REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS |
Wednesday March 27, 2019 |
SENATE BILLS (Calendar Order) |
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the appropriation of the net revenue received from the imposition of state sales and use taxes on sporting goods. |
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
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Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. |
SENATE BILLS (Second Reading) |
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Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
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Relating to ad valorem taxation. |
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Relating to a prohibition against certain local regulation of private employers. |
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Relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot as a candidate for the board of directors of the Wilbarger County Hospital District. |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to propose a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district. |
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Relating to legal counsel provided by the attorney general to a political subdivision subject to a declared state of disaster. |
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Relating to the entry of a plea by defendants charged with certain misdemeanors involving family violence. |
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Relating to the appointment of an attorney pro tem for certain criminal proceedings. |
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Relating to the right to vacate and avoid residential lease liability following the occurrence of family violence. |
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Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area. |
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Relating to the transfer of certain probate proceedings to the county in which the executor or administrator of a decedent's estate resides. |
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Relating to the issuance of Army of Occupation Medal specialty license plates; providing an exemption from a fee. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 as the Corporal Roel Garcia Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the issuance of F-35 fighter jet specialty license plates. |
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Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to the establishment of a statewide telehealth center for sexual assault forensic medical examination. |
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Relating to the establishment and duties of the human trafficking prevention coordinating council. |
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Relating to eminent domain reporting requirements for certain entities. |
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Relating to a commercial landlord's or tenant's remedies regarding certain unlawful activities in a multiunit commercial property. |
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Relating to personal information that may be omitted from certain records and licenses. |
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Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate construction and renovation of structures owned by certain counties. |
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Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to the authority of a county to require electronic bids or proposals for competitive bidding. |
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Relating to use of the electronic funds transfer system operated by the comptroller. |
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Relating to the reporting, maintenance, and use of certain misdemeanor conviction information for purposes of the databases used in a federal firearm background check. |
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Relating to forms for creating or revoking a transfer on death deed. |
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Relating to bonds issued by certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Lubbock County as the Trooper Jerry Don Davis Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the deadline for certain economic development corporations to file a certain report with the comptroller. |
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Relating to factors the Texas Historical Commission considers in reviewing an application for a grant or loan through the historic courthouse preservation program. |
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Relating to the severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain inactive wells. |
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Relating to calculation of daily production for purposes of the oil and gas production tax credits for low-producing wells and leases. |
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Relating to patient records regarding maternal death. |
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Relating to the review of ballot proposition language for certain political subdivision elections. |
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Relating to certain contracts for the transfer of a pet. |
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Relating to the acquisition of real property by an entity with eminent domain authority. |
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Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount. |
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Relating to the correction of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll and related appraisal records. |
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Relating to the matters that a taxing unit is entitled to challenge before an appraisal review board. |
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Relating to the regulation of beekeeping; imposing fees and authorizing other fees; expanding the applicability of an occupational permit. |
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Relating to an initiative to increase the capacity of local mental health authorities to provide access to mental health services in certain counties. |
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Relating to collecting and reporting by the Department of Family and Protective Services and the Health and Human Services Commission of certain information relating to certain alcohol and controlled substance use and treatment. |
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Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities and family homes; providing administrative penalties. |
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Relating to the composition of the Homeland Security Council. |
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Relating to restrictions on the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises of a sexually oriented business; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to the transfer of civil cases by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation. |
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Relating to the authorization and reporting of expenditures for lobbying activities by certain political subdivisions and other public entities. |
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Relating to the prevention of, prosecution of, penalties for, and other consequences of prostitution, trafficking of persons, and related criminal offenses and to orders of nondisclosure for persons who committed certain of those offenses; regulating occupations to prevent and respond to those criminal offenses, including requiring a student occupational permit for those purposes; authorizing fees; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses. |
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Relating to the use of information obtained by a person from the comptroller that relates to a taxpayer subject to an audit by the comptroller. |
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Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs. |
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Relating to the sales and use tax exemption for certain amusement services. |
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Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Gateway Groundwater Conservation District. |
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Relating to the deadline by which the Texas Water Development Board is required to identify and designate brackish groundwater production zones for certain areas of the state. |
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Relating to the use of money in the state water pollution control revolving fund. |
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Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to prohibiting certain transactions between a governmental entity and an abortion provider or affiliate of the provider. |
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Relating to the issuance of Keep Austin Weird specialty license plates. |
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Relating to certain contracts requiring competitive bidding by the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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Relating to the electronic transmission of an invoice or notice of toll nonpayment by a toll project entity. |
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Relating to certain notice requirements and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness. |
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Relating to a state plan for education on and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. |
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Relating to civil and administrative penalties assessed or imposed for violations of laws protecting drinking water, public water supplies, and bodies of water. |
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Relating to the feasibility of creating and maintaining a coastal barrier system. |
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Relating to the delegation to the Railroad Commission of Texas of purchasing functions regarding the reclamation of certain abandoned mines. |
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Relating to the creation of the offense of indecent assault, to judicial protection for victims of that offense, and to certain criminal acts committed in relation to that offense. |
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Relating to the release by a peace officer of certain individuals suspected of the offense of public intoxication. |
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Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving the interception, use, or disclosure of certain communications. |
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Relating to the allocation to and use by the Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Historical Commission of certain proceeds from the imposition of state sales and use taxes on sporting goods. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Loop 111 in Travis County as the Richard Overton Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to vehicles eligible for veteran toll discount programs. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 734 in Austin as the Master Sergeant Jonathan J. Dunbar Memorial Parkway. |
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Relating to human trafficking signs at certain transportation hubs. |
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Relating to highway maintenance or construction vehicles and certain service vehicles. |
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Relating to Medicaid telemedicine and telehealth services. |
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Relating to the filing of a degree plan by students at public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to the name of the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf. |
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Relating to level of care designations for hospitals that provide neonatal and maternal care. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Office of Risk Management. |
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Relating to the transfer of the regulation of plumbing to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to judicial review of certain workers' compensation disputes. |
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Relating to investments by state banks to promote community development. |
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Relating to the criteria for review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of an agency that licenses an occupation. |
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Relating to the expiration of a school marshal license issued or renewed by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. |
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Relating to the number of school marshals that may be appointed to serve on a public school campus or at a private school. |
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Relating to the confinement of a defendant pending trial and detention or placement of a juvenile offender. |
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Relating to the inclusion in the definition of a medical and dental unit of the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin and the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the participation of those schools in certain programs and funding. |
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Relating to the use of land in the William Goodrich Jones State Forest. |
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Relating to the award of a grant under the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant Program to certain students enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program. |
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Relating to the maximum number of semester credit hours allowed for and funding sources used to supplement a TEXAS grant. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Finance Commission of Texas, the Texas Department of Banking, and the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, to the training requirements applicable to the agencies overseen by the Finance Commission of Texas, and to the regulation of certain financial institutions and businesses. |
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Relating to payment for the use of a highway toll project. |
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Relating to certain required reports received or prepared by state agencies and other governmental entities. |
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Relating to immunity from liability of public and private schools and security personnel employed by those schools for certain actions of security personnel. |
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Relating to certain images captured by an unmanned aircraft. |
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Relating to reimbursement of federal military treatment facilities under the workers' compensation system. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Veterans Commission. |
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Relating to withdrawals of water from the Edwards Aquifer to supply a military installation. |
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Relating to approval for purchases of property or construction projects by a state agency with self-directed semi-independent status. |
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Relating to authorizing an exemption for open-enrollment charter schools from certain municipal drainage requirements. |
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Relating to the training of peace officers for family violence and sexual assault assignments. |
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Relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of certain information regarding conditions of bond imposed in criminal cases involving family violence. |
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Relating to the issuance of a citation for a criminal trespass offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor. |
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Relating to disciplinary proceedings applicable to a licensed forensic analyst. |
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Relating to peace officer training on recognizing and recording circumstances that indicate strangulation in certain cases. |
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Relating to the confinement of juveniles in certain facilities. |
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Relating to requiring a public retirement system to adopt a written funding policy. |
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Relating to the comptroller's access to criminal history record information of wrongfully imprisoned persons. |
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Relating to voter approval of the issuance of certain obligations by municipalities to pay their unfunded liabilities to a public pension fund. |
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Relating to the authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to invest in certain hedge funds. |
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Relating to the disposition of a firearm seized from certain persons with mental illness. |
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Relating to waiving the fee for the issuance of a duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun for school marshals. |
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Relating to authorization for the creation of a county ethics commission in any county. |
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Relating to recovery of damages, attorney's fees, and costs related to frivolous claims and regulatory actions by state agencies. |
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Relating to the provision of informational materials and certain other information to a pregnant woman before an abortion. |
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Relating to discrimination by a state agency against an applicant for or holder of an occupational license. |
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Relating to a waiver authorizing the application of pesticides for mosquito control by certain municipal or county employees in an emergency. |
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Relating to access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder under Medicaid. |
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Relating to enforcement of the rights of a living child born after an abortion; creating a civil cause of action; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to broadband service or facilities provided by an electric cooperative. |
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Relating to the registration and regulation of brokers by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. |
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Relating to the payment of certain fees to municipalities by entities that provide telecommunications and cable or video services. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Real Estate Commission and the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board; changing fees. |
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Relating to limitations on the information reported by consumer reporting agencies. |
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Relating to the operation of the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association. |
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Relating to the applicability of certain electric energy storage equipment requirements to municipally owned utilities and electric cooperatives. |
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Relating to procedures for imposing certain administrative penalties or disgorgement orders by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. |
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Relating to a cybersecurity monitor for certain electric utilities. |
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Relating to required notice of the cost and health benefit plan coverage of newborn screening tests. |
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Relating to the application of certain insurance regulations to certain small employer health reimbursement arrangements. |
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Relating to the Texas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association. |
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Relating to an advisory body on the security of the electric grid. |
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Relating to regulation of mergers and consolidations of power generation companies. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and to the operations of certain other entities performing functions associated with the department. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Ranch-to-Market Road 150 in Hays County as the William B. Travis Heritage Trail. |
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Relating to the duties of the Texas Water Development Board. |
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Relating to retail public utilities that provide water or sewer service. |
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Relating to the Red River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission. |
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Relating to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission. |
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Relating to the Nueces River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission. |
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Relating to the presiding officers of the boards of directors of river authorities. |
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Relating to the requirement for certain administrators of certain educational entities to report certain educator misconduct to the State Board for Educator Certification. |
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Relating to the authority of an open-enrollment charter school to employ security personnel, commission peace officers, and have school resource officers. |
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Relating to recommendations by local school health advisory councils regarding opioid addiction and abuse education in public schools. |
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Relating to the development of an individualized education program for a public school student with a visual impairment. |
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Relating to providing certain public and private school administrators with information regarding certain child abuse and neglect investigations and allegations. |
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Relating to the carrying or storage of a handgun by a school marshal. |
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