BILLS REFERRED TODAY

Monday

March 17, 2025

Committee referral on the following:

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the maximum amount of money allowable in the economic stabilization fund.

Finance

Urging all public universities in Texas to respond swiftly and decisively to any attempts to occupy or disrupt campus property.

Education K-16

Recognizing the strategic importance of the Panama Canal to the economic strength of the United States and the State of Texas.

Economic Development

Recognizing the strategic importance of the Gulf of America to the economic and security interests of Texas and the United States.

Economic Development

Urging the federal government to take immediate action in addressing issues related to security at the border.

Border Security

Urging Congress to enact a balanced budget requirement.

State Affairs

Urging the United States Department of Commerce to maintain the Tomato Suspension Agreement.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Urging the state to adopt the policy to recognize two sexes, male and female.

State Affairs

Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to recovery of damages in civil actions.

Business & Commerce

Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.

State Affairs

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income and a franchise tax credit for the payment of certain related ad valorem taxes.

Local Government

Relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services.

State Affairs

Relating to the preparation, prevention, and mitigation of wildfires.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

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.

Border Security

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

Education K-16

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

State Affairs

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

Transportation

Relating to the penalty for noncompliance with certain audit requirements by a municipality.

Local Government

Relating to the accreditation of automotive technology courses offered by public schools.

Education K-16

Relating to an action to determine the status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.

Economic Development

Relating to requirements that certain plats for the subdivision of land include evidence of groundwater supply.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to a capacity cost recovery rider for certain electric utilities.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects.

Economic Development

Relating to eligibility for the bulletproof vest and body armor grant program.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the applicability of laws protecting minors from harmful material on digital services.

State Affairs

Relating to the appointment of a special prosecutor by the court of criminal appeals for certain criminal cases.

State Affairs

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

State Affairs

Relating to the conduct of randomized county election audits.

State Affairs

Relating to egg grading and the selling of ungraded eggs.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the regulation and operation of electric bicycles.

Transportation

Relating to the Texas Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to the addition of certain substances to Penalty Group 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

State Affairs

Relating to adding certain substances to the Texas Controlled Substances Act and prohibiting the production, manufacture, distribution, delivery, sale, and possession of certain hallucinogenic substances; creating criminal offenses.

State Affairs

Relating to the procedures for modifying the schedules of controlled substances.

Health & Human Services

Relating to municipal and county enforcement of drug laws; providing civil penalties.

Criminal Justice

Relating to discipline management, including the offense of exhibiting, using, or threatening to exhibit or use a firearm or weapon in or on school property or on a school bus, and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.

Education K-16

Relating to the expulsion of a public school student for engaging in conduct that constitutes certain offenses.

Education K-16

Relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension.

Education K-16

Relating to immunity from certain disciplinary proceedings against a professional employee of a school district for certain actions concerning public school discipline and law and order.

Education K-16

Relating to the repeal of the requirement that certain entities subject to the franchise tax must file a public information report with the comptroller of public accounts.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to retain assistance for regional proceedings affecting certain electric utilities and consumers.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the authority of the Office of Public Utility Counsel to access certain data.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the Polytechnic College at Sam Houston State University, including the college's eligibility to participate in certain programs.

Education K-16

Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Walker County.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district in Williamson County.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the use of political contributions by the secretary of state to maintain a residence in Travis County.

State Affairs

Relating to the imposition by a municipality of a moratorium on property development in certain circumstances.

Local Government

Relating to the approval of land use assumptions, capital improvement plans, and impact fees.

Local Government

Relating to the employment of persons by the State Board of Education.

Education K-16

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for a hotel and convention center project and to receive certain tax revenue related to the project.

Economic Development

Relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the prohibition of immunization with a product containing mRNA material.

Health & Human Services

Relating to reconstitution of the jury wheel and juror qualifications in certain counties.

Jurisprudence

Relating to vision screenings for students in public or private school, including vision screening information reporting for public school students and the creation of a matching grant program for visual devices for certain students.

Education K-16

Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects.

Local Government

Relating to test years used for ratemaking purposes by certain water and sewer utilities.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to providing a cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

Finance

Relating to the employment of and parental notification regarding classroom teachers in public schools.

Education K-16

Relating to a transparency review and report on attendance credit under the public school finance system.

Education K-16

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway Loop 88 in Lubbock County as the First Responders Memorial Loop.

Transportation

Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person to a magistrate for purposes of an order of emergency protection.

Criminal Justice

Relating to advanced communications infrastructure security; authorizing a fee; providing administrative penalties.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the discharge or use of certain firefighting foams for testing or training.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to the minimum standards of care provided to sexual assault survivors by health care facilities.

State Affairs

Relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by a person not lawfully present in the United States; creating a criminal offense.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the administration of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund.

Finance

Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation.

Education K-16

Relating to procedures for residential eviction suits.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.

Business & Commerce

Relating to increasing the interest rate of certain consumer loans.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the exemption of certain gas and electricity from sales and use taxes.

Finance

Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the feasibility of implementing a statewide system for coordinating clinical training placements.

Education K-16

Relating to a policy prohibiting antisemitism at public institutions of higher education.

Education K-16

Relating to requests for law enforcement agency reports from the attorney general related to crime victims' compensation applications.

Criminal Justice

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

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to contracting with companies that boycott certain energy companies

Natural Resources

Relating to certain ad valorem tax-related studies conducted by the comptroller of public accounts.

Education K-16

Relating to consent by a county commissioners court for the creation of certain conservation and reclamation districts in the unincorporated area of the county.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to energy efficiency goals for electric utilities.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the use of a load management program to meet an electric utility's energy efficiency goal.

Business & Commerce

Relating to motor vehicle franchised dealers and the reimbursement of motor vehicle franchised dealers by manufacturers and distributors for warranty, recall, over-the-air, and preparation and delivery work.

Business & Commerce

Relating to a relative and kinship care grant program administered by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to settle certain claims.

Transportation

Relating to the requirement that a person submit an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used for human burial.

Local Government

Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities.

Local Government

Relating to appointments to the public transportation advisory committee.

Transportation

Relating to the modification of a court order based on a parental child safety placement agreement or an authorization agreement with an adult caregiver.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the enforcement of certain criminal offenses on school property

Education K-16

Relating to truancy.

Education K-16

Relating to commercial signs along U.S. Highway 77.

Transportation

Relating to municipal regulation of the removal of an Ashe juniper tree.

Local Government

Relating to the prohibited release of personal information collected during the jury selection process.

Jurisprudence

Relating to water testing by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at correctional facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and county jails.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the use of proceeds from the sale of saltwater fishing stamps issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to the designation of a portion of Business U.S. Highway 83-S in Hidalgo County as the SP4 Rodolfo Valdez Memorial Highway.

Transportation

Relating to certain presumptions applicable to claims for benefits or compensation for certain medical conditions brought by certain first responders.

Local Government

Relating to the appointment and qualifications of the board of directors of the Agua Special Utility District.

Local Government

Relating to the operation of certain health care provider participation programs in this state.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the composition and operation of a property owners' association board.

Local Government

Relating to the definition of an abuse unit for certain controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the testing of evidence containing biological materials in capital cases.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the dedication of revenue received from certain oversize or overweight vehicle permits to the state highway fund.

Finance

Relating to the ship channel improvement revolving fund.

Transportation

Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured home classified as personal property at the owner's death.

Jurisprudence

Relating to certain reports required to be filed by digital asset service providers.

Business & Commerce

Relating to electricity planning for large loads.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the review and audit of certain state agency operations.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the allocation of housing tax credits to developments within proximate geographical areas.

Local Government

Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the creation of a family violence criminal homicide prevention task force.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the appointment of an interpreter for a court proceeding.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate fire prevention standards for certain agricultural facilities.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to a refund of sales and use taxes or a credit against the franchise tax for certain small employers who contribute to an individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement.

Finance

Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals for unemployment benefits and the validity of certain claims for unemployment benefits submitted to the Texas Workforce Commission.

Economic Development

Relating to the imposition of a penalty for failure to timely file a rendition statement or property report with the chief appraiser of an appraisal district.

Local Government

Relating to the administration and operation of the school health and related services program.

Health & Human Services

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

State Affairs

Relating to the authority of a county to regulate land use in certain areas in and around hydrologically sensitive areas.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for cancer screening, imaging, and genetic testing.

Health & Human Services

Relating to an application for and the issuance of a marriage license after the marriage ceremony has been conducted.

State Affairs

Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board.

Local Government

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects.

Economic Development

Relating to permit considerations for the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to digital replication rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals; providing private causes of action; authorizing a fee.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the reporting of data relating to postsecondary education and workforce trends by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission, to performance tier funding under the public junior college finance program, and to a biennial regional labor demand assessment by the coordinating board.

Education K-16

Relating to public school accountability and actions and other proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.

Education K-16

Relating to a financing mechanism allowing electric utilities to obtain recovery of costs associated with a weather-related event or other natural disaster; granting authority to issue bonds.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the regulation and use of artificial intelligence systems and the management of data by governmental entities.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the addition of territory to certain special districts.

Local Government

Relating to the provision of information regarding centers for independent living for certain persons with an intellectual or developmental disability.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the projects eligible for financial assistance from the flood infrastructure fund.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain real estate professionals by the Texas Real Estate Commission.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the waiver of license renewal fees for certain instructors in high-demand fields at public institutions of higher education.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the duties of a real estate broker or sales agent who lists real estate for sale.

Business & Commerce

Relating to admissibility and disclosure of certain evidence in a suit concerning a child alleged to have been abused or neglected or to be at risk of abuse or neglect filed by a governmental entity.

Jurisprudence

Relating to a limitation on rules, bylaws, and policies adopted by a school district's board of trustees.

Education K-16

Relating to the regulation of human body acquisition services and authorized recipients.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the authority of the board of trustees of certain small school districts to decrease the number of trustees on the board.

Education K-16

Relating to venue in certain actions involving a contract for an improvement to real property.

Jurisprudence

Relating to certain testing requirements at certain wastewater treatment facilities.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to the recovery of certain expenses by an electric utility or a water and sewer utility in a rate proceeding.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the interconnection of a facility in the ERCOT power region to a facility outside the power region.

Business & Commerce

Relating to renewable energy generation facilities; authorizing fees.

Business & Commerce

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of assault committed against certain public servants and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of interference with public duties of those public servants.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the compensation and benefits for certain peace officers commissioned by the state fire marshal.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the location of polling places during early voting and on election day.

State Affairs

Relating to the manufacture, sale, and distribution of products developed using mRNA material in the prevention or treatment of a communicable disease.

Health & Human Services

Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for improper relationship between educator and student.

Criminal Justice

Relating to a pharmacist's authority to refuse to dispense a drug.

State Affairs

Relating to warning labels for opioid prescription drugs.

Health & Human Services

Relating to procedures and grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the abolishment of the state lottery.

State Affairs

Relating to the use of proceeds deposited to the horse industry account for law enforcement purposes.

State Affairs

Relating to the operation and administration of the state lottery and repeal of the prohibition on imposing taxes on lottery tickets or prizes.

State Affairs

Relating to the conduct of the state lottery; creating a criminal offense.

State Affairs

Relating to the display of "In God We Trust" on municipal and county buildings.

Local Government

Relating to a prohibition on certain roadway projects and to the distribution of affordable housing funds to local governmental entities that violate that prohibition.

Transportation

Relating to the consideration of the provision of law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency services by a commissioners court or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality when determining whether to grant or deny a petition for the creation of certain conservation and reclamation districts.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

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.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the amount in controversy in the jurisdiction of statutory county courts.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the renewal of a certificate of registration by certain interior designers.

Business & Commerce

Relating to a preceptorship program in a pediatric subspecialty for medical students in this state.

Education K-16

Relating to protection for certain individuals' use of terms consistent with biological sex.

State Affairs

Relating to the hours of early voting by personal appearance in certain counties.

State Affairs

Relating to the registration of vehicles, the issuance of disabled parking placards, and certain benefits associated with that registration or issuance for certain peace officers with disabilities; authorizing a fee.

Transportation

Relating to the issuance of gold and silver specie and the establishment of a currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee.

Finance

Relating to training requirements for certain governing bodies and administrators of public schools and making publicly available information regarding the expenditure of money by those public schools.

Education K-16

Relating to the eligibility of the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Arlington for funding under the major events reimbursement program.

Economic Development

Relating to rules promulgated by the Texas Supreme Court.

State Affairs

Relating to the composition of the juvenile board of Grayson County.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the voluntary disclosure by an applicant for registration of a motor vehicle of the applicant's military status.

Veteran Affairs

Relating to the posting of a school district's expenditures ratio on the district's Internet website.

Education K-16

Relating to the compensation of counsel appointed to provide representation and services to indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile proceedings.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to establish and operate a guaranteed income program.

