---
title: Historic Preservation & Museums - Texas Legislation
subject: Historic Preservation & Museums
total_bills: 8
unique_authors: 8
critical_bills: 0
high_cost_bills: 0
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/historic-preservation-museums"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Historic Preservation & Museums

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 8
- **Unique Authors:** 8
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 5

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 5 bills
- **Senate:** 3 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Moderate:** 3 bills
- **Low:** 5 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Cody Harris** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Donna Campbell** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Donna Howard** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Joan Huffman** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **John Lujan** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Morgan Meyer** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Royce West** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **William Metcalf** (R, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [HISTORICAL COMMISSION, TEXAS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/historical-commission-texas) (5 shared bills)
- [State Finances](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-finances) (4 shared bills)
- [State Finances--Management & Control](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-finances-management-control) (4 shared bills)
- [State Agencies, Boards & Commissions](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-agencies-boards-commissions) (3 shared bills)
- [ALAMO, THE](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/alamo-the) (2 shared bills)
- [Libraries & Librarians](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/libraries-librarians) (2 shared bills)
- [GENERAL LAND OFFICE](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/general-land-office) (2 shared bills)
- [Taxation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/taxation) (1 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Historical Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-historical-commission) - 5 bills
- [State Preservation Board](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/state-preservation-board) - 2 bills
- [County Appraisal Districts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/county-appraisal-districts) - 1 bills
- [Texas State Library and Archives Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-state-library-and-archives-commission) - 1 bills

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB1397](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1397-89th-regular) | Relating to the care, custody, and di... | Cody Harris (R) | Low |
| [HB1866](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1866-89th-regular) | Relating to the state law enforcement... | John Lujan (R) | Low |
| [HB4187](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4187-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority and respons... | William Metcalf (R) | Moderate |
| [HB4809](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4809-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of an owner... | Morgan Meyer (R) | Moderate |
| [HB5616](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5616-89th-regular) | Relating to the Texas presidential li... | Donna Howard (D) | Low |
| [SB1426](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1426-89th-regular) | Relating to operation and management ... | Joan Huffman (R) | Low |
| [SB217](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb217-89th-regular) | Relating to establishing the Historic... | Royce West (D) | Low |
| [SB3059](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb3059-89th-regular) | Relating to the preservation, mainten... | Donna Campbell (R) | Moderate |

## Source Links

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

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