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• codes.
• This bill creates a new offense under Section 16.021 of the Texas Penal Code, making it a second-degree
• crime networks, which this bill smartly addresses by amending section 71.02 of the Texas Penal Code
• Uh, code As a part of this bill.
• Under current Texas Penal Code Section 2201, assault is generally classified as a Class A misdemeanor

Bills: HB316

Keywords: Medicaid, healthcare, affordable care act, medical assistance, federal funding

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• More than 1,600 insurers do property and casualty business in Texas.
• Auto, title, commercial property and liability, and residual carriers. like the Texas Windstorm Insurance
• Examples are organizations like the Texas Municipal League and the Texas Association of Counties.
• Texas coast.
• By law, all insurance companies that sell property casualty insurance in Texas must be members of the

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• Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
• East Texas.
• This amends Chapter 15 of the Texas Water Code by removing the requirement that all non-confidential
• Implementation Fund of Texas.
• Members, this simply modernizes outdated statutes in the Texas Property Code by aligning property owners

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation, led the pledges, and approved a series of routine motions, including excusing absent members and granting permission for several committees to meet while the House was in session. Members also adopted several memorial and recognition resolutions, including H.R. 1023 honoring Christian Beerbill, H.R. 1033 recognizing International Bereaved Mother’s Day, and H.R. 877 recognizing Urban League Advocates Day. The House also recommitted SB 17 and HB 4211 to committee and postponed SCR 27 and HB 2145 for later consideration. The chamber then took up a long third-reading calendar of bills covering a wide range of topics, including Sunset review measures, health care workforce and pricing, child custody and family law, Medicaid, rural ambulance grants, energy reporting, public information requests, trail development, virtual meeting disruptions, occupational licensing, protective orders, county leave pools, animal cruelty, infrastructure, and higher education. Most bills were explained briefly by their authors and passed with broad support, though several drew notable opposition, including HB 5265, HB 2402, HB 3000, HB 3237, HB 3326, HB 1056, HB 281, HB 3308, HB 1043, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 294, HB 809, HB 334, HB 2037, HB 285, HB 1353, HB 3960, HB 4044, HB 4264, HB 2807, HB 3349, HB 4406, HB 1593, HB 1899, HB 1201, and others. Several bills prompted extended debate or amendments. HB 3237, extending public energy-use reporting for state and higher-education buildings, passed after questions about its public-sector-only scope and energy savings. HB 3326, addressing public service loan forgiveness credit for adjunct professors, initially failed on a 69-70 vote but later passed after verification and machine corrections. HB 3211, concerning optometrists in managed care plans, adopted a Buckley amendment before passing. HB 2213 on Texas Windstorm Insurance Association board composition adopted a Metcalf amendment requiring certain board members to be Texas residents. HB 412, dealing with harmful materials and sexual performance of a child, generated extensive questioning about its scope, existing legal standards, and effects on educators and medical professionals; the excerpt ends during that debate.

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• It amends Section 22.002 of the Government Code to allow the Texas Supreme Court to issue writs that
• Members, with this bill, we can make the Government Code consistent with the Texas Constitution in an
• these properties.”
• This bill addresses these concerns by amending the Texas Business and Commerce Code to place guardrails
• The bill addresses these concerns by amending the Texas Business and Commerce Code to place guardrails

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation, received a House message that H.B. 422 had passed the House, and heard gubernatorial nominations for the Council on Sex Offender Treatment. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day and several visiting groups and adopted a resolution designating June 20, 2025, as Texas Nuclear Legislative Day. Members then considered and passed several bills and resolutions, often by suspending the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule. SB 311 passed to final passage on the Texas Supreme Court’s writ power. SB 883, on off-label prescription access for COVID-19 treatment, passed to engrossment. SB 1706, creating an Open Meetings Act exception for certain defense, military, and aerospace deliberations, passed despite concerns from Sen. Eckhardt that the bill’s use of “deliberate” could weaken open-government protections. CS SB 1677, directing a study on diabetes-related amputations, passed with support from Sen. Menendez. SB 1967 expanded flood infrastructure fund eligibility to certain multipurpose projects, and SB 1255, a cleanup bill on mold assessor and remediator regulation, passed unanimously. The Senate also approved CS SJR 40 and CS SB 871, which would change emergency and disaster law to require legislative involvement after prolonged or widespread emergencies and to limit gubernatorial suspension powers, with Sen. Eckhardt questioning whether the bill could slow urgent business closures during a disaster. Additional measures passed included SB 1426 transferring management of the First Capital State Historic Site to the Texas Historical Commission, SB 249 requiring TxDOT to fund memorial markers for fallen peace officers, SB 1592 centralizing collection of hotel occupancy taxes from accommodation intermediaries, SB 1271 allowing concurrent jurisdiction on military installations for certain juvenile matters, SB 745 creating a higher penalty for intoxication manslaughter involving multiple deaths, SB 365 shortening the academic fresh start waiting period at public colleges, and SB 1171 adjusting compensation and standards for certain Texas Juvenile Justice Department inspector general employees. CS SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, passed after questions about its relationship to federal homeland security and its focus on border security and critical infrastructure. The latter part of the session focused heavily on CS SB 38, a major eviction and squatter-related bill. Sen. Bettencourt described widespread squatter cases and argued the bill, with a Moody amendment, would clarify notice and eviction procedures while balancing property-owner and tenant rights. Sen. West said he supported addressing squatters but worried the broader eviction changes could harm vulnerable renters, especially single mothers, and said he would vote present not voting. The discussion continued with additional testimony from Sen. Kolkhorst about the need for a balanced eviction process.

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• it's my property and property rights matter, and there's a school by my property, and the people at the
• The daycare center is defined in Section 42.002, the Human Resources Code, and it discusses public property
• Members, House Bill 294 amends the Property Code to prevent cities and HOAs from creating ordinances
• Members, House Bill 294 amends the Property Code to prevent cities and HOAs from creating ordinances
• Your bill amends Texas Election Code Section 254.031A(7) to require reporting of the name of each candidate

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, heard the invocation and pledges, and then took up a series of memorial resolutions and recognitions. Members adopted memorial resolutions honoring former President Jimmy Carter and Dr. Alice Gail Hudgens, with remarks highlighting their public service and community impact, and adopted resolutions recognizing Victoria College’s 100th anniversary and May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month. The chamber also recognized Texas A&M system interns and later granted permission for several committees to meet while the House was in session. The House then moved through a long third-reading calendar, passing a number of bills on wide margins. Measures approved included SB 304 on municipal court jurisdiction over nuisance abatement ordinances, SB 608 on reporting evidence collection kits, SB 2312 creating a Texas Advisory Committee on Geopolitical Conflict, SB 494 creating a petroleum theft task force, SB 530 on postsecondary accreditation, HB 45 giving the Attorney General a role in prosecuting human trafficking cases, HB 35 on peer support for first responders, HB 47 and HB 3073 on sexual assault policy and prosecution, HB 318 and HB 3000 creating rural sheriff and ambulance grant programs, HB 554 on Juneteenth fireworks sales with county opt-in authority restored, HB 705 and HB 932 joining licensure compacts for cosmetology and occupational therapy, HB 849 allowing county park boards to meet by video conference, HB 1119 on mental health bed reporting, HB 3041 on students with nontraditional secondary education, HB 713 on maternal mortality review reporting, HB 3104 on Webb County bailiff appointments, HB 3970 on electricity planning for large loads, HB 4042 on Railroad Commission safety provisions for gas distribution pipelines, HB 4490 protecting next-of-kin information, HB 1731 on the physician assistant compact, HB 2607 on Walker County Hospital District governance, HB 3689 on Texas Windstorm Insurance Association funding, HB 1788 on continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists about abuse and trafficking, HB 1612 on hospital direct payments for uninsured patients, and HB 138 on health impact cost and coverage analysis. Several bills drew extended debate or amendments. HB 353, creating a trespass offense near schools and daycares, prompted questions about constitutional concerns and property rights before passing. HB 3211 on optometrists in managed care plans received a perfecting amendment and a Medicaid-related amendment setting a minimum payment level. HB 1056 on gold and silver specie and a state-based currency prompted detailed questioning about its mechanics and fees, followed by a point of order challenging the caption. The House also adopted or postponed a number of items, including postponing HB 2520 and HB 1359 until later in the calendar before later passing both, and laying several bills on the table subject to call. Many measures passed overwhelmingly, while a few, including HB 3326 on loan forgiveness for adjunct professors and HB 3237 on energy consumption goals, passed with narrower margins.

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• Of a real property prepared by an appraiser submitted to the district by the property owner in determining
• the value of the property referred the subcommittee on Property tax appraisals HB 1767 by La Graf relating
• HB 2280 by Schofield relating to the authority of a property owners association to regulate a property
• By Vaughn and willing to the creation of the Texas Future Fund, the Texas Future Fund Investment Review
• HB 1515 by Canal. of the continuation of functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas

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• More than 1600 insurers do property and casualty business in Texas.
• homeowners, auto, title, commercial property and liability, and residual carriers like the Texas Windstorm
• To benefit Texas consumers.
• By law, all insurance companies that sell property casualty insurance in Texas must be members of the
• Chapter 2210 of the Texas Insurance Code directs TWIA to operate as an insurance company.

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• If the property is wholly or partially been to individual landowners whose property line abutted the
• So, a key retailer in Texas, and really all over East Texas and Texas, Tractor Supply operates 239 stores
• I live in Frisco, Texas.
• I live in Frisco, Texas.
• Laura Temez, Texas Trial Lawyers Association.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation heard several bills, mostly local memorial highway designations and transportation-related regulatory measures. Senator Hinojosa presented SB 1351 to designate part of US 281 in Hidalgo County as the Jose Rodriguez Lua Memorial Highway in honor of a Border Patrol processing coordinator killed by a drunk driver; a family member testified emotionally in support, and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard and left pending SB 2245 on bonded titles for vehicles when a lienholder has gone out of business, SB 1568 on animal-friendly specialty license plates with a second “spay, neuter, adopt” plate, SB 2589 on handling closed county roads in Webb County, SB 1104 on allowing large retailers to use one fingerprinted employee of record across multiple Texas locations, SB 1423 naming the Bill Stout Parkway in Longview, and SB 1931 naming part of US 83 the Rodolfo Valdez Memorial Highway. Most of these bills drew supportive testimony or were presented as local measures with no opposition. The committee also took up broader policy bills. SB 215 would create a digital identification program for Texas driver’s licenses and certain other licenses, but the sponsor said he was mainly laying the bill out for discussion and study; testimony was limited and the bill was left pending. SB 2707 would clarify that government entities such as TxDOT and the military remain exempt from fees on oversized/overweight permit authority, though a county commissioner raised questions about road-use impacts and fee revenue. SB 2807 drew the most discussion: it would prevent a motor carrier’s use of safety technology, training, and related practices from being used as evidence that an independent contractor is actually an employee. Supporters said the bill would encourage adoption of safety tools like cameras and braking systems without increasing misclassification risk, while opponents from the trial lawyers’ side warned the wording could conflict with existing labor-code definitions and create litigation. The sponsor and committee members discussed possible clarifying floor amendments. After public testimony, the committee voted on the pending bills. All measures were reported favorably on 6-0 votes, with committee substitutes adopted where applicable. SB 1351, SB 1423, SB 1568, SB 1931, SB 2245, SB 2589, SB 2707, SB 2807, and SB 2841 were all sent to the full Senate, and several were recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee recessed subject to the call of the chair after completing the votes.

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• And it, they happen from North Texas to South Texas.
• busts across North Texas.
• The Texas Penal Code on non-livestock animal cruelty states that a person commits an offense if the person
• Pursuant to Texas Penal Code Section 6.03, a person is criminally negligent when he ought to be aware
• Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

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• Local Government Code.
• Uh, I'm a home builder in Houston, Texas.
• Current law does not clearly allow a city to annex a property within its ETJ if the property is separated
• As we all know, Texas faces a critical shortage.
• Uh, House Bill 5187 and the committee substitute restores property rights by allowing property owners

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• The state of Texas is...
• They happen from North Texas to South Texas.
• busts across North Texas.
• The Texas Penal Code on non-livestock animal cruelty states that a person commits an offense if the person
• Penal Code section 6.03.

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• The Property Code Chapter 51 governs liens on real property and authorizes trustees and subtrustees to
• So HB 576 clarifies property, the Property Code chapter 51 by leveraging the definition of person from
• the Texas Code Construction Act.
• Texas Property Code chapter 51 relates to liens created against real property as enforcement of a deed
• Representative Shaheen's bill would therefore codify this definition of person into Property Code chapter

Bills: HB74, HB175

Keywords: environmental project, public money, political subdivision, greenhouse gas emissions, federal law compliance, renewable energy, water conservation, retroactive child support, child conception, paternity, family law, health care expenses

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• We have our network, Texas Mesonet, that's part of that. Of course, we couple it with West Texas.
• My property, can't I?
• You're on private property. You're on somebody's private property. ...Disaster is different.
• the state of Texas.
• Texas needs to step up and work with its communities to remap Texas flood risk.

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• It ended up that property taxes were far less, property values were far less because of the homestead
• So what what you see described on this is that every school system in Texas Texas generates an entitlement
• And whether you are in a very property poor location of the state a very property-wealthy location in
• And do private schools follow the Texas Education Code?
• I can't remember if it's in the family code or the education code, but there are laws that apply to private

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• taxes to the state of Texas for its use.
• Insurance Code.
• According to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Agency or Association, commercial property insurance rates
• We've seen a rise in property insurance, from 93 to 256 percent in property insurance since the last
• We have a big shortage of officials in Texas.

Summary: The Committee on Education K-16 heard testimony on SB 1635, which would give certain coastal, recapture-paying school districts a credit against recapture payments for mandatory windstorm and hail insurance costs. Senator Hinojosa said the bill is intended to offset unusually high insurance expenses for districts in Tier 1 or Tier 2 coastal zones, and he estimated about a $12 million impact to state revenue. Witnesses from Port Aransas ISD and Gregory-Portland ISD described sharp premium increases, reduced coverage, higher deductibles, and the effect on teacher pay and classroom spending. Senators asked about the number of affected districts, the accuracy of the fiscal estimate, and whether the bill might encourage districts to maintain coverage. Public testimony was closed and SB 1635 was left pending. The committee then took up several other bills and committee substitutes, adopting and reporting favorably SB 2786, SB 2623, SB 646, SB 843, SB 2392, SB 1998, SB 1418, SB 2788, and SB 2076, with most votes unanimous or near-unanimous. SB 2392 was amended to add improper relationship between educator and student to mandatory reporting offenses and to authorize an attorney general civil penalty for failure to report. SB 2623 was revised to clarify duties and exemptions related to the Safe Schools and Neighborhood Task Force and school proximity restrictions. SB 843 would create a TEA database of school district bonds and related projects, and SB 2788 would exempt certain PSAT scorers from the Texas Success Initiative assessment. The committee also heard SB 2929, which would allow referees and other officials at school athletic events to immediately eject disruptive spectators. The Texas Association of Sports Officials testified in support, citing abusive spectator behavior and a shortage of officials. SB 2929 was left pending. Finally, the committee heard a substitute for SB 2927 on 1882 partnerships and a substitute for SB 2619, which would require more transparency and accountability for failing school districts, superintendent hiring, trustee training, and takeover timelines. Testimony on SB 2619 was mixed, with one witness from Texas 2036 supporting parts of the bill’s accountability provisions. The committee adopted the substitute for SB 2619, left it pending, and then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• Texas Insurance Code Title 5, Chapter 542A, Section 542.003.
• When reviewing Texas Insurance Code cases, if an insured hires an attorney, the attorney may handle the
• Yeah, I know, I know how much you've had to do with insurance code in Texas and all that stuff, so I
• Does not include pharmacists or pharmacies under Texas Insurance Code 1458.
• The Texas Insurance Code provides coverage for telemedicine services.

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• rates under Texas Utility Code 54.204(c).
• As stated in Texas Utility Code 54.204(d), the regulatory commission decides these disputes when they
• Across the state of Texas.
• Those were on private property.
• Water Code.

Bills: HB3445, HB3448

Keywords: telecommunications, electric cooperative, rights-of-way, infrastructure, provider access, right-of-way, pole attachment, regulatory access, 1184, house, all

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• We should consider updated building codes for floodplain properties.
• I'll have your comment in it if we can put it in the property tax code in the right place.
• So we respond in Texas from Texas to other states and we see that as well, but just in Texas itself we
• data as described in Texas Water Code 16.026. ex-resident stations began reporting in 2016.
• And there are only two networks in Texas, Texas Mesonet and West Texas Mesonet, that meet this 5-minute

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• code.
• so that we, you know, can continue to abide by Texas penal code laws.
• That's the Texas grid and spirit.
• They just want to see the property.
• In 2005, the Texas occupation code in 2303.155 set impound and storage fees at $20 per day and capped

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• Texas Property Casualty Insurance Guarantee Association, TEF CIGA.
• , which makes makes such acts illegal under Chapter 35 of the Texas Penal Code.
• Chair calls Pete Powers, Texas Pharmacy Association itself from the big city of Gilmer, Texas.
• So understand same welcome to Texas to your Texas capital. OK. Any other questions, members?
• It says all property policies.