Bills Referred Today for 3/25/2025

BILLS REFERRED TODAY



Tuesday

March 25, 2025





Committee referral on the following:


SJR 72 Parker

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total appraised value of real property used as a data center and the tangible personal property used by the data center to meet the data center's demand for energy.

Local Government


SJR 73 Creighton

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the amount of the appraised value of real property that arises from the installation or construction on the property of a generator that is primarily for the production and distribution of energy for on-site use.

Local Government


SJR 75 Johnson

Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the workforce housing fund to facilitate the development of affordable workforce housing and transferring to that fund $2 billion from state general revenue.

Local Government


SJR 77 Middleton

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the market 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


SJR 79 Menéndez

Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of debt that may be secured by a homestead for purposes of refinancing a loan including those with an extension of credit guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Business & Commerce


SJR 80 Gutierrez

Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating some of the interest in the permanent school fund to universal pre-kindergarten and the school safety allotment.

Finance


SJR 81 Bettencourt

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.

Local Government


SJR 82 Johnson

Proposing a constitutional amendment, to be submitted to the voters of Texas for approval, authorizing the legislature to strictly regulate and authorize casino gaming and sports wagering by general law and establishing certain requirements for such law, including establishment of a state agency with powers to regulate all lotteries and gift enterprises, imposition of a tax on casino gaming and sports wagering revenue, requiring licensing of casino gaming and sports wagering operators, and requiring license application fees.

State Affairs


SB 2198 Hughes

Relating to the relocation, adjustment, and ownership of commercial signs.

Transportation


SB 2201 Birdwell/ Blanco

Relating to intelligence databases for combinations, criminal street gangs, and foreign terrorist organizations.

Border Security


SB 2202 Birdwell/ Eckhardt

Relating to the trafficking of a firearm to a foreign terrorist organization and to the unlawful transfer of firearms between this state and the United Mexican States; creating a criminal offense.

Border Security


SB 2203 Birdwell

Relating to rules providing for certification of issues to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in contested cases referred to the State Office of Administrative Hearings by the commission.

Natural Resources


SB 2204 Birdwell

Relating to the applicability of uniform grant and contract management standards to certain Texas Water Development Board programs.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs


SB 2205 Birdwell

Relating to the revocation of a driver's license for failure to pay a civil penalty imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission.

State Affairs


SB 2206 Bettencourt/ Huffman

Relating to a franchise tax credit for, and the application of sales and use taxes to, certain research and development expenses.

Finance


SB 2207 Hall

Relating to prohibiting the Texas Medical Board from regulating certain physician advertising.

Health & Human Services


SB 2208 Hall

Relating to the procedures for the testing of voting system equipment.

State Affairs


SB 2209 Hall

Relating to the required use of hand-marked paper ballots for all elections.

State Affairs


SB 2210 Hall

Relating to the public inspection of election records.

State Affairs


SB 2211 Sparks

Relating to a qualifying cogenerator that serves a large load and a colocated desalination facility.

Business & Commerce


SB 2213 Zaffirini

Relating to procedures regarding certain persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual or developmental disability.

Criminal Justice


SB 2214 Zaffirini

Relating to the permitting by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of solid waste facilities; authorizing the imposition of civil and administrative penalties.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs


SB 2215 Campbell

Relating to the right of property owners to challenge municipal zoning regulations and boundaries.

Local Government


SB 2216 Hughes

Relating to security of election system equipment.

State Affairs


SB 2217 Hughes

Relating to certain election practices and procedures.

State Affairs


SB 2218 Zaffirini

Relating to regulating charitable bingo and authorizing the establishment of a nonprofit corporation to advertise and promote charitable bingo.

State Affairs


SB 2219 Huffman

Relating to certain procedures in connection with a bond forfeiture.

Criminal Justice


SB 2220 Zaffirini

Relating to the removal of a student from public school for the possession, use, or delivery of e-cigarettes on or near public school property or at certain school events.

Education K-16


SB 2221 Parker

Relating to the filing of a fraudulent financing statement in relation to certain secured transactions; authorizing the imposition of a fee.

Business & Commerce


SB 2222 Parker

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of real property used as a data center and the tangible personal property used by the data center to meet the data center's demand for energy.

Local Government


SB 2223 Parker

Relating to amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code, including amendments concerning certain intangible assets and the perfection of security interests in those assets.

Business & Commerce


SB 2224 Zaffirini

Relating to the execution of a certificate of completion and to imposing certain requirements under a retail installment contract for the purchase of distributed renewable generation resources.

Business & Commerce


SB 2225 Hancock

Relating to the creation of a spirit cooler certificate; authorizing a fee.

State Affairs


SB 2226 Nichols

Relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.

Transportation


SB 2227 Eckhardt

Relating to notification by the secretary of state when a person convicted of a felony may register to vote.

State Affairs


SB 2228 Zaffirini

Relating to the financial crimes intelligence center.

Criminal Justice


SB 2229 Hinojosa, Adam

Relating to change of venue in certain criminal cases involving a peace officer.

Criminal Justice


SB 2231 Hinojosa, Adam

Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to waive fees for admission applications submitted to public institutions of higher education during certain periods.

Education K-16


SB 2232 Hinojosa, Adam

Relating to designating October 21 as Unplug Texas Day.

Administration


SB 2233 Hinojosa, Adam

Relating to a prohibition on certain persons supporting terrorist activity at public institutions of higher education.

Education K-16


SB 2234 Creighton

Relating to the firefighters' relief and retirement fund of certain municipalities.

Finance


SB 2235 Bettencourt

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to impose a fee to fund a climate or environmental project.

Local Government


SB 2236 Bettencourt

Relating to prohibiting certain preferences in a political subdivision contractor selection process.

Local Government


SB 2237 Bettencourt

Relating to severance pay for certain political subdivision employees.

Local Government


SB 2238 Bettencourt

Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to prohibit or restrict the use of a certain mode of transportation on a roadway.

Local Government


SB 2239 Alvarado

Relating to charitable raffles conducted by certain intercollegiate athletics teams; creating criminal offenses.

State Affairs


SB 2240 Kolkhorst

Relating to public meetings held by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on requests for authorization to operate a composting facility.

Natural Resources


SB 2241 West

Relating to policies and procedures for addressing dating violence in public schools.

Education K-16


SB 2242 West

Relating to school district policies on dating violence.

Education K-16


SB 2243 West

Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to require that a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer have a vehicle identification number inspection.

Transportation


SB 2244 Hancock

Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to provide services as an employee, volunteer, or contractor for certain agencies, including public school contractors, and access to the registry of persons who are not eligible for employment at public schools.

Health & Human Services


SB 2245 West

Relating to procedures for the issuance of a bonded title for a motor vehicle.

Transportation


SB 2246 West

Relating to motor vehicle titles for salvage vehicles.

Transportation


SB 2247 West

Relating to applications for title for certain salvage vehicles.

Transportation


SB 2248 West

Relating to automatic participation by certain county employees in deferred compensation plans provided by certain counties.

Finance


SB 2249 Hughes

Relating to references to years in instructional material used in public schools.

Education K-16


SB 2250 Kolkhorst

Relating to disclosure of a beneficiary to a funeral director under a life insurance policy.

Business & Commerce


SB 2251 Creighton

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 fees, and taxes.

Local Government


SB 2252 Creighton

Relating to measures to support kindergarten readiness and early literacy and numeracy skills for public school students, including an early childhood parental support program, and to funding under the Foundation School Program for certain school districts and to support those measures.

Education K-16


SB 2253 Creighton

Relating to the preparation and certification of public school educators, and certain allotments under the Foundation School Program.

Education K-16


SB 2254 Flores

Relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain nonprofit wildlife conservation associations.

State Affairs


SB 2255 Sparks/ et al.

