REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Wednesday

March 5, 2025

SENATE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items.

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.

Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right of parents to raise their children.

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

SENATE BILLS

(Second Reading)

Relating to aquifer storage and recovery projects that transect a portion of the Edwards Aquifer.

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.

Relating to making a donation to the operation game thief fund when applying for a hunting or fishing license.

Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

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.

Relating to the regulation of private passenger vehicle rental companies.

Relating to the definition of telephone call for purposes of regulating telephone solicitations.

Relating to eligibility requirements to practice public accountancy.

Relating to the availability of certain personal information of a child, spouse, or surviving spouse of a current or former employee of the office of the attorney general.

Relating to the persons authorized or appointed to exercise the power of sale under the terms of a contract lien on real property.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Insurance to adopt rules that implement or are based on certain environmental, social, and governance models, ratings, or standards.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

Relating to the criminal and licensing consequences for the commission of certain offenses by massage establishments, massage schools, massage therapists, and massage therapy instructors.

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.

Relating to immunity for ringside physicians assigned to combative sports events.

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

Relating to the procedure for resolving certain customer complaints before the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.

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.

Relating to the requirement for performance and payment bonds from certain contractors of the Parks and Wildlife Department.

Relating to certain deadlines and other timing factors affecting mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens.

Relating to the confidentiality of fraud detection and deterrence information under the public information law.

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

Relating to the reading and marking of a ballot by a person occupying a voting station or by the person's child.

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.

Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding.

Relating to the age at which a person may purchase or possess nitrous oxide.

Relating to the date of the meeting of presidential electors of this state.

Relating to the authority of the legislature to determine that certain federal directives are unconstitutional and to prohibit certain government officers and employees from enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of the directive.

Relating to the attorney general's defense of a district or county attorney against certain lawsuits in federal court.

Relating to liability for land surveying services in or in connection with certain construction or services contracts.

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

Relating to liability of a cavern entity for injuries arising from certain activities.

Relating to the deadline for the Texas Ethics Commission to resolve certain complaints.

Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain active and retired judicial officers.

Relating to the procedure by which the attorney general approves or denies approval of a state agency contract for outside legal services.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to issue permits for the land application of water produced from certain mining and oil and gas extraction operations.

Relating to the establishment of a theft of petroleum products task force.

Relating to notice to property owners regarding certain stationary LP-gas installations.

Relating to the correction of references to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.

Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the creation of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials.

Relating to the computation of the cost of goods sold by television and radio broadcasters for purposes of the franchise tax.