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Daily House Calendar

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

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********** MAJOR STATE CALENDAR **********
HOUSE BILLS
SECOND READING

HB 24               Orr / Hickland / Vasut / Lopez, Ray / Lalani / et al.

Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary.

HB 45               Hull / et al.

Relating to the duty of the attorney general to represent the state in the prosecution of the criminal offense of trafficking of persons.


********** GENERAL STATE CALENDAR **********
HOUSE BILLS
SECOND READING

HB 15               Meyer / Leach / Schofield / Anchía / Longoria / et al.

Relating to the formation, governance, and internal management of domestic entities.

HB 35               Thompson

Relating to a peer support network for first responders.

HB 38               Bucy

Relating to improvements to the Texas Information and Referral Network.

HB 47               Howard / Oliverson / Hull / Cook

Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.

HB 318              Guillen / Morales, Eddie / et al.

Relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's departments in certain rural counties.

HB 349              Flores / Leach / Bumgarner / Plesa / Buckley / et al.

Relating to civil liability for removing certain individuals or animals from a motor vehicle.

HB 554              Leo Wilson / Manuel / Jones, Jolanda / Bonnen / Isaac / et al.

Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Juneteenth holiday in certain counties.

HB 1359             Hernandez / Hunter / Thompson / Darby / Moody

Relating to a program to provide assistance for certain retail electric customers.

HB 1373             Raymond / Villalobos

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm to Market Road 70 in Nueces County as the Los Robles Trail.

HB 1647             Landgraf / Lopez, Ray / Morales, Eddie

Relating to the establishment of a theft of petroleum products task force.

HB 2254             Hull

Relating to certain health care services contract arrangements entered into by insurers and health care providers.

HB 2259             DeAyala

Relating to the instructions for an application form for an early voting ballot.

HB 2853             Perez, Vincent / Moody / Morales, Eddie / Ordaz

Relating to student union building fees at The University of Texas at El Paso.

HB 3073             Howard / Troxclair / Johnson / Cook

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.

HB 3088             Orr / Kerwin / Flores / DeAyala / Gervin-Hawkins / et al.

Relating to the authority of the Parks and Wildlife Department to procure goods and services related to items for resale by the department.

HB 353              Patterson

Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property.

HB 355              Craddick

Relating to the period within which the Texas Juvenile Justice Department must accept custody of a person committed to the department and to the consequences for the failure of the department to accept custody of the person within that period.

HB 786              Jones, Jolanda / et al.

Relating to justice court security in certain counties.

HB 762              Leach / et al.

Relating to severance pay for political subdivision employees and independent contractors.

HB 705              Wilson

Relating to the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.

HB 932              Walle

Relating to the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.

HB 849              Vasut

Relating to the authority of a county board of park commissioners to hold a meeting by videoconference call.

HB 1160             Hull

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of assault committed against certain employees or agents of a utility and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of interference with public duties of those employees or agents; increasing criminal penalties for certain criminal offenses relating to interference with public duties.

HB 1119             Gámez / Campos

Relating to a biennial report on the regional allocation of mental health beds.

HB 1612             Frank

Relating to direct payment for certain health care provided by a hospital.

HB 3041             Paul

Relating to measures to support the enrollment of students with a nontraditional secondary education at public institutions of higher education, including eligibility for certain student financial assistance programs.

HB 713              Howard / Johnson

Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

HB 3104             McLaughlin

Relating to the appointment and compensation of a bailiff appointed by the judges of certain district courts in Webb County.

HB 3970             Darby

Relating to the interconnection of large loads; providing an administrative penalty.

HB 3962             Geren / Tinderholt

Relating to the eligibility of the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Arlington for funding under the major events reimbursement program.

HB 5061             Leach / Isaac / et al.

Relating to prohibiting certain activities by contractors and vendors of state agencies; providing administrative penalties.

HB 4042             Morales, Eddie

Relating to the applicability of certain safety provisions and regulatory fees administered by the Railroad Commission of Texas to gas distribution pipelines.

HB 4115             Meyer / Button / Anchía

Relating to the submission and approval of certain proposals by shareholders of nationally listed corporations.

HB 4490             Smithee

Relating to an exemption from required disclosure of information related to the next of kin of deceased persons.

HB 1731             Campos / Oliverson

Relating to the physician assistant licensure compact; authorizing a fee.

HB 1705             Shofner / et al.

Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions.

HB 2607             Wharton

Relating to the terms of the members of the board of hospital managers and leasing authority of the Walker County Hospital District.

HB 3556             Vasut / Metcalf

Relating to certain structures located near a National Wildlife Refuge.

HB 138              Dean / Paul / Gerdes / Hull / Leach / et al.

Relating to the establishment of the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program; authorizing a fee.

HB 3689             Hunter / Oliverson / Paul / Bonnen / Villalobos / et al.

Relating to funding of excess losses and operating expenses of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association; authorizing an assessment; authorizing a surcharge.

HB 1788             Hernandez / Simmons

Relating to continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists on identifying and assisting victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking.

HB 1887             Metcalf / Lambert / Bumgarner

Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee.

HB 1914             Cook

Relating to the modification of a possession order and temporary possession of a child when a conservator of the child is incapacitated.

HB 2402             Rose

Relating to the determination of fees, charges, and rates for certain benefits under Medicaid.

HB 2306             Villalobos / et al.

Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving child victims and disabled individuals.

HB 1809             Hernandez

Relating to prohibited insurance discrimination on the basis of an insured's marital status following the death of the insured's spouse.

HB 2350             Dutton

Relating to standing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 3000             King / Ashby / Phelan / Frank / Landgraf / et al.

Relating to a grant program to provide financial assistance to qualified ambulance service providers in certain rural counties.

HB 3237             Turner

Relating to certain energy consumption goals for institutions of higher education and certain governmental entities.

HB 3326             Allen

Relating to certain duties of a public institution of higher education in relation to the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

HB 3211             Dean / Gerdes / Harless / Lalani / Phelan / et al.

Relating to the participation of optometrists and therapeutic optometrists in managed care plans providing vision benefits.

HB 1056             Dorazio / Hunter / Capriglione / Raymond / et al.

Relating to the issuance of gold and silver specie and the establishment of a currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee.

HB 2081             Bucy / et al.

Relating to the establishment of the Building Better Futures  Program to support educational and occupational skills training opportunities and support services for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at public and private institutions of higher education.

HB 2187             Howard / Shofner

Relating to hospital staffing report and complaint processes and to retaliation and mandatory overtime protections for nurses.

HB 3092             Gerdes / Curry / Darby / et al.

Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line.

HB 3308             Geren

Relating to charitable raffles conducted by the professional sports team charitable foundations of rodeo organizations sanctioned by certain professional associations or hosting a Professional Rodeo Event at rodeo venues.

HB 3526             Capriglione / Bumgarner

Relating to fiscal transparency for bonds issued by local governmental entities.

HB 3750             Manuel

Relating to reimbursing certain Department of Family and Protective Services employees for certain legal expenses.

HB 3527             McQueeney

Relating to the regulation of manufactured homes.

HB 4219             Capriglione

Relating to a governmental body's response to a request for public information.

HB 4230             Metcalf / Flores / Isaac

Relating to the establishment of a hike and bike trail to be known as the Bicentennial Trail.

HB 4290             Darby

Relating to a qualifying cogenerator that serves a large load and a colocated desalination facility.

HB 5238             Lopez, Ray / Capriglione

Relating to the criminal offense of disrupting a meeting or procession.

HB 4804             Hefner

Relating to the revocation of a driver's license or personal identification certificate and to disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle.

HB 4749             Landgraf

Relating to reconstitution of the petit jury wheel and grand juror and petit juror qualifications in certain counties.


********** RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR **********
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

HCR 6               Leo Wilson / Manuel / Ward Johnson / Davis, Aicha / Jones, Jolanda

Designating Galveston as the official Juneteenth Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 12              Leo Wilson / et al.

Designating September as Deaf Awareness Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 34              Cole

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

HCR 50              Leo Wilson / Ward Johnson / Allen / Morales Shaw

Designating Galveston as the official Mardi Gras Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 55              McLaughlin

Redesignating Poteet as the official Strawberry Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 58              Isaac

Redesignating Dripping Springs as the official Wedding Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 70              Guillen

Redesignating Jim Hogg County as the official Vaquero Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 71              Guillen

Designating La Salle County as the official Wild Hog Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 72              Shofner

Designating Newton County as the official Forest Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 74              Shofner

Designating Carthage as the official Country Music Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 75              Shofner

Designating Hemphill as the official Bass Fishing Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 78              Lujan / Harless

Designating September 16 as Lone Star Santas Charities Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 80              Wharton

Designating Brenham as the official Ice Cream Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 93              Shofner

Designating Nacogdoches as the official Garden Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 100             Flores / Howard / Raymond / Goodwin / Dutton

Authorizing the burial of Guy Herman in the State Cemetery.

HCR 107             Metcalf

Designating the Texas Almanac as the official State Book of Texas.

HCR 116             Gámez

Redesignating Brownsville as the official Bicycling Capital of the Rio Grande Valley for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

HCR 117             Hunter

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

HCR 90              Capriglione / Bell, Cecil / Harris Davila / et al.

Expressing support for the strengthening of our partnership with Israel and for the creation of a Texas Trade and Investment Office in Israel.