TWENTY-FIRST DAY --- TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2025

The house met at 2 p.m. and was called to order by the speaker.

The roll of the house was called and a quorum was announced present (Record 32).

Present — Mr. Speaker(C); Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Absent, Excused — Garcia, J.; Plesa.

The invocation was offered by Levi Greenberg, rabbi, Chabad Lubavitch of El Paso, El Paso.

The chair recognized Representative Garcia Hernandez who led the house in the pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags.

The following members were granted leaves of absence for today because of important business in the district:

J. Garcia on motion of Campos.

Plesa on motion of R. Lopez.

The chair presented Dr. Jorge Duchicela of Weimar as the "Doctor for the Day."

The house welcomed Dr. Duchicela and thanked them for their participation in the Physician of the Day Program sponsored by the Texas Academy of Family Physicians.

A message from the senate was received at this time (see the addendum to the daily journal, Messages from the Senate, Message No. 1).

On motion of Representative Patterson and by unanimous consent, the reading and referral of bills was postponed until just prior to adjournment.

Representative Patterson moved to set a congratulatory and memorial calendar for 10 a.m. Thursday, March 6.

The motion prevailed.

Representative Patterson moved that the house grant permission for all committees and subcommittees to meet while the house is in session, pursuant to their committee postings or recess motions. For purposes of this motion, committees and subcommittees scheduled to meet or reconvene today upon final adjournment or recess or during bill referral if permission is granted are authorized to convene upon adoption by the house of today's adjournment motion.

Permission to meet was granted.

The following committee meeting was announced:

Local and Consent Calendars, 9:15 a.m. tomorrow, 1W.14, for a formal meeting, to consider a congratulatory and memorial calendar.

The chair laid out and had read the following previously adopted resolution:

HR 384, Congratulating State Representative Denise Villalobos and Ruben Villalobos of Corpus Christi on the adoption of their son, Ezekiel.

The chair recognized Representative Dyson who introduced Ezekiel Villalobos, son of Representative Denise Villalobos.

Representative Moody moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HR 351.

The motion prevailed.

The following resolution was laid before the house:

HR 351, Recognizing April 9, 2025, as Education and Sharing Day in honor of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

HR 351 was adopted.

On motion of Representative Rosenthal, the names of all the members of the house were added to HR 351 as signers thereof.

The chair recognized Representative Moody who introduced participants in Education and Sharing Day.

Representative C. Bell moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HR 205.

The motion prevailed.

The following resolution was laid before the house:

HR 205, Recognizing March 4, 2025, as Montgomery County Day at the State Capitol.

HR 205 was adopted.

On motion of Representative Holt, the names of all the members of the house were added to HR 205 as signers thereof.

The chair recognized Representative C. Bell who introduced a delegation from Montgomery County.

Representative McLaughlin moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HR 392.

The motion prevailed.

The following resolution was laid before the house:

HR 392, Recognizing March 4, 2025, as Pleasanton Day at the State Capitol.

HR 392 was adopted.

The chair recognized Representative McLaughlin who introduced a delegation from Pleasanton.

The chair recognized Representative J. Jones who introduced representatives of Texas Southern University.

(Harris in the chair)

Representative Louderback moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HR 426.

The motion prevailed.

The following resolution was laid before the house:

HR 426, Recognizing March 4, 2025, as Victoria Chamber Day at the State Capitol.

HR 426 was adopted.

On motion of Representative Holt, the names of all the members of the house were added to HR 426 as signers thereof.

Representative Buckley moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HR 341.

The motion prevailed.

The following resolution was laid before the house:

HR 341, Recognizing March 4, 2025, as Communities In Schools Day at the State Capitol.

HR 341 was adopted.

Representative J. Lopez moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HR 436.

The motion prevailed.

The following resolution was laid before the house:

HR 436, Recognizing March 4, 2025, as Justices of the Peace and Constables Day at the State Capitol.

HR 436 was adopted.

On motion of Representative Holt, the names of all the members of the house were added to HR 436 as signers thereof.

Representative Reynolds moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HR 248.

The motion prevailed.

The following resolution was laid before the house:

HR 248, Recognizing March 4, 2025, as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Day at the State Capitol.

HR 248 was adopted.

On motion of Representative V. Jones, the names of all the members of the house were added to HR 248 as signers thereof.

At 3:15 p.m., Representative Hefner moved that, at the conclusion of the reading of bills and resolutions on first reading and referral to committees, the house adjourn until 10 a.m. tomorrow.

The motion prevailed.

