REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS |
Wednesday April 7, 2021 |
SENATE BILLS (Calendar Order) |
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the powers of the governor, the legislature, and the supreme court following certain disaster or emergency declarations. |
SENATE BILLS (Second Reading) |
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Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
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Relating to the issuance of a birth record, driver's license, or personal identification certificate to victims and the children of victims of family or dating violence. |
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Relating to the demonstration of weapons proficiency by qualified retired law enforcement officers. |
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Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state. |
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Relating to training for county election officers. |
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Relating to simplified certification and recertification requirements for certain persons under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. |
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Relating to automated external defibrillators. |
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Relating to special open season hunting of certain migratory game birds by veterans and members of the United States armed forces on active duty. |
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Relating to the removal and disposal of abandoned fishing devices and the seizure and disposition of unlawful fishing devices. |
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Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases. |
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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. |
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Relating to certain county road reports. |
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Relating to the use of a flashing warning signal light and certain other equipment by a person operating a school bus. |
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Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain counties. |
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Relating to the regulation of groundwater conservation districts. |
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Relating to municipal annexation of certain rights-of-way. |
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Relating to the regulation of restaurants and third-party food delivery services, including the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage certificates to restaurants. |
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Relating to the exclusion of certain car haulers from the definition of tow truck for purposes of certain laws regulating motor vehicle towing. |
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Relating to applicants for employment at assisted living facilities. |
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Relating to the expiration and extension of certain public health orders issued by a health authority. |
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Relating to reports on deaths from reportable and other communicable diseases to county health authorities and health departments. |
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Relating to the requirements for an application for a permit to drill an oil or gas well at a site adjacent to a well blowout site. |
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Relating to leave for state employees who are volunteers of certain disaster relief organizations. |
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Relating to judicial review of acts by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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Relating to the adoption of uniform general conditions for building construction contracts entered into by school districts and the composition of the committee that reviews uniform general conditions. |
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Relating to the operation of a public school transportation system. |
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Relating to the transfer of Midwestern State University to the Texas Tech University System, to certain fees charged by that system's governing board, and to mandatory venue for actions brought against that system or its institution, officers, or employees. |
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Relating to providing access to local public health entities and certain health service regional offices under Medicaid. |
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Relating to local school health advisory councils and health education provided by public schools, including requirements regarding human sexuality instruction. |
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Relating to the use of public school counselors' work time. |
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Relating to certain reports created by the Texas Water Development Board. |
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Relating to provisions in agreements between governmental entities and professional sports teams requiring the United States national anthem to be played at team events. |
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Relating to a requirement that a voting system use a paper record or produce a paper receipt for verification purposes. |
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Relating to a county, city, or independent school district posting election results on an Internet website. |
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Relating to a registrar's failure to cancel voter registrations under applicable law. |
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Relating to eligibility to serve as an interpreter in an election. |
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Relating to the confidentiality of the identity of certain landowners who participate in a State Soil and Water Conservation Board program to manage or eradicate an invasive species. |
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Relating to guidance on the regulations applicable to the potable reuse of wastewater. |
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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. |
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Relating to the appeal of rates for water or sewer service charged to certain customers of a municipality. |
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Relating to an inventory of dams controlled by river authorities. |
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Relating to an early voting ballot voted by mail. |
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Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex. |
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Relating to the contracting authority of the Health and Human Services Commission for the volunteer advocate for children program. |
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Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes on property in a disaster area. |
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Relating to excluding the furnishing of an academic transcript from the definition of "information service" for purposes of sales and use taxes. |
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Relating to the administration and collection of sales and use taxes and certain fees applicable to sales involving marketplace providers. |
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Relating to the insurance premium tax credit for the certified rehabilitation of certified historic structures. |
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Relating to notice and reporting requirements for vendor rebates under a contract listed on a multiple award contract schedule. |
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Relating to the composition of the cybersecurity council. |
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Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for animals adopted from or sold by nonprofit animal welfare organizations. |
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Relating to a limit on the rate of growth of certain appropriations. |
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Relating to substitutes for hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants applicable to commercial or residential buildings or construction. |
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Relating to the towing of certain property from a self-service storage facility for disposition by a vehicle storage facility. |
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Relating to the applicability of certain utility provisions to a vehicle charging service. |
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Relating to a local option election on the sale of alcoholic beverages in certain areas of a municipality. |
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Relating to county authority to balance bill for county air ambulance services. |
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Relating to the size, terms, and election of boards of directors of certain insurance companies. |
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Relating to the reporting and expiration dates of a temporary health insurance risk pool administered by the commissioner of insurance. |
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Relating to the removal of solar power facilities. |
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Relating to consumption of alcoholic beverages in public entertainment facilities and zones. |
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Relating to registered and protected series of domestic limited liability companies; authorizing fees. |
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Relating to certain provisions of The Securities Act for which a person offering or selling a security may be held liable to a person buying the security. |
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Relating to grounds for refusal of certain alcoholic beverage licenses and permits. |
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Relating to business entities. |
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Relating to the purchase of iron and steel products made in the United States for certain projects by public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to an exception to the titling requirement for certain vehicles; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to a study on the impacts of using certain motor vehicle technologies. |
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Relating to preemployment physical examinations for employment with the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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Relating to hearing and public notice requirements regarding the purchase or conversion by a municipality of certain properties to house homeless individuals. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. |
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Relating to the powers of the TexAmericas Center, including its authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to the authority of a county to issue bonds to restore or maintain a county courthouse. |
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Relating to the continuing education requirement for county commissioners. |
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Relating to rate filing requirements for certain personal lines insurers with low market shares. |
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Relating to use of electric energy storage facilities in the ERCOT power region. |
