Senate Floor Action for 9/3/2025

SENATE FLOOR ACTION



Wednesday

September 3, 2025




The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass:


HB 1 (CS)Darby/ King/ Meyer/ DeAyala/ McQueeney/ et al. SP: Perry/ et al.

Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.

1 Floor Amendment


HB 20 (CS)Darby/ Louderback/ Martinez/ Barry/ McQueeney/ et al. SP: Perry/ et al.

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.

 

The following bills were read a third time and finally passed:


HB 7 Leach/ Hickland/ Troxclair/ Pierson/ Metcalf/ et al. SP: Hughes/ et al.

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.


The Senate suspended the regular order, read the second time, and passed to third reading:


HB 18 Shaheen/ Gerdes/ Swanson/ et al. SP: Hinojosa, Adam/ et al.

Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and certain political committees during certain periods in which a member is absent from a legislative session; authorizing a civil penalty.


The Senate adopted the following resolutions:


SR 85 Huffman

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 5.


SR 87 Campbell

Congratulating State Senator Brandon Creighton on his selection as the sole finalist for the position of chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.


The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following:


SB 1 (CS)Perry/ Bettencourt/ Blanco/ Flores/ Hagenbuch/ et al. SP: Darby/ Meyer/ et al.

Relating to campground and youth camp safety.


SB 8 Middleton/ Bettencourt/ Birdwell/ Campbell/ Creighton/ et al. SP: Orr/ Metcalf/ et al.

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.


The Senate adopted conference committee reports on the following bills:


SB 5 Huffman/ Bettencourt/ Blanco/ Campbell/ Creighton/ et al. SP: Bonnen/ et al.

Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.


(CS)COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE