REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Wednesday

April 23, 2025

HOUSE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the enactment of a law imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities transactions.

HOUSE BILLS

(Second Reading)

Relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes for game animals and exotic animals.

Relating to an exemption from certain motor fuel taxes for counties in this state.

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 enactment of a law imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities transactions.

Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the terminology used in the Texas Constitution to refer to the partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Urging Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds.

Urging the federal government to take immediate action in addressing issues related to security at the border.

Recognizing the strategic importance of the Gulf of America to the economic and security interests of Texas and the United States.

Urging the state to adopt the policy to recognize two sexes, male and female.

Designating El Paso as the official Boot Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Pflugerville as the official Trail Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating the Town of Trophy Club as the official Texas Town of Patriotism for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Port Aransas as the official Fishing Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Expressing support for renaming the New York strip steak as the Texas strip steak and directing the Texas Department of Agriculture to promote the Texas strip steak as part of efforts to support Texas beef and agricultural products.

Urging the Gulf Coast Protection District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to not compromise navigation safety or two-way traffic vessel movement when implementing a project.

SENATE BILLS

(Third Reading)

Relating to the establishment of a grant program to support the disposition of deceased paupers' bodies.

Relating to an annual study on the economic, environmental, and financial impact of illegal immigration in this state.

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to establish and operate a guaranteed income program.

Relating to municipal and county enforcement of drug and consumable hemp product laws; providing civil penalties.

SENATE BILLS

(Second Reading)

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

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

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

Relating to municipal regulation of multifamily and mixed-use development on religious land.

Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.

Relating to protection for a public school employee's use of terms consistent with biological sex.

Relating to requirements and procedures in the contest of an election on a proposed constitutional amendment.

Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program.

Relating to lists of public real property suitable for use or to be developed for use as affordable housing by certain municipalities and counties.

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of continuous aggravated promotion of prostitution.

Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate.

Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.

Relating to creating the criminal offenses of transnational repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law and to a study and law enforcement training regarding transnational repression.

Relating to the assertion of legislative privilege by the attorney general in certain legal challenges to the constitutionality of state statutes.

Relating to a prohibition on the use of public money by a school district to transport district students or employees to or from a polling place.

Relating to the supervision requirements of a code enforcement officer in training.

Relating to a prohibition on governmental contracts with companies of foreign adversaries for certain information and communications technology; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 2360 in Starr County as the Jose Maria Longoria Sr. Memorial Highway.

Relating to the administration and operations of the state auditor's office.

Relating to the circumstances under which an appraisal review board is required to postpone a protest hearing.

Relating to protection of persons from participation in a health care service for reasons of conscience; providing a civil remedy; authorizing disciplinary action.

Relating to applicability of certain prescription drug insurance laws to health benefit plans and pharmacy benefit managers.

Relating to required generators or other power sources for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits.

Relating to required water pressure boosters for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits.

Relating to rules regarding the provision by a health professional of a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.

Relating to preparing and delivering precinct election returns; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to accepting an early voting ballot voted by mail; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to prohibiting the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises of certain sexually oriented businesses; creating a criminal offense; providing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the prohibited manufacture, processing, possession, distribution, offering for sale, and sale of cell-cultured protein.

Relating to the imposition by a municipality of a moratorium on property development in certain circumstances.

Relating to the unlawful altering of election procedures; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue debt to purchase or lease property.

Relating to the effects of unresponsive insureds for a personal automobile insurance policy.

Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in a school crossing zone while intoxicated; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.

Relating to the open carrying of a handgun by a uniformed school marshal.

Relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to receive tax revenue from certain establishments located near a hotel and convention center project.

Relating to the creation of the Texas technology and innovation program.

Relating to the approval of land use assumptions, capital improvement plans, and impact fees.

Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, or selling certain e-cigarette products; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to genetic information security for residents of this state; providing a civil penalty; providing a private cause of action.

Relating to protection for a public employee's or student's use of terms consistent with biological sex.

Relating to prohibiting an officer or employee of this state or of a political subdivision of this state from distributing certain voter registration application forms; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to election integrity and security of ballot boxes, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; authorizing a penalty.

Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws.

Relating to the applicability of laws protecting minors from harmful material on digital services.

Relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the enforcement of certain criminal offenses on school property.

Relating to the certification of public school educators, including financial and other assistance provided to public schools by the Texas Education Agency.

Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations.

Relating to a franchise tax credit for, and the application of sales and use taxes to, certain research and development expenses.

Relating to a financing mechanism allowing electric utilities to obtain recovery of costs associated with a weather-related event or other natural disaster; granting authority to issue bonds.

Relating to prior approval of certain property and casualty insurance rate increases or decreases.

Relating to the prohibited release by a public agency of personal affiliation information regarding the members, supporters, or volunteers of or donors to certain nonprofit organizations; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in connection with an improvement on specific real property.

Relating to the disclosure of information with regard to artificial intelligence.

Relating to the responsibility of consumer reporting agencies to ensure compliance with certain consumer reporting laws.

Relating to the course levels offered at Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College.

Relating to requiring foreign language credit opportunities for students enrolled in study abroad programs offered by certain institutions of higher education in this state.

Relating to adult high school charter program funding.

Relating to adding certain substances to the Texas Controlled Substances Act and regulating kratom and kratom products; increasing civil penalties; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the creation of an electronic platform and submission portal, known as My Texas Future, to facilitate public high school students' awareness of and application to institutions of higher education using the electronic common admission application form.

Relating to the authority of the Harris County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers.

Relating to penalties for certain offenses involving county competitive bidding requirements; increasing criminal penalties.

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

Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings, the adjudication and disposition of cases involving delinquent conduct, and certain offenses or conduct committed by a child or by a person placed in or committed to certain juvenile facilities; changing the eligibility for community supervision.

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

Relating to venue in certain actions involving a contract for an improvement to real property.

Relating to guardianships for persons who are incapacitated; changing a fee.

Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property.

Relating to decedents' estates.

Relating to motor vehicle titles for salvage vehicles.

Relating to the operation of off-highway vehicles.

Relating to the purposes for which the Texas Water Bank and the Texas Water Trust may accept and hold water rights.

Relating to unclaimed personal property, including virtual currency.

Relating to the authority of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System to construct, acquire, improve, extend, and equip utility systems located on university system property.

Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Efficiency Council.

Relating to construction contract trust funds.

Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, and public school safety and security requirements and resources.

Relating to the posting of information regarding certain bonds guaranteed by the permanent school fund.

Relating to general obligation bonds issued by school districts.

Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was victimized by a public school employee to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school.

Relating to the name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District.

Relating to the relocation or removal of dredged spoils or materials by a navigation district.

Relating to prohibiting the Texas Medical Board from regulating certain physician advertising.

Relating to notice provided by a health care provider before initiating debt collection against a patient.

Relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding weapons in agency foster homes; creating a civil penalty.

Relating to inpatient competency restoration services.

Relating to civil and administrative penalties assessed for violations of statutes or rules governing chemical dependency treatment facilities.

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

Relating to group home consultant referrals; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of the practice of podiatry.

Relating to coverage for mental health conditions and substance use disorders under certain governmental health benefit plans.

Relating to public school policies and programs regarding the production or distribution of certain intimate visual material by public school students.

Relating to contracting by public and private schools for the provision of medication for respiratory distress and training in administering that medication.

Relating to electric service quality and reliability.

Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges.

Relating to anticompetitive and other unlawful practices and to certain required disclosures relating to credit card transactions; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured home classified as personal property at the owner's death.

Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship between a parent and a nonparent.

Relating to the appointment of a receiver for and sale of certain parcels of land that are abandoned, unoccupied, and undeveloped in certain municipalities.

Relating to the duty of an appraisal district to keep confidential certain identifying information provided by a property owner.

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

Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary.

Relating to the requirement that a person submit an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used for human burial.

Relating to the liability of nonprofit entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services or with a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care or child welfare services.

Relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and health benefit plan issuers or pharmacy benefit managers.

Relating to newborn screening tests for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Relating to establishment of a shared savings program for health maintenance organizations and preferred provider benefit plans.

Relating to the definition of facility for purposes of workplace violence prevention requirements.

Relating to the application review process for certain delayed birth certificates.

Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to biological sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.

Relating to gambling criminal offenses and a defense to prosecution for a gambling offense; increasing criminal penalties.

Relating to the required disclosure of certain financial relationships in civil actions regarding the activities of United States defense contractors.

Relating to renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Relating to censorship of or certain other interference with digital expression, including expression on social media platforms or through electronic mail messages.

Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the conduct of randomized county election audits.

Relating to security of election system equipment.

Relating to the basis for a third-party challenge to a voter's registration.

Relating to the terminology used in statute, resolutions, rules, and other state publications to refer to the partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent.

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to state and federal judges.

Relating to the disclosure of certain information regarding a record of a collision or violation involving a person operating a railroad locomotive or train.

Relating to a prohibition on the operation or movement of certain overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials under certain circumstances; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to aircraft owned and operated by the Department of Public Safety.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for loading certain overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials at a weight that exceeds the weight limitations authorized for the vehicle.

Relating to the administration of the Texas Department of Insurance, including the appointment of the state commission of insurance.

Relating to the operation of rock crushing facilities.

Relating to the recycling and disposal of consumer energy storage modules.

Relating to first responder policies for emergencies occurring at a group home in certain municipalities and counties.

Relating to ectopic pregnancies and continuing education for certain physicians and nurses regarding treatment of certain pregnancy-related conditions.

Relating to the review of claims and recovery of overpayments by Medicaid recovery audit contractors.

Relating to egg grading and the selling of ungraded eggs; authorizing a fee.

Relating to intelligence databases for combinations, criminal street gangs, and foreign terrorist organizations.

Relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.

Relating to management plans adopted by groundwater conservation districts.

Relating to permit fees for groundwater wells imposed by the Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the discharge or use of certain firefighting foams for testing or training.

Relating to the enforcement of drought contingency plans by water and sewer utilities and the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Relating to expenses incurred in the appeal of rates for water or sewer service charged to certain customers.

Relating to an opportunity to correct certain defects in an early voting ballot voted by mail.

Relating to the access and communications settings for accounts of minor users of digital services.

Relating to a required provision in certain governmental entity contracts regarding the carrying of handguns by license holders; providing civil penalties.

Relating to the issuance of a certified birth record to a homeless individual.

Relating to the prosecution of certain election offenses.

Relating to the accreditation of law schools in this state.

Relating to the procedure for amending or revoking certificates of public convenience and necessity issued to certain water utilities.

Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to purchase, finance the purchase of, or lease real property or construct or finance the construction of improvements to real property.

Relating to the regulation of technical and clerical errors contained in registrations and reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission and the commission's authority regarding the imposition of certain penalties.

Relating to the contents and filing of personal financial statements with the Texas Ethics Commission and the removal of certain information in certain statements from public view.

Relating to the classification of certain entities as primarily engaged in retail trade for purposes of the franchise tax.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of persons who may repair or test backflow prevention assemblies.

Relating to organization of, meetings of, and voting by condominium unit owners' associations and property owners' associations.

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

Relating to notice requirements for a leased dwelling located in a floodplain.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy.

Relating to the authority of the advisory body of a public improvement district and the board of directors of a reinvestment zone to hold a meeting by a telecommunication device.

Relating to the regulation of certain business entities that act as data brokers.

Relating to the definition of a governmental body for the purposes of the public information law.

Relating to recording requirements for certain instruments concerning real property.

Relating to the filing or recording of documents or instruments conveying or purporting to convey an interest in real or personal property.

Relating to prohibiting the imposition of a monetary fine or penalty for a violation of a money services business's terms of service agreement; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the confidentiality of certain information for a current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Relating to the transfer of the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.

Relating to disbursement of initial funds under the Texas energy fund.

Relating to the establishment of an Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Advisory Board.

Relating to fees for the issuance of certain specialty license plates and an exemption from vehicle registration for certain trailers, semitrailers, tractors, and implements of husbandry.

Relating to a grant program to fund certain short line railroad projects.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852 in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Bridge.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway.

Relating to the definition of a crosswalk.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 2493 in Smith County as the Captain Kevin Williams and Firefighter Austin Cheek Memorial Highway.

Relating to the filing of an appeal regarding certain water, drainage, or sewer rates with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

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.

Relating to discovery requirements in a criminal case.

Relating to legal representation of indigent persons in this state and to proceedings before a magistrate including the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant.

Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person and the victim of the offense to a magistrate for purposes of an order for emergency protection.

Relating to emergency detention of certain persons evidencing mental illness and to court-ordered inpatient and extended mental health services.

Relating to personal bond offices, to the notification provided to a judge regarding tampering with an electronic monitoring device while released on bond or community supervision, and to the availability of certain information regarding a person required to submit to an electronic monitoring program or being supervised by a community supervision and corrections department.

Relating to the approval of a community supervision and corrections department's budget and strategic plan.

Relating to skimmers on electronic terminals; authorizing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses.

Relating to creating the criminal offense of continuous manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance.

Relating to the period during which an order for emergency protection remains in effect.

Relating to the employment of certain peace officers of the Department of Public Safety.

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

Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for certain fraud offenses.

Relating to an election to approve a reduction or reallocation of funding or resources for certain county prosecutors' offices.

Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans.

Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.

Relating to a preceptorship program in a pediatric subspecialty for medical students in this state.

Relating to the terminology used to refer to certain assessment instruments administered to public school students.

Relating to an exemption from the assessment requirements of the Texas Success Initiative for students who achieve certain scores on the PSAT.

Relating to the provision of water or sewer service by public entities operating jointly or concurrently.

Relating to the requirement that certain tax reports be filed electronically.

Relating to the authority of a taxing unit to enter into an agreement to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the value of property on which a renewable energy facility is located or is planned to be located.

Relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding health physics education in this state.

Relating to the eligibility of the National Rifle Association's Annual Meetings and Exhibits or another annual event of the National Rifle Association for funding under the major events reimbursement program.

Relating to the allocation and use of certain hotel occupancy tax revenues.

Relating to the eligibility of the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Arlington for funding under the major events reimbursement program.

Relating to certain planning, notification, and evaluation requirements with respect to certain workforce development programs in this state.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects and other qualified projects.

Relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing education compliance through the establishment of continuing education tracking systems.

Relating to an exemption from certain immunization requirements for medical and veterinary students.

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

Relating to health benefit coverage for general anesthesia in connection with certain pediatric dental services.

Relating to the composition of the governing body of a local mental health authority.

Relating to the administration and operation of the school health and related services program.

Relating to the landowner compensation program.

Relating to the findings required to be made by the comptroller of public accounts in order to recommend for approval an application for a limitation on the taxable value of eligible property for school district maintenance and operations ad valorem tax purposes under the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act.

Relating to the establishment of the Rural Workforce Development Grant Program.

Relating to a prohibition on payments for certain group home referrals; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to resident safety from criminal activity in senior retirement communities.

Relating to a health care facility's required policy for vaccine preventable diseases.

Relating to notice to local law enforcement of certain offenses occurring on public or private school property or at school-sponsored or school-related activities; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the view of the State Capitol.

Relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the Texas Success Initiative for certain students who are public officers or employees.

Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.

Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for participating in a riot while wearing a mask or other face covering.

Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate certain matters related to firearms, air guns, archery equipment, and other weapons and related supplies.

Relating to the creation of a spirit cooler certificate; authorizing a fee.

Relating to maintaining the confidentiality of the personal information of election officials and their employees.

Relating to the regulation of steroid use by students participating in athletic competitions sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League.

Relating to the removal of a spectator of certain school extracurricular athletic activities or competitions.

Relating to the membership of a school district's local school health advisory council.

Relating to a limitation on rules, bylaws, and policies adopted by a school district's board of trustees.

Relating to the terms of certain agreements involving minor boundary adjustments between two contiguous school districts.

Relating to electronic benefits transfer cards used by or for recipients of benefits under certain assistance programs.

Relating to the enforcement of electioneering prohibitions and the unlawful use of public funds for political advertising; imposing civil penalties.

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of harassing, intimidating, or threatening another person while concealing identity with a mask or other headgear.

Relating to certain election practices and procedures.

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Committee on Foreign Investment to review certain transactions involving certain foreign entities; creating a civil penalty.

Relating to reliability requirements for certain electric generation facilities.

Relating to payroll deductions for certain state and local government employee organizations.

Relating to the regulation and use of artificial intelligence systems and the management of data by governmental entities.

Relating to the regulation of referral agencies for senior living communities.

Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process.

Relating to access to criminal history record information that relates to providers and provider applicants under Medicaid and other public benefits programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.

Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator.

Relating to the registration of vehicles, the issuance of disabled parking placards, and certain benefits associated with that registration or issuance for certain peace officers with disabilities; authorizing a fee.

Relating to various matters pertaining to certain governmental entities that operate port facilities.

Relating to the use of certain tolls and charges imposed by certain counties; authorizing a civil penalty.

Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions and to related procedures and provisions.

Relating to establishing the hostile foreign adversaries unit at the Department of Public Safety and training, prohibitions, and reporting requirements designed to combat foreign influence and foreign adversary operations; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to establishment and enforcement of school safety zones; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the production and study of brackish groundwater.

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

Relating to a review of certain advisory entities under the jurisdiction of the comptroller of public accounts and to the repeal or redesignation of certain of those entities.

Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.

Relating to the integration of early voting by personal appearance and election day voting, including the manner in which election returns are processed and other related changes.

Relating to certain policies and procedures related to concussions or other brain injuries sustained by public school students.

Relating to participation by non-enrolled students in University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities.

Relating to college entrance examinations considered for admission to certain public institutions of higher education and a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding those examinations.

Relating to a contract regarding the operation of a school district campus.

Relating to the effect of a tax certificate accompanying a transfer of certain property.

Relating to the plan required to be adopted by the board of directors of an appraisal district for periodically conducting certain reappraisal activities.

Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire.

Relating to the effect of a disaster and associated costs to remove debris or wreckage on the calculation of certain tax rates and the procedure for adoption of a tax rate by a taxing unit.

Relating to the vote required by the governing body of a taxing unit to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate or authorize the issuance of tax bonds.

Relating to the electronic payment of ad valorem taxes; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the control of disease in wildlife; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Relating to transfer of the ownership rights of the Woodlawn Water Supply Corporation to the Angelina and Neches River Authority.

Relating to the removal of a fence surrounding a breeder deer release site.

Relating to procedures under the public information law, including expedited responses and charges for bad faith requests.

Relating to the regulation of combative sports by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the establishment, powers and duties, terms, and governance of certain advisory bodies for programs administered by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Relating to the regulation of delivery network companies; requiring an occupational permit; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the applicability of the Texas Electrical Safety and Licensing Act to, and the regulation by certain political subdivisions of, the installation of roofing materials containing integrated photovoltaic technology.

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

Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs, and to the destruction of certain property; making conforming changes and harmonizing conforming provisions; creating criminal offenses; authorizing a private civil right of action.

Relating to the creation, powers, duties, and financing of the Wise Regional Water District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to providing notice to a state representative and senator of certain administrative actions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Relating to a credit or refund for diesel fuel taxes paid on diesel fuel used in this state by auxiliary power units or power take-off equipment.

Relating to the regulation of deer breeding; creating criminal offenses.

Relating to an exemption of the transfer of certain rights in water from certain disclosure requirements applicable to the transfer of certain interests in real property.

Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Hidalgo County as the Jose Rodriguez-Lua Memorial Highway.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 2275 in Gregg County as the Bill Stoudt Parkway.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Business U.S. Highway 83-S in Hidalgo County as the SP4 Rodolfo Valdez Memorial Highway.

Relating to procedures for the issuance of a bonded title for a motor vehicle.

Relating to procedures for a commissioners court to close, abandon, or vacate certain county roads.

Relating to certain oversize or overweight vehicle permit fees or surety requirements.

Relating to the considerations when determining whether an operator of a motor vehicle is an employee of a motor carrier or an independent contractor.

Relating to the construction, expansion, or modification of certain concrete plants under a standard permit.

Relating to the management and operation of the Gulf Coast Protection District.

Relating to the punishment for the offense of smuggling of persons through the use of government resources.

Relating to authorizing the disclosure of certain electronic customer data by a provider of an electronic communications service or a remote computing service in certain immediate life-threatening situations.

Relating to the disclosure of certain information by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

Relating to the role of advocacy and support groups in the juvenile justice system.

Relating to the definition of a designated law enforcement office or agency for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of assault committed against certain public servants and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of interference with public duties of those public servants.

Relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses.

Relating to committing the criminal offense of endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual by engaging in certain conduct involving a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Relating to the definition of authorized peace officer for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of assault and harassment committed against certain employees or agents of a utility and committed in a disaster area or evacuated area.

Relating to the purchase or sale of human organs; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the offense of failure to report child abuse or neglect by certain professionals and the statute of limitations for that offense; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions.

Relating to the payment of restitution by a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision.