Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Borris L. Miles
89th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 6/6/2025

Number of Bills: 63

SB 4 Author: Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Coauthor: Miles
Sponsor: Meyer | Martinez Fischer | Bonnen | Hunter | Turner
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.

SB 5 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Hagenbuch | et al.
Sponsor: Craddick | Thompson | Hunter | Bonnen | Curry
Last Action: 05/24/2025 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

SB 23 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Cook | et al.
Sponsor: Meyer | Martinez Fischer | Bonnen | Hunter | Bernal
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.

SB 25 Author: Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Cook | et al.
Sponsor: Hull | Frank | VanDeaver | Bucy | Pierson
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty.

SB 26 Author: Creighton
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action: 04/09/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 9 2025 11:27AM
Caption: Relating to public education, including the rights and compensation of public school educators and funding for teacher compensation under the Foundation School Program.

SB 28 Author: Hall | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Campbell | et al.
Coauthor: Blanco | Gutierrez | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Hughes | Johnson | et al.
Last Action: 05/06/2025 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses.

SB 46 Author: Zaffirini | Cook
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry.

SB 75 Author: Hall | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Coauthor: Birdwell | Gutierrez | Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Adam | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | et al.
Sponsor: Wilson
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.

SB 208 Author: West
Coauthor: Alvarado | Flores | Gutierrez | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Miles
Last Action: 04/24/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the workforce housing capital investment fund program to fund the development of workforce housing in this state; authorizing a fee.

SB 209 Author: West
Coauthor: Alvarado | Blanco | Eckhardt | Miles
Last Action: 05/08/2025 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas technology and innovation program.

SB 217 Author: West
Coauthor: Miles
Sponsor: Dutton | Simmons | Morales Shaw
Last Action: 05/27/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to establishing the Historic Texas Freedmen's Cemetery Designation Program; authorizing a fee.

SB 260 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: Bonnen
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.

SB 314 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Alvarado | Cook | Hall | Miles | West
Sponsor: Harris Davila
Last Action: 05/27/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.

SB 462 Author: Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Blanco | Miles
Sponsor: Harris Davila | Ordaz | Button
Last Action: 05/28/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

SB 481 Author: Alvarado | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
Coauthor: Blanco | Miles
Last Action: 05/07/2025 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to emergency preparedness and response plans for the continued care and safety of nursing facility and assisted living facility residents.

SB 500 Author: Sparks
Coauthor: Blanco | Hall | Miles
Sponsor: Shaheen
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process.

SB 583 Author: West
Coauthor: Blanco | Eckhardt | Miles
Last Action: 04/09/2025 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to lists of public real property suitable for use or to be developed for use as affordable housing by certain municipalities and counties.

SB 661 Author: West
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Office of Youth Health and Safety.

SB 697 Author: West
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 02/03/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to an annual report by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on post-release or post-discharge employment and certain other inmate data.

SB 763 Author: Alvarado
Coauthor: Eckhardt | Miles | Schwertner
Sponsor: Bell, Keith | Walle
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to standard permits for certain concrete plants.

SB 801 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Blanco | Miles | West
Last Action: 05/28/2025 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the issuance of a certified birth record to a homeless individual.

SB 1031 Author: Blanco
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 02/24/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to eligibility for and benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

SB 1078 Author: West
Coauthor: Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Miles | Paxton
Last Action: 02/24/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to certain searches of female inmates by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

SB 1080 Author: West
Coauthor: Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Middleton | Miles
Sponsor: Cook | Noble | Phelan | Howard | Canales
Last Action: 05/27/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of an occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.

SB 1164 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Miles
Sponsor: Moody
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to emergency detention of certain persons evidencing mental illness and to court-ordered inpatient and extended mental health services.

SB 1281 Author: Parker
Coauthor: Miles
Sponsor: Alders
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to certain criminal offenses involving mail or a mail receptacle key or lock; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

SB 1302 Author: Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Johnson | Miles | West
Sponsor: Bell, Cecil
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to eligibility to use a general permit to discharge waste into or adjacent to waters in this state.

SB 1333 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Kolkhorst | Miles | Sparks
Sponsor: Leach
Last Action: 06/01/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee.

SB 1383 Author: Middleton | Johnson
Coauthor: Blanco | Miles
Sponsor: King
Last Action: 05/22/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the regulation of referral agencies for senior living communities.

SB 1402 Author: West
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 03/06/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to group home registration with municipal police departments or county sheriff's departments and welfare checks on group home residents; providing a civil penalty.

SB 1497 Author: Nichols
Coauthor: Blanco | Miles | Parker
Sponsor: Perez, Mary Ann
Last Action: 05/30/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the search of certain wireless communications devices by a peace officer.

SB 1498 Author: Nichols
Coauthor: Miles | Parker
Sponsor: Perez, Mary Ann
Last Action: 05/27/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to civil asset forfeiture of digital currency or other similar property.

SB 1499 Author: Nichols
Coauthor: Miles | Parker
Sponsor: Perez, Mary Ann
Last Action: 05/13/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Caption: Relating to the operations of the Financial Crimes Intelligence Center.

SB 1513 Author: Johnson
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 03/06/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to a program to provide assistance for certain retail electric customers.

SB 1526 Author: West
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 03/06/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to reimbursing certain Department of Family and Protective Services employees for certain legal expenses.

SB 1528 Author: West
Coauthor: Blanco | Miles
Last Action: 05/12/2025 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to reimbursing employees of the Department of Family and Protective Services for loss of or damage to personal property.

SB 1555 Author: Nichols | Alvarado
Coauthor: Eckhardt | Hagenbuch | Johnson | Kolkhorst | Menéndez | et al.
Sponsor: Patterson | Hernandez | Perez, Mary Ann | Harris Davila | Martinez Fischer
Last Action: 05/24/2025 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a grant program to fund certain railroad grade separation projects.

SB 1675 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 03/11/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the duties of a pharmacist regarding medication profiles for high-risk patients in certain hospitals.

SB 1704 Author: Parker | Huffman
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 05/12/2025 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: May 12 2025 10:52PM
Caption: Relating to certain rights of crime victims and witnesses and associated persons and to victim impact statements.

SB 1739 Author: West
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 03/13/2025 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to use and operation of the childcare protection and enhancement fund.

SB 1802 Author: Alvarado
Coauthor: Campbell | Johnson | Menéndez | Miles
Sponsor: Button
Last Action: 05/27/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to a landlord's duty to repair or remedy certain conditions.

SB 1902 Author: Nichols
Coauthor: Hagenbuch | Miles | West
Sponsor: McQueeney
Last Action: 05/27/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the administration of the dealer-issued license plates database and to the removal and transfer of license plates.

SB 1946 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Menéndez | Miles
Sponsor: Manuel | Garcia, Linda
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the creation of a family violence criminal homicide prevention task force.

SB 2137 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Alvarado | Miles
Sponsor: Cunningham | Lopez, Ray | Cole | Luther | Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra
Last Action: 05/27/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

SB 2308 Author: Parker
Coauthor: Blanco | Eckhardt | Miles
Sponsor: Harris | Leach | Phelan | Orr | VanDeaver
Last Action: 06/03/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a consortium to conduct United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development clinical trials with ibogaine to secure the administration's approval of the medication's use for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy and to the administration of that treatment.

SB 2373 Author: Johnson
Coauthor: Hagenbuch | Hinojosa, Adam | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Huffman | King | et al.
Sponsor: Capriglione
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to financial exploitation or financial abuse using artificially generated media or phishing communications; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

SB 2483 Author: Alvarado
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 04/03/2025 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to coverage for maternal depression screenings under Medicaid and the child health plan program.

SB 2611 Author: West
Coauthor: Huffman | Miles
Sponsor: Anchía
Last Action: 05/27/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the status of certain documents or instruments concerning real or personal property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations for those offenses; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions; increasing a criminal penalty.

SB 2627 Author: West
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 04/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to certain proceedings and penalties associated with racial discrimination against persons.

SB 2717 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Alvarado | Blanco | Miles | West | Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/28/2025 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Efficiency Council.

SB 2721 Author: Parker | Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Alvarado | Blanco | Menéndez | Miles | Paxton | et al.
Sponsor: Bell, Keith
Last Action: 05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the deceased, including requirements for donating or claiming bodies or anatomical specimens, the licensing and regulation of persons who provide services or conduct education or research in relation to the deceased, and responsibilities of political subdivisions for certain bodies after death; creating criminal offenses; authorizing administrative penalties; requiring occupational licenses; authorizing fees.

SB 2839 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 04/07/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to training on de-escalation, crisis intervention, and behavioral health for correctional officers and certain other employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

SB 2857 Author: Blanco
Coauthor: Campbell | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Menéndez | Miles
Sponsor: Talarico
Last Action: 05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to a prescription drug purchasing pool for certain health benefit plan issuers and employers.

SB 2933 Author: Menéndez
Coauthor: Alvarado | Blanco | Miles
Sponsor: Leach
Last Action: 05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to judicial training requirements regarding elder abuse and neglect.

SB 2969 Author: Parker
Coauthor: Miles
Sponsor: Gervin-Hawkins
Last Action: 05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of trespass in a facility housing an animal and to restitution for property damage resulting from that trespass.

SB 3039 Author: West
Coauthor: Blanco | Hall | Miles | Paxton
Sponsor: Davis, Aicha
Last Action: 06/02/2025 E Sent to the Governor
Caption: Relating to the transfer of students in public higher education and to transparency regarding certificate or degree program requirements.

SB 3061 Author: Creighton
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Miles
Last Action: 05/16/2025 H Referred to Public Education: May 16 2025 2:37PM
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of children of certain elected officials to participate in an education savings account program.

SCR 13 Author: Hinojosa, Adam
Coauthor: Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | Creighton | Flores | et al.
Sponsor: Longoria | Gámez | Canales | Tepper | Harris
Last Action: 05/15/2025 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Urging the U.S. Department of State and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to take appropriate action to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water resources.

SJR 2 Author: Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Coauthor: Miles
Sponsor: Meyer | Martinez Fischer | Bonnen | Hunter | Turner
Last Action: 05/22/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district.

SJR 3 Author: Huffman
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Johnson | et al.
Sponsor: Craddick | Bonnen | Hunter | Thompson | Curry
Last Action: 05/15/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.

SJR 56 Author: West
Coauthor: Miles
Last Action: 03/13/2025 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the child care protection and enhancement fund.

SJR 82 Author: Johnson
Coauthor: Blanco | Eckhardt | Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | Miles
Last Action: 03/25/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment, to be submitted to the voters of Texas for approval, authorizing the legislature to strictly regulate and authorize casino gaming and sports wagering by general law and establishing certain requirements for such law, including establishment of a state agency with powers to regulate all lotteries and gift enterprises, imposition of a tax on casino gaming and sports wagering revenue, requiring licensing of casino gaming and sports wagering operators, and requiring license application fees.

SJR 85 Author: Bettencourt
Coauthor: Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | Cook | et al.
Sponsor: Meyer | Martinez Fischer | Bonnen | Hunter | Bernal
Last Action: 05/22/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled.

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