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ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION

Thursday, May 29, 2025

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********** SENATE AMENDMENTS **********

Senate amendment printings:

ELIGIBLE AT 11:50 AM MAY 21, 2025:

HB 5560             Harris / et al.

Relating to penalties in certain suits involving a groundwater conservation district; increasing a penalty.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 6 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 8:40 PM MAY 25, 2025:

HB 2                Buckley / Bernal / Guillen / et al.

Relating to public education and public school finance.
     6 Amendments, consisting of 28 pages total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 229 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 8:50 PM MAY 26, 2025:

HB 24               Orr / Hickland / Vasut / Lopez, Ray / Lalani / et al.

Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 5 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 9:00 PM MAY 26, 2025:

HB 3233             Harris

Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 1 page total.


ELIGIBLE AT 11:40 AM MAY 27, 2025:

HB 1397             Harris / Metcalf / Raymond / Cain / Leo Wilson

Relating to the care, custody, and display of the letter known as the victory or death letter, the Texas Constitution, and the Texas Declaration of Independence.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 3 pages total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 3 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 12:10 PM MAY 27, 2025:

HB 2067             Paul / Capriglione / et al.

Relating to declination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of insurance policies.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 4 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 9:20 AM MAY 28, 2025:

HB 3133             Bhojani / Button / Talarico / Harris Davila / Fairly / et al.

Relating to user reports of explicit deep fake material on social media platforms.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 4 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 9:30 AM MAY 28, 2025:

HB 5696             Cook

Relating to the creation of The Reserve Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 20 pages total.


HB 5680             Holt

Relating to the creation of the Bayou Belle Municipal Management District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 19 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 10:10 AM MAY 28, 2025:

HB 2885             Gerdes

Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.


ELIGIBLE AT 12:50 PM MAY 28, 2025:

HB 3966             Morales, Christina / Curry

Relating to requiring owners or operators of commercial passenger bus services to provide certain notifications to residents concerning operations.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 2 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 2:20 PM MAY 28, 2025:

HB 3556             Vasut / Metcalf / Leo Wilson / et al.

Relating to the construction of structures exceeding a certain height in certain counties containing national wildlife refuges and in adjacent counties; authorizing injunctive relief.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 3 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 9:20 AM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 3595             Barry / Howard / Johnson / King / Darby / et al.

Relating to an emergency preparedness and contingency operations plan, including temperature regulation, for assisted living facility residents during an emergency; providing penalties.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 2 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 10:00 AM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 144              King

Relating to plans for the management and inspection of distribution poles.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 2 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 11:00 AM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 26               Hull / Rose / Isaac / Manuel / Frank / et al.

Relating to requiring contracts with Medicaid managed care organizations to permit the organizations to offer nutrition counseling and instruction services in lieu of other state Medicaid plan services.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 3 pages total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 11:10 AM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 2038             Oliverson / Perez, Vincent / Campos / Harris Davila / Lalani / et al.

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.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 2 pages total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 12 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 12:10 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 521              Guillen / et al.

Relating to accommodating voters with a disability; creating a criminal offense.
     2 Amendments, consisting of 2 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 12:20 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 4                Buckley / Bernal / Ashby / Frank / Cook / et al.

Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 39 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 12:30 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 1178             Cunningham / Bumgarner / Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra

Relating to the creation of a temporary educator certificate for educators certified by other states.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 12:40 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 42               Wilson / Shaheen / Tinderholt / Howard / VanDeaver / et al.

Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the permissible uses of that money.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 7 pages total.


HB 1211             Lujan / Bhojani / Lalani / LaHood / González, Mary / et al.

Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.


HB 783              Lalani / Darby

Relating to civil liability for online impersonation.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.


ELIGIBLE AT 12:50 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 3963             Capriglione / Bhojani / Hull

Relating to an early childhood integrated data system.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 6 pages total.


HB 2240             Dutton

Relating to certain void marriages.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 2 pages total.


HB 1690             Gerdes

Relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 1:00 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 1234             Guillen / et al.

Relating to certain procedures required for the denial of certain applications for a license to carry a handgun.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.


ELIGIBLE AT 1:10 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 3372             Metcalf / Leo Wilson

Relating to prohibiting certain personal services performed by school district administrators; providing a civil penalty.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 2 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 1:30 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 27               King / Garcia, Linda / Lalani / et al.

Relating to courses in personal financial literacy for high school students in public schools.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.


HB 4211             Noble / Leach / Hunter / Metcalf / et al.

Relating to certain residential property interests controlled by certain entities.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 3 pages total.


HB 2243             Oliverson / Allen / Buckley / Ashby / Hickland / et al.

Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 5 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 1:40 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 2853             Perez, Vincent / Moody / Morales, Eddie / Ordaz

Relating to student union building fees at The University of Texas at El Paso.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.


HB 4638             Bonnen

Relating to the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.


ELIGIBLE AT 1:50 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HJR 7               Harris / Hunter / Martinez / Kitzman / Metcalf / et al.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of the revenue derived from state sales and use taxes to the Texas water fund and to provide for the allocation and use of that revenue.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 5 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 2:00 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 100              Leo Wilson / Buckley / Dutton / Davis, Aicha / Plesa / et al.

Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional materials by public schools.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.


HB 126              Tepper / Ashby / Davis, Aicha

Relating to the compensation and professional representation of prospective student athletes and student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.


HB 3783             Hull / Orr / Slawson / Holt / Dutton / et al.

Relating to court-ordered counseling in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 3 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 2:10 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 5138             Shaheen / Metcalf / Leach / Noble / Hull / et al.

Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.


HB 2512             Geren

Relating to the release of certain areas from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election.
     2 Amendments, consisting of 4 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 2:30 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 5616             Howard / Meyer / Dyson / Kerwin / Morales, Eddie / et al.

Relating to the Texas presidential library promotion program and funding for the program.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 3 pages total.


HB 4751             Capriglione / Bonnen / Raymond / Lalani / Kitzman

Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Quantum Initiative.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 6 pages total.


 

 


********** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE **********

Conference Committee Reports:

ELIGIBLE AT 2:50 PM MAY 25, 2025:

SB 17               Kolkhorst / et al.

SP: Hefner / Metcalf / Patterson / McQueeney / Spiller / et al.

Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities.

ELIGIBLE AT 11:10 AM MAY 27, 2025:

SB 1637             King

SP: Hefner

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.

ELIGIBLE AT 10:40 AM MAY 28, 2025:

SB 1833             Parker

SP: Anchía / Leach / Louderback / Cook

Relating to the use of a social media platform in furtherance of an offense involving the delivery of a controlled substance; increasing criminal penalties.

SB 2155             Perry

SP: Kitzman / Bell, Keith / Hull / Canales / Buckley

Relating to the regulation of veterinary professionals and facilities by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the temporary administration of the board by the Department of Licensing and Regulation.

ELIGIBLE AT 3:50 PM MAY 28, 2025:

SB 21               Schwertner / et al.

SP: Capriglione / Oliverson / Longoria / Vasut / Cunningham / et al.

Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds.

ELIGIBLE AT 4:10 PM MAY 28, 2025:

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.

ELIGIBLE AT 12:50 PM MAY 29, 2025:

SB 260              Huffman / et al.

SP: Bonnen

Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.

 

The Senate requests the appointment of a conference committee on:


SB 8                Schwertner / et al.

SP: Spiller / Louderback / Tepper / et al.

Relating to agreements between sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law.
(Senate Conferees: Schwertner, Ch./Campbell/Huffman/Kolkhorst/Perry)

SB 12               Creighton / et al.

SP: Leach

Relating to parental rights in public education, including the imposition of certain requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction and diversity, equity, and inclusion duties.
(Senate Conferees: Creighton, Ch./Campbell/Hinojosa, Adam/Parker/Paxton)

SB 37               Creighton / et al.

SP: Shaheen

Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment, powers, and duties of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman.
(Senate Conferees: Creighton, Ch./Bettencourt/Hughes/Middleton/Paxton)

SB 379              Middleton / et al.

SP: Gerdes / et al.

Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened soft drinks under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
(Senate Conferees: Middleton, Ch./Hall/Kolkhorst/Schwertner/Sparks)

SB 441              Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" / et al.

SP: Lalani

Relating to civil liability for the production, solicitation, disclosure, or promotion of artificial intimate visual material.
(Senate Conferees: Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy", Ch./Creighton/Flores/Parker/West)

SB 1566             Bettencourt

SP: Darby

Relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
(Senate Conferees: Bettencourt, Ch./Gutierrez/Middleton/Nichols/Paxton)

SB 2878             Hughes

SP: Leach / Morales, Eddie

Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, and youth diversion, and to public office candidate eligibility; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.
(Senate Conferees: Hughes, Ch./Birdwell/Creighton/Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/King)