Senate Floor Action for 3/11/2025

SENATE FLOOR ACTION



Tuesday

March 11, 2025




The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass:


SJR 34 (LC)Hughes/ et al.

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


SB 140 (LC)Hall/ et al.

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


SB 262 (CS) (LC)Perry/ et al.

Relating to eligibility requirements to practice public accountancy.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 370 (LC)Perry

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.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 480 (LC)Perry/ et al.

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.


SB 627 (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.


SB 764 (LC)Zaffirini

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 767 Sparks/ et al.

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

1 Floor Amendment


The Senate adopted the following resolutions:


SR 224 Hughes

Recognizing March 11, 2025, as Panola County Day at the State Capitol.


Committee referral on the following:


SB 1626 Hughes

Relating to censorship of or certain other interference with digital expression, including expression on social media platforms or through electronic mail messages.

State Affairs


SB 1627 Kolkhorst

Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers.

Health & Human Services


SB 1628 Miles

Relating to the consideration of criminal history record information of applicants for public employment or an occupational license.

Business & Commerce


SB 1629 Perry

Relating to the administration by the Texas Water Development Board of the Texas Water Bank and certain funds and accounts.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs


SB 1630 Flores

Relating to the training of prospective grand jurors and to grand jury proceedings.

Criminal Justice


SB 1631 Campbell

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

Economic Development


SB 1632 Campbell

Relating to parking lots and parking garages adjacent or near to certain county courthouses.

Local Government


SB 1633 Campbell

Relating to the authority of a county commissioners court to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation by each taxing unit that taxes the property of the portion of the appraised value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of certain water conservation systems.

Local Government


SB 1634 Hinojosa, Adam/ Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"

Relating to state recognition of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas.

State Affairs


SB 1635 Hinojosa, Adam/ Middleton

Relating to a credit against required recapture payments for certain school districts for the cost of windstorm and hail insurance under the public school finance system.

Education K-16


SB 1636 Hinojosa, Adam

Relating to prohibiting a school district from using interest and sinking tax revenue to pay for deferred maintenance.

Education K-16


SB 1637 King

Relating to an exception to the application of the offense of deadly conduct for certain peace officers discharging official duties.

Criminal Justice


SB 1638 Zaffirini

Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.

Criminal Justice


SB 1639 Sparks

Relating to imposing a tax on the generation of electricity by certain electric generators to provide revenue for teacher pay raises.

Finance


SB 1640 Hagenbuch

Relating to access to criminal history record information for purposes of the Medicaid program.

Health & Human Services


SB 1641 Zaffirini

Relating to load forecasts used in transmission planning for the ERCOT power region.

Business & Commerce


SB 1642 Schwertner

Relating to the composition of, appointment of, and qualifications for the state commission of insurance.

Business & Commerce


SB 1643 Schwertner

Relating to prior approval of certain property and casualty insurance rate increases or decreases.

Business & Commerce


SB 1644 Schwertner

Relating to the use of a consumer's credit score in the underwriting or rating of certain personal lines property and casualty insurance policies.

Business & Commerce


SB 1645 Perry

Relating to a study by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center on health, nutrition, physical activity, and chronic health issues in this state.

Health & Human Services


SB 1646 King

Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft or unauthorized possession of copper or brass and to the sale of copper or brass material to metal recycling entities; creating criminal offenses; providing an administrative penalty.

Criminal Justice


SB 1647 Hughes

Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury service.

Criminal Justice


SB 1648 Hughes

Relating to regulation of online global marketplaces.

Business & Commerce


SB 1649 Blanco/ Parker

Relating to designating the Windham School District to provide postsecondary education to students of the district.

Criminal Justice


SB 1650 Flores

Relating to the authority of the attorney general to prosecute certain criminal offenses against public order.

Jurisprudence


SB 1651 Hughes

Relating to the rural sheriff's office salary assistance grant program.

Finance


SB 1652 Zaffirini/ Blanco/ Hagenbuch/ Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/ Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores; providing a civil penalty.

Business & Commerce


SB 1653 Hughes

Relating to the provision of certain co-navigation services to individuals who are deaf-blind.

Health & Human Services


SB 1654 Parker

Relating to definition of abuse of a child, the reporting of child abuse and neglect, and certain required notifications about reports of child abuse and neglect.

Health & Human Services


SB 1656 Gutierrez

Relating to designating May 24 as Victims of the Uvalde Shooting Day.

Administration


SB 1657 Gutierrez/ Alvarado/ Cook/ Eckhardt/ Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/ et al.

Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

State Affairs


SB 1658 Gutierrez/ Alvarado/ Blanco/ Cook/ Eckhardt/ et al.

Relating to regulating certain firearm transfers, possession of certain firearms, and protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

State Affairs


SB 1659 Hughes

Relating to requiring a warrant to search certain location information purchased by a governmental entity from a data broker or electronic personal data tracker.

Criminal Justice


SB 1660 Huffman

Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses.

Criminal Justice


SB 1661 Johnson

Relating to the provision of nutrition support services to Medicaid recipients in lieu of other state Medicaid plan services and a report on the health outcomes of providing those services.

Health & Human Services


SB 1662 Zaffirini

Relating to notice provided to certain public drinking water supply systems before water quality testing.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs


SB 1663 Zaffirini

Relating to notification procedures concerning groundwater contamination.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs


SB 1664 Schwertner

Relating to public information regarding the rates of a transmission and distribution utility.

Business & Commerce


SB 1665 Schwertner

Relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the feasibility of constructing certain extra high voltage transmission lines.

Business & Commerce


SB 1666 Zaffirini

Relating to the payment of restitution by a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision.

Business & Commerce


SB 1667 Zaffirini

Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.

Criminal Justice


SB 1668 Huffman

Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.

State Affairs


SB 1669 Zaffirini

Relating to the regulation of stormwater management by certain counties.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs


SB 1670 Menéndez

Relating to the provision of certain information to a county child welfare board member.

Health & Human Services


SB 1671 Menéndez

Relating to individualized education program requirements for students placed in alternative special education settings and monitoring of alternative special education settings.

Education K-16


SB 1672 Menéndez

Relating to the inclusion of instruction in personal financial literacy in the required curriculum for public high school students.

Education K-16


SB 1673 Menéndez

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals.

Criminal Justice


SB 1674 Menéndez

Relating to the minimum motor vehicle liability insurance coverage requirement for bodily injury or death or for damage to or destruction of property of others.

Business & Commerce


SB 1675 Menéndez

Relating to the duties of a pharmacist regarding medication profiles for high-risk patients in certain hospitals.

Health & Human Services


SB 1676 Menéndez

Relating to an allotment for public school students who require significant resources under the Foundation School Program and the composition of a school district's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team.

Education K-16


SB 1677 Menéndez

Relating to a study by the Department of State Health Services on prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputation.

Health & Human Services


SB 1678 Menéndez

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain treatments prescribed for autism spectrum disorder.

Health & Human Services


SB 1679 Menéndez

Relating to the establishment of the Building Better Futures Program to support educational and occupational skills training opportunities and support services for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at public and private institutions of higher education.

Education K-16


SB 1680 Menéndez

Relating to access to an adult changing station in the Capitol.

Business & Commerce


SB 1681 Menéndez

Relating to an annual boarding home facility report for certain counties and municipalities.

Health & Human Services


SB 1682 Menéndez

Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.

State Affairs


SB 1683 Menéndez

Relating to staff development requirements for public school educators.

Education K-16


SB 1684 Menéndez

Relating to the regulation of limited service pregnancy resource centers; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.

Health & Human Services


SB 1685 Menéndez

Relating to minimum standards for pregnancy resource centers.

Health & Human Services


SB 1686 Menéndez

Relating to requiring the cybersecurity council to conduct a study concerning the cybersecurity of school districts.

Education K-16


SB 1687 Menéndez

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 151 in Bexar County as the Mr. Samuel E. Luna Jr. Memorial Bridge.

Transportation


SB 1688 Menéndez

Relating to health benefit plan coverage of anxiety and pain management in connection with prescription contraceptive devices.

Health & Human Services


SB 1689 Menéndez

Relating to the designation of a portion of Loop 1604 in Bexar County as the Lieutenant Colonel Albert E. Smart Jr. Memorial Bridge.

Transportation


SB 1690 Menéndez

Relating to a Texas Department of Criminal Justice record of information regarding death penalty drugs.

Criminal Justice


SB 1691 Menéndez

Relating to the disruption of quiet enjoyment of a residence with pamphlets, leaflets, or flyers demonstrating ethnic or religious animus; providing a civil penalty.

State Affairs


SB 1692 Hall/ Sparks

Relating to a limitation on wind and solar installed generation capacity in the ERCOT power region.

Business & Commerce


SB 1693 Hall

Relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect.

Health & Human Services


SB 1694 Hall/ Middleton

Relating to the source of power for stations and other equipment used to dispense energy to electric vehicles.

Business & Commerce


SB 1695 Hall

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

State Affairs


SB 1696 Hall/ Bettencourt/ Campbell/ Creighton/ Flores/ et al.

Relating to the inclusion of a person's sex on certain government documents and identification cards.

State Affairs


SB 1697 Zaffirini

Relating to a customer guide to home solar energy devices.

Business & Commerce


SB 1698 Parker

Relating to the sale of certain e-cigarettes in this state and a directory of e-cigarette manufacturers and their products; authorizing fees; authorizing administrative and civil penalties; creating a criminal offense.

State Affairs


SB 1699 Parker

Relating to the definition of tobacco product for the purposes of the cigars and tobacco products tax.

Finance


SB 1700 Parker

Relating to the artificial intelligence division within the Department of Information Resources.

Business & Commerce


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