Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate 2025 Senate Floor Action Apr 16th, 2025

Bills on the Agenda

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB22

Filed
3/11/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/2/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/19/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the Texas moving image industry incentive program and the establishment and funding of the Texas moving image industry incentive fund.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB39

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/22/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB75

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/14/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB626

Filed
12/16/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to inservice training on identifying abuse, neglect, and illegal, unprofessional, and unethical conduct in certain health care facilities.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB926

Filed
1/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
4/29/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain practices of health benefit plan issuers to encourage the use of certain physicians and health care providers and rank physicians.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1080

Filed
2/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/3/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/5/25  
Voted on by House
5/8/25  
Governor Action
5/27/25  
Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of an occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1099

Filed
2/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by an illegal alien.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1177

Filed
2/7/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/9/25  
Voted on by House
5/16/25  
Governor Action
5/29/25  
Relating to fire safety inspections at public and private schools.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1506

Filed
2/20/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
4/28/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1577

Filed
2/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/9/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
4/30/25  
Voted on by House
5/6/25  
Governor Action
5/19/25  
Relating to the temporary sale of alcoholic beverages at certain racing facilities.
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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 SB1806

Filed
3/3/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
4/28/25  
Voted on by House
4/30/25  
Governor Action
5/19/25  
Relating to the inspection, purchase, sale, possession, storage, transportation, and disposal of petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, and oil and gas waste; creating criminal offenses and increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2122

Filed
3/10/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/9/25  
Voted on by House
5/10/25  
Governor Action
5/27/25  
Relating to imposition of application fees for certain permits and permit amendments for the disposal of oil and gas waste.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2226

Filed
3/11/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/2/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2361

Filed
3/12/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
4/25/25  
Voted on by House
5/6/25  
Governor Action
5/27/25  
Relating to the transfer of the University of Houston--Victoria to The Texas A&M University System.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2420

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/5/25  
Voted on by House
5/9/25  
Governor Action
5/27/25  
Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2421

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to electronic device filters for certain obsene materials; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB30

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/23/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to recovery of health care-related damages in certain civil actions.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB552

Filed
12/9/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB964

Filed
1/29/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
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.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1927

Filed
3/5/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to municipal regulation of the removal of an Ashe juniper tree.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1962

Filed
3/5/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/9/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to public school accountability, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement and public school performance ratings under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2023

Filed
3/6/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of a grant program to support the disposition of deceased paupers' bodies.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SR393

Recognizing April 16, 2025, as Texas Juvenile Justice Professional Day.
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Texas Senate Bill SR412

Recognizing April 16, 2025, as Whataburger Wednesday.
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Texas Senate Bill SR414

Recognizing April 16, 2025, as St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Day.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR85

Filed
4/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/22/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/23/25  
Out of House Committee
5/9/25  
Voted on by House
5/20/25  
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SCR48

Urging the Gulf Coast Protection District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to not compromise navigation safety or two-way traffic vessel movement when implementing a project.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB23

Filed
4/15/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/22/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/23/25  
Out of House Committee
5/9/25  
Voted on by House
5/21/25  
Governor Action
6/16/25  
Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB3047

Filed
4/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/6/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/13/25  
Out of House Committee
5/21/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of certain municipal management districts; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB39

Filed
3/3/25  
Out of House Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
4/15/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/19/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to information and data regarding the incidence of veteran deaths in this state.
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Texas House Bill HB102

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of House Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
4/15/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/19/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/20/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to early registration for students in military-related programs at public institutions of higher education.
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Texas House Bill HB300

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of House Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
4/15/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/19/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB500

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of House Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
4/15/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/25/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1400

Filed
11/19/24  
Out of House Committee
3/25/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to creation of the groundwater science, research, and innovation fund to be administered by the Texas Water Development Board.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2143

Filed
1/28/25  
Out of House Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
4/15/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/9/25  
Governor Action
5/24/25  
Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1097 in Montgomery County as the Army Specialist Joey Lenz Memorial Highway.
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Texas House Bill HCR64

Designating the first full week in April as Gifted and Talented Students Week for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
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Texas House Bill HCR101

Designating the tomahawk rib-eye steak as the official State Steak of Texas and directing the Texas Department of Agriculture to promote the tomahawk rib-eye steak as part of efforts to support Texas beef and agricultural products.