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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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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 Senate
3/11/25  
Out of House Committee
5/13/25  
Voted on by House
5/14/25  
Proposing a constitutional amendment affirming the rights and responsibilities of parents.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB140

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/11/25  
Out of House Committee
5/19/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain definitions relating to the regulation of and private rights of action arising from certain solicitation-related communications.
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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 Senate
3/11/25  
Out of House Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by House
4/24/25  
Governor Action
5/8/25  
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 Senate
3/11/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
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 Senate Bill SB480

Filed
11/22/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/11/25  
Out of House Committee
5/9/25  
Voted on by House
5/15/25  
Governor Action
5/28/25  
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 SB627

Filed
12/16/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/11/25  
Out of House Committee
5/14/25  
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 Senate
3/11/25  
Out of House Committee
5/10/25  
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 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB767

Filed
1/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/11/25  
Out of House Committee
4/15/25  
Voted on by House
4/30/25  
Governor Action
5/19/25  
Relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SR224

Recognizing March 11, 2025, as Panola County Day.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1626

Filed
2/25/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/28/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to censorship of or certain other interference with digital expression, including expression on social media platforms or through electronic mail messages.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1627

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1628

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the consideration of criminal history record information of applicants for public employment or an occupational license.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1629

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the administration by the Texas Water Development Board of the Texas Water Bank and certain funds and accounts.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1630

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the training of prospective grand jurors and to grand jury proceedings.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1631

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of an advanced nuclear energy workforce development program.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1632

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to parking lots and parking garages adjacent or near to certain county courthouses.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1633

Filed
2/25/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/16/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a county commissioners court to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation by each taxing unit that taxes the property of the portion of the appraised value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of certain water conservation systems.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1634

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to state recognition of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1635

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a credit against required recapture payments for certain school districts for the cost of windstorm and hail insurance under the public school finance system.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1636

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prohibiting a school district from using interest and sinking tax revenue to pay for deferred maintenance.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1637

Filed
2/25/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/3/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/9/25  
Out of House Committee
4/28/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1638

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1639

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to imposing a tax on the generation of electricity by certain electric generators to provide revenue for teacher pay raises.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1640

Filed
2/25/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to access to criminal history record information that relates to providers and provider applicants under Medicaid and other public benefits programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1641

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to load forecasts used in transmission planning for the ERCOT power region.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1642

Filed
2/25/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the administration of the Texas Department of Insurance, including the appointment of the state commission of insurance.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1643

Filed
2/25/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/9/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prior approval of certain property and casualty insurance rate increases or decreases.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1644

Filed
2/25/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/2/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/10/25  
Out of House Committee
4/29/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the use of a consumer's credit score in the underwriting or rating of certain personal lines property and casualty insurance policies.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1645

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a study by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center on health, nutrition, physical activity, and chronic health issues in this state.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1646

Filed
2/26/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/14/25  
Voted on by House
5/15/25  
Governor Action
5/30/25  
Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1647

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury service.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1648

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to regulation of online global marketplaces.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1649

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to designating the Windham School District to provide postsecondary education to students of the district.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1650

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of the attorney general to prosecute certain criminal offenses against public order.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1651

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the rural sheriff's office salary assistance grant program.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1652

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores; providing a civil penalty.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1653

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the provision of certain co-navigation services to individuals who are deaf-blind.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1654

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to definition of abuse of a child, the reporting of child abuse and neglect, and certain required notifications about reports of child abuse and neglect.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1656

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to designating May 24 as Victims of the Uvalde Shooting Day.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1657

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1658

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to regulating certain firearm transfers, possession of certain firearms, and protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1659

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to requiring a warrant to search certain location information purchased by a governmental entity from a data broker or electronic personal data tracker.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1660

Filed
2/26/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/5/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/7/25  
Out of House Committee
5/22/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1661

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the provision of nutrition support services to Medicaid recipients in lieu of other state Medicaid plan services and a report on the health outcomes of providing those services.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1662

Filed
2/26/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/8/25  
Voted on by House
5/20/25  
Governor Action
5/30/25  
Relating to notice provided to certain public drinking water supply systems before water quality testing.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1663

Filed
2/26/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/20/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to notification procedures concerning groundwater contamination.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1664

Filed
2/27/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/7/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to public information regarding the rates of a transmission and distribution utility.
TX

Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1665

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the feasibility of constructing certain extra high voltage transmission lines.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1666

Filed
2/27/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/1/25  
Out of House Committee
5/10/25  
Voted on by House
5/15/25  
Governor Action
5/28/25  
Relating to the payment of restitution.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1667

Filed
2/27/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.