SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Thursday

April 24, 2025

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

Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator.

Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to biological sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.

Relating to the unlawful altering of election procedures; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the open carrying of a handgun by a uniformed school marshal.

Relating to electronic benefits transfer cards used by or for recipients of benefits under certain assistance programs.

Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.

Relating to the terminology used in statute, resolutions, rules, and other state publications to refer to the partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent.

Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings, the adjudication and disposition of cases involving delinquent conduct, and certain offenses or conduct committed by a child or by a person placed in or committed to certain juvenile facilities; changing the eligibility for community supervision.

Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was victimized by a public school employee to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school.

Relating to the prosecution of certain election offenses.

The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following:

Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.

Committee referral on the following:

Relating to certain improvements made and programs developed by the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission.

State Affairs

Relating to discipline in public schools.

Education K-16

Relating to support for the development of the nuclear energy industry.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional materials by public schools.

Education K-16

Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for lactation consultation services.

Health & Human Services

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

Business & Commerce

Relating to the total annual salary from state and county sources for certain state prosecutors.

Finance

Relating to a limitation on a county's authority to require a cash bond before approving the construction of a pipeline.

Natural Resources

Relating to credit toward payment of fines and costs for certain defendants.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the procedure for the dissolution of the Cedar Creek Hospital District and the disposition of district money.

Local Government

Relating to rates established by municipalities for water or sewer service for certain entities.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to liability of a cavern entity for injuries arising from certain activities.

State Affairs

Relating to daylight saving time.

State Affairs

Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B or xylazine.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the authority of the Brazoria County Commissioners Court to execute tax abatement agreements for property within the Port Freeport district.

Economic Development

Relating to the issuance of oversize or overweight permits for vehicles transporting agricultural commodities during or preceding a disaster.

Transportation

Relating to the composition and duties of a court security committee.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the right of a purchaser to terminate a contract of purchase and sale of real property for failure to provide notice that the property is located in a public improvement district.

Business & Commerce

Relating to conducting certain contested case hearings under the Texas workers' compensation system by remote communication.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization that is engaged in providing housing and related facilities and services to persons who are at least 62 years of age.

Local Government

Relating to the issuance of certain protective orders for certain burglary offenses.

Criminal Justice

Relating to an interstate compact for the liquefied natural gas industry.

Natural Resources

Relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans.

Finance

Relating to reports by certain persons involved in the manufacture and distribution of alcoholic beverages for purposes of sales and use taxes.

Finance

Relating to the view of the State Capitol.

Education K-16

Relating to the Polytechnic College at Sam Houston State University, including the college's eligibility to participate in certain programs.

Education K-16

The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

Designating Pflugerville as the official Trail Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating the Town of Trophy Club as the official Texas Town of Patriotism for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Port Aransas as the official Fishing Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Relating to required reports of certain vaccine-related or drug-related adverse events.

Relating to an election to approve a reduction or reallocation of funding or resources for certain county prosecutors' offices.

Relating to the authority of the Harris County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers.

Relating to civil and administrative penalties assessed for violations of statutes or rules governing chemical dependency treatment facilities.

Relating to the confidentiality of certain information for a current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Relating to the definition of facility for purposes of workplace violence prevention requirements.

Relating to inpatient competency restoration services.

Relating to the posting of information regarding certain bonds guaranteed by the permanent school fund.

Relating to the approval of a community supervision and corrections department's budget and strategic plan.

Relating to the disclosure of information with regard to artificial intelligence.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 2493 in Smith County as the Captain Kevin Williams and Firefighter Austin Cheek Memorial Highway.

Relating to public school policies and programs regarding the production or distribution of certain intimate visual material by public school students.

Relating to the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in connection with an improvement on specific real property.

Relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing education compliance through the establishment of continuing education tracking systems.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of the practice of podiatry.

Relating to personal bond offices, to the notification provided to a judge regarding tampering with an electronic monitoring device while released on bond or community supervision, and to the availability of certain information regarding a person required to submit to an electronic monitoring program or being supervised by a community supervision and corrections department.

Relating to newborn screening tests for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Relating to first responder policies for emergencies occurring at a group home in certain municipalities and counties.

Relating to certain planning, notification, and evaluation requirements with respect to certain workforce development programs in this state.

Relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and health benefit plan issuers or pharmacy benefit managers.

Relating to unclaimed personal property, including virtual currency.