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Relating to the limitations periods for certain suits against real estate appraisers and appraisal firms. |
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Relating to the regulation by a municipality or county of certain employment benefits and policies. |
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Relating to distributed renewable generation resources. |
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Relating to certain required reports or information received or prepared by state agencies and other governmental entities. |
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Relating to the availability of personal information of individuals who are honorably retired from certain law enforcement positions. |
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Relating to address confidentiality on certain documents for certain federal officials and family members of certain federal officials or federal or state court judges. |
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Relating to the right of a member of the state military forces to retain private legal counsel and file a civil action. |
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Relating to the availability of personal information of a current or former federal prosecutor or public defender. |
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Relating to auditable voting systems. |
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Relating to verification of the accuracy of voter registration applications and voter registration lists. |
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Relating to certain public facilities used to provide affordable housing. |
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Relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals. |
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Relating to certain duties of law enforcement agencies concerning certain information subject to disclosure to a defendant. |
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Relating to the issuance of a citation for a criminal trespass offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor. |
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Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Stephens County. |
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Relating to the operation of the juvenile boards of Crosby and Lubbock Counties. |
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Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to obtain a driver's license or learner license. |
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Relating to selection of statewide competition locations by the University Interscholastic League. |
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Relating to county approval of certain proposed purchases or conversions of properties to house homeless individuals. |
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Relating to designating the 11th day of each month as Buddy Check Day. |
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Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty. |
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Relating to the authority of a local government to enter into an intergovernmental support agreement with a branch of the armed forces of the United States. |
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Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to United States Navy submariners. |
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Relating to specialty license plates and parking placards for vehicles of certain disabled veterans. |
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Relating to a ribbon for certain service members of the military who served in support of operations to secure this state's international border. |
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Relating to eligibility for the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of a totally disabled veteran. |
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Relating to an exemption from the requirement that the title of a state agency be printed on state-owned motor vehicles. |
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Relating to the provision of citizenship assistance to veterans by the Texas Veterans Commission. |
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Relating to an excused absence from a public institution of higher education for a student called to required military service. |
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Relating to the procedure for donating juror reimbursements. |
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Relating to the administration of a veterans treatment court program. |
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Relating to a study of the disaster preparedness for each state military installation. |
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Relating to withdrawals of water from the Edwards Aquifer to supply a military installation. |
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Relating to the transfer of certain public school students to a school district offering in-person instruction. |
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Relating to verification of the citizenship status of certain registered voters. |
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Relating to requirements for an early voting ballot voted by mail; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to state agency enforcement of laws regulating small businesses. |
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Relating to the inspection of municipal buildings during a declared disaster. |
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Relating to dates of certain elections to be held in 2022. |
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Relating to the creation of the Texas Court of Appeals to hear certain cases; authorizing fees. |
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Relating to contracting procedures and requirements for governmental entities. |
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Relating to the regulation of and permits for the sale or delivery of cigarettes, tobacco products, and e-cigarettes; requiring permits; imposing fees; providing administrative penalties. |
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Relating to the offense of hazing. |
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Relating to establishment of county adult sexual assault response teams. |
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Relating to the administration of the governor's university research initiative. |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to authorize certain degree programs offered by private postsecondary educational institutions. |
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Relating to the payment of apprenticeship education expenses using the state's programs for paying, prepaying, or saving toward the costs of attending an institution of higher education. |
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Relating to the participation of open-enrollment charter schools in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program. |
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Relating to an exception to dropped course limitations at public institutions of higher education for courses dropped during a disaster that results in a bar or limit on in-person course attendance. |
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Relating to authorizing certain joint graduate degree programs between The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. |
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Relating to the student union fee at the University of Houston. |
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Relating to the approval of open-enrollment charter schools and the applicability of certain state and local laws to open-enrollment charter schools. |
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Relating to supplemental information required for inclusion with a written statement of an individualized education program developed for certain public school students who received special education services during the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 school year. |
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Relating to instruction in educator training programs regarding digital learning, virtual learning, and virtual instruction. |
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Relating to liability for certain claims arising during a pandemic or other disaster or emergency. |
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Relating to the county in which a person may apply for the registration of and title for a motor vehicle. |
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Relating to a requirement that a voting system used in an election in this state be manufactured, stored, and held in the United States by a company headquartered in the United States. |
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Relating to the authority of the legislature, governor, and certain political subdivisions with respect to disasters and emergencies. |
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Relating to the investigation and punishment of certain sexual offenses, to protective orders issued on the basis of certain sexual offenses, to crime victims' compensation, and to the establishment of a state sexual offense prevention and response program for the Texas Military Department. |
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Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the United States Army Special Forces. |
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Relating to mental health services development plans as updated by the Health and Human Services Commission and local mental health authority groups. |
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Relating to legislative oversight during a public health disaster or public health emergency, including the establishment of a legislative public health oversight board. |
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Relating to an election to approve a reduction or reallocation of funding or resources for a municipal or county law enforcement agency. |
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Relating to recovery of medical or health care expenses in civil actions. |
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Relating to voter qualification and registration. |
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Relating to the use of telehealth in health professional programs administered by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. |
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Relating to the prevention, identification, investigation, and enforcement of payment card fraud; providing a civil penalty. |
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Relating to the modernization of regulation of commercial property and casualty insurance. |
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Relating to a study on a statewide disaster alert system and implementation of that system. |
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Relating to an exemption for certain cemeteries from cemetery location restrictions. |
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Relating to the rights of a holder of a brewpub license. |
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Relating to the responsibility for ancillary services costs incurred for the operation of intermittent wind and solar resources. |
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Relating to the provision of certain massage therapy instruction using distance learning. |
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