BILLS REFERRED TODAY

Thursday

May 11, 2017

Committee referral on the following:

Relating to public school accountability.

Education

Relating to certain limitations on settlement agreements with a governmental unit.

State Affairs

Relating to a grant program for reducing workplace violence against nurses.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the disclosure under the public information law of certain information related to parades, concerts, or other entertainment events open to the general public that are paid for with public funds.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the calculation of the rollback tax rate of a school district.

Education

Relating to assessment of public school students and providing accelerated instruction and eliminating performance requirements based on performance on certain assessment instruments.

Education

Relating to the suspension of a student enrolled in a grade level below grade three from public school.

Education

Relating to a database for prospective employers to qualify veterans' military service experience and employment qualifications.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security

Relating to school marshals for private schools.

Education

Relating to the powers of the TexAmericas Center.

Administration

Relating to investment training for officers of public housing authorities.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 287 in Claude as the Charles H. Roan Memorial Highway.

Transportation

Relating to child sexual abuse prevention training for public school students.

Education

Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities.

Transportation

Relating to the contents of and recordkeeping requirements relating to personal financial statements filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.

State Affairs

Relating to the rights of certain defendants who successfully complete a term of community supervision.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities.

Transportation

Relating to documentation for a motor vehicle title.

Transportation

Relating to the establishment of the Work Group on Mental Health Access for First Responders.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the Palo Duro River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs

Relating to the functions and territory of the Upper Colorado River Authority, following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs

Relating to financial accounting and reporting requirements for this state and political subdivisions of this state.

State Affairs

Relating to the high school graduation of a student who transfers to a public school in this state after the student's junior year of high school.

Education

Relating to staffing requirements for certain facilities that provide care to persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Health & Human Services

Relating to creating an early childhood certification to teach students in prekindergarten through grade three.

Education

Relating to changing statutory references to hearing officer and hearings officer to administrative law judge under the workers' compensation system.

Business & Commerce

Relating to certain workers' compensation reporting requirements.

Business & Commerce

Relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for certain spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty.

Business & Commerce

Relating to transitional child-care services in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

Health & Human Services

Relating to continued monitoring of certain public school campuses that have been assigned a campus intervention team.

Education

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 666 in Nueces County as the Kollyn Barton Memorial Highway.

Transportation

Relating to the minutes of operation required for public school districts, charter schools, and other education programs and to calculating the average daily attendance for certain education programs.

Education

Relating to political contributions by corporations and labor organizations to certain political committees.

State Affairs

Relating to the investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse in certain public benefits programs by the office of inspector general for the Health and Human Services Commission.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the powers and duties of the Big Sky Municipal Utility District of Denton County; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the creation of the Denton County Municipal Utility District No. 9; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the electronic filing of bail bonds.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the amelioration and informal dispute resolution processes for providers participating in certain Medicaid waiver programs.

Health & Human Services

Relating to civil liability of a person who produces, distributes, sells, or provides or aids in the production, distribution, sale, or provision of certain synthetic substances to another person for damages caused by the other person and to certain actions and investigations under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.

State Affairs

Relating to the practice of marriage and family therapy.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the imposition of additional fees for filing civil cases in Willacy County and Starr County.

State Affairs

Relating to the creation of the New Fairview Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the state and regional water planning process.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs

Relating to the provision of certain information or assistance by life insurance agents to owners of life insurance policies.

Business & Commerce

Relating to an election to reduce or increase the sales and use tax rate imposed by a municipality for the benefit of a Type B development corporation.

Finance

Relating to combined municipal sales tax ballot propositions.

Finance

Relating to the production of public information under the public information law.

Business & Commerce

Relating to a merchant allowing a person suspected of committing or attempting to commit theft to complete a theft education program.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the eligibility of certain NASCAR events to receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement Program.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to protection of the rights of conscience for child welfare services providers.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones.

Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the use of revenue from municipal hotel occupancy taxes for a sports facility or field in certain municipalities.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to the Paris Junior College District.

Administration

Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Management District No. 1; authorizing the imposition of a tax.

Administration

Expressing support for prioritizing a substantial increase in funding for graduate medical education before authorizing the creation and support of additional medical schools.

Higher Education

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the unconventional ratification of the 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Administration