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ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION

Friday, May 30, 2025

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********** SENATE AMENDMENTS **********

Senate amendment printings:

ELIGIBLE AT 12:20 PM MAY 27, 2025:

HB 149              Capriglione / Button / Bonnen / Orr / Bhojani / et al.

Relating to regulation of the use of artificial intelligence systems in this state; providing civil penalties.
     3 Amendments, consisting of 3 pages total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 27 pages total.

ELIGIBLE AT 2:30 PM MAY 28, 2025:

HB 2017             Gerdes / Schatzline / Leo Wilson / Pierson / et al.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 2 pages total.

ELIGIBLE AT 12:30 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 705              Wilson

Relating to the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.

ELIGIBLE AT 12:40 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 223              Capriglione / Tepper / Spiller / Alders / et al.

Relating to competitive requirements for a procurement by a municipality for lobbying, government relations, or similar services.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.

ELIGIBLE AT 9:50 PM MAY 29, 2025:

HB 1056             Dorazio / Hunter / Capriglione / Raymond / Harris / et al.

Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee.
     2 Amendments, consisting of 4 pages total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 3 pages total.

ELIGIBLE AT 10:50 AM MAY 30, 2025:

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.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.

ELIGIBLE AT 11:00 AM MAY 30, 2025:

HB 4623             Little / Dutton / Leo Wilson / et al.

Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for sexual misconduct involving students.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 3 pages total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 3 pages total.

ELIGIBLE AT 11:10 AM MAY 30, 2025:

HB 3000             King / Ashby / Phelan / Frank / Landgraf / et al.

Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 2 pages total.

ELIGIBLE AT 11:20 AM MAY 30, 2025:

HB 46               King / Moody / Oliverson / Plesa / Lalani / et al.

Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration.
     7 Amendments, consisting of 9 pages total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 10 pages total.

ELIGIBLE AT 2:20 PM MAY 30, 2025:

HB 117              Schoolcraft

Relating to the establishment of the governor's task force on the governance of early childhood education and care.
     2 Amendments, consisting of 2 pages total.

HB 3619             Dean

Relating to the rights and liabilities of the owner of the surface estate of the tract of land on which a well to be plugged or replugged by the Railroad Commission of Texas is located.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.

HB 4464             González, Mary / Patterson

Relating to the provision of workers' compensation insurance coverage for certain Texas Task Force 1 members and intrastate fire mutual aid system team and regional incident management team members, including the removal of coverage for nongovernment members.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 5 pages total.

HB 5646             Wilson

Relating to resident tuition rates and fees at public institutions of higher education for certain students in military-related programs.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.

HCR 84              Shofner

Designating Pineland as the official Sawmill Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.

HB 500              Bonnen

Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 3 pages total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 110 pages total.

HB 2963             Capriglione / Curry / Hayes

Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 2 pages total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 16 pages total.

HB 5509             Bumgarner / Rosenthal / Leo Wilson / Thompson / Isaac

Relating to the suspension or revocation of a hotel's certificate of occupancy by a municipality for suspected human trafficking.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.

ELIGIBLE AT 2:30 PM MAY 30, 2025:

HB 1973             Cook / et al.

Relating to proof of the identity of a child's parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.

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

Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 1 page total.

HB 718              Bell, Cecil

Relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education from partnering with certain private entities for the construction of a student housing facility.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.

HB 252              Walle / Bhojani / Curry / Rodríguez Ramos / Garcia, Linda

Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 1 page total.

HB 5666             Oliverson

Relating to the creation of the Fenske Road Municipal Utility District of Harris County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 10 pages total.

HB 119              Gerdes / Bonnen / Capriglione / Metcalf / Troxclair / et al.

Relating to the applicability of lobbyist registration requirements to persons engaged in certain foreign transactions or lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities;  providing a civil penalty.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 6 pages total.

HB 346              Harris Davila / Capriglione / Cook / Simmons

Relating to the fee amounts prescribed by the secretary of state for expedited commercial and business record searches or filings and the exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for veteran-owned businesses.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 3 pages total.

HB 5624             Buckley / Metcalf / Isaac / Orr

Relating to the liability of a motorized off-road vehicle entity for injuries arising from certain activities.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 4 pages total.

HB 5658             Patterson

Relating to the creation of the Craver Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 27 pages total.

HB 5677             Cole

Relating to the creation of the Pura Vida 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.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 21 pages total.

ELIGIBLE AT 2:40 PM MAY 30, 2025:

HB 1545             Bell, Keith / Canales / Hull / Kitzman / Shaheen / et al.

Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 8 pages total.

HB 3073             Howard / Troxclair / Johnson / Cook / Collier / et al.

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 3 pages total.

HB 4081             Vasut / Bumgarner / Hayes

Relating to the sealing of certain documents alleged to contain trade secrets.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 4 pages total.

HB 121              King

Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, public school safety and security requirements and resources, and the reporting of child abuse or neglect by public school employees.
     2 Amendments, consisting of 4 pages total.

HB 4236             Martinez Fischer / Meyer / Turner / Capriglione / Noble

Relating to the creation of a study group to evaluate the school district property value study conducted by the comptroller of public accounts.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 3 pages total.

HB 3848             Hernandez

Relating to the electronic submission of inspection reports and filing fees for the inspection of elevators, escalators, and related equipment.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 1 page total.

ELIGIBLE AT 2:50 PM MAY 30, 2025:

HB 4144             Turner / Bumgarner / Patterson / McQueeney / Plesa / et al.

Relating to supplemental benefits for retired firefighters and peace officers diagnosed with certain diseases or illnesses.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 2 pages total.

HB 40               Landgraf / Meyer / Leach / Schofield / LaHood

Relating to the business court.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 44 pages total.

HB 5682             Richardson

Relating to the creation of the Colmena Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 32 pages total.

HB 3697             Cortez / Plesa

Relating to the text on an application for a ballot to be voted by mail and other balloting materials.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 1 page total.

ELIGIBLE AT 3:00 PM MAY 30, 2025:

HB 3333             Morales, Eddie

Relating to a restriction on permits authorizing direct discharges of waste or pollutants into water in certain river segments and drainage areas.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.

HB 3642             Hefner

Relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system as memorial highways and bridges and to certain memorial markers and designations on certain highways.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 4 pages total.

ELIGIBLE AT 7:00 PM MAY 30, 2025:

HB 20               Gates / Buckley / Bell, Keith / Longoria / Martinez Fischer / et al.

Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 2 pages total.

ELIGIBLE AT 7:50 PM MAY 30, 2025:

HB 549              Vasut / et al.

Relating to the availability and use of airway clearance devices at public school campuses.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.

HB 2731             Muńoz

Relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors in certain counties.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.

HB 4233             Capriglione

Relating to reporting and auditing requirements for digital asset service providers.
     2 Amendments, consisting of 20 pages total.

HB 4690             Gerdes

Relating to motor fuel measuring, quality, and testing standards.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.

ELIGIBLE AT 8:00 PM MAY 30, 2025:

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

Relating to measures to protect institutions of higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of trade secrets; increasing a criminal penalty.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 3 pages total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 19 pages total.

 

Request to discharge and concur:


HB 2525             Darby / Dean / Hefner / Craddick

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.

 


********** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE **********

Conference Committee Reports:

ELIGIBLE AT 11:10 AM MAY 27, 2025:

SB 1637             King

SP: Hefner

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.

ELIGIBLE AT 2:40 PM MAY 30, 2025:

SB 1                Huffman / et al.

SP: Bonnen

General Appropriations Bill.

ELIGIBLE AT 10:10 AM MAY 30, 2025:

SB 1198             Birdwell / et al.

SP: Morales, Eddie / Bonnen / Ordaz / Tepper

Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability.

ELIGIBLE AT 3:00 PM MAY 30, 2025:

SB 509              Bettencourt / et al.

SP: Schofield

Relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order.

 

The Senate requests the appointment of a conference committee on:


SB 13               Paxton / et al.

SP: Buckley / Metcalf / Frank / Spiller

Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials.
(Senate Conferees: Paxton, Ch./Bettencourt/Blanco/Creighton/Parker)

SB 15               Bettencourt / et al.

SP: Gates

Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.
(Senate Conferees: Bettencourt, Ch./Creighton/Middleton/Paxton/West)

SB 30               Schwertner / et al.

SP: Bonnen

Relating to recovery of health care-related damages in certain civil actions.
(Senate Conferees: Schwertner, Ch./Hagenbuch/Huffman/Hughes/Middleton)

SB 268              Perry / et al.

