BILLS REFERRED TODAY

Monday

February 24, 2025

Committee referral on the following:

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.

Finance

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas severance tax revenue and oil and natural gas (Texas STRONG) defense fund, dedicating the money in that fund to benefit areas of the state significantly affected by oil and gas production, and providing for the transfer of certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and certain other funds and accounts.

Finance

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the enactment of a law imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities transactions.

Business & Commerce

Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting children by allowing for retroactive laws regarding civil causes of action arising out of child sexual abuse.

State Affairs

Designating Brenham as the official Ice Cream Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Administration

Designating the fourth Thursday of March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day.

Administration

Relating to the regulation of consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring a registration; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; providing an administrative penalty.

State Affairs

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

Finance

Relating to parental rights in public education and to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction and diversity, equity, and inclusion duties and the loss of funding for public schools that fail to comply with those provisions.

Education K-16

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

State Affairs

Relating to the allocation of certain constitutional transfers of money to certain funds and accounts, including the Texas severance tax revenue and oil and natural gas (Texas STRONG) defense fund, and to the permissible uses of money deposited to the Texas severance tax revenue and oil and natural gas (Texas STRONG) defense fund.

Finance

Relating to the establishment of a county employee family leave pool program.

Local Government

Relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation owner in certain areas outside of ERCOT.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the relocation of the headquarters for certain state agencies.

Business & Commerce

Relating to a political subdivision's authority to use public money in the provision of legal services for individuals unlawfully present in the United States.

State Affairs

Relating to declination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of insurance policies.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the cancellation of certain consumer transactions.

Business & Commerce

Relating to state and local authority to regulate the food service industry.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Easement Relocation Act.

Business & Commerce

Relating to patient stay reports submitted by freestanding emergency medical care facilities.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the installation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Transportation

Relating to authorizing the sale by the State of Texas of certain real property located in Austin, Texas.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the definition of a crosswalk.

Criminal Justice

Relating to certain health care services contract arrangements entered into by insurers and health care providers.

Health & Human Services

Relating to excess contributions and fees allocated to statutory probate courts.

Jurisprudence

Relating to student union building fees at The University of Texas at El Paso.

Education K-16

Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for certain capital projects at The University of Texas at El Paso.

Education K-16

Relating to distribution of state traffic fine revenue received by the comptroller.

Finance

Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the adjudication of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or a person with a disability.

Criminal Justice

Relating to personal bond offices, to the notification provided to a judge regarding tampering with an electronic monitoring device while released on bond or community supervision, and to the availability of certain information regarding a person required to submit to an electronic monitoring program.

Criminal Justice

Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of stalking.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the recovery of vegetation management costs by electric utilities.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates.

Local Government

Relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of obligation.

Local Government

Relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes.

Local Government

Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.

State Affairs

Relating to the Internet broadcast or recording of certain open meetings.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board of directors of certain municipal utility districts.

Local Government

Relating to the advertising of certain used motor vehicles.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the exemption from sales and use taxes for certain aircraft components and other property required for normal aircraft operations.

Finance

Relating to eligibility for and benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Health & Human Services

Relating to participation in the governor's university research initiative.

Education K-16

Relating to the withdrawal of a candidate in a runoff primary election.

State Affairs

Relating to cybersecurity for retail public utilities that provide water or sewer service.

Business & Commerce

Relating to equitable relief from the enforcement of certain governmental requirements that affect agricultural operations.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to the regulation of residential solar retail transactions; requiring an occupational registration; authorizing fees; providing civil and administrative penalties.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of obligation.

Local Government

Relating to administrative remedies for certain fraud and abuse violations under Medicaid; providing administrative penalties.

Health & Human Services

Relating to creating a school uniform allotment under the Foundation School Program.

Education K-16

Relating to voidable provisions contained in certain construction contracts.

Business & Commerce

Relating to state employment opportunities for individuals who do not hold a bachelor's degree.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the Kimble County Hospital District of Kimble County, Texas.

Local Government

Relating to the composition of the advisory committee for metal recycling entities.

