Meeting Video(s)

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II)

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I)

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Bills on the Agenda

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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 SJR12

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a parent's right to direct a child's education.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR37

Filed
1/22/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/26/25  
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment clarifying that a voter must be a United States citizen.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR81

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR50

Filed
2/3/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the enactment of a law imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities transactions.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SCR22

Designating the cannon as the official state gun of Texas.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR12

Urging Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR39

Urging the federal government to take immediate action in addressing issues related to security at the border.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB875

Filed
1/22/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prohibiting election activities committed by a member of the board of trustees or superintendent of an independent school district or on certain school district premises; creating criminal offenses.
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Texas Senate Bill SB318

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of the election integrity division in the office of the attorney general.
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Senate Bill SB504

Filed
11/25/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/13/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the disclosure of certain financial information by certain nonprofit organizations that enter into sizeable contracts with political subdivisions.
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Texas Senate Bill SB857

Filed
1/22/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/13/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authorized removal of certain motor vehicles.
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Texas Senate Bill SB305

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/13/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway.
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Texas Senate Bill SB296

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/13/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to driving safety or motorcycle operator training course dismissal.
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Texas Senate Bill SB284

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the right-of-way of a public road.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1497

Filed
2/20/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/13/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the search of certain wireless communications devices by a peace officer.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1498

Filed
2/20/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/13/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to civil asset forfeiture of digital currency or other similar property.
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Texas Senate Bill SB241

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prohibitions on camping in a public place.
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Texas Senate Bill SB304

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the jurisdiction of municipal courts over health and safety and nuisance abatement ordinances.
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Texas Senate Bill SB621

Filed
12/13/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a prohibition on the establishment, operation, or ownership of a public bank by a political subdivision.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1023

Filed
1/30/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates.
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Texas Senate Bill SB371

Filed
11/14/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools.
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Texas Senate Bill SB204

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a handbook on parental rights in education and training requirements on parental rights in education for a member of the board of trustees of a school district.
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Texas Senate Bill SB609

Filed
12/13/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to requiring independent school districts, home-rule school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools to comply with legally required policies.
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Texas Senate Bill SB670

Filed
12/19/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to patient authorization to access certain investigational sun protection products.
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Texas Senate Bill SB850

Filed
1/17/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds.
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Texas Senate Bill SB854

Filed
1/17/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to municipal regulation of multifamily and mixed-use development on religious land.
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Texas Senate Bill SB413

Filed
11/21/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the meetings of the boards of trustees of independent school districts.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1346

Filed
2/18/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prohibited sales to persons attempting to purchase all or substantially all possible winning tickets in a lottery drawing.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1033

Filed
1/31/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the withdrawal of a candidate in a runoff primary election.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1220

Filed
2/11/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1073

Filed
2/3/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.
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Texas Senate Bill SB810

Filed
1/16/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to protection for a public school employee's use of terms consistent with biological sex.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1539

Filed
2/21/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to requirements and procedures in the contest of an election on a proposed constitutional amendment.
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Texas Senate Bill SB447

Filed
11/21/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.
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Texas Senate Bill SB406

Filed
11/21/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the required inclusion of a person's sex on a birth certificate and prohibited change of sex on the birth certificate of certain persons.
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Texas Senate Bill SB985

Filed
1/29/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the combination of certain election precincts.
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Texas Senate Bill SB965

Filed
1/29/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1119

Filed
2/5/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to liability of a water park entity for injuries arising from certain activities.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1505

Filed
2/20/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1215

Filed
2/11/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the placement of a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed, a private oyster bed, or coastal waters.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1302

Filed
2/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/18/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to eligibility to use a general permit to discharge waste into or adjacent to waters in this state.