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Kevin Sparks

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Overview

Kevin Sparks is an American businessman and politician serving in the Texas Senate for the 31st District since 2023.

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Source: Open States

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

123 bills

Became law

26 became law. Another 30 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Mar 25, 2025SB 2407: 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 directors.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025HB 43: Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025SB 34: Relating 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 state.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025SB 2448: Relating to the establishment of the Rural Workforce Development Grant Program.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2025SB 2037: 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 fee.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2025SB 1886: Relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025SB 1806: Relating 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 for an existing criminal offense.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2025SB 1718: Relating 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 program.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2025SB 1038: Relating to administrative remedies for certain fraud and abuse violations under Medicaid; providing administrative penalties.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2025SB 1035: Relating to equitable relief from the enforcement of certain governmental requirements that affect agricultural operations.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2025SB 971: Relating to the definition of a rural political subdivision for purposes of the Texas Water Assistance Program.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2025SB 920: Relating to the administration of nonprescription medications to certain public and private school students.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2025SB 855: Relating to the authority of certain medical consenters to assume financial responsibility for certain out-of-network medical care provided to children in foster care.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2025SB 868: Relating to the allocation of money appropriated to the rural volunteer fire department assistance program.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025SB 767: Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.
    Became law
  • Introduced Dec 5, 2024SB 529: Relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to receive and use tax revenue from certain establishments located near a hotel and convention center project.
    Became law
  • Introduced Dec 5, 2024SB 530: Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions.
    Became law
  • Introduced Nov 26, 2024SB 513: Relating to a rural community-based care pilot program.
    Became law
  • Introduced Nov 22, 2024SB 499: Relating to the selection by the board of directors of the West Coke County Hospital District of a depository bank for the district.
    Became law
  • Introduced Nov 22, 2024SB 500: Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process.
    Became law
  • Introduced Nov 22, 2024SB 494: Relating to the establishment of a theft of petroleum products task force.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023SB 2154: Relating to the creation of the West Plains Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023SB 1809: Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2023SB 1585: Relating to certain proceedings in juvenile court for children with mental illness and intellectual disabilities.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 25, 2023SB 593: Relating to an independent assessment of the Health and Human Services Commission's and the Department of Family and Protective Services' rules, minimum standards, and contract requirements that apply to certain residential child-care providers.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023SB 565: Relating to the release of a reversionary interest in certain real property by the Health and Human Services Commission.
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025SB 1835: Relating to the maximum number of nonresident scholarship students permitted to pay resident tuition and fees at certain public institutions of higher education.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2025SB 921: Relating to conducting an ex parte renewal of a recipient's Medicaid eligibility.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Dec 13, 2024SB 618: Relating to the unlawful altering of election procedures; providing a civil penalty.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Dec 13, 2024SB 621: Relating to a prohibition on the establishment, operation, or ownership of a public bank by a political subdivision.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Nov 22, 2024SB 495: Relating 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 standards.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023SB 1987: Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025SB 4: Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025SB 9: Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025SB 13: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025SB 6: Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Aug 4, 2025SB 8: Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jul 30, 2025SB 9: Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025SB 2446: Relating to the composition of the governing bodies of local mental health authorities and reports available to the governing body members.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2025SB 2119: Relating to an exemption from certain immunization requirements for medical and veterinary students.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2025SB 1884: Relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2025SB 1888: Relating to reconstitution of the petit jury wheel and grand juror and petit juror qualifications in certain counties.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2025SB 1320: Relating to the establishment of the organized oilfield theft prevention unit within the Texas Department of Public Safety.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2025SB 1224: Relating to the reporting of certain public or private school employee misconduct to local law enforcement.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 6, 2025SB 715: Relating to reliability requirements for certain electric generation facilities.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Dec 13, 2024SB 619: Relating to protection of persons from participation in a health care service for reasons of conscience; providing a civil remedy; authorizing disciplinary action.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Dec 5, 2024SB 533: Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds or a tax increase.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Dec 5, 2024SB 532: Relating to grant amounts under the young farmer grant program.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Nov 22, 2024SB 472: Relating 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 review board.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Nov 20, 2024SB 397: Relating to rules regarding the provision by a health professional of a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Nov 19, 2024SB 393: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue debt to purchase or lease property.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023SB 2489: Relating to providing prevocational or similar services under certain Medicaid waiver programs.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023SB 2009: Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023SB 946: Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds or a tax increase.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023SB 561: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue debt to purchase or lease tangible personal property.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023SB 562: Relating to parental rights regarding a threat assessment of a student conducted by a public school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Aug 15, 2025SB 29: Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 6, 2025SB 69: Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Aug 4, 2025SB 63: Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain unprocessed materials used in the manufacture of hydrocarbons.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025SB 2985: Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and to a study and report on plant diseases and pest outbreaks.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025SB 2950: Relating to vote harvesting; creating a civil penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025SB 2810: Relating to the utilization of the Texas Energy Fund to support dispatchable electric generation using treated fluid oil and gas waste.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2025SB 2930: Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025SB 2641: Relating to the operation and management of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum by the Texas Historical Commission.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025SB 2447: Relating to reporting requirements for assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025SB 2449: Relating to financial assurance requirements for operators under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2025SB 2640: Relating to waivers permitting non-certified drivers to operate in partnership with state-certified emergency medical personnel.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025SB 2255: Relating to the occupational licensing of military spouses.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 11, 2025SB 2211: Relating to a qualifying cogenerator that serves a large load and a colocated desalination facility.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2025SB 1885: Relating 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 project.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 4, 2025SB 1887: Relating to the prohibition of immunization with a product containing mRNA material.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025SB 1801: Relating to the composition, duties, and personnel of the Moore County Juvenile Board.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025SB 1805: Relating to the administration of and procedures relating to early voting by personal appearance.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2025SB 1834: Relating to the adoption of the revised Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children by the State of Texas; making conforming changes.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 25, 2025SB 1639: Relating to imposing a tax on the generation of electricity by certain electric generators to provide revenue for teacher pay raises.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2025SB 1301: Relating to the design-build method for certain government construction projects.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025SB 1201: Relating to adjustments in the appraised value of a residence homestead.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025SB 1149: Relating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025SB 1148: Relating to required training for caregivers to children, including foster parents.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 4, 2025SB 1093: Relating to procedures and required findings in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2025SB 1037: Relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of obligation.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2025SB 1043: Relating to the composition of the advisory committee for metal recycling entities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2025SB 1034: Relating to cybersecurity for retail public utilities that provide water or sewer service.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2025SB 1014: Relating to certain health care services contract arrangements entered into by insurers and health care providers.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2025SB 970: Relating to the prioritization of awarding grants and loans from the Texas Energy Fund for certain electric generating facilities.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2025SB 902: Relating 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 certification.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2025SB 903: Relating to continuing education requirements for certain physicians regarding adoption.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2025SB 886: Relating to the production, sale, and use of certain agricultural products containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); creating a criminal offense.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2025SB 881: Relating 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 license; authorizing fees.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 6, 2025SB 713: Relating 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 and changing how the surcharge and remittance are distributed.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 6, 2025SB 717: Relating to the additional compensation certain counties pay to judges and justices for extrajudicial services.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 6, 2025SB 716: Relating to the issuance of an occupational license to certain out-of-state applicants.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 6, 2025SB 714: Relating to electricity pricing rules and operating procedures that eliminate or compensate for market distortion caused by certain federal tax credits.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Dec 13, 2024SB 620: Relating to applying an active efforts standard for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Dec 5, 2024SB 531: Relating to the licensing of a psychologist as a licensed specialist in school psychology; authorizing a fee.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 22, 2024SB 497: Relating to the operation of certain vehicles preceding, during, and following disasters.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 22, 2024SB 469: Relating to the provision of counseling services by certain providers under Medicaid and reimbursement for those services.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 22, 2024SB 468: Relating 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 person within that period.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 22, 2024SB 470: Relating to the issuance of certificates of obligation by local governments.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 22, 2024SB 496: Relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Potter County.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 22, 2024SB 498: Relating to the Licensed Professional Counselors Compact; authorizing fees.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 22, 2024SB 471: Relating 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 fees.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 20, 2024SB 398: Relating to the delegation to a pharmacy technician of a pharmacist's authority to administer an immunization or vaccine.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 20, 2024SB 399: Relating to a biennial audit of the effectiveness and efficiencies of state services provided to homeless individuals.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 19, 2024SB 392: Relating to prohibited facility fees for telehealth and telemedicine medical services; providing an administrative penalty.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 19, 2024SB 394: Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain defendants placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the unlawful carrying of a handgun.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 19, 2024SB 391: Relating to a reliability plan for electric transmission service in the Permian Basin.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023SB 2491: Relating to qualifications for a retired judge's appointment as a visiting judge to a constitutional county court.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 10, 2023SB 2490: Relating to the issuance of certificates of obligation by local governments.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023SB 2151: Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 60 as the Martha Pattillo Siv Memorial Parkway.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023SB 2153: Relating to certain school district tax abatements for power system reliability projects.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023SB 2149: Relating to boycott, coercion, and intimidation activities by insurance companies regarding environmental, social, and governance matters.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 9, 2023SB 2152: Relating to the amount of foreign emissions of air contaminants in nonattainment areas and the required revision of the state implementation plan to account for those emissions.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023SB 1905: Relating to media production development zone recognition.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 8, 2023SB 1906: Relating to student loan repayment assistance for prosecutors and certain criminal lawyers practicing in rural counties.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023SB 1811: Relating to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas over and a study of the upstream production, pipeline transportation, and storage of hydrogen.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023SB 1810: Relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of obligation.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023SB 1609: Relating to a proposition to approve the issuance of bonds or other debt.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2023SB 1608: Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds or a tax increase.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2023SB 1320: Relating to state agency review of adopted rules.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 28, 2023SB 1321: Relating to the regulation of certain transactions involving tubular steel used in the oil and gas industry.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023SB 563: Relating to the regulation by a municipality or county of certain employment benefits and policies.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023SB 564: Relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized emergency vehicle used to conduct a police escort.
    Introduced

Source: Open States