Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate 2025 Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments May 25th, 2025

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Bills on the Agenda

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Texas Senate Bill SJR5

Filed
2/7/25  
Out of Senate Committee
2/13/25  
Voted on by Senate
2/20/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Voted on by House
5/19/25  
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.
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Texas Senate Bill SB3

Filed
2/20/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/13/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/19/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.
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Texas Senate Bill SB4

Filed
2/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
2/11/25  
Voted on by Senate
2/13/25  
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 of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.
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Texas Senate Bill SB9

Filed
2/3/25  
Out of Senate Committee
2/13/25  
Voted on by Senate
2/19/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Voted on by House
5/20/25  
Governor Action
6/16/25  
Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions.
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Texas Senate Bill SB20

Filed
2/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/6/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/12/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.
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Texas Senate Bill SB21

Filed
2/12/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/4/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/6/25  
Out of House Committee
5/12/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds.
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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 Senate Bill SB27

Filed
2/27/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/3/25  
Out of House Committee
5/12/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the rights of public school educators and financial and other assistance provided to educators and to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators.
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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 SB34

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/9/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/15/25  
Out of House Committee
5/14/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to funding for certain volunteer fire departments, to the preparation for and the prevention, management, and potential effects of wildfires, and to emergency communications in this state.
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Texas Senate Bill SB36

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/10/25  
Out of House Committee
5/13/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the homeland security activities of certain entities, including the establishment and operations of the Homeland Security Division in the Department of Public Safety.
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Texas Senate Bill SB38

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/1/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/10/25  
Out of House Committee
5/19/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.
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Texas Senate Bill SB40

Filed
2/7/25  
Out of Senate Committee
2/13/25  
Voted on by Senate
2/19/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Voted on by House
5/20/25  
Governor Action
6/16/25  
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.
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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 Senate Bill SB213

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/19/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/27/25  
Out of House Committee
5/10/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prohibiting insurers from requiring the tying of residential property and personal automobile insurance policies.
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Texas Senate Bill SB269

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to required reports of certain vaccine-related or drug-related adverse events.
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Texas Senate Bill SB379

Filed
11/15/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/19/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/31/25  
Out of House Committee
5/5/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prohibiting the purchase of sweetened drinks and candy under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
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Texas Senate Bill SB458

Filed
11/22/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/2/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/9/25  
Out of House Committee
5/9/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an appraisal process for disputed losses under personal automobile or residential property insurance policies.
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Texas Senate Bill SB528

Filed
12/5/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to inpatient competency restoration services.
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Texas Senate Bill SB647

Filed
12/18/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/29/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the filing or recording of documents or instruments conveying or purporting to convey an interest in real or personal property.
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Texas Senate Bill SB648

Filed
12/18/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/28/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to recording requirements for certain instruments concerning real property.
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Texas Senate Bill SB650

Filed
12/18/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/18/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/26/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages.
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Texas Senate Bill SB681

Filed
12/19/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/19/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/10/25  
Out of House Committee
5/9/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration.
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Texas Senate Bill SB740

Filed
1/8/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/24/25  
Out of House Committee
4/29/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain proceedings by the Public Utility Commission of Texas regarding water or sewer service.
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Texas Senate Bill SB777

Filed
1/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/30/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/9/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to compensation and employment condition standards by municipal charter or collective bargaining agreement and to impasse resolution in collective bargaining with certain political subdivisions.
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Texas Senate Bill SB840

Filed
1/17/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/18/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/24/25  
Out of House Committee
5/12/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain municipal regulation of certain mixed-use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.
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Texas Senate Bill SB843

Filed
1/17/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/25  
Out of House Committee
5/12/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.
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Texas Senate Bill SB924

Filed
1/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/26/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/31/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to entities that provide video services.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1061

Filed
2/3/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/20/25  
Out of House Committee
5/2/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to procedural requirements for uranium mining production area authorizations.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1120

Filed
2/5/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/19/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/7/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim in certain criminal cases involving family violence, sexual or assaultive offenses, stalking, or a violation of a protective order or condition of bond and to the duration of certain protective orders.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1121

Filed
2/5/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/13/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/24/25  
Out of House Committee
4/29/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to excepting certain communication facilities from certain notice requirements for projects on state or local public land.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1150

Filed
2/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/22/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the plugging of and reporting on inactive wells subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas; authorizing an administrative penalty.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1188

Filed
2/7/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/7/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to electronic health record requirements; authorizing a civil penalty.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1198

Filed
2/10/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/26/25  
Out of House Committee
5/6/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the designation of spaceports as critical infrastructure facilities for purposes of criminal and civil liability.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1202

Filed
2/10/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/26/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/31/25  
Out of House Committee
4/30/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to third-party review of property development documents and inspections of improvements related to those documents, including home backup power installations.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1253

Filed
2/12/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/27/25  
Out of House Committee
5/9/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to impact and production fees for certain water projects and to the regulation of certain wells; authorizing a fee.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1318

Filed
2/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/10/25  
Out of House Committee
5/14/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to restrictions on covenants not to compete for physicians and certain health care practitioners.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1333

Filed
2/18/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/15/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1398

Filed
2/19/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/22/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain procedures in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for a child placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the provision of family preservation services and community-based foster care.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1405

Filed
2/19/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/15/25  
Out of House Committee
5/12/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to increasing access to and reducing taxation of Internet services.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1423

Filed
2/19/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/1/25  
Out of House Committee
5/10/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 2275 in Gregg County as the Bill Stoudt Parkway.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1448

Filed
2/19/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/10/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to decedents' estates and other matters involving probate courts.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1535

Filed
2/21/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/26/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/1/25  
Out of House Committee
5/13/25  
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 SB1566

Filed
2/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/10/25  
Out of House Committee
5/14/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1574

Filed
2/24/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/22/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/28/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a centers of excellence program developed by the Texas Judicial Council for certain justices and judges.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1621

Filed
2/25/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/6/25  
Voted on by Senate
3/12/25  
Out of House Committee
4/28/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1709

Filed
2/27/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/27/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/10/25  
Out of House Committee
5/15/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm to Market Road 70 in Nueces County as the Los Robles Trail.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1723

Filed
2/27/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/5/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/12/25  
Out of House Committee
5/19/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to rapid DNA analysis by certain law enforcement agencies, the establishment of a related pilot program, and the content of certain DNA databases.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1789

Filed
2/28/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/14/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/23/25  
Out of House Committee
5/9/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to electric service quality and reliability; providing an administrative penalty.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1862

Filed
3/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/15/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/25  
Out of House Committee
5/16/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.