SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Thursday

April 24, 2025

The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass:

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

2 Floor Amendments

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

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

1 Floor Amendment

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

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

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

2 Floor Amendments

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

2 Floor Amendments

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

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

1 Floor Amendment

The Senate suspended the regular order, read second time and passed to engrossment:

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

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

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

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

Relating to the prosecution of certain election offenses.

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

Recognizing October 2025 as Rett Syndrome Awareness Month.

Commending Rob Kepple on his exemplary career with the Texas District and County Attorneys Association.

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