SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Wednesday April 14, 2021 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to the governance of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Office of Public Utility Counsel, and an independent organization certified to manage a power region. |
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Relating to the Texas Consumer Privacy Act Phase I; creating criminal offenses; increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to carrying and storing a handgun or handgun ammunition by a hotel guest. |
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Relating to rules for fixing the amount of bail, to the release of certain defendants on a bail bond or personal bond, to related duties of certain officers taking bail bonds and of a magistrate in a criminal case, to charitable bail organizations, and to the reporting of information pertaining to bail bonds. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the provision of educational materials regarding disease prevention during a disaster. |
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Relating to the inclusion of local school health advisory councils as governmental bodies for purposes of the open meetings law and the public information law. |
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Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural land and the liability for the additional tax imposed on such land if the use of the land changes as a result of a condemnation. |
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Relating to the removal of solar power facilities. 1 Floor Amendment |
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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 student success-based funding recommendations for certain continuing workforce education courses offered by public junior colleges. |
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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. 3 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the responsibility for ancillary services costs incurred for the operation of intermittent generation resources. 1 Floor Amendment |
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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. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the windstorm insurance legislative oversight board and to certain studies by the board relating to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan. |
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Relating to middle mile broadband service provided by an electric utility. |
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Relating to the establishment of the Motor Fuel Metering and Quality Advisory Board. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed: |
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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 voter qualification and registration. |
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Relating to the creation of the Texas Court of Appeals to hear certain cases; authorizing fees. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read second time and passed to engrossment: |
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Relating to prohibited contracts with companies that discriminate against the firearm or ammunition industries. |
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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. 3 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the use of certain data collected by the Texas Workforce Commission to determine general prevailing wage rates for certain public work contracts. |
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Relating to disannexation of certain areas that do not receive full municipal services. 1 Floor Amendment |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to the creation of the Hillcrest North Municipal Utility District of Wise County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Local Government |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Morningstar Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. Local Government |
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Relating to the creation of the Grayson County Municipal Utility District No. 8; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Local Government |
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Relating to the creation of the Rocky Top Ranch Municipal Utility District of Denton County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Local Government |
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Relating to the duty of a peace officer to request and render aid for an injured person. Jurisprudence |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a person who is disabled to receive a limitation on the school district ad valorem taxes on the spouse's residence homestead if the spouse is 55 years of age or older at the time of the person's death. Finance |
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Relating to the use of certain funds derived from criminal asset forfeiture to provide services to domestic victims of trafficking. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of certain information regarding orders imposing a condition of bond in a criminal case involving a violent offense. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the municipal fees charged to certain air conditioning and refrigeration contractors. Local Government |
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Relating to the requirements for a junior college district to receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer baccalaureate degree programs. Higher Education |
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Relating to the presence of a qualified facility dog or qualified therapy animal in certain court proceedings. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land if the land is temporarily used for sand mining operations; authorizing a fee. Finance |
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Relating to the regulation of on-site sewage disposal systems on certain leased land that is owned by the federal government. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to liability coverage under a personal automobile insurance policy for a temporary vehicle provided to an insured by an automobile repair facility. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the administration of apprenticeship training programs. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to annual continuing education requirements for certain court clerks. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the United States Army Special Forces. Administration |
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Relating to a limitation on liability and sanctions in connection with certain prescribed burns. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to consumption of alcoholic beverages in public entertainment facilities and zones. Administration |
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Relating to the repeal of the real estate inspection recovery fund. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 173 in Bandera County as the Master Sergeant Rodney Lee Buentello Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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