---
title: Ethics - Texas Legislation
subject: Ethics
total_bills: 14
unique_authors: 11
critical_bills: 6
high_cost_bills: 2
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/ethics"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Ethics

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 14
- **Unique Authors:** 11
- **Critical Compliance:** 6 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 2 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 8

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 7 bills
- **Senate:** 7 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 6 bills
- **Moderate:** 8 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Joan Huffman** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Bryan Hughes** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Brian Birdwell** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Matthew Shaheen** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Morgan Meyer** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Ryan Guillen** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Stan Gerdes** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Tan Parker** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Criminal Procedure](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/criminal-procedure) (4 shared bills)
- [Crimes](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/crimes) (4 shared bills)
- [Civil Remedies & Liabilities](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/civil-remedies-liabilities) (4 shared bills)
- [State Finances](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-finances) (3 shared bills)
- [ATTORNEY GENERAL](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/attorney-general) (3 shared bills)
- [State Finances--Management & Control](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-finances-management-control) (3 shared bills)
- [Purchasing](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/purchasing) (3 shared bills)
- [State Agencies, Boards & Commissions](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-agencies-boards-commissions) (3 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Office of the Attorney General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-attorney-general) - 4 bills
- [Texas Ethics Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-ethics-commission) - 3 bills
- [County Attorneys](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/county-attorneys) - 2 bills
- [District Attorneys](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/district-attorneys) - 2 bills
- [Local Law Enforcement Agencies](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/local-law-enforcement-agencies) - 1 bills
- [Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-comptroller-of-public-accounts) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB119](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb119-89th-regular) | Relating to the registration as a lobbyist... | Critical | High |
| [HB127](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb127-89th-regular) | Relating to measures to protect institutio... | Critical | High |
| [HB2001](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2001-89th-regular) | Relating to increasing the criminal penalt... | Critical | Low |
| [HB210](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb210-89th-regular) | Relating to contracting with a school dist... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB1220](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1220-89th-regular) | Relating to the subject matter jurisdictio... | Critical | Low |
| [SB1964](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1964-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation and use of arti... | Critical | Medium |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB18](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb18-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to a restriction on the acce... | Matthew Shaheen (R) | Moderate |
| [SB12](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb12-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to the duty of the attorney ... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Moderate |
| [HB119](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb119-89th-regular) | Relating to the registration as a lob... | Stan Gerdes (R) | Critical |
| [HB127](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb127-89th-regular) | Relating to measures to protect insti... | Terry Wilson (R) | Critical |
| [HB148](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb148-89th-regular) | Relating to the qualification of cand... | Chris Turner (D) | Moderate |
| [HB2001](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2001-89th-regular) | Relating to increasing the criminal p... | Morgan Meyer (R) | Critical |
| [HB210](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb210-89th-regular) | Relating to contracting with a school... | Ryan Guillen (R) | Critical |
| [HB3711](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3711-89th-regular) | Relating to assistance in the investi... | Giovanni Capriglione (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1220](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1220-89th-regular) | Relating to the subject matter jurisd... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Critical |
| [SB1901](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1901-89th-regular) | Relating to the administration of the... | Joan Huffman (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1964](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1964-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation and use of... | Tan Parker (R) | Critical |
| [SB2781](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2781-89th-regular) | Relating to the imposition of civil p... | Brian Birdwell (R) | Moderate |
| [SB40](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb40-89th-regular) | Relating to the use by a political su... | Joan Huffman (R) | Moderate |
| [SB869](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb869-89th-regular) | Relating to the deadline for the Texa... | Brian Birdwell (R) | Moderate |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/ethics)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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