Senate Floor Action for 4/2/2025

SENATE FLOOR ACTION



Wednesday

April 2, 2025




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


SB 7 (CS)Perry/ Alvarado/ Bettencourt/ Blanco/ Campbell/ et al.

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

5 Floor Amendments


SB 125 (CS)Hall/ Paxton/ et al.

Relating to autologous and direct blood donations.

2 Floor Amendments


SB 578 (CS) (LC)West

Relating to surveillance cameras for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 608 (LC)Flores/ et al.

Relating to reporting information regarding certain evidence collection kits.


SB 617 Schwertner

Relating to hearing and public notice requirements regarding the conversion by a municipality of certain properties to house homeless individuals.


SB 763 (CS) (LC)Alvarado/ et al.

Relating to standard permits for certain concrete plants.


SB 836 (CS) (LC)Paxton/ et al.

Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature and to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material, or information regarding those victims, offenses, or acts.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 878 (LC)Birdwell

Relating to limitations on the use of public money under certain economic development agreements or programs adopted by certain political subdivisions.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 906 (LC)Blanco/ et al.

Relating to the authority of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo to commission peace officers.


SB 920 (CS)Sparks/ et al.

Relating to the administration of nonprescription medications to certain public and private school students.


SB 942 Hughes/ et al.

Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.


SB 985 (LC)Bettencourt/ Paxton/ et al.

Relating to the combination of certain election precincts.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 1084 (LC)Campbell/ et al.

Relating to certain mammography reports providing required breast density information.


SB 1366 (LC)Nichols/ et al.

Relating to the inclusion of information about construction or maintenance work zones in the curriculum of driver education and driving safety courses.


SB 1388 (CS)Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to family support services provided under a Health and Human Services Commission program.


SB 1563 (LC)Menéndez/ et al.

Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system.


SB 1737 Huffman/ Flores/ et al.

Relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to certain law enforcement officers and custodial officers.


SB 1738 (CS) (LC)Huffman

Relating to the Judicial Retirement System Plan Two, including resuming service in the retirement system and contributions to the retirement system.


SB 1816 (CS) (LC)Hancock/ et al.

Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of a miniature vehicle.


SB 1939 (CS) (LC)Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"

Relating to the ship channel improvement revolving fund.

1 Floor Amendment


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


SB 406 Middleton/ et al.

Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate and prohibited change of sex on the birth certificate of certain persons.


SB 689 (CS)Hughes/ et al.

Relating to employment practices regarding diversity and prohibiting the implementation of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives by certain governmental entities.

1 Floor Amendment


The Senate adopted the following resolutions:


SR 327 Nichols

Recognizing the Texas Forestry Association on its seedling giveaway at the State Capitol on April 2, 2025.


SR 346 Paxton

Recognizing April 1 and 2, 2025, as Collin County Days at the State Capitol.


SR 351 Gutierrez

Recognizing April 2, 2025, as Val Verde County-Del Rio Day at the State Capitol.


SR 352 Creighton/ Blanco/ Eckhardt/ Hancock/ Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/ et al.

Recognizing April 2, 2025, as Texas Food Bank Day.


The Senate confirmed all nominees as reported by the Committee on Nominations.


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