Bryan Hughes

Voted to pass Senate Bill 1257. Health plans that cover or once covered a patient's gender transition procedure must also cover side effects, yearly checks, and care to manage or reverse it. Coverage applies even if the patient joined the plan later, while employer plans that pay claims themselves are exempt. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 20-11.

April 24, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 5033. It ends state agencies' duty to run car emissions inspections only if Congress removes the federal requirement or a constitutional change lets states block such programs. Until one of those events happens, current inspection rules stay in force. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 21-10.

May 25, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Bryan Hughes sponsored HB 119, which became effective September 1, 2025; the law required lobbyist registration for certain lobbying on behalf of foreign adversaries and prohibited related compensation.

June 20, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: capitol.texas.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Voted to pass House Bill 223. It removes lobbying and government-relations contracts from city rules that allow some services to skip open bidding. Cities must now seek competing offers for those contracts. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 19-12.

May 28, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted to accept the final House-Senate deal on Senate Bill 8. It requires every county sheriff who runs a jail to seek a deal that lets local officers help enforce federal immigration law. State grants cover the cost, and the attorney general can sue a sheriff who does not comply. The bill became law after the Texas Senate approved it 20-11.

May 31, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted to send House Joint Resolution 34 to Texas voters. It would let lawmakers exempt the added value from border security structures on land in counties next to Mexico from property tax. The Texas Senate approved it 23-8 and put it on the November 4, 2025 statewide ballot.

May 21, 2025Opposes Immigration

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 15. In cities over 150,000 people in larger counties, it caps lot-size rules on land of at least five acres not yet divided into lots. Cities cannot demand lots over 3,000 square feet, 30 feet wide, or 75 feet deep; affected people may sue to enforce these limits. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 24-7.

March 19, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass the Senate version of Senate Bill 379. That version barred food aid from buying energy drinks, sweetened or fizzy drinks, candy, chips, and cookies. Milk products and unsweetened fruit or vegetable juice were exempt. The Senate passed it 22-8 before a later House-Senate deal became law and narrowed the ban to sweetened drinks and candy.

March 31, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass House Bill 3053. It blocks cities and counties from running or joining firearm buyback programs meant to reduce civilian gun ownership or let people sell guns without fear of charges. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 20-11.

May 28, 2025Opposes Gun Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1362. It bars Texas offices from using red flag orders unless state law allows them; these court orders take guns from people judged dangerous for a time. Offices cannot take federal money to enforce them; using an order not issued under Texas law becomes the lowest felony level, while current family and crime-related protection orders stay. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 19-11.

March 27, 2025Opposes Gun Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 33. It bars state and local government offices from using public money or other support to help someone obtain an abortion. The attorney general can sue to stop a violation and recover the money spent. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 22-9.

April 16, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Authored Senate Bill 8, the Texas Heartbeat Act of 2021. It banned most abortions after roughly six weeks. It also created a private civil-enforcement mechanism.

March 11, 2021Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Bryan Hughes sponsored HB 493, which became effective September 1, 2025; the law made certain people ineligible to serve as poll watchers.

June 20, 2025Supports Election Integrity

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Bryan Hughes sponsored HB 5115, which became effective September 1, 2025; the law increased the penalty for election fraud.

June 20, 2025Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to approve the final, negotiated version of House Bill 493 in the Texas Senate. The law bars anyone finally convicted of a first- or second-degree felony from serving as a poll watcher. Those are the two most serious felony levels. A poll watcher is a person a party or candidate sends to observe voting. Texas already barred people convicted of an election-related felony. Appointees must now swear in writing that they have no such conviction. The Senate adopted the report 23-8 and the law took effect September 1, 2025.

June 1, 2025Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass House Bill 5115. It raises the election fraud listed in state Election Code Section 276.013 from the most serious misdemeanor to a second-degree felony, makes it a first-degree felony for elected officials, and makes an attempt a third-degree felony. It also covers knowingly counting an invalid vote or refusing to count a valid one. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 21-10.

May 28, 2025Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 510. It lets the secretary of state withhold voter-registration money from a county official after written notice and a fair chance to fix late or missing work. Covered duties include handling registrations, registration challenges, and address-check notices on time. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 20-11.

May 13, 2025Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to send Senate Joint Resolution 18 to Texas voters. It would permanently bar state taxes on capital gains, which are profits from selling assets, for individuals, families, estates, and trusts. Texas had no such tax, so this would block a future one while leaving property, sales, and use taxes in place. The Texas Senate approved it 24-6 and put it on the November 4, 2025 statewide ballot.

March 18, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Carried a bill in the Texas Senate to restrict minors' access to sexually explicit material in city public library collections and to create a money penalty for violations (House Bill 3225). It cleared Senate committee 8-1 and was placed on the floor calendar on May 28, 2025 with no final vote.

May 28, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: capitol.texas.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Bryan Hughes authored SJR 34, a proposed constitutional amendment concerning recognition of two sexes; it was filed with the Texas secretary of state on May 21, 2025.

May 21, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 2972. It limits a public college free-speech law to students and employees, and common outdoor campus areas no longer get the law's strongest protection for public speech. Schools must bar camping, speech events from 10 at night to 8 in the morning, and masks used to evade rules, scare people, or block campus officials. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 21-10.

May 14, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 965. It protects a public school employee's religious speech or prayer while working. A government office may limit it only to serve a vital public goal and must use the narrowest rule that works. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 20-11.

April 1, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 12. It bars public schools from assigning diversity, equity, and inclusion duties or teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity in any grade. Schools cannot sponsor clubs based on those topics, and parents must give written permission for clubs and human sexuality lessons. As enacted it also makes districts adopt a policy barring staff from helping a student socially transition, including by supplying any information about it. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 20-11.

March 19, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 13. It gives elected school boards final approval of library books after at least 30 days of public review. Parents may block their child from certain books, and a challenged book stays unavailable to students until the district decides. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 23-8.

March 19, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

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Bryan Hughes authored SB 946, which failed to receive an affirmative committee vote on May 15, 2025; the bill addressed discrimination in extending credit to organizations based on social-credit or value-based standards.

May 15, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: capitol.texas.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Voted against the final House-Senate deal on Senate Bill 21. It created the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, a fund outside the state treasury run by the comptroller. Any bitcoin or other cryptocurrency bought with reserve money must have averaged at least $500 billion in market value over the most recent 24 months. The comptroller must report to the legislature every two years, with advice from a new committee. The bill became law after the Texas Senate approved the compromise 23-8.

May 30, 2025

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Voted to pass House Bill 521. Curbside voters must swear they cannot enter without help or need help because of a disability, and someone escorting such a voter may also get a curbside ballot. When at least four poll workers are present, two must carry the ballot; campaigning is barred within 20 feet; and knowingly skipping the form after driving seven or more voters is a Class A misdemeanor, the state's most serious minor crime. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 20-11.

May 28, 2025

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Voted to pass House Bill 3441. It lets people harmed by a vaccine sue its maker for direct losses, court costs, and lawyer fees if the maker paid to advertise it in Texas. They have three years to sue, while doctor-patient talks and materials shown in a clinic do not count as ads. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 21-10.

May 27, 2025

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 2337. Businesses that tell shareholders how to vote must tell the client, company, and public when advice uses goals not tied to money, such as environmental or diversity goals. If they give very different advice to clients who did not ask for it, they must tell those clients, the company, and the attorney general, and harmed people may sue. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 20-11.

May 8, 2025

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Voted through House Joint Resolution 98 to ask Congress for a constitutional convention, a national meeting that can suggest changes to the United States Constitution. Any change had to limit federal spending or power, or set term limits for federal officers and members of Congress. The Texas Senate backed the request 17-14 and the House 86-57. It was filed with the Secretary of State on May 13, 2025, making Texas's application to Congress official. Applications to Congress do not go to Texas voters.

May 8, 2025

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 37. Public college boards must review basic required courses every five years and may reverse course changes or some senior hires. Only boards may create faculty senates, which can only give advice; a governor-chosen official handles college complaints. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 20-11.

April 16, 2025

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 17. It bars governments, companies, and some people tied to countries named as security threats from buying Texas property. United States citizens and green-card holders are exempt; a covered person who buys on purpose can face the lowest felony level and a forced sale. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 24-7.

March 19, 2025

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Voted through Senate Bill 11 to let school boards create a daily school prayer and religious-reading period. Participants must give up legal claims that the prayer time breaks church-state rules; the time cannot use the school speaker system; and the state must defend participating schools. It also removes the rule against urging students to pray or not pray. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 23-7.

March 18, 2025

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 2. It created education savings accounts that families can use for private school tuition and other approved education costs. Each account gets 85 percent of average state and local funding per public school student, and the first two-year program budget is capped at $1 billion. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 19-12.

February 5, 2025

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Bryan Hughes sponsored HB 4081, which became effective September 1, 2025; the law addressed sealing documents alleged to contain trade secrets.

June 20, 2025

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Authored SCR 9, a resolution urging Congress to send the states a constitutional amendment locking the U.S. Supreme Court at nine justices. The Senate adopted it 27-3, the House 87-46, and the governor signed it June 20, 2025.

June 20, 2025

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Bryan Hughes authored SB 667, which was signed by the governor and became effective September 1, 2025; the law prohibited certain state governmental entities from investing in Chinese-affiliated entities.

June 20, 2025

Source: capitol.texas.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1036, which makes home solar sellers register, carry insurance, and list the licensed installer and last day to cancel in each contract. Buyers get five business days to cancel free, and sellers cannot lie or pretend to represent a utility or government office. The state may order refunds and fines up to $2,500, or $10,000 when the buyer is 65 or older. The bill became law after the Texas Senate passed it 22-8.

April 7, 2025

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