SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Monday

May 26, 2025

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

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.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the use of metal or body armor while committing certain offenses; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to plans for the management and inspection of distribution poles.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to risk mitigation planning and associated liability for providers of electric service; providing an administrative penalty.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the financial crimes intelligence center.

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information.

Relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to address information contained on reports of political contributions and expenditures made available on the Internet by the Texas Ethics Commission.

Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the assembly, association, and speech of property owners or residents related to governmental officials or candidates for political office.

Relating to disclosures for certain commercial sales-based financing transactions, the effect of certain commercial sales-based financing contract provisions, and the registration of commercial sales-based financing brokers; authorizing a fee and providing a civil penalty.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Information Resources, including the composition of the governing body of the department and, in collaboration with the comptroller, the administration of state assistance opportunities.

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

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the issuance by the Texas Medical Board of certain licenses to practice medicine and the authority of an insured to select certain license holders under the insured's health policy; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking.

Relating to the authority of a groundwater conservation district to regulate groundwater withdrawals from certain wells and the review of the duties of a groundwater conservation district by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to certain trade practices related to life insurance, annuity contracts, and accident and health coverage.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the authority to cancel certain elections on a measure to authorize the issuance of bonds.

Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.

Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving child victims and disabled individuals.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects.

Relating to the issuance of and fee for a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles on certain routes in Hidalgo County and the use of those fees for the payment of the costs of constructing and maintaining certain of those routes.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent assault against a disabled or elderly individual.

Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of trafficking of persons, continuous trafficking of persons, and compelling prostitution.

Relating to the artificial intelligence division within the Department of Information Resources.

Relating to the regulation of food service establishments, including retail food stores and mobile food vendors; requiring an occupational license; imposing fees; authorizing an administrative penalty.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to including nursing school applications in a consolidated application service.

Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the establishment of the Rural Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Program.

Relating to the circumstances in which a rental company may void a damage waiver for a rental vehicle.

Relating to user reports of explicit deep fake material on social media platforms.

Relating to expedited credentialing of certain federally qualified health center providers by Medicaid managed care organizations.

Relating to a severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain previously inactive restimulation wells; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the eligibility of members of the State Board of Education and their dependents to participate in the state employees group benefits program.

Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Marriage and Family.

Relating to an emergency preparedness and contingency operations plan, including temperature regulation, for assisted living facility residents during an emergency; providing penalties.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to funding of excess losses and operating expenses of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association; authorizing an assessment; authorizing a surcharge.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to assistance in the investigation of certain open meetings offenses by the open records division of the attorney general's office.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the installation and operation of intermediate bulk container recycling facilities; authorizing a fee.

Relating to providing notice of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility by publication on a third-party Internet website.

Relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid benefits in relation to newborn children.

Relating to requiring owners or operators of commercial passenger bus services to provide certain notifications to residents concerning operations.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the filing and release of record of a unilateral memorandum of contract concerning residential property.

Relating to the disposal or storage of high-level radioactive waste.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to creation of a grant program for certain peace officers who hold a master proficiency certificate.

Relating to a civil cause of action for fraudulent crowdfunding.

Relating to the recovery of certain costs associated with a gas utility's plant, facilities, or equipment placed in service.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to solicitation of patients and other prohibited marketing practices, the establishment of the task force on patient solicitation, and the prosecution of certain related criminal offenses.

Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations.

Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the dedication and rededication of revenue and allocation of accrued interest on dedicated revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to requirements for certain funding of aviation facilities and projects.

Relating to the dedication and management of water rights placed in the Texas Water Trust.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to certain reports required to be prepared or submitted by or in collaboration with the Health and Human Services Commission or submitted to the governor or a member of the legislature under the Health and Safety Code.

Relating to the issuance of a single license for a hospital and a mobile stroke unit of the hospital.

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

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Quantum Initiative.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the protection of personal identifying information of certain individuals in the judicial system; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to certain authorities of the adjutant general for procurement and construction.

Relating to prohibiting single source continuum contractors and child-placing agencies from imposing certain requirements on or adopting certain policies and procedures related to relative and designated caregivers.

Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to interbasin transfers of water involving the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the election of directors for and the authority to issue bonds of the Johnson County Special Utility District.

1 Floor Amendment

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 Reserve Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed:

Relating to prohibiting the regulation of home school programs.

Relating to the construction of structures exceeding a certain height in certain counties containing national wildlife refuges and in adjacent counties; authorizing injunctive relief.

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

Relating to competitive requirements for a procurement by a municipality for lobbying, government relations, or similar services.

1 Floor Amendment

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

Relating to municipal and county firearm buyback programs.

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

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

Urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to maintain the Tomato Suspension Agreement.

Expressing support for the expansion of the warship manufacturing industry in Texas.

The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following:

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.

Relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services.

Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.

Relating to prohibiting insurers from requiring the tying of residential property and personal automobile insurance policies.

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

Relating to an appraisal process for disputed losses under personal automobile or residential property insurance policies.

Relating to inpatient competency restoration services.

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

Relating to recording requirements for certain instruments concerning real property.

Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration.

Relating to certain proceedings by the Public Utility Commission of Texas regarding water or sewer service.

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

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

Relating to procedural requirements for uranium mining production area authorizations.

Relating to rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim in certain criminal cases involving family violence, sexual or assaultive offenses, stalking, or a violation of a protective order or condition of bond and to the duration of certain protective orders.

Relating to excepting certain fiber-optic cable projects from certain notice requirements for projects on state or local public land.

Relating to the plugging of and reporting on inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Relating to third-party review of property development documents and inspections of improvements related to those documents, including home backup power installations.

Relating to impact and production fees for certain water projects and to the regulation of certain wells; authorizing a fee.

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

Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of an advanced nuclear energy workforce development program.

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

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm to Market Road 70 in Nueces County as the Los Robles Trail.

Relating to electric service quality and reliability; providing an administrative penalty.

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

Relating to the regulation of composting in certain counties; authorizing a civil penalty.

Relating to loans and grants awarded from the Texas energy fund.

Relating to eligibility for mediation of certain out-of-network health benefit claims.

Relating to a legal justification for the use of force with a less-lethal force weapon by a correctional facility guard or a peace officer.

The Senate refused to concur in House amendments and requested the appointment of a Conference Committee on the following:

Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability.

Relating to a border crime property damage compensation program.

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