SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Wednesday

May 28, 2025

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

Relating to the business court.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the establishment of the governor's task force on the governance of early childhood education and care.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, public school safety and security requirements and resources, and the reporting of child abuse or neglect by public school employees.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to Medicaid and child health plan program coverage and reimbursement for childhood cranial remolding orthosis.

Relating to the provision of direct patient care by physicians and health care practitioners.

Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

Relating to health benefit plan coverage of telemedicine, teledentistry, and telehealth appointments with an originating site or distant site located outside this state.

Relating to the creation of the Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District; providing the authority to issue bonds.

Relating to establishing a grant program to equip motor vehicles used by peace officers with certain bullet-resistant components.

Relating to conducting certain contested case hearings under the Texas workers' compensation system by remote communication.

Relating to the applicability of premium and maintenance taxes to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and Texas FAIR Plan Association.

Relating to operation by certain nonprofit organizations of certain regional health care programs for employees of small employers.

Relating to a public school policy for establishing age for purposes of admission into the school for certain children of foreign military members.

Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.

Relating to the text on an application for a ballot to be voted by mail and other balloting materials.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the treatment of a patient by a physical therapist without a referral.

Relating to supplemental benefits for retired firefighters and peace officers diagnosed with certain diseases or illnesses.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the compensation of the directors of the Texana Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the creation of a study group to evaluate the school district property value study conducted by the comptroller of public accounts.

Relating to the storage of alcoholic beverages by the holder of a passenger transportation permit.

Relating to requiring that competency-based baccalaureate degree programs be offered at certain public institutions of higher education.

Relating to required lease terms for public property leased to a nongovernmental entity.

Relating to the validation of the creation of and certain acts of the Austin County Municipal Utility District No. 1.

Relating to the suspension or revocation of a hotel's certificate of occupancy by a municipality for suspected human trafficking.

Relating to resident tuition rates and fees at public institutions of higher education for certain students in military-related programs.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the creation of the Fenske Road Municipal Utility District of Harris County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

The Senate reconsidered passage to third reading and finally passed:

Relating to support for the development of the nuclear energy industry.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to certain governmental operations affecting the border region.

The Senate suspended the regular order, read the second time, and passed to third reading:

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 a temporary prohibition on the authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the use of a Class V injection well for certain aquifer storage and recovery projects.

Relating to medical school admissions, coursework, academic standards, and employment decisions in this state.

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

In memory of Maria Teresa Flores Cavazos.

Recognizing the Association of Water Board Directors-Texas on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

Recognizing the members of the inaugural cohort of The University of Texas System Texas Legislative Fellowship Program.

Returning House Bill No. 14 to the Senate for further consideration.

The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following:

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System.

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

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

Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living, including requirements for food labeling, primary and secondary education, higher education, and continuing education for certain health care professionals; authorizing a civil penalty.

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.

Relating to the homeland security activities of certain entities, including the establishment and operations of the Homeland Security Division in the Department of Public Safety.

Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.

Relating to a prohibition on the offering for sale and the sale of cell-cultured protein for human consumption; providing civil and criminal penalties.

Relating to compensation and employment condition standards by municipal charter or collective bargaining agreement and to impasse resolution in collective bargaining with certain political subdivisions.

Relating to entities that provide video services.

Relating to electronic health record requirements; authorizing a civil penalty.

Relating to restrictions on covenants not to compete for physicians and certain health care practitioners.

Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee.

Relating to certain procedures in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for a child placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the provision of family preservation services and community-based foster care.

Relating to decedents' estates and other matters involving probate courts.

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.

Relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments, and the Windham School District.

Relating to the Sabine River Authority of Texas, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors.

The Senate refused to concur in House amendments and requested the appointment of a Conference Committee on the following:

Relating to agreements between sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law.

Relating to parental rights in public education, including the imposition of certain requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction and diversity, equity, and inclusion duties.

Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment, powers, and duties of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman.

Relating to civil liability for the production, solicitation, disclosure, or promotion of artificial intimate visual material.

Relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, and youth diversion, and to public office candidate eligibility; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.

The Senate granted the request for the appointment of a Conference Committee on the following:

Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.

Relating to the right to repurchase from a condemning entity certain real property for which ad valorem taxes are delinquent.

Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission and Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, to other governmental entities regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives and activities, and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund.

The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

Relating to creating the Texas State Guard Professionalization Task Force.

Relating to the applicability of lobbyist registration requirements to persons engaged in certain foreign transactions or lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 521 in Brazoria County as the Clarence "BB" Sasser Medal of Honor Highway.

Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies.

Relating to the fee amounts prescribed by the secretary of state for expedited commercial and business record searches or filings and the exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for veteran-owned businesses.

Relating to the dismissal of a criminal charge related to the illegal hunting of certain deer; authorizing fees.

Relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education from partnering with certain private entities for the construction of a student housing facility.

Relating to the applicability of certain laws requiring health care cost disclosures by health benefit plan issuers and administrators.

Relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students.

Relating to certain claims for benefits or compensation by a death investigation professional.

Relating to fireworks sales to the public by retail fireworks permit holders in certain counties.

Relating to a study on changes to performance tier funding for dual credit or dual enrollment courses under the public junior college state finance program and the capacity of the state's workforce to teach dual credit or dual enrollment courses.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 345 in San Benito as the Lieutenant Milton Resendez Memorial Highway.

Relating to proof of the identity of a child's parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

Relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking lot vendors and solicitors.

Relating to notice provided by a chemical dependency treatment facility to the parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a minor refused admission to the facility.

Relating to repairs made pursuant to a residential or manufactured home tenant's notice of intent to repair and the provision of notice regarding a residential or manufactured home tenant's security deposit.

Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

Relating to the video recording of a deposition taken of the testimony of certain elderly or disabled persons in a criminal case.

Relating to the open meetings law.

Relating to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code.

Relating to the registration of frac tanks; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the election and resignation of and filling of vacancies on the board of commissioners of the Brazoria Drainage District No. 4.

Relating to the maximum amount of operating capital retained in a licensed authorized organization's charitable bingo account.

Relating to the payment of funds under certain construction contracts.

Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line.

Relating to the application of the open meetings law and public information law to government information related to certain cybersecurity measures.

Relating to investigations of certain cybercrimes.

Relating to a restriction on permits authorizing direct discharges of waste or pollutants into water in certain river segments and drainage areas.

Relating to group property and casualty insurance policies.

Relating to the availability of certain working papers and electronic communications of certain administrative law judges and technical examiners under the public information law.

Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers.

Relating to the rights and liabilities of the owner of the surface estate of the tract of land on which a well to be plugged or replugged by the Railroad Commission of Texas is located.

Relating to the manner of solicitation of bids for certain purchases by the comptroller of public accounts and state agencies.

Relating to prohibiting a person required to register as a sex offender from serving as a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district.

Relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system as memorial highways and bridges and to certain memorial markers and designations on certain highways.

Relating to the information included on an identification card issued to certain retired peace and law enforcement officers.

Relating to issuance of specialty license plates for certain United States Army Rangers.

Relating to the electronic submission of inspection reports and filing fees for the inspection of elevators, escalators, and related equipment.

Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place.

Relating to the sealing of certain documents alleged to contain trade secrets.

Relating to the timely billing of health care services related to a personal injury claim.

Relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer fees for real property.

Relating to proof of identity of a person making an acknowledgment of a written instrument.

Relating to public access to the mailing address and electronic mail address designated by a governmental body to receive a request for public information under the public information law.

Relating to the omission or redaction of certain personal information from certain real property records.

Relating to establishing policies regarding the timely issuance of emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education.

Relating to authorized activities of a brewer's or nonresident brewer's license holder; authorizing a fee increase.

Relating to the provision of workers' compensation insurance coverage for certain Texas Task Force 1 members and intrastate fire mutual aid system team and regional incident management team members, including the removal of coverage for nongovernment members.

Relating to restrictions on the fee assessed for issuance of certain birth records.

Relating to the repeal of an unused definition and a chapter heading formerly regulating membership dues.

Relating to the regulation of artesian water wells by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Relating to the regulation of code enforcement officers and code enforcement officers in training.

Relating to the boundaries of, and validating certain acts and proceedings of, the Creedmoor Municipal Utility District.

Relating to civil liability of property owners relating to motorcycle instruction and training courses.

Relating to the carrying of handguns by tactical medical professionals while on duty providing support to tactical units of law enforcement agencies.

Relating to telework for state employees.

Relating to the powers, duties, and governance of the Starr County Drainage District, the change of the name of the Starr County Drainage District to the Starr County Drainage and Groundwater Conservation District, the dissolution of the Starr County Groundwater Conservation District, and the transfer of the assets and liabilities of the Starr County Groundwater Conservation District to the Starr County Drainage and Groundwater Conservation District; authorizing the imposition of a tax.

Relating to the liability of a motorized off-road vehicle entity for injuries arising from certain activities.

Relating to the creation of the Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 40; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 7; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 258; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 263; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 13; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 263; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Craver Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 286; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the powers, duties, and authority to issue bonds of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12 related to roads.

Relating to the operation of Wood County Central Hospital District of Wood County, Texas.

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 70; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 259; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the boundaries of, and validating certain acts and proceedings of, the Driftwood Conservation District.

Relating to the creation of the River Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Pura Vida Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the creation of the Hills of Walnut Creek Municipal Utility District of Parker County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Colmena Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees.

Relating to the creation of the Sayers Ranch Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the name of and appointment of directors for the Harris-Montgomery Counties Management District.

Designating January 12 as Nathan Gage Ingram Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Urging the federal government to curb the mass importation of foreign shrimp into the United States.

Designating Milam as the official Gateway Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Rusk County as the official Syrup Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Pineland as the official Sawmill Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Designating Combes as the official Bee Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

The following bills were removed from the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

Relating to the regulation of transportation protection agreements.

Relating to a temporary prohibition on the authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the use of a Class V injection well for certain aquifer storage and recovery projects.

Relating to compensation and employment condition standards by municipal charter or collective bargaining agreement and to impasse resolution in collective bargaining with certain political subdivisions.

Relating to procedures for a commissioners court to close, abandon, or vacate certain county roads.

Relating to reporting and auditing requirements for digital asset service providers.

Relating to the powers and duties and validating certain acts and proceedings of the Cole Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County, Texas.

Relating to the powers and duties and validating certain acts and proceedings of the Hunter Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County, Texas.

Relating to the creation of the Fannin County Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.