Texas Senate
Kevin Sparks
Republican. Senate, district 31.
Emailkevin.sparks@senate.texas.gov
contactOfficial recordhttps://senate.texas.gov/member.php?d=31
officialBills they sponsored
86 bills sponsored this session
Relating to the Lower Neches Valley Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying term length grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directorsSB 2407 · this session · introduced Mar 25, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to funding for certain volunteer fire departments, to the preparation for and the prevention, management, and potential effects of wildfires, and to emergency communications in this stateSB 34 · this session · introduced Mar 14, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and to a study and report on plant diseases and pest outbreaksSB 2985 · this session · introduced Mar 14, 2025
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural AffairsRelating to vote harvesting; creating a civil penaltySB 2950 · this session · introduced Mar 14, 2025
Referred to State AffairsRelating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission lineSB 2930 · this session · introduced Mar 14, 2025
Co-author authorizedRelating to the utilization of the Texas Energy Fund to support dispatchable electric generation using treated fluid oil and gas wasteSB 2810 · this session · introduced Mar 14, 2025
Referred to Business & CommerceRelating to the operation and management of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum by the Texas Historical CommissionSB 2641 · this session · introduced Mar 13, 2025
Referred to Economic DevelopmentRelating to waivers permitting non-certified drivers to operate in partnership with state-certified emergency medical personnelSB 2640 · this session · introduced Mar 13, 2025
Referred to Health & Human ServicesRelating to financial assurance requirements for operators under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of TexasSB 2449 · this session · introduced Mar 13, 2025
Referred to Natural ResourcesRelating to the establishment of the Rural Workforce Development Grant ProgramSB 2448 · this session · introduced Mar 13, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to reporting requirements for assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilizationSB 2447 · this session · introduced Mar 13, 2025
Referred to Health & Human ServicesRelating to the composition of the governing bodies of local mental health authorities and reports available to the governing body membersSB 2446 · this session · introduced Mar 13, 2025
Referred to Public HealthRelating to the occupational licensing of military spousesSB 2255 · this session · introduced Mar 11, 2025
Left pending in committeeRelating to a qualifying cogenerator that serves a large load and a colocated desalination facilitySB 2211 · this session · introduced Mar 11, 2025
Left pending in committeeRelating to an exemption from certain immunization requirements for medical and veterinary studentsSB 2119 · this session · introduced Mar 10, 2025
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Relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal; authorizing a feeSB 2037 · this session · introduced Mar 7, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to reconstitution of the petit jury wheel and grand juror and petit juror qualifications in certain countiesSB 1888 · this session · introduced Mar 4, 2025
Committee report printed and distributedRelating to the prohibition of immunization with a product containing mRNA materialSB 1887 · this session · introduced Mar 4, 2025
Left pending in committeeRelating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offensesSB 1886 · this session · introduced Mar 4, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for a hotel and convention center project and to receive certain tax revenue related to the projectSB 1885 · this session · introduced Mar 4, 2025
Referred to Economic DevelopmentRelating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's dutiesSB 1884 · this session · introduced Mar 4, 2025
Committee report printed and distributedRelating to the maximum number of nonresident scholarship students permitted to pay resident tuition and fees at certain public institutions of higher educationSB 1835 · this session · introduced Mar 3, 2025
Committee report sent to CalendarsRelating to the adoption of the revised Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children by the State of Texas; making conforming changesSB 1834 · this session · introduced Mar 3, 2025
Referred to Health & Human ServicesRelating to the inspection, purchase, sale, possession, storage, transportation, and disposal of petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, and oil and gas waste; creating criminal offenses and increasing the punishment SB 1806 · this session · introduced Mar 3, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to the administration of and procedures relating to early voting by personal appearanceSB 1805 · this session · introduced Mar 3, 2025
Referred to State AffairsRelating to the composition, duties, and personnel of the Moore County Juvenile BoardSB 1801 · this session · introduced Mar 3, 2025
Referred to Criminal JusticeRelating to the eligibility of the National Rifle Association's Annual Meetings and Exhibits or another annual event of the National Rifle Association for funding under the major events reimbursement programSB 1718 · this session · introduced Feb 27, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to imposing a tax on the generation of electricity by certain electric generators to provide revenue for teacher pay raisesSB 1639 · this session · introduced Feb 25, 2025
Referred to FinanceRelating to the establishment of the organized oilfield theft prevention unit within the Texas Department of Public SafetySB 1320 · this session · introduced Feb 14, 2025
Referred to Energy ResourcesRelating to the design-build method for certain government construction projectsSB 1301 · this session · introduced Feb 14, 2025
Co-author authorizedRelating to the reporting of certain public or private school employee misconduct to local law enforcementSB 1224 · this session · introduced Feb 11, 2025
Referred to Public EducationRelating to adjustments in the appraised value of a residence homesteadSB 1201 · this session · introduced Feb 10, 2025
Referred to Local GovernmentRelating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilitiesSB 1149 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Referred to Health & Human ServicesRelating to required training for caregivers to children, including foster parentsSB 1148 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Referred to Health & Human ServicesRelating to procedures and required findings in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationshipSB 1093 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Referred to Health & Human ServicesRelating to the composition of the advisory committee for metal recycling entitiesSB 1043 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Referred to Natural ResourcesRelating to administrative remedies for certain fraud and abuse violations under Medicaid; providing administrative penaltiesSB 1038 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of obligationSB 1037 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Referred to Local GovernmentRelating to equitable relief from the enforcement of certain governmental requirements that affect agricultural operationsSB 1035 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Effective immediatelyRelating to cybersecurity for retail public utilities that provide water or sewer serviceSB 1034 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Co-author authorizedRelating to certain health care services contract arrangements entered into by insurers and health care providersSB 1014 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2025
Referred to Health & Human ServicesRelating to the definition of a rural political subdivision for purposes of the Texas Water Assistance ProgramSB 971 · this session · introduced Jan 29, 2025
Effective immediatelyRelating to the prioritization of awarding grants and loans from the Texas Energy Fund for certain electric generating facilitiesSB 970 · this session · introduced Jan 29, 2025
Co-author authorizedRelating to conducting an ex parte renewal of a recipient's Medicaid eligibilitySB 921 · this session · introduced Jan 24, 2025
Considered in CalendarsRelating to the administration of nonprescription medications to certain public and private school studentsSB 920 · this session · introduced Jan 24, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to continuing education requirements for certain physicians regarding adoptionSB 903 · this session · introduced Jan 24, 2025
Referred to Health & Human ServicesRelating to an alternate board certification to signify accreditation within a given specialty in this state and medical care provided at certain health care facilities by physicians with an alternate board certificationSB 902 · this session · introduced Jan 24, 2025
Referred to Health & Human ServicesRelating to the production, sale, and use of certain agricultural products containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); creating a criminal offenseSB 886 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2025
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural AffairsRelating to the issuance by the Texas Medical Board of certain licenses to practice medicine and the authority of an insured to select certain license holders under the insured's health policy; requiring an occupational SB 881 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2025
Co-author authorizedRelating to the allocation of money appropriated to the rural volunteer fire department assistance programSB 868 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to the authority of certain medical consenters to assume financial responsibility for certain out-of-network medical care provided to children in foster careSB 855 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfiresSB 767 · this session · introduced Jan 13, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to the additional compensation certain counties pay to judges and justices for extrajudicial servicesSB 717 · this session · introduced Jan 6, 2025
Referred to FinanceRelating to the issuance of an occupational license to certain out-of-state applicantsSB 716 · this session · introduced Jan 6, 2025
Co-author authorizedRelating to reliability requirements for certain electric generation facilitiesSB 715 · this session · introduced Jan 6, 2025
Referred to State AffairsRelating to electricity pricing rules and operating procedures that eliminate or compensate for market distortion caused by certain federal tax creditsSB 714 · this session · introduced Jan 6, 2025
Co-author authorizedRelating to the surcharge for the disposal, and the remittance for the storage, of certain waste at the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact waste disposal facility; decreasing the amount of the surcharge aSB 713 · this session · introduced Jan 6, 2025
Referred to Natural ResourcesRelating to a prohibition on the establishment, operation, or ownership of a public bank by a political subdivisionSB 621 · this session · introduced Dec 13, 2024
Committee report sent to CalendarsRelating to applying an active efforts standard for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective ServicesSB 620 · this session · introduced Dec 13, 2024
Co-author authorizedRelating to protection of persons from participation in a health care service for reasons of conscience; providing a civil remedy; authorizing disciplinary actionSB 619 · this session · introduced Dec 13, 2024
Referred to Public HealthRelating to the unlawful altering of election procedures; providing a civil penaltySB 618 · this session · introduced Dec 13, 2024
Returned to committeeRelating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds or a tax increaseSB 533 · this session · introduced Dec 5, 2024
Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial ServicesRelating to grant amounts under the young farmer grant programSB 532 · this session · introduced Dec 5, 2024
Referred to Agriculture & LivestockRelating to the licensing of a psychologist as a licensed specialist in school psychology; authorizing a feeSB 531 · this session · introduced Dec 5, 2024
Referred to Health & Human ServicesRelating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutionsSB 530 · this session · introduced Dec 5, 2024
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to receive and use tax revenue from certain establishments located near a hotel and convention center projectSB 529 · this session · introduced Dec 5, 2024
Effective immediatelyRelating to a rural community-based care pilot programSB 513 · this session · introduced Nov 26, 2024
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to access to certain information in the adoption processSB 500 · this session · introduced Nov 22, 2024
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to the selection by the board of directors of the West Coke County Hospital District of a depository bank for the districtSB 499 · this session · introduced Nov 22, 2024
Effective immediatelyRelating to the Licensed Professional Counselors Compact; authorizing feesSB 498 · this session · introduced Nov 22, 2024
Co-author authorizedRelating to the operation of certain vehicles preceding, during, and following disastersSB 497 · this session · introduced Nov 22, 2024
Co-author authorizedRelating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Potter CountySB 496 · this session · introduced Nov 22, 2024
Referred to JurisprudenceRelating to the authority of the Texas Department of Insurance to adopt rules that implement or are based on certain environmental, social, and governance models, ratings, or standardsSB 495 · this session · introduced Nov 22, 2024
Committee report sent to CalendarsRelating to the establishment of a theft of petroleum products task forceSB 494 · this session · introduced Nov 22, 2024
Effective on 9/1/25Relating to the right of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district, the appraisal district, or the appraisal review board of the appraisal district to bring certain claims in an appeal of an order of the appraisal revSB 472 · this session · introduced Nov 22, 2024
Referred to s/c on Property Tax Appraisals by SpeakerRelating to the provision of telehealth and telemedicine medical services by certain health professionals located outside of this state; requiring registration to engage in an occupation; authorizing feesSB 471 · this session · introduced Nov 22, 2024
Co-author authorizedRelating to the issuance of certificates of obligation by local governmentsSB 470 · this session · introduced Nov 22, 2024
Referred to Local GovernmentRelating to the provision of counseling services by certain providers under Medicaid and reimbursement for those servicesSB 469 · this session · introduced Nov 22, 2024
Co-author authorizedRelating to the period within which the Texas Juvenile Justice Department must accept custody of a person committed to the department and to the consequences for the failure of the department to accept custody of the perSB 468 · this session · introduced Nov 22, 2024
Referred to Criminal JusticeRelating to a biennial audit of the effectiveness and efficiencies of state services provided to homeless individualsSB 399 · this session · introduced Nov 20, 2024
Referred to FinanceRelating to the delegation to a pharmacy technician of a pharmacist's authority to administer an immunization or vaccineSB 398 · this session · introduced Nov 20, 2024
Referred to Health & Human ServicesRelating to rules regarding the provision by a health professional of a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth serviceSB 397 · this session · introduced Nov 20, 2024
Not again placed on intent calendarRelating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain defendants placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the unlawful carrying of a handgunSB 394 · this session · introduced Nov 19, 2024
Referred to Criminal JusticeRelating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue debt to purchase or lease propertySB 393 · this session · introduced Nov 19, 2024
Not again placed on intent calendarRelating to prohibited facility fees for telehealth and telemedicine medical services; providing an administrative penaltySB 392 · this session · introduced Nov 19, 2024
Referred to Health & Human ServicesRelating to a reliability plan for electric transmission service in the Permian BasinSB 391 · this session · introduced Nov 19, 2024
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