📜 Texas Legislation

SB149: Relating to special education funding under the Foundation School Program.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB150: Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination; authorizing civil penalties.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Economic Development

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Economic Development 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

Co-sponsors: Carol AlvaradoCesar BlancoMolly CookSarah EckhardtRoland Gutierrez

SB151: Relating to a matching grant program for technological enhancements at certain health care facilities that provide mental health care services.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB152: Relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB153: Relating to establishing a social work recruitment and retention program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB154: Relating to required screenings for pediatric feeding disorder for students with certain disabilities and to the individualized education programs for certain public school students with pediatric feeding disorder.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB155: Relating to an attack by a dangerous dog; increasing a criminal penalty.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice

Last status update: Co-author authorized
May 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

Co-sponsors: Roland Gutierrez

SB156: Relating to the reporting of information regarding high school performance acknowledgments earned by public school students.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB157: Relating to the treatment of a patient by a physical therapist without a referral.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB158: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Emergency Aid for Public Postsecondary Students (TEAPPS) grant program for students at certain public institutions of higher education.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB159: Relating to an education and training program for certain public transportation vehicle operators on interacting with and supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Transportation

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Transportation 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB160: Relating to senior justice assessment centers in certain counties.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB161: Relating to the completion of sexual harassment prevention training and ethics training to register as a lobbyist.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

Co-sponsors: Carol AlvaradoCesar BlancoMolly CookSarah EckhardtRoland GutierrezJudith ZaffiriniPeter Flores

SB162: Relating to the eligibility of a relative or other designated caregiver of a foster child for monetary assistance.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB163: Relating to funding for full-day prekindergarten programs under the Foundation School Program.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

Co-sponsors: Cesar BlancoSarah EckhardtRoland GutierrezNathan JohnsonCarol Alvarado

SB164: 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.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

Co-sponsors: Cesar BlancoMolly CookSarah EckhardtRoland GutierrezCarol Alvarado

SB165: Relating to the measures to encourage eligible students to claim certain tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are or have been in foster or other residential care.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB166: Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB167: Relating to a substitute teaching requirement for each member of the senate and the house of representatives.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB168: Relating to unprofessional conduct by mental health providers who attempt to change the sexual orientation of a child.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

Co-sponsors: Cesar BlancoMolly CookSarah EckhardtRoland Gutierrez

SB169: Relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Finance

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Finance 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

Co-sponsors: Cesar BlancoMolly CookSarah EckhardtRoland GutierrezNathan JohnsonCarol Alvarado

SB170: Relating to authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, distribution, delivery, sale, and research of medical cannabis for medical use by patients with certain medical conditions and the licensing of medical cannabis organizations; authorizing fees.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB171: Relating to the creation of a lottery game to benefit the child-care services program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB172: Relating to the employment of a special education liaison at public schools.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB173: Relating to training requirements for and prohibited discrimination by child-care facilities and registered family homes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB174: Relating to a cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Finance

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Finance 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB175: Relating to providing free prekindergarten for certain children.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB176: Relating to the provision of on-campus mental health services by a school district and reimbursement under Medicaid for certain services provided to eligible students.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB177: Relating to telephone access for certain health benefit plan verifications and preauthorization requests and for utilization review requests.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB178: Relating to the permissible uses of revenue attributable to the municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Local Government

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Local Government 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB179: Relating to a public outreach and education campaign for mixed-status families regarding eligibility for Medicaid and the child health plan program.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB180: Relating to the Texas Redistricting Commission.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Finance

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Finance 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB181: Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to adopt a gender-responsive risk and needs assessment instrument.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB182: Relating to program accessibility for female inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB183: Relating to personal leave provided for a classroom teacher to testify at a public hearing.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB184: Relating to an exemption from certain requirements regarding diversity, equity, or inclusion initiatives for certain activities not funded by state money provided by public institutions of higher education.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB185: Relating to the inclusion of instruction and information about mental health in the required curriculum for public high school students.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB186: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Students with Disabilities Scholarship Program for certain students at public institutions of higher education.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB187: Relating to reporting and providing information regarding discrimination and harassment based on race, color, or ethnicity at public institutions of higher education.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB188: Relating to the provision of behavioral health crisis services, including the operation of crisis centers and mobile crisis outreach teams; authorizing a fee.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Co-author authorized
February 19, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

Co-sponsors: Judith Zaffirini

SB189: Relating to a criminal offense committed against a person because of bias or prejudice on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB190: Relating to the repeal of statutes regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct and to the recognition of certain same-sex relationship statuses.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

Co-sponsors: Cesar BlancoMolly CookSarah EckhardtRoland GutierrezNathan Johnson

SB191: Relating to the adoption of a healthy and safe school water plan by public schools.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB192: Relating to a grant program to reimburse public schools for certain costs associated with hiring retired teachers.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB193: Relating to a model suicide prevention policy, suicide prevention and intervention strategies incorporated into a state agency crisis or disaster plan, suicide death information maintained by the Department of State Health Services, and the Texas Violent Death Reporting System.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB194: 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.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB195: Relating to a required waiting period for certain firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB196: Relating to the development and use of instructional modules and training for public schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB197: Relating to training requirements for public school board of trustees members and superintendents regarding the adoption of a trauma-informed school standard.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB198: Relating to additional requirements for individualized education programs developed for children with autism or other pervasive developmental disorders.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB199: Relating to the enforcement of certain requirements regarding the transfer of course credit between public institutions of higher education.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB200: Relating to the payment of support rights and benefits for a child placed with a relative or other designated caregiver.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB201: Relating to social workers employed by school districts.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB202: Relating to allowing a member of the State Board of Education to employ a person to assist in performing the member's duties.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Jose Menendez

SB205: Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels.

🗳 5 votes · 1 final

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Education

Last status update: Read first time
May 14, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Public Education 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Angela Paxton

Co-sponsors: Brent HagenbuchAdam HinojosaPhil KingTan ParkerKevin Sparks

SB206: Relating to a webpage and mobile application for the provision of pregnancy-related resources and information.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Co-author authorized
March 26, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Angela Paxton

Co-sponsors: Kevin Sparks

SB208: Relating to the establishment of the workforce housing capital investment fund program to fund the development of workforce housing in this state; authorizing a fee.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Local Government

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 24, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Local Government 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

Co-sponsors: Carol AlvaradoPeter FloresRoland GutierrezJuan HinojosaBorris Miles

SB210: Relating to municipal permitting requirements for certain development projects supported with low income housing tax credit allocations.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Local Government

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Local Government 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB211: Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that operate an on-site child-care center for use by the entity's employees.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Finance

Last status update: Co-author authorized
March 20, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Finance 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

Co-sponsors: Carol Alvarado

SB212: Relating to certain public meetings and public hearings concerning permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Natural Resources

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Natural Resources 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB214: Relating to a temporary exemption from sales and use taxes for certain residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems and installation services.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Finance

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 9, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Finance 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB215: Relating to the establishment of a program for the issuance of digital identification; authorizing a fee.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Transportation

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
April 23, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Transportation 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB216: Relating to opioid overdose training for peace officers.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB218: Relating to requiring the board of trustees of each school district to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB219: Relating to orders of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain criminal defendants.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB220: Relating to an employer's civil liability under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act for injuries sustained by certain victims of sexual assault or abuse.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Business & Commerce

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Business & Commerce 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB221: Relating to the disciplinary power of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to issue private reprimands.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB222: Relating to the creation of a revolving loan program to fund the purchase by historically underutilized businesses of certain bonds required for public work contracts.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Business & Commerce

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Business & Commerce 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB223: Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain prosecuting attorneys who are employed as part of the border prosecution unit.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB224: Relating to prohibiting child-placing agencies from imposing certain requirements on relative and designated caregivers.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB225: Relating to implementation of an express lane option for determining eligibility and enrolling certain individuals in Medicaid or the child health plan program.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Co-author authorized
February 11, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

Co-sponsors: Cesar Blanco

SB228: Relating to prohibiting the use of certain political advertising manipulated by generative artificial intelligence technology; creating a criminal offense.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB229: Relating to prohibiting a retail seller of motor vehicles from imposing certain restrictions on the purchase of a motor vehicle.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Business & Commerce

Last status update: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 1, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Business & Commerce 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

Co-sponsors: Carol AlvaradoPaul BettencourtMolly CookSarah EckhardtAdam HinojosaJuan HinojosaNathan JohnsonLois KolkhorstMayes MiddletonRobert NicholsAngela PaxtonCharles Perry

SB230: Relating to limitations on the information contained on a consumer report furnished by a consumer reporting agency.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Business & Commerce

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Business & Commerce 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Royce West

SB232: Relating to the development and implementation of the Live Well Texas program and the expansion of Medicaid eligibility to provide health benefit coverage to certain individuals; imposing penalties.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Co-author authorized
March 4, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Nathan Johnson

Co-sponsors: Cesar Blanco

SB233: Relating to the public school finance system.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Co-author authorized
March 31, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Nathan Johnson

Co-sponsors: Cesar Blanco

SB234: Relating to the establishment of the workforce housing program by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Local Government

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Local Government 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Nathan Johnson

SB235: Relating to a public school campus's election under a campus turnaround plan to operate as a community school.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Nathan Johnson

SB236: Relating to certain evidence-based health-related non-medical services offered by a Medicaid managed care organization in lieu of other services.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Nathan Johnson

SB237: Relating to a public school paid parental leave policy, an allotment under the Foundation School Program for the cost of providing paid parental leave under that policy, and the eligibility of certain children for free prekindergarten programs.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Education K-16

Last status update: Co-author authorized
March 12, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Education K-16 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Nathan Johnson

Co-sponsors: Sarah Eckhardt

SB238: Relating to implementing an express lane option under Medicaid and the child health plan program.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Health & Human Services

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Health & Human Services 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Nathan Johnson

SB239: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Mayes Middleton

Co-sponsors: Paul BettencourtCharles CreightonBob HallPhil KingCharles Schwertner

SB242: Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Criminal Justice

Last status update: Co-author authorized
March 6, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Criminal Justice 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Peter Flores

Co-sponsors: Brent HagenbuchMayes Middleton

SB244: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Local Government

Last status update: Co-author authorized
March 11, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Local Government 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Peter Flores

Co-sponsors: Adam Hinojosa

SB245: Relating to the delivery of alcoholic beverages by holders of a consumer delivery permit.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Peter Flores

Co-sponsors: Sarah Eckhardt

SB246: Relating to the delivery and direct shipment of certain alcoholic beverages to ultimate consumers; creating criminal offenses.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate State Affairs

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 State Affairs 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Peter Flores

Co-sponsors: Sarah Eckhardt

SB247: Relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Finance

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Finance 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Peter Flores

SB248: Relating to the referral of certain criminal proceedings in the Texas-Mexico border region to an associate judge and reimbursement requests for all or part of an associate judge's or interpreter's salary.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Finance

Last status update: Read first time
February 3, 2025

Pending: 🏛 Finance 📅 Not Scheduled

Author: Peter Flores