SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Tuesday March 11, 2025 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
|
Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right of parents to raise their children. |
|
Relating to the definition of telephone call for purposes of regulating telephone solicitations. |
|
Relating to eligibility requirements to practice public accountancy. 1 Floor Amendment |
|
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 |
|
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 licensing and regulation of dietitians. |
|
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 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: |
|
Recognizing March 11, 2025, as Panola County Day at the State Capitol. |
Committee referral on the following: |
|
Relating to censorship of or certain other interference with digital expression, including expression on social media platforms or through electronic mail messages. State Affairs |
|
Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers. Health & Human Services |
|
Relating to the consideration of criminal history record information of applicants for public employment or an occupational license. Business & Commerce |
|
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 |
|
Relating to the training of prospective grand jurors and to grand jury proceedings. Criminal Justice |
|
Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of an advanced nuclear energy workforce development program. Economic Development |
|
Relating to parking lots and parking garages adjacent or near to certain county courthouses. Local Government |
|
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 |
|
Relating to state recognition of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas. State Affairs |
|
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 |
|
Relating to prohibiting a school district from using interest and sinking tax revenue to pay for deferred maintenance. Education K-16 |
|
Relating to an exception to the application of the offense of deadly conduct for certain peace officers discharging official duties. Criminal Justice |
|
Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses. Criminal Justice |
|
Relating to imposing a tax on the generation of electricity by certain electric generators to provide revenue for teacher pay raises. Finance |
|
Relating to access to criminal history record information for purposes of the Medicaid program. Health & Human Services |
|
Relating to load forecasts used in transmission planning for the ERCOT power region. Business & Commerce |
|
Relating to the composition of, appointment of, and qualifications for the state commission of insurance. Business & Commerce |
|
Relating to prior approval of certain property and casualty insurance rate increases or decreases. Business & Commerce |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Relating to regulation of online global marketplaces. Business & Commerce |
|
Relating to designating the Windham School District to provide postsecondary education to students of the district. Criminal Justice |
|
Relating to the authority of the attorney general to prosecute certain criminal offenses against public order. Jurisprudence |
|
Relating to the rural sheriff's office salary assistance grant program. Finance |
|
Relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores; providing a civil penalty. Business & Commerce |
|
Relating to the provision of certain co-navigation services to individuals who are deaf-blind. Health & Human Services |
|
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 |
|
Relating to designating May 24 as Victims of the Uvalde Shooting Day. Administration |
|
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. State Affairs |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses. Criminal Justice |
|
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 |
|
Relating to notice provided to certain public drinking water supply systems before water quality testing. Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
|
Relating to notification procedures concerning groundwater contamination. Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
|
Relating to public information regarding the rates of a transmission and distribution utility. Business & Commerce |
|
Relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the feasibility of constructing certain extra high voltage transmission lines. Business & Commerce |
|
Relating to the payment of restitution by a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision. Business & Commerce |
|
Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee. Criminal Justice |
|
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 |
|
Relating to the regulation of stormwater management by certain counties. Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
|
Relating to the provision of certain information to a county child welfare board member. Health & Human Services |
|
Relating to individualized education program requirements for students placed in alternative special education settings and monitoring of alternative special education settings. Education K-16 |
|
Relating to the inclusion of instruction in personal financial literacy in the required curriculum for public high school students. Education K-16 |
|
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals. Criminal Justice |
|
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 |
|
Relating to the duties of a pharmacist regarding medication profiles for high-risk patients in certain hospitals. Health & Human Services |
|
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 |
|
Relating to a study by the Department of State Health Services on prevention and reduction of diabetes-related amputation. Health & Human Services |
|
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain treatments prescribed for autism spectrum disorder. Health & Human Services |
|
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 |
|
Relating to access to an adult changing station in the Capitol. Business & Commerce |
|
Relating to an annual boarding home facility report for certain counties and municipalities. Health & Human Services |
|
Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion. State Affairs |
|
Relating to staff development requirements for public school educators. Education K-16 |
|
Relating to the regulation of limited service pregnancy resource centers; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty. Health & Human Services |
|
Relating to minimum standards for pregnancy resource centers. Health & Human Services |
|
Relating to requiring the cybersecurity council to conduct a study concerning the cybersecurity of school districts. Education K-16 |
|
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 151 in Bexar County as the Mr. Samuel E. Luna Jr. Memorial Bridge. Transportation |
|
Relating to health benefit plan coverage of anxiety and pain management in connection with prescription contraceptive devices. Health & Human Services |
|
Relating to the designation of a portion of Loop 1604 in Bexar County as the Lieutenant Colonel Albert E. Smart Jr. Memorial Bridge. Transportation |
|
Relating to a Texas Department of Criminal Justice record of information regarding death penalty drugs. Criminal Justice |
|
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 |
|
Relating to a limitation on wind and solar installed generation capacity in the ERCOT power region. Business & Commerce |
|
Relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect. Health & Human Services |
|
Relating to the source of power for stations and other equipment used to dispense energy to electric vehicles. Business & Commerce |
|
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of money for lobbying and certain other activities. State Affairs |
|
Relating to the inclusion of a person's sex on certain government documents and identification cards. State Affairs |
|
Relating to a customer guide to home solar energy devices. Business & Commerce |
|
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 |
|
Relating to the definition of tobacco product for the purposes of the cigars and tobacco products tax. Finance |
|
Relating to the artificial intelligence division within the Department of Information Resources. Business & Commerce |
| |||
|