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Senate Floor Action for 7/14/2021

SENATE FLOOR ACTION



Wednesday

July 14, 2021




The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass:


SB 2 (CS)Perry/ et al.

Relating to requiring public school and public institution of higher education students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.


SB 5 (CS)Hughes/ et al.

Relating to complaint procedures and disclosure requirements for, and to the censorship of users' expressions by, social media platforms.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 8 Bettencourt/ et al.

Relating to the authority of a person who acquires a residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption for the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in revenue.

2 Floor Amendments


SB 12 Bettencourt/ Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an individual who is elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction from the preceding tax year in the district's maximum compressed rate.

2 Floor Amendments


SB 32 Perry/ et al.

Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex.


SB 72 Huffman/ et al.

Relating to requiring public schools to provide instruction and materials and adopt policies relating to the prevention of child abuse, family violence, and dating violence.


The following bills were laid before the Senate and finally passed:


SJR 4 Bettencourt/ Kolkhorst/ et al.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.


Committee referral on the following:


SB 72 Huffman/ et al.

Relating to requiring public schools to provide instruction and materials and adopt policies relating to the prevention of child abuse, family violence, and dating violence.

Jurisprudence


(CS)COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE