Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate 2025 Senate Floor Action - 2 Apr 16th, 2025

Bills on the Agenda

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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 SB33

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain prohibited transactions and logistical support between a governmental entity and an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services.
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Texas Senate Bill SB37

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/8/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/22/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment, powers, and duties of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman.
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Texas Senate Bill SB505

Filed
11/25/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/26/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty.
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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 SB1596

Filed
2/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/7/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the prohibition of short-barrel firearms.
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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 SCR37

Recognizing the strategic importance of the Panama Canal to the economic strength of the United States and the State of Texas.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB60

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/10/25  
Voted on by House
5/21/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to the disposition by a public junior college library of certain library materials.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB226

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/19/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of admission into public schools.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB231

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/9/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Voted on by House
5/21/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to temporary emergency electric energy facilities.
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Texas Senate Bill SB264

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/26/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to discontinuing group self-insurance coverage and dissolving the Texas self-insurance group guaranty fund and trust fund under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.
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Texas Senate Bill SB387

Filed
11/18/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to bond requirements for certain judges.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB570

Filed
12/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an attendance policy adopted by public schools to prevent truancy.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB596

Filed
12/13/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to reporting certain information regarding the placement of children and suits filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB651

Filed
12/18/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/2/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/12/25  
Voted on by House
5/20/25  
Governor Action
5/30/25  
Relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or a designated county executive official.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB769

Filed
1/13/25  
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
4/30/25  
Governor Action
5/20/25  
Relating to a report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding enrollment and success in higher education for students with disabilities.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB855

Filed
1/22/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
4/29/25  
Voted on by House
5/8/25  
Governor Action
5/21/25  
Relating to the authority of certain medical consenters to assume financial responsibility for certain out-of-network medical care provided to children in foster care.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB863

Filed
1/22/25  
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 water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer and to the use of certain reclaimed water in an aquifer storage and recovery project.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB991

Filed
1/29/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/10/25  
Voted on by House
5/21/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1079

Filed
2/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
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 the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media devices.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1151

Filed
2/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
4/30/25  
Voted on by House
5/2/25  
Governor Action
5/19/25  
Relating to an insurer's responsibility to review and audit a third-party administrator.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1191

Filed
2/10/25  
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 the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1214

Filed
2/11/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/7/25  
Voted on by House
5/16/25  
Governor Action
5/29/25  
Relating to the operations and administration of the Concho County Hospital District.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1243

Filed
2/12/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/22/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the dissolution of a public utility agency.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1247

Filed
2/12/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/1/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/12/25  
Voted on by House
5/20/25  
Governor Action
5/30/25  
Relating to consolidating certain nonresident hunting licenses.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1314

Filed
2/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a prohibition on certain e-cigarette products.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1364

Filed
2/18/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/26/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/1/25  
Voted on by House
5/7/25  
Governor Action
5/21/25  
Relating to the repeal of wheelbase and horsepower restrictions for the state's passenger vehicle fleet.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1372

Filed
2/18/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/19/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to access to the crime laboratory portal.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1401

Filed
2/19/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/5/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of the Texas Mental Health Profession Pipeline Program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1409

Filed
2/19/25  
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
4/29/25  
Governor Action
5/13/25  
Relating to health benefits offered by postsecondary educational institutions to students and their families.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1504

Filed
2/20/25  
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 meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Authority.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1522

Filed
2/21/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/21/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the regulation of continuing care facilities.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1625

Filed
2/25/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/9/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the reporting of certain security incidents by public water systems to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Department of Information Resources.
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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 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 Senate Bill SB1728

Filed
2/27/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/6/25  
Voted on by House
5/21/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to the participation of certain juvenile justice entities in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1759

Filed
2/28/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
4/28/25  
Voted on by House
5/6/25  
Governor Action
5/27/25  
Relating to the declaration of an oil or gas emergency by the Railroad Commission of Texas and the liability of a person for assistance, advice, or resources provided in relation to an oil or gas emergency.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1762

Filed
2/28/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/12/25  
Voted on by House
5/21/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to designate certain persons as the operator of an orphaned oil or gas well.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1804

Filed
3/3/25  
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
5/21/25  
Governor Action
6/20/25  
Relating to restitution and compensation paid to victims of certain offenses for tattoo removal related to the offense.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1818

Filed
3/3/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/8/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the issuance of a license or provisional license to certain military service members, military veterans, and military spouses to engage in a business or occupation in this state.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1838

Filed
3/3/25  
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 the appointment of attorneys ad litem and the compensation of certain attorneys ad litem in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1839

Filed
3/3/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/19/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the delivery of records, including a will, in probate proceedings transferred to other courts.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1851

Filed
3/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/9/25  
Voted on by House
5/10/25  
Governor Action
5/24/25  
Relating to the penalty for noncompliance with certain audit requirements by a municipality.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1855

Filed
3/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to requirements that certain plats for the subdivision of land include evidence of groundwater supply.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1872

Filed
3/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the expulsion of a public school student for engaging in conduct that constitutes certain offenses.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1873

Filed
3/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1874

Filed
3/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to immunity from certain disciplinary proceedings against a professional employee of a school district for certain actions concerning public school discipline and law and order.