Relating to the occupational licensing of military spouses.

Veteran Affairs


SB 2256 Cook

Relating to the definition of ectopic pregnancy.

State Affairs


SB 2257 Cook

Relating to the definition and provision of an abortion-inducing drug.

State Affairs


SB 2258 Cook

Relating to housing finance corporations.

Local Government


SB 2259 Cook

Relating to removing certain tax exemptions for leasehold or other possessory interests in public facilities granted by public facility corporations.

Local Government


SB 2260 Cook

Relating to reports on information regarding certain multifamily residential developments to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

Local Government


SB 2261 Cook

Relating to a restriction on the authority to disburse money paid into the tax increment fund for a tax increment financing reinvestment zone to pay certain project costs for the zone.

Economic Development


SB 2262 Cook

Relating to regulation by municipalities and certain counties of and certain prohibited state agency regulation of automated external defibrillators.

Local Government


SB 2263 Cook

Relating to certain duties regarding county jail prisoners confined in out-of-state correctional facilities.

Criminal Justice


SB 2264 Cook

Relating to the collection and reporting of information regarding mental health jail diversion.

Criminal Justice


SB 2265 Cook

Relating to preventing discrimination in foster care.

Health & Human Services


SB 2266 Cook

Relating to a seller's disclosure regarding real property located within a certain distance of a state or federal superfund site.

Business & Commerce


SB 2267 Cook

Relating to prohibited steering or directing use of certain facilities for emergency care under certain health benefit plans.

Health & Human Services


SB 2268 Schwertner

Relating to disbursement of initial funds under the Texas Energy Fund.

Business & Commerce


SB 2269 Perry

Relating to dispute resolution for and enforcement actions against certain long-term care facilities.

Health & Human Services


SB 2270 Miles

Relating to the renewal of certain air quality permits.

Natural Resources


SB 2271 Miles

Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to authorize the transfer of an authorization to use a standard permit for certain concrete facilities.

Natural Resources


SB 2272 Miles

Relating to air quality permits for concrete crushing facilities and concrete plants located in certain areas.

Natural Resources


SB 2273 Miles

Relating to the monitoring of the opacity of emissions from certain concrete facilities.

Natural Resources


SB 2274 Miles

Relating to the response by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to certain complaints about certain concrete plants and crushing facilities.

Natural Resources


SB 2275 Miles

Relating to the submission of public comments regarding air, waste, or water permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Natural Resources


SB 2276 Miles

Relating to notice of and opportunity for hearing on applications for authorization to use certain permits for concrete batch plants and concrete crushing facilities.

Natural Resources


SB 2277 Miles

Relating to prohibiting a public school from retaliating against an employee for reporting certain misconduct.

Education K-16


SB 2278 Miles

Relating to notice of certain misconduct committed by a public school educator.

Education K-16


SB 2279 Miles

Relating to a wage increase for certain public school employees.

Education K-16


SB 2280 Miles

Relating to the applicability of certain financial provisions to campus or campus program charter schools.

Education K-16


SB 2281 Miles

Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care.

Education K-16


SB 2282 Miles

Relating to authorizing school districts to provide funding using money received under the Foundation School Program to community-based organizations for purposes of reimbursing private employers for paid internships provided to certain students in career and technology education programs in the district.

Education K-16


SB 2283 Hinojosa, Adam

Relating to the rights of special forces veterans who hold a license to carry a handgun.

State Affairs


SB 2284 Hinojosa, Adam

Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate certain matters related to firearms, air guns, archery equipment, and other weapons and related supplies.

State Affairs


SB 2285 Miles

Relating to vegetation management by electric utilities and telecommunications providers.

Business & Commerce


SB 2286 Miles

Relating to the creation of an oversight advisory council on foster care placement.

Health & Human Services


SB 2287 Miles

Relating to the creation of the child-care advisory council.

Economic Development


SB 2288 Miles

Relating to requiring the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to study and report on incidents of racial profiling.

Criminal Justice


SB 2289 Miles

Relating to reports regarding county jail prisoners confined in out-of-state jails.

Criminal Justice


SB 2290 Miles

Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals for the children with special health care needs program.

Health & Human Services


SB 2291 Miles

Relating to the creation of the Texas Advanced Research Institute.

Finance


SB 2292 Miles

Relating to prohibiting the use of electric resistance as a primary heat source in certain residential buildings.

Business & Commerce


SB 2293 Miles

Relating to the carrying of certain weapons on the premises of a public library; creating a criminal offense.

State Affairs


SB 2294 Miles

Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert.

Finance


SB 2295 Miles

Relating to the authority of a municipality to authorize the creation or expansion of a political subdivision in the corporate boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality.

Local Government


SB 2296 Miles/ Cook

Relating to the development of a severe weather adaptation plan by certain entities.

State Affairs


SB 2297 Paxton

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects.

Economic Development


SB 2298 Paxton

Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue and certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project by certain municipalities.

Economic Development


SB 2299 Johnson

Relating to authority of a home-rule municipality to adopt a charter, charter amendment, ordinance, or other measure affecting the municipality's governmental immunity.

Local Government


SB 2300 Johnson

Relating to the termination and compensation of a city manager.

Local Government


SB 2301 Johnson

Relating to municipal charters that set a minimum or maximum number of municipal employees.

Local Government


SB 2302 Johnson

Relating to certain fees charged to tenants of residential properties.

Business & Commerce


SB 2303 Johnson

Relating to the definition of holster for purposes of certain criminal offenses.

State Affairs


SB 2304 Johnson

Relating to the age at which a juvenile court may exercise jurisdiction over a child and to the minimum age of criminal responsibility.

Criminal Justice


SB 2305 Johnson

Relating to extreme risk protective orders; creating criminal offenses.

State Affairs


SB 2306 Parker

Relating to the provision of adoption cost information by a licensed child-placing agency.

Health & Human Services


SB 2307 Parker

Relating to creating the criminal offense of operating a premises for unlawful controlled substance consumption.

Criminal Justice


SB 2308 Parker

Relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing the administration's approval as a medication for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy and the administration of that treatment.

Health & Human Services


SB 2309 Hughes

Relating to election integrity and security of ballot boxes, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; authorizing a penalty.

State Affairs


SB 2310 Paxton

Relating to transparency regarding requirements to complete a certificate or degree program at a public institution of higher education.

Education K-16


SB 2311 Paxton

Relating to the requirements for the operational plan for certain general residential operations licensed by the Health and Human Services Commission.

Health & Human Services


SB 2313 Paxton

Relating to health benefit plan coverage of anxiety and pain management in connection with insertion or removal of prescription contraceptive devices.

Health & Human Services


SB 2314 Creighton

Relating to the creation of an electronic platform and submission portal, known as My Texas Future, to facilitate the awareness and application of public high school students into institutions of higher education using the electronic common admission application form.

Education K-16


SB 2315 Parker

Relating to a cost overage exemption for interconnection of advanced nuclear reactors to the ERCOT transmission system.

Business & Commerce


SB 2316 Parker

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

Transportation


SB 2317 Parker

Relating to the exemption from sales and use taxes for certain information provided by or on behalf of a homeowners' association.

Finance


SB 2318 Menéndez

Relating to the administration of a retirement health care plan for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities.

Finance


SB 2319 Hagenbuch

Relating to automobile liability insurance requirements for transportation network company drivers.

Business & Commerce


SB 2320 King

Relating to increasing the criminal punishment for certain driving while intoxicated offenses.

Criminal Justice


SB 2321 King

Relating to the regulation of emissions by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality during an event affecting electric demand or grid reliability.

Business & Commerce


SB 2322 King

Relating to the applicability of the compelling factor test within the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act.

Economic Development


SB 2323 Johnson

Relating to the disclosure of certain information regarding a record of a collision or violation involving a person operating a railroad locomotive or train.

Transportation


SB 2324 Paxton/ Hall/ Kolkhorst/ Middleton

Relating to the cessation of tolls by toll project entities in certain circumstances.

Transportation


SB 2325 Menéndez

Relating to the inspection or removal by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation of elevators, escalators, and related equipment after a delay for or waiver of compliance.

Business & Commerce


SB 2326 Zaffirini

Relating to access to universal changing facilities in places of public accommodation and public buildings.

Business & Commerce


SB 2327 Zaffirini

Relating to the generation of electric power for sale by a water supply or sewer service corporation.

Business & Commerce


SB 2328 Campbell

Relating to the acceptance of and funding for certain forms of identification issued to persons unlawfully present in the United States; creating a criminal offense.

State Affairs


SB 2329 Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"

Relating to investment of local governments' money in banks located in this state.

Local Government


SB 2330 Parker

Relating to payroll deductions for certain state and local government employee organizations.

Business & Commerce


SB 2331 Parker

Relating to the Managed Care Consumer Choice Program.

Health & Human Services


SB 2333 Parker

Relating to resources for public school classroom teachers, including liability insurance.

Education K-16


SB 2334 Parker

Relating to the storage of alcoholic beverages by an airline passenger transportation permittee.

State Affairs


SB 2335 Parker

Relating to a comprehensive review of the centralized accounting and payroll system by the Department of Information Resources.

Business & Commerce


SB 2336 Kolkhorst

Relating to the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative.

Health & Human Services


SB 2337 Hughes

Relating to the provision of proxy advisory services in connection with certain entities domiciled in this state.

State Affairs


SB 2338 Zaffirini

Relating to the award of work-for-time credits to certain persons released on parole or to mandatory supervision.

Criminal Justice


SB 2339 Hughes

Relating to approval of graduate medical education by the Texas Medical Board and medical care provided at certain health care facilities by physicians with that education or certain board certification.

Health & Human Services


SB 2340 Schwertner

Relating to examination of the records of filing entities and foreign filing entities by the attorney general; creating a criminal offense.

Business & Commerce


SB 2341 Zaffirini

Relating to the establishment of a grant program to provide financial assistance to counties for transportation assistance to indigent litigants.

Criminal Justice


SB 2342 Zaffirini

Relating to the application for appointment of a guardian and to requiring criminal history record information and other information in connection with the guardianship of a ward or the ward's estate.

Jurisprudence


SB 2343 Zaffirini

Relating to online law enforcement reporting systems maintained or operated by or on behalf of a municipality or county.

Criminal Justice


SB 2344 Zaffirini

Relating to the placement of telephone corporation facilities in the right-of-way of certain county roads.

Business & Commerce


SB 2346 Alvarado

Relating to the jurisdiction of county attorneys to prosecute the deceptive trade practice of price gouging during a declared disaster.

State Affairs


SB 2347 Alvarado

Relating to the process of establishing speed limits on a highway or road near a prekindergarten.

Transportation


SB 2348 Alvarado

Relating to Medicare provider certification and enrollment prerequisites to Medicaid and child health plan program provider enrollment.

Health & Human Services


SB 2349 Alvarado

Relating to notice requirements for a leased dwelling located in a floodplain.

Business & Commerce


SB 2350 Alvarado

Relating to establishment of maximum allowable ground level concentrations of hydrogen sulfide by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Natural Resources


SB 2351 Alvarado

Relating to the construction, expansion, or modification of certain concrete plants under a standard permit.

Natural Resources


SB 2352 King

Relating to prohibiting transporting or funding the transportation of an unemancipated minor for an abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

State Affairs


SB 2353 Alvarado

Relating to the creation of an environmental product declaration grant program for manufacturers of ready-mixed concrete.

Natural Resources


SB 2354 Creighton

Relating to the authority of certain persons to obtain third-party review of plats and property development plans, permits, and similar documents, and the inspection of an improvement related to such a document.