Local Government

Relating to the adoption of noise regulations by certain counties; providing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee.

Local Government

Relating to the provision of certain information about physicians and nurses making determinations regarding requests for preauthorization of health care services or supplies.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the dispensing of certain drugs by physicians specializing in ophthalmology.

Health & Human Services

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

Jurisprudence

Relating to the relocation or adjustment of certain facilities for certain municipal projects.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the administration and operations of the state auditor's office.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for operating a vehicle under certain circumstances causing a tire of the vehicle to spin, lose traction, or leave the surface of a highway.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations.

Finance

Relating to the availability and instruction on the use of automated external defibrillators and a cardiac emergency response plan at public schools and certain private schools in this state.

Education K-16

Relating to the exclusion of real property repair and remodeling services from sales and use taxes.

Finance

Relating to the interconnection and integration of distributed energy resources.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the denial of the registration of a motor vehicle based on certain information provided by a county to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; authorizing a fee.

Transportation

Relating to the establishment of a grant program to support the disposition of deceased paupers' bodies.

Health & Human Services

Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, or selling certain e-cigarette products; creating a criminal offense.

State Affairs

Relating to risk mitigation planning and associated liability for providers of electric service.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the charging of swipe fees on certain electronic payment transaction; authorizing a civil penalty.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the liability of a funeral service provider for mental anguish damages.

State Affairs

Relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of certain offenses relating to the possession of marihuana, certain tetrahydrocannabinols, certain synthetic cannabinoids, and drug paraphernalia; imposing a fee.

State Affairs

Relating to authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing year-round standard time or daylight saving time.

State Affairs

Relating to prohibited student athlete name, image, and likeness agreements; providing injunctive relief and a civil penalty.

Education K-16

Relating to the removal of a fence surrounding a breeder deer release site.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Relating to certain requirements regarding a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the receivership of a single-source continuum contractor providing child welfare services.

Health & Human Services

Relating to contributions, expenditures, and related activities for supporting or opposing a ballot measure; creating criminal offenses; providing a civil penalty.

State Affairs

Relating to the authority and responsibilities of the Texas Historical Commission; authorizing fees.

Economic Development

Relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal; authorizing a fee.

Natural Resources

Relating to the promotion and sale of wine produced in this state; creating a farm winery permit; authorizing a fee.

State Affairs

Relating to the applicability of certain pedestrian laws to certain sidewalk users.

Transportation

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Adoption Assistance Program.

Health & Human Services

Relating to factors the Department of Family and Protective Services must consider when selecting a foster care placement for a child.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the time frame required for excavation notification.

Business & Commerce

Relating to prohibited retaliation against a physician or health care provider for reporting certain violations or taking certain actions with respect to the provision of health care services; providing a civil remedy.

State Affairs

Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and actions and other proceedings by a public school challenging the operations of the public school system; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense.

State Affairs

Relating to the prohibition of certain actions with respect to campaign contributions and expenditures by foreign persons; creating criminal offenses.

State Affairs

Relating to penalties for certain offenses involving county competitive bidding requirements; increasing criminal penalties.

Local Government

Relating to liability of judges and magistrates for the improper release on personal bond of defendants accused of committing certain felony offenses.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the assumption of the powers and duties relating to driver's licenses, personal identification certificates, and other related programs, powers, and duties by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.

Transportation

Relating to the establishment of the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the recycling and disposal of consumer energy storage modules.

Natural Resources

Relating to the impeachment or removal from office of certain public officers, including procedures governing the impeachment, trial on impeachment, and disqualification of state officers, and to the grounds for which certain public officers may be removed from office.

State Affairs

Relating to the determination of the best interest of the child in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Jurisprudence

Relating to creating the Governor's Medal of Service award to recognize service to the people of Texas.

Administration

Relating to the authorization for and approval of certain nursing programs offered by private postsecondary educational institutions or for-profit entities.

Health & Human Services

Relating to participation in the Texas Leadership Scholars Program.

Education K-16

Relating to unlawful practices relating to credit card transactions; providing a civil penalty.

Business & Commerce

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

State Affairs

Relating to certain duties of the Texas Board of Nursing and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in relation to the reporting and publication of nursing program clinical site data.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the recognition of career and technology education programs by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Education K-16

Relating to funding mechanisms within the Office of the Governor and Texas Public Utility Commission to support the deployment of advanced nuclear reactors in this state.

Business & Commerce