Bills Referred Today for 4/15/2019

BILLS REFERRED TODAY



Monday

April 15, 2019





Committee referral on the following:


SB 2541 Fallon

Relating to the powers and duties of the Rolling V Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Wise County.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2542 Menéndez

Relating to an audio recording device pilot program for certain Department of Family and Protective Services employees investigating a report of child abuse or neglect; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a fee.

Health & Human Services


SB 2543 Watson

Relating to the powers and duties of the Ranch at Cypress Creek Municipal Utility District No. 1.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2544 Menéndez

Relating to deferred collection of ad valorem taxes on certain residence homesteads.

Property Tax


HB 26 Metcalf/ Larson/ Phelan/ Huberty/ Oliverson/ et al.

Relating to the notification of affected persons of certain releases of water from certain dams.

Water & Rural Affairs


HB 65 Johnson, Eric

Relating to reporting information regarding public school disciplinary actions.

Education


HB 71 Martinez/ Guillen

Relating to the creation of regional transit authorities; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and charge fees; creating a criminal offense.

Transportation


HB 93 Canales

Relating to the inclusion of a magistrate's name on certain signed orders.

State Affairs


HB 102 Bernal/ Rodriguez/ González, Jessica/ et al.

Relating to a school district assigning a mentor teacher to a new classroom teacher.

Education


HB 114 White/ Minjarez/ Dominguez

Relating to providing public high school students information regarding the availability of college credit awarded for military experience, education, and training obtained during military service.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security


HB 121 Swanson/ Hunter/ Pacheco/ Oliverson/ Raymond/ et al.

Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns.

State Affairs


HB 226 Krause/ Murr/ Goldman/ Guillen/ Moody/ et al.

Relating to the creation of a commission to review certain penal laws of this state and to make certain recommendations regarding those laws, to criminal offenses previously compiled in statutes outside the Penal Code, to repealing certain of those offenses, and to conforming punishments for certain of those offenses to the penalty structure provided in the Penal Code; increasing the punishment for the criminal offenses of sedition, sabotage, and capital sabotage; imposing a civil penalty.

Criminal Justice


HB 260 Blanco/ Anchia/ Romero, Jr./ Muñoz, Jr.

Relating to the creation of a cross-border motor vehicle traffic congestion web portal.

Transportation


HB 302 Paul/ Nevárez/ Burns/ King, Phil/ Guillen/ et al.

Relating to the carrying, storage, or possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition by certain persons on certain residential or commercial property.

State Affairs


HB 304 Paul/ Button/ Thompson, Ed/ Middleton/ Swanson

Relating to the governance and operation of municipal management districts.

Intergovernmental Relations


HB 359 Moody/ Burrows/ Guillen

Relating to the employment of certain peace officers, detention officers, county jailers, or firefighters who are injured in the course and scope of duty.

Business & Commerce


HB 360 Murphy/ Burrows/ Price/ Martinez Fischer/ Phelan/ et al.

Relating to the extension of the expiration date of the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


HB 444 Meyer/ Anchia/ Johnson, Eric/ González, Mary/ Leach

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information by public servants.

State Affairs


HB 446 Moody/ Stickland/ Oliverson/ Frullo/ et al.

Relating to the criminal consequences of engaging in certain conduct with respect to certain instruments designed, made, or adapted for use in striking a person.

Criminal Justice


HB 463 Springer

Relating to reciprocity agreements between air ambulance companies operating a subscription program.

Health & Human Services


HB 476 Howard

Relating to certain duties of public institutions of higher education and the Department of State Health Services regarding policies on the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by public institutions of higher education.

Higher Education


HB 477 Murphy/ Paul/ Metcalf/ González, Mary

Relating to the notice required before the issuance of certain debt obligations by political subdivisions.

Property Tax


HB 507 White

Relating to a task force to coordinate and make recommendations on parent engagement and education programs provided by state agencies.

Health & Human Services


HB 559 Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to written agreements incident to divorce or annulment.

State Affairs


HB 596 Hernandez/ Wu

Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

State Affairs


HB 598 Price/ Moody

Relating to the use of funds appropriated for the continuing legal education of certain appointed masters, magistrates, referees, and associate judges.

State Affairs


HB 601 Price/ Collier/ Murr/ Moody/ White/ et al.

Relating to procedures and reporting requirements regarding criminal defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or an intellectual disability.

Criminal Justice


HB 613 Springer

Relating to the date of the election for trustees of an independent school district.

State Affairs


HB 650 White/ Klick/ Howard/ Neave/ Meza/ et al.

Relating to inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

State Affairs


HB 651 Springer/ Lambert/ et al.

Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in counties not served by a hospital district or a public hospital.

Health & Human Services


HB 692 White/ Wu

Relating to the suspension of a student who is homeless from public school.

Administration


HB 723 Larson

Relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability models for certain river basins.

Water & Rural Affairs


HB 793 King, Phil/ Goldman/ Davis, Sarah/ Parker/ Oliverson/ et al.

Relating to certain government contracts with companies that boycott Israel.

Business & Commerce


HB 809 Thierry/ et al.

Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who were formerly in foster care.

Higher Education


HB 811 White/ Wu

Relating to determining appropriate disciplinary action to be taken against a public school student who is in foster care or who is homeless.

Administration


HB 812 White

Relating to the amount of the health care services fee paid by certain inmates.

Criminal Justice


HB 869 Hefner/ Collier/ Moody/ Perez/ Springer/ et al.

Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving the interception, use, or disclosure of certain communications.

Criminal Justice


HB 917 Craddick

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

Transportation


HB 996 Collier/ Thompson, Senfronia/ Longoria/ Capriglione/ Leach

Relating to the collection of consumer debt by debt buyers.

Business & Commerce


HB 1048 Guillen

Relating to the use of a county early voting polling place by a political subdivision.

State Affairs


HB 1053 Guillen

Relating to the disposition of real property interests by the Willacy County Navigation District.

Transportation


HB 1136 Price/ Clardy/ Krause/ King, Ken/ Anchia/ et al.

Relating to territory included in a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district established by a municipality.

Intergovernmental Relations


HB 1180 Guillen/ Raymond/ Minjarez

Relating to the agreement requirements for receiving a scholarship under the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security


HB 1188 Hefner/ Sanford/ Springer/ Canales/ et al.

Relating to the appraisal of land for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer between family members.

Property Tax


HB 1256 Phelan/ et al.

Relating to access by certain persons to a first responder's immunization history.

Health & Human Services


HB 1286 Smithee/ Guillen

Relating to establishing a guardianship abuse, fraud, and exploitation deterrence program.

State Affairs


HB 1386 Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to training and development activities for persons who may interact with an individual with autism or other pervasive developmental disorder.

Health & Human Services


HB 1388 VanDeaver/ Springer/ Bell, Keith

Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system.

Education


HB 1409 Ashby/ Bailes/ Paddie/ White/ Clardy/ et al.

Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as timber land or restricted-use timber land.

Property Tax


HB 1483 Frank/ Goldman/ Deshotel/ Miller/ Rose/ et al.

Relating to a pilot program for assisting certain recipients of public benefits to gain permanent self-sufficiency.

Finance


HB 1501 Nevárez

Relating to the creation of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council and to the continuation and transfer of the regulation of psychologists, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and social workers to the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council; providing civil and administrative penalties; authorizing a fee.

Health & Human Services


HB 1506 Perez/ González, Jessica

Relating to authorizing a regulatory authority to establish reduced water and sewer utility rates funded by donations for the benefit of certain low-income customers.

Water & Rural Affairs


HB 1523 Nevárez

Relating to the continuation of the regulation of land surveyors and the transfer of the regulation to the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; changing fees.

Business & Commerce


HB 1525 Burrows

Relating to the administration and collection of sales and use taxes applicable to sales involving marketplace providers.

Finance


HB 1556 VanDeaver

Relating to school district purchasing of and contracting for goods and services.

Education


HB 1592 Smithee

Relating to health care professional liability coverage for certain public institutions of higher education.

Higher Education


HB 1612 Murphy

Relating to the authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to invest in certain hedge funds.

Administration


HB 1651 González, Mary/ White/ Anderson, Charles "Doc"/ et al.

Relating to the care of pregnant women confined in county jail.

Criminal Justice


HB 1689 Deshotel

Relating to disclosure regarding the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

State Affairs


HB 1709 González, Mary/ Frank

Relating to the appointment of a surrogate parent for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Health & Human Services


HB 1820 Bailes

Relating to the creation of the Liberty County Drainage District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Intergovernmental Relations


HB 1962 Lambert/ Thompson, Senfronia/ Flynn/ Paddie/ Nevárez

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Business & Commerce


HB 1964 Ashby/ Larson

Relating to the procedure for action on certain applications for an amendment to a water right.

Water & Rural Affairs


HB 2016 Guillen/ Raymond

Relating to the sale of certain wine by the holder of a wine and beer retailer's permit or mixed beverage permit.

Business & Commerce


HB 2129 Murphy/ Burrows/ Price/ Martinez Fischer/ Phelan/ et al.

Relating to the extension of the expiration of certain parts of the Texas Economic Development Act.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


HB 2153 Burrows

Relating to a single local use tax rate as an alternative to combined local use tax rates for computing the amount of local use taxes remote sellers are required to collect and to the allocation of tax revenue collected at that rate.

Finance


HB 2196 Harris/ Clardy/ Guillen

Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages on certain property owned by the Texas State Railroad Authority.

Business & Commerce


HB 2255 Darby/ Oliverson/ Price/ Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to newborn and infant hearing screening results and the provision of information following a screening.

Health & Human Services


HB 2261 Walle/ Schaefer/ Morales/ Oliverson/ et al.

Relating to the physician education loan repayment program.

Higher Education


HB 2263 Paddie/ Phelan/ Price/ Springer/ Hernandez/ et al.

Relating to the sale of electric power to certain public customers.

Business & Commerce


HB 2310 Vo/ Thierry/ et al.

Relating to the information necessary to appropriately title certain flood damaged vehicles that have been repaired with federal financial assistance.

Transportation


HB 2326 Meyer/ Button/ Neave/ Turner, John/ Anchia/ et al.

Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Dallas County Hospital District.

Administration


HB 2338 Noble

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.

Finance


HB 2594 Holland/ Zerwas/ Price/ Moody/ Dean/ et al.

Relating to disposal of controlled substance prescription drugs by hospice service providers.

Health & Human Services


HB 2714 Bailes/ Harris

Relating to the registration of liquefied petroleum gas container manufacturers and the regulation of liquefied petroleum gas licensees; authorizing fees.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


HB 2820 Flynn

Relating to the registration and certification of certain investment products made available to public school employees.

State Affairs


HB 3086 Cole

Relating to the sales and use tax exemption for property used in the production of motion picture, video, or audio recordings and broadcasts.

Finance


HB 3162 Flynn

Relating to prepaid funeral benefits.

Business & Commerce


HB 3226 Geren/ Darby

Relating to the terms of dissolution of an oil or gas pooled unit.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


HB 3348 Guillen/ Springer

Relating to the eligibility of land on which the Texas Animal Health Commission has established a temporary quarantine for ticks for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land.

Property Tax