Legislation authored by Cole Hefner

Includes legislation with Cole Hefner as the primary author for the 85th through 87th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System. Author information is not available for the 87th Legislature.

88th Regular Session
HB 672	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the definition of child abuse and the prosecution of the criminal offense of abandoning or endangering a child.
HB 869	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to repealing the affirmative defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor.
HB 871	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to software installation in voting system hardware manufactured outside the United States.
HB 914	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to temporary vehicle tags and the offense of tampering with a governmental record.
HB 1243	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty.
HB 1305	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 19 as the Mildred McMillan Garrett Memorial Bridge.
HB 1600	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for illegal entry into this state from Mexico by a person who is not a citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States.
HB 1700	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to an unauthorized vote by a delegate or alternate delegate to a federal Article V convention; creating a criminal offense.
HB 1760	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or postsecondary educational institutions.
HB 1811	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device.
HB 1915	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to land services performed by a landman.
HB 2010	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers.
HB 2198	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to building height restrictions in certain municipalities.
HB 2295	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to liens on aircraft for certain charges.
HB 2306	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of voyeurism.
HB 2354	Last Action: Effective on 1/1/24 Caption: Relating to the eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer to a surviving spouse.
HB 2398	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to late applications for the appraisal of land for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following the death of the owner of the land.
HB 2486	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information in a peace officer's or firefighter's personnel file.
HB 2760	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the disclosure of certain gifts, grants, contracts, and financial interests received from a foreign source by certain state agencies, public institutions of higher education, and state contractors, and to the approval and monitoring of employment-related foreign travel and activities by certain public institution of higher education employees; providing civil and administrative penalties.
HB 2828	Last Action: Referred to Community Safety, Select Caption: Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain active and retired judicial officers.
HB 2914	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the term of office for a director of the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.
HB 2971	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the delivery of cottage food by mail.
HB 2981	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the methods by which the comptroller may provide certain notices relating to the revocation or suspension of a permit or license or the forfeiture of corporate privileges in this state.
HB 3006	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the treatment for ad valorem tax purposes of land and equipment used for hydroponic farming.
HB 3106	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 49 in Titus County as the Titus County WWI Veterans Memorial Highway.
HB 3108	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm to Market Road 2348 in Titus County as the Army Staff Sergeant Clay Allen Craig Memorial Bridge.
HB 3242	Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to the eligibility of the surviving spouse of an elderly person who qualified for a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit of a portion of the appraised value of the deceased person's residence homestead to continue to receive an exemption for the same property from the same taxing unit in an amount equal to that of the exemption for which the deceased person qualified without applying for the exemption.
HB 3516	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the delivery of certain tax refunds.
HB 3608	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the reappraisal for ad valorem taxation purposes of real property on which a building completely destroyed by a casualty is located.
HB 3614	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to allowing public schools to employ or accept as volunteers chaplains.
HB 3623	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to a memorandum of understanding between public or private primary or secondary schools authorizing a school marshal of one school to act as a school marshal at the other school during an event at which both schools participate.
HB 3659	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to civil asset forfeiture proceedings, to the seizure and forfeiture of certain property, and to the reporting and disposition of proceeds and property from civil asset forfeiture.
HB 3684	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to a procedure for applying for a place on a ballot as a candidate for precinct chair of a political party; providing an administrative penalty.
HB 3691	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization that is engaged in providing housing and related facilities and services to persons who are at least 62 years of age.
HB 4130	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of property owned by certain electric cooperatives.
HB 4149	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to restrictions on candidacy in the general election.
HB 4174	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Relating to qualifications for certain individuals for veterans benefits.
HB 4221	Last Action: Referred to Corrections Caption: Relating to a veterans treatment court program operated by a justice of the peace court.
HB 4315	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the participation of the medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler in the Joint Admission Medical Program.
HB 4871	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the electronic submission of dealer's motor vehicle inventory tax statements and escrow payments.
HB 4876	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Imposing liability on those who perform or assist unlawful abortions.
HB 4888	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for non-opioid treatments.
HB 4906	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications by certain peace officers.
HB 4939	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to prohibitions on camping in a public place.
HCR 70	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commemorating the 150th anniversary of Mineola.
HCR 96	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the Cavender family on its receipt of the 2023 Star of Texas Award from the Texas Historical Foundation.
HCR 109	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the city of Hawkins.
HJR 132	Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual net worth or wealth tax.
HR 1079	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of retired Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Brian Clint Worley.
HR 1354	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of John Frank Abbott of Mineola.
HR 1536	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Mitchel A. McCormick of Harlingen.
HR 2200	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of Big Sandy Sand Company.
88th 2nd Called Session
HCR 5	Last Action: Filed Caption: In memory of Shayne Self Priefert of Mount Pleasant.
HR 19	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Shayne Self Priefert of Mount Pleasant.
87th Regular Session
HB 1314	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to manufacturing requirements for hardware and software used in a voting system used in an election in this state.
HB 1469	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the appraisal of land for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer between family members.
HB 1500	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to authority of the governor and certain political subdivisions to regulate firearms, ammunition, knives, air guns, explosives, and combustibles and certain associated businesses during certain disasters and emergencies.
HB 1788	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to immunity from liability of public and private schools and security personnel employed by those schools for certain actions of security personnel.
HB 1843	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers.
HB 1856	Last Action: Co-sponsor authorized Caption: Relating to carrying and storing a firearm or firearm ammunition by a hotel guest.
HB 1862	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the authority of a county to restrict sex offenders from child safety zones in the unincorporated area of the county.
HB 2019	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a study of the conversion of surface mine pits and quarries to water storage reservoirs in order to enhance this state's available water supply.
HB 2214	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the expiration of a school marshal license issued or renewed by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
HB 2249	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to authority of the governor and certain political subdivisions to regulate firearms, ammunition, knives, air guns, explosives, and combustibles and certain associated businesses during certain disasters and emergencies.
HB 2281	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or postsecondary educational institutions.
HB 2713	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the removal, relocation, alteration, or construction of certain monuments, memorials, or designations located on public property; authorizing a civil penalty.
HB 2727	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to voluntary and informed consent to an abortion.
HB 2842	Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures Caption: Relating to the use of certain titles by a structural engineer.
HB 2900	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to provisions governing the carrying of a firearm by a person who is not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law from possessing the firearm and to other provisions related to the carrying, possessing, transporting, or storing of a firearm; making conforming changes.
HB 3356	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to a requirement that an auditable voting system be used in an election.
HB 3622	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain physicians to provide and receive remuneration for workers' compensation health care services.
HB 3901	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to prohibited restrictions on occupancy capacity for places of worship.
HB 3926	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the inclusion of temporary vehicle tags in the offense of tampering with a governmental record.
HB 3927	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to certain temporary motor vehicle tags.
HB 4014	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the protection of children, including the definition of child abuse and the prosecution of the criminal offense of abandoning or endangering a child.
HB 4042	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to requiring public school students to participate in interscholastic athletic activities based on biological sex.
HB 4043	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to requiring public school students to participate in interscholastic athletic activities based on biological sex, including a report regarding university athletic participation based on biological sex.
HB 4200	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to regulatory authority of a municipality, including authority to prohibit abortions.
HB 4326	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the insurance premium tax credit for the certified rehabilitation of certified historic structures.
HB 4347	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to address confidentiality on certain documents for certain federal officials and family members of certain federal officials or federal or state court judges.
HB 4384	Last Action: Referred to Environmental Regulation Caption: Relating to the replacement of the light-duty motor vehicle purchase or lease incentive program with the gas flaring and venting reduction program.
HB 4480	Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to the prevention of fraud in the conduct of elections; providing a civil penalty; creating a civil cause of action.
87th 1st Called Session
HB 212	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.
HB 248	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to requirements for a voting system to be used in an election in this state.
87th 2nd Called Session
HB 96	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.
HB 185	Last Action: Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies Caption: Relating to requirements for a voting system to be used in an election in this state.
87th 3rd Called Session
HB 138	Last Action: Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for committing certain offenses relating to elections.
86th Regular Session
HB 869	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving the interception, use, or disclosure of certain communications.
HB 872	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers and other public employees killed in the line of duty.
HB 901	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to registration of a motor vehicle alleged to have been involved in a violation detected by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
HB 1143	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a school parking area.
HB 1188	Last Action: Referred to Property Tax Caption: Relating to the appraisal of land for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer between family members.
HB 1213	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the repeal of the additional ad valorem taxes imposed as a result of certain changes in the use of open-space land appraised as agricultural land.
HB 1387	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the number of school marshals that may be appointed to serve on a public school campus or at a private school.
HB 1393	Last Action: Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism Caption: Relating to monthly reports on preservation, maintenance, and restoration expenses for the Alamo complex.
HB 1400	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to monthly reports on preservation, maintenance, and restoration expenses for the Alamo complex.
HB 1551	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the selection of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district; authorizing a fee.
HB 1837	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Titus County as the Titus County World War II Veterans Memorial Highway.
HB 1838	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Titus County as the Titus County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway.
HB 1959	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the transportation or storage of a firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a private school parking area.
HB 1970	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the additional tax imposed on land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land if a change in use of the land occurs.
HB 2238	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a study of the feasibility of converting quarries and surface mine pits for use as water storage reservoirs to enhance this state's available water supply.
HB 2750	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the selection of the board of directors of an appraisal district; authorizing the imposition of a fee.
HB 3936	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to recovery of damages, attorney's fees, and costs related to frivolous claims and regulatory actions by state agencies.
HB 3946	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to immunity from liability of public and private schools and security personnel employed by those schools for certain actions of security personnel.
HB 3956	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the testimony of a person with a disability in certain criminal cases.
HB 3992	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to court costs imposed on conviction and deposited to the courthouse security fund or the municipal court building security fund; increasing fees.
HB 4007	Last Action: Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Caption: Relating to payment card skimmers and the creation of a payment card fraud center; imposing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses.
HB 4229	Last Action: Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Caption: Relating to the inclusion of certain overtime pay in the computation of benefits for certain law enforcement officers in the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
HB 4497	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to protecting freedom of conscience from government discrimination for businesses and other persons.
HB 4580	Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to toll collection and enforcement by toll project entities; authorizing an administrative fee; imposing a civil penalty.
HB 4584	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to sale of returnable containers; creating a criminal offense.
HCR 63	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating John Cortelyou on his retirement as Camp County constable.
HCR 122	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating Pittsburg as the official Hot Link Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2019.
HCR 128	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending Johnnie LaPrade for her service as mayor of East Tawakoni.
HCR 169	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Olin "Cliff" Hand of Royse City.
HR 1129	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 12, 2019, as Rains County Day at the State Capitol.
HR 1151	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating John G. Rouse on his retirement as superintendent of Rains County ISD.
HR 1152	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Mount Pleasant Mayor Paul O. Meriwether for his service.
HR 1541	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Olin "Cliff" Hand of Royse City.
85th Regular Session
HB 1641	Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to disabled veterans.
HB 1659	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 271 as the Veterans Memorial Highway.
HB 1692	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the transportation or storage of a handgun or other firearm or ammunition by a license holder in a motor vehicle in a parking area of a primary or secondary school.
HB 1711	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the use of direct recording electronic voting machines.
HB 1880	Last Action: Referred to Agriculture & Livestock Caption: Relating to the repeal of the additional ad valorem taxes imposed as a result of certain changes in the use of open-space land appraised as agricultural land.
HB 2868	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the adoption of the budget of an appraisal district.
HB 3132	Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers and employees killed in the line of duty.
HB 3137	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the appraisal of land for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer between family members.
HB 3993	Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties.
HB 4326	Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 4000 in Titus County as the Titus County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.
HCR 114	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Pastor Robbie Keith Caldwell on his 50 years in the ministry.
HCR 130	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first aircraft landing at Mineola-Wisener Field Airport in Wood County.
HR 927	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Conroy Tractor of Mt. Pleasant on its 66th anniversary.
HR 928	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Shirley Jane Sloan Hamm of Pittsburg.
HR 952	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Dr. Clinton L. Davis of First Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant on his 25th pastoral anniversary.
HR 953	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Hazel Bennett Spearman of Pittsburg.
HR 984	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Colonel Bradley T. Clair for his service to the United States Army and Army Reserve.
HR 1303	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Bailey Hall of Mount Pleasant on her graduation from Chapel Hill High School and from Northeast Texas Community College in May 2017.
HR 1304	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Roy Maynard of the Tyler Morning Telegraph on winning the Class AAA first-place award for editorial writing at the 2017 Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Convention.
HR 1340	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Harvey David Hamm Sr. of Pittsburg.
HR 1341	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Bill and Kay McNutt of Mount Pleasant on their 50th wedding anniversary.
HR 1342	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Butch Petty of Mount Pleasant.
HR 1390	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Angelica P. Beard of Mount Pleasant.
HR 1391	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating James Douglas Richey Jr. of Tyler Junior College on his receipt of the 2016 Mattie Alice Scroggin Baker Excellence in Teaching Award.
HR 1518	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Virginia Mae Priefert-Foster of Mount Pleasant on her 90th birthday.
HR 1519	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 25, 2017, as Rains County Day at the State Capitol.
HR 1996	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Hide-A-Way Lake Club in Smith County.
HR 2543	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Zachary Cousin of Winnsboro for helping to rescue his family after a serious vehicle accident.
85th 1st Called Session
HR 114	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Al and Ruth Burkhalter of Mount Pleasant on their 50th wedding anniversary.
HR 218	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 60th anniversary of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Pittsburg.
HR 269	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim of Pittsburg, Texas.
HR 272	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Samuel Alvin White of Quitman.
HR 479	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating J. Glen Dossett on his retirement as agriculture instructor for the Mineola Independent School District.