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Daily House Calendar

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

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********** MAJOR STATE CALENDAR **********
SENATE BILLS
SECOND READING

SB 4                Bettencourt / et al.

SP: Meyer / Martinez Fischer / Bonnen / Hunter / Turner

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 23               Bettencourt / et al.

SP: Meyer / Martinez Fischer / Bonnen / Hunter / Bernal

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 3                Perry / et al.

SP: King

Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and hemp beverages and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing civil penalties; imposing taxes.


********** CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS CALENDAR **********
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS
SECOND READING

SJR 2               Bettencourt / et al.

SP: Meyer / Martinez Fischer / Bonnen / Hunter / Turner

Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district.

SJR 85              Bettencourt / et al.

SP: Meyer / Martinez Fischer / Bonnen / Hunter / Bernal

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.


********** GENERAL STATE CALENDAR **********
SENATE BILLS
SECOND READING

SB 34               Sparks / et al.

SP: King

Relating to funding for certain volunteer fire departments, to the preparation for and the prevention, management, and potential effects of wildfires, and to emergency communications in this state.

SB 60               Zaffirini / et al.

SP: Dean

Relating to the disposition by a public junior college library of certain library materials.

SB 75               Hall / et al.

SP: Wilson

Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.

SB 706              Schwertner / et al.

SP: Isaac / Dorazio / Hickland / Cortez / et al.

Relating to the recognition of a handgun license issued by another state.

SB 1814             Hancock / et al.

SP: Hefner

Relating to creation and maintenance of an electronic database to provide information to certain members of the United States armed forces regarding the resources and benefits provided to veterans.

SB 1220             Hughes / et al.

SP: Smithee

Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state.

SB 523              Zaffirini / et al.

SP: Hefner

Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence address.

SB 565              Perry / et al.

SP: Harris Davila

Relating to a compliance agreement for the suspension of an enforcement action against a regional water supply, sewer, wastewater treatment, or solid waste disposal service for certain violations.

SB 1253             Perry / et al.

SP: Bell, Cecil

Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.

SB 840              Hughes / et al.

SP: Hefner / Alders / et al.

Relating to certain municipal regulation of certain mixed-use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.

SB 764              Zaffirini

SP: Phelan

Relating to the procedure for a hearing by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on the denial of an electrician's license or disciplinary action against an electrician.

SB 2383             Bettencourt

SP: Hefner

Relating to the employment of certain peace officers of the Department of Public Safety.

SB 2155             Perry

SP: Kitzman / Bell, Keith / Hull / Canales / Buckley

Relating to the regulation of veterinary professionals and facilities by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the temporary administration of the board by the Department of Licensing and Regulation.

SB 1535             Zaffirini / et al.

SP: Button

Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of an advanced nuclear energy workforce development program.

SB 1405             Nichols / et al.

SP: Ashby

Relating to increasing access to and reducing taxation of Internet services.

SB 1423             Hughes

SP: Dean

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 2275 in Gregg County as the Bill Stoudt Parkway.

SB 1566             Bettencourt

SP: Darby

Relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

SB 1804             Alvarado / et al.

SP: Thompson

Relating to restitution and compensation paid to victims of certain offenses for tattoo removal related to the offense.

SB 1728             Perry / et al.

SP: Lalani / Cook

Relating to the participation of certain juvenile justice entities in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.

SB 1816             Hancock / et al.

SP: Metcalf

Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of a miniature vehicle.

SB 1952             Paxton / et al.

SP: Hull

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

SB 1948             Perry

SP: Ashby

Relating to the regulation of fire prevention standards for certain agricultural facilities.

SB 2037             Sparks / et al.

SP: Patterson / Landgraf / Anchía

Relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal; authorizing a fee.

SB 2068             Bettencourt

SP: Button

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

SB 1455             Hagenbuch

SP: Hefner

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

SB 213              West / et al.

SP: Dean

Relating to prohibiting insurers from requiring the tying of residential property and personal automobile insurance policies.

SB 243              Flores / et al.

SP: Bernal / Lujan / Romero

Relating to the regulation of migrant labor housing facilities; changing the amount of a civil penalty.

SB 627              Zaffirini

SP: VanDeaver

Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

SB 646              West / et al.

SP: Davis, Aicha

Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans.

SB 670              Hughes

SP: Campos

Relating to patient authorization to access certain investigational sun protection products.

SB 896              Blanco

SP: Cole

Relating to the enrollment period for newborns under certain health benefit plans.

SB 917              Zaffirini / et al.

SP: Phelan

Relating to certain boiler inspection reports and the composition and governance of the board of boiler rules.

SB 1184             Creighton

SP: Phelan

Relating to the age of wine authorized to be sold by a wine collection seller.

SB 971              Sparks / et al.

SP: Gerdes

Relating to the definition of a rural political subdivision for purposes of the Texas Water Assistance Program.

SB 1255             Zaffirini

SP: Phelan

Relating to the regulation of mold assessors and remediators.

SB 1261             Perry / et al.

SP: Gerdes

Relating to the financing of water supply projects included in the state water plan; authorizing the issuance of obligations.

SB 1283             Parker / et al.

SP: Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra / Little

Relating to resident safety from criminal activity in senior retirement communities.

SB 1358             Parker / et al.

SP: DeAyala

Relating to prohibited local regulations regarding certain late-night and overnight deliveries to food service establishments.

SB 991              Bettencourt

SP: González, Mary / Moody / VanDeaver / Garcia, Linda / et al.

Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.

SB 1733             Kolkhorst

SP: Lozano

Relating to the composition of the board of the Calhoun Port Authority.

SB 21               Schwertner / et al.

SP: Capriglione

Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds.

SB 231              King / et al.

SP: Guillen

Relating to temporary emergency electric energy facilities.

SB 739              Kolkhorst

SP: Bhojani

Relating to the definition of authorized peace officer for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.

SB 1252             Schwertner

SP: King

Relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate the installation or inspection of a residential energy backup system.

SB 1371             Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"

SP: Villalobos

Relating to the operation of certain metropolitan transit authorities.