(LaHood in the chair)

Bills and joint resolutions were at this time laid before the house, read first time, and referred to committees. (See the addendum to the daily journal, Referred to Committees, List No. 1.)

In accordance with a previous motion, the house, at 3:36 p.m., adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow.

The following bills and joint resolutions were today laid before the house, read first time, and referred to committees, and the following resolutions were today laid before the house and referred to committees. If indicated, the chair today corrected the referral of the following measures:

List No. 1

HB 601 (By Lalani), Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.

To Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs.

HB 602 (By Swanson), Relating to the qualifications for serving as a member of the board of directors of a municipal utility district.

To Land and Resource Management.

HB 603 (By Tepper), Relating to the operation of school buses at certain railroad grade crossings.

To Transportation.

HB 604 (By Patterson), Relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students by school districts.

To Public Education.

HB 605 (By J. Jones), Relating to the authority of the Harris County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers.

To s/c County and Regional Government (Intergovernmental Affairs).

HB 606 (By Harrison), Relating to de novo review and interpretation of state laws and state agency rules by reviewing court judges and administrative law judges.

To Delivery of Government Efficiency.

HB 607 (By Flores), Relating to prohibited discrimination by health care providers based on an individual's age, race, disability, immigration status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.

To Public Health.

HB 608 (By Rosenthal), Relating to electric power purchased for the ERCOT power region.

To State Affairs.

HB 609 (By Vasut), Relating to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture.

To Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.

HB 610 (By Leo Wilson), Relating to a severance payment to a superintendent of a school district.

To Public Education.

HB 611 (By Meza), Relating to electronic voter registration.

To Elections.

HB 612 (By Shaheen), Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program, an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program, and the award of attorney's fees in actions challenging certain educational choice laws.

To Public Education.

HB 613 (By Rosenthal), Relating to the interconnection of the ERCOT power grid to grids outside the ERCOT power region.

To State Affairs.

HB 614 (By Bucy), Relating to the procedures for voting after changing residence to another county.

To Elections.

HB 615 (By M. González), Relating to policies and procedures regarding a public school student who knowingly produced or distributed certain intimate videos or images depicting another student.

To Public Education.

HB 616 (By Bucy), Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain at-home testing kits.

To Insurance.

HB 617 (By R. Lopez), Relating to the prohibition of housing discrimination on the basis of veteran status and to the enforcement of that prohibition.

To Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.

HB 618 (By Walle), Relating to health benefit plan coverage of certain in vitro fertilization procedures for certain governmental employees and retirees.

To Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services.

HB 619 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to the transfer for an athletic participation purpose of a student from the school district of the student's residence to another district.

To Public Education.

HB 620 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to a financial assistance program for open-enrollment charter school facilities.

To Public Education.

HB 621 (By Patterson), Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the assembly, association, and speech of property owners or residents related to governmental officials or candidates for political office.

To Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.

HB 622 (By Bernal), Relating to mandatory sales price disclosure in commercial and industrial real property sales; providing a civil penalty.

To Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.

HB 623 (By Reynolds), Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unlawful transfer of a semiautomatic rifle.

To Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs.

HB 624 (By Thompson), Relating to the placement on community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision, of a defendant who is the primary caretaker of a child.

To Corrections.

HB 625 (By Lalani), Relating to a halal food option for breakfast and lunch programs provided by public schools.

To Public Education.

HB 626 (By C. Bell), Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to certain federal law enforcement officers.

To Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs.

HB 627 (By Cortez), Relating to the requirements for applications for low income housing tax credits for certain developments financed through the private activity bond program.

To Intergovernmental Affairs.

HB 628 (By Meza), Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter and to the repeal of certain criminal offenses concerning the solicitation and distribution of an application to vote by mail.

To Elections.

HB 629 (By Leo Wilson), Relating to advanced placement courses that may be offered by a school district.

To Public Education.

HB 630 (By Vasut), Relating to certificates of title for certain outboard motors.

To Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.

HB 631 (By Swanson), Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions and to related procedures and provisions.

To Elections.

HB 632 (By Bucy), Relating to the regulation of the practice of pharmacy.

To s/c Disease Prevention and Women's and Children's Health (Public Health).

HB 633 (By Bucy), Relating to the days and hours during which the polls are open for early voting by personal appearance.

To Elections.

HB 634 (By R. Lopez), Relating to the creation of a task force to evaluate the housing needs of senior citizens who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning.

To House Administration.

HB 635 (By Flores), Relating to authority for certain state employees to work flexible hours and to work from home or other authorized alternative work sites.

To Delivery of Government Efficiency.

HB 636 (By Walle), Relating to the implementation of a statewide homeless data sharing network to share real-time data on homelessness.

To Intergovernmental Affairs.

HB 637 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to the regulation of bleeding control stations in public schools.

To Public Education.

HB 638 (By Tepper), Relating to a requirement that certain water districts make audio and video recordings of open meetings available on the Internet.

To Natural Resources.

HB 639 (By Goodwin), Relating to the inclusion by a licensed firearms dealer of a firearm safety device or secure firearm storage device and certain information with the transfer of a firearm.

To Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs.

HB 640 (By Bumgarner), Relating to the office hours of an election authority during an election period.

To Elections.

HB 641 (By M. González), Relating to digital citizenship instruction in public schools.

To Public Education.

HB 642 (By Bernal), Relating to a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a school district may impose on certain residence homesteads following a substantial school tax increase.

To Ways and Means.

HB 643 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to the requirement for payment bonds from certain public work contractors.

To Delivery of Government Efficiency.

HB 644 (By C. Bell), Relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises.

To Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence.

HB 645 (By M. González), Relating to the provision of certain co-navigation services to individuals who are deaf-blind.

To Human Services.

HB 646 (By Vasut), Relating to the use of an unmanned aircraft to locate and retrieve wounded or killed wildlife.

To Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.

HB 647 (By Patterson), Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's licenses; authorizing a fee.

To Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs.

HB 648 (By Cortez), Relating to the regulation of clotheslines by a property owners' association.

To Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.

HB 649 (By Bucy), Relating to the electronic transmission of a ballot to a voter voting early by mail on the ground of absence from the county of residence.

To Elections.

HB 650 (By DeAyala), Relating to a credit for prepayment of the amount required to be paid by a school district for the purchase of attendance credit under the public school finance system.

To Public Education.

HB 651 (By Moody), Relating to abolishing the death penalty.

To Criminal Jurisprudence.

HB 652 (By Harris Davila), Relating to prohibited uses of public money by certain municipalities and counties that reduce or reallocate funding or resources for certain law enforcement agencies.

To Intergovernmental Affairs.

HB 653 (By Howard), Relating to the purchase and use of contraceptives and access to contraceptive information.

To Public Health.

HB 654 (By Leo Wilson), Relating to the dismissal of a criminal charge related to the illegal hunting of certain deer; authorizing fees.

To Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.

HB 655 (By Reynolds), Relating to extreme risk protective orders; creating criminal offenses.

To Criminal Jurisprudence.

HB 656 (By Thompson), Relating to law enforcement policies regarding the issuance of citations for misdemeanors punishable by fine only and to a limitation on the authority to arrest a person for certain fine-only misdemeanors.

To Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs.

HB 657 (By Bucy), Relating to requirements for counties posting election information on an Internet website.

To Elections.

HB 658 (By Tepper), Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.

To Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs.

HB 659 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to requiring cultural inclusion as part of the social studies curriculum for public schools.

To Public Education.

HB 660 (By Walle), Relating to employee caseload limit goals for child and adult protective services and child-care licensing services and call processing goals for certain of those services.

To Human Services.

HB 661 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to a deadline for completing services under a family service plan.

To Human Services.

HB 662 (By Flores), Relating to the adoption of cats and dogs previously used for research.

To Public Health.

HB 663 (By Harrison), Relating to limitations on the applicability of certain statutes to high-speed rail.

To Land and Resource Management.

HB 664 (By Bernal), Relating to consideration of location of an offeror's principal place of business in awarding certain municipal contracts.

To Intergovernmental Affairs.

HB 665 (By Bucy), Relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of state's Internet website databases containing certain information about elections.

To Elections.

HB 667 (By Lalani), Relating to a halal food option for breakfast and lunch programs provided by certain public schools.

To Public Education.

HB 668 (By C. Bell), Relating to the renewal of a license to carry a handgun.

To Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs.

HB 669 (By M. González), Relating to a database of employers penalized for failure to pay wages or convicted of certain criminal offenses involving wage theft.

To s/c Workforce (Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development).

HB 670 (By Bucy), Relating to the authority of a taxing unit other than a school district to establish a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that the taxing unit may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

To Ways and Means.

HB 671 (By Shaheen), Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.

To State Affairs.

HB 672 (By Leo Wilson), Relating to the use of a political contribution to pay a civil penalty or fine imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission.

To State Affairs.

HB 673 (By Thompson), Relating to the eligibility of certain first responders for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder.

To s/c Workforce (Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development).

HB 674 (By Spiller), Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses committed in the course of or for the purpose of avoiding certain law enforcement checkpoints or evading an arrest or detention; increasing criminal penalties.

To Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs.

