Senate Floor Action for 5/23/2025

SENATE FLOOR ACTION



Friday

May 23, 2025




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


SB 823 (CS)Middleton

Relating to labeling and representation of imported shrimp; authorizing an administrative penalty.


SB 1380 (CS)Paxton/ et al.

Relating to health benefit plan preauthorization requirements for participating physicians and providers providing certain health care services.


SB 3074 (CS)Birdwell

Relating to communications between the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the governor, the lieutenant governor, or a member of the legislature.

1 Floor Amendment


HB 47 Howard/ Oliverson/ Hull/ Cook/ et al. SP: Zaffirini/ et al.

Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.


HB 143 (CS)King/ Darby/ Hunter/ Fairly/ Anchía/ et al. SP: Hancock/ et al.

Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas and the Public Utility Commission of Texas to address a failure by an operator to maintain an electrical power line serving a well site or certain surface facilities in accordance with the National Electrical Code.


HB 149 (CS) (LC)Capriglione/ Button/ Bonnen/ Orr/ Bhojani/ et al. SP: Schwertner/ et al.

Relating to regulation of the use of artificial intelligence systems in this state; providing civil penalties.

3 Floor Amendments


HB 171 (CS) (LC)Guillen SP: Zaffirini/ et al.

Relating to the certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency and the duration of court-ordered treatment for a person with a chemical dependency.


HB 285 Ordaz/ Leach/ Meyer/ Moody/ Cook/ et al. SP: West/ et al.

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals.


HB 305 (LC)Hayes SP: Cook/ et al.

Relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.


HB 449 (CS)González, Mary/ et al. SP: Huffman/ et al.

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


HB 742 (LC)Thompson/ Plesa/ et al. SP: Parker/ et al.

Relating to human trafficking prevention, including training for first responders, disclosure of human trafficking information by certain health care facilities, and protection for facility employees who report human trafficking.


HB 908 (LC)Spiller/ Lalani/ et al. SP: Zaffirini/ et al.

Relating to the reporting by law enforcement agencies of missing children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.


HB 1024 (LC)Shaheen SP: Hagenbuch

Relating to the execution of a warrant issued for certain releasees who violate a condition of parole or mandatory supervision related to the electronic monitoring of the releasee.


HB 1240 Guillen SP: Hinojosa, Adam

Relating to certain governmental operations affecting the border region.

1 Floor Amendment


HB 1397 (CS)Harris/ Metcalf/ Raymond/ Cain/ Leo Wilson SP: Middleton/ et al.

Relating to the care, custody, and display of the letter known as the victory or death letter, the Texas Constitution, and the Texas Declaration of Independence.

1 Floor Amendment


HB 1443 Schatzline/ Patterson/ Holt/ Richardson/ Money/ et al. SP: King/ et al.

Relating to creating the criminal offense of promotion or possession of a child-like sex doll.


HB 1533 (LC)Button/ Noble/ Turner/ Bell, Keith SP: Bettencourt/ et al.

Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes.


HB 1866 (LC)Lujan/ LaHood/ Campos/ Lopez, Ray SP: Flores

Relating to the state law enforcement authority of federal National Park Service law enforcement officers.


HB 1902 Cook/ Bonnen/ Moody/ Smithee/ Louderback/ et al. SP: Huffman/ et al.

Relating to creating the criminal offense of jugging.


HB 2001 Meyer/ Anchía/ King/ et al. SP: Bettencourt/ et al.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain misuse of official information, including misuse of official information that results in certain net pecuniary gains.


HB 2011 (LC)Bell, Cecil SP: Paxton/ et al.

Relating to the right to repurchase from a condemning entity certain real property for which ad valorem taxes are delinquent.

1 Floor Amendment


HB 2355 (LC)Fairly SP: Parker/ et al.

Relating to the disclosure or release of certain information received by the attorney general regarding an application for compensation from the crime victims' compensation fund.


HB 2402 Rose/ Simmons/ Collier/ Gámez SP: Hughes

Relating to the determination of fees, charges, and rates for certain benefits under Medicaid.


HB 2434 (LC)Plesa/ Vasut SP: Hinojosa, Adam

Relating to the purchase of service credit by certain members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.


HB 2440 Curry/ Toth SP: Parker/ et al.

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.


HB 2492 (LC)Bowers/ Morales, Christina/ Simmons/ Plesa/ et al. SP: Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"

Relating to the period for which a person arrested for certain crimes involving family violence may be held after bond is posted.


HB 2560 (LC)Shofner/ et al. SP: Nichols

Relating to creation of the Adopt-a-County Road program.


HB 2688 (CS) (LC)Harless/ Oliverson/ Perez, Mary Ann/ Metcalf/ Thompson/ et al. SP: Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the public retirement systems of certain municipalities.


HB 2697 (LC)Anchía/ Cook/ Little/ Plesa/ et al. SP: Huffman

Relating to certain procedures in connection with a bond forfeiture.


HB 2712 Darby SP: Perry

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

1 Floor Amendment


HB 3153 (CS) (LC)Kerwin/ et al. SP: Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to hiring and employment requirements for persons in direct contact with children at certain facilities.


HB 3161 (LC)Villalobos/ Simmons SP: Hinojosa, Adam/ et al.

Relating to member contributions to the Texas Municipal Retirement System.


HB 3421 (LC)Hayes SP: Hughes

Relating to decedents' estates and other matters involving probate courts.


HB 3424 (LC)Capriglione SP: Bettencourt

Relating to the ad valorem taxation of certain dealer's heavy equipment inventory.


HB 3464 (CS)Meza/ Lalani/ et al. SP: West/ et al.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of providing or possessing with the intent to provide an alcoholic beverage, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug to a person in the custody of a correctional facility, taking an alcoholic beverage, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug into a correctional facility, and taking a controlled substance or dangerous drug on property owned, used, or controlled by a correctional facility.


HB 3486 (CS)Hunter/ Leo Wilson SP: Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to a deduction from the amount of taxable sales used to calculate the amount of sales and use taxes that the owners of restaurants that purchase Texas farm-raised oysters are required to remit to the comptroller of public accounts.


HB 3510 (LC)Wharton SP: Schwertner/ et al.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 6 in Brazos County as the Sergeant Mark Butler Memorial Highway.


HB 3986 (LC)Muñoz SP: Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"

Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 83 in Mission as the Corporal Speedy Espericueta Memorial Highway.


HB 4042 Morales, Eddie SP: Zaffirini

Relating to the applicability of certain safety provisions and regulatory fees administered by the Railroad Commission of Texas to gas distribution pipelines.


HB 4076 Leach/ Cook/ Hull/ et al. SP: Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to prohibiting organ transplant recipient discrimination on the basis of vaccination status.


HB 4263 (CS) (LC)Cook SP: Perry

Relating to the procedures and practices of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department regarding grievances submitted by department employees and former department employees and to the eligibility of a person to be appointed to the department's release review panel and the authority of a panel member.


HB 4413 (LC)Paul/ Leo Wilson SP: Hancock

Relating to mass balance attribution of renewable biomass feedstocks used to produce renewable chemicals.


HB 4426 (LC)Darby SP: Zaffirini/ et al.

Relating to permits issued by the Railroad Commission of Texas for commercial surface disposal facilities.


HB 4429 (LC)McQueeney/ Shofner/ Troxclair/ Cook/ Craddick/ et al. SP: Hancock/ et al.

Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Blanco and Burnet Counties as the Muckleroy Family Memorial Highway.


HB 4945 (LC)Ashby/ Bumgarner SP: Nichols

Relating to a study by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas on the feasibility of offering alternative service retirement benefits to certain members of the retirement system engaged in wildland firefighting or employed in positions related to wildland firefighting.


HB 4996 Dyson/ Lujan SP: Flores

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of refusal to execute the release of a fraudulent lien or claim.


HB 5246 (CS) (LC)Bonnen SP: Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission and Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, to other governmental entities regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives and activities, and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund.


HB 5515 (LC)Buckley SP: King/ et al.

Relating to restrictions on freight and shipping costs included in the price of instructional materials for public schools.


The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed:


HB 2 (CS)Buckley/ Bernal/ Guillen/ et al. SP: Creighton/ et al.

Relating to public education and public school finance.

2 Floor Amendments


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


HB 2282 Lopez, Janie/ Harless/ Cook/ Bowers/ Tepper SP: Perry

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.


HB 3627 Tepper/ Leo Wilson/ Davis, Aicha SP: Sparks/ et al.

Relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties.


HB 5033 (CS)Bell, Keith/ Guillen/ Toth/ Hayes/ Olcott/ et al. SP: Flores/ et al.

Relating to the authority of this state to implement a motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program.


The Senate adopted the following resolutions:


SR 560 Gutierrez

In memory of the 21 victims of the mass shooting that took place at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24, 2022.


SR 561 Campbell/ Birdwell/ Cook/ Flores/ Hancock/ et al.

Recognizing the Boerne Little League All-Stars for advancing to the Little League Baseball World Series championship game.


Committee re-referral on the following:


HB 1904 Canales/ Cain/ Landgraf/ Virdell/ Guerra

Relating to the release of a balloon and associated littering; creating a criminal offense.

Re-referred from Criminal Justice to State Affairs


HB 2240 Dutton SP: Zaffirini

Relating to certain void marriages.

Re-referred from Jurisprudence to State Affairs


HB 3686 Harless SP: Parker

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

Re-referred from Criminal Justice to Economic Development


HB 3793 McLaughlin SP: Zaffirini

Relating to procedures for a commissioners court to close, abandon, or vacate certain county roads.

Re-referred from Transportation to Economic Development


HB 4202 Swanson/ Garcia, Josey/ Hayes/ Cain/ Schofield SP: Zaffirini

Relating to proof of identity of a person making an acknowledgment of a written instrument.

Re-referred from Jurisprudence to State Affairs


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