Texas Senate passes package of bills on third reading, including eviction, immunization and voting measures

The Texas Senate on Thursday, April 10, 2025, voted on and finally passed a group of bills on third reading, including measures on eviction of unauthorized occupants, the administration of immunizations to children, notice requirements for mail‑in ballot applications by long‑term care residents, common‑law public nuisance claims, access to prescription drugs for off‑label COVID‑19 use, municipal charter amendments, court jurisdiction, and sharing driver data to maintain the voter registration roll.

Why it matters: Several of the measures affect election administration and voting access, public‑health procedures for minors and long‑term‑care residents, and civil‑litigation standards; most passed on largely party‑line or substantial majorities with limited floor debate recorded in the transcript.

Senate bill 38 — eviction/unauthorized occupants: Committee substitute for Senate Bill 38, “relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises,” was laid out on third reading and finally passed after a roll call that the clerk reported as 21 ayes, 8 nays. Senator Bettencourt moved final passage.

Senate bill 95 — immunizations to children:…