HB 675 (By Vasut), Relating to the imposition of charges by a governmental body for providing copies of public information under the public information law.

To Delivery of Government Efficiency.

HB 676 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to the use of an unmanned aircraft to locate and retrieve wounded or killed wildlife.

To Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.

HB 677 (By DeAyala), Relating to the restrictions on political activities of a county elections administrator.

To Elections.

HB 678 (By Walle), Relating to the inclusion of the National Sexual Assault Hotline on certain student identification cards issued by a public institution of higher education.

To Higher Education.

HB 679 (By Bucy), Relating to a local option election on the sale of certain alcoholic beverages on Sunday.

To Licensing and Administrative Procedures.

HB 680 (By Flores), Relating to a law enforcement agency policy regarding drug and alcohol testing of peace officers involved in certain injuries or deaths.

To Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs.

HB 681 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to policies and procedures of the Department of Family and Protective Services, including regarding service plans and post-removal assessments.

To Human Services.

HB 682 (By Reynolds), Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows.

To Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs.

HB 683 (By Bernal), Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system.

To Public Education.

HB 684 (By Cortez), Relating to contracts authorizing the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems.

To Transportation.

HB 685 (By C. Bell), Relating to rates established by municipalities for water or sewer service for certain entities.

To Natural Resources.

HB 686 (By Leo Wilson), Relating to required disclosures on certain political advertising by political committees; providing a civil penalty.

To State Affairs.

HB 687 (By Goodwin and Morales Shaw), Relating to the establishment of a bullying prevention pilot program for public schools.

To Public Education.

HB 688 (By Thompson), Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability.

To Criminal Jurisprudence.

HB 689 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed in a vehicle operated by a public transportation system.

To Criminal Jurisprudence.

HB 690 (By Lalani), Relating to creation of the criminal offense of possessing or smoking tobacco inside or on the grounds of certain state buildings.

To State Affairs.

HB 691 (By Goodwin), Relating to the minimum wage.

To s/c Workforce (Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development).

HB 692 (By J. Jones), Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse assigned to the school during all instructional hours.

To Public Education.

HB 693 (By Bernal), Relating to the calculation of average daily attendance for school districts providing certain full-day prekindergarten programs.

To Public Education.

HB 694 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to the notification of certain persons concerning certain events related to children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

To Human Services.

HB 695 (By Leo Wilson), Relating to the use of certain facilities of a building being used as a polling place or early voting polling place.

To Elections.

HB 696 (By Cortez), Relating to waivers for state park entrance fees and hunting and fishing license fees for certain resident first responders.

To Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.

HB 697 (By Walle), Relating to the applicability of prohibitions on municipal or county regulations on the rental or leasing of housing accommodations.

To Intergovernmental Affairs.

HB 698 (By Harrison), Relating to the abolition of ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the abolition of those taxes.

To Ways and Means.

HB 699 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to a manufacturer's disclosure of cosmetic ingredients; authorizing an administrative penalty.

To Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.

HB 701 (By Bernal), Relating to the appointment of an attorney ad litem or an amicus attorney in certain cases of divorce.

To s/c Family and Fiduciary Relationships (Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence).

HB 702 (By Lalani), Relating to a notification provided by a transportation network company regarding a designated bicycle lane.

To Licensing and Administrative Procedures.

HB 703 (By Swanson), Relating to the enforcement of laws relating to elections.

To Elections.

HB 704 (By C. Bell), Relating to the disconnection of service provided to residential customers by certain utilities and propane gas distribution system retailers.

To State Affairs.

HB 705 (By Wilson), Relating to the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.

To Licensing and Administrative Procedures.

HB 706 (By Leo Wilson), Relating to the jurisdiction of certain international organizations.

To State Affairs.

HB 707 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to the use of parental child safety placements.

To Human Services.

HB 708 (By Bucy), Relating to the sale of distilled spirits to ultimate consumers by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit.

To Licensing and Administrative Procedures.

HB 709 (By Thompson), Relating to the requirement and study of insurance coverage for serious emotional disturbance of a child.

To Insurance.

HB 710 (By Harrison), Relating to the recognition of occupational licenses and government certifications issued in other states; authorizing a fee.

To Licensing and Administrative Procedures.

HB 711 (By Goodwin), Relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors.

To Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs.

HB 712 (By Cortez), Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain tests to detect prostate cancer.

To Insurance.

HB 713 (By Howard), Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

To Public Health.

HB 714 (By Walle), Relating to the establishment and implementation by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs of the Texas Tenant Readiness and Landlord Incentive Pilot Program.

To Intergovernmental Affairs.

HB 715 (By Bernal), Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity; providing an administrative penalty.

To State Affairs.

HB 716 (By J. Jones), Relating to the offense of failure to comply with an order from a fire marshal and the authority of certain county peace officers to issue citations for certain violations; changing a criminal penalty.

To s/c County and Regional Government (Intergovernmental Affairs).

HB 717 (By Leach), Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty.

To State Affairs.

HB 718 (By C. Bell), Relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education from partnering with certain private entities for the construction of a student housing facility.

To Higher Education.

HB 719 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to a manufacturer's disclosure of ingredients and toxic metals in lipstick and lip gloss.

To Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.

HB 720 (By Flores), Relating to a ketamine treatment grant program for ketamine clinics serving active duty military personnel, first responders, and veterans.

To Public Health.

HB 721 (By Leo Wilson), Relating to the applicability of certain laws requiring health care cost disclosures by health benefit plan issuers and administrators.

To Insurance.

HB 722 (By Bucy), Relating to the disclosure of appraisal methods by automobile insurers.

To Insurance.

HB 723 (By Gervin-Hawkins), Relating to school bus monitoring systems and the required reporting of certain offenses recorded by those systems.

To Transportation.

HB 724 (By Lalani), Relating to notice of the health of children attending and adults employed by a child-care facility.

To Human Services.

HB 725 (By Shaheen), Relating to the permissible uses of the bilingual education allotment provided under the Foundation School Program.

To Public Education.

HB 726 (By Reynolds), Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

To Appropriations.

HB 727 (By Cortez), Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle.

To Criminal Jurisprudence.

HB 728 (By Thompson), Relating to certain policies and procedures for the placement and use of video cameras in certain classrooms, including classrooms that provide special education services.

To Public Education.

HB 729 (By Bernal), Relating to the prohibition of housing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and to the enforcement of that prohibition.

To Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.

HB 730 (By Swanson), Relating to the affidavit form for claiming an exemption from required immunizations.

To Public Health.

HB 731 (By Walle), Relating to certain duties of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

To s/c Disease Prevention and Women's and Children's Health (Public Health).

HB 732 (By Vasut), Relating to annulment of a marriage on the grounds of impotency.

To s/c Family and Fiduciary Relationships (Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence).

HB 733 (By C. Bell and Holt), Relating to verification of citizenship or legal residency for purposes of certain contracts for or concerning the purchase of residential real property located in platted subdivisions; creating a criminal offense.

To Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.

HB 734 (By Leach), Relating to the failure to report child abuse or neglect; increasing a criminal penalty.

To Human Services.

HB 735 (By Leo Wilson, J. Lopez, Manuel, Longoria, and Hunter), Relating to required labeling of meat, poultry, shrimp, and certain related food products.

To Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.

HJR 59 (By Bucy), Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a political subdivision other than a school district to establish a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that the political subdivision may impose on the residence homesteads of persons who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

To Ways and Means.

HJR 60 (By Moody), Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment.

To Criminal Jurisprudence.

HJR 61 (By Reynolds), Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

To Appropriations.

HJR 62 (By Schofield), Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring this state to observe daylight saving time year-round.

To State Affairs.

HJR 63 (By Walle), Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit additional uses of certain dedicated general revenue transferred each fiscal year to the state highway fund.

To s/c Transportation Funding (Transportation).

HJR 64 (By Harrison), Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish ad valorem taxes.

To Ways and Means.

HJR 65 (By Thompson), Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing recovery of exemplary damages by parents or a person's estate for a homicide.

To Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence.

HJR 66 (By Bernal), Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation income-producing tangible personal property for a certain period of time.

To Ways and Means.

HJR 67 (By Bernal), Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total assessed value of the residence homestead of an unpaid caregiver of an individual who is eligible to receive long-term services and supports under the Medicaid program while the individual is on a waiting list for the services and supports.

To Ways and Means.

HJR 68 (By Bernal), Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to limit the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a school district may impose on certain residence homesteads following a substantial school tax increase.

To Ways and Means.

HJR 69 (By Bernal), Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

To Appropriations.

HJR 70 (By Reynolds), Proposing a constitutional amendment to direct the legislature to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis for medical use.

To Public Health.

The following messages from the senate were today received by the house:

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

SENATE CHAMBER

Austin, Texas

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

The Honorable Speaker of the House

House Chamber

Austin, Texas

Mr. Speaker:

I am directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has taken the following action:

THE SENATE HAS PASSED THE FOLLOWING MEASURES:

Relating to a lottery game played or facilitated for play by telephone or through an Internet or mobile Internet application; creating criminal offenses.

Respectfully,

Patsy Spaw

Secretary of the Senate