Bills Referred Today for 5/12/2025

BILLS REFERRED TODAY



Monday

May 12, 2025





Committee referral on the following:


SB 3067 Bettencourt

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


SB 3068 Creighton

Relating to the name of and appointment of directors for the Harris-Montgomery Counties Management District.

Local Government


SB 3069 Creighton

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


SB 3070 Hall

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


SB 3071 Bettencourt

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


HJR 175 Gerdes/ Bumgarner/ Leo Wilson

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of exchange.

Business & Commerce


HB 21 Gates/ Capriglione/ Martinez Fischer/ Tepper/ Bell, Cecil/ et al. SP: Bettencourt/ et al.

Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee.

Local Government


HB 30 Troxclair/ Meyer/ Oliverson/ Noble/ Tepper/ et al. SP: Bettencourt

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


HB 74 Morales, Eddie/ Guillen/ McLaughlin/ Lujan/ Harris/ et al.

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


HB 106 King/ et al.

Relating to the maintenance of overhead electrical power lines associated with oil and gas development and production; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Business & Commerce


HB 144 King

Relating to plans for the management and inspection of distribution poles.

Business & Commerce


HB 145 King

Relating to risk mitigation planning and associated liability for providers of electric service; providing an administrative penalty.

Business & Commerce


HB 216 Harris Davila/ Frank

Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers.

Health & Human Services


HB 346 Harris Davila/ Capriglione/ Cook/ Simmons

Relating to support for new businesses.

Economic Development


HB 541 Shaheen

Relating to the provision of direct patient care by physicians and health care practitioners.

Health & Human Services


HB 565 Tepper/ Leo Wilson

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


HB 644 Bell, Cecil/ Gerdes/ Isaac/ Spiller

Relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises.

State Affairs


HB 954 Spiller/ Holt/ et al.

Relating to the authority of a county to cancel subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.

Local Government


HB 1306 Landgraf/ Holt

Relating to certain claims for benefits or compensation by a death investigation professional.

Criminal Justice


HB 1443 Schatzline/ Patterson/ Holt/ Richardson/ Money/ et al.

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

Criminal Justice


HB 1527 Alders/ Dean/ Harless/ et al.

Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain peace officers.

Education K-16


HB 1557 Moody/ Wharton/ Plesa

Relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll project entities.

Transportation


HB 1677 Canales

Relating to the investigation of municipal fire fighters in certain municipalities.

Local Government


HB 1777 Morales, Eddie/ Troxclair/ Harris Davila/ Ordaz/ Cunningham/ et al.

Relating to a designation on a person's driver's license or personal identification certificate that the person is a registered sex offender.

Transportation


HB 1916 Cook/ Landgraf/ Hayes/ Spiller/ Curry

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


HB 1936 Cook/ Curry/ Perez, Mary Ann/ Harris Davila/ Canales/ et al.

Relating to the issuance of a citation for the offense of the unauthorized use of parking designated for persons with disabilities.

Transportation


HB 1968 Cook/ Shaheen/ Bucy/ Raymond/ Vasut

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


HB 2001 Meyer/ Anchía/ King/ 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.

Criminal Justice


HB 2025 Tepper

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


HB 2073 Hull

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


HB 2180 Cunningham

Relating to a waiver of the preservation of evidence and the return of a seized weapon in a criminal case.

Criminal Justice


HB 2239 Dutton/ LaHood/ et al.

Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.

Criminal Justice


HB 2266 Isaac/ Troxclair/ Wilson

Relating to the processing of an application for an authorization to use a standard permit for a rock or concrete crushing facility.

Natural Resources


HB 2462 Leach

Relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by certain operators of motor vehicles.

Transportation


HB 2560 Shofner/ et al.

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

Transportation


HB 2564 Wilson

Relating to the evaluation of Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant applications.

Economic Development


HB 2598 Button/ Buckley/ Allen/ Bernal/ Kerwin/ et al.

Relating to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code.

Education K-16


HB 2686 Dean

Relating to the registration of frac tanks; authorizing a fee.

Transportation


HB 2963 Capriglione/ Curry

Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment.

Business & Commerce


HB 3005 Gervin-Hawkins/ Lujan

Relating to the payment of funds under certain construction contracts.

Business & Commerce


HB 3045 Gerdes/ Curry/ et al.

Relating to a franchise tax exemption for corporations operating a spaceport for certain national defense purposes.

Finance


HB 3161 Villalobos/ Simmons

Relating to member contributions to the Texas Municipal Retirement System.

Finance


HB 3370 Ashby

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


HB 3371 Metcalf/ Gerdes/ Raymond/ Capriglione/ et al.

Relating to the recovery of certain state border security expenditures from the federal government.

Finance


HB 3418 Morales, Eddie/ Bowers/ Cook/ Rodríguez Ramos/ Leo Wilson/ et al.

Relating to prohibitions on certain employment for sex offenders.

Criminal Justice


HB 3462 Hunter

Relating to the use or purchase or other acquisition of property under the Public Property Finance Act.

Local Government


HB 3486 Hunter/ Leo Wilson

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


HB 3487 Hunter/ Leo Wilson

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


HB 3488 DeAyala

Relating to representation for an indigent person subject to a civil commitment proceeding.

Criminal Justice


HB 3709 DeAyala

Relating to the partial count of electronic voting system ballots.

State Affairs


HB 3801 Orr/ Frank/ Pierson/ Bucy

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


HB 3815 Orr/ Bumgarner

Relating to issuance of specialty license plates for certain United States Army Rangers.

Transportation


HB 3909 Hickland/ Zwiener/ Alders/ Simmons/ Dyson/ et al.

Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place.

State Affairs


HB 4023 Raymond/ McLaughlin

Relating to the exemption of certain reserve peace officers from regulation as private security personnel.

Criminal Justice


HB 4027 Zwiener/ Landgraf/ Schofield/ Simmons

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


HB 4157 Bonnen

Relating to liability protections for commercial space flight and exploration.

State Affairs


HB 4170 Hayes

Relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer fees for real property.

Jurisprudence


HB 4202 Swanson/ Garcia, Josey/ Hayes/ Cain/ Schofield

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

Jurisprudence


HB 4213 Dutton

Relating to the accrual of interest on overdue child support.

Jurisprudence


HB 4263 Cook

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


HB 4285 McQueeney/ Harless

Relating to the storage of alcoholic beverages by the holder of a passenger transportation permit.

State Affairs


HB 4377 Villalobos/ Capriglione/ Leo Wilson

Relating to the retention of certain genetic material and genetic information by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Health & Human Services


HB 4426 Darby

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

Natural Resources


HB 4486 Bonnen

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


HB 4743 Bonnen/ Bucy

Relating to the issuance of a single license for a hospital and a mobile stroke unit of the hospital.

Health & Human Services


HB 4763 Olcott/ Wilson

Relating to reports by certain public institutions of higher education on fraud, waste, and abuse involving state resources.

Education K-16


HB 5424 Bonnen/ Leo Wilson

Relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits.

Local Government



Committee re-referral on the following:


HB 201 Perez, Mary Ann

Relating to the financial crimes intelligence center.

Re-referred from Criminal Justice to State Affairs


HB 272 Perez, Mary Ann

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


HB 380 Guillen/ Cook/ Rodríguez Ramos/ Bumgarner/ Garcia, Linda/ et al.

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