Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments for 5/20/2025

SENATE BILLS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS



Tuesday

May 20, 2025




SJR 5 Huffman/ et al. SP: Smithee/ DeAyala/ et al.

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.


SJR 34 Hughes/ et al. SP: Frank/ Leach/ et al.

Proposing a constitutional amendment affirming the rights and responsibilities of parents.


SB 9 Huffman/ et al. SP: Smithee/ et al.

Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions.


SB 27 Creighton/ et al. SP: Buckley

Relating to the rights of public school educators and financial and other assistance provided to educators and to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators.


SB 40 Huffman/ et al. SP: Smithee/ et al.

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.


SB 458 Schwertner/ et al. SP: Dean/ Perez, Mary Ann/ et al.

Relating to an appraisal process for disputed losses under personal automobile or residential property insurance policies.


SB 482 Alvarado/ Blanco/ Cook/ Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/ et al. SP: Harless

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of assault and harassment committed against certain employees or agents of a utility.


SB 493 Kolkhorst/ et al. SP: Wharton

Relating to protection of certain disclosures and communications by pharmacists and pharmacies regarding prescription drug benefits.


SB 529 Sparks SP: Craddick

Relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to receive tax revenue from certain establishments located near a hotel and convention center project.


SB 541 Kolkhorst/ et al. SP: Hull

Relating to cottage food production operations.


SB 693 West SP: Anchía/ Moody/ et al.

Relating to notaries public; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a fee.


SB 841 Hughes SP: Harless

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


SB 843 Kolkhorst/ et al. SP: Buckley

Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.


SB 912 Blanco/ et al. SP: Guillen

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


SB 963 Hughes/ et al. SP: Manuel

Relating to allowing Medicaid managed care organizations to engage in marketing about the availability of certain private health benefit plan coverage.


SB 1173 Perry/ et al. SP: Spiller/ Leo Wilson/ et al.

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


SB 1241 Middleton/ et al. SP: Leo Wilson/ Shaheen/ et al.

Relating to the consideration of college entrance examinations for admission to certain public institutions of higher education and a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding those examinations.


SB 1350 Hughes/ et al. SP: Leach

Relating to a commission to coordinate celebrations of the bicentennial anniversary of Texas' independence.


SB 1383 Middleton/ Johnson/ et al. SP: King/ et al.

Relating to the regulation of referral agencies for senior living communities.


SB 1388 Kolkhorst/ et al. SP: Frank/ Spiller/ et al.

Relating to family support services provided under a Health and Human Services Commission program.


SB 1559 Zaffirini SP: Thompson

Relating to conflicts between a protective order and certain other orders and to the transfer of a protective order.


SB 1646 King/ et al. SP: Hefner/ Rose/ et al.

Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.


SB 1734 West SP: Bhojani/ Button/ et al.

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


SB 1789 Schwertner SP: McQueeney/ et al.

Relating to electric service quality and reliability.


SB 1833 Parker SP: Anchía/ Leach/ et al.

Relating to the use of a social media platform in furtherance of an offense involving the delivery of a controlled substance; increasing criminal penalties.


SB 1883 Bettencourt/ et al. SP: Buckley/ Dyson/ et al.

Relating to the approval of land use assumptions, capital improvement plans, and impact fees.


SB 1951 Paxton SP: Button

Relating to the imposition of a penalty for failure to timely file a rendition statement or property report with the chief appraiser of an appraisal district.


SB 1968 Schwertner SP: Harless/ King/ et al.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain real estate professionals by the Texas Real Estate Commission.


SB 2143 Perry/ et al. SP: Lopez, Ray

Relating to the authority of a county to commission certain individuals as peace officers and establish certain law enforcement agencies and to certification requirements for fire marshals.


SB 2544 Hancock/ et al. SP: Morgan

Relating to eligibility for mediation of certain out-of-network health benefit claims.