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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR36

Filed
1/22/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR34

Filed
1/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right of parents to raise their children.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR18

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/18/25  
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR9

Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB616

Filed
12/13/24  
Out of Senate Committee
2/25/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to aquifer storage and recovery projects that transect a portion of the Edwards Aquifer.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB565

Filed
12/11/24  
Out of Senate Committee
2/25/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a compliance agreement for the suspension of an enforcement action against a regional water supply, sewer, wastewater treatment, or solid waste disposal service for certain violations.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB384

Filed
11/15/24  
Out of Senate Committee
2/25/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to making a donation to the operation game thief fund when applying for a hunting or fishing license.
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Texas Senate Bill SB140

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the definition of telephone call for purposes of regulating telephone solicitations.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB262

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to eligibility requirements to practice public accountancy.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB370

Filed
11/14/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the availability of certain personal information of a child, spouse, or surviving spouse of a current or former employee of the office of the attorney general or of a public defender's office.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB372

Filed
11/15/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the persons authorized or appointed to exercise the power of sale under the terms of a contract lien on real property.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB495

Filed
11/22/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Insurance to adopt rules that implement or are based on certain environmental, social, and governance models, ratings, or standards.
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Texas Senate Bill SB627

Filed
12/16/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB764

Filed
1/10/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the procedure for a hearing by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on the denial of an electrician's license or disciplinary action against an electrician.
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Texas Senate Bill SB842

Filed
1/17/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to immunity for ringside physicians assigned to combative sports events.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB971

Filed
1/29/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the definition of a rural political subdivision for purposes of the Texas Water Assistance Program.
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Texas Senate Bill SB767

Filed
1/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/11/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.
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Texas Senate Bill SB480

Filed
11/22/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a local government to enter into an interlocal contract with certain governmental entities to participate in water research or planning activities.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1066

Filed
2/3/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the requirement for performance and payment bonds from certain contractors of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB929

Filed
1/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain deadlines and other timing factors affecting mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens.
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Texas Senate Bill SB765

Filed
1/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the confidentiality of fraud detection and deterrence information under the public information law.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB523

Filed
12/3/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence address.
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Texas Senate Bill SB62

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the reading and marking of a ballot by a person occupying a voting station or by the person's child.
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Texas Senate Bill SB19

Filed
2/20/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.
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Texas Senate Bill SB18

Filed
2/21/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state or other public funding.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB666

Filed
12/19/24  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the age at which a person may purchase or possess nitrous oxide.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB688

Filed
12/20/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the date of the meeting of presidential electors of this state.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB707

Filed
1/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of the legislature to determine that certain federal directives are unconstitutional and to prohibit certain government officers and employees from enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of the directive.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB888

Filed
1/23/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the attorney general's defense of a district or county attorney against certain lawsuits in federal court.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB687

Filed
12/20/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to liability for land surveying services in or in connection with certain construction or services contracts.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB706

Filed
1/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the recognition of a handgun license issued by another state.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB847

Filed
1/17/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to liability of a cavern entity for injuries arising from certain activities.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB869

Filed
1/22/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the deadline for the Texas Ethics Commission to resolve certain complaints.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB890

Filed
1/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain active and retired judicial officers.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB992

Filed
1/29/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the procedure by which the attorney general approves or denies approval of a state agency contract for outside legal services.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1145

Filed
2/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to issue permits for the land application of water produced from certain mining and oil and gas extraction operations.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB494

Filed
11/22/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of a theft of petroleum products task force.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB290

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to notice to property owners regarding certain stationary LP-gas installations.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB766

Filed
1/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the correction of references to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
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Texas Senate Bill SB11

Filed
2/10/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB10

Filed
2/10/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
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Texas Senate Bill SB13

Filed
2/12/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the creation of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB263

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the computation of the cost of goods sold by television and radio broadcasters for purposes of the franchise tax.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB412

Filed
11/21/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/6/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB20

Filed
2/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/6/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession or promotion of obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB441

Filed
11/21/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/6/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to civil liability for the production, solicitation, disclosure, or promotion of artificial intimate visual material.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB442

Filed
11/21/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/6/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of unlawful production or distribution of certain sexually explicit media; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1621

Filed
2/25/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/6/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR13

Urging the U.S. Department of State and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to take appropriate action to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water resources.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB569

Filed
12/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/13/25  
Out of House Committee
4/15/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB314

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/10/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB25

Filed
2/20/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/10/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living; authorizing a civil penalty.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB293

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/10/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB914

Filed
1/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/10/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB260

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/12/25  
Out of House Committee
4/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1248

Filed
2/12/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/10/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the disclosure of certain harvest report information submitted to the Parks and Wildlife Department.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB740

Filed
1/8/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/10/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain proceedings by the Public Utility Commission of Texas regarding water or sewer service.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB14

Filed
3/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/11/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/26/25  
Out of House Committee
4/7/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings.