John Smithee

SB 1278 - Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

HB 4449 - Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed by certain municipalities.

HB 1902 - Relating to creating the criminal offense of jugging.

SB 1300 - Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties.

SB 1644 - Relating to the use of a consumer's credit score in the underwriting or rating of certain personal lines property and casualty insurance policies.

SCR 9 - Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

SB 38 - Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.

SB 1433 - Relating to the assertion of legislative privilege by the attorney general in certain legal challenges to the constitutionality of state statutes.

HB 4490 - Relating to an exemption from required disclosure of information related to the next of kin of deceased persons.

SB 2790 - Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Dallas and Ellis Counties as the Eddie Bernice Johnson Memorial Highway.

HB 75 - Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings.

HB 4850 - Relating to programs to promote economic development in the Office of the Governor and to the repeal of the governor's broadband development council.

SB 1220 - Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state.

SB 40 - Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.

SB 9 - Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions.

HR 1478 - Commemorating the centennial of Route 66.

SJR 5 - Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.

HR 1421 - Congratulating the Randall High School girls' soccer team on winning the 2025 UIL 4A Division 2 state championship.

HR 1415 - Congratulating Assistant Chief Tommy Chisum of the Dalhart Volunteer Fire Department on being named the 2025 Firefighter of the Year by the Panhandle Firemen's & Fire Marshal's Association.

HR 1414 - Congratulating Sarah Hininger of Hartley Fire & EMS on being named the 2025 EMS Provider of the Year by the Panhandle Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association.

SB 1537 - Relating to the appointment of an interpreter in a criminal proceeding.

SJR 87 - Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony who have previously been convicted of or who were released on bail for certain offenses punishable as a felony at the time of the new offense.

SB 1719 - Relating to the rulemaking power of the Texas Supreme Court.

HB 3664 - Relating to the training of prospective grand jurors and to grand jury proceedings.

HB 1135 - Relating to temporary vehicle tags and the offense of tampering with a governmental record.