REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Wednesday

April 16, 2025

HOUSE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the enactment of a law imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities transactions.

SENATE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items.

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the enactment of a law imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities transactions.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a regular session of the legislature.

Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the terminology used in the Texas Constitution to refer to the partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to clarify and implement certain provisions governing the impeachment, trial, removal from office, and disqualification of public officers.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Urging Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds.

Urging the federal government to take immediate action in addressing issues related to security at the border.

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

Recognizing the strategic importance of the Panama Canal to the economic strength of the United States and the State of Texas.

Urging the state to adopt the policy to recognize two sexes, male and female.

Designating El Paso as the official Boot Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

SENATE BILLS

(Third Reading)

Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.

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 processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman; authorizing a civil penalty.

SENATE BILLS

(Second Reading)

Relating to the reading and marking of a ballot by a person occupying a voting station or by the person's child.

Relating to the age at which a person may purchase or possess nitrous oxide.

Relating to liability of a cavern entity for injuries arising from certain activities.

Relating to the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the right-of-way of a public road.

Relating to municipal regulation of multifamily and mixed-use development on religious land.

Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.

Relating to protection for a public school employee's use of terms consistent with biological sex.

Relating to requirements and procedures in the contest of an election on a proposed constitutional amendment.

Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program.

Relating to lists of public real property suitable for use or to be developed for use as affordable housing by certain municipalities and counties.

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of continuous aggravated promotion of prostitution.

Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate.

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

Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.

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 the assertion of legislative privilege by the attorney general in certain legal challenges to the constitutionality of state statutes.

Relating to a prohibition on the use of public money by a school district to transport district students or employees to or from a polling place.

Relating to discontinuing group self-insurance coverage and dissolving the Texas self-insurance group guaranty fund and trust fund under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.

Relating to the repeal of wheelbase and horsepower restrictions for the state's passenger vehicle fleet.

Relating to the supervision requirements of a code enforcement officer in training.

Relating to a prohibition on governmental contracts with companies of foreign adversaries for certain information and communications technology; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 2360 in Starr County as the Jose Maria Longoria Sr. Memorial Highway.

Relating to the administration and operations of the state auditor's office.

Relating to the circumstances under which an appraisal review board is required to postpone a protest hearing.

Relating to protection of persons from participation in a health care service for reasons of conscience; providing a civil remedy; authorizing disciplinary action.

Relating to applicability of certain prescription drug insurance laws to health benefit plans and pharmacy benefit managers.

Relating to the authority of the Office of Public Utility Counsel to access certain data.

Relating to required generators or other power sources for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits.

Relating to required water pressure boosters for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits.

Relating to rules regarding the provision by a health professional of a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.

Relating to preparing and delivering precinct election returns; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to accepting an early voting ballot voted by mail; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the appearance of a personal identification certificate or driver's license issued to a person who is not a citizen of the United States.

Relating to prohibiting the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises of certain sexually oriented businesses; creating a criminal offense; providing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the authority of a county to commission certain individuals as peace officers and establish certain law enforcement agencies and to certification requirements for fire marshals.

Relating to the prohibited manufacture, processing, possession, distribution, offering for sale, and sale of cell-cultured protein.

Relating to consolidating certain nonresident hunting licenses.

Relating to the imposition by a municipality of a moratorium on property development in certain circumstances.

Relating to the unlawful altering of election procedures; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue debt to purchase or lease property.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to require that a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer have a vehicle identification number inspection.

Relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to settle certain claims.

Relating to the effects of unresponsive insureds for a personal automobile insurance policy.

Relating to the Texas moving image industry incentive program and the establishment and funding of the Texas moving image industry incentive fund.

Relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or a designated county executive official.

Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.

Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in a school crossing zone while intoxicated; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media devices.

Relating to the dissolution of a public utility agency.

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

Relating to the penalty for noncompliance with certain audit requirements by a municipality.

Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Walker County.

Relating to severance pay for certain political subdivision employees.

Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.

Relating to the receivership of a single-source continuum contractor providing child welfare services.

Relating to the regulation of continuing care facilities.

Relating to an insurer's responsibility to review and audit a third-party administrator.

Relating to reporting certain information regarding the placement of children and suits filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

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

Relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of admission into public schools.

Relating to an attendance policy adopted by public schools to prevent truancy.

Relating to the open carrying of a handgun by a uniformed school marshal.

Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.

Relating to the disposition by a public junior college library of certain library materials.

Relating to the creation of the Texas Mental Health Profession Pipeline Program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Relating to the participation of certain juvenile justice entities in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.

Relating to establishing the Historic Texas Cemeteries Designation Program; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to receive tax revenue from certain establishments located near a hotel and convention center project.

Relating to establishing the Historic Texas Freedmen's Cemetery Designation Program; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the creation of the Texas technology and innovation program.

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

Relating to the delivery of records, including a will, in probate proceedings transferred to other courts.

Relating to bond requirements for certain judges.

Relating to immunity from certain disciplinary proceedings against a professional employee of a school district for certain actions concerning public school discipline and law and order.

Relating to the expulsion of a public school student for engaging in conduct that constitutes certain offenses.

Relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension.

Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities.

Relating to the approval of land use assumptions, capital improvement plans, and impact fees.

Relating to the establishment of the Texas forensic analyst apprenticeship pilot program.

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 a prohibition on marketing, advertising, or selling certain e-cigarette products; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to genetic information security for residents of this state; providing a civil penalty; providing a private cause of action.

Relating to protection for a public employee's or student's use of terms consistent with biological sex.

Relating to prohibiting an officer or employee of this state or of a political subdivision of this state from distributing certain voter registration application forms; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to election integrity and security of ballot boxes, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; authorizing a penalty.

Relating to testing of voting tabulation equipment.

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

Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.

Relating to the applicability of laws protecting minors from harmful material on digital services.

Relating to a prohibition on certain e-cigarette products.

Relating to certain procedures in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for a child placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the provision of family preservation services and community-based foster care.

Relating to the authority of certain medical consenters to assume financial responsibility for certain out-of-network medical care provided to children in foster care.

Relating to the regulation of automated motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense.

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 declaration of an oil or gas emergency by the Railroad Commission of Texas and the liability of a person for assistance, advice, or resources provided in relation to an oil or gas emergency.

Relating to the enforcement of certain criminal offenses on school property.

Relating to the issuance of a license or provisional license to certain military service members, military veterans, and military spouses to engage in a business or occupation in this state.

Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to designate certain persons as the operator of an orphaned oil or gas well.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain real estate professionals by the Texas Real Estate Commission.

Relating to the recovery and reimbursement of certain expenses by an electric utility or a water and sewer utility in a rate proceeding.

Relating to the qualifications of members of the board of directors of the Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

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

Relating to notice provided to certain public drinking water supply systems before water quality testing.

Relating to notification procedures concerning groundwater contamination.

Relating to publication of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee's annual report.

Relating to the applicability of uniform grant and contract management standards to certain Texas Water Development Board programs.

Relating to requirements that certain plats for the subdivision of land include evidence of groundwater supply.

Relating to water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer.

Relating to measures to support kindergarten readiness and early literacy and numeracy skills for public school students, including an early childhood parental support program and prekindergarten programs in public schools, and to funding under the Foundation School Program for certain school districts and to support those measures.

Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.

Relating to the certification of public school educators, including financial and other assistance provided to public schools by the Texas Education Agency.

Relating to an annual study on the economic, environmental, and financial impact of illegal immigration in this state.

Relating to the temporary sale of alcoholic beverages at certain racing facilities.

Relating to the age of wine authorized to be sold by a wine collection seller.

Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations.

Relating to a franchise tax credit for, and the application of sales and use taxes to, certain research and development expenses.

Relating to the administration of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund.

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

Relating to a financing mechanism allowing electric utilities to obtain recovery of costs associated with a weather-related event or other natural disaster; granting authority to issue bonds.

Relating to digital replication rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals; providing private causes of action; authorizing a fee.

Relating to prior approval of certain property and casualty insurance rate increases or decreases.

Relating to the reporting of certain security incidents by public water systems to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Department of Information Resources.

