Bills Referred Today for 8/15/2025

BILLS REFERRED TODAY



Friday

August 15, 2025





Committee referral on the following:


SB 2 Perry/ Alvarado/ Bettencourt/ Birdwell/ Blanco/ et al.

Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees.

Finance


SB 3 Bettencourt/ Alvarado/ Birdwell/ Blanco/ Campbell/ et al.

Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flood-prone areas.

Finance


SB 4 King/ Creighton/ Hughes/ Middleton/ Parker/ et al.

Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas.

Congressional Redistricting, Special


SB 5 Huffman/ Bettencourt/ Blanco/ Campbell/ Creighton/ et al.

Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.

Finance


SB 6 Perry/ Bettencourt/ Birdwell/ Blanco/ Campbell/ et al.

Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.

State Affairs


SB 7 Hughes/ Campbell/ Creighton/ Hagenbuch/ Hall/ et al.

Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability.

State Affairs


SB 8 Middleton/ Bettencourt/ Birdwell/ Campbell/ Creighton/ et al.

Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.

State Affairs


SB 9 Bettencourt/ Birdwell/ Campbell/ Creighton/ Flores/ et al.

Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions 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.

Finance


SB 10 Bettencourt/ Birdwell/ Campbell/ Creighton/ Hagenbuch/ et al.

Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.

Finance


SB 11 Parker/ Alvarado/ Bettencourt/ Blanco/ Campbell/ et al.

Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

State Affairs


SB 12 Hughes/ Bettencourt/ Campbell/ Creighton/ Hagenbuch/ et al.

Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.

State Affairs


SB 13 Middleton/ Bettencourt/ Birdwell/ Campbell/ Creighton/ et al.

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.

State Affairs


SB 14 Perry/ Alvarado/ Bettencourt/ Birdwell/ Blanco/ et al.

Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.

Finance


SB 15 King/ Bettencourt/ Creighton/ Flores/ Hagenbuch/ et al.

Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.

State Affairs


SB 16 West/ Alvarado/ Bettencourt/ Blanco/ Campbell/ et al.

Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses.

Finance


SB 17 Hughes/ Bettencourt/ Campbell/ Creighton/ Hagenbuch/ et al.

Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, and jurors; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.

State Affairs


SB 18 Zaffirini

Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control.

Finance


SB 34 Huffman

Relating to testimony or the production of evidence before a house of the legislature or legislative committee.

Finance