SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Monday March 18, 2019 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to locations, terms, sessions, and procedures for conducting court proceedings. |
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Relating to a landowner's liability for injuries incurred during certain recreational activities. |
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Relating to the allocation of money associated with delays of transportation projects. |
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Relating to personal information that may be omitted from certain records, licenses, and reports and to other court security measures. |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Recognizing March 18, 2019, as Palmview Day. |
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Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to permit the governing body of a political subdivision in a county in which home prices are appreciating rapidly to adopt a limitation on increases in the appraised value for purposes of ad valorem taxation by the political subdivision of residence homesteads in certain low-income areas. Property Tax |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment abolishing daylight saving time in Texas. State Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount that the state may contribute to the Employees Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the taking of property by eminent domain for the purpose of transferring the property to a private entity. State Affairs |
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Recognizing the game wardens of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as the "Texas Navy" and commending them for their service to the Lone Star State. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Urging Congress to designate the Butterfield Overland Trail as a National Historic Trail. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the Red River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the inclusion of an elective course on the founding principles of the United States in the curriculum for public high school students and the posting of the founding documents of the United States in public school buildings. Education |
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Relating to the United States history end-of-course assessment instrument for public high school students. Education |
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Relating to excess loss damage waivers in connection with the lease of motor vehicles; providing a civil penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to security for state agency information and information technologies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to value-based arrangements for prescription drugs in Medicaid. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the repeal of the motor fuel taxes on compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas and the exemption from sales and use taxes of natural gas used as a motor fuel. Finance |
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Relating to the denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses issued by the Texas Medical Board for certain offenses. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to guardianships, alternatives to guardianship, and supports and services for incapacitated persons. State Affairs |
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Relating to the deduction from applied income of compensation paid to guardians of certain Medicaid recipients. State Affairs |
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Relating to the composition of the cybersecurity council. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the form of certain advance directives. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to measures to facilitate the transfer, academic progress, and timely graduation of students in public higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the payment of costs associated with certain education programs of The University of Texas Health Science Center. Higher Education |
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Relating to the authority to investigate abuse, neglect, or exploitation of children and adults in a residential or inpatient hospice facility. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to peer specialists and the provision of peer services to individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authority of the governing body of a taxing unit in a county in which home prices are appreciating rapidly to adopt a limitation on increases in the appraised value for purposes of ad valorem taxation by the taxing unit of residence homesteads in certain low-income areas. Property Tax |
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Relating to the maintenance of information entered into a fee record. State Affairs |
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Relating to purchasing and contracting by governmental entities; authorizing fees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the calculation of costs in interagency contracts between certain state agencies and the State Office of Administrative Hearings. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to notice by certain managed care entities of changes to reimbursement amounts applicable to certain physicians and health care providers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to physician and health care practitioner credentialing by managed care plan issuers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the prohibition on certain discrimination in personal automobile insurance. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an election in certain municipalities to convert all or a portion of a sales and use tax originally adopted for the purpose of sports and community venues to a sales and use tax for economic development purposes. Finance |
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Relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license invalid and to the issuance of a citation or written notice to appear to a person charged with that offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to parole officer participation in a hearing concerning a person's alleged violation of a condition of parole or mandatory supervision. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to orders of nondisclosure for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. State Affairs |
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Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for certain trafficking and prostitution offenses and certain other consequences of those offenses; increasing criminal penalties. State Affairs |
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Relating to changing the eligibility of persons charged with certain offenses to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision. State Affairs |
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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. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to egg grading. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the issuance of Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal specialty license plates. Transportation |
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Relating to the provision of recovery community organization services under Medicaid. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the use of promotoras and community health workers in Medicaid managed care. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to emergency contact and medical information maintained by the Department of Public Safety. Transportation |
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Relating to the conversion or dissolution of certain conservation and reclamation districts. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to continuing education training on civil process for constables. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a grant program to reduce wait times for agricultural inspections of vehicles at ports of entry along the Texas-Mexico border. Transportation |
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Relating to the administration of a medication, immunization, or vaccination by a pharmacist. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to providing temporary support services for certain public school students. Education |
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Relating to notice to a prospective residential tenant regarding a dwelling that is located in a floodplain or that has been damaged by flooding. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of solicitations of private security companies by political subdivisions. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities and registered family homes providing services to children with disabilities or special needs. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a competitive and integrated employment initiative for certain Medicaid recipients. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to designating May 8 as Military Spouse Appreciation Day. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of impersonating a public servant. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to enforcement of the regulation of perpetual care cemeteries. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to prepaid funeral benefits. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of state banks, state trust companies, and third-party service providers of state banks and state trust companies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the exclusion from total revenue of certain payments made by a performing rights society for purposes of computing the franchise tax. Finance |
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Relating to a child's eligibility for the Medicaid buy-in for children program or the medically dependent children (MDCP) waiver program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to requiring certain employers to provide paid sick leave to employees; providing administrative penalties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the emergency administration of an epinephrine auto-injector by peace officers. State Affairs |
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Relating to Holocaust Remembrance Week in public schools. Education |
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Relating to application requirements for low income housing tax credits for developments financed through the private activity bond program. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of certain nonexempt property used for low-income or moderate-income housing. Property Tax |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to hotel projects. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the creation of the Texas music incubator rebate program to provide for rebates of a portion of the mixed beverage gross receipts taxes collected from certain music venues. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the sale of certain wine by the holder of a wine and beer retailer's permit or mixed beverage permit. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a study and pilot program regarding the use of incentives to purchase certain fruits or vegetables under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the creation of the Channelview Improvement District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the discharge, diversion, and transfer or other reuse of treated brackish groundwater and return flows derived from treated brackish groundwater. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, distribution, transportation, and delivery of medical cannabis for medical use by patients for whom a physician determines medical use is the best available treatment for the patient's medical condition or symptoms, and the licensing of medical cannabis dispensing organizations; authorizing fees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain veterans and their families. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the assistance and technology fund and use of money in the fund. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain requirements for designation as a qualified business under the enterprise zone program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to permits for the production of groundwater in a designated brackish groundwater production zone in the Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in Hidalgo County. State Affairs |
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Relating to the amendment of the dedicatory instruments of certain mixed-use real estate developments. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the amendment of the dedicatory instruments of certain mixed-use real estate developments. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the use of restraints on a pregnant woman in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the prosecution of and penalties for possession of one ounce or less of marihuana. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain contract and notice requirements applicable to certain facilities used to house inmates or releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to public school safety measures, access to mental health professionals in public schools and during certain emergencies, access to criminal history and mental health records, and access to firearms; requiring a certificate for employment as a school behavioral counselor; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. Education |
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Relating to the storage, transportation, processing, and disposal of scrap tires. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to judicial review of certain regulations that apply to state licensees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to disclosures required in connection with the issuance of certain health benefit plans. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to certain workers' compensation reporting requirements. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the inclusion of local school health advisory councils as governmental bodies for purposes of the open meetings law and the public information law. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a microchip scan of animals in the custody of an animal shelter or releasing agency. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds. Property Tax |
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Relating to requirements for certain charter entities to contract with a school district to operate a district campus. Education |
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Relating to private activity bonds. Higher Education |
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Relating to business entities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of certain counties to adopt and enforce park use rules. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to certain public facilities financed, owned, and operated by a public facility corporation. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the state contribution to the Employees Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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Relating to the types of vehicles regulated as neighborhood electric vehicles. Transportation |
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Relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to commissioned peace officers employed by the attorney general. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain state programs to address the workforce needs of members of the United States military and their dependents. Higher Education |
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Relating to civil liability and responsibility for defects in the plans, specifications, or other documents for the construction or repair of roads, highways, and related improvements. Transportation |
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Relating to the scope of practice for chiropractors. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the classification of workers for purposes of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act; providing an administrative penalty. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that employ persons with disabilities. Finance |
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Relating to municipal annexation. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the administration of the Port of Corpus Christi of Nueces County, Texas. Transportation |
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Relating to the review of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas, by the Sunset Advisory Commission. Transportation |
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Relating to changing the name of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas. Transportation |
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Relating to the timely filing of reports of political contributions and expenditures; increasing a criminal penalty. State Affairs |
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Relating to fees for picking up or dropping off passengers at an airport. Transportation |
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Relating to a request for binding arbitration to appeal appraisal review board orders involving two or more contiguous tracts of land. Property Tax |
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Relating to the release of certain student information. Higher Education |
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Relating to a mental health professional to school law enforcement official ratio for public schools. Education |
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Relating to firearms training for county jailers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to limitations on increases in fees and designated tuition charged by certain public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the regulation of call centers; providing a civil penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to voting by physicians at certain entities to authorize the differentiation of physicians based on maintenance of certification. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to retain assistance for regional proceedings affecting certain electric utilities and consumers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the protection of animal and crop facilities; creating a criminal offense. Agriculture |
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Relating to notice of a radioactive substance release. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to departures from network adequacy standards by a preferred provider benefit plan. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to jurisdiction over certain child protection and juvenile matters involving juvenile offenders. State Affairs |
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Relating to regulation of short-term rental units by municipalities; authorizing a civil penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation of the Celina Municipal Management District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds and impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to authorizing certain projects to be undertaken by economic development corporations. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to a limit on the rate of growth of certain appropriations. Finance |
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Relating to student loan repayment assistance for school counselors employed by a school district. Higher Education |
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Relating to a trauma-informed care policy for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools. Education |
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Relating to participation in and rates for coverage provided under the uniform group coverage program for active school employees. State Affairs |
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Relating to grants for school districts and campuses providing blended and individualized learning staff development activities. Education |
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Relating to alternate health benefit plan contact information for victims of family violence. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a bill of rights for home health care attendants employed at certain long-term care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to designating May 17 as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day. Administration |
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Relating to the dismissal of certain actions relating to Medicaid fraud. State Affairs |
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Relating to the carrying of handguns by license holders on property owned or leased by a governmental entity. State Affairs |
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