SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Thursday

May 8, 2025

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

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and repealing the limitation on the allocation to that system and its campuses of the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education.

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

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

Relating to the authority of certain conservation and reclamation districts to impose fees for the construction of certain pipelines and associated infrastructure.

Relating to the definition of a crosswalk.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the administration of botulinum toxin by dentists.

Relating to a pilot program for the safe disposal of prescription drugs, including controlled substance prescription drugs.

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

Relating to financial exploitation or financial abuse using artificially generated media or phishing communications; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

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

1 Floor Amendment

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 a local option election on the sale of alcoholic beverages in certain areas of a municipality and the local regulation of premises in those areas.

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

Relating to the imposition of civil penalties for certain violations with respect to political contributions and expenditures made by certain persons who engage in lobbying activities.

Relating to discovery requirements related to sworn complaints made to the Texas Ethics Commission.

Relating to water losses reported by certain municipally owned utilities to the Texas Water Development Board; authorizing administrative penalties.

Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for lactation consultation services.

Relating to the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general, the review of certain Medicaid claims, and the recovery of certain overpayments under Medicaid.

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

Relating to the interconnection to the ERCOT power grid of certain coastal facilities for the provision of electric service.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to reliability requirements for certain electric generation facilities.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the adoption of political shareholder proposals by insurers and insurer holding companies.

Relating to the prohibition on certain discrimination in the extension of credit to organizations based on social credit or value-based standards.

Relating to the regulation of the provision of proxy advisory services.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to examination of the records of filing entities and foreign filing entities by the attorney general; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to preventing discrimination in membership in a professional or trade association.

2 Floor Amendments

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

Recognizing Austin Habitat for Humanity on the occasion of its 40th anniversary and on its collaboration with the 2025 Carter Work Project.

Recognizing Ryan Ayala on the occasion of his graduation.

Recognizing May 2025 as Jewish American Heritage Month.

Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of a Texas Life Monument at the State Capitol Complex.

Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress.