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Regular Order of Business for 2/13/2025

REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS



Thursday

February 13, 2025





SENATE BILLS

(Calendar Order)



SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)



SJR 36 Hall

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.


SJR 2 Bettencourt/ Alvarado/ Birdwell/ Blanco/ Campbell/ et al.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district.


SJR 1 (CS)Huffman/ et al.

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony.


SJR 5 Huffman/ et al.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons.


SENATE BILLS

(Second Reading)



SB 4 Bettencourt/ Alvarado/ Birdwell/ Blanco/ Campbell/ et al.

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.


SB 9 (CS)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the regulation of charitable bail organizations.


SB 40 Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds.


(CS)COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE