Senate Floor Action for 3/12/2025

SENATE FLOOR ACTION



Wednesday

March 12, 2025




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


SB 20 Flores/ Hagenbuch/ Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/ Huffman/ King/ et al.

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession or promotion of obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.

2 Floor Amendments


SB 25 (CS)Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living; authorizing a civil penalty.

2 Floor Amendments


SB 260 (CS)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.


SB 293 (CS)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 314 (CS)Hughes/ et al.

Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 384 Flores/ et al.

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

1 Floor Amendment


SB 442 Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/ et al.

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of unlawful production or distribution of certain sexually explicit media; increasing a criminal penalty.


SB 494 (LC)Sparks/ et al.

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


SB 616 (LC)Schwertner/ et al.

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


SB 869 (LC)Birdwell/ et al.

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


SB 890 (LC)Paxton/ et al.

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


SB 929 (CS) (LC)Johnson

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


SB 992 (LC)Nichols/ et al.

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


SB 1145 (LC)Birdwell/ Sparks/ et al.

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.


SB 1621 Huffman/ Flores/ Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/ King/ Parker/ et al.

Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

1 Floor Amendment


The Senate adopted the following resolutions:


SR 232 Perry

Recognizing March 12, 2025, as Texas Tech University System Day.


SR 237 Hinojosa, Adam

Recognizing March 12, 2025, as South Texas ISD Day at the State Capitol.


SR 242 Hughes/ Birdwell/ Eckhardt/ Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/ Parker/ et al.

Recognizing March 16-22, 2025, as National Surveyors Week.


The Senate confirmed all nominees as reported by the Committee on Nominations.


Committee referral on the following:


SB 16 Hughes/ Bettencourt/ Birdwell/ Campbell/ Creighton/ et al.

Relating to requiring a person to submit proof of citizenship to register to vote; creating criminal offenses.

State Affairs


SB 22 Huffman

Relating to the Texas moving image industry incentive program and the establishment and funding of the Texas moving image industry incentive fund.

Finance


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