Sen. Jane Nelson

Primary SR 10

Introduced · Texas Senate · Lead sponsor

Urging the federal government to immediately declare violent foreign drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and encouraging the Texas Military Department and all state resources to use authority under Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution to repel this violent foreign drug cartel-facilitated invasion in the least lethal manner possible consistent with bringing this facilitated invasion to a conclusion at the earliest possible moment.

Introduced Jul 21, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SJR 3

Passed · Texas Senate · Co-sponsor

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a judge or magistrate to impose the least restrictive conditions of bail that may be necessary and authorizing the denial of bail under some circumstances to a person accused of a violent or sexual offense or of continuous trafficking of persons.

Passed Jul 16, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 8

Passed · Texas Senate · Co-sponsor

Relating to the authority of a person who acquires a residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption for the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in revenue.

Passed Jul 16, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 10

In committee · Texas Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to making appropriations for the legislature and legislative agencies.

In committee Jul 16, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 1

Passed · Texas Senate · Co-sponsor

Relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses; providing civil penalties.

Passed Jul 16, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 6

Passed · Texas Senate · Co-sponsor

Relating to rules for setting the amount of bail, to the release of certain defendants on a monetary bond or personal bond, to related duties of certain officers taking bail bonds and of a magistrate in a criminal case, to charitable bail organizations, and to the reporting of information pertaining to bail bonds.

Passed Jul 16, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 12

Passed · Texas Senate · Co-sponsor

Relating to the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an individual who is elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction from the preceding tax year in the district's maximum compressed rate.

Passed Jul 16, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJR 4

Passed · Texas Senate · Co-sponsor

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.

Passed Jul 14, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 7

Passed · Texas Senate · Co-sponsor

Relating to a one-time supplemental payment of benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Passed Jul 13, 2021 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 248

Signed into law · Texas Senate · Co-sponsor

Relating to the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and e-cigarettes; requiring occupational permits; imposing fees; providing civil and administrative penalties; creating criminal offenses.

Signed into law Jun 18, 2021 1 co-sponsor