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 the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in connection with an improvement on specific real property.

Relating to the disclosure of information with regard to artificial intelligence.

Relating to the responsibility of consumer reporting agencies to ensure compliance with certain consumer reporting laws.

Relating to temporary emergency electric energy facilities.

Relating to the course levels offered at Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College.

Relating to requiring foreign language credit opportunities for students enrolled in study abroad programs offered by certain institutions of higher education in this state.

Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to waive fees for admission applications submitted to public institutions of higher education during certain periods.

Relating to adult high school charter program funding.

Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions.

Relating to the financing of water supply projects included in the state water plan; authorizing the issuance of obligations.

Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by an illegal alien.

Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft or unauthorized possession of copper or brass and to the sale of copper or brass material to metal recycling entities; creating criminal offenses; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to requiring a certification for peace officers to conduct certain polygraph examinations.

Relating to restitution and compensation paid to victims of certain offenses for tattoo removal related to the offense.

Relating to the testing of evidence containing biological materials in capital cases.

Relating to the definition of an abuse unit for certain controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Relating to the reporting requirement for certain law enforcement agencies regarding the agencies' use or operation of an unmanned aircraft.

Relating to access to the crime laboratory portal.

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

Relating to the inspection, purchase, sale, possession, storage, transportation, and disposal of petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, and oil and gas waste; creating criminal offenses and increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense.

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.

Relating to the transfer of the University of Houston--Victoria to The Texas A&M University System.

Relating to the creation of an electronic platform and submission portal, known as My Texas Future, to facilitate public high school students' awareness of and application to institutions of higher education using the electronic common admission application form.

Relating to a report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding enrollment and success in higher education for students with disabilities.

Relating to health benefits offered by postsecondary educational institutions to students and their families.

Relating to imposition of application fees for certain permits and permit amendments for the disposal of oil and gas waste.

Relating to the authority of the Harris County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers.

Relating to the operations and administration of the Concho County Hospital District.

Relating to the imposition of a penalty for failure to timely file a rendition statement or property report with the chief appraiser of an appraisal district.

Relating to the periods during which a retail fireworks permit holder may sell fireworks to the public.

Relating to penalties for certain offenses involving county competitive bidding requirements; increasing criminal penalties.

Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.

Relating to municipal and county enforcement of drug and consumable hemp product laws; providing civil penalties.

Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings, the adjudication and disposition of cases involving delinquent conduct, and certain offenses or conduct committed by a child or by a person placed in or committed to certain juvenile facilities; changing the eligibility for community supervision.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments, and the Windham School District.

Relating to the assignment of certain retired and former justices and judges.

Relating to venue in certain actions involving a contract for an improvement to real property.

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

Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property.

Relating to decedents' estates.

Relating to the repeal of the Texas Research Incentive Program.

Relating to the operation of vehicles at railroad grade crossings; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to motor vehicle titles for salvage vehicles.

Relating to the operation of off-highway vehicles.

Relating to the purposes for which the Texas Water Bank and the Texas Water Trust may accept and hold water rights.

Relating to unclaimed personal property, including virtual currency.

Relating to the authority of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System to construct, acquire, improve, extend, and equip utility systems located on university system property.

Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Efficiency Council.

Relating to construction contract trust funds.

Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, and public school safety and security requirements and resources.

Relating to the posting of information regarding certain bonds guaranteed by the permanent school fund.

Relating to general obligation bonds issued by school districts.

Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system.

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 name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District.

Relating to the relocation or removal of dredged spoils or materials by a navigation district.

Relating to prohibiting the Texas Medical Board from regulating certain physician advertising.

Relating to the establishment of a grant program to support the disposition of deceased paupers' bodies.

Relating to notice provided by a health care provider before initiating debt collection against a patient.

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

Relating to inservice training on identifying abuse, neglect, and illegal, unprofessional, and unethical conduct in certain health care facilities.

Relating to inpatient competency restoration services.

Relating to civil and administrative penalties assessed for violations of statutes or rules governing chemical dependency treatment facilities.

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

Relating to group home consultant referrals; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of the practice of podiatry.

Relating to coverage for mental health conditions and substance use disorders under certain governmental health benefit plans.

Relating to public school policies and programs regarding the production or distribution of certain intimate visual material by public school students.

Relating to contracting by public and private schools for the provision of medication for respiratory distress and training in administering that medication.

Relating to electric service quality and reliability.

Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges.

Relating to anticompetitive and other unlawful practices and to certain required disclosures relating to credit card transactions; providing a civil penalty.

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

Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured home classified as personal property at the owner's death.

Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship between a parent and a nonparent.

Relating to municipal regulation of the removal of an Ashe juniper tree.

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to establish and operate a guaranteed income program.

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 duty of an appraisal district to keep confidential certain identifying information provided by a property owner.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 249 in Grimes and Montgomery Counties as the Doug Pitcock Aggie Expressway.

Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary.

Relating to the requirement that a person submit an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used for human burial.

Relating to fire safety inspections at public and private schools.

Relating to the liability of nonprofit entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services or with a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care or child welfare services.

Relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and health benefit plan issuers or pharmacy benefit managers.

Relating to newborn screening tests for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Relating to certain practices of health benefit plan issuers to encourage the use of certain physicians and health care providers and rank physicians.

Relating to establishment of a shared savings program for health maintenance organizations and preferred provider benefit plans.

Relating to the definition of facility for purposes of workplace violence prevention requirements.

Relating to the disclosure of health care cost information by certain health care facilities; imposing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the application review process for certain delayed birth certificates.

Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to biological sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.

Relating to gambling criminal offenses and a defense to prosecution for a gambling offense; increasing criminal penalties.

Relating to the required disclosure of certain financial relationships in civil actions regarding the activities of United States defense contractors.

Relating to renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Relating to censorship of or certain other interference with digital expression, including expression on social media platforms or through electronic mail messages.

Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain 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 conduct of randomized county election audits.

Relating to security of election system equipment.

Relating to the basis for a third-party challenge to a voter's registration.

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 creating the Governor's Medal of Service award to recognize service to the people of Texas.

Relating to seat belts on buses that transport children.

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to state and federal judges.

Relating to certain regulations involving motor fuels or other hazardous materials, including the transportation of motor fuels and other hazardous materials and restrictions on certain motor fuel depots; creating criminal offenses; authorizing a civil penalty.

Relating to the disclosure of certain information regarding a record of a collision or violation involving a person operating a railroad locomotive or train.

Relating to a prohibition on the operation or movement of certain overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials under certain circumstances; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to aircraft owned and operated by the Department of Public Safety.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for loading certain overweight vehicles transporting hazardous materials at a weight that exceeds the weight limitations authorized for the vehicle.

Relating to the administration of the Texas Department of Insurance, including the appointment of the state commission of insurance.

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 the operation of rock crushing facilities.

Relating to the recycling and disposal of consumer energy storage modules.

Relating to first responder policies for emergencies occurring at a group home in certain municipalities and counties.

Relating to the impeachment or removal from office of certain public officers, including procedures governing the impeachment, trial on impeachment, and disqualification of state officers, and to the grounds for which certain public officers may be removed from office.

Relating to ectopic pregnancies and continuing education for certain physicians and nurses regarding treatment of certain pregnancy-related conditions.

Relating to the review of claims and recovery of overpayments by Medicaid recovery audit contractors.

Relating to egg grading and the selling of ungraded eggs; authorizing a fee.

Relating to recovery of damages in civil actions.

Relating to intelligence databases for combinations, criminal street gangs, and foreign terrorist organizations.

Relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.

Relating to management plans adopted by groundwater conservation districts.

Relating to permit fees for groundwater wells imposed by the Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the discharge or use of certain firefighting foams for testing or training.

Relating to the enforcement of drought contingency plans by water and sewer utilities and the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Relating to expenses incurred in the appeal of rates for water or sewer service charged to certain customers.

Relating to an opportunity to correct certain defects in an early voting ballot voted by mail.

Relating to the access and communications settings for accounts of minor users of digital services.

Relating to a required provision in certain governmental entity contracts regarding the carrying of handguns by license holders; providing civil penalties.

Relating to the issuance of a certified birth record to a homeless individual.

Relating to the prosecution of certain election offenses.

Relating to the accreditation of law schools in this state.

Relating to the procedure for amending or revoking certificates of public convenience and necessity issued to certain water utilities.

Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to purchase, finance the purchase of, or lease real property or construct or finance the construction of improvements to real property.

Relating to the regulation of technical and clerical errors contained in registrations and reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission and the commission's authority regarding the imposition of certain penalties.

Relating to the contents and filing of personal financial statements with the Texas Ethics Commission and the removal of certain information in certain statements from public view.

Relating to the classification of certain entities as primarily engaged in retail trade for purposes of the franchise tax.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of persons who may repair or test backflow prevention assemblies.

Relating to organization of, meetings of, and voting by condominium unit owners' associations and property owners' associations.

Relating to electronic delivery of documents sent or received by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

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

Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy.

Relating to the authority of the advisory body of a public improvement district and the board of directors of a reinvestment zone to hold a meeting by a telecommunication device.

Relating to the regulation of certain business entities that act as data brokers.

Relating to the definition of a governmental body for the purposes of the public information law.

Relating to recording requirements for certain instruments concerning real property.

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

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 confidentiality of certain information for a current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Relating to the transfer of the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.

Relating to disbursement of initial funds under the Texas energy fund.

Relating to the establishment of an Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Advisory Board.

Relating to fees for the issuance of certain specialty license plates and an exemption from vehicle registration for certain trailers, semitrailers, tractors, and implements of husbandry.

Relating to a grant program to fund certain short line railroad projects.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852 in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Bridge.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway.

Relating to the definition of a crosswalk.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 2493 in Smith County as the Captain Kevin Williams and Firefighter Austin Cheek Memorial Highway.

Relating to the eligibility of ratepayers to file an appeal regarding water, drainage, or sewer rates with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Relating to a defense to prosecution for certain offenses involving the use of a less-lethal projectile by a peace officer.

Relating to discovery requirements in a criminal case.

Relating to legal representation of indigent persons in this state and to proceedings before a magistrate including the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant.

Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person to a magistrate for purposes of an order of emergency protection.

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

Relating to personal bond offices, to the notification provided to a judge regarding tampering with an electronic monitoring device while released on bond or community supervision, and to the availability of certain information regarding a person required to submit to an electronic monitoring program.

Relating to the approval of a community supervision and corrections department's budget and strategic plan.

Relating to skimmers on electronic terminals; authorizing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses.

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

Relating to the period during which an order for emergency protection remains in effect.

Relating to the employment of certain peace officers of the Department of Public Safety.

Relating to the repeal of a provision governing the operation of jail commissaries in certain counties.

Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for certain fraud offenses.

Relating to an election to approve a reduction or reallocation of funding or resources for certain county prosecutors' offices.

Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans.

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

Relating to a preceptorship program in a pediatric subspecialty for medical students in this state.

Relating to the terminology used to refer to certain assessment instruments administered to public school students.

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

Relating to public utility agencies; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments.

Relating to the requirement that certain reports be filed electronically.

Relating to the authority of a taxing unit to enter into an agreement to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the value of property on which a renewable energy facility is located or is planned to be located.

Relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding health physics education in this state.

Relating to the eligibility of the National Rifle Association's Annual Meetings and Exhibits or another annual event of the National Rifle Association for funding under the major events reimbursement program.

Relating to the allocation and use of certain hotel occupancy tax revenues.

Relating to the eligibility of the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Arlington for funding under the major events reimbursement program.

Relating to certain planning, notification, and evaluation requirements with respect to workforce development programs in this state.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects and other qualified projects.

Relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing education compliance through the establishment of continuing education tracking systems.

Relating to an exemption from certain immunization requirements for medical and veterinary students.

Relating to certain requirements regarding a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to health benefit coverage for general anesthesia in connection with certain pediatric dental services.

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

Relating to the administration and operation of the school health and related services program.

Relating to a program to compensate landowners for property damage.