SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Wednesday

April 16, 2025

The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed:

Relating to recovery of damages in civil actions.

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.

Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman; authorizing a civil penalty.

Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.

Relating to the appearance of a personal identification certificate or driver's license issued to a person who is not a citizen of the United States.

Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.

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

Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.

The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

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

Relating to the disposition by a public junior college library of certain library materials.

Relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of admission into public schools.

Relating to temporary emergency electric energy facilities.

Relating to discontinuing group self-insurance coverage and dissolving the Texas self-insurance group guaranty fund and trust fund under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.

Relating to bond requirements for certain judges.

Relating to an attendance policy adopted by public schools to prevent truancy.

Relating to reporting certain information regarding the placement of children and suits filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or a designated county executive official.

Relating to a report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding enrollment and success in higher education for students with disabilities.

Relating to the authority of certain medical consenters to assume financial responsibility for certain out-of-network medical care provided to children in foster care.

Relating to water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer.

Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.

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

Relating to an insurer's responsibility to review and audit a third-party administrator.

Relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average.

Relating to the operations and administration of the Concho County Hospital District.

Relating to the dissolution of a public utility agency.

Relating to consolidating certain nonresident hunting licenses.

Relating to a prohibition on certain e-cigarette products.

Relating to the repeal of wheelbase and horsepower restrictions for the state's passenger vehicle fleet.

Relating to access to the crime laboratory portal.

Relating to the creation of the Texas Mental Health Profession Pipeline Program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Relating to health benefits offered by postsecondary educational institutions to students and their families.

Relating to meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Authority.

Relating to the regulation of continuing care facilities.

Relating to the reporting of certain security incidents by public water systems to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Department of Information Resources.

Relating to notice provided to certain public drinking water supply systems before water quality testing.

Relating to notification procedures concerning groundwater contamination.

Relating to the participation of certain juvenile justice entities in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.

Relating to the declaration of an oil or gas emergency by the Railroad Commission of Texas and the liability of a person for assistance, advice, or resources provided in relation to an oil or gas emergency.

Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to designate certain persons as the operator of an orphaned oil or gas well.

Relating to restitution and compensation paid to victims of certain offenses for tattoo removal related to the offense.

Relating to the issuance of a license or provisional license to certain military service members, military veterans, and military spouses to engage in a business or occupation in this state.

Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem and the compensation of certain attorneys ad litem in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.

Relating to the delivery of records, including a will, in probate proceedings transferred to other courts.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Relating to the repeal of the Texas Research Incentive Program.

Relating to the qualifications of members of the board of directors of the Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Relating to publication of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee's annual report.

Relating to the authority of a county to commission certain individuals as peace officers and establish certain law enforcement agencies and to certification requirements for fire marshals.

Relating to testing of voting tabulation equipment.

Relating to requiring a certification for peace officers to conduct certain polygraph examinations.

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

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.

Relating to severance pay for certain political subdivision employees.

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.

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

Relating to the reporting requirement for certain law enforcement agencies regarding the agencies' use or operation of an unmanned aircraft.

The following bills were removed from the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

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

Relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the support of a child.