Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate 2025 Regular Order of Business Apr 24th, 2025

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Senate Session (Part I)

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Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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Senate Session (Part II)

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Bills on the Agenda

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Texas House Bill HJR4

Filed
2/26/25  
Out of House Committee
3/20/25  
Voted on by House
4/1/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/29/25  
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 House Bill HB135

Filed
3/12/25  
Out of House Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by House
4/2/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/1/25  
Governor Action
5/13/25  
Relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes for game animals and exotic animals.
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Texas House Bill HB1109

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by House
4/10/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/13/25  
Governor Action
5/26/25  
Relating to an exemption from certain motor fuel taxes for counties in this state.
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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 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 Senate Bill SJR63

Filed
2/27/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the terminology used in the Texas Constitution to refer to the partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR84

Filed
4/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/22/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/1/25  
Out of House Committee
5/19/25  
Voted on by House
5/24/25  
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR59

Filed
2/25/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/8/25  
Out of House Committee
5/21/25  
Voted on by House
5/25/25  
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System.
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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 Senate Bill SCR38

Recognizing the strategic importance of the Gulf of America to the economic and security interests of Texas and the United States.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR4

Designating Pflugerville as the official Trail Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR18

Designating the Town of Trophy Club as the official Texas Town of Patriotism for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR43

Designating Port Aransas as the official Fishing Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR46

Expressing support for renaming the New York strip steak as the Texas strip steak and directing the Texas Department of Agriculture to promote the Texas strip steak as part of efforts to support Texas beef and agricultural products.
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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 Senate Bill SCR19

Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of a Texas Life Monument at the State Capitol Complex.
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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 Senate Bill SB1257

Filed
2/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/25  
Out of House Committee
5/9/25  
Voted on by House
5/12/25  
Governor Action
5/24/25  
Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.
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Texas Senate Bill SB240

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to biological sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1727

Filed
2/27/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings, the adjudication and disposition of cases involving delinquent conduct, and certain offenses or conduct committed by a child or by a person placed in or committed to certain juvenile facilities; changing the eligibility for community supervision.
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Texas Senate Bill SB870

Filed
1/22/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/25  
Out of House Committee
5/2/25  
Voted on by House
5/6/25  
Governor Action
5/19/25  
Relating to the open carrying of a handgun by a uniformed school marshal.
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Texas Senate Bill SB618

Filed
12/13/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/1/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the unlawful altering of election procedures; providing a civil penalty.
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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 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 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 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 SB1073

Filed
2/3/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/14/25  
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 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 Senate Bill SB583

Filed
12/13/24  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to lists of public real property suitable for use or to be developed for use as affordable housing by certain municipalities and counties.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1502

Filed
2/20/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/5/25  
Out of House Committee
5/7/25  
Voted on by House
5/10/25  
Governor Action
5/24/25  
Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate.
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Texas Senate Bill SB507

Filed
11/25/24  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1026

Filed
1/30/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1349

Filed
2/18/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/25  
Out of House Committee
5/6/25  
Voted on by House
5/9/25  
Governor Action
5/24/25  
Relating to creating the criminal offenses of transnational repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law and to a study and law enforcement training regarding transnational repression.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1433

Filed
2/19/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/29/25  
Out of House Committee
5/6/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the assertion of legislative privilege by the attorney general in certain legal challenges to the constitutionality of state statutes.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1434

Filed
2/19/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a prohibition on the use of public money by a school district to transport district students or employees to or from a polling place.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1376

Filed
2/18/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/26/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/6/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the supervision requirements of a code enforcement officer in training.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1585

Filed
2/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/26/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/5/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a prohibition on governmental contracts with companies of foreign adversaries for certain information and communications technology; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1772

Filed
2/28/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 2360 in Starr County as the Jose Maria Longoria Sr. Memorial Highway.
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Texas Senate Bill SB2016

Filed
3/6/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the administration and operations of the state auditor's office.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1163

Filed
2/7/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/13/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the circumstances under which an appraisal review board is required to postpone a protest hearing.
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Texas Senate Bill SB619

Filed
12/13/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to protection of persons from participation in a health care service for reasons of conscience; providing a civil remedy; authorizing disciplinary action.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1122

Filed
2/6/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to applicability of certain prescription drug insurance laws to health benefit plans and pharmacy benefit managers.
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Texas Senate Bill SB732

Filed
1/7/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to required generators or other power sources for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits.
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Texas Senate Bill SB731

Filed
1/7/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to required water pressure boosters for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits.
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Texas Senate Bill SB397

Filed
11/20/24  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to rules regarding the provision by a health professional of a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.
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Texas Senate Bill SB508

Filed
11/25/24  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to preparing and delivering precinct election returns; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1436

Filed
2/19/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to accepting an early voting ballot voted by mail; creating a criminal offense.