Relating to contracting by public and private schools for the provision of medication for respiratory distress and training in administering that medication.

Relating to decedents' estates.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway.

Relating to the terminology used to refer to certain assessment instruments administered to public school students.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852 in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Bridge.

Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges.

Relating to the authority of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System to construct, acquire, improve, extend, and equip utility systems located on university system property.

Relating to the establishment of an Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Advisory Board.

Relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding health physics education in this state.

Relating to the appointment of a receiver for and sale of certain parcels of land that are abandoned, unoccupied, and undeveloped in certain municipalities.

Relating to the composition of the governing body of a local mental health authority.

Relating to construction contract trust funds.

Relating to the purposes for which the Texas Water Bank and the Texas Water Trust may accept and hold water rights.

Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.

Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property.

Relating to the name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District.

Relating to the relocation or removal of dredged spoils or materials by a navigation district.

Relating to guardianships for persons who are incapacitated; changing a fee.

Relating to notice provided by a health care provider before initiating debt collection against a patient.

Relating to the applicability of laws protecting minors from harmful material on digital services.

Relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.

Relating to egg grading and the selling of ungraded eggs; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person and the victim of the offense to a magistrate for purposes of an order for emergency protection.

Relating to the discharge or use of certain firefighting foams for testing or training.

Relating to the requirement that a person submit an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used for human burial.

Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured home classified as personal property at the owner's death.

Relating to the administration and operation of the school health and related services program.

Relating to a preceptorship program in a pediatric subspecialty for medical students in this state.

Relating to certain requirements regarding a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship between a parent and a nonparent.

Relating to the duty of an appraisal district to keep confidential certain identifying information provided by a property owner.

Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to purchase, finance the purchase of, or lease real property or construct or finance the construction of improvements to real property.

Relating to the regulation of certain business entities that act as data brokers.

Relating to the assignment of certain retired and former justices and judges.

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to state and federal judges.

Relating to the authority of the advisory body of a public improvement district and the board of directors of a reinvestment zone to hold a meeting by a telecommunication device.

Relating to expenses incurred in the appeal of rates for water or sewer service charged to certain customers.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy.

Relating to the period during which an order for emergency protection remains in effect.

Relating to prohibiting the Texas Medical Board from regulating certain physician advertising.

Relating to security of election system equipment.

Relating to motor vehicle titles for salvage vehicles.

Relating to the disclosure of certain information regarding a record of a collision or violation involving a person operating a railroad locomotive or train.

Relating to aircraft owned and operated by the Department of Public Safety.

Relating to general obligation bonds issued by school districts.

Relating to requiring foreign language credit opportunities for students enrolled in study abroad programs offered by certain institutions of higher education in this state.

Relating to the operation of off-highway vehicles.

Relating to electronic delivery of documents sent or received by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Relating to the repeal of a provision governing the operation of jail commissaries in certain counties.

Relating to the landowner compensation program.

Relating to organization of, meetings of, and voting by condominium unit owners' associations and property owners' associations.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of persons who may repair or test backflow prevention assemblies.

Relating to fees for the issuance of certain specialty license plates and an exemption from vehicle registration for certain trailers, semitrailers, tractors, and implements of husbandry.

Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for certain fraud offenses.

Relating to the requirement that certain tax reports be filed electronically.

Relating to the access and communications settings for accounts of minor users of digital services.

Relating to an opportunity to correct certain defects in an early voting ballot voted by mail.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 249 in Grimes and Montgomery Counties as the Doug Pitcock Aggie Expressway.

The following bills were removed from the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

Relating to the application review process for certain delayed birth certificates.

Relating to the responsibility of consumer reporting agencies to ensure compliance with certain consumer reporting laws.

Relating to the definition of a crosswalk.

Relating to group home consultant referrals; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the provision of water or sewer service by public entities operating jointly or concurrently.

Relating to the required disclosure of certain financial relationships in civil actions regarding the activities of United States defense contractors.

Relating to the prohibited release by a public agency of personal affiliation information regarding the members, supporters, or volunteers of or donors to certain nonprofit organizations; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Relating to protection for a public employee's or student's use of terms consistent with biological sex.

Relating to the eligibility of the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Arlington for funding under the major events reimbursement program.

Relating to genetic information security for residents of this state; providing a civil penalty; providing a private cause of action.

Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Efficiency Council.