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Daily House Calendar

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

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********** MAJOR STATE CALENDAR **********
SENATE BILLS
SECOND READING

SB 31               Hughes / et al.

SP: Geren / Johnson / Howard / Hull / Orr / et al.

Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.

SB 33               Campbell / et al.

SP: Noble / Leo Wilson / et al.

Relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services.


********** GENERAL STATE CALENDAR **********
SENATE BILLS
SECOND READING

SB 20               Flores / et al.

SP: Capriglione

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession or promotion of obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.

SB 217              West / et al.

SP: Dutton

Relating to establishing the Historic Texas Freedmen's Cemetery Designation Program; authorizing a fee.

SB 264              Perry

SP: Button

Relating to discontinuing group self-insurance coverage and dissolving the Texas self-insurance group guaranty fund and trust fund under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.

SB 269              Perry / et al.

SP: Frank

Relating to required reports of certain vaccine-related or drug-related adverse events.

SB 650              West / et al.

SP: Bowers

Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages.

SB 681              Hughes

SP: Paul / et al.

Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration.

SB 528              Schwertner

SP: Harris Davila

Relating to inpatient competency restoration services.

SB 502              Perry

SP: Orr / Manuel

Relating to peace officers commissioned by the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general.

SB 740              Perry / et al.

SP: Spiller

Relating to certain proceedings by the Public Utility Commission of Texas regarding water or sewer service.

SB 916              Zaffirini / et al.

SP: Spiller

Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by emergency medical services providers.

SB 995              Nichols / et al.

SP: Paul

Relating to the approval of a surety bond for a contract authorizing an oversize or overweight vehicle to cross a road or highway.

SB 10               King / et al.

SP: Noble / Buckley / Leach / Spiller / Raymond / et al.

Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

SB 2581             Hancock

SP: Geren

Relating to the repeal of a provision governing the operation of jail commissaries in certain counties.

SB 2570             Flores / et al.

SP: Guillen

Relating to a legal justification for the use of force with a less-lethal force weapon by a correctional facility guard or a peace officer.

SB 3031             Huffman

SP: Johnson

Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.

SB 24               Campbell / et al.

SP: Leach

Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public school students.

SB 379              Middleton / et al.

SP: Gerdes

Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened soft drinks under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

SB 1171             Perry

SP: González, Mary

Relating to compensation, leave, and physical fitness programs and standards for certain employees of the office of inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

SB 1121             Nichols / et al.

SP: Metcalf

Relating to excepting certain fiber-optic cable projects from certain notice requirements for projects on state or local public land.

SB 1120             Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" / et al.

SP: Johnson

Relating to rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim in certain criminal cases involving family violence, sexual or assaultive offenses, stalking, or a violation of a protective order or condition of bond.

SB 1061             Parker

SP: Guillen

Relating to procedural requirements for uranium mining production area authorizations.

SB 1036             Zaffirini / et al.

SP: Darby

Relating to the regulation of residential solar retail transactions; requiring an occupational registration; authorizing fees; providing civil and administrative penalties.

SB 1019             Huffman / et al.

SP: Hull

Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the adjudication of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or a person with a disability.

SB 890              Paxton / et al.

SP: Hefner

Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain active and retired judicial officers.

SB 11               Middleton / et al.

SP: Spiller / Cook / Paul / et al.

Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.

SB 868              Sparks / et al.

SP: King / et al.

Relating to the allocation of money appropriated to the rural volunteer fire department assistance program.

SB 1188             Kolkhorst

SP: Bonnen / Metcalf / et al.

Relating to electronic health record requirements; authorizing a civil penalty.

SB 1254             Zaffirini / et al.

SP: Phelan

Relating to the regulation of professional employer organizations.

SB 2778             Hinojosa, Adam

SP: Lujan / Metcalf

Relating to the amount of an expenditure that may be paid by an emergency services district employee without board approval.

SB 2543             Hancock / et al.

SP: Hefner

Relating to the amount of certain revenue that may be used for and the location of state veterans cemeteries.

SB 2443             Zaffirini

SP: Phelan

Relating to electronic delivery of documents sent or received by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

SB 1333             Hughes / et al.

SP: Leach

Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee.

SB 1259             Nichols

SP: Bumgarner

Relating to the regulation of land surveyors by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

SB 1401             West

SP: Davis, Aicha

Relating to the creation of the Texas Mental Health Profession Pipeline Program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

SB 1404             West

SP: Dutton

Relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

SB 2139             King

SP: Olcott

Relating to the authority of the Texas Military Department to negotiate the release of a reversionary interest and certain other interests of the state in certain property in Palo Pinto County owned by the Palo Pinto County Livestock Association.

SB 2165             Parker

SP: Johnson

Relating to prohibiting the dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.

SB 2237             Bettencourt

SP: Bell, Cecil

Relating to severance pay for certain political subdivision employees.

SB 2268             Schwertner / et al.

SP: Hunter

Relating to loans and grants awarded from the Texas energy fund.

SB 1202             King

SP: Dean

Relating to third-party review of property development documents and inspections of improvements related to those documents, including home backup power installations.

SB 1198             Birdwell / et al.

SP: Morales, Eddie

Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability.

SB 1212             Paxton / et al.

SP: Kerwin / Schatzline / Hopper / Troxclair / Louderback / et al.

Relating to the prosecution and punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons; increasing a criminal penalty.

SB 1451             Flores

SP: Cook

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of stealing or receiving a stolen check or similar sight order.

SB 1470             Hughes / et al.

SP: Shaheen

Relating to requiring the Department of Public Safety to share data for the purpose of maintaining the statewide voter registration list.

SB 1498             Nichols / et al.

SP: Perez, Mary Ann

Relating to civil asset forfeiture of digital currency or other similar property.

SB 965              Parker / et al.

SP: Leach / et al.

Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty.

SB 1547             Zaffirini

SP: Orr

Relating to fees charged by county clerks for certain property records.

SB 1667             Zaffirini

SP: Orr

Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.

SB 1818             Hancock / et al.

SP: McQueeney

Relating to the issuance of a license or provisional license to certain military service members, military veterans, and military spouses to engage in a business or occupation in this state.

SB 1902             Nichols / et al.

SP: McQueeney

Relating to the administration of the dealer-issued license plates database and to the removal and transfer of license plates.

SB 2129             Johnson

SP: Bhojani / Perez, Mary Ann / Little / Canales / Harris Davila

Relating to the operation of vehicles at railroad grade crossings; increasing a criminal penalty.

SB 2078             Kolkhorst

SP: Gerdes / Wharton / Bumgarner

Relating to the regulation of composting in certain counties; authorizing a civil penalty.

SB 2069             Zaffirini / et al.

SP: Vo / Barry / Rodríguez Ramos / Simmons

Relating to the establishment of a work group to conduct a study on the feasibility of implementing an acute psychiatric bed registry.

SB 1737             Huffman / et al.

SP: Geren / Lujan / Darby / Lambert

Relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to certain law enforcement officers and custodial officers.

SB 1589             Hancock / et al.

SP: Orr

Relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.

SB 1318             Schwertner / et al.

SP: Bonnen / Lalani

Relating to restrictions on covenants not to compete for physicians and certain health care practitioners.

SB 387              Zaffirini / et al.

SP: Landgraf

Relating to bond requirements for certain judges.

SB 1150             Middleton / et al.

SP: Geren / Darby / Walle / Morales, Eddie

Relating to the plugging of and reporting on inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas; authorizing an administrative penalty.

SB 1574             Zaffirini / et al.

SP: Leach

Relating to a centers of excellence program developed by the Texas Judicial Council for certain justices and judges.

SB 2127             Zaffirini

SP: Raymond / Martinez Fischer

Relating to the assignment of certain retired and former justices and judges.

SB 3034             Bettencourt

SP: Ashby

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 249 in Grimes and Montgomery Counties as the Doug Pitcock Aggie Expressway.

SB 860              Flores

SP: Guillen

Relating to abolishing the Criminal Justice Legislative Oversight Committee.

SB 1278             Parker / et al.

SP: Thompson / Johnson / Smithee

Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.


********** RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR **********
SENATE RESOLUTIONS

SCR 5               Eckhardt / et al.

SP: Flores / Howard / Rodríguez Ramos

Directing the Texas School for the Deaf to name its middle school gymnasium the Robert Rives Gymnasium.

SCR 32              Hall / et al.

SP: Metcalf

Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to name the new transit amenity center at 207 W. 14th Street in the Capitol Complex the "Lead On! Transit Amenity" in honor of Justin Dart.