REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Thursday

May 1, 2025

HOUSE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

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.

Relating to the postponement of the delinquency date for a payment of ad valorem taxes imposed by a taxing unit if the office of the collector for the taxing unit is closed on the delinquency date.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of intangible personal property.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization that is engaged in providing housing and related facilities and services to persons who are at least 62 years of age.

Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit for a year in which a property owner provides notice that the owner intends to appeal an order of an appraisal review board determining a protest by the owner regarding the appraisal of the owner's property.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Designating the first full week in April as Gifted and Talented Students Week for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

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 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.

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and repealing the limitation on the allocation to that system and its campuses of the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education.

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.

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.

Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of a Texas Life Monument at the State Capitol Complex.

Designating Matagorda County as the official Birding Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

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

SENATE BILLS

(Third Reading)

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

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

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 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 creation of the Texas technology and innovation program.

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

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

Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Efficiency Council.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 operation of rock crushing facilities.

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

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

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

Relating to the accreditation of law schools in this state.

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

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

Relating to the definition of a crosswalk.

Relating to discovery requirements in a criminal case.

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

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

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

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

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

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 reliability requirements for certain electric generation facilities.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 U.S. Border Patrol Agent 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 management and operation of the Gulf Coast Protection District.

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

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

Relating to the payment of restitution.

Relating to a permit issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department for certain hunting dog field trials; authorizing a fee.

Relating to participation in the Texas Leadership Scholars Program.

Relating to authorizing the sale or lease by the State of Texas of certain real property located in Austin, Texas.

Relating to the transition of certain veterans' mental health initiatives from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to the Texas Veterans Commission.

Relating to prohibiting the investment of the permanent university fund, the Texas University Fund, or money held by a public institution of higher education in financial companies that boycott certain energy companies.

Relating to the acquisition of land and facilities by the Texas State Technical College System.

Relating to restricting remote work by employees of public institutions of higher education.

Relating to transparency regarding requirements to complete a certificate or degree program at a public institution of higher education.

Relating to the reporting of certain public or private school employee misconduct to local law enforcement.

Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the route designation for a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles that serve a deepwater seaport in a county that borders the United Mexican States.

Relating to state preemption of municipal and county regulation on land use, structures, businesses, and related activities and municipal boundaries and annexation.

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.

Relating to a capacity cost recovery rider for certain electric utilities.

Relating to prohibiting contributions, expenditures, and related activities involving political committees that support or oppose a ballot measure; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to reimbursing employees of the Department of Family and Protective Services for loss of or damage to personal property.

Relating to confirming the provision of certain notices before the full adversary hearing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process.

Relating to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 88th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.

Relating to notice from a health benefit plan issuer regarding a physician's or health care provider's preauthorization exemption status.

Relating to Medicaid provider enrollment and credentialing processes.

Relating to a hospital's determination to grant, deny, renew, or modify medical staff privileges.

Relating to death records maintained by the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services and provided to certain hospitals.

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

Relating to dispute resolution for and enforcement actions against certain long-term care facilities.

Relating to the Texas Physician Health Program and the regulation of certain occupations by the Texas Medical Board; expanding the applicability of surcharges.

Relating to a requirement that certain hospitals submit a summary of parts of their emergency operations plans to the Health and Human Services Commission.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of hearing instrument fitters and dispensers.

Relating to an education program to enable certain students to practice medicine in certain rural counties and to encourage physician delegation of certain medical acts to advanced practice registered nurses in certain rural counties.

Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council.

Relating to investigations and disciplinary or punitive action by the Texas Medical Board regarding certain treatments or practices regarding COVID-19 and to the required expungement of certain records.

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

Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.

Relating to the removal, relocation, alteration, or construction of certain monuments or memorials located on public property; authorizing a civil penalty.

Relating to the adoption of an ordinance issuing a tax increment bond by certain municipalities that have designated a tax increment reinvestment zone.

Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain municipalities that receive municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue and other money from a local park board of trustees.

Relating to the establishment of the Task Force on Modernizing Manufacturing.

Relating to the definition of a project financing zone for the purposes of certain municipalities that use certain tax revenue to fund convention center facilities, multipurpose arenas, venues, and related infrastructure.

Relating to the operation of a concrete crushing facility near a hospital.

Relating to the certification of discovery issues to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in contested cases referred to the State Office of Administrative Hearings by the commission.

Relating to the regulation of certain nursing facilities, including licensing requirements and Medicaid participation and reimbursement requirements.

Relating to a maternal health training program for certain health care providers.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of persons who provide services in relation to the deceased; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense; authorizing an administrative penalty; expanding the application of a fee.

Relating to the regulation of migrant labor housing facilities; changing the amount of a civil penalty.

Relating to the protection of bats.

Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control.

Relating to the authority of the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District to consider certain factors before granting or denying a permit.

Relating to a study by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners on establishing a veterinarian-client-patient relationship by telephone or electronic means.

Relating to the area of operations of and certain tax exemptions available to housing authorities.

Relating to the calculation of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an individual who is elderly or disabled.

Relating to the calculation of the unused increment rate of a taxing unit.

Relating to exceptions to county platting requirements.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization that is engaged in providing housing and related facilities and services to persons who are at least 62 years of age.

Relating to disannexation of certain areas of a municipality for failure to provide services.

Relating to the issuance by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of permits for certain wastewater treatment facilities.

Relating to the availability of automated external defibrillators at public schools.

Relating to the transfer of students in public higher education.

Relating to the restrictions on political activities of a county elections administrator.

Relating to the authority of a supporter regarding legal proceedings granted under a supported decision-making agreement.

Relating to the accrual of interest on overdue child support.

Relating to excess contributions and fees allocated to statutory probate courts.

Relating to the application for appointment of a guardian and to requiring criminal history record information and other information in connection with the guardianship of a ward or the ward's estate.

Relating to supporting vouchers and other documents attached to annual accounts filed by guardians of the estate.

Relating to judicial training requirements regarding elder abuse and neglect.

Relating to requirements for the addition of noncontiguous territory to certain special districts.

Relating to certain municipal regulation of conversion of certain office buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Far North Fort Worth Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Tarrant and Wise Counties; providing authority to establish defined areas and to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Relating to the formation of a municipal housing authority asset commission by certain municipal housing authorities.

Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise certain powers and duties following municipal disannexation of certain areas.

Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board.

Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District.

Relating to municipal annexation of an area adjacent to contiguous or connecting railroad rights-of-way.

Relating to compensation and employment condition standards by municipal charter or collective bargaining agreement and to impasse resolution in collective bargaining with certain political subdivisions.

Relating to the administration and enforcement of a county fire code.

Relating to the release of an area from the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality by petition.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to enact certain park use rules.

Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate condominiums.

Relating to the eligibility of certain at-risk developments to receive low income housing tax credits.

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

Relating to the composition of the board of directors and the powers of the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District.

Relating to territory in an emergency services district that is annexed by a municipality.

Relating to notification of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district of the death of a resident of the county in which the district is located and the determination by the chief appraiser of the effect of the decedent's death on the continued eligibility of any property in the county previously owned by the decedent for any exemption allowed for the property.

Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators for school district, private school, and open-enrollment charter school employees and volunteers.

Relating to participation in the governor's university research initiative.

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

Relating to selection of an attorney by an indigent parent for appointment as attorney ad litem for the parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Relating to the sale of park land owned by certain municipalities.

Relating to the compensation of the chief apprasier of an appraisal district.

Relating to regulation of stairway requirements in certain multifamily residential buildings by political subdivisions.