Presiding Officer (Madam President) opened a Sunday afternoon session of the Texas Senate and the chamber proceeded to move a long series of House and Senate measures to engrossment and final passage, frequently suspending the Senate’s three‑day rule to do so.

The session’s most immediate consequence was to clear scores of bills for enrollment or transmittal. The presiding officer and the Senate secretary repeatedly called the roll after motions to suspend the three‑day rule, and for many measures the secretary announced unanimous tallies such as "31 ayes, 0 nays." Several measures recorded divided votes (for example, 27 ayes/4 nays, 30 ayes/1 nay, 28 ayes/3 nays, and 26 ayes/5 nays), and one recorded 28 ayes, 2 nays and 1 present not voting on the suspension and final passage sequence.

Why it matters: suspending the three‑day rule allows the Senate to advance bills to third reading and final passage on the same day; clearing many bills at once shortens the calendar and sends enacted measures to the enrollment process or to the other chamber, affecting how quickly new laws move toward becoming effective.

Key actions and examples: The chamber laid out and finally passed several Senate bills, including Senate Bill 1538 and Senate Bill 1749 (motions to engross and final passage moved by the senator from Webb and the senator from Montgomery, respectively), and Senate Bill 3038 (final passage after a 27‑4 vote). The Senate also passed or finally approved numerous House bills that the chamber had taken up on second reading and sent to third reading after suspension of the three‑day rule, including House Bill 24 (final passage; suspension recorded 30 ayes, 1 nay), House Bill 128, House Bill 388, House Bill 609, House Bill 1237, House Bill 3126, House Bill 3233, House Bill 3487, House Bill 3597, House Bill 3745 and many others announced during the floor session. The Senate also adopted House Concurrent Resolutions HCR 9, HCR 10, HCR 135 and HCR 142 (adoptions recorded with unanimous tallies such as 31‑0 where noted).

Voting and procedure: Throughout the session, senators frequently moved that the "3 day rule" be suspended; the secretary then announced roll‑call tallies before the presiding officer put measures on third reading and the secretary called the roll again for final passage. For example, after a motion to suspend the rule the secretary often announced, "There being 31 ayes and 0 nays," immediately before confirming that a bill was "finally passed." In several instances the suspension votes were narrower (for example, 27 ayes and 4 nays or 26 ayes and 5 nays) and were followed by final passage tallies that matched the suspension vote counts.

No substantive floor debate on bill contents is recorded in the transcript excerpt: the record supplied consists of procedural actions (motions to engross, motions to suspend the three‑day rule, roll calls, and announcements of final passage) and does not include bill analyses, amendments under debate, extended remarks on policy effects, or detailed statements from named senators about the measures’ content or intent.

What’s next: With final passage recorded on these measures, the typical next steps are enrollment (preparing the official engrossed/enrolled text) and, where required, transmittal to the governor or to the House when the Senate considered a House bill. The presiding officer closed the session by announcing an adjournment until the next scheduled meeting time announced on the floor.

Ending: The session concluded after the adoption of multiple measures and concurrent resolutions; at the close the presiding officer announced the chamber would stand adjourned until the next time specified on the floor.