SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Friday

May 30, 2025

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

Returning Senate Bill No. 293 to the House for further consideration.

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make a correction in S.B. No. 2268.

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

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 4187.

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 126.

The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following:

Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the membership of the tribunal to review the commission's recommendations, and the authority of the commission, the tribunal, and the Texas Supreme Court to more effectively sanction judges and justices for judicial misconduct.

Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.

Relating to provisions and plans by public schools to ensure the safety of individuals with disabilities or impairments during a mandatory school drill or a disaster or emergency situation.

Relating to a study on authorizing a supporter under a supported decision-making agreement to assist an adult with a disability with legal proceedings.

Relating to certain definitions relating to the regulation of and private rights of action arising from certain solicitation-related communications.

Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the meetings of the boards of trustees of independent school districts.

Relating to the provision of inservice training on identifying abuse, neglect, and illegal, unprofessional, and unethical conduct in certain health care facilities and to civil and administrative penalties assessed for violations of statutes or rules governing chemical dependency treatment facilities.

Relating to 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.

Relating to requirements for certain ballot propositions and to related procedures and provisions.

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

Relating to prohibiting the imposition of a monetary fine or penalty for a violation of a money services business's terms of service agreement; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities.

Relating to the regulation of new HUD-code manufactured housing.

Relating to a public institution of higher education's orientation on the institution's sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking policy.

Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds.

Relating to water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer.

Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators and to a cardiac emergency response plan for certain school employees and volunteers.

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

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

Relating to the prohibition on posting on the Internet information held by an appraisal district regarding certain residential property.

Relating to the eligibility of a person employed by a school district as a teacher to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average.

Relating to certain criminal offenses involving mail or a mail receptacle key or lock; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties.

Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Authority.

Relating to the regulation of continuing care facilities.

Relating to the authority of home-rule municipalities to regulate the occupancy of dwelling units.

Relating to the appointment of a receiver for and sale of certain parcels of land that are abandoned, unoccupied, and undeveloped in certain municipalities.

Relating to the composition of the governing body of a local mental health authority.

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

Relating to guardianships for persons who are incapacitated; changing a fee.

Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem and the compensation of certain attorneys ad litem in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.

Relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the support of a child.

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

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

Relating to the regulation and use of artificial intelligence systems and the management of data by governmental entities.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy.

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

Relating to the regulation of emissions by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality during an event affecting electric demand or grid reliability.

Relating to affiliation with certain foreign entities of certain persons working or participating in the electricity market; increasing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the Lower Neches Valley Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying term length grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors.

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

Relating to the access to and use of certain criminal history record information, to the procedure for obtaining that information, and to the correct terminology for certain licenses the issuance of which requires a criminal history background check.

Relating to restricting telework for employees of public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the considerations when determining whether an operator of a motor vehicle is an employee of a motor carrier or an independent contractor.

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

Relating to use by a religious organization of public school or institution of higher education facilities.

Relating to the transfer of students in public higher education.

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 abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating criminal offenses.

The Senate granted the request for the appointment of a Conference Committee on the following:

Relating to the business court.

Relating to the applicability of lobbyist registration requirements to persons engaged in certain foreign transactions or 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 Cosmetology Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.

Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process.

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

Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment.

Relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system as memorial highways and bridges and to certain memorial markers and designations on certain highways.

Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place.

The Senate adopted conference committee reports on the following bills:

Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities.

Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds.

Relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order.

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

Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole.

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 the regulation of veterinary professionals and facilities by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the temporary administration of the board by the Department of Licensing and Regulation.

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.

Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.

Relating to the right to repurchase from a condemning entity certain real property for which ad valorem taxes are delinquent.