Rep. Cole Hefner

Co-sponsor SB 490

Signed into law · Texas Senate · Co-sponsor

Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers.

Signed into law May 29, 2023 1 co-sponsor

Primary HB 1772

Signed into law · Texas House · Lead sponsor

Relating to the documentation required for the purchase of certain timber products; creating a criminal offense.

Signed into law May 27, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor HB 7

Passed · Texas House · Co-sponsor

Relating to measures to address public safety threats in this state presented by transnational criminal activity, including by establishing a Texas Border Force, and to compensate persons affected by those threats; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.

Passed May 27, 2023 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary HB 2073

Signed into law · Texas House · Lead sponsor

Relating to the recovery of fuel and purchased power costs by electric utilities.

Signed into law May 27, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1381

Signed into law · Texas Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to the eligibility of the surviving spouse of an elderly person who qualified for a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit of a portion of the appraised value of the deceased person's residence homestead to continue to receive an exemption for the same property from the same taxing unit in an amount equal to that of the exemption for which the deceased person qualified without applying for the exemption.

Signed into law May 27, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 2123

Signed into law · Texas Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to the participation of the medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler in the Joint Admission Medical Program.

Signed into law May 27, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor SB 3

Passed · Texas Senate · Co-sponsor

Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration.

Passed May 26, 2023 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJR 3

Passed · Texas Senate · Co-sponsor

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes, to increase the amount of an exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.

Passed May 26, 2023 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 3899

Passed · Texas House · Co-sponsor

Relating to the issuance of bonds by certain local government corporations.

Passed May 26, 2023 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 800

Passed · Texas House · Co-sponsor

Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house; increasing criminal penalties.

Passed May 26, 2023 1 co-sponsor Track