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Congratulating the Midway High School baseball team on winning the 2025 University Interscholastic League Class 6A Division I state championship.

Congratulating the Midway High School softball team on winning the 2025 University Interscholastic League Class 6A Division I state softball championship.

Recognizing the Tarleton State University men's rodeo team for winning a National Championship.

In memory of Molly Essary Smith.

Congratulating Ernest Servantes and David Kirkland on the selection of Burnt Bean Co. in Seguin as the No. 1 restaurant in the Texas Monthly 2025 list of the 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas.

Recognizing Edgewood ISD on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.

Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control.

Relating to the maintenance of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather alert radios by certain campgrounds, hotels, and recreational vehicle parks.

Congratulating Manuel Moreno Jr. of J. Frank Dobie High School on his induction into the Texas Tennis Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Commending Camille McWhorter for her service as a legislative aide in the office of State Representative Terri Leo Wilson.

Commemorating the first annual Galveston Pickleball Championship.

Amending the permanent rules of the House of Representatives relating to quorum and attendance to remove seniority from certain members due to multiple absences.

Congratulating the Most Reverend Daniel E. Garcia on his appointment as bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Austin.

Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds.

Relating to training and credentialing requirements for certain emergency management coordinators and officers of this state or a political subdivision of this state who have emergency management responsibilities.

Relating to a study and report by the Upper Guadalupe River Authority of risks from and solutions to flooding.

Relating to the creation of a flood recovery loan program to provide low-interest loans to persons who are victims of flood-related disasters.

Memorializing the lives lost during the 2025 Texas floods.

Relating to the regulation of groundwater produced in the boundaries of a groundwater conservation district.

Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the regulation of groundwater produced in the boundaries of a groundwater conservation district.

Relating to the administration of elections.

Relating to a prohibition on the issuance of certain bonds by a school district.

Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.

Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability.

Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control.

Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas.

Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.

Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flood-prone areas.

Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, and jurors; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.

Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.

Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.

Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; requiring a license; authorizing fees.

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of American Legion Post No. 667 in Universal City.

In memory of legendary accordionist Flaco Jiménez.

Recognizing El Valle Bakery of Rio Grande City for its 50 years of service to the community.

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total market value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses.

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly individuals and their surviving spouses.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project.

Relating to a limit on political subdivision expenditures and the adoption of ad valorem tax rates.

Relating to certain measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations during disasters, including establishing a voluntary certification program for disaster relief organizations.

Relating to the creation and operation of the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the council.

Relating to required flood disaster plans for campgrounds; authorizing a civil penalty.

Relating to the authority of the comptroller to provide funding for the deployment and operation of certain emergency communication systems.

Relating to disaster response and preparedness, including required training for justices of the peace and responding to mass fatality events; requiring a license; authorizing a fee.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the market value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such a veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran.

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives.

Relating to the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such a veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran.

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.

Relating to state agency terminology used in describing the landlocked territory on the western bank of the Jordan River.

Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, and jurors; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.

Congratulating Wise County Judge J. D. Clark on his election as president of the National Association of Counties.

Relating to the provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the enforcement of and exceptions to laws regulating the provision of abortion-inducing drugs; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability.

Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.

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.

Relating to disclosures required to record an instrument conveying real property.