB 1811	Last Action: Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism Caption: Relating to the purchase of online library resources for primary and secondary schools by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
HB 1812	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to filing fees for certain candidates for office in primary elections.
HB 1813	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the required vote by a presidential elector and related procedures.
HB 1959	Last Action: Received from the House Caption: Relating to the maintenance of records and charging of fees by a notary public; increasing the amount of certain fees.
HB 2075	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to voting system equipment; creating a criminal offense.
HB 2102	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the use of an electronic device for accepting voters; authorizing a fee.
HB 2501	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to an option on ballots to choose not to vote in a race.
HB 2855	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to criminal penalties for performing certain abortions; creating criminal offenses.
HB 2856	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to provider discrimination against a Medicaid recipient or child health plan program enrollee based on immunization status.
HB 3242	Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Caption: Relating to a defense to prosecution for a handgun license holder who carries a handgun on certain premises.
HB 3340	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the appeal of certain orders regarding dangerous dogs.
HB 3341	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to a pilot program for recording activity at a ballot counting station.
HB 3590	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the acceptance of donations by a county commissioners court for the performance of certain functions.
HB 4459	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to voting system equipment; creating a criminal offense.
HB 4522	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the identification of and prohibited cooperation by state and local entities with certain federal acts that violate the United States Constitution.
HB 4544	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to providing children committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department with certain documents on discharge or release; authorizing a fee.
HB 4613	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 579; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
HCR 2	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Recognizing that pornography is a public health hazard.
HJR 6	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for legislative review or approval of state agency rules.
HJR 33	Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting an individual's right to earn a living free from unnecessary governmental interference.
HR 1358	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Ruth Lorena Mason of Houston.
HR 1394	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Gautham Metta for his service as a legislative intern in the office of State Representative Valoree Swanson.
HR 1395	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending James Mills for his service as a legislative intern in the office of State Representative Valoree Swanson.
HR 1531	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Recognizing that pornography is a public health hazard.
HR 2036	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Dwight "Clint" Moore.
HR 2038	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Russell Mark Taylor.
87th 1st Called Session
HB 179	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the separation based on biological sex of athletics teams sponsored by a public school or institution of higher education.
HB 184	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to provider discrimination against a Medicaid recipient or child health plan program enrollee based on immunization status.
HB 185	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to requiring public school and public institution of higher education students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.
HB 187	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.
HB 188	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to accommodating a voter unable to enter a polling place.
HB 189	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to an option on ballots to choose not to vote in a race.
HB 209	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to public access to anonymized ballots.
HB 228	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to a pilot program for recording activity at a ballot counting station.
HB 274	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to requiring public school and public institution of higher education students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.
87th 2nd Called Session
HB 25	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.
HB 88	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to provider discrimination against a Medicaid recipient or child health plan program enrollee based on immunization status.
HB 100	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to requiring public school and public institution of higher education students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.
HB 131	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to availability of cast ballots under the public information law.
HB 132	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to an option on ballots to choose not to vote in a race.
HB 145	Last Action: Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies Caption: Relating to accommodating a voter unable to enter a polling place.
HB 183	Last Action: Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies Caption: Relating to a pilot program for recording activity at a ballot counting station.
HB 211	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions and to related procedures and provisions.
87th 3rd Called Session
HB 10	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.
HB 25	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.
HB 71	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to provider discrimination against a Medicaid recipient or child health plan program enrollee based on immunization status.
HB 84	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to requiring public school and public institution of higher education students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.
86th Regular Session
HB 47	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to prohibited acts regarding abortion for a physician or applicant for a medical license.
HB 59	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored.
HB 88	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to an election ballot.
HB 96	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the evaluation of an application for a low income housing tax credit.
HB 112	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to legislative review and approval of certain state agency rules.
HB 121	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns.
HB 134	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the form of ballot propositions in an election seeking authorization for the issuance of school district bonds supported by property taxes.
HB 143	Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Caption: Relating to authorizing the provision of temporary secure storage for weapons at certain public buildings; authorizing fees.
HB 151	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the assistance of voters; increasing a penalty.
HB 154	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the recording of certain personal information of voters by election officials.
HB 273	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the time for providing a ballot to be voted by mail to a voter.
HB 1105	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the preemption and prosecution of certain offenses involving the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle.
HB 1106	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the number of school marshals that may be appointed to serve on a public school campus or at a private school.
HB 1107	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the signature required on an application for voter registration or for a ballot to be voted by mail.
HB 1108	Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Caption: Relating to the carrying and possession of a concealed handgun by a school marshal.
HB 1109	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to waiving certain minimum standards for substitute care providers for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
HB 1117	Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to the preservation of certain election records.
HB 1118	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a requirement that public and private institutions of higher education provide certain cost and employment opportunity data for degree programs.
HB 2446	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the availability of certain information regarding firefighters, volunteer firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, and fire safety inspectors and the certification and training for fire safety inspectors.
HB 2447	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to prohibited actions regarding health benefit plan coverage for enrollees who refuse to have an abortion.
HB 3722	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the date for ordering or holding an election to ratify the ad valorem tax rate of a school district.
HB 3723	Last Action: Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Caption: Relating to an election authorizing the issuance of bonds or an increase in taxes by a political subdivision.
HB 3724	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the signature required on an application for voter registration or for a ballot to be voted by mail.
HB 3727	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the online publication of information by certain special purpose districts.
HB 3730	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the purchase of online library resources for primary and secondary schools by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
HB 3731	Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to an appropriation of money to the General Land Office from the economic stabilization fund for certain disaster recovery and flood mitigation projects.
HB 3734	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the preemption of municipal and county regulatory authority.
HB 3790	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to judicial review of certain regulations that apply to state licensees.
HB 4128	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the required vote by a presidential elector and related procedures.
HB 4129	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the omission from the ballot of a withdrawing candidate.
HB 4130	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to use of an electronic device for accepting voters; authorizing a fee.
HB 4131	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to prohibiting public schools from owning or having a business interest in certain entities and real property associated with those entities.
HB 4160	Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to holding elections on uniform election dates.
HB 4162	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored.
HB 4521	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the filing fee for certain candidates.
HB 4523	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to prohibited actions regarding health benefit plan coverage for enrollees who refuse to have an abortion; providing civil penalties.
HB 4526	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to civil liability for performing certain abortions; providing civil penalties.
HB 4527	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to civil liability and criminal penalties for performing certain abortions; providing civil penalties; creating criminal offenses.
HB 4535	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the location of certain temporary branch early voting polling places.
HB 4537	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions.
HB 4538	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the verification of citizenship of an applicant for voter registration.
HB 4540	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to verification of the citizenship status of certain registered voters.
HB 4545	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a county, city, or independent school district posting election results on an Internet website.
HB 4625	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards of county school trustees, and offices of county school superintendent.
HB 4626	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission.
HCR 126	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Recognizing pornography as a public health hazard.
HJR 88	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for legislative review or approval of state agency rules.
HJR 128	Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right to earn a living free from unnecessary government interference.
HR 781	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Recognizing that pornography is a public health hazard.
HR 784	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Henrietta M. Haessly of Spring.
85th Regular Session
HB 1049	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to prohibited acts regarding abortion for a physician or applicant for a medical license.
HB 1050	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the abolition of ad valorem taxes.
HB 1195	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to inclusion of a civics test in the graduation requirements for public high school students.
HB 1232	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to a limitation on the amount of tuition, fees, and other charges charged to students by public institutions of higher education.
HB 1316	Last Action: Referred to General Investigating & Ethics Caption: Relating to expenditures for lobbying activities made by a recipient of state money.
HB 1425	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to a requirement that public and private institutions of higher education provide certain cost and employment opportunity data for degree programs.
HB 1485	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to academic freedom for public school teachers providing science instruction.
HB 1653	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored.
HB 1706	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the required vote by a presidential elector and related procedures.
HB 1707	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to political party signs for a primary election.
HB 1754	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the placement and use of video cameras in certain self-contained classrooms or other settings providing special education services.
HB 1772	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses.
HB 1773	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to an election authorizing the issuance of bonds or an increase in taxes by a political subdivision.
HB 1792	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the evaluation of an application for a low income housing tax credit.
HB 1945	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the criminal consequences of engaging in certain conduct with respect to a firearm silencer.
HB 2003	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the carrying of concealed or holstered handguns in a courthouse by certain court clerks licensed to carry a handgun.
HB 2017	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to legislative review and approval of certain state agency rules.
HB 2348	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to certificates of birth resulting in stillbirth, fetal death certificates, and the disposition of fetal remains; imposing administrative penalties.
HB 2349	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the filing of a fetal death certificate after an abortion.
HB 2380	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns.
HB 2391	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the order of candidate names on an election ballot.
HB 2808	Last Action: Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select Caption: Relating to preventing the commandeering of state resources by the federal government.
HB 2811	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the form of ballot propositions in an election seeking authorization for the issuance of school district bonds supported by property taxes.
HB 3006	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to authorizing the provision of temporary secure storage for weapons at certain public buildings; authorizing fees.
HB 3007	Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Caption: Relating to temporary secure storage of weapons at public buildings; authorizing a fee.
HB 3435	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to signature verification on an early voting ballot voted by mail.
HB 3552	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the foster care payment rate for certain foster parents and the reimbursement of certain expenses for the foster parent; creating a criminal offense.
HB 3553	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to prohibited requests for or disclosures of information regarding certain child-care facility license holders' ownership, possession, use, or storage of a firearm or other weapon; creating a criminal offense.
HB 3555	Last Action: Transferred to Calendars Committee Caption: Relating to an innovation grant program for community faith-based programs that collaborate with the Department of Family and Protective Services to improve foster care.
HB 3558	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to an innovation grant program for community faith-based programs that collaborate with the Department of Family and Protective Services to improve foster care.
HB 3559	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to reimbursement of foster parents and certain former foster children for expenses related to obtaining or renewing a driver's license and obtaining insurance.
HB 3562	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to authorizing the foster parent of a foster child to take certain actions to protect the child from violence and kidnapping.
HB 3643	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the assistance of voters; increasing a penalty.
HB 3662	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the acceptance of a voter; creating an offense.
HB 3666	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the recording of certain personal information of voters by election officials.
HB 3667	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the maintenance of the statewide voter registration list.
HB 3678	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the registration and inspection periods for motor vehicles.
HB 3686	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the acceptance of a voter at a polling place; creating an offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
HB 3688	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the use of certain public buildings as polling place locations.
HB 4203	Last Action: Transferred to Calendars Committee Caption: Relating to rights to certain benefits accrued in the Texas County and District Retirement System.
HB 4206	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to elimination of the requirement that a school district establish a local school health advisory council.
HB 4207	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the repeal of the exemption from the sales and use tax on the sale of certain newspapers.
HB 4208	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to designating English as the official language of this state.
HB 4215	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to distracted driving collisions; creating an offense.
HB 4253	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to training requirements for foster parents.
HB 4255	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to training requirements for foster parents.
HB 4265	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the early voting period.
HJR 71	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total market value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses.
HJR 84	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for legislative review or approval of state agency rules.
HJR 122	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the extent authorized under federal constitutional law.
HR 1939	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Klein Oak High School color guard on winning its division title at the 2017 Winter Guard International World Championships.
HR 1974	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of William Lewis Black of Spring.
85th 1st Called Session
HB 86	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to prohibited acts for a physician or applicant for a medical license.
HB 91	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the abolition of ad valorem taxes and a study of alternative methods of taxation to replace revenue lost to political subdivisions as a result of the abolition of ad valorem taxes.
HB 95	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses.
HB 96	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to signature verification on an early voting ballot voted by mail.
HB 123	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns.
HB 138	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to partial-birth abortions and dismemberment abortions; increasing a criminal penalty.
HB 312	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to prohibited acts for a physician or applicant for a medical license.
HB 336	Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Caption: Relating to authorizing the provision of temporary secure storage for weapons at certain public buildings; authorizing fees.
HJR 24	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total market value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses.