The Strangest Bills of the 85th Legislative Session:
- Relating to the operation of an electric unicycle
- Relating to the taking of certain feral hogs and coyotes using a hot air balloon
- Encouraging the President of the United States to refrain from threatening elected officials
- Relating to the regulation of men’s health and safety; creating a civil penalty for unregulated masturbatory emissions
- Relating to operating a motor vehicle while another person is occupying the trunk
- Relating to the regulation of raising or keeping six or fewer chickens by a political subdivision
- Urging Texans not to use the flag emoji of the Republic of Chile when referring to the Texas flag
- Relating to the operation of a golf cart or utility vehicle on a public highway in certain counties
- Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert
- Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain feminine hygiene products for a limited period
- Relating to a study by the Department of Agriculture of the transfer of water from the Mississippi River
- Relating to restrictions on the use of certain sprays, Tasers, and stun guns against public school students
- Relating to the prosecution of the offense of impersonating a public servant
- Relating to the creation of the offense of bestiality
- Relating to requiring the review of public school district paperwork to limit paperwork requirements
- Relating to a prohibition on the use of certain baseball bats at University Interscholastic League events
- Relating to standing in a roadway
- Relating to the solicitation of pen pals by certain inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Relating to honesty in state taxation
- Relating to the issuance of Blessed are the Peacemakers specialty license plates
- Relating to the status of powdered alcohol as an alcoholic beverage for purposes of the Alcoholic Beverage Code
- Relating to pedestrian use of a sidewalk
- Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for child and adult diapers
- Relating to the regulation of fantasy games
- Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for condoms
- Relating to the use of certain weapons in or on the beds or banks of the Canadian River in Potter County
- Relating to certain lottery prize winners’ choice to remain anonymous
- Relating to the repeal of certain laws regulating the sale or transfer of secondhand watches
- Relating to the consent required for the administration of prophylaxis to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum
- Relating to taxes imposed on vinous liquor
- Relating to the protection of expressive activities at public institutions of higher education
- Relating to protecting freedom of conscience from government discrimination
- Relating to the identification of breeder deer by use of microchip implants
- Relating to the adoption and implementation of a recess policy by public school districts
- Relating to the composition of the combative sports advisory board
- Relating to the publication, republication, or other dissemination of mug shots and certain other information regarding the involvement of an individual in the criminal justice system
- Relating to a prohibition on the consideration of revenue anticipated to be derived from criminal fines in planning for the state budget
- Urging Congress to pass a budget
- Relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of abuse of a corpse
- Relating to signs required to be posted in the restrooms of sexually oriented businesses
- Relating to rules regarding the carcasses of certain birds or animals
- Relating to the study and approval of lethal pesticides for feral hog control
- Relating to ransomware
- Relating to the punishment for the offense of theft of cattle, horses, exotic livestock, exotic fowl, sheep, swine, or goats
- Relating to the requirement for a mass gathering or outdoor music festival permit
- Urging Congress to reduce the amount of paperwork required of teachers by federal law