REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Thursday

March 13, 2025

SENATE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items.

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Urging the U.S. Department of State and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to take appropriate action to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water resources.

Urging the Houston City Council to construct a memorial pedestrian bridge in honor of Sergio Ivan Rodriguez.

SENATE BILLS

(Second Reading)

Relating to a compliance agreement for the suspension of an enforcement action against a regional water supply, sewer, wastewater treatment, or solid waste disposal service for certain violations.

Relating to the persons authorized or appointed to exercise the power of sale under the terms of a contract lien on real property.

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.

Relating to immunity for ringside physicians assigned to combative sports events.

Relating to the definition of a rural political subdivision for purposes of the Texas Water Assistance Program.

Relating to the requirement for performance and payment bonds from certain contractors of the Parks and Wildlife Department.

Relating to the confidentiality of fraud detection and deterrence information under the public information law.

Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence address.

Relating to the reading and marking of a ballot by a person occupying a voting station or by the person's child.

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.

Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding.

Relating to the age at which a person may purchase or possess nitrous oxide.

Relating to the date of the meeting of presidential electors of this state.

Relating to the authority of the legislature to determine that certain federal directives are unconstitutional and to prohibit certain government officers and employees from enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of the directive.

Relating to the attorney general's defense of a district or county attorney against certain lawsuits in federal court.

Relating to liability for land surveying services in or in connection with certain construction or services contracts.

Relating to the recognition of a handgun license issued by another state.

Relating to liability of a cavern entity for injuries arising from certain activities.

Relating to notice to property owners regarding certain stationary LP-gas installations.

Relating to the correction of references to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

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

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

Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the creation of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials.

Relating to the computation of the cost of goods sold by television and radio broadcasters for purposes of the franchise tax.

Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.

Relating to civil liability for the production, solicitation, disclosure, or promotion of artificial intimate visual material.

Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee.

Relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.

Relating to the disclosure of certain harvest report information submitted to the Parks and Wildlife Department.

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

Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings.

Relating to declination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of insurance policies.

Relating to the disclosure of certain financial information by certain nonprofit organizations that enter into sizeable contracts with political subdivisions.

Relating to certain boiler inspection reports and the composition and governance of the board of boiler rules.

Relating to certain agreements with collective bargaining organizations related to certain publicly funded public work contracts.

Relating to the legislature's goals for electric generation capacity in this state.

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

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

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

Relating to the authorized removal of certain motor vehicles.

Relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway.

Relating to driving safety or motorcycle operator training course dismissal.

Relating to the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the right-of-way of a public road.

Relating to design build contracts.

Relating to electricity planning and infrastructure costs for large loads.

Relating to use of artificial intelligence in utilization review conducted for health benefit plans.

Relating to the regulation of consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring a registration; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to certain theft offenses involving mail or a mail receptacle key or lock; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for forgery.

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties.

Relating to the search of certain wireless communications devices by a peace officer.

Relating to the operations of the Financial Crimes Intelligence Center.

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

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