BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Friday May 10, 2019 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of and use of money in the generate recurring oil wealth for Texas (GROW Texas) fund and allocating certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the state highway fund. Finance |
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Relating to increasing criminal penalties for certain family violence offenses committed when a child is or may be present during the commission of the offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of abandoning or endangering a child. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to information for foster children who are pregnant or minor parents. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the applicability of the law governing the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans. Finance |
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Relating to voluntary contributions to the evidence testing grant program made when applying for a corrected or duplicate driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate. Transportation |
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Relating to appropriations of water for recharge of aquifers and use in aquifer storage and recovery projects. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the development of brackish groundwater. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to tuition and fees for certain military spouses and dependents. Higher Education |
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Relating to financial reporting requirements of a toll project entity. Transportation |
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Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of an improvement that is necessary to support the continued use or existence of a historic site. Property Tax |
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Relating to safety requirements for a person directly operating an amusement ride. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to use the state participation account of the water development fund to provide financial assistance for the development of certain facilities. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to a person's eligibility for an occupational license; providing an administrative penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation and storage of DNA records for a person arrested for certain felony offenses. State Affairs |
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Relating to the use of money from the permanent fund for health-related programs to provide grants to nursing education programs. Finance |
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Relating to authorization for the creation of a county ethics commission in certain counties and to authorizing counties to adopt a code of ethics for their commissioners courts. State Affairs |
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Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse assigned to the school during all instructional hours. Education |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipal employees to request the removal and storage of certain abandoned or illegally parked or operated vehicles. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage of prescription drugs for stage-four advanced, metastatic cancer. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to statewide policies and practices, personnel training, evidence collection and preservation, and data collection and analysis regarding the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of sexual assault and other sex offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to prohibiting the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems. Transportation |
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Relating to regulation and liability of certain vehicles on a highway; increasing a criminal penalty. Transportation |
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Relating to the availability of certain voter information. State Affairs |
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Relating to temporary branch polling place hours of operation. State Affairs |
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Relating to requiring trauma training for certain attorneys. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of the disaster response loan fund and the permissible uses of that fund; making an appropriation; authorizing a fee. Finance |
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Relating to the filling of a vacancy in the office of county commissioner in certain counties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of a charter school by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. Education |
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Relating to the inclusion of catastrophic debris management in county emergency management programs. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to unconscionable prices charged by certain health care facilities for medical care. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to required notice for municipal management districts that annex or exclude territory. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the City of Conroe Municipal Management District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds and impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the correction of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll. Property Tax |
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Relating to the types of vehicles regulated as neighborhood electric vehicles. Transportation |
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Relating to the sale by certain alcoholic beverage permit or license holders of alcoholic beverages at a cost below the cost to the seller. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of the Lavaca Hospital District to lease district property. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to license terms and fees and registration and listing fees for certain child-care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a public school student's transition from an alternative education program to a regular classroom. Education |
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Relating to the consideration for public school accountability purposes of certain students receiving residential services in state hospitals. Education |
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Relating to the disposition and removal of a decedent's remains. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of the attorney general to advertise Choose Life account grants. State Affairs |
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Relating to the applicability of certain limitations on the capture and use of biometric identifiers to financial institutions. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the definition of a bet for purposes of gambling criminal offenses. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the requirement that state agency employees complete cybersecurity awareness training. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a request for a nursing peer review committee determination. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to requirements in a suit for the removal of human remains from a cemetery. State Affairs |
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Relating to the indigent status of a person for purposes of the driver responsibility program. Transportation |
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Relating to the system for maintaining records relating to children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to rules of and appeals to a municipal board of adjustment. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for certain spouses of certain employees killed in the line of duty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of service. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to criteria for admission of certain students into public schools. Education |
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Relating to the issuance of a summons for certain persons charged with a violation of a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to requirements for condominium plats or plans. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to prescribing and dispensing certain controlled substances to patients diagnosed with sickle cell disease. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to toll collection and enforcement by private participants in certain comprehensive development agreements with the Texas Department of Transportation. Transportation |
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Relating to the authority of a code enforcement officer performing official duties to possess or carry an instrument used for deterring an animal bite. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to expedited licensing procedures for certain nurses who are military spouses. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles, including the enforcement of motor vehicle size and weight limitations; creating a criminal offense. Transportation |
