SR 2 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Adopting Permanent Rules of the Senate of the 89th Legislature.

This Senate Resolution (SR 2) establishes the permanent committee structure for the Texas Senate during the 89th Legislature. It adopts the Senate's standing committees and their membership sizes (e.g., increasing the Education committee from 11 to 13 members), with specific rules for committee assignments. The resolution directly affects only the Senate's internal operations and does not create new public policy or impact citizens. As a procedural measure, it has no effect beyond organizing the Senate's legislative workflow.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

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Senate Passage

Jan 2025

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Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Last action Jan 15, 2025

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MINOR

This bill updates the Senate's permanent rules for the 89th Legislature by modifying the list of standing committees and their membership numbers. The changes primarily involve renumbering the committees and adjusting member counts to reflect the new legislative session structure.

Scope change

The bill applies to the Senate of the State of Texas for the 89th Legislature, replacing rules from the 88th Legislature.

REQUIREMENT

Committee membership numbers were adjusted and renumbered to align with the 89th Legislature structure, including changes to the Committee on Finance (15 members), Committee on Health and Human Services (9 members), and other standing committees.

TECHNICAL

Added certification language confirming the resolution was adopted by the Senate on January 15, 2025, with a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays.

Removed outdated formatting markers and references to the 88th Legislature that were no longer applicable to the enrolled version.

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Jan 15, 2025

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