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Daily House Calendar

Sunday, May 11, 2025

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********** MAJOR STATE CALENDAR **********
HOUSE BILLS
SECOND READING

HB 4                Buckley / Bernal / Ashby / et al.

Relating to public school accountability, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement and public school performance ratings under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.


********** GENERAL STATE CALENDAR **********
HOUSE BILLS
SECOND READING

HB 127              Wilson / Hefner / Shaheen / Howard / Lambert / et al.

Relating to measures to protect public institutions of higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of trade secrets; providing civil penalties; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 386              Gervin-Hawkins

Relating to change order limits for certain construction contracts.

HB 115              Cook

Relating to postconviction applications for a writ of habeas corpus.

HB 2868             Metcalf

Relating to the consideration of the proportion of long-term debt and equity capitalization in establishing the rates of certain electric utilities.

HB 1249             Zwiener / VanDeaver / Buckley / Metcalf / González, Mary

Relating to authorizing the use of a writing portfolio assessment to assess writing performance for public school students.

HB 4766             Phelan

Relating to the regulation of sanitarians and sanitarians in training.

HB 3720             Thompson

Relating to the construction of bridges in Harris County.

HB 4656             Vasut / Cook

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

HB 4879             King

Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in testing certain substances suspected of containing delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol.

HB 105              Guillen / Hunter / Lujan / Gervin-Hawkins / et al.

Relating to the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act.

HB 5383             Oliverson

Relating to the requirements for appointment as a medical examiner or employment as an assistant or deputy medical examiner.

HB 4621             Hernandez

Relating to the electronic return of a completed marriage license to a county clerk by a federal or state judge who conducted the marriage ceremony.

HB 5431             Gates

Relating to the exclusion of at-large and mayoral seats from the requirement of re-election following apportionment.

HB 5678             Gerdes

Relating to the creation of the Rivers Market Place Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

HB 5534             Wilson

Relating to the electronic posting of notices and agendas for meetings of the commissioners court of a county.

HB 4174             Alders

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 64 in Smith County as the Fire Marshal Jimmy W. Seaton Memorial Highway.

HB 4212             Curry / González, Mary / Barry / Garcia, Josey / Bell, Keith

Relating to the establishment, administration, and use of the Texas land, water, and wildlife conservation account.

HB 3954             Cole

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project.

HB 3966             Morales, Christina / Curry

Relating to requiring owners or operators of commercial passenger bus services to provide certain notifications to residents concerning operations.

HB 3636             Metcalf

Relating to the payment of restitution by a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision.

HB 3918             Plesa / Isaac / Raymond

Relating to information on local regulations governing the placement of political signs in a municipality.

HB 1422             Hull / et al.

Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses, the offense of continuous sexual abuse, and the prosecution, punishment, and collateral consequences of certain sex offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties; changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses.

HB 4765             Phelan

Relating to the regulation of code enforcement officers and code enforcement officers in training.

HB 4732             Gámez

Relating to state recognition of and prohibited gaming activities by the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas.

HB 4742             Geren

Relating to the ability of a school district to request an appraisal of property by the appraisal district.

HB 5122             Harris Davila / Ordaz / Button

Relating to certain duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to child-care resources.

HB 4518             Cook

Relating to the formation of decentralized unincorporated nonprofit associations and the use of distributed ledger or blockchain technology for certain business purposes; authorizing fees.

HB 5084             Gerdes / et al.

Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Lunar New Year holiday.

HB 3986             Muñoz

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

HB 4045             Bell, Cecil

Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

HB 4144             Turner

Relating to supplemental benefits for retired firefighters and peace officers diagnosed with certain diseases or illnesses.

HB 3911             Darby / Guillen / Gerdes

Relating to the plugging or replugging of certain inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.

HB 3976             Button / Smithee / Plesa / Bell, Keith / Longoria

Relating to the waiver of license renewal fees for certain instructors in high-demand fields at public institutions of higher education.

HB 4473             Canales

Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the construction and maintenance of certain county road systems in this state.

HB 3425             Capriglione / Moody

Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving the unlawful disclosure of a residence address or telephone number.

HB 3641             Bell, Cecil

Relating to the authority of counties to regulate noise levels in residential areas; creating a criminal offense.

HB 3642             Hefner

Relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system as memorial highways and bridges.

HB 3475             Perez, Vincent / Moody / González, Mary / Ordaz / Morales, Eddie

Relating to the establishment of a public law school in El Paso County.

HB 3509             Anchía / Leo Wilson / Schofield

Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities.

HB 3424             Capriglione

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

HB 3383             Canales

Relating to the authority of a local government to enter into an interlocal contract with certain governmental entities to participate in water research or planning activities.

HB 4744             Geren

Relating to the role of the members of the board of an appraisal district.

HB 4531             Bhojani / Button / Ordaz / Longoria / Richardson

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

HB 4539             Johnson

Relating to the dispensing of certain drugs by physicians specializing in ophthalmology.

HB 3159             Darby

Relating to a severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain previously inactive restimulation wells; providing a civil penalty.

HB 5228             Ward Johnson / Johnson / Leach

Relating to the collection of certain incident-based data reported to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

HB 5370             Cortez

Relating to the requirements for interlocal contracts.

HB 4359             Capriglione / Lopez, Janie / Tepper

Relating to the review of school districts by the Sunset Advisory Commission.

HB 4398             Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra

Relating to municipal permitting requirements for certain development projects supported with low income housing tax credit allocations.

HB 4443             Bhojani / Bell, Keith / Longoria / Lujan / Ordaz

Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a pilot program to train workers for careers in energy-efficient technologies.

HB 4466             Hickland

Relating to restrictions on the fee assessed for issuance of certain birth records.

HB 3861             Canales

Relating to driving safety or motorcycle operator training course dismissal.

HB 3849             Canales / Gámez

Relating to the program categories in the unified transportation program.

HB 4240             Vasut / Leo Wilson

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property of a charitable organization that provides financial support for medical care at certain institutions of higher education.

HB 4706             Paul

Relating to the applicability of certain pedestrian laws to certain sidewalk users.

HB 4685             Leach / et al.

Relating to fire safety inspections at public and private schools.

HB 5354             Leach

Relating to the information reported by prosecuting attorneys to the Texas Judicial Council.

HB 5141             Howard / Troxclair

Relating to the lease of certain state property from the Health and Human Services Commission to Travis County.

HB 5686             Metcalf

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.

HB 3629             Noble / Buckley / Shaheen / et al.

Relating to prohibiting a person required to register as a sex offender from serving as a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district.

HB 3554             Simmons

Relating to establishment of the Texas Rare Disease Advisory Council.

HB 3567             Frank

Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

HB 2015             Zwiener

Relating to the consideration of water conservation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality when determining whether to grant or deny a petition for the creation of certain municipal utility districts.

HB 3575             Noble / Metcalf

Relating to the filing of a campaign treasurer appointment and an application for a place on the ballot by a candidate for the board of directors of an appraisal district.

HB 5381             Lowe / Hinojosa / Bernal / Wilson / Tinderholt

Relating to the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children and other protections for certain military dependents enrolled in a public school.

HB 1431             Gerdes / Kitzman / VanDeaver / Bell, Keith / Dean / et al.

Relating to certain prohibited acts with respect to cell-cultured protein for human consumption.

HB 3514             Canales

Relating to the operation of a program by the Texas Department of Transportation to allow a real property owner to plant or replace vegetation in a right-of-way.

HB 4614             Harless

Relating to the licensing and regulation of state correctional officers and the employment of those officers; requiring an occupational license.

HB 4546             Oliverson

Relating to the election of remedies in suits against certain veterinarians.

HB 4683             Leach

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects.

HB 5681             Bell, Cecil

Relating to the powers of the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District.

HB 5673             Zwiener

Relating to the creation of La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

HB 5663             Hefner

Relating to the authority of the Wood County Central Hospital District of Wood County, Texas, to provide brain and memory care services to residents of the hospital district through the creation and operation of brain and memory health care services districts.

HB 4271             Gerdes

Relating to public meetings held by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on requests for authorization to operate a composting facility.

HB 4350             Capriglione

Relating to the omission or redaction of certain personal information from certain real property records.

HB 4035             Dutton

Relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 3807             Harris Davila / Ordaz / Button / et al.

Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

HB 3812             Bonnen / Oliverson / Jones, Venton / et al.

Relating to health benefit plan preauthorization requirements for certain health care services and the direction of utilization review by physicians.

HB 3552             Hefner / Rose / Geren / Lopez, Ray / Patterson

Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, destruction, or unlawful possession of copper or brass, to criminal conduct committed in, around, or in relation to critical infrastructure facilities or equipment or interrupting or impairing the operation of those facilities or equipment, and to the sale of regulated materials, including copper or brass material, to metal recycling entities and training on identifying those materials; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.

HB 3540             Harless / Howard / Darby

Relating to the regulation of pharmacists and the practice of pharmacy, including the administration of a medication and the ordering and administration of an immunization or vaccination by a pharmacist.

HB 3715             Guerra

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects.

HB 3710             Darby

Relating to the effect of a tax certificate accompanying a transfer of certain property.

HB 3664             Smithee

Relating to the training of prospective grand jurors and to grand jury proceedings.

HB 4196             Ordaz

Relating to the establishment of the Task Force on Modernizing Manufacturing.

HB 4233             Capriglione

Relating to reporting and auditing requirements for digital asset service providers.

HB 4173             Alders

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.

HB 1998             Spiller / Leo Wilson / Landgraf / et al.

Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which a competitive procurement method may be required.

HB 3333             Morales, Eddie

Relating to a restriction on permits authorizing direct discharges of waste or pollutants into water in certain stream segments, stream assessment units, and drainage areas.

HB 3510             Wharton

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

HB 4222             Louderback

Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax, the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties, and the use of revenue from that tax.

HB 2070             Hull / Collier / Slawson / Frank / Gates / et al.

Relating to individuals whose name may be added to the central child abuse or neglect registry.

HB 2854             Anchía / Rose / Phelan / Cook / Buckley / et al.

Relating to the required approval of certain hospital visits as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision for certain releasees and to the hospital's liability for damages resulting from those visits.

HB 2347             Zwiener

Relating to the adoption of a water conservation program by certain counties.