REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Tuesday

May 13, 2025

SENATE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

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

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the 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.

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.

SENATE BILLS

(Third Reading)

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

Relating to the prohibition of certain actions by a state agency against an applicant for or holder of an occupational license.

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

Relating to the maximum number of nonresident scholarship students permitted to pay resident tuition and fees at certain public institutions of higher education.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 review of claims and recovery of overpayments by Medicaid recovery audit contractors.

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

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 discovery requirements in a criminal case.

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

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

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 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 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 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 protection of bats.

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 restrictions on political activities of a county elections administrator.

Relating to the accrual of interest on overdue child support.

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

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

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

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 housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee.

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 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 public information law.

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

Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and the authorization of action by the commissioner of education against a school district that initiates certain actions or proceedings; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense.

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

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

Relating to reconstitution of the petit jury wheel and grand juror and petit juror qualifications in certain counties.

Relating to the creation of the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the powers and duties and validating certain acts and proceedings of the Cole Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County, Texas.

Relating to the powers and duties and validating certain acts and proceedings of the Hunter Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County, Texas.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 258; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the River Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Alluvium Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Craver Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Fannin County Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

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

Relating to the creation of the Pura Vida Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 7; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the composition of the governing bodies of local mental health authorities and reports available to the governing body members.

Relating to the composition of the Comal County Juvenile Board.

Relating to the use of telemedicine services in the juvenile justice system.

Relating to innovations in core curriculum to accelerate the award of bachelor's degrees.

Relating to certain accountability-related policies and procedures related to public schools, the availability of information regarding a board of trustees of a school district or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school, and the approval by the Texas Education Agency of training provided to a member of a board of trustees of a school district.

Relating to the disclosure of a public school student's numerical class rank.

Relating to the eligibility of children of certain elected officials to participate in an education savings account program.

Relating to a fee charged by a school district for the transportation of a student who lives within two miles of the school the student attends.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of reckless driving.

Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Dallas and Ellis Counties as the Eddie Bernice Johnson Memorial Highway.

Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Blanco and Burnet Counties as the Muckleroy Memorial Highway.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 64 in Smith County as the Fire Marshal Jimmy W. Seaton Memorial Highway.

Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola County as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway.

Relating to certain powers, limitations, and duties of a municipality and county in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality and the unincorporated area of the county.

Relating to the designation of a property as a historic landmark and the inclusion of a property in a historic district or similar preservation district by certain municipalities.

Relating to the functions and duties of the Texas Ethics Commission.

Relating to the protection of personal identifying information of certain persons in the judicial system; authorizing a civil right of action; creating criminal offenses.

Relating to the creation of the Grassland Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Collin County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program in certain counties.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 259; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties.

Relating to certain agreements arising out of special investigations conducted by the Texas Education Agency.

Relating to a policy adopted by a school district or open-enrollment charter school regarding the expression of dates.

Relating to the inspection of residential and day placement facilities for special education students.

Relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students by school districts.

Relating to senior retirement communities.

Relating to request for public information for legislative purposes; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the placement of telephone corporation facilities in the right-of-way of certain county roads.

Relating to advanced communications infrastructure security; authorizing a fee; providing administrative penalties.

Relating to the confidentiality of certain information for commissioners and employees whose duties relate to the administration of the judicial branch of state government and the commissioners' and employees' family members.

Relating to a disaster recovery loan program for small and micro-businesses.

Relating to the allocation of housing tax credits to developments within proximate geographical areas.

Relating to the authority of an owner of property that qualifies for an exemption as a historic or archaeological site to protest the allocation of the appraised value of the property between the land and the improvements to the land.

Relating to power duration requirements in emergency contingency plans adopted by end stage renal disease facilities.

Relating to the maintenance of criminal history record information for group home applicants and employees; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the regulation of virtual currency kiosks; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the regulation of the performance of cosmetic injections; requiring an occupational certificate; authorizing fees.

Relating to the allocation of housing tax credits to developments within proximate geographical areas.

Relating to the enforcement against violations by a municipality of certain zoning laws.

Relating to designating the second Saturday in October as Hospice and Palliative Care Day.

Relating to certain health care transaction fees and payment claims; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the task force on pollinator health.

HOUSE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.

HOUSE BILLS

(Second Reading)

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

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

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

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

Relating to daylight saving time.

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

Relating to requiring contracts with Medicaid managed care organizations to permit the organizations to offer nutrition counseling and instruction services in lieu of other state Medicaid plan services.

Relating to the fee for a driving safety course.

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

Relating to the construction, expansion, and operation of certain inpatient mental health facilities and the designation of residential treatment facilities for certain juveniles.

Relating to the inspection of the location of a proposed Class I injection well.

Relating to an interstate compact for the liquefied natural gas industry.

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income.

Relating to the establishment of the Building Better Futures Program to support educational and occupational skills training opportunities and support services for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at public and private institutions of higher education.

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

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

Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program.

Relating to the required age for a license or permit relating to the conduct of a public fireworks display.

Relating to the removal of battery energy storage facilities.

Relating to the establishment of a county employee family leave pool program.

Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Juneteenth holiday.

Relating to an advisory committee to study suicide prevention and peer support programs in fire departments in this state.

Relating to the terms of the members of the board of hospital managers and leasing authority of the Walker County Hospital District.

Relating to fiscal transparency for bonds issued by local governmental entities.

Relating to the dissolution of the Rose City Municipal Utility District.

Relating to the operation and dissolution of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority and to agreements between Texas Tech University and the authority.

Relating to a uniform coordination of benefits questionnaire for health benefit plans.

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 neglect of a child and the grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship and possession of a child by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to certain state hospital names and the management of state hospitals.

Relating to the continuing education required in order for a person to renew the person's agreement with the comptroller of public accounts to serve as an arbitrator in an appeal through binding arbitration of an appraisal review board order determining a protest

Relating to the licensing of certain military veterans as health care providers.

Relating to grounds for the involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship.

Relating to the review and audit of certain state agency operations.

Relating to designating July as American Patriotism Month.

Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments.

Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including a conforming amendment.

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 the effect of a disaster and associated costs on the calculation of certain tax rates and the procedure for adoption of a tax rate by a taxing unit.

Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee.

Relating to test years used for ratemaking purposes by certain water and sewer utilities.

Relating to the San Antonio River Authority.

Relating to the criteria considered by groundwater conservation districts before granting or denying a permit or permit amendment.

Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide water or sewer service in an area incorporated or annexed by a municipality.

Relating to rates established by municipalities for water or sewer service for certain entities.

Relating to certificates of title for certain outboard motors.

Relating to the municipal issuance of a document verifying that a certificate of occupancy has been issued for certain buildings.

Relating to the split-payment of ad valorem taxes.

Relating to the authority of a Type A or Type B general-law municipality to change to a Type C general-law municipality.

Relating to periodic health screenings for firefighters.

Relating to the Trinity River Authority of Texas, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors.

Relating to severance pay for political subdivision employees and independent contractors.

Relating to the qualification of candidates for, and the training and education of members of, the board of directors of an appraisal district.

Relating to the Angelina and Neches River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors.

Relating to prohibiting certain activities by contractors and vendors of state agencies; providing administrative penalties.

Relating to the renewal of a certificate of registration by certain interior designers.

Relating to notice provided to a retail electric customer of the procedure for requesting vegetation management near a transmission or distribution line.

Relating to the insurable interest of certain persons providing care to individuals with disabilities in the life of those individuals.

Relating to the confidentiality of information used to prevent, detect, respond to, or investigate a hostile act of a foreign adversary of the United States.

Relating to licensing reciprocity agreements entered into by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Designating September 29 as Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

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

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

Designating the fourth Thursday of March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

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

Designating Corrigan as the official Timber Products Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.