How are the legislative priorities of the Texas Republican and Democrat parties faring in the 2021 legislative session? Texas Scorecard tracks the progress of bills in the House and Senate to show you the movement of each party’s legislative priorities.
Republican priorities are taken from the legislative priorities passed during the 2020 Texas GOP Convention, while Democrat priorities are taken from the 2020 Texas Democrat Party platform.
Republican Priorities
Election Integrity
House Bill 329 (Cain) 02/25/2021 H Referred to Elections
House Bill 335 (Cain) 02/25/2021 H Referred to Elections
House Bill 574 (Bonnen) 04/16/2021 H Reported engrossed
House Bill 1368 (Leach) 03/05/2021 H Referred to Elections
Senate Bill 155 (Perry) 04/12/2021 H Referred to Elections
House Bill 6 (Cain) 04/08/2021 H Reported favorably as substituted
Senate Bill 7 (Hughes) 04/12/2021 H Referred to Elections
Religious Freedom
House Bill 525 (Shaheen) 04/06/2021 H Received from the Senate
House Bill 1218 (Oliverson) 03/04/2021 H Referred to Public Education
House Bill 1239 (Sanford) 04/12/2021 S Received from the House
House Bill 1291 (Bell, Keith) 04/14/2021 H Left pending in committee
House Bill 1424 (Oliverson) 04/14/2021 H Left pending in committee.
House Bill 1487 (Dean) 03/25/2021 H No action taken in committee
House Bill 1569 (Schofield) 4/13/2021 H Left pending in committee
House Bill 1579 (White) 03/08/2021 H Referred to Corrections
House Bill 1691 (Tinderholt) 03/09/2021 H 03/25/2021 H Left pending in committee
House Concurrent Resolution 1 (Stephenson) 03/25/2021 H Left pending in committee
Senate Bill 251 (Paxton | Perry) 03/03/2021 S Referred to State Affairs
Senate Bill 654 (Bettencourt) 03/11/2021 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Senate Bill 797 (Hughes) 04/19/2021 S Placed on local & uncontested calendar
Children and Gender Modification
House Bill 68 (Toth) 02/25/2021 H Referred to Public Health
House Bill 1399 (Krause) 4/15/2021 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Senate Bill 1311 (Hall) 04/15/2021 S Considered in public hearing
Senate Bill 1646 (Perry) 04/15/2021 S Considered in public hearing
Abolition of Abortion
House Bill 1280 (Capriglione) 04/15/2021 H Reported favorably as substituted
House Bill 1623 (Toth) 3/09/2021 H Referred to Public Health
House Joint Resolution 80 (Slawson) 03/11/2021 H Referred to State Affairs
House Bill 3326 (Slaton) 03/22/2021 H Referred to Public Health
Senate Joint Resolution 25 (Hall) 03/11/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Service
Senate Bill 8 (Hughes) 04/15/2021 H Reported favorably as substituted
Senate Bill 9 (Paxton) 04/06/2021 H Referred to Public Health
Senate Bill 1647 (Perry) 04/15/2021 H Reported favorably as substituted
Constitutional Carry
House Bill 1238 (Biedermann) 03/25/2021 H Left pending in committee
House Bill 1911 (White) 04/06/2021 H Committee report sent to Calendars
House Bill 1927 (Schaefer) 04/16/2021 H Passed as amended
Senate Bill 540 (Springer | Buckingham) 03/11/2021 S Referred to State Affairs
Monument Protection
House Bill 466 (Shaheen) 02/25/2021 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
House Bill 1079 (Perez) 04/19/2021 H Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
House Bill 2571 (Slaton) 03/17/2021 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism
House Bill 3584 (Murr) 04/15/2021 H Reported favorably as substituted
Senate Bill 1416 (Creighton) 03/18/2021 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Senate Bill 1501 (Buckingham) 03/24/2021 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
School Choice for All
Senate Bill 1968 (Bettencourt) 04/01/2021 S Referred to Education
House Bill 4537 (Middleton) 03/29/2021 H Referred to Public Education
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
House Bill 749 (Middleton) 03/26/2021 H Left pending in committee
Senate Bill 234 (Hall) 03/03/2021 S Referred to State Affairs
Senate Bill 10 (Bettencourt) 04/15/2021 H Received from the Senate
Executive Overreach
House Bill 2097 (Schaefer) 03/15/2021 H Referred to State Affairs
House Bill 2098 (Schaefer) 03/15/2021 H Referred to State Affairs
Senate Bill 1025 (Birdwell) 04/16/2021 H Referred to State Affairs
Senate Joint Resolution 45 (Birdwell) 04/16/2021 H Referred to State Affairs
Democrat Priorities
Marijuana Legalization
House Bill 1609 (Crockett) 04/06/2021 H Left pending in committee
House Bill 169 (Thompson, Senfronia) 04/06/2021 H Left pending in committee
House Bill 585 (Cole) 03/01/2021 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
House Bill 616 (Dutton) 03/01/2021 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
House Joint Resolution 11 (Reynolds) 03/01/2021 H Referred to Public Health
House Joint Resolution 13 (Canales) 03/01/2021 H Referred to State Affairs
Senate Bill 140 (Gutierrez) 3/03/2021 S Referred to State Affairs
Senate Joint Resolution 16 (Eckhardt) 3/03/2021 S Referred to State Affairs
Expanding Abortion
House Bill 1362 (Cole) 03/05/2021 H Referred to Human Services
Senate Bill 448 (Eckhardt) 03/09/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Increase Minimum Wage
House Bill 60 (Reynolds) 02/25/2021 H Referred to International Relations & Economic Development
House Bill 255 (Meza) 02/25/2021 H Referred to International Relations & Economic Development
House Bill 383 (Pacheco) 02/25/2021 H Referred to International Relations & Economic Development
House Bill 615 (Goodwin) 03/01/2021 H Referred to International Relations & Economic Development
House Bill 731 (González, Jessica) 03/01/2021 H Referred to International Relations & Economic Development
Senate Bill 389 (Eckhardt) 03/09/2021 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Medicaid Expansion
House Bill 389 (Israel) 02/25/2021 H Referred to Appropriations
House Bill 398 (Bucy) 02/25/2021 H Referred to Appropriations
House Bill 3871 (Johnson) 04/06/2021 H Referred to Public Health
House Joint Resolution 9 (Reynolds) 03/01/2021 H Referred to Appropriations
House Joint Resolution 23 (Israel) 03/01/2021 H Referred to Appropriations
House Joint Resolution 24 (Bucy) 03/01/2021 H Referred to Appropriations
Senate Bill 118 (Johnson) 03/03/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Senate Bill 119 (Johnson) 03/03/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Senate Joint Resolution 14 (Johnson) 03/03/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Senate Joint Resolution 15 (Alvarado) 03/03/2021 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Ban Fracking
Red-Flag Laws
House Bill 395 (Moody) 02/25/2021 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety
Senate Bill 84 (Miles) 03/03/2021 S Referred to State Affairs
Expand Mass Transportation
Repeal Voter ID
House Bill 110 (Reynolds) 02/25/2021 H Referred to Elections
House Bill 1366 (Israel) 03/05/2021 H Referred to Elections
Senate Bill 100 (Menéndez) 03/03/2021 S Referred to State Affairs