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Relating to an active shooter emergency protocol for public school districts and required active shooter response training for school district peace officers and school resource officers. Education |
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Relating to the designation of a cybersecurity coordinator by each school district. Education |
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Relating to the authority of a governmental unit that has withdrawn from a regional planning commission to join another regional planning commission. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the application of the fire code to and the inspection of buildings owned or leased by counties; authorizing a fee. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the establishment of the Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Advisory Council. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to employee turnover reporting during a day-care center's, group day-care home's, or registered family home's license or registration renewal. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to evaluation under the state accountability system of school district campuses that enroll certain students who receive special education services. Education |
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Relating to the amounts, availability, and use of certain statutorily dedicated revenue and accounts; reducing or affecting the amounts of certain statutorily dedicated fees. Finance |
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Relating to the statewide behavioral health coordinating council. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to compensation and leave for certain employees of the fraud unit of the Texas Department of Insurance. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the exception of certain information related to the humane disposition by a municipality or county of an animal from required disclosure under the public information law. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the right of a member of the public to address the governing body of a political subdivision at an open meeting of the body. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to adoption of a uniform swimming pool and spa code for use in municipalities in this state. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to paid leave for public officers and employees engaged in certain military service. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the prosecution of health care fraud; creating a criminal offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to hospital liens. State Affairs |
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Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the prosecution of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or person with a disability. Criminal Justice |
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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 student data security in public schools. Education |
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Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder in a motor vehicle. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 234; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the renewal of a preauthorization for a medical or health care service. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to designating June as Firearm Safety Awareness Month. Administration |
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Relating to the establishment of a grant program for promoting computer science certification and professional development in coding, technology applications, and computer science for public school teachers. Education |
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Relating to a person qualified to serve as a special or temporary justice of the peace. State Affairs |
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Relating to the confidentiality of and prohibiting disclosure of the location or physical layout of a family violence shelter center or victims of trafficking shelter center; creating a criminal offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain registered voters. State Affairs |
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Relating to the administration and oversight of investigational adult stem cell treatments administered to certain patients. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to parking for persons with disabilities. Transportation |
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Relating to the division of certain emergency services districts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the penalty for failing to file or failing to timely file a Dealer's Motor Vehicle Inventory Tax Statement. Finance |
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Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of groundwater conditions in certain counties. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to fees charged to students enrolled at component institutions of The Texas A&M University System. Higher Education |
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Relating to merger agreements among certain hospitals; imposing fees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the repeal of certain provisions affecting the electronic exchange of health information. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to assisting inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in obtaining federal veterans disability benefits. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor certain Purple Heart recipients; imposing a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to health benefit coverage provided by certain health benefit plans for telemedicine medical services and telehealth services. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the reimbursement of prescription drugs under Medicaid and the child health plan program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to liability coverage for certain vehicles provided by certain automobile repair facilities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the electronic submission of forms, data, and documents to the Commission on Jail Standards; imposing a fee. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. Transportation |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain pharmacies; providing an administrative penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the duties of and training for certain officers and jailers regarding the child safety check alert list. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the disqualification of a prosecuting attorney or judge in a case investigated by the public integrity unit of the Texas Rangers. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a peace officer to release in lieu of arrest certain persons with an intellectual or developmental disability. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the provision of notice of proposed rules by state agencies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the recognition by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of competency-based education degree plans for members of the Texas military forces. Higher Education |
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Relating to the establishment of a task force on faith-based programs that provide assistance during a disaster. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the confidentiality of the e-mail address of an applicant for or holder of a license issued by certain state agencies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other public employees killed in the line of duty. State Affairs |
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Relating to the confidentiality of a child's criminal records related to certain misdemeanor offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to an agreement between a school district and public institution of higher education to provide a dual credit program to high school students enrolled in the district. Education |
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Relating to the creation of a state repository for open educational resources by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Higher Education |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the North Central Texas Municipal Water Authority. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the collection and reporting of data on services provided by chemical dependency treatment facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to authorizing a dropout recovery competency-based educational pilot program provided through a campus or campus program charter or open-enrollment charter school. Education |
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Relating to the dispensing, administration, and use of low-THC cannabis; authorizing low-THC cannabis research; authorizing a fee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the establishment of the office of medical examiner in certain counties. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to an independent review organization to conduct reviews of certain medical necessity determinations under the Medicaid managed care program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the issuance of buyer's temporary tags for vehicles sold by governmental agencies. Transportation |
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Relating to the approval of insurance companies to provide certain structured settlement annuity contracts. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the right to remove property encroaching on areas owned or controlled by the Harris County Flood Control District. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to prohibited relationships between holders of certain alcoholic beverage licenses and permits. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the maximum amount of an administrative penalty assessed on certain long-term care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a seller's disclosure notice for residential property regarding floodplains, flood pools, floodways, or reservoirs. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an affirmative finding of family violence entered in the trial of certain offenses and to service of a notice of a temporary ex parte family violence protective order. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a disclosure in certain offers to purchase a mineral or royalty interest. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to methods of computing interest charges on certain consumer loans. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to dissemination of bacterial meningitis information by school districts. Education |
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Relating to the administration of assessment instruments used to assess the performance of public school students. Education |
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Relating to the provision of certain historical claims data and other information to school districts and other participating entities in the Texas school employees uniform group health coverage program. State Affairs |
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Relating to the filing fee for a complaint concerning the failure of a manufacturer, converter, or distributor to conform a motor vehicle to certain express warranties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the deaf-blind with multiple disabilities waiver program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to technical corrections for certain children. State Affairs |
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Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of passing a school bus; increasing a criminal penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the time for dissolution of a crime control and prevention district. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the dissolution of fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services districts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the definition of a designated law enforcement office or agency for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs. Higher Education |
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Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 85th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature. Administration |
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Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of The Securities Act, including conforming amendments. Administration |
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Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including conforming amendments. Administration |
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Relating to the cemeteries in certain counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the organization and efficient operation of the legislative branch of state government. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to addressing adverse childhood experiences and developing a strategic plan to address those experiences. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authority of a court to grant a motion for a new trial in certain criminal cases. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the consideration of reading level in the adoption of certain assessment instruments and associated student performance levels and to the temporary suspension of accountability sanctions for public schools. Education |
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Relating to specifications for legal papers filed with a county clerk. State Affairs |
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Relating to liens on aircraft for certain charges. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the grant program distributing money from the transportation infrastructure fund. Transportation |
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Relating to the authority of certain local governments to create and operate health care provider participation programs. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the licensing of satellite offices of outpatient chemical dependency care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to liability for disclosing certain information regarding sexual misconduct by an employee, volunteer, or independent contractor of a charitable organization. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects and other qualified projects. Finance |
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Relating to public safety answering points operated by emergency communications districts. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the management of the permanent school fund by the School Land Board and the State Board of Education. Education |
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Relating to the privacy of personal identifying information and the creation of the Texas Privacy Protection Advisory Council. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to public inspection of early voting rosters. State Affairs |
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Relating to the provision of mental health services through a telemedicine medical service or telehealth service. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the rights and treatment of and services provided to certain adult sexual assault survivors. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to reports by persons involved in the manufacture and distribution of alcoholic beverages for purposes of sales and use taxes. Finance |
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Relating to implementation of the system redesign for the delivery of Medicaid benefits to persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the operation of the Ector County Hospital District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the Richfield Ranch Management District of Harris County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the Hunter Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County, Texas; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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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 creation of the North Celina Municipal Management District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 7. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the municipal court of record of the City of Rowlett. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of the Cameron County Flood Control District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes and to issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the SoGood Cedars Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the Wright Farm Municipal Management District of Johnson County; providing authority to issue bonds and impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the territory of the Barrett Management District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Designating the Bowie knife as the official state knife of Texas. Administration |
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Designating Bastrop County as the official Film Hospitality Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2019. Administration |
Committee re-referral on the following: |
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Relating to the authority of the Lavaca Hospital District to lease district property. Re-referred from Health & Human Services to Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to political contributions and political expenditures made to or by political committees or other persons. Re-referred from State Affairs to Administration |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of certain persons obtained for the purposes of voting. Re-referred from State Affairs to Administration |
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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. Re-referred from Transportation to Texas Ports, Select |