MAYES MIDDLETON

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Amend SB 8 (house committee report) on page 6 as follows:

Floor Amendment No. 14 Amend SB 8 (house committee report) on page 6 as follows: (1) On line 2, strike "$5,000" and substitute "$25,000". (2) On line 3, strike "$25,000" and substitute "$125,000". The amendment was read. Senator Middleton moved to concur in the House amendment to SB 8.

The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 18, Nays 8.

Yeas: Bettencourt, Campbell, Creighton, Flores, Hagenbuch, Hall, A. Hinojosa, Huffman, Hughes, King, Kolkhorst, Middleton, Nichols, Parker, Paxton, Perry, Schwertner, Sparks.

Middleton — YES

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Amend HB 27 (house engrossment) as follows:

Floor Amendment No. 1 Amend HB 27 (house engrossment) as follows: (1) On page 1, line 10, strike "; PERMIT MORATORIUM". (2) On page 2, strike lines 17 through 21. (3) On page 2, line 22, strike "(e)" and substitute with "(d)". (4) On page 2, strike Section 2, lines 23 through 26, and renumber subsequent Sections accordingly. NICHOLS PERRY

The amendment to HB 27 was read and was adopted by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 7.

Nays: Campbell, Cook, Hall, Kolkhorst, Menéndez, Middleton, Zaffirini.

Middleton — NO

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Amend HB 8 (senate committee report) as follows:

Floor Amendment No. 1 Amend HB 8 (senate committee report) as follows: (1) In SECTION 1.004 of the bill, strike amended Section 39.023(a), Education Code, and substitute the following: (a) In creating and implementing the instructionally supportive assessment program under Section 39.022, the [The] agency shall adopt or develop appropriate beginning-of-year, middle-of-year, and end-of-year [criterion-referenced] assessment instruments designed to assess essential knowledge and skills in reading language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science. Except as provided by Subsection (a-2), all students, other than students assessed under Subsection (b) or (l) or exempted under Section 39.027, shall be assessed in: (1) mathematics, annually in grades three through eight; (2) reading language arts, annually in grades three through eight; (3) social studies, in grade eight; (4) science, in grades five and eight; and (5) any other subject and grade required by federal law. (2) In SECTION 1.004 of the bill, strike amended Section 39.023(c), Education Code, and substitute the following: (c) The agency shall also adopt or develop end-of-course assessment instruments for secondary-level courses in Algebra I, biology, English I, [English II,] and United States history and provide for the availability of optional beginning-of-year and middle-of-year assessment instruments for those courses. The Algebra I end-of-course assessment instrument must be administered with the aid of technology, but may include one or more parts that prohibit the use of technology. The English I [and English II] end-of-course assessment instrument [instruments] must [each] assess essential knowledge and skills in both reading and writing and must provide a single score. [A school district shall comply with State Board of Education rules regarding administration of the assessment instruments listed in this subsection. If a student is in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, the student's admission, review, and dismissal committee shall determine whether any allowable modification is necessary in administering to the student an assessment instrument required under this subsection. The State Board of Education shall administer the assessment instruments. An end-of-course assessment instrument may be administered in multiple parts over more than one day. The State Board of Education shall adopt a schedule for the administration of end-of-course assessment instruments that complies with the requirements of Subsection (c-3).] (3) In SECTION 1.005 of the bill, in added Section 39.02301(d)(3)(B), Education Code, strike "under Subsection (d-1)". (4) In SECTION 1.005 of the bill, in added Section 39.02301(d-1), Education Code: (A) Between "rescore" and "the writing", insert ", at no cost to a school district or open-enrollment charter school,". (B) Between "determines" and "the student's", insert "the student would attain the next highest overall performance level on the assessment instrument if". (5) In SECTION 1.005 of the bill, immediately following added Section 39.02301(d-1), Education Code, insert the following: (d-2) For a student response submitted for rescoring under Subsection (d)(3)(B), the agency shall pay the costs associated with rescoring if the rescoring results in an increase in the student's score. (6) In SECTION 1.006 of the bill, in amended Section 39.025(a-2), Education Code, strike "A student may take" and substitute "To the extent authorized by federal law, a student may take". (7) In SECTION 2.003 of the bill, strike added Section 39.053(c-6), Education Code, and substitute the following: (c-6) Notwithstanding Subsections (f-1) and (f-3), not later than the 2029-2030 school year, the commissioner shall present the measure described by Subsection (c-5) to the accountability advisory committee established under Section 39.0534 to consider the incorporation of the measure into the indicators described by Subsection (c)(2)(A) and in any other domain or indicator the commissioner considers relevant. Not later than March 15, 2029, the agency shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs of the standing legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over public school accountability a report regarding the measure described by Subsection (c-5). This subsection expires September 1, 2030. (8) In SECTION 2.004 of the bill, immediately following added Section 39.0531(a), Education Code, insert the following: (a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), the agency's provision of a proposed list or a modified proposed list of industry certifications to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission satisfies the requirement under that subsection to jointly develop a list of industry certifications, unless the board or commission submits to the agency revisions to the proposed list or modified proposed list on or before the 90th day after the date the agency provides the proposed list or modified proposed list to the board or commission. (9) In SECTION 2.004 of the bill, in added Section 39.0535(a), Education Code: (A) Strike "educator quality,". (B) Strike "parental engagement, and school climate" and substitute "and parental engagement". (10) In SECTION 4.005 of the bill, in amended Section 28.0211(a-8), Education Code, strike "Algebra I, English I, or English II," and substitute "Algebra I or[,] English I, [or English II,]". The amendment to HB 8 was read and was adopted by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 5. Yeas: Bettencourt, Birdwell, Blanco, Campbell, Creighton, Flores, Hagenbuch, Hall, A. Hinojosa, J. Hinojosa, Huffman, Hughes, King, Kolkhorst, Middleton, Nichols, Parker, Paxton, Perry, Schwertner, Sparks. Nays: Alvarado, Cook, Gutierrez, Johnson, Zaffirini. Absent-excused: Eckhardt, Menéndez, Miles, West. HB 8 as amended was passed to third reading by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 5. (Same as previous roll call) HOUSE BILL 8 ON THIRD READING Senator Bettencourt moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 8 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 5.

Yeas: Bettencourt, Birdwell, Blanco, Campbell, Creighton, Flores, Hagenbuch, Hall, A. Hinojosa, J. Hinojosa, Huffman, Hughes, King, Kolkhorst, Middleton, Nichols, Parker, Paxton, Perry, Schwertner, Sparks.

Middleton — YES

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Amend HB 26 (house engrossment) as follows:

HB 26 was passed to third reading by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 5.

Yeas: Bettencourt, Birdwell, Blanco, Campbell, Creighton, Flores, Hagenbuch, Hall, A. Hinojosa, J. Hinojosa, Huffman, Hughes, King, Kolkhorst, Middleton, Nichols, Parker, Paxton, Perry, Schwertner, Sparks.

Middleton — YES

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Amend HB 26 (house engrossment) as follows:

Floor Amendment No. 1 Amend HB 26 (house engrossment) as follows: (1) On page 2, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following: (e) If a cause of action or a settlement from a cause of action arises in relation to a contract entered into under this section, any money used for the action or settlement must be paid from the bond executed under Section 85.001 or money obtained under Article 59.06(a), Code of Criminal Procedure. (2) On page 3, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following: (e) If a cause of action or a settlement from a cause of action arises in relation to a contract entered into under this section, any money used for the action or settlement must be paid from the bond executed under Section 86.002 or money obtained under Article 59.06(a), Code of Criminal Procedure. (3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly: SECTION ____. Article 59.06(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Subsection (k), all forfeited property shall be administered by the attorney representing the state, acting as the agent of the state, in accordance with accepted accounting practices and with the provisions of any local agreement entered into between the attorney representing the state and law enforcement agencies. If a local agreement has not been executed, the property shall be sold on the 75th day after the date of the final judgment of forfeiture at public auction under the direction of the county sheriff, after notice of public auction as provided by law for other sheriff's sales. The proceeds of the sale shall be distributed as follows: (1) to any interest holder to the extent of the interest holder's nonforfeitable interest; (2) after any distributions under Subdivision (1), if the Title IV-D agency has filed a child support lien in the forfeiture proceeding, to the Title IV-D agency in an amount not to exceed the amount of child support arrearages identified in the lien; and (3) after any distributions under Subdivisions (1) and (2) and [the balance, if any,] after the deduction of court costs to which a district court clerk is entitled under Article 59.05(f) and then [, after that deduction,] the deduction of storage and disposal costs, any remaining balance to be deposited not later than the 30th day after the date of the sale in: (A) the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund; or (B) the general fund of the county in which the property was forfeited, to be used as provided by Section 85.025(e) or 86.026(e), Local Government Code.

The amendment to HB 26 was read and failed of adoption by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 19.

Nays: Bettencourt, Birdwell, Campbell, Creighton, Flores, Hagenbuch, Hall, A. Hinojosa, Huffman, Hughes, King, Kolkhorst, Middleton, Nichols, Parker, Paxton, Perry, Schwertner, Sparks.

Middleton — NO

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Amend SB 19 (senate committee report) as follows:

SB 19 as amended was passed to engrossment by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 6.

Yeas: Alvarado, Bettencourt, Birdwell, Campbell, Creighton, Flores, Gutierrez, Hagenbuch, Hall, A. Hinojosa, Huffman, Hughes, Johnson, King, Kolkhorst, Middleton, Parker, Paxton, Perry, Schwertner, Sparks.

Middleton — YES

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Senator West called from the President's table the Conference Committee Report on SB 650. The Conference Committee Report was filed with the Senate on Saturday, May 31, 2025.

On motion of Senator West, the Conference Committee Report was adopted by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

Nays: Hughes, Kolkhorst, Middleton.

Middleton — NO

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Senator Nichols called from the President's table the Conference Committee Report on SB 1405. The Conference Committee Report was filed with the Senate on Friday, May 30, 2025.

On motion of Senator Nichols, the Conference Committee Report was adopted by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.

Nays: Creighton, Hughes, Kolkhorst, Middleton.

Middleton — NO