Local Government


SB 2355 Eckhardt

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 969 in Travis County as the Senior Police Officer Lewis "Andy" Traylor Memorial Highway.

Transportation


SB 2356 Perry

Relating to hospital staffing report processes and to retaliation and mandatory overtime protections for nurses; providing administrative penalties.

Health & Human Services


SB 2357 Perry

Relating to a maternal health training program for certain health care providers.

Health & Human Services


SB 2358 Perry

Relating to the establishment of an electronic health record loan program for certain health care facilities.

Health & Human Services


SB 2359 West

Relating to notaries public; creating a criminal offense.

State Affairs


SB 2360 West

Relating to equalizing compensation for certain wrongfully imprisoned persons.

Finance


SB 2361 Kolkhorst/ Bettencourt

Relating to the transfer of the University of Houston--Victoria to The Texas A&M University System.

Education K-16


SB 2362 Creighton

Relating to unlawful solicitation and distribution of a voter registration application; creating a criminal offense.

State Affairs


SB 2363 Creighton

Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of unlawfully publishing a vote.

State Affairs


SB 2364 Zaffirini

Relating to a grant program to provide salary assistance for judicial and court personnel in rural counties.

Finance


SB 2365 Creighton/ Bettencourt/ Campbell/ Hagenbuch/ Hinojosa, Adam/ et al.

Relating to the use of personal wireless communication devices by students during instructional time.

Education K-16


SB 2366 Hughes/ Paxton

Relating to a grant program to fund certain short line railroad projects.

Transportation


SB 2367 Kolkhorst

Relating to the authority of certain counties to enact certain park use rules.

Local Government


SB 2368 Campbell/ Hughes/ King/ Kolkhorst

Relating to affiliation with certain foreign entities of certain persons working or participating in the electricity market; increasing an administrative penalty.

Business & Commerce


SB 2369 Campbell

Relating to provisions of state law requiring diversity.

State Affairs


SB 2370 Nichols

Relating to the duty of the comptroller of public accounts to provide certain information to a school district if the comptroller determines in the study of the total taxable value of property in the district that the local value for the district is not valid.

Education K-16


SB 2371 Nichols

Relating to skimmers on electronic terminals; authorizing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses.

Criminal Justice


SB 2372 Nichols

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of fraudulent use, possession, or tampering with gift cards or gift card data.

Criminal Justice


SB 2373 Johnson

Relating to the financial exploitation or abuse of persons using artificially generated media or phishing communications; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

Criminal Justice


SB 2374 Johnson

Relating to the establishment of a grant program for the provision of menstrual products at public schools.

Education K-16


SB 2375 Johnson

Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 88th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.

Administration


SB 2376 Johnson

Relating to student access to certain academic records held by a public institution of higher education or career school or college; authorizing fees.

Education K-16


SB 2377 Johnson

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

Business & Commerce


SB 2378 Hancock

Relating to a report on governmental opioid antagonist programs to reverse and prevent opioid overdoses.

Health & Human Services


SB 2379 Johnson

Relating to the applicability of certain laws regarding peer-to-peer car sharing programs.

Business & Commerce


SB 2380 Menéndez

Relating to immunity from criminal liability for certain health care practitioners.

State Affairs


SB 2381 Menéndez

Relating to limitations on the use of administrative segregation by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Criminal Justice


SB 2382 Bettencourt

Relating to requiring county use of the statewide computerized voter registration list.

State Affairs


SB 2383 Bettencourt

Relating to the employment of certain peace officers of the Department of Public Safety.

Criminal Justice


SB 2384 Hughes

Relating to the creation of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Regional Administrative Judicial Districts, the creation of the office of regional district attorney for each district, and the powers and duties of regional district attorneys.

Criminal Justice


SB 2385 Kolkhorst

Relating to the overnight parking of a commercial motor vehicle in or near certain residential subdivisions.

Transportation


SB 2386 Miles

Relating to the provision by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the pertinent state representative and state senator of notice of certain administrative actions of the commission.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs


SB 2387 Miles

Relating to the creation of the office of independent oversight ombudsman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Criminal Justice


SB 2388 Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"/ Flores/ Gutierrez/ Hinojosa, Adam/ Parker/ et al.

Relating to managed care contracts, including the procurement of managed care contracts, under Medicaid and the child health plan program.

Health & Human Services


SB 2389 Eckhardt

Relating to entities authorized to provide water or sewer service.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs


SB 2390 Eckhardt

Relating to the collection and reporting of data regarding race and ethnicity by the Texas Education Agency.

Education K-16


SB 2391 Eckhardt

Relating to a study regarding the cost of child care in this state in comparison to family income.

Economic Development


SB 2393 Creighton

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the appraised value of real property that arises from the installation or construction on the property of a generator that is primarily for the production and distribution of energy for on-site use.

Local Government


SB 2394 Creighton

Relating to the information that must be included in a school district bond election proposition.

Education K-16


SB 2395 Creighton

Relating to general obligation bonds issued by school districts.

Education K-16


SB 2396 Huffman

Relating to certain duties of the owner or operator of a residential child detention facility.

Local Government


SB 2397 Perry

Relating to the establishment of the task force on disability policy.

Health & Human Services


SB 2398 Campbell/ Creighton

Relating to certain accommodations for public school students diagnosed with a concussion or other brain injury.

Education K-16


SB 2399 Paxton/ Hinojosa, Adam

Relating to restrictions on the sale of obscene devices; providing a civil penalty.

Criminal Justice


SB 2400 Parker

Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process.

Business & Commerce


SB 2401 Parker

Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process.

Business & Commerce


SB 2402 Middleton/ Blanco/ Parker/ Paxton/ Sparks

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Lottery Commission.

State Affairs


SB 2403 Middleton/ Blanco/ Parker/ Paxton/ Sparks

Relating to the functions and duties of the Texas Ethics Commission.

State Affairs


SB 2404 Parker/ Blanco/ Middleton/ Paxton/ Sparks

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Information Resources, including the composition of the governing body of the department.

Business & Commerce


SB 2405 Parker/ Blanco/ Middleton/ Paxton/ Sparks

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.

Criminal Justice


SB 2406 Paxton/ Blanco/ Middleton/ Parker/ Sparks

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.

Local Government


SB 2410 Campbell/ et al.

Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for game animals

Finance


SB 2411 Schwertner

Relating to business organizations.

Business & Commerce


SB 2412 Hagenbuch

Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for firearms, ammunition, and other related items sold during a limited period.

Finance


SB 2413 Hagenbuch

Relating to the applicability of certain laws to tiny homes and tiny home communities.

Business & Commerce


SB 2414 Hagenbuch

Relating to prohibiting the regulation of homeschool programs.

Education K-16


SB 2415 Hagenbuch

Relating to the dissemination of certain school district ad valorem tax-related information.

Local Government


SB 2416 Hagenbuch

Relating to a preference against state resources being used to compete against private commercial sources.

Business & Commerce


SB 2417 King

Relating to investigations conducted and actions brought by the attorney general under the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983.

State Affairs


SB 2418 Paxton

Relating to timely billing requirements for health care service providers.

Health & Human Services


SB 2419 Paxton

Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise certain powers and duties following municipal disannexation of certain areas.

Local Government


SB 2420 Paxton/ et al.

Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.

State Affairs


SB 2421 Paxton

Relating to electronic device filters for certain obsene materials; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

State Affairs


SB 2422 Hall

Relating to investigations and disciplinary or punitive action by the Texas Medical Board regarding certain treatments or practices regarding COVID-19 and to the required expungement of certain records.

Health & Human Services


SB 2423 Hall

Relating to the imposition of a tax on certain entities that receive certain federal tax credits related to investing in and developing renewable energy projects in an amount equal to the federal tax credits received.

Business & Commerce


SB 2424 Hall

Relating to access by a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor to certain governmental meetings or enforcement actions.

