Texas House Bills

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that members of the legislature are not entitled to receive a state salary, per diem, or reimbursement for mileage for an unexcused absence when the applicable house of the legislature lacks a quorum.

Designating Alvord as the official Gateway to the Grasslands for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict Texas congressional districts.

Relating to establishment of the disaster recovery fund.

Relating to adding certain substances to the Texas Controlled Substances Act and regulating kratom and kratom products; increasing civil penalties; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the volume of groundwater production authorized through the issuance of permits by a groundwater conservation district.

Relating to the Rural Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Program.

Relating to the authority of a property owner to obtain an injunction restraining the collection of ad valorem taxes by a taxing unit if the taxing unit adopts a tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate and subsequently takes an action that constitutes a material deviation from the stated purpose of the tax increase.

Relating to the authority of the governor over certain interoperable communications system procurements by a political subdivision.

Congratulating Linda Escobar on her 60th anniversary as a conjunto and Tejano star.

In memory of Oscar Rolando "Rolly" Correa of Salado.

Commending the Kliewer family for 34 years of service as the owners of Patriot Buick GMC in Killeen.

Relating to emergency preparedness and contingency operations plans, inspections, and enforcement for senior retirement communities.

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

Relating to flood control measures for Texas Department of Transportation highway projects.

Relating to establishment of the disaster identification system for a declared state of disaster.

Relating to the effect of a disaster on the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for a taxing unit that is located in a large federally declared disaster area.

Relating to the postponement of the effective date of certain changes in law regarding the effects of a disaster and related costs on the calculation of certain tax rates and the procedure for the adoption of a tax rate by a taxing unit.

Relating to a prohibition on the allocation of low income housing tax credits for developments located in certain school districts.

Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate is approved; making conforming changes.

Relating to the revocation of certain licenses of persons found to have engaged in price gouging during a declared disaster.

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

Relating to the calculation of the penalty and interest incurred on a delinquent ad valorem tax.

Congratulating Ronald Paul Werner of Taylor on his 90th birthday.

Congratulating Reanna Santos of Angleton on being named Miss Rodeo Texas 2025.

In memory of Sabrina Walker-Hernandez of Edinburg.

Honoring Cory Hansen of the Austin Fire Department for his courageous actions in responding to a house fire on April 20, 2024.

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

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the property tax reduction fund and dedicating certain surplus state revenue to the fund.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish ad valorem taxes.

Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm into Texas.

Congratulating Lori Rickert on her retirement as presiding judge for Brazoria County Court at Law No. 4 and Probate Court.

Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.

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

Relating to parasitic insect control.

Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of land subject to a quarantine established by the Texas Animal Health Commission for ticks or screwworms.

Relating to an interstate compact for animal health initiatives.

Relating to the creation of the Institute for Animal Health Research and Response.

Relating to creation of the Screwworm Abatement Trust (SWAT) Fund.

Relating to youth camp emergency operations plans and preparedness.

Relating to disasters, including the regulation of social media platforms, disaster relief organizations, and disaster volunteers; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; authorizing a fee.

Relating to requirements for campgrounds located in a floodway; authorizing an administrative penalty; providing a private cause of action.

Relating to the prohibited use as overnight accommodations of youth camp structures located within certain floodplains.

Relating to the inclusion of instruction regarding the beginning of human life in the health curriculum for public school students.

Relating to the prohibition of lobbyist representation of certain clients.

Relating to the elimination of ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the elimination of those taxes.

Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Brazoria County.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to issue an emergency or temporary order requested by a county judge following a weather emergency.

Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence.

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

Relating to the abolition of ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the abolition of those taxes.

Relating to the vote required in an election to approve an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds a taxing unit's voter-approval tax rate; making conforming changes.

Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence.

Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence.

Relating to prohibiting the sale, delivery, or purchase of a consumable hemp product to or by a person younger than 21 years of age, the entry onto the premises of a retailer of consumable hemp products by a person younger than 21 years of age, and the employment by a retailer of consumable hemp products of a person younger than 21 years of age; creating criminal offenses.

Relating to powers of regional transportation authorities.

Relating to the requirements regarding notice of certain property tax-related information to be provided by taxing units and appraisal districts.

In memory of Sarah Blakely McCrory of Houston.

In memory of Dale Alan Nixon.