BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Tuesday May 13, 2025 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony who have previously been convicted of certain offenses punishable as a felony or who were released on bail for certain offenses punishable as a felony at the time of the instant offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the term of an easement granted by the Parks and Wildlife Commission to an electric cooperative for certain state land. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the treatment and beneficial use of fluid oil and gas waste and related material, including a limitation on liability for that treatment or use. Natural Resources |
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Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of certain appraisal districts to consider a property to be a comparable property when using the market data comparison method of appraisal to determine the market value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes. Local Government |
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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. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of the legislature or a state court to declare certain federal actions to be unconstitutional federal actions, including the effect and enforcement of such a declaration. State Affairs |
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Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place. State Affairs |
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Relating to confirming the provision of certain notices before the full adversary hearing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizing fees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the enforcement and prevention of offenses involving the manufacture or delivery of controlled substances listed in Penalty Group 1 or 1-B, law enforcement officer safety in handling those substances, and the manufacture and proper use of opioid antagonists. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the state law enforcement authority of federal National Park Service law enforcement officers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to nonconforming land uses after the adoption of or change to a zoning regulation or boundary. Local Government |
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Relating to the amount of the reimbursement fee paid by a defendant for a peace officer's services in executing or processing an arrest warrant, capias, or capias pro fine. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program. Economic Development |
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Relating to the purchase of service credit by certain members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. Finance |
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Relating to the authority of a state agency or the state's air quality state implementation plan to impose certain restrictions with respect to a motor vehicle, including a motor vehicle powered by an engine. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of trafficking of persons, continuous trafficking of persons, and compelling prostitution. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the display of certain information on the secretary of state's Internet website prior to the completion of an online voter registration application. State Affairs |
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Relating to late payment fees charged by a municipally owned water utility. Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to fentanyl prevention and drug poisoning awareness education for students enrolled in public institutions of higher education. Education K-16 |
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Relating to advanced air mobility. Transportation |
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Relating to investigations of certain cybercrimes. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the restriction of access by minors to sexually explicit materials in municipal public library collections; providing a civil penalty. State Affairs |
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Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the definition of an emergency service provider for purposes of critical incident stress management and crisis response services. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to group property and casualty insurance policies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to decedents' estates and other matters involving probate courts. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the rights and liabilities of the owner of the surface estate of the tract of land on which a well to be plugged or replugged by the Railroad Commission of Texas is located. Natural Resources |
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Relating to continuing education program contents and format relating to building codes for insurance adjusters. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to consideration of criminal history of applicants for public employment. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to certification requirements for a fire marshal and any related employee, officer, inspector, and investigator appointed by certain counties and emergency services districts. Local Government |
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Relating to the text on an application for a ballot to be voted by mail and other balloting materials. State Affairs |
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Relating to the management-to-staff ratio requirement for state agencies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to crime victims' compensation. Finance |
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Relating to the sale and distribution of counterfeit or unsafe lighters; imposing a civil penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the electronic submission of inspection reports and filing fees for the inspection of elevators, escalators, and related equipment. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the installation and operation of intermediate bulk container recycling facilities; authorizing a fee. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid benefits in relation to newborn children. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the review of claims and recovery of overpayments by Medicaid recovery audit contractors. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the investigation of certain motor vehicle collisions by former peace officers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to compensation and employment benefits for law enforcement personnel in certain counties. Local Government |
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Relating to an exemption from the taxes imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle for a vehicle purchased, used, or rented by a nonprofit food bank. Finance |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Blanco and Burnet Counties as the Muckleroy Family Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to a requirement that the Department of Information Resources implement and develop a system and database to authenticate and track certain digital content. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to authorized activities of a brewer's or nonresident brewer's license holder; authorizing a fee increase. State Affairs |
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Relating to electronic delivery of notice for certain municipal zoning changes. Local Government |
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Relating to the voluntary relinquishment of parental rights, adoption, and the regulation of child-placing agencies. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to rural development funds and insurance tax credits for certain investments in those funds; authorizing fees. Finance |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain charitable organizations to receive an exemption from ad valorem taxation. Local Government |
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Relating to the scheduling of certain controlled substances in response to certain actions by the United States Food and Drug Administration with respect to those substances. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the establishment of the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to civil liability of property owners relating to motorcycle instruction and training courses. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of this state to implement a motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program. Natural Resources |
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Relating to exclusive contracts for municipal solid waste management services. Local Government |
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Relating to the security of certain personal identifying information submitted to or retained by a state agency. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a beneficiary designation that transfers a motor vehicle to one or more beneficiaries at the owner's death. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. State Affairs |
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Relating to restricting the collection and use of DNA samples from children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the provision and reimbursement of health care services by local public health entities under the child health plan program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the continuation of the maternal opioid misuse model of care for certain Medicaid recipients. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to modernization of state agency Internet websites and digital services. Economic Development |
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Relating to telework for state employees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the evaluation and use of grid enhancing technologies and high-performance conductors. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the designation of certain natural gas facilities as seasonally critical. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to medical school admissions, coursework, academic standards, and employment decisions in this state. Education K-16 |
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Relating to the establishment by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of a grant program to support the study of regenerative agriculture at public institutions of higher education. Education K-16 |
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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. Health & Human Services |
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Urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to maintain the Tomato Suspension Agreement. Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |