---
title: Libraries & Librarians - Texas Legislation
subject: Libraries & Librarians
total_bills: 6
unique_authors: 6
critical_bills: 2
high_cost_bills: 1
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/libraries-librarians"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Libraries & Librarians

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 6
- **Unique Authors:** 6
- **Critical Compliance:** 2 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 1 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 4

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 4 bills
- **Senate:** 2 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 2 bills
- **Low:** 4 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Angela Paxton** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Cody Harris** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Donna Howard** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Judith Zaffirini** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Lois Kolkhorst** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Mayes Middleton** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MATERIALS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/library-collection-development-materials) (3 shared bills)
- [HISTORICAL COMMISSION, TEXAS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/historical-commission-texas) (2 shared bills)
- [STATE LIBRARY & ARCHIVES COMMISSION, TEXAS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-library-archives-commission-texas) (2 shared bills)
- [Historic Preservation & Museums](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/historic-preservation-museums) (2 shared bills)
- [GENERAL LAND OFFICE](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/general-land-office) (2 shared bills)
- [Education](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education) (2 shared bills)
- [Criminal Procedure](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/criminal-procedure) (1 shared bills)
- [Education--Primary & Secondary](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-primary-secondary) (1 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Historical Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-historical-commission) - 2 bills
- [Texas State Library and Archives Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-state-library-and-archives-commission) - 2 bills
- [Texas Education Agency](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-education-agency) - 1 bills
- [District Attorneys](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/district-attorneys) - 1 bills
- [County Attorneys](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/county-attorneys) - 1 bills
- [Health and Human Services Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/health-and-human-services-commission) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [SB412](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb412-89th-regular) | Relating to defenses to prosecution for ce... | Critical | High |
| [SB13](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb13-89th-regular) | Relating to a school district's library ma... | Critical | Medium |

## 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 |
| [HB5616](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5616-89th-regular) | Relating to the Texas presidential li... | Donna Howard (D) | Low |
| [SB1012](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1012-89th-regular) | Relating to authorizing the sale or l... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Low |
| [SB13](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb13-89th-regular) | Relating to a school district's libra... | Angela Paxton (R) | Critical |
| [SB412](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb412-89th-regular) | Relating to defenses to prosecution f... | Mayes Middleton (R) | Critical |
| [SB60](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb60-89th-regular) | Relating to the disposition by a publ... | Judith Zaffirini (D) | Low |

## Source Links

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

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