(C) Texas Tribune This story was originally published by Texas Tribune and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . The Blast - May 13, 2025 [1] ['The Texas Tribune'] Date: 2025-05 BILLS ARE DYING As the House zeroes in on its bill deadline, it’s already clear that the House will not complete its current to-do list. The House is backed up with too many measures and not enough time to pass them. At the current rate, the House will be lucky to get halfway through the bills that were initially set for Monday. Yet, there seem to be few consequential bills on the House’s calendar. Most of the closely followed bills are Senate bills, which still have another two weeks to pass the House. If there are bills you, dear Blast reader, are waiting for, please let us know and prove us wrong. Here’s the list of bills that The Blast is watching, in the order they appear on the calendar: HB 2587 by Mike Olcott , R-Fort Worth — Hospital data on illegal immigrants HB 4076 by Jeff Leach , R-Allen — Access to organ transplants for people who aren’t vaccinated HB 3592 by Dade Phelan , R-Beaumont — Out of state political donations HB 1738 by Venton Jones , D-Dallas — Repeal of the gay conduct offense HB 3006 by Terry Canales , D-Edinburg — A/C in prisons by 2032 HB 3441 by Shelley Luther , R-Tom Bean — Vaccine injury liability HB 32 by Angie Chen Button, R-Garland — Anti-squatting Beyond that, most of the measures that are still alive have already passed the House or are Senate bills. Moreover, the major Senate bills tend to be priority bills. That brings us back to what Rep. Tony Tinderholt wrote in his op-ed in Texas Scorecard back in February, when he said there was still time for Speaker Dustin Burrows and the House to have the most conservative Texas session ever. “I’m not talking about passing only Governor Abbott’s priority legislation and a handful of single bills on cultural topics to give those Republicans currently loyal to Burrows enough ‘red meat’ to try and survive a primary challenge,” Tinderholt wrote. “I’m talking about allowing the Republican majority to actually advance and vote on Republican bills and significantly outpace past sessions.” Tinderholt and crew won’t be satisfied if only the Senate bills pass. They’re urging the House to take up bills authored by some of the House’s most conservative members. That’s why he took to the back mic this afternoon with his motion to postpone a host of Democrats’ bills. Compounding the problem, at least four bills by Democrats have been slated for reconsideration today. “We will spend some of our limited remaining time to reconsider Democrat bills that have already been defeated by this body, in doing so leave us with less time to work on legislation that matters to all of our districts,” Rep. Brent Money, R-Greenville, said at the back mic. [END] --- [1] Url: https://thetexastribune.beehiiv.com/p/the-blast-may-13-2025-278b7575e05e0366 Published and (C) by Texas Tribune Content appears here under this condition or license: Used with Permission: https://www.texastribune.org/republishing-guidelines/. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/texastribune/