Natural Resources

Relating to newborn screening tests for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the requirement that a state agency grant an opportunity for a public hearing before adopting certain rules.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the composition of the Health and Human Services Commission Executive Council.

Health & Human Services

Relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of attending a released time course.

Education K-16

Relating to energy savings performance contracts for local governments; creating criminal offenses; authorizing a fee.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit for a year in which a property owner provides notice that the owner intends to appeal an order of an appraisal review board determining a protest by the owner regarding the appraisal of the owner's property.

Local Government

Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit for a year in which a property owner provides notice that the owner intends to appeal an order of an appraisal review board determining a protest by the owner regarding the appraisal of the owner's property.

Local Government

Relating to the consequences of a criminal conviction on a person's eligibility for an occupational license.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of oil and gas equipment theft.

Criminal Justice

Relating to permit fees for groundwater wells imposed by the Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation District.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to a presumption of good faith for directors and officers of certain domestic corporations.

Business & Commerce

Relating to shareholder proposals submitted to certain domestic corporations.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the exclusion of certain securities transaction payments from the total revenue of a taxable entity that is an exchange or a member of an exchange for purposes of the franchise tax.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the authority of the governing body of a home-rule municipality to submit a proposed charter amendment to the voters for approval if application of the provisions of the amendment would be contrary to state law.

Local Government

Relating to the inspection of the location of a proposed Class I injection well.

Natural Resources

Relating to procedural requirements for uranium mining production area authorizations.

Natural Resources

Relating to the type of newspaper required for publication of public notices.

Local Government

Relating to prohibiting contracts or other agreements with foreign-owned companies in connection with agricultural land.

State Affairs

Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Rockwall County.

Jurisprudence

Relating to a required provision in certain governmental entity contracts regarding the carrying of handguns by license holders; providing civil penalties.

State Affairs

Relating to requiring payment and performance bonds for certain public work contracts.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education and employees of public institutions of higher education from soliciting or accepting gifts, grants, donations, or investments from certain foreign entities.

Education K-16

Relating to intercollegiate athletic competitions based on biological sex.

State Affairs

Relating to the procedure for resolving allegations of religious discrimination against a student at a public institution of higher education.

Education K-16

Relating to the date on which a voter registration application becomes effective.

State Affairs

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.

Economic Development

Relating to allowing pregnant individuals to vote by mail if they will be in the second or third trimester on election day.

State Affairs

Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.

State Affairs

Relating to the amendment of an existing comprehensive development agreement for a portion of State Highway 130 to facilitate nontolled transportation projects.

Transportation

Relating to excuses from grand jury service.

State Affairs

Relating to permitted forms of identification for the purpose of accepting a voter.

State Affairs

Relating to the duration of a protective order against family violence.

State Affairs

Relating to certain searches of female inmates by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media devices.

Local Government

Relating to the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the regulation of art therapy, including the establishment of the Texas Art Therapy Board and the duties of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a fee.

Business & Commerce

Relating to declination and nonrenewal of residential and personal automobile insurance policies based on previous claims.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the representation of an indigent person in certain criminal proceedings in certain counties.

Criminal Justice

Relating to certain mammography reports providing required breast density information.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the course levels offered at Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College.

Education K-16

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

Economic Development

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

Economic Development

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of reckless driving.

Transportation

Relating to funding for certain commercial service airport projects.

Transportation

Relating to bundling and down-coding practices conducted by certain providers of dental benefits.

Health & Human Services

Relating to a permit authorizing the movement of certain vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container.

Transportation

Relating to the referral of certain students receiving special education services to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority for services or public benefits.

Education K-16

Relating to procedures and required findings in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Health & Human Services

Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case.

Criminal Justice

Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for certain capital projects at Sul Ross State University.

Education K-16

Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for certain capital projects at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso.

Education K-16

Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that make contributions to employees' Texas 529 plans.

Finance

Relating to the disclosure by a pharmacy to a patient of certain price information for a drug or biological product.

Health & Human Services

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by an alien.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the use of the Department of Public Safety image verification system for the purpose of verifying an individual's identity; authorizing a fee.

State Affairs

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of smuggling of persons.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the administration of certain drugs by a midwife.

Health & Human Services

Relating to prohibiting the distribution or sale of certain flavored consumable hemp products; creating a criminal offense.

State Affairs

Relating to fingerprinting requirements for the issuance of dealer general distinguishing numbers to certain persons.

Transportation

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Authority and a Texas nuclear permitting officer.

Business & Commerce

Relating to publication of public improvement district service plans and assessments on certain public Internet websites.

Local Government

Relating to the right of a purchaser to terminate a contract of purchase and sale of real property for failure to provide notice that the property is located in a public improvement district.

Business & Commerce

Relating to sexually explicit visual material.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizing fees.

Business & Commerce

Relating to an exemption from certain zoning requirements for developments receiving certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

Local Government

Relating to the inclusion of certain taxes in the comptroller's report on the effect of certain tax provisions.

Finance

Relating to the determination of fees, charges, and rates for certain benefits under Medicaid.

Health & Human Services

Relating to certain retail sales of motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers by a holder of a converter's license.

Business & Commerce

Relating to eligibility for the Lone Star Workforce of the Future Fund grant program.

Economic Development

Relating to eligibility for custodial officer service in the Employees Retirement System of Texas by certain juvenile correctional officers and caseworkers employed by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

Finance

Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.

Transportation

Relating to the administration of botulinum toxin by dentists.

Business & Commerce

Relating to anesthesia coverage and patient assessment requirements for certain health benefit plans.

Health & Human Services

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

State Affairs

Relating to rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim in certain criminal cases involving family violence, sexual or assaultive offenses, stalking, or a violation of a protective order or condition of bond.

Criminal Justice

Relating to excepting certain fiber-optic cable projects from certain notice requirements for projects on state or local public land.

Transportation

Relating to applicability of certain prescription drug insurance laws to health benefit plans and pharmacy benefit managers.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of theft of petroleum product.

Criminal Justice

Relating to discovery in a criminal case.

Criminal Justice

Relating to creating the criminal offense of criminal pursuit.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such a veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran.

Local Government

Relating to charter schools, including the admission, enrollment, and employment policies of and the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools.

Education K-16

Relating to certain employer contributions to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Finance

Relating to a credit against required recapture payments for school districts for the cost of optional residence homestead exemptions under the public school finance system.

Education K-16

Relating to an alternative dispute resolution procedure regarding certain matters under the public information law.

Business & Commerce

Relating to an advisory committee to study suicide prevention and peer support programs in fire departments in this state.

Local Government

Relating to the public use of forms produced or published by a state agency.

Business & Commerce

Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.

Criminal Justice

Relating to assistance for tuition and fees at postsecondary educational institutions for certain members of the Texas military forces.

Veteran Affairs

Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator.

Transportation

Relating to the inspection of group homes by county fire marshals.

Local Government

Relating to group home consultant referrals; creating a criminal offense.

Health & Human Services

Relating to municipal first responder policies for emergencies occurring at a group home.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the operability of elevators and related equipment following a power outage at a senior independent living community; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Health & Human Services

Relating to establishment of the Texas Rare Disease Advisory Council.

Health & Human Services

Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Health & Human Services

Relating to preauthorization of certain benefits by certain health benefit plan issuers.

Health & Human Services

Relating to certain planning, notification, and evaluation requirements with respect to workforce development programs in this state.

Economic Development

Relating to the provision of shelter or care to a minor by an emergency shelter facility.

Health & Human 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.

Natural Resources

Relating to the plugging or replugging of certain inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Natural Resources

Relating to the withdrawal of the State of Texas from the Interstate Mining Compact.

Natural Resources

Relating to required training for caregivers to children, including foster parents.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilities.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the plugging of certain inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Natural Resources

Relating to a school district's grievance procedure and to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instructions and diversity, equity, and inclusion duties and the loss of funding for public schools that fail to comply with those provisions.

Education K-16