Paul Bettencourt

Recognizing Secretary of the Senate Patsy Spaw and her staff for their valuable contributions and service.

Returning Senate Bill No. 293 to the House for further consideration.

In memory of Joshua Daniel King.

Recognizing the 2025 University of Houston Hobby School Fellows.

Recognizing Summer Willis for her advocacy on behalf of survivors of sexual violence.

Honoring Mark Garcia for his 25 years of service as Texas Senate auditor.

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 abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating criminal offenses.

Relating to restrictions on the use of certain ad valorem taxes and on the issuance of certain bonds supported by ad valorem taxes.

Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission.

Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.

Recognizing April 16, 2025, as St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Day.

Recognizing the ninth class of Governor William P. Clements Jr. Scholars.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information.

Relating to the creation of the Fenske Road Municipal Utility District of Harris County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Recognizing John Sharp for his service as chancellor of The Texas A&M University System.

Recognizing Joe S. Vásquez for his service as Pastor of the Day and on his appointment as archbishop of Galveston-Houston.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 249 in Grimes and Montgomery Counties as the Doug Pitcock Aggie Expressway.

In memory of Gordon Robert Johnson of Austin.

In memory of Jill Diane Warrington Glover.