Representative Steve Toth (House District 15)
Representative Steve Toth, Texas House District 15
(512) 463-0797: Austin office
(346) 220-0300: District office
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Report Card Scores
Now that the 88th Texas Legislative Session has ended, the following grassroots organizations have published report cards so you can see where your current legislators stand on issues that are important to you.
Representative Toth’s House Votes
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Bills Filed:
See below for a list of bills filed by Representative Toth during the 88th Texas Legislative Session. These bills were tracked by the Montgomery County Republican Party Legislative Committee, focusing on the Republican Party of Texas Legislative Priorities. Click here to view bills we followed by topic.
Election Integrity
HB 161 - Relating to identification of early voting ballots voted by mail by electronic code. In House committee.
HB 221 - Relating to a requirement that an election for a member of a board of trustees of an independent school district is partisan. In House committee.
HB 589 - Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty. In House committee. Republican Party of Texas Priority Bill.
HB 1243 - Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty. Signed into law.
HB 2020 - Relating to the suspension of a county elections administrator. In House committee.
HB 2536 - Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty. In House committee, Republican Party of Texas Priority Bill.
HB 3868 - Relating to cooperation with other states to maintain voter registration lists. In House committee.
HB 4198 - Relating to conduct constituting the criminal offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty. In House committee.
HB 4733 - Relating to a ballot scan system used in a central counting station. Companion bill SB 1661 signed into law.
HB 5254 - Relating to the interstate voter registration crosscheck program. Companion bill SB 1070 signed into law.
Secure the Border & Protect Texans
HB 7 - Relating to public services and programs in the southern border region of this state to address the effects of ongoing criminal activity and public health threats, including methods of financing those services. Passed the House & Senate.
HB 20 - Relating to measures to ensure the safety and welfare of the southern border region of this state, including protection from ongoing criminal activity and public health threats; creating a criminal offense; creating a civil penalty. House placed on Major State Calendar, Speaker Dade Phelan chose to sustain a Democrat point of order, effectively killing the bill by sending it back to committee past the deadline for it to be considered.
HB 65 - Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses committed in the course of or for the purpose of unlawfully entering the United States, unlawfully bypassing certain law enforcement checkpoints, or evading an arrest or detention; increasing criminal penalties. Sent to House Calendars Committee.
HB 3612 - Relating to the citizenship status of and the form of birth certificates for certain children born in this state. In House committee.
HB 3846 - Relating to requiring state contractors, political subdivisions of this state, and private employers to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. In House committee.
Defend Our Gun Rights
HB 3 - Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the development and implementation of purchases relating to and funding for public school safety and security requirements and the provision of safety-related resources. Signed into law.
HB 325 - Relating to a district or county attorney participating as counsel in certain proceedings in federal court. In House committee. Republican Party of Texas Priority Bill.
HB 3036 - Relating to prohibiting discrimination by financial institutions against lawful companies and businesses in the firearms and ammunition industry. In House committee.
HB 3137 - Relating to prohibited local regulation with respect to a firearm or air gun. Signed into law.
Ban Gender Modification of Children
HB 41 - Relating to professional liability insurance coverage for and prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria. In House committee. Republican Party of Texas Priority Bill.
HB 122 - Relating to professional liability insurance coverage for and prohibitions on providing to certain children procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria; creating a criminal offense. In House committee. Republican Party of Texas Priority Bill.
HB 1686 - Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments. Senate companion bill, SB 14, signed into law.
HB 1752 - Relating to liability for the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria; providing a civil penalty. In House committee. Republican Party of Texas Priority Bill.
HB 1952 - Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate. Sent to House Calendars Committee.
Stop Sexualizing Texas Kids
HB 111 - Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children. In House committee. Republican Party of Texas Priority Bill.
HB 900 - Relating to the regulation of books sold to or included in public school libraries. Signed into law.
HB 1227 - Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of possession or promotion of child pornography. Signed into law.
HB 1541 - Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting certain instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; authorizing a civil penalty. In House committee.
HB 1938 - Relating to the protection of students from sexual grooming. In House committee.
Parental Rights and Educational Freedom
HB 360 - Relating to requiring the disclosure of certain information regarding public school teaching materials and activities. In House committee. Republican Party of Texas Priority Bill.
HB 631 - Relating to parental rights in education. In House committee. Republican Party of Texas Priority Bill.
HB 1155 - Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for certain public school students. In House committee.
HB 1541 - Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting certain instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; authorizing a civil penalty. In House committee.
HB 2114 - Relating to the establishment of an empowerment scholarship account program. In House committee.
HB 2530 - Relating to state savings achieved through a budget savings program administered by the comptroller of public accounts making an appropriation of a portion of those savings. In House committee.
HB 2547 - Relating to the creation and administration of the Rural Parents Protection Plan Grant Program. In House committee.
HB 2736 - Relating to requirements regarding certain student resources provided to public and private school students by a public or private primary or secondary school, institution of higher education, state agency, or public library. In House committee.
HB 3164 - Relating to the prohibition of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and employees at public institutions of higher education. In House committee.
HB 5251 - Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the creation of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials and to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children. In House committee.
Display National Motto in Public Schools & Colleges
HB 2012 - Relating to the display of the national motto in public school and institution of higher education classrooms. Signed into law.
School Sports
HB 23 - Relating to participation in athletic activities based on biological sex; providing a civil right to action for K-12 athletes and college athletes. In House committee.
Property Tax & Inflation Reduction
SB 2 (Special Session #2) - The agreement struck between Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan on property tax relief. Representative Toth is a cosponsor of this bill. Signed into law.
HB 268 - Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, and related school finance reform; imposing taxes. In House committee.
HB 295 - Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes. In committee.
HB 1228 - Relating to the right of a property owner or the owner's agent to receive on request a copy of the information used to appraise the owner's property for ad valorem tax purposes. Signed into law.
HJR 14 - Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide that the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes for the first tax year that the owner of the property qualifies the property for a residence homestead exemption is the market value of the property and that, if the owner purchased the property, the purchase price of the property is considered to be the market value of the property for that tax year and to limit increases in the appraised value of the homestead for subsequent tax years based on the inflation rate. In House committee.
Required Reporting of Vaccine Injuries
HB 280 - Relating to required submission of vaccine injury reports to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. In House committee.
Medical Freedom
HB 138 - Relating to an employee's right to privacy of personal health information; providing a civil penalty. In House committee.
HB 189 - Relating to in-person visitation with hospital patients during certain periods of disaster. In House committee.
HB 638 - Relating to access to certain investigational drugs, biological products, treatments, and devices by patients. Placed on House General State Calendar, laid on the table subject to call. Senate companion bill, SB 773, signed into law.
HJR 114 - Proposing a constitutional amendment recognizing the right of an individual to refuse a vaccination. In House committee.
Abortion
HB 2690 - Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs and duties of Internet service providers; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a private civil right of action. In House committee. Republican Party of Texas Priority Bill.
Prohibit Financial Institutions From Using Values-Based Criteria & ESG
HB 645 - Relating to prohibiting financial institutions and other businesses from using value-based criteria. In House committee.
HB 982 - Relating to a prohibition on contracts with certain companies that use certain environmental, social, and governance criteria. In House committee.
Gas Stove Usage
HB 1414 - Relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating gas stove usage within the State of Texas. In House committee.
Montgomery County
HR 88 - Recognizing February 14, 2023, as Montgomery County Day at the State Capitol. Adopted.
View all regular session bills filed by Representative Toth »
(512) 463-0797: Austin office
(346) 220-0300: District office