REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Monday

May 5, 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 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 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.

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 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 definition of a crosswalk.

Relating to discovery requirements in a criminal case.

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

Relating to the view of the State Capitol.

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

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 reliability requirements for certain electric generation facilities.

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

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

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

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

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 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 Medicaid provider enrollment and credentialing processes.

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

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 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 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 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 the eligibility of postsecondary educational institutions to participate 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 as attorney ad litem for the parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

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

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

Relating to municipal regulation of stairway requirements in certain apartment buildings.

Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle involving theft of a firearm; increasing a criminal penalty.

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

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

Relating to the failure to report child abuse or neglect; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property.

Relating to certain rights of crime victims and witnesses and associated persons and to victim impact statements.

Relating to the establishment of a rapid DNA analysis pilot program in certain counties.

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

Relating to eligibility for the bulletproof vest and body armor grant program.

Relating to the creation of a family violence criminal homicide prevention task force.

Relating to the compensation of counsel appointed to provide representation and services to indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile proceedings.

Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in solving violent and sexual offenses.

Relating to rapid DNA analysis performed by certain law enforcement agencies and the content of certain DNA databases.

Relating to notification and disclosure of records and information concerning an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect to county or district attorneys.

Relating to financial exploitation or financial abuse using artificially generated media or phishing communications; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Forensic Science Commission to review and refer certain cases to the office of capital and forensic writs.

Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee.

Relating to physical examination requirements for patients admitted to an inpatient mental health facility.

Relating to prior authorization for prescription drug benefits related to the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists.

Relating to required reporting by the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding youth in the managing conservatorship of the department who attempt suicide.

Relating to procedures for and certain facilities providing crisis and mental health services.

Relating to the sale of certain e-cigarettes in this state and a directory of e-cigarette manufacturers and their products; authorizing fees; authorizing administrative and civil penalties; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the interconnection to the ERCOT power grid of certain coastal facilities for the provision of electric service.

Relating to the air conditioning and refrigeration contractors advisory board.

Relating to the regulation of laser hair removal.

Relating to certain retail sales of motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers by a holder of a converter's license.

Relating to the administration of botulinum toxin by dentists.

Relating to a landlord's duty to repair or remedy certain conditions.

Relating to examination of the records of filing entities and foreign filing entities by the attorney general; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to information that a property owners' association must file with the Texas Real Estate Commission.

Relating to the public information law.

Relating to solicitations for the retrieval of certain documents from the secretary of state; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to energy efficiency goals and programs, public information regarding energy efficiency programs, and the participation of loads in certain energy markets.

Relating to limitations applicable to certain agreements providing for a rebate of municipal sales and use taxes or a grant or loan based on those taxes.

Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals for unemployment benefits and the validity of certain claims for unemployment benefits submitted to the Texas Workforce Commission.

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

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

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

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project.

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

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

Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue and certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project by certain municipalities.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project.

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

Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission.

Relating to discovery requirements related to sworn complaints made to the Texas Ethics Commission.

Relating to the imposition of civil penalties for certain violations with respect to political contributions and expenditures made by certain persons who engage in lobbying activities.

Relating to disclosures about certain automated posts on social media platforms; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to a local option election on the sale of alcoholic beverages in certain areas of a municipality and the local regulation of premises in those areas.

Relating to the regulation of the provision of proxy advisory services.

Relating to the storage of alcoholic beverages by an airline passenger transportation permittee.

Relating to the appointment of a special prosecutor by the court of criminal appeals for certain criminal cases.

Relating to prohibited retaliation against a physician or health care provider for reporting certain violations or taking certain actions with respect to the provision of health care services; providing a civil remedy.

Relating to the appointment, duties, and removal of the state prosecuting attorney.

Relating to the prohibition on certain discrimination in the extension of credit to organizations based on social credit or value-based standards.

Relating to the adoption of political shareholder proposals by insurers and insurer holding companies.

Relating to a prescription drug purchasing pool for certain health benefit plan issuers and employers.

Relating to hospital reporting requirements regarding suspected child abuse, exploitation, or neglect; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the eligibility of certain contract employees to provide services to a public school and access to the registry of persons who are not eligible for employment at public schools.

Relating to a pilot program for the safe disposal of prescription drugs, including controlled substance prescription drugs.

Relating to certain improvements made and programs developed by the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to fees for pipeline construction imposed by certain districts.

Relating to the filing of a fraudulent financing statement in relation to certain secured transactions; authorizing the imposition of a fee.

Relating to access to and use of certain criminal history record information.

Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and actions and other proceedings by a public school challenging the operations of the public school system; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of unlawfully publishing a vote.

Relating to preventing discrimination in membership in a professional or trade association or organization.

HOUSE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

HOUSE BILLS

(Second Reading)

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.

Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.

Relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation owner in certain areas outside of ERCOT.

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

Relating to the administration, authority, and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general.

Relating to the use of certain groundwater export fees collected by a groundwater conservation district.

Relating to the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.