Active Legislation
Currently active bills across federal and state legislatures
Recognizing Jose Noe Mendez on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; authorizing a person who operates a brew pub to engage in certain activities concerning the sale of alcoholic beverages; revising...
AN ACT relating to agriculture; directing the Council on Food Security to conduct a study during the 2025-2026 interim to evaluate food insecurity in this State and develop...
AN ACT relating to health; prohibiting certain uses of artificial intelligence in public schools; requiring the Department of Education to develop a policy concerning certain...
AN ACT relating to trade practices; requiring an original equipment manufacturer of certain equipment designed for a person with a physical disability to make available certain...
Granting the Texas DeMolay Association permission to use the Senate Chamber on February 8 and 9 for its legislative seminar.
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles, under certain circumstances, to issue a special license plate honoring certain veterans;...
Congratulating Annette Addo-Yobo of Southlake on her selection as Miss Texas 2024.
Congratulating Elwood "Woody" Mitchell on his retirement from the Harris County District Attorney's Office.
Congratulating Geronimo M. Rodriguez Jr. on his retirement as chief advocacy officer of Ascension Texas.
Recognizing February 11, 2025, as Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority Day at the State Capitol.
Honoring the work of The Lighthouse of Houston.
Commending Dr. Christine Wan for her participation in the Physician of the Day Program.
Honoring Dr. Rashmi Rode for her participation in the Physician of the Day program at the State Capitol on February 26, 2025.
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising provisions governing the disposition of certain vehicles abandoned on public or private property; revising provisions governing the...
AN ACT relating to public safety; establishing provisions relating to the inspection of certain vehicles; revising provisions relating to the rescission and cancellation of the...
AN ACT relating to animals; requiring each governing body of a county or incorporated city to adopt an ordinance requiring, with certain exceptions, the owner or operator of a...
Recognizing February 3 through 5, 2025, as Midland-Odessa Days.
AN ACT relating to education; requiring the board of trustees of certain school districts and the governing body of certain charter schools to prepare and publish an annual...
AN ACT relating to the Civil Air Patrol; revising provisions relating to the employment of a member of the Civil Air Patrol; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Recognizing February 4, 2025, as Andrews County Day.
AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring certain health plans to include coverage for certain procedures or services for the preservation of fertility of insureds who have been...
AN ACT relating to natural resources; providing, with certain exceptions, that any person is authorized to perform certain actions relating to an easement for conservation; and...
Relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses.
AN ACT relating to public safety; creating the Purple Ribbon Task Force on Firefighter and Peace Officer Wellness; setting forth the membership and duties of the Task Force;...
Recognizing February 6, 2025, as Howard County Day.
AN ACT relating to unmanned aerial vehicles; revising provisions concerning the purchase or acquisition of certain unmanned aerial vehicles or other related equipment or...
Recognizing the members of the YMCA Texas Youth and Government Program.
AN ACT relating to state financial administration; requiring a state grant-making entity to provide written notice to a private nonprofit corporation when a payment under a...
In memory of Norma Jean Spill de Jong.
AN ACT relating to health care; establishing various requirements relating to providers of vision insurance and providers of vision care; revising provisions relating to...
Recognizing February 4, 2025, as Dallas Day.
AN ACT relating to professions; revising requirements to obtain a license as a marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor by endorsement; and providing...
AN ACT relating to civil immunity; providing immunity from civil liability to licensed firearm dealers and local law enforcement agencies under certain circumstances; and...
Recognizing February 11, 2025, as Jacksonville Leadership Day.
AN ACT relating to taxation; requiring the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Revenue to conduct a study during the 2025-2026 interim on the advisability and feasibility of...
AN ACT relating to energy; authorizing the users of a solar-powered affordable housing system to participate in net metering; exempting the owner or operator of a solar-powered...
AN ACT relating to child welfare; establishing a form by which a parent or guardian may request to nominate a guardian of a minor; authorizing the filing of such a form in the...
Recognizing February 11, 2025, as Bastrop County Day at the State Capitol.
AN ACT relating to powers of attorney; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services, acting through the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department, to...
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Texas State Chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.
AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring certain health insurers to respond to requests for prior authorization for medical or dental care within a certain amount of time;...
Congratulating the Fort Worth band Latin Express on its 50th anniversary.
AN ACT relating to insurance; revising certain notice requirements imposed on an insurer who issues a policy of portable electronics insurance; and providing other matters...
AN ACT relating to mental health; authorizing the creation of a facility for the treatment of incompetent defendants within certain county jails or detention facilities;...
AN ACT relating to taxation; revising provisions governing the taxation of remote sales of cigars and pipe tobacco; revising provisions governing the licensing of remote retail...
Recognizing February 12, 2025, as Coastal Bend Day.
AN ACT making appropriations to Clark County, the City of Reno and the Nevada Rural Housing Authority for eviction diversion programs; and providing other matters properly...
AN ACT making an appropriation to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for the purpose of providing pro bono legal services, experiential legal education and contributing to...
Honoring Ken Molberg for his service as a justice of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas.