Joanne Shofner

Sponsored bills

• SB0008: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
• SB0005: Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
• HCR0013: Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm in Texas.
• HB0007: Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions.
• HB0025: Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription. (primary sponsor)
• HB0008: 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.
• HB0020: Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
• HB0001: Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.
• HB0004: Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas.
• HR0128: Amending the House Rules of Procedure to authorize additional constitutionally compliant, proportional penalties for members absent without leave for purpose of impeding the action of the House that do not unfairly impair members' representative functions.
• HR0096: In memory of Dale Alan Nixon. (primary sponsor)
• HR0094: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of St. John's Episcopal Church in Carthage. (primary sponsor)
• HB0295: Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices.
• HB0265: Relating to governmental oversight of youth camps, including youth camp rules, duties, and the advisory committee.
• HCR0018: Designating Newton County as the official Forest Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. (primary sponsor)
• HB0298: Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence.
• HJR0010: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives.
• HR0058: Amending the permanent rules of the House of Representatives to remove the political party restriction on the vice-chair of a standing committee and to provide that the vice-chair of a committee does not receive a separate budget for that position.
• HB0291: Relating to medical school admissions, coursework, academic standards, and employment decisions in this state.
• HB0005: Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.