BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Friday May 5, 2017 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to legislative authority to permit credit unions and other financial institutions to award prizes by lot to promote savings. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the carrying of handguns by license holders on the property of state hospitals; providing a civil penalty. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Higher Education Innovation Accelerator for public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to a review of occupational licensing requirements related to an applicant's criminal history. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the value of a residential dwelling that may be offered or awarded as a prize at a charitable raffle. State Affairs |
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Relating to inclusion of career and technology education and workforce training in the mission of public education. Education |
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Relating to the issuance of "Back the Blue" specialty license plates. Transportation |
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Relating to the designation of January 9 as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the use of school district buildings as polling place locations. State Affairs |
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Relating to acreage contracts and quantity contracts for the purchase of agricultural products. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the elimination of certain formula funding and dropped course restrictions for students enrolled in accelerated, affordable baccalaureate programs at public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the computation of cost of goods sold for purposes of the franchise tax by taxable entities that transport ready-mixed concrete. Finance |
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Relating to the provision of notice of proposed rules by state agencies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to permitting credit unions and other financial institutions to award prizes by lot to promote savings. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for certain individuals. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the disposal of pesticides. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to late applications for certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation. Finance |
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Relating to procedures for a student enrolled in a special education program who fails to perform satisfactorily on certain assessment instruments. Education |
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Relating to the statute of limitations for aggravated assault. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the use of home telemonitoring services under Medicaid. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to regulating the custody transfer of an adopted child; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to emergency medical air transportation funding. Finance |
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Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients of the Star of Texas Award. Transportation |
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Relating to investment of public funds. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of counties to advertise on personal property owned or leased by the county. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to filing fees imposed in civil cases in Hidalgo County, Cameron County, and Willacy County. State Affairs |
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Relating to the delegation of death certification to attending physicians in certain counties. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to broker agreements for the leasing of real property owned by a county. Administration |
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Relating to a specialty certification for insurance agents who have completed certain training regarding self-insured health benefit plans. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a photograph on a driver's license. Transportation |
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Relating to the establishment of the emergency medical services assistance program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the release of certain defendants pending a motion for new trial or an appeal from a misdemeanor conviction. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the abolition of the fee established by the commissioner of the General Land Office for processing applications for terminal facility discharge prevention and response certificates. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system. Education |
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Relating to child custody evaluations; creating an offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to access to records that pertain to the testing for, and fitting and dispensing of, hearing instruments. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a client's access to certain records of hearing instrument fitters and dispensers. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the disclosure to public schools of certain records of students placed in residential facilities. Education |
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Relating to personnel requirements for water loss auditors. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the services that require a structural pest control license; changing the applicability of an occupational license. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to statewide goals for dual credit programs provided by school districts. Administration |
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Relating to requiring certain school districts to allow students who participate in Special Olympics to earn a letter on that basis. Education |
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Relating to revoked disabled parking placards. Transportation |
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Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain trafficking and sexual offenses; creating a criminal offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to application requirements for certain probate proceedings. State Affairs |
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Relating to access to criminal history record information by the adjutant general. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the operation of certain off-highway vehicles. Transportation |
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Relating to the administration of the Texas certified self-insurer guaranty trust fund. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the continuation of the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the building code standards for new residential construction in the unincorporated area of certain counties; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to fines collected by a county or municipality from the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards. Transportation |
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Relating to the enforcement of certain warranties for a new motor vehicle. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a study conducted by the Texas Education Agency regarding the statewide assessment program in relation to students in special education programs. Education |
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Relating to deadlines for performing various functions in connection with the ad valorem tax system. Finance |
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Relating to the imposition of a criminal penalty for the violation of a rule adopted or order issued under the Flood Control and Insurance Act in certain counties. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to trade-in credit agreements offered in connection with certain motor vehicle retail installment contracts. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the investigation of fire fighters employed by certain municipalities. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to certain identifying information regarding career school or college students. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy; authorizing a reduction in fees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to studies by the Public Utility Commission of Texas analyzing electric rates. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the licensing of towing operators and vehicle storage facility employees by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an alert for a missing senior citizen or person with Alzheimer's disease. Administration |
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Relating to including the obligations of Federal Home Loan Banks as authorized investments for a governmental entity. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the composition and use of money in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund. Finance |
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Relating to the authority of a county to implement a pilot program to reuse wastewater at county facilities. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the emergency scheduling of certain controlled substances for the purpose of the prosecution and punishment of certain offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; expanding the application of certain criminal offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain powers of an associate judge under the Family Code. State Affairs |
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Relating to the administration of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County, including the authority to impose taxes. Transportation |
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Relating to the maximum amount of a documentary fee charged by a retail seller of motor vehicles. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Nursing and to the regulation of the practice of nursing. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the operation of a golf cart or utility vehicle on a public highway in certain counties. Transportation |
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Relating to the removal of a public school student from an interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected concussion. Education |
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Relating to open, uncovered, abandoned, or deteriorated wells. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to air conditioning and refrigeration contracting and the education and certification of air conditioning and refrigeration technicians. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the categories used to record the race or ethnicity of persons stopped for or convicted of traffic offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the administration of and eligibility for participation in a veterans treatment court program and the issuance of orders of nondisclosure for certain participants who successfully complete that program. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the enforcement of laws prohibiting outdoor burning of waste and combustible material. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to requirements for screenings in public or private schools to detect vision disorders of students. Education |
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Relating to the duties of a personal bond pretrial release office. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the program for improvement of collection of court costs, fees, and fines imposed in criminal cases. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the operation and administration of the Texas Bullion Depository, to depository agents, to the appropriation of money from the fees, charges, penalties, and other amounts related to the depository and deposited to the general revenue fund for that purpose, and to the provision of a related ad valorem tax exemption. Finance |
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Relating to the regulation and inspection of boilers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to notice of health benefit plan provider network status provided by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of game rooms in certain counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the timing of the expiration of water quality permits. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to persons approved by the Department of Public Safety to administer online the classroom instruction part of the handgun proficiency course. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain authorized investments for domestic life, health, and accident insurers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, 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 a motion for forensic DNA testing of certain evidence previously subjected to faulty testing. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain political contributions by judicial candidates and officeholders and certain political committees. State Affairs |
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Relating to the financial exploitation of certain vulnerable adults. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 289 in Dallas County as the Harold C. Simmons Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to the administration of and benefits payable under the Texas Public School Retired Employees Group Benefits Act. State Affairs |
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Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the application of sales and use taxes to certain food items. Finance |
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Relating to the issuance of permits for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties; authorizing an increase in the amount of a fee. Transportation |
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Designating the city of Rockwall as the official Live Music Capital of North Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2017. Administration |
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Urging Congress to bestow the Congressional Medal of Honor on Doris "Dorie" Miller for his heroism during World War II. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Designating Dripping Springs as the official Wedding Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2017. Administration |
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Designating Big Spring as the Lighted Poinsettia Capital of Texas. Administration |
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Designating Stamford as the Western Art Show Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2017. Administration |
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Designating May as Fallen First Responder Awareness Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2017. Administration |
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Encouraging Congress to pass legislation allowing the State of Texas to manage the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery out to 200 nautical miles. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |