SENATE BILLS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS

Saturday

May 22, 2021

Relating to prohibited contracts with companies that discriminate against the firearm or ammunition industries.

Relating to certain claims for benefits, compensation, or assistance by certain public safety employees and survivors of certain public safety employees.

Relating to procedures regarding defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability.

Relating to the regulation of groundwater conservation districts.

Relating to the exclusion of certain payment processing services from the definition of "data processing service" for purposes of sales and use taxes.

Relating to the use of information from the lists of noncitizens and nonresidents excused or disqualified from jury service.

Relating to eminent domain reporting requirements for certain entities.

Relating to county road reports.

Relating to civil liability and responsibility for the consequences of defects in the plans, specifications, or related documents for the construction or repair of an improvement to real property.

Relating to the use of hypnotically induced statements in a criminal trial.

Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and child support, including the payment of spousal maintenance by an obligor ordered to pay child support and the disclaimer of a property interest by a child support obligor.

Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of improper sexual activity with a person in custody; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for firearm safety equipment.

Relating to municipal annexation of certain rights-of-way.

Relating to disclosure requirements of certain facilities that provide care for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

Relating to the use of a flashing warning signal light and certain other equipment by a person operating a school bus.

Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to in-person visitation of religious counselors with certain health care facility patients and residents during a public health emergency.

Relating to an inventory of dams controlled by river authorities.

Relating to the creation and activities of the Texas Produced Water Consortium.

Relating to guardianships, management trusts, and certain other procedures and proceedings for persons who are incapacitated.

Relating to the directors and administration of the Agua Special Utility District, including the grounds for removal of a director.

Relating to the provision of mental health services for certain children at risk of relinquishment.

Relating to the imposition, rate, and use of hotel occupancy taxes in certain counties and municipalities; authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax; reducing the maximum rate of the hotel occupancy tax imposed by certain counties.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.

Relating to the removal of solar power facilities.

Relating to the creation of the urban air mobility advisory committee.

Relating to the authority of a municipality to add property to a common characteristic public improvement district.

Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases.

Relating to health care institution reporting of federal money received for the coronavirus disease public health emergency.

Relating to the exclusion of certain car haulers from the definition of tow truck for purposes of certain laws regulating motor vehicle towing.

Relating to the county in which a person may apply for the registration of and title for a motor vehicle.

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

Relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators.

Relating to motor vehicle accidents involving a pedestrian or other vulnerable road user within the area of a crosswalk; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to criminal liability for reporting false information to draw an emergency response; creating an offense.

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Reskilling and Upskilling through Education (TRUE) Program to support workforce education.

Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Fort Bend Subsidence District, including a director's qualifications and term.

Relating to the required disclosure of prices for certain items and services provided by certain medical facilities; providing administrative penalties.

Relating to a study on streamlining public safety net programs to reduce costs and improve outcomes for recipients under the programs.

Relating to the creation of the Gulf Coast Protection District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees; providing authority to impose a tax; granting the power of eminent domain.

Relating to funding for the Texas emissions reduction plan.

Relating to a study on the impacts of using certain motor vehicle technologies.

Relating to withdrawals of water from the Edwards Aquifer to supply a military installation.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain drug and alcohol related court-ordered educational programs; providing administrative penalties; requiring occupational licenses; authorizing fees; creating criminal offenses.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to authorize certain degree programs offered by private postsecondary educational institutions.

Relating to the powers and duties of certain property owners' associations.

Relating to the administration of navigation districts.

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.

Relating to the regulatory authority of the savings and mortgage lending commissioner; authorizing fees.

Relating to the content of an application for Medicaid.

Relating to guardians ad litem for children who are in the juvenile justice system and the child protective services system.