Texas Sen. Brent Hagenbuch
Republican, Texas Senate | 89th Legislature Enacted Bills
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Bills as Primary Author (11)
Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers.
Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers.
Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges.
Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges.
Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.
Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.
Relating to the release of motor vehicle collision report information.
Relating to the release of motor vehicle collision report information.
Relating to eligibility for the bulletproof vest and body armor grant program.
Relating to eligibility for the bulletproof vest and body armor grant program.
Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board.
Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board.
Relating to the voluntary disclosure by an applicant for registration of a motor vehicle of the applicant's military status.
Relating to the voluntary disclosure by an applicant for registration of a motor vehicle of the applicant's military status.
Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in solving violent and sexual offenses.
Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in solving violent and sexual offenses.
Relating to requiring a certification for peace officers to conduct certain polygraph examinations.
Relating to requiring a certification for peace officers to conduct certain polygraph examinations.
Relating to motor vehicles, including automated motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense.
Relating to motor vehicles, including automated motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense.
Relating to the creation of the Alluvium Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
Relating to the creation of the Alluvium Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
Bills as Joint Author (22)
Relating to campground and youth camp safety.
Relating to campground and youth camp safety.
Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.
Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.
Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas.
Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas.
Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.
Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.
Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.
Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.
Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.
Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.
Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.
Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.
Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials.
Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials.
Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.
Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.
Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings.
Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings.
Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.
Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.
Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses.
Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses.
Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.
Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.
Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public school students.
Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public school students.
Relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services.
Relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services.
Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.
Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties.
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district.
Bills as Coauthor (51)
Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
Relating to the planning for, interconnection and operation of, and costs related to providing service for certain electrical loads and to the generation of electric power by a water supply or sewer service corporation.
Relating to the planning for, interconnection and operation of, and costs related to providing service for certain electrical loads and to the generation of electric power by a water supply or sewer service corporation.
Relating to agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements.
Relating to agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements.
Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions.
Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions.
Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools.
Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools.
Relating to the Texas moving image industry incentive program and the establishment and funding of the Texas moving image industry incentive fund.
Relating to the Texas moving image industry incentive program and the establishment and funding of the Texas moving image industry incentive fund.
Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.
Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.
Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty.
Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty.
Relating to the formation, governance, and internal management of domestic entities.
Relating to the formation, governance, and internal management of domestic entities.
Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.
Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.
Relating to funding for certain volunteer fire departments, to the preparation for and the prevention, management, and potential effects of wildfires, and to emergency communications in this state.
Relating to funding for certain volunteer fire departments, to the preparation for and the prevention, management, and potential effects of wildfires, and to emergency communications in this state.
Relating to the homeland security activities of certain entities, including the establishment and operations of the Homeland Security Division in the Department of Public Safety.
Relating to the homeland security activities of certain entities, including the establishment and operations of the Homeland Security Division in the Department of Public Safety.
Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment, powers, and duties of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman.
Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment, powers, and duties of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman.
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.
Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices.
Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices.
Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.
Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.
Relating to the period for which an applicant for admission as an undergraduate student to a public institution of higher education is entitled to an academic fresh start.
Relating to the period for which an applicant for admission as an undergraduate student to a public institution of higher education is entitled to an academic fresh start.
Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.
Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.
Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program.
Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program.
Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee.
Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee.
Relating to the recognition of a handgun license issued by another state.
Relating to the recognition of a handgun license issued by another state.
Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse.
Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse.
Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.
Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.
Relating to the allocation of money appropriated to the rural volunteer fire department assistance program.
Relating to the allocation of money appropriated to the rural volunteer fire department assistance program.
Relating to the issuance of Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal specialty license plates.
Relating to the issuance of Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal specialty license plates.
Relating to the combination of certain election precincts.
Relating to the combination of certain election precincts.
Relating to state and local authority to regulate the food service industry.
Relating to state and local authority to regulate the food service industry.
Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of an occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.
Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of an occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.
Relating to the consideration of college entrance examinations for admission to certain public institutions of higher education and a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding those examinations.
Relating to the consideration of college entrance examinations for admission to certain public institutions of higher education and a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding those examinations.
Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of this state over United States military installations with respect to certain subject matters.
Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of this state over United States military installations with respect to certain subject matters.
Relating to establishing the Higher Education Research Security Council.
Relating to establishing the Higher Education Research Security Council.
Relating to resident safety from criminal activity in senior retirement communities.
Relating to resident safety from criminal activity in senior retirement communities.
Relating to liquor sales on credit by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit to a wholesaler.
Relating to liquor sales on credit by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit to a wholesaler.
Relating to increasing access to and reducing taxation of Internet services.
Relating to increasing access to and reducing taxation of Internet services.
Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole.
Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole.
Relating to a grant program to fund certain railroad grade separation projects.
Relating to a grant program to fund certain railroad grade separation projects.
Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system.
Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system.
Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.
Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.
Relating to the name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District.
Relating to the name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District.
Relating to the relocation or removal of dredged spoils or materials by a navigation district.
Relating to the relocation or removal of dredged spoils or materials by a navigation district.
Relating to the operation of a cement kiln and the production of aggregates near a semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility.
Relating to the operation of a cement kiln and the production of aggregates near a semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility.
Relating to the administration of the dealer-issued license plates database and to the removal and transfer of license plates.
Relating to the administration of the dealer-issued license plates database and to the removal and transfer of license plates.
Relating to the registration of vehicles, the issuance of disabled parking placards, and certain benefits associated with that registration or issuance for certain peace officers with disabilities; authorizing a fee.
Relating to the registration of vehicles, the issuance of disabled parking placards, and certain benefits associated with that registration or issuance for certain peace officers with disabilities; authorizing a fee.
Relating to financial exploitation or financial abuse using artificially generated media or phishing communications; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
Relating to financial exploitation or financial abuse using artificially generated media or phishing communications; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
Relating to the integration of early voting by personal appearance and election day voting, including the manner in which election returns are processed and other related changes.
Relating to the integration of early voting by personal appearance and election day voting, including the manner in which election returns are processed and other related changes.
Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission.
Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission.
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.
Proposing a constitutional amendment affirming the rights and responsibilities of parents.
Proposing a constitutional amendment affirming the rights and responsibilities of parents.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Who is Texas Sen. Brent Hagenbuch?
- Brent Hagenbuch is a Republican member of the Texas Senate who served in the 89th Legislature. Sen. Brent Hagenbuch was involved in 84 enacted bills, including 11 as primary author.
- How many bills did Sen. Brent Hagenbuch author in the Texas 89th Legislature?
- Sen. Brent Hagenbuch was the primary author of 11 enacted bills, joint author on 22 bills, and coauthor on 51 bills in the Texas 89th Legislature.
- How does Sen. Brent Hagenbuch rank among Texas Senate members for enacted legislation?
- Sen. Brent Hagenbuch ranks 18th among Texas Senate members for enacted bills as primary author in the 89th Legislature.
- What legislative areas does Sen. Brent Hagenbuch focus on?
- Sen. Brent Hagenbuch's primary legislative focus areas include law enforcement, occupational regulation, occupational regulation--other trades & professions. These subjects represent the majority of bills where Sen. Brent Hagenbuch served as author or coauthor.
- What are some key bills authored by Sen. Brent Hagenbuch?
- Key legislation authored by Sen. Brent Hagenbuch includes SB1321 (Relating to compensation and leave for certain pea...) and SB1455 (Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulati...). View the full list of enacted bills above for complete details.
- What party is Sen. Brent Hagenbuch affiliated with?
- Sen. Brent Hagenbuch is a Republican member of the Texas Senate.
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