Bills Referred Today for 4/16/2025

BILLS REFERRED TODAY



Wednesday

April 16, 2025





Committee referral on the following:


SJR 85 Bettencourt

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled.

Local Government


SCR 48 Middleton

Urging the Gulf Coast Protection District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to not compromise navigation safety or two-way traffic vessel movement when implementing a project.

Natural Resources


SB 23 Bettencourt

Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.

Local Government


SB 3047 Zaffirini

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

Local Government


HB 39 Lopez, Ray/ Hunter/ Hefner/ et al.

Relating to information and data regarding the incidence of veteran deaths in this state.

Veteran Affairs


HB 102 Wilson/ et al.

Relating to early registration for students in military-related programs at public institutions of higher education.

Veteran Affairs


HB 300 Wilson/ et al.

Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.

Veteran Affairs


HB 500 Bonnen

Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.

Finance


HB 1400 Harris/ Troxclair/ Jones, Venton/ et al.

Relating to creation of the groundwater science, research, and innovation fund to be administered by the Texas Water Development Board.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs


HB 2143 Metcalf/ Bell, Cecil

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1097 in Montgomery County as the Army Specialist Joey Lenz Memorial Highway.

Transportation


HCR 64 Curry/ Ashby/ et al.

Designating the first full week in April as Gifted and Talented Students Week for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Administration


HCR 101 King/ et al.

Designating the tomahawk rib-eye steak as the official State Steak of Texas and directing the Texas Department of Agriculture to promote the tomahawk rib-eye steak as part of efforts to support Texas beef and agricultural products.

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs