Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments for 5/22/2025

SENATE BILLS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS



Thursday

May 22, 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.


SB 4 Bettencourt/ Alvarado/ Birdwell/ Blanco/ Campbell/ et al. SP: Meyer/ Martinez Fischer/ et al.

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 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 21 Schwertner/ et al. SP: Capriglione/ Oliverson/ et al.

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 23 Bettencourt/ et al. SP: Meyer/ Martinez Fischer/ et al.

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 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 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 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 75 Hall/ Alvarado/ Bettencourt/ Blanco/ Campbell/ et al. SP: Wilson

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


SB 213 West/ et al. SP: Dean

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


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 647 West/ et al. SP: Anchía/ Lujan/ et al.

Relating to the filing or recording of documents or instruments conveying or purporting to convey an interest in real or personal property.


SB 648 West/ et al. SP: Anchía/ Lujan/ et al.

Relating to recording requirements for certain instruments concerning real property.


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 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 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 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 1350 Hughes/ et al. SP: Leach

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


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 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 1535 Zaffirini/ Parker SP: Button

Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of an advanced nuclear energy workforce development 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 1709 Hinojosa, Adam SP: Raymond/ Villalobos

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm to Market Road 70 in Nueces County as the Los Robles Trail.


SB 1789 Schwertner SP: McQueeney/ et al.

Relating to electric service quality and reliability.


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 2037 Sparks/ et al. SP: Patterson/ Landgraf/ et al.

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 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 2155 Perry SP: Kitzman/ Bell, Keith/ et al.

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 2544 Hancock/ et al. SP: Morgan

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