SP: Howard

Relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health care practitioners.
(Senate Conferees: Perry, Ch./Cook/Hall/Kolkhorst/Sparks)

SB 331              Kolkhorst

SP: Frank

Relating to the disclosure of health care cost information by certain health care facilities; imposing an administrative penalty.
(Senate Conferees: Kolkhorst, Ch./Blanco/Hall/Hancock/Perry)

SB 441              Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" / et al.

SP: Lalani

Relating to civil liability for the production, solicitation, disclosure, or promotion of artificial intimate visual material.
(Senate Conferees: Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy", Ch./Creighton/Flores/Parker/West)

SB 447              Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"

SP: Morales, Eddie

Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.
(Senate Conferees: Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy", Ch./Birdwell/Hughes/Johnson/Perry)

SB 457              Kolkhorst / et al.

SP: Frank / Capriglione / Lalani

Relating to the regulation of certain nursing facilities, including licensing requirements and Medicaid participation and reimbursement requirements.
(Senate Conferees: Kolkhorst, Ch./Blanco/Campbell/Hughes/Sparks)

SB 568              Bettencourt / et al.

SP: Buckley

Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program.
(Senate Conferees: Bettencourt, Ch./King/Parker/Paxton/Zaffirini)

SB 650              West / et al.

SP: Bowers / Thompson / Morales Shaw / Plesa / Jones, Jolanda

Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages.
(Senate Conferees: West, Ch./Flores/Hall/Menéndez/Perry)

SB 763              Alvarado / et al.

SP: Bell, Keith / Walle

Relating to standard permits for certain concrete plants.
(Senate Conferees: Alvarado, Ch./Birdwell/Flores/King/Miles)

SB 1540             Bettencourt

SP: Capriglione / et al.

Relating to maintaining the confidentiality of the personal information of election officials and their employees.
(Senate Conferees: Bettencourt, Ch./Birdwell/Middleton/Parker/Zaffirini)

SB 1610             Perry / et al.

SP: Cook / Harless

Relating to sexually violent predators, to the Texas Civil Commitment Office, and to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by sexually violent predators and other persons confined in certain facilities; amending certain sex offender registration requirements; increasing criminal penalties.
(Senate Conferees: Perry, Ch./Flores/Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/Huffman/King)

SB 1660             Huffman

SP: Cook

Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses.
(Senate Conferees: Huffman, Ch./Campbell/Flores/Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/Nichols)

SB 2018             Paxton / et al.

SP: Harris / Capriglione / Troxclair / et al.

Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations.
(Senate Conferees: Paxton, Ch./Hinojosa, Adam/Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/Hughes/Sparks)

SB 2024             Perry / et al.

SP: Leach / Lalani / Cain / Olcott / et al.

Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, or selling certain e-cigarette products; creating a criminal offense.
(Senate Conferees: Perry, Ch./Bettencourt/Hancock/Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/Huffman)

SB 2217             Hughes / et al.

SP: Shaheen

Relating to certain election practices and procedures.
(Senate Conferees: Hughes, Ch./Bettencourt/Birdwell/Hall/Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy")

SB 2337             Hughes / et al.

SP: Leach

Relating to the regulation of the provision of proxy advisory services.
(Senate Conferees: Hughes, Ch./Bettencourt/Birdwell/Hinojosa, Adam/Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy")

SB 2753             Hall / et al.

SP: Isaac

Relating to a study on the feasibility of integrating early voting by personal appearance and election day voting, including the manner in which election returns are processed and other related changes.
(Senate Conferees: Hall, Ch./Hagenbuch/Hinojosa, Adam/Hughes/Paxton)

SB 2900             Kolkhorst

SP: Bhojani / Capriglione / Noble / Turner / Gervin-Hawkins

Relating to a review of certain advisory entities under the jurisdiction of the comptroller of public accounts and to the repeal or redesignation of certain of those entities.
(Senate Conferees: Kolkhorst, Ch./Campbell/Nichols/Perry/Zaffirini)

SB 2972             Creighton / et al.

SP: Leach

Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education.
(Senate Conferees: Creighton, Ch./Hinojosa, Adam/King/Kolkhorst/Middleton)

SB 3059             Campbell / et al.

SP: Metcalf / Martinez Fischer

Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission.
(Senate Conferees: Campbell, Ch./Hancock/Huffman/Parker/Schwertner)