Senate Floor Action for 2/27/2017

SENATE FLOOR ACTION



Monday

February 27, 2017




The Senate adopted the following resolutions:


SR 279 Miles

Recognizing February 27, 2017, as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Day.


SR 281 Hall

Recognizing February 26 through 28, 2017, as Rockwall County Days.


SR 298 Hinojosa

Recognizing February 27, 2017, as La Joya ISD Day.


Committee referral on the following:


SCR 19 Perry

Requesting the Texas Workforce Commission to seek a TANF waiver that would allow TWC to partner with charitable organizations and community colleges for child care, education, and job training.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


SCR 21 Taylor, Van

Recognizing Texas as a Purple Heart State.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security


SCR 22 Lucio

Urging Congress to recognize the importance of trade between Texas and Mexico.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


SB 29 Creighton/ Campbell/ Hall/ Huffines

Relating to state contracts with and investments in companies that boycott Israel.

Business & Commerce


SB 300 Taylor, Van/ Estes

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Railroad Commission of Texas; providing for the imposition of fees.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


SB 301 Watson/ Hinojosa/ Taylor, Van

Relating to the operations and functions of the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the sunset review date for, financial management of, and programs administered by the agency.

State Affairs


SB 302 Watson/ Hinojosa/ Taylor, Van

Relating to the continuation and functions of the state bar.

State Affairs


SB 303 Watson/ Hinojosa/ Taylor, Van

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Board of Law Examiners.

State Affairs


SB 811 Kolkhorst

Relating to sex offender registration and a prohibition on certain registered sex offenders from being in a motor vehicle with a minor who is not a family member.

Criminal Justice


SB 812 Kolkhorst

Relating to repayment of money contributed by the Texas Department of Transportation or the Texas Transportation Commission for toll projects.

Transportation


SB 813 Hughes/ Bettencourt/ Buckingham/ Hall/ Huffines/ et al.

Relating to recovery of damages, attorney's fees, and costs related to frivolous regulatory actions by state agencies.

State Affairs


SB 814 Hinojosa

Relating to the board of directors of the Agua Special Utility District.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 815 Campbell

Relating to the modification of an order establishing the conservatorship of a child.

State Affairs


SB 816 Campbell

Relating to the rendition by a court in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship of an order that is contrary to the expressed wishes of the child's parent.

State Affairs


SB 817 Watson

Relating to certain mental health screenings under the Texas Health Steps program.

Health & Human Services


SB 818 Watson

Relating to nutrition and fitness standards for certain child-care facilities and training for employees at those facilities.

Health & Human Services


SB 819 Rodríguez

Relating to the execution of a declaration for mental health treatment.

Health & Human Services


SB 820 Watson

Relating to leave for state employees who are foster parents or prospective foster parents.

Business & Commerce


SB 821 Seliger

Relating to the qualifications for membership on the Texas Water Development Board.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 822 Estes/ Miles/ West

Relating to the transfer of certain property from The University of Texas System to the Parks and Wildlife Department.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


SB 823 Burton/ Nelson

Relating to the powers and compensation of criminal law magistrates in Tarrant County.

State Affairs


SB 824 Burton

Relating to compensation of certain district judges for performing extrajudicial services.

State Affairs


SB 825 Taylor, Larry

Relating to school district discretion to administer college preparation assessment instruments to public school students at state cost.

Education


SB 826 Taylor, Larry

Relating to the sequencing of required English language arts courses and mathematics courses in schools.

Education


SB 827 Seliger

Relating to procedures for asserting claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act; providing a civil penalty.

State Affairs


SB 828 Seliger

Relating to certain academic programs and projects undertaken by public institutions of higher education at an off-campus academic or research site or a similar location.

Higher Education


SB 829 Hughes

Relating to the use of direct recording electronic voting machines.

State Affairs


SB 830 Rodríguez

Relating to the provision of accounting statements by mortgage servicers for certain loans secured by a lien on residential real property.

Business & Commerce


SB 831 Rodríguez

Relating to the prescribing and ordering authority of certain advanced practice registered nurses who are military veterans.

Health & Human Services


SB 832 Estes

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to pledge revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax for the payment of obligations related to hotel projects.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


SB 833 Hughes

Relating to the regulation of certain health organizations certified by the Texas Medical Board.

Health & Human Services


SB 834 Hughes

Relating to state funding for baccalaureate degree programs offered at certain public junior colleges.

Higher Education


SB 835 Rodríguez

Relating to state collaboration with federally recognized Indian tribes.

State Affairs


SB 836 Rodríguez

Relating to a contract or other agreement between certain governmental entities and a credit services organization or related business.

Business & Commerce


SB 837 Seliger

Relating to requirements for student elections to authorize or increase certain fees at public institutions of higher education.

Higher Education


SB 838 Zaffirini

Relating to certain images captured by an unmanned aircraft.

Business & Commerce


SB 839 Zaffirini

Relating to certain images captured by an unmanned aircraft.

Business & Commerce


SB 840 Zaffirini

Relating to certain images captured by an unmanned aircraft.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security


SB 841 Taylor, Van

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful installation of tracking device or malicious software.

Criminal Justice


SB 842 Perry/ Estes

Relating to the criminal consequences of engaging in certain conduct with respect to a firearm silencer.

State Affairs


SB 843 Perry

Relating to disclosure and use of certain information regarding the Crime Victims' Compensation Act.

Criminal Justice


SB 844 Huffines

Relating to the active supervision of occupational licensing authorities by the attorney general.

Business & Commerce


SB 845 Huffines

Relating to an occupational licensing database.

Business & Commerce


SB 846 Huffines

Relating to the regulation of temporary common worker employers.

Business & Commerce


SB 847 Huffines

Relating to abolishing the regulation of for-profit legal service contract companies.

Business & Commerce


SB 848 Huffines

Relating to requirements for a driver education course provider or instructor.

Transportation


SB 849 Huffines

Relating to an exemption from licensing requirements for certain physicians and athletic trainers employed by sports teams.

Health & Human Services


SB 850 Huffines

Relating to the mandatory spinal screening of public and private school students.

Health & Human Services


SB 851 Nelson

Relating to the requirements for meetings of certain special districts.

Business & Commerce


SB 852 Nelson

Relating to prohibiting local governments from imposing certain fees on new construction.

Business & Commerce


SB 853 Nelson

Relating to displaying certain informational materials and videos in driver's license offices.

Transportation


SB 854 Nelson

Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Texas Division of Emergency Management for certain personnel.

Finance


SB 855 Campbell

Relating to prohibiting certain transactions between a governmental entity and an abortion facility or affiliate of the facility.

Health & Human Services


SB 856 Lucio

Relating to the prizes awarded in certain pull-tab bingo games.

State Affairs


SB 857 Hughes

Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of victim-offender mediation programs; authorizing fees.

Criminal Justice


SB 858 Watson

Relating to the expansion of a fixed rail transit system by certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities.

Transportation


SB 859 Hughes

Relating to the membership of the Texas Racing Commission.

State Affairs


SB 860 Zaffirini

Relating to access to and benefits for mental health conditions and substance use disorders.

Business & Commerce


SB 861 Zaffirini/ et al.

Relating to coverage for serious mental illness, other disorders, and chemical dependency under certain health benefit plans.

Business & Commerce


SB 862 Perry

Relating to the award of attorney's fees and other costs in certain proceedings involving a groundwater conservation district.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 863 Perry

Relating to the designation of certain river or stream segments as being of unique ecological value.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 864 Perry

Relating to the procedure for obtaining a right to use state water if the applicant proposes an alternative source of water that is not state water.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 865 Perry

Relating to a groundwater conservation district's use of electronic fund transfers.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 866 Perry

Relating to the use of money in the state water pollution control revolving fund.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 867 Seliger

Relating to the designation of United States Highway 287 in Armstrong and Donley Counties as the Colonel Charles Goodnight Memorial Highway.

Transportation


SB 868 Seliger

Relating to the designation of State Highway 191 in Ector County as the Chris Kyle Memorial Highway.

Transportation


SB 869 Huffman

Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a motor vehicle at the owner's death.

State Affairs


SB 870 Bettencourt

Relating to the scheduling by an appraisal review board of a hearing on a protest.

Finance


SB 871 Bettencourt

Relating to municipal voting rights and eligibility for municipal office of residents in areas subject to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 872 Perry

Relating to reporting requirements by physicians and certain health care facilities regarding complications resulting from an abortion.

Health & Human Services


SB 873 Creighton

Relating to the authority and liability of owners and managers of apartment houses, manufactured home rental communities, condominiums, and multiple use facilities in charging tenants for submetered and nonsubmetered master metered water and wastewater services.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 874 Hughes

Relating to the mandatory dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Health & Human Services


SB 875 Hancock

Relating to civil liability for damages caused by a person while intoxicated or otherwise related to the person's intoxication.

Business & Commerce


Committee re-referral on the following:


SB 75 Nelson

Relating to the requirement for parental consent for a minor to join a labor union.

Re-referred from Natural Resources & Economic Development to State Affairs