Business & Commerce


SB 2426 Hall/ et al.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain conduct constituting the offense of dog fighting or the offense of cockfighting.

Criminal Justice


SB 2427 Hall

Relating to the use of impact fees by a political subdivision.

Local Government


SB 2428 Hall

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

Business & Commerce


SB 2429 Hughes

Relating to genetic information security for residents of this state; providing a civil penalty; providing a private cause of action.

State Affairs


SB 2430 Hughes

Relating to measures to protect public institutions of higher education from foreign adversaries and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of trade secrets; providing civil and administrative penalties; increasing a criminal penalty.

Education K-16


SB 2431 Campbell

Relating to requiring foreign language credit opportunities for students enrolled in study abroad programs offered by certain institutions of higher education in this state.

Education K-16


SB 2432 Parker

Relating to periodic occupational cancer screenings for firefighters.

Local Government


SB 2433 Parker

Relating to negotiated rulemaking by the commissioner of insurance.

Business & Commerce


SB 2434 Parker

Relating to the prioritization of natural gas deliveries to certain electric power generation units.

Business & Commerce


SB 2435 Parker

Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of trafficking of persons and continuous trafficking of persons.

Criminal Justice


SB 2436 Parker

Relating to participation in, administration of, contributions to, and benefits under the Texas Municipal Retirement System.

Finance


SB 2437 Parker

Relating to requirements for notice advertising the sale of property to enforce a self-service storage facility lien.

Business & Commerce


SB 2438 Zaffirini

Relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals.

Criminal Justice


SB 2439 Zaffirini

Relating to the operation of off-highway vehicles.

Transportation


SB 2440 Zaffirini

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

Business & Commerce


SB 2441 Zaffirini

Relating to the regulation of preproduction plastic by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Natural Resources


SB 2442 Zaffirini

Relating to educational requirements for licensing as an audiologist.

Health & Human Services


SB 2443 Zaffirini

Relating to electronic delivery of documents sent or received by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Business & Commerce


SB 2444 Zaffirini

Relating to the regulation of sanitarians and sanitarians in training.

Business & Commerce


SB 2445 Zaffirini

Relating to access to criminal history record information by certain legal services providers.

Criminal Justice


SB 2446 Sparks

Relating to the governance of local mental health authorities and the composition of the governing bodies of local mental health authorities.

Health & Human Services


SB 2447 Sparks

Relating to reporting requirements for assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization.

Health & Human Services


SB 2448 Sparks

Relating to rural workforce development.

Economic Development


SB 2449 Sparks

Relating to financial assurance requirements for operators under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Natural Resources


SB 2450 Hughes

Relating to the participation and reimbursement of and requirements affecting certain providers, including providers of eye health care and vision care services, under Medicaid.

Health & Human Services


SB 2451 Hancock

Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in testing certain substances suspected of containing delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol.

State Affairs


SB 2452 Hancock

Relating to the compensation of the chief apprasier of an appraisal district.

Local Government


SB 2453 Hancock

Relating to the memorial designation of certain portions of an international border wall and the use of grants related to homeland security for those purposes.

Border Security


SB 2454 Hancock

Relating to the rights and responsibilities of a foster parent.

Health & Human Services


SB 2455 Hancock

Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Waste Advisory Committee.

Business & Commerce


SB 2456 Hughes

Relating to religious programs and activities available to inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Criminal Justice


SB 2457 Hughes

Relating to clarity and certainty in the administration and operation of Medicaid.

Health & Human Services


SB 2458 Hughes

Relating to the audit of claims and recovery of overpayments by Medicaid recovery audit contractors.

Health & Human Services


SB 2459 Creighton

Relating to the protection of personal identifying information of certain persons in the judicial system; creating a criminal offense.

State Affairs


SB 2460 Creighton

Relating to rapid DNA analysis performed by certain law enforcement agencies and the content of certain DNA databases.

Criminal Justice