Bill Sponsor
Paul Bettencourt
Texas · State Senator · District 7 · Republican
Overview
Bills
Votes
Address
11451 Katy Freeway Suite 209, Houston, TX 77079
Phone
713-464-0282
Address
P.O. Box 12068 Capitol Station, Austin, TX 78711
Phone
512-463-0107
Address
11451 Katy Freeway Suite 209, Houston, TX 77079
Phone
713-464-0282
Address
P.O. Box 12068 Capitol Station, Austin, TX 78711
Phone
512-463-0107
Featured Bills
Dec 18, 2023
Became Law
Cosponsor
Texas Senate Bill 3
Relating to an appropriation to provide funding for the construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier infrastructure and border security operations, including funding for additional overtime expenses and costs due to certain increased law enforcement presence.
Became Law
Dec 18, 2023
Became Law
Cosponsor
Texas Senate Bill 4
Relating to prohibitions on the illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien, the enforcement of those prohibitions and certain related orders, including immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement actions, and authorizing or requiring under certain circumstances the removal of persons who violate those prohibitions; creating criminal offenses.
Became Law
Dec 01, 2023
Passed Senate
Sponsor
Texas Senate Resolution 62
In memory of Brad Jones.
Active
Nov 09, 2023
Passed Senate
Sponsor
Texas Senate Resolution 4
In memory of Barbara Jean York Hancock.
Active
Nov 01, 2023
Passed House
Cosponsor
Texas Senate Bill 4
Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house; increasing criminal penalties.
Active
Recent Votes
May 30, 2021
Voted Yes
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Yes
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Passed
Texas House Bill 20
Relating to rules for fixing the amount of bail, to the release of certain defendants on a bail bond or personal bond, to related duties of certain officers taking bail bonds and of a magistrate in a criminal case, to charitable bail organizations, and to the reporting of information pertaining to bail bonds.
May 30, 2021
Voted Yes
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Yes
passage
Passed
Texas Senate Bill 155
Relating to the use of information from the lists of noncitizens and nonresidents excused or disqualified from jury service.
May 30, 2021
Voted Yes
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Yes
passage
Passed
Texas Senate Resolution 551
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on HB 20.
May 29, 2021
Voted Yes
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Yes
passage
Passed
Texas Senate Bill 7
Relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.
May 29, 2021
Voted Yes
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Yes
passage
Passed
Texas Senate Resolution 547
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 7.
May 26, 2021
Voted No
No
other
Failed
Texas House Bill 1525
Relating to the public school finance system and public education.