BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Monday May 12, 2025 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to restrictions on the use of certain ad valorem taxes and on the issuance of certain bonds supported by ad valorem taxes. Local Government |
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Relating to the name of and appointment of directors for the Harris-Montgomery Counties Management District. Local Government |
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Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Management District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Local Government |
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Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a property owner to obtain an injunction restraining the collection of ad valorem taxes by a taxing unit if the taxing unit adopts a tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate and subsequently takes an action that constitutes a material deviation from the stated purpose of the tax increase. Local Government |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of exchange. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. Local Government |
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Relating to the effect of a disaster and associated costs on the calculation of certain tax rates and the procedure for adoption of a tax rate by a taxing unit. Local Government |
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Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain. Transportation |
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Relating to the maintenance of overhead electrical power lines associated with oil and gas development and production; authorizing an administrative penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to plans for the management and inspection of distribution poles. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to risk mitigation planning and associated liability for providers of electric service; providing an administrative penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to support for new businesses. Economic Development |
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Relating to the provision of direct patient care by physicians and health care practitioners. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a requirement that the ballot for an election to amend the state constitution include an estimate of the fiscal impact to the state of the proposed amendment. State Affairs |
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Relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a county to cancel subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality. Local Government |
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Relating to certain claims for benefits or compensation by a death investigation professional. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to creating the criminal offense of promotion or possession of a child-like sex doll. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain peace officers. Education K-16 |
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Relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll project entities. Transportation |
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Relating to the investigation of municipal fire fighters in certain municipalities. Local Government |
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Relating to a designation on a person's driver's license or personal identification certificate that the person is a registered sex offender. Transportation |
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Relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the issuance of a citation for the offense of the unauthorized use of parking designated for persons with disabilities. Transportation |
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Relating to a duty to contract for election services furnished for an election held on the first Saturday in May in an even-numbered year. State Affairs |
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Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain misuse of official information, including misuse of official information that results in certain net pecuniary gains. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the filing for record of a plat, replat, or amended plat or replat of a subdivision of real property or a condominium. Local Government |
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Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a waiver of the preservation of evidence and the return of a seized weapon in a criminal case. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the processing of an application for an authorization to use a standard permit for a rock or concrete crushing facility. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by certain operators of motor vehicles. Transportation |
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Relating to creation of the Adopt-a-County Road program. Transportation |
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Relating to the evaluation of Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant applications. Economic Development |
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Relating to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code. Education K-16 |
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Relating to the registration of frac tanks; authorizing a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the payment of funds under certain construction contracts. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a franchise tax exemption for corporations operating a spaceport for certain national defense purposes. Finance |
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Relating to member contributions to the Texas Municipal Retirement System. Finance |
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Relating to late applications for the appraisal of land for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified timber land following the death of the owner of the land. Local Government |
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Relating to the recovery of certain state border security expenditures from the federal government. Finance |
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Relating to prohibitions on certain employment for sex offenders. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the use or purchase or other acquisition of property under the Public Property Finance Act. Local Government |
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Relating to a reduction in the amount of sales and use tax collections that the owners of restaurants that purchase Texas farm-raised oysters are required to remit to the comptroller of public accounts. Finance |
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Relating to a reduction in the amount of sales and use tax collections that the owners of restaurants that participate in an oyster shell recycling program are required to remit to the comptroller of public accounts. Finance |
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Relating to representation for an indigent person subject to a civil commitment proceeding. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the partial count of electronic voting system ballots. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and a workgroup on nursing career pathways and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to issuance of specialty license plates for certain United States Army Rangers. Transportation |
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Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place. State Affairs |
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Relating to the exemption of certain reserve peace officers from regulation as private security personnel. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the taking of certain depositions and the dismissal of certain civil actions in connection with allegations of family violence and abusive conduct. State Affairs |
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Relating to liability protections for commercial space flight and exploration. State Affairs |
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Relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer fees for real property. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to proof of identity of a person making an acknowledgment of a written instrument. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the accrual of interest on overdue child support. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the employment practices of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and to the eligibility of a person to be appointed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department's release review panel and the authority of a panel member. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the storage of alcoholic beverages by the holder of a passenger transportation permit. State Affairs |
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Relating to the retention of certain genetic material and genetic information by the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to permits issued by the Railroad Commission of Texas for commercial surface disposal facilities. Natural Resources |
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Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations. Finance |
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Relating to the issuance of a single license for a hospital and a mobile stroke unit of the hospital. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to reports by certain public institutions of higher education on fraud, waste, and abuse involving state resources. Education K-16 |
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Relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits. Local Government |
Committee re-referral on the following: |
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Relating to the financial crimes intelligence center. Re-referred from Criminal Justice to State Affairs |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information. Re-referred from Criminal Justice to State Affairs |
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Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student, and to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student. Re-referred from Criminal Justice to State Affairs |