SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Tuesday March 24, 2009 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to a notification requirement if a nurse is not assigned to a public school campus. |
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Relating to resident tuition rates and fees at public institutions of higher education for certain veterans and their spouses and children. |
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Relating to the selection of the local administrative district judge for Blanco, Burnet, Llano, and San Saba Counties. |
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Relating to state travel policies and procedures for the reimbursement or payment of travel expenses. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed: |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of amusement redemption machines at certain locations; providing penalties. 1 Floor Amendment |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read second time and passed to engrossment: |
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Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions. 6 Floor Amendments |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Commending the faculty, staff, and administration of the Texas State Technical College System. |
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In memory of Kristy Michelle Moehrig-Appleby. |
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Commending Karl Stressman, commissioner of the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to the posting of notice by a county sheriff regarding impounded estrays. Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of a disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran. Finance |
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Relating to disciplinary actions regarding a pharmacy technician or pharmacy technician trainee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Dolores C. Huerta. Administration |
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Relating to offers of settlement in certain civil actions. State Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of manufactured housing. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the service areas of certain junior college districts. Higher Education |
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Relating to the disclosure of criminal history record information regarding public school employees. State Affairs |
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Relating to the exemption from the sales and use tax of boat slip rental fees charged at certain marinas severely damaged by Hurricane Ike. Finance |
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Relating to animal shelter standards; providing a civil penalty. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to certain programs and pilot programs administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to state purchasing of certain environmentally friendly items. Government Organization |
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Relating to the regulation of metal recycling entities; providing penalties. Natural Resources |
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Relating to postconviction forensic DNA analysis. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the provider of last resort. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the collection, dissemination, and correction of certain judicial determinations for a federal firearm background check. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to procedures related to the placement of a voter on the suspense list. State Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of certain residential mortgage foreclosure consulting services; providing a criminal penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to judicial review of a decision to terminate certain federal housing assistance. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the regulation of property tax consultants. Finance |
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Relating to the management of volunteer and other noncommercial cotton in pest management zones and the official cotton growers' boll weevil eradication program. Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the use of information and records acquired during a fatality review and investigation. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to subdivision platting requirements in counties near an international border. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to requiring a municipality or county to publish a notice of intent before issuing anticipation notes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to a declaration of origin. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the administration and powers of a coordinated county transportation authority. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the creation of the Texas Medical Child Abuse Resources and Education System grant program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the creation and operation of a council to increase state efforts to offer service-enriched housing through increased coordination of housing and health services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of genetic counselors; providing penalties. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the regulation of nursing. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the alignment of certain Medicaid procedures regarding written orders for diabetic equipment and supplies with comparable Medicare written order procedures. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a memorandum of understanding between certain authorized entities to share suicide data that does not identify any individual. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to food safety. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a breach of computer security involving sensitive personal information maintained by a state agency or local government. Government Organization |
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Relating to strategies to better protect electric transmission and distribution assets against natural disasters. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to diagnostic testing of pregnant women and certain newborns. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to food handlers. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the reporting by candidates, officeholders, and specific-purpose committees in connection with certain judicial offices of political contributions and expenditures following the end of the period during which those entities may accept political contributions. State Affairs |
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Relating to regulation of fire protection sprinkler technicians. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to certain orders by the commissioner of insurance during a state of disaster. S/C on Flooding & Evacuations |
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Relating to performance ratings assigned to certain open-enrollment charter schools under the public school accountability system. Education |
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Relating to the licensing of court interpreters. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the authority of certain counties to enact noise regulations; providing a criminal penalty. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to The Fire Fighter Labor Relations Act. State Affairs |
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Relating to the governing boards of independent school districts and junior college districts in counties with a population over 3.3 million. State Affairs |
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Relating to the grievance procedure for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to fire code certificates of compliance, violations, and enforcement; providing penalties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the applicability of a fire code in an unincorporated area of a county. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to tenant's remedies regarding governmental determination of substandard housing. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the abolition of the Texas cultural endowment fund. Administration |
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Relating to the safety of the fresh fruit and vegetables produced in this state. Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the imposition of conditions on certain defendants charged with an offense involving family violence. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Vietnam veterans. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to promoting safety in public schools. Education |
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Relating to the regulation of and information regarding property in the custody of a pawnbroker. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to reports on expenditures of hospital upper payment limit supplemental payment program money. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the requirements regarding reporting by a common carrier or pipeline owner or operator of contamination. Natural Resources |
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Relating to safety and financial responsibility in the operating of oil and gas wells; providing criminal penalties. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the establishment by the Texas Forensic Science Commission of a DNA laboratory audit program. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of commercial dog and cat breeders and the regulation of dog and cat dealers; providing penalties. State Affairs |
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Relating to protection of individual identifying information and consumer credit information from unauthorized use or disclosure. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the disclosure of personally identifiable information under the public information law. State Affairs |
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Relating to certificates of convenience and necessity. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to distilled spirits samplings by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to exemptions for insurers from certain rate filing and approval requirements based on the percentage that an insurer collects of the total amount of residential property insurance policy premiums collected in the state. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the automatic expunction of arrest records and files pertaining to an individual who has been pardoned. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain responsibilities of a defendant serving a term of community supervision who changes residence within this state. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to disclosure of certain information by a property owners' association. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the requirements for recording a property owners' association management certificate. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the membership of the Advisory Board on Cosmetology. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the office of county treasurer. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts in the state treasury, the dedication and rededication of revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes. Finance |
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Relating to funding sources for the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the notice required of certain political subdivisions concerning certain workers' compensation benefits. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain services provided by the office of injured employee counsel under the workers' compensation program of this state. State Affairs |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of limited solar electric installers and limited solar electric contractors. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a requirement that a full TEXAS grant be awarded to each eligible applicant in an academic year. Higher Education |
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Relating to a study regarding ad valorem tax relief through the use of a circuit breaker program. Finance |
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Relating to the designation of media production development zones and to exemptions from the sales and use tax for items used for sound stages in media production development zones. Economic Development |
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Relating to the use of a confidential identity for the plaintiff in a civil action involving sexual abuse of a minor. State Affairs |
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Relating to the statute of limitations in a civil suit for certain sexual assaults. State Affairs |
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Relating to the licensing requirements of hospitals providing outpatient dialysis services to a person relocated because of a disaster. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the confidentiality of information and documents collected during a school district security audit. Education |
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Relating to the authority of certain governmental entities to receive local sales tax information. Economic Development |
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Relating to the filing of an action in connection with foreclosure of a lien on residential real property. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the ceiling of the unemployment compensation fund. Economic Development |
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Relating to prohibiting a fee for the conveyance of residential real property, maintaining exemptions. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the maintenance of certain interest-bearing accounts by escrow officers and the use of the interest on those accounts. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to charitable contributions by state employees to the fund for veterans' assistance. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the administration and operation of, and the participation of state employees in, the state's programs for prepaying or saving toward the costs of attending an institution of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to performance incentive funding for public institutions of higher education and to recognition of certain student achievement on degree completion. Higher Education |
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Relating to state and municipal actions to ensure compliance with fair housing requirements. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to a franchise tax credit for charitable contributions made toward certain low-income residential housing programs. Finance |
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Relating to the personal liability of, and acceptance of service of citation by, an employee of the owner of real property or of a company that manages real property. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to business leave time accounts for fire fighter employee organizations in certain municipalities. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the authority of two or more municipalities to designate a joint tax increment financing reinvestment zone. Economic Development |
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Relating to the supervised reentry into the community of certain inmates nearing their date of discharge from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the provision of crime victims' compensation to juvenile offenders who are victims of criminally injurious conduct. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to disclosures on certain electronic communications that support or oppose a candidate, public officer, or measure. State Affairs |
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Relating to the penalty for theft of a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the authorization of certain municipalities and counties to issue public securities for the financing of permanent improvements for use by an institution of higher education. Economic Development |
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Relating to authorizing the transfer of certain real property held by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a temporary faculty license for chiropractic faculty. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to career and technical education in the public schools and high school graduation requirements. Education |
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Relating to audio recordings of certain grievance proceedings or meetings by school district employees. Education |
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Relating to the electronic recording of custodial interrogations and certain statements and the admissibility of statements resulting from those interrogations. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to including certain veterans service organizations as small businesses for the purpose of state contracting. Government Organization |
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Relating to the allocation of revenue from the state hotel tax for certain purposes in certain municipalities. Economic Development |
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Relating to increased oversight, openness, transparency, and accountability for water supply or sewer service corporations. Natural Resources |
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Relating to annexation by and disannexation from certain municipalities. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to a limitation on annexation by certain municipalities. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to a limitation on annexation by certain municipalities. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to procedures required for the continued annexation of certain areas annexed by certain municipalities. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to the regulation of retail installment contracts for commercial vehicles. Economic Development |
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Relating to debt cancellation agreements offered in connection with motor vehicle retail installment contracts. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the safe operation of motorcycles and other vehicles in this state; providing penalties. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the creation and operation of higher education enhancement districts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, to conforming codifications enacted by the 80th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature, and to the repeal of certain unconstitutional laws. Administration |
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Relating to certain election practices and procedures; providing penalties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the collection, maintenance, and transfer and other dissemination of criminal history record information and juvenile justice information. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to studying the feasibility of mechanisms to decouple certain electric utility revenues from the volume of sales of electricity. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation and duties of the state energy savings performance contract advisory council. Government Organization |
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Relating to the wrongful imprisonment of a person and to procedures for providing compensation for that imprisonment and for exonerating a wrongfully imprisoned person who is deceased. State Affairs |
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Relating to normal weekly hours of work under the shared work unemployment compensation program. Economic Development |
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Relating to procedures for applications for writs of habeas corpus based on scientific evidence establishing the innocence of a criminal defendant. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the ratio of correctional officers to prisoners in a county jail. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to requirements regarding employer liability for certain group health benefit plan premiums. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of the Blaketree Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Montgomery County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the regulation of massage parlors by certain counties; providing penalties. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the proximity of certain sex offenders' residences to a school. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of pool-related electrical maintenance technicians and pool-related electrical maintenance contractors. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of employer-based day-care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to certification of a person as eligible for disabled parking privileges. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to workers' compensation health care reimbursement policies and fee guidelines for certain health care services. State Affairs |
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Relating to the Gainesville Hospital District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the Electra Hospital District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the Texas Rural Investment Fund. Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to establishment of the Texas Statewide Interoperability Executive Advisory Council. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to safe patient handling and health care worker injury prevention policies for certain hospitals. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the right of a public school educator to remove a student from the educator's classroom. Education |
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Relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards in certain counties; providing a civil penalty. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the criminal jurisdiction of the supreme court and the abolishment of the court of criminal appeals. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to authorizing the provision of state matching funds to municipalities for hurricane preparation and recovery. S/C on Flooding & Evacuations |
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Relating to the adoption of uniform residential building codes by political subdivisions. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of and sales and use taxes imposed by county assistance districts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 1015 in Hildalgo County as the Bill Summers International Boulevard. International Relations & Trade |
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Relating to the evaluation of and funding for school district programs for gifted and talented students. Education |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain nonprofit wildlife conservation associations to conduct charitable raffles. State Affairs |
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Relating to weight limits on a vehicle loaded with certain agricultural products. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the designation of May 9 as Willie Velasquez Day. Administration |
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Relating to a secondary-level English language learners' program for public school students of limited English proficiency. Education |
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Relating to public school prekindergarten classes. Education |
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Relating to a statewide electronic health records bank. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the exemption of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities from motor fuel taxes. Finance |
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Relating to groundwater permitting considerations of the adopted water plans. Natural Resources |
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Relating to Prairie View A&M University's eligibility to participate in the research development fund. Higher Education |
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Relating to consideration of water produced from exempt wells. Natural Resources |
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Relating to service and disability retirement benefits and death benefits for rescue specialists. State Affairs |
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Relating to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas withholding certain nonprofit association dues from the annuity payments of certain members. State Affairs |
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Relating to review of certain license examinations for insurance agents. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the designation of May 9 as Willie Velasquez Day. Administration |
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Relating to interoperable health information technology. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain transit authorities. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the purchase and operation of plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicles, including the establishment of a pilot program by the state energy conservation office. Natural Resources |
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Relating to a public hearing held by the Texas Transportation Commission in connection with certain highway projects. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to neighborhood vehicles and golf carts. Transportation & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the use of certain refrigerants in motor vehicle air conditioning units. Natural Resources |
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Relating to incentives for Texas renewable energy jobs and manufacturing. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to creating the Texas Early Learning Council. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to creating an account to promote early child-care development. Finance |
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Relating to the dissolution of certain municipal utility districts that are located in more than one municipality. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the maximum allowable premium rate increase for small employer health benefit plans. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of a prepaid tuition unit reward and incentive program for certain economically disadvantaged students who achieve commended performance levels on standardized assessments. Higher Education |
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