SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Wednesday May 3, 2017 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying of a public school student or minor and injury to or death of a minor; creating a criminal offense. 6 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the offense of female genital mutilation. |
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Relating to requiring the disclosure of special course fees at public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to the extension and modification of a public school district depository contract. |
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Relating to the regulation of certain health organizations certified by the Texas Medical Board; providing an administrative penalty. |
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Relating to a review of a person's disqualification to serve as a relative or other designated caregiver for a child. |
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Relating to penalties for certain family violence offenses and for assultive offenses against certain persons; imposing court costs. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to reports on the consolidation and certain functions of the health and human services system, including advisory committees within the system, and the re-creation of the Texas system of care framework. |
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Relating to the confidentiality of personal identifying information collected by certain airport governing boards. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the purchase of iron and steel products made in the United States for certain governmental entity projects. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to requiring school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to report certain information regarding expanded learning opportunities. |
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Relating to payment for the use of a highway toll project. |
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Relating to duties of physicians and certain other entities regarding patient records. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the veterans county service office. |
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Relating to a task force of border health officials. |
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Relating to a study of seniors with a visual impairment by the Aging Texas Well Advisory Committee. |
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Relating to the student loan default prevention and financial aid literacy pilot program. |
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Relating to the allocation of money associated with delays of transportation projects. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the administrative, civil, and criminal consequences, including fines, fees, and costs, imposed on persons arrested for, charged with, or convicted of certain criminal offenses. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to disabled veterans. |
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Relating to the offense of possessing a weapon in a secured area of an airport. |
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Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities. |
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Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the average daily attendance calculation for students over 18 years of age who are in an off home campus instructional arrangement. |
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Relating to the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority and expanding the territory and powers of the authority; authorizing fees and the issuance of bonds. |
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Relating to expansion of a pilot program under the foundation school program for funding prekindergarten programs provided by certain school districts with early high school graduation programs. |
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Relating to the dissolution of the Angelina County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3 and the territory of the Angelina County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed: |
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Relating to the right of certain public officers to access public information, documents, records, and property; creating criminal offenses. |
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Relating to the prosecution of offenses involving cruelty to animals; increasing a criminal penalty. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to use public money for lobbying activity. |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Recognizing May 3, 2017, as County Government Day. |
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Recognizing Tony Romo for his many achievements. |
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Recognizing May 3, 2017, as Asian Real Estate Association of America Day. |
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Commemorating the 100th anniversary of J. C. Penney Corporation in Texas. |
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Urging appropriate state agencies to support the establishment of a veterans memorial in Conroe. |
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Urging Congress to pass S.2896, the Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016. |
The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following: |
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Relating to the enforcement by campus police departments and certain local governmental entities of state and federal laws governing immigration and to related duties and liability of certain persons in the criminal justice system; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Honoring the economic contributions made by immigrants to the Lone Star State. State Affairs |
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Urging Congress to enact legislation to expand and extend the current federal tax credit for carbon capture, utilization, and storage under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the Texas Medal for the Defense of Freedom award. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Meyer Ranch Municipal Utility District of Comal County; affecting an existing limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to cybersecurity for state agency information resources. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking at public and private postsecondary educational institutions. Higher Education |
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Relating to regulation of the commercial oyster industry in this state; increasing criminal penalties; authorizing a fee. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the review of groundwater conservation districts by the state auditor. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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Relating to appointment of a receiver for a water or sewer utility. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to certain duties of the Commission on Jail Standards regarding guidelines for the transportation of inmates by private vendors. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the transfer of certain revenue into the state parks account. Finance |
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Relating to the operation of certain vehicles used for package delivery; authorizing a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to the filing of a degree plan by students at public junior colleges. Higher Education |
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Relating to the issuance and renewal of licenses and registrations for certain child-care facilities and the amount of the fees for those licenses. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the use by certain tax-exempt organizations of certain payments made in connection with real property transfers to provide educational activities through certain schools. Education |
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Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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Relating to the review of certain privately operated residential facilities for persons released on parole or to mandatory supervision. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a residential tenant's right to summon police or other emergency assistance. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to county regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the authority of the asset management division of the General Land Office to sell real property to a federally recognized Indian tribe. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to mediation of the settlement of certain out-of-network health benefit claims involving balance billing for members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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Relating to qualifications for certain teachers employed by certain open-enrollment charter schools. Education |
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Relating to the maximum loan amount made to persons under the owner-builder loan program. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the sale of lottery tickets by certain wine and beer retailers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the engagement strategies included in a school district's family engagement plan. Education |
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Relating to the procedures for the enforcement by the General Land Office of the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 1991. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the designation of a water conservation coordinator by a retail public water utility to implement a water conservation plan. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the renewal of a certificate of registration by certain interior designers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the designation of certain rest areas on Interstate Highway 27 in Hale County as the Nelda Laney Safety Stops. Transportation |
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Relating to the issuance of certain search warrants. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain election officers. State Affairs |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain information related to a computer security incident. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the required qualifications for serving as president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and to the prohibition against the award of certain degrees by the center's governing board. Higher Education |
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Relating to physician assistant services performed as volunteer care. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the sale of malt liquor, ale, and beer by the holder of a brewpub license. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of for-profit legal service contract companies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the franchise tax rate applicable to certain taxable entities that sell telephone prepaid calling cards. Finance |
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Relating to the regulation of a service contract. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for veterans with disabilities that include the emblem from military academy license plates. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to volunteer firefighter supervision of outdoor burning of waste consisting of plant growth. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to completion of work status reports by a physician assistant under the workers' compensation system. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for property used in master recordings and admissions to certain amusement services. Finance |
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Relating to criminal history record information obtained by the savings and mortgage lending commissioner. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 31 in Gregg County as the Jack Ward Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to an inventory of credentials and certificates that may be earned by a public high school student through a career and technology education program. Education |
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Relating to the issuance and enforcement of a subpoena during the course of an investigation of a residential mortgage loan servicer. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to payment of an ad valorem tax refund in the event of a tax roll correction that decreases a property owner's tax liability. Finance |
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Relating to authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages on certain passenger buses; authorizing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of a licensed auctioneer to sell a business that owns vehicles without engaging in business as a motor vehicle dealer. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the monitoring of major information resources projects by the Department of Information Resources. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to parental notification regarding public school teacher qualifications. Education |
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Relating to expansion of the territory of the Frio Hospital District and to the election of the board of directors of the district. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Designating the Bowie knife as the official State Knife of Texas. Administration |
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Authorizing the State Preservation Board, subject to state law and rules of the board, to approve and permit the relocation of the Texas Game Warden Memorial to a site at the State Capitol, south of the Sam Houston Building, just outside of the historic grounds. Administration |
Committee re-referral on the following: |
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Relating to the exemption from the taxes imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle for certain motor vehicles used for religious purposes. Re-referred from Finance to Administration |
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