Texas State Representative

Linda Garcia 2025 - 89th Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 3)

Legislative Session

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4696

Filed
3/12/25  
Out of House Committee
5/5/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the remote participation of certain persons in a proceeding for the issuance or modification of a protective order.
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Texas House Bill HB4697

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a defendant's appearance by telephone or videoconference in a justice or municipal court.
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Texas House Bill HB4698

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of a grant program for school district or open-enrollment charter school campuses that are designated as full-service community schools.

Co-Author of Legislation

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Texas House Bill HB168

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
5/6/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the age at which a person in this state may marry and to certain rights of a party to a void marriage entered into when the party was a minor.
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Texas House Bill HB463

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
4/17/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain pretrial hearings for defendants charged with certain controlled substance offenses and the expunction of all records and files related to arrests for certain controlled substance offenses.
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Texas House Bill HCR9

Designating the first Saturday of every month as Small Business Saturday for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
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Texas House Bill HB2140

Filed
1/28/25  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

Joint Author of Legislation

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Texas House Bill HB581

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
4/3/25  
Voted on by House
4/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/15/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/22/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to the creation of artificial sexual material harmful to minors.
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Texas House Bill HB380

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student, and to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.
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Texas House Bill HB678

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
5/2/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the inclusion of the National Sexual Assault Hotline on certain student identification cards issued by a public institution of higher education.
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Texas House Bill HB2145

Filed
1/28/25  
Out of House Committee
4/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain state-owned parking lots and garages.
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Texas House Bill HB2508

Filed
2/5/25  
Out of House Committee
4/17/25  
Voted on by House
4/30/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/22/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/25/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a qualifying condition or disease.
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Texas House Bill HJR133

Filed
2/5/25  
Out of House Committee
4/17/25  
Voted on by House
4/28/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/22/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/25/25  
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a condition or disease that is presumed under federal law to have been service-connected.

Joint Sponsor of Legislation

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Texas Senate Bill SB991

Filed
1/29/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/10/25  
Voted on by House
5/21/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Texas Senate Bill SJR2

Filed
2/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
2/11/25  
Voted on by Senate
2/13/25  
Out of House Committee
5/9/25  
Voted on by House
5/20/25  
Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district.