BILLS REFERRED TODAY

Wednesday

May 7, 2025

Committee referral on the following:

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of real property located in a county that borders the United Mexican States that arises from the installation or construction on the property of border security infrastructure and related improvements.

Local Government

Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the permissible uses of that money.

Finance

Relating to periodic health screenings for firefighters.

Local Government

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the appraised value of real property located in certain counties that arises from the installation or construction on the property of border security infrastructure and related improvements and to the consideration of the price paid by certain governmental entities for a parcel of or easement in real property purchased for the purpose of installing or constructing such infrastructure when appraising other real property.

Local Government

Relating to verification of excused absences from public school for students with severe or life-threatening illnesses.

Education K-16

Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit images using deep fake technology.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the regulation of the practice of pharmacy.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the renewal of a license to carry a handgun.

State Affairs

Relating to the restrictions on political activities of a county elections administrator.

State Affairs

Relating to the ballot application requirements for the election of a precinct chair.

State Affairs

Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics.

Education K-16

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of assault and harassment committed against certain employees or agents of a utility and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of interference with public duties of those employees or agents; increasing criminal penalties for certain criminal offenses relating to interference with public duties.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the adoption of a comprehensive plan to protect oil and gas infrastructure in this state.

Natural Resources

Relating to an alert system for dangerous plant and wildlife pests and diseases administered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the Texas Livestock and Rodeo Education and Continuation Grant Program.

Finance

Relating to a study on changes to performance tier funding for dual credit or dual enrollment courses under the public junior college state finance program and the capacity of the state's workforce to teach dual credit or dual enrollment courses.

Education K-16

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

Criminal Justice

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.

Health & Human Services

Relating to a study of rural firefighting and technical rescue service capabilities.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to certain void marriages.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the manner of reporting results in the conduct of elections.

State Affairs

Relating to assisted living facility operations and provision of certain services to assisted living facility residents without a license; creating a criminal offense.

Health & Human Services

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

Health & Human Services

Relating to establishment of the temporary certified and insured prescribed burn manager self-insurance pool; authorizing a fee.

Natural Resources

Relating to the rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, advocate for a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim to certain information regarding a defendant's parole.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the affirmation required to be made by an operator as part of an application to the Railroad Commission of Texas for an extension of the deadline for plugging an inactive well; providing an administrative penalty.

Natural Resources

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

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to the removal from office of certain officers of political subdivisions.

Local Government

Relating to judicial review of a Texas Workforce Commission decision in an unemployment compensation proceeding.

Economic Development

Relating to the disclosure of certain fraud detection information obtained in the administration of the unemployment compensation system.

Economic Development

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

Finance

Relating to the approval of a certificate of convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the application of the open meetings law and public information law to government information related to certain cybersecurity measures.

Business & Commerce

Relating to certain duties of the owner or operator of a residential child detention facility.

Local Government

Relating to certain hearings conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Economic Development

Relating to interim rates charged by electric utilities during a rate suspension period.

Business & Commerce

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

Local Government

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

Local Government

Relating to the offense of providing a controlled substance to a person in the custody of a correctional facility; increasing a criminal penalty.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the evaluation and reporting of investment practices and performance of certain public retirement systems.

Finance

Relating to the continuation and operation of a health care provider participation district created by certain local governments to administer a health care provider participation program.

Local Government

Relating to artificial intelligence training programs for certain employees and officials of state agencies and local governments.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the licensing of mental hospitals and mental health facilities and the definition of facility for the purposes of the employee misconduct registry.

Health & Human Services

Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the information included on an identification card issued to certain retired peace and law enforcement officers.

Criminal Justice

Relating to court-ordered counseling in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the eligibility of an inmate for certain occupational licenses and the practice of certain occupations by an inmate of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Business & Commerce

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

Business & Commerce

Relating to the sealing of certain documents alleged to contain trade secrets.

State Affairs

Relating to public access to the mailing address and electronic mail address designated by a governmental body to receive a request for public information under the public information law.

Business & Commerce

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

Business & Commerce

Relating to information regarding consumer access to health care records.

Health & Human Services

Relating to unlawful acts involving certain health care programs.

Health & Human Services

Relating to civil liability for prohibited barratry.

Jurisprudence

Relating to establishing policies regarding the timely issuance of emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education.

Education K-16

Relating to the exchange or surrender of an annuity contract.

Business & Commerce

Relating to electronic submission and delivery of public securities and records of proceedings for those securities.

Business & Commerce

Relating to providing training for employees and operators of certain child-care facilities.

Health & Human Services

Relating to a report on governmental opioid antagonist programs to reverse and prevent opioid overdoses.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the display of certain historical state documents.

Economic Development

Relating to the issuance of a diploma to a student graduating from a public institution of higher education that has undergone a merger, acquisition, or name change.

Education K-16