Bills Referred Today for 5/8/2025

BILLS REFERRED TODAY



Thursday

May 8, 2025





Committee referral on the following:


HB 180 Guillen/ Morales, Eddie/ et al.

Relating to border protection agreements between this state and the United Mexican States.

Border Security


HB 223 Capriglione/ Tepper/ Spiller/ Alders/ et al.

Relating to competitive requirements for a procurement by a municipality for lobbying, government relations, or similar services.

State Affairs


HB 610 Leo Wilson/ Bumgarner/ Capriglione/ Canales/ et al.

Relating to a severance payment to a superintendent of a school district.

Education K-16


HB 1027 Shaheen

Relating to the provision of telepharmacy services.

Health & Human Services


HB 1178 Cunningham/ Bumgarner/ Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra

Relating to the creation of a temporary educator certificate for educators certified by other states.

Education K-16


HB 1237 Guillen

Relating to the renewal by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of certain expired occupational licenses and registrations.

Natural Resources


HB 1506 Ashby/ et al.

Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain retired county court judges.

State Affairs


HB 1535 Kitzman

Relating to the Trinity 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


HB 1585 Bell, Cecil/ Gates/ Cook/ Gervin-Hawkins/ et al.

Relating to housing finance corporations and to the location of residential developments owned by those corporations.

Local Government


HB 1610 Leach/ et al.

Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments.

Administration


HB 1615 Leach/ et al.

Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including a conforming amendment.

Administration


HB 1620 Leach/ et al.

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


HB 1639 Patterson/ Collier/ et al.

Relating to a study on the increased incidence of cancer in female firefighters in this state.

Health & Human Services


HB 1813 Bucy/ Buckley/ Noble/ Howard/ Talarico/ et al.

Relating to a parental right to information concerning a public school special education program and certain requirements for persons serving as special education representatives and hearing officers at impartial due process hearings; authorizing a fee.

Education K-16


HB 1902 Cook/ Bonnen/ Moody/ Smithee/ Louderback/ et al.

Relating to creating the criminal offense of jugging.

Criminal Justice


HB 2026 Frank

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 25 in Archer County as the U.S. Army Gary C. and U.S.M.C. Gary S. Johnston Memorial Highway.

Transportation


HB 2035 Oliverson/ Raymond

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

Health & Human Services


HB 2071 Hull/ Frank/ Manuel/ Noble/ Rose/ et al.

Relating to certain policies and procedures for health care specialty consultations in certain child abuse or neglect investigations and assessments.

Health & Human Services


HB 2248 Smithee

Relating to the public information law.

Business & Commerce


HB 2492 Bowers/ Morales, Christina/ Simmons/ Plesa/ et al.

Relating to the period for which a person arrested for certain crimes involving family violence may be held after bond is posted.

Criminal Justice


HB 2513 Tepper/ Lujan

Relating to a paid leave of absence for public employees serving as fire protection personnel who are engaged in certain military service.

Veteran Affairs


HB 2522 Dean

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

Transportation


HB 2703 Raymond/ Bell, Cecil/ Hunter/ Hinojosa/ Bryant SP: Hall

Relating to designating July as American Patriotism Month.

Administration


HB 2802 Bucy/ Howard/ Capriglione

Relating to the administration of, contributions to, and benefits under retirement systems for firefighters in certain municipalities.

Finance


HB 3033 Craddick/ Kitzman

Relating to a grant program for nonprofit organizations supporting employees of the Department of Public Safety; authorizing voluntary contributions.

Finance


HB 3546 Martinez/ Anchía

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

State Affairs


HB 3719 Hunter

Relating to the availability of dates of birth under the public information law.

Business & Commerce


HB 3751 Ashby

Relating to the transfer of certain real property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Transportation


HB 3778 Louderback/ Darby/ Garcia, Josey/ Lalani

Relating to the use of geothermal energy as a dispatchable generation resource.

Business & Commerce


HB 3800 Orr/ Shofner

Relating to an advisory board established to develop a resource guide that facilitates collaboration in identifying and addressing local health care workforce needs.

Economic Development


HB 4284 Geren

Relating to an excessive discount on certain alcoholic beverages.

State Affairs


HB 4464 González, Mary/ Patterson

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

Business & Commerce


HB 4488 Bonnen

Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the dedication and rededication of revenue and allocation of accrued interest on dedicated revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes.

Finance


HB 4529 Hefner

Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities that maintain a certificate to operate issued by the United States Department of Defense.

Health & Human Services


HB 4655 Hull

Relating to the Preparation for Adult Living Program and other services for foster children transitioning to independent living.

Health & Human Services


HB 4666 Manuel/ Garcia, Linda

Relating to certain reports required to be prepared or submitted by or in collaboration with the Health and Human Services Commission or submitted to the governor or a member of the legislature under the Health and Safety Code.

Health & Human Services


HB 4751 Capriglione/ Bonnen/ Raymond/ Lalani/ Kitzman

Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Quantum Initiative.

Business & Commerce


HB 4753 Gates/ Tepper/ Lalani/ Dorazio/ Bell, Keith/ et al.

Relating to the municipal issuance of a document verifying that a certificate of occupancy has been issued for certain buildings.

Local Government


HB 4850 Button/ Lujan/ Meza/ Hull/ Smithee

Relating to programs to promote economic development in the Office of the Governor and to the repeal of the Texas Entrepreneurship Network.

Economic Development


HB 4877 Paul

Relating to the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association.

Business & Commerce


HB 4885 Moody

Relating to the disclosure of confidential juvenile records to a managed assigned counsel program.

Criminal Justice


HB 4996 Dyson/ Lujan

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of refusal to execute the release of a fraudulent lien or claim.

Criminal Justice


HB 5342 Landgraf/ Lambert/ Martinez Fischer/ Jones, Jolanda/ Lalani

Relating to the provision of behavioral health crisis services, including measures to fund and support the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and related services.

Health & Human Services


HB 5667 Olcott

Relating to the chairman of the juvenile board of Parker County.

Criminal Justice


HCR 7 Tepper

Designating September 29 as Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Administration


HCR 86 Hayes

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

Administration


HCR 92 Collier/ Cook/ Rose/ Plesa/ Hayes SP: West

Designating the fourth Thursday of March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Administration


HCR 98 Plesa/ Lopez, Ray/ Morales, Eddie/ Louderback/ Pierson/ et al.

Urging Congress to enhance coordination among federal, state, and local authorities in the deployment of C-UAS technologies for border security.

Border Security


HCR 126 Ashby

Designating Corrigan as the official Timber Products Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Administration