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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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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 2025 - 89th Regular

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 2025 - 89th Regular

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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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 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 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.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1668

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1669

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the regulation of stormwater management by certain counties.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1670

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the provision of certain information to a county child welfare board member.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1671

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to individualized education program requirements for students placed in alternative special education settings and monitoring of alternative special education settings.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1672

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the inclusion of instruction in personal financial literacy in the required curriculum for public high school students.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1673

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1674

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the minimum motor vehicle liability insurance coverage requirement for bodily injury or death or for damage to or destruction of property of others.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1675

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the duties of a pharmacist regarding medication profiles for high-risk patients in certain hospitals.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1676

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an allotment for public school students who require significant resources under the Foundation School Program and the composition of a school district's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team.