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Committee members

Bryan Hughes

Bryan Hughes

🏛️ Chair Republican

SD-001

Angela Paxton

Angela Paxton

🏛️ Vice Chair Republican

SD-008

Adam Hinojosa

Adam Hinojosa

👤 Member Republican

SD-027

Bob Hall

Bob Hall

👤 Member Republican

SD-002

Charles Perry

Charles Perry

👤 Member Republican

SD-028

Charles Schwertner

Charles Schwertner

👤 Member Republican

SD-005

Judith Zaffirini

Judith Zaffirini

👤 Member Democrat

SD-021

Paul Bettencourt

Paul Bettencourt

👤 Member Republican

SD-007

Tan Parker

Tan Parker

👤 Member Republican

SD-012

Bills pending in this committee

Relating to the liability of a funeral service provider for mental anguish damages. May 29, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the abolishment of the state lottery. May 29, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the care provided to sexual assault survivors by health care facilities. May 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the release of a balloon and associated littering; creating a criminal offense. May 23, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in testing certain substances suspected of containing delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol. May 22, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the partial count of electronic voting system ballots. May 22, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the distribution of hookahs; creating a criminal offense. May 22, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to wrongful death actions for the benefit of siblings of the decedent. May 21, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to requiring an election judge to provide a watcher removed from a polling place a signed statement containing the reason for the removal. May 19, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by handgun license holders on the premises of certain polling places on the day of an election or while early voting is in progress. May 19, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the return of a completed marriage license to a county clerk after the marriage ceremony. May 16, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the election of remedies in suits against certain veterinarians. May 16, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to information on local regulations governing the placement of political signs in a municipality. May 16, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to taxes imposed on vinous liquor. May 15, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to restrictions on political contributions by out-of-state contributors; providing a civil penalty. May 15, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the award of attorney's fees in an action involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights. May 15, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting certain limitations on the operation of certain organizations that benefit veterans during a declared state of disaster. May 15, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the qualifications for jury service. May 14, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by certain retired attorneys representing the state. May 14, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to civil liability arising out of justified uses of or threats to use force or deadly force. May 14, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the display of certain information on the secretary of state's Internet website prior to the completion of an online voter registration application. May 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place. May 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises. May 12, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to a requirement that the ballot for an election to amend the state constitution include an estimate of the fiscal impact to the state of the proposed amendment. May 12, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the taking of certain depositions and the dismissal of certain civil actions in connection with allegations of family violence and abusive conduct. May 12, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student, and to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student. May 12, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to a duty to contract for election services furnished for an election held on the first Saturday in May in an even-numbered year. May 12, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to statutes of limitation and repose for certain claims involving the construction or repair of an improvement to real property. May 9, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to a prohibition on certain governmental contracts with foreign adversary companies and federally banned companies; authorizing a civil penalty. May 9, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to an excessive discount on certain alcoholic beverages. May 8, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to requiring the ballots of certain counties to be scannable. May 8, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the manner of reporting results in the conduct of elections. May 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to civil liability of a business in connection with prohibiting concealed handguns on the business premises. May 5, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain nonprofit wildlife conservation associations. May 5, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the prohibition of access by minors to sexually explicit materials in municipal public library collections; providing a civil penalty. May 5, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of an applicant for or a person protected by a protective order. May 5, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the execution of a waiver of citation by digitized signature in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage. May 5, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to civil liability for removing certain individuals or animals from a motor vehicle. May 5, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

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. May 5, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to limitation of certain liability of owners, lessees, and occupants of nonagricultural land. May 5, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain nonprofit wildlife conservation associations. May 5, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the protection of expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. May 1, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the licensing and regulation of advanced practice registered nurses and the number of advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants with whom a physician may enter into a prescriptive authority agreement. May 1, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to civil liability arising from a firearm hold agreement. May 1, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the appointment of spoken language interpreters for certain court proceedings. April 29, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the authority of an appellate court to lift a stay in connection with an interlocutory appeal. April 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. April 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the fiduciary responsibility of the governing body of the public retirement systems in this state and the investment managers and proxy advisors acting on behalf of those systems. April 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment, to be submitted to the voters of Texas for approval, authorizing the legislature to strictly regulate and authorize casino gaming and sports wagering by general law and establishing certain requirements for such law, including establishment of a state agency with powers to regulate all lotteries and gift enterprises, imposition of a tax on casino gaming and sports wagering revenue, requiring licensing of casino gaming and sports wagering operators, and requiring license application fees. April 23, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to requiring county use of the statewide computerized voter registration list. April 14, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the minimum standards of care provided to sexual assault survivors by health care facilities. April 14, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the rights of special forces veterans who hold a license to carry a handgun. April 9, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to age verification for the online sale of obscene devices. April 8, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to electronic device filters for certain obsene materials; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. April 8, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Recognizing the 10-mile coastal zone off the gulf coast that Texas has sovereignty over as the "Gulf of Texas." April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to mandatory disclosure of third-party litigation financing agreements. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to certain images captured by an unmanned aircraft for purposes of news-gathering. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to certain election practices and procedures; increasing a criminal penalty; providing an administrative penalty. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the enforcement of laws relating to elections. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the authority of the attorney general to investigate violations of law by certain local governments and to take action against those local governments to enforce the law. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to wrongful death actions arising from the death of an unborn child resulting from an abortion. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the requirements for Plaintiffs to be awarded attorney's fees in a civil action. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to vote harvesting; creating a civil penalty. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to operating agreements between holders of a distiller's and rectifier's permit and nonresident seller's permit. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the disposition of a firearm surrendered through a firearm buyback program administered by certain local law enforcement agencies. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to elimination of limitations periods for suits for personal injury arising from certain offenses against a child or disabled individual. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the Texas Supreme Court's rulemaking power over practice and procedure in civil actions. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to a prohibition on the receipt of bond proceeds by persons who make a contribution to certain political committees. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the eviction hearings and appeals. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the limitation of liability for certain highway, road, and street contractors and the presumption of sole causation by legally impaired drivers in certain civil actions. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the number of polling places in certain counties. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the partial count of electronic voting system ballots. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the definition of a sexually oriented business; imposing a fee. April 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to a signed acknowledgment of the duties of a member of the Texas Lottery Commission. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the authority of certain health care facilities to cooperate with officers engaged in immigration-related duties. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the regulation of fantasy contests; requiring an occupational license; imposing an administrative penalty; authorizing fees; imposing a tax. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the inclusion of additional printed languages for election materials in certain political subdivisions. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to high school deputy voter registrars. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the regulation of abortion and related matters, including infant supportive palliative care and exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to abolishing Confederate Heroes Day. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to procedures for challenging voter registration based on personal knowledge and publicly available records. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the right of an individual unlawfully present in the United States to commence a civil action. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to civil liability for online impersonation. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to requiring a voter to be affiliated with a political party to vote in that party's primary election or otherwise participate in that party's affairs; creating a criminal offense. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the misleading use of bot accounts; authorizing a civil penalty. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to certain proceedings and penalties associated with racial discrimination against persons. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the provision of an abortion-inducing drug. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to grounds for recounting paperless electronic voting system ballots. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to preserving religious liberty from nativist jurisprudence. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to a prohibition on the receipt of bond proceeds by persons who make a contribution to certain political committees. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to regulating the carrying of firearms on or within publicly owned fairgrounds and similar public facilities during certain events; creating a criminal offense. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the citizenship status of certain employees of this state. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to vicarious liability for certain medical care. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to liability protections for commercial space flight and exploration. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the election of junior college district trustees by plurality vote. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the manufacture of voting machines by certain foreign persons. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the acceptance of a voter. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting certain discrimination in the provision of financial services. April 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to limitations on the age of individuals allowed to enter the premises of a smoke shop; creating a criminal offense. April 2, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to county and municipal authority to prohibit the sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or tobacco products near certain locations. April 2, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the preceding primary elections. March 31, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in testing certain substances suspected of containing delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Lottery Commission. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to immunity from criminal liability for certain health care practitioners. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to provisions of state law requiring diversity. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to unlawful solicitation and distribution of a voter registration application; creating a criminal offense. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to notaries public; creating a criminal offense. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting transporting or funding the transportation of an unemancipated minor for an abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the jurisdiction of county attorneys to prosecute the deceptive trade practice of price gouging during a declared disaster. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the acceptance of and funding for certain forms of identification issued to persons unlawfully present in the United States; creating a criminal offense. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to extreme risk protective orders; creating criminal offenses. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the definition of holster for purposes of certain criminal offenses. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the development of a severe weather adaptation plan by certain entities. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the carrying of certain weapons on the premises of a public library; creating a criminal offense. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the definition and provision of an abortion-inducing drug. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the definition of ectopic pregnancy. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to charitable raffles conducted by certain intercollegiate athletics teams; creating criminal offenses. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to notification by the secretary of state when a person convicted of a felony may register to vote. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to regulating charitable bingo and authorizing the establishment of a nonprofit corporation to advertise and promote charitable bingo. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the public inspection of election records. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the required use of hand-marked paper ballots for all elections. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the procedures for the testing of voting system equipment. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the revocation of a driver's license for failure to pay a civil penalty imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission. March 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the filing fee for nomination by convention. March 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the reporting of certain orders and convictions to the Department of Public Safety and Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the transfer of firearms. March 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to taxes imposed on vinous liquor. March 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to firearm liability insurance for certain firearm owners; providing a civil penalty. March 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the membership of and qualifications for the Texas Lottery Commission. March 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to third-party software providers' ability to manage certain users' social media accounts. March 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to countywide polling places. March 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or failure to satisfy a judgment. March 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to certain actions for personal injury that arise out of a sexual offense against a child or disabled individual and are brought against a non-perpetrator of the offense. March 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to elimination of the countywide polling place program. March 20, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to informed consent requirements before the provision of health care services. March 19, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Urging Congress to enact a balanced budget requirement. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to requiring a person to submit proof of citizenship to register to vote; creating criminal offenses. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the prohibition of certain actions with respect to campaign contributions and expenditures by foreign persons; creating criminal offenses. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the promotion and sale of wine produced in this state; creating a farm winery permit; authorizing a fee. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing year-round standard time or daylight saving time. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of certain offenses relating to the possession of marihuana, certain tetrahydrocannabinols, certain synthetic cannabinoids, and drug paraphernalia; imposing a fee. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to rules promulgated by the Texas Supreme Court. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the hours of early voting by personal appearance in certain counties. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the conduct of the state lottery; creating a criminal offense. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the operation and administration of the state lottery and repeal of the prohibition on imposing taxes on lottery tickets or prizes. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the use of proceeds deposited to the horse industry account for law enforcement purposes. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to a pharmacist's authority to refuse to dispense a drug. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the location of polling places during early voting and on election day. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to an application for and the issuance of a marriage license after the marriage ceremony has been conducted. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the inclusion of a person's biological sex on certain government documents and identification cards. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the use of political contributions by the secretary of state to maintain a residence in Travis County. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the addition of certain substances to Penalty Group 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act. March 17, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment to make gender neutral the constitutional provisions governing the qualifications of a person to be a senator or member of the house of representatives. March 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the disciplinary powers of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. March 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the disciplinary and investigatory powers of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. March 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to regulating parental reunification therapy in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. March 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the administration of and procedures relating to early voting by personal appearance. March 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to a prohibition against the consideration of race or ethnicity as a factor when appointing the members of a state board, commission, or other state agency with statewide jurisdiction. March 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to notice for certain defendants regarding the unlawful possession or acquisition of a firearm or ammunition and a related affidavit of firearm dispossession. March 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to certain statutory changes to reflect and address same-sex marriages and parenting relationships and to the removal of provisions regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct. March 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to gun storage; creating an offense. March 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting 3D-printed firearms; creating an offense. March 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the creation of the School Violence Victims' Compensation Fund. March 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to a person submitting proof of citizenship to verify eligibility to vote in Texas. March 12, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns. March 12, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

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. March 11, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the inclusion of a person's sex on certain government documents and identification cards. March 11, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of money for lobbying and certain other activities. March 11, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the disruption of quiet enjoyment of a residence with pamphlets, leaflets, or flyers demonstrating ethnic or religious animus; providing a civil penalty. March 11, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion. March 11, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to regulating certain firearm transfers, possession of certain firearms, and protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties. March 11, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. March 11, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to state recognition of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas. March 11, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing year-round standard time or daylight saving time and authorizing the legislature to enact legislation that gives effect to the preferred option. March 10, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to legalize wagering in this state on certain sporting events. March 10, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Urging Congress to propose and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to clarify that the states and Congress may reasonably regulate and limit the spending of money to influence campaigns, elections, or ballot measures. March 10, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the combination of certain election precincts. March 10, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse committed against a child. March 10, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter and to the repeal of certain criminal offenses concerning the solicitation and distribution of an application to vote by mail. March 10, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas to conduct gaming by executing a gaming compact with this state; providing for occupational licensing under the compact; limiting certain taxes and fees. March 6, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to an alcoholic beverage tax credit for certain liquor or malt beverage byproducts donated for agricultural use in this state. March 6, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to maintaining the accuracy of information contained within the statewide voter registration system; creating a criminal offense. March 6, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the regulation of abortion and related matters, including the repeal of certain abortion laws, a deposition request before filing certain civil actions, and municipal or county authority to prohibit movement. March 6, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the award of attorney's fees in an action involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights. March 6, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to annual continuing education requirements for county election officers. March 6, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to early voting by mail on the ground of absence from the voter's county of residence. March 6, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to automatic recounts of certain elections. March 6, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the use by a county, municipality, or school district of public money for lobbying activities. March 6, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the age at which a person in this state may marry. March 6, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to an unauthorized vote by a delegate or alternate delegate to a federal Article V convention; creating a criminal offense. March 6, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to designate subjects for legislation during a special session. February 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas to conduct gaming on certain lands under state law; limiting certain taxes and fees. February 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to civil liability arising from a firearm hold agreement. February 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the capacity of minors to consent to contraception-related examination or medical treatment. February 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the creation and elimination of certain state holidays. February 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the transfer of certain malt beverages between two or more licensed premises operating under the same general ownership or management. February 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the provision of certain public benefits and services to persons not lawfully present in the United States. February 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to an unborn child's rights and the civil and criminal liability and justification for prohibited conduct regarding an unborn child. February 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to a requirement that the ballot for an election to amend the state constitution include an estimate of the cost to the state of the proposed amendment. February 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the exemption of certain firefighters and police officers from jury service. February 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to oversight of certain election procedures by the secretary of state. February 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the sale or transfer of flavored cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products and to certain cigarette or tobacco product advertising. February 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to elimination of limitations periods for suits for personal injury arising from certain offenses against a child or disabled individual. February 28, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment to remove the governor's line-item veto authority. February 27, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by handgun license holders on the campus of a school district or open-enrollment charter school. February 25, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting children by allowing for retroactive laws regarding civil causes of action arising out of child sexual abuse. February 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting the distribution or sale of certain flavored consumable hemp products; creating a criminal offense. February 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the use of the Department of Public Safety image verification system for the purpose of verifying an individual's identity; authorizing a fee. February 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the duration of a protective order against family violence. February 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to permitted forms of identification for the purpose of accepting a voter. February 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to excuses from grand jury service. February 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to allowing pregnant individuals to vote by mail if they will be in the second or third trimester on election day. February 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the date on which a voter registration application becomes effective. February 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to intercollegiate athletic competitions based on biological sex. February 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting contracts or other agreements with foreign-owned companies in connection with agricultural land. February 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to a political subdivision's authority to use public money in the provision of legal services for individuals unlawfully present in the United States. February 24, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses. February 19, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the time during which the legislature may act on bills or resolutions during a regular session. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Rescinding the automatic rescission of certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing any amendment to that constitution. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to voter registration at polling places. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the repeal of the exception to the offense of unlawfully prohibiting an employee from voting. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to electronic voter registration. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the age at which a person in this state may marry. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the remote participation of certain persons in a proceeding for the issuance or modification of a protective order. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the authority of the governor and the legislature regarding declared states of disaster. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to establishment of the immigration authority delegation training grant program for local law enforcement agencies. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the process of canvassing elections. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the regulation of certain firearm transfers, to the unlawful possession or acquisition of a firearm or ammunition, and to reports of lost or stolen firearms; creating criminal offenses. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the adoption of the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to voter registration. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to penalties for intimidation and harassment of election officials and election interference; creating criminal offenses. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to political advertising distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign and civil penalties for required disclosures on certain political advertising. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state over certain criminal actions. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to an exemption from the mixed beverage gross receipts tax for the sale, preparation, or service of malt beverages produced by certain permit holders. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to orders providing for the conservatorship of or possession of and access to a child by the child's parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the eligibility of certain persons younger than 18 years of age to preregister to vote. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities. February 13, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the authority of the governor to veto a bill passed by both houses of the Texas Legislature with a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each house. February 11, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the constitutional provision providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage, and to change certain terminology used to refer to the parties to a marriage. February 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a machine gun or a machine gun conversion device. February 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors. February 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the offense of public consumption of alcoholic beverages during certain hours. February 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting certain conduct by physicians and health care providers involving gender transitioning and gender reassignment procedures and treatments for children; creating a criminal offense. February 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting the disbursement of certain economic and tax incentives to entities that assist, refer, or otherwise encourage a woman to obtain an abortion. February 7, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain persons under the age of 18 to vote in a primary election. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing standard time year-round or observing daylight saving time year-round. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain persons under the age of 18 to vote in a primary election. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment clarifying that a qualified voter in this state must be a United States citizen. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the right to be free from governmental intrusion or interference into an individual's private life. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment to foster economic development and job growth, provide tax relief and funding for education and public safety programs, and reform and support the horse racing industry by authorizing casino gaming at destination resorts, authorizing sports wagering, and creating the Texas Gaming Commission to regulate casino gaming and sports wagering; requiring a license to conduct casino gaming; requiring the imposition of a casino gaming tax, sports wagering tax, and license application fees. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve to the people the powers of initiative and referendum. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the disciplinary powers of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to employer civil liability for a vaccine requirement imposed on the employer's employees. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the definition and use of the terms "male" and "female" for purposes of certain government documents. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the Texas Sovereignty Act. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the security of election systems. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the use of paper ballots and certain electronic devices in conducting an election. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the assembly, association, and speech of property owners or residents. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to daylight saving time. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the registration of firearms; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a fee. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to agreements between sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the solicitation and distribution of an application to vote by mail. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to observing standard time year-round and authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing standard time year-round or observing daylight saving time year-round. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to qualifications and registration of certain voters convicted of a felony. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the preceding primary elections. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the use of a building owned or controlled by a public school as a polling place. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the licensing of certain persons by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those persons by political subdivisions. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the statutes of limitations for certain suits to recover real property held by another in adverse possession. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the eligibility of a person who is not a United States citizen to be appointed to or serve in a public office or on an advisory board or task force. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to daylight saving time. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the placement of a nativity scene on the Capitol grounds. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to revocation of a prosecuting attorney's license to practice law in this state on a court's finding the attorney committed certain official misconduct. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to disclosure of certain relationships with local government officers and vendors. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the jurisdiction and enforcement of certain international organization policies. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to lobbying by former members of the legislature; creating a criminal offense. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to eliminating the fee for electronic access to certain information maintained by the secretary of state. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to single-family homes held by corporate owners for rental purposes; providing a civil penalty. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the authority of the secretary of state to order a new election in certain counties. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the eligibility of certain officers of a political subdivision authorized to impose a tax or issue bonds to hold certain offices concurrently. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to training requirements for certain public officials and candidates for public office. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting certain transfers, purchases, and possession of assault weapons; creating criminal offenses. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to restrictions on political contributions by out-of-state contributors; providing a civil penalty. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the jurisdiction of certain international organizations. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the reporting of lost or stolen firearms. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful transfer of a firearm. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting certain persons from carrying certain firearms on the property. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to lobbying by former members of the legislature; creating a criminal offense. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the availability on the Internet of certain registrations and reports filed by lobbyists. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the prohibition on lobbying by certain elected officers. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the content of detailed reports filed by lobbyists and to monetary limits on expenditures by lobbyists. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the use of preferential voting in certain elections. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the use of preferential voting in certain elections. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the stay of proceedings pending an interlocutory appeal of a denial of a motion to dismiss in an action involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to regulating the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, and use of cannabis and cannabis products; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring occupational licenses; creating a criminal offense. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the appointment of spoken language interpreters for certain court proceedings. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to employment restrictions for former Texas Commission on Environmental Quality employees; providing an administrative penalty. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to electronic voter registration. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the delivery and direct shipment of certain alcoholic beverages to ultimate consumers; creating criminal offenses. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the delivery of alcoholic beverages by holders of a consumer delivery permit. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting the use of certain political advertising manipulated by generative artificial intelligence technology; creating a criminal offense. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the disciplinary power of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to issue private reprimands. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to a required waiting period for certain firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the diversion of certain foster youth from the juvenile justice system, including through emergency behavior intervention by certain persons providing foster care services. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the repeal of statutes regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct and to the recognition of certain same-sex relationship statuses. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the creation of a lottery game to benefit the child-care services program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to state, local, and court involvement in determining whether victims and witnesses to an offense and certain detained, arrested, or incarcerated persons are lawfully present in the United States. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the completion of sexual harassment prevention training and ethics training to register as a lobbyist. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to participation in the countywide polling place program. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain institutions of higher education. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the voter registration of naturalized United States citizens. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter and to the repeal of certain criminal offenses concerning the solicitation and distribution of an application to vote by mail. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to registration powers of volunteer deputy registrars. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to complaints filed with the Texas Ethics Commission. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to agreements between municipalities and counties and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to procedures for a complaint filed with the State Bar of Texas against an attorney. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the enforcement within this state of certain federal laws for federally declared public health emergencies. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition from federal regulation. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the jurisdiction of certain international organizations. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the statute of limitations on a health care liability claim involving certain gender modification drugs provided to and procedures performed on a minor. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to civil liability for, governmental health plan coverage of, and public funding for gender modification procedures and treatments. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to accommodating a voter unable to enter a polling place. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the procedure for closing a polling place. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the disposition of certain election records. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the separation of federal elections from state and local elections, and to related practices and procedures. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the procedure for closing a polling place. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to the availability of paper ballots for a person voting by personal appearance. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by and contracts or other agreements with certain aliens or foreign entities. February 3, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs

Source provenance

Committee source: Texas Legislature
Official committee ID: 43020570
Committee data checked: 2026-08-14T13:09:48+00:00
Local committee snapshot: var/states/texas/source/official/committees/20260814T130948087140Z-committees.json