SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Monday

May 3, 2021

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

Relating to purchasing of cloud computing services by a political subdivision.

Relating to suspension of a driver's license for persons convicted of certain offenses and the educational program required for reinstatement of a license following certain convictions; authorizing a fine.

Relating to the regulation of certain child-care facilities and family homes.

Relating to the definition of a school resource officer.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the duty of a lessee or other agent in control of certain state land to drill an offset well, pay compensatory royalty, or otherwise protect the land from drainage of oil or gas by a horizontal drainhole well located on certain land.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the content of certain immunization records and of certain biennial legislative reports on immunizations issued by the Department of State Health Services.

Relating to rules by the State Board for Educator Certification regarding virtual observation options for field-based experiences and internships required for educator certification.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to a supplemental special education services and instructional materials program for certain public school students receiving special education services.

Relating to the services provided by a colonia self-help center.

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Pollinator-Smart program for solar energy sites.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to a strategic plan to address hyperemesis gravidarum.

Relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health care practitioners.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers or health benefit plan issuers.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to state occupational licensing of certain military veterans and military spouses.

Relating to requirements for human trafficking awareness and prevention in commercial lodging establishments; authorizing a civil penalty.

1 Floor Amendment

The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed:

Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.

Relating to the carrying or storage of a handgun by a school marshal.

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

In memory of former Texas Senator Humberto Tati Santiesteban.

In memory of Frederick William Rusteberg.

Recognizing May 2021 as Mental Health Awareness Month.

Amending S.R. 1, Senate Caucus Report.

Urging the Public Utility Commission of Texas to significantly reduce the high system-wide offer cap and evaluate changes to the market structure.

Expressing opposition to the enactment or enforcement in Texas of a law, under a federal mandate, that automatically suspends the driver's license of an individual who is convicted of certain offenses.

Committee referral on the following:

Relating to the creation of the Northeast Houston Redevelopment District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments or fees.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 210; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 208; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 209; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

Relating to the boundaries of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 70.

Local Government

Relating to prices in the wholesale electricity market.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 86; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the High Pointe Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 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

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 204; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Medina County Water Control and Improvement District No. 4; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

Relating to approval for certain projects related to bridges over the Rio Grande.

Transportation

Relating to the creation of the Lorena Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

Relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Business & Commerce

Relating to restricting the use of personally identifiable student information by an operator of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application used for a school purpose and providing an exemption from certain restrictions for a national assessment provider.

Education

Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a handgun at a polling place.

State Affairs

Relating to the procedure for amending or revoking certificates of public convenience and necessity issued to certain retail public utilities.

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients of the Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security

Relating to a report on recidivism rates.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes; creating a criminal offense.

Local Government

Relating to the continuation of the Trade Agricultural Inspection Grant Program.

Transportation

Relating to the imposition of consecutive sentences for certain offenses arising out of the same criminal episode.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the rental and operation of electric generation equipment.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and removal of dams by the Upper Brushy Creek Water Control and Improvement District.

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to the operation of vehicles and certain equipment at railroad grade crossings when on-track equipment is approaching.

Transportation

Relating to the contractual relationship between a pharmacist or pharmacy and a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the use of the water infrastructure fund.

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to the offense of possessing a weapon in a secured area of an airport.

State Affairs

Relating to the limitations periods for certain suits against real estate appraisers and appraisal firms.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the prevention, identification, investigation, and enforcement of payment card fraud; providing a civil penalty.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the online renewal of vehicle registration.

Transportation

Relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters and emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health benefits coverage.

Local Government

Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation on the impact of certain classifications of motor vehicle on the roads and bridges of this state.

Transportation

Relating to the authority of a development corporation created by the Gulf Coast Authority to finance certain projects.

Local Government

Relating to measures to support or enhance graduate medical education for the practice of podiatric medicine in this state.

Higher Education

Relating to the confidentiality of a child's criminal records related to certain misdemeanor offenses.

Criminal Justice

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

Transportation

Relating to the designation of State Highway 195 as a portion of the national Purple Heart Trail.

Transportation

Relating to the authority of a district engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation to temporarily lower the speed limit at a highway maintenance activity site.

Transportation

Relating to the purchase of cybersecurity insurance coverage by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Transportation

Relating to the knowledge test required for a commercial driver's license.

Transportation

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the United States Navy SEALs.

Transportation

Relating to consent for the use or possession of personal identifying information under the Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act.

Business & Commerce

Expressing support for full funding of the U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift program, including the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security

Urging the United States Congress to pass the I am Vanessa Guillén Act.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security

Committee re-referral on the following:

Relating to the training and education of appraisal review board members.

Re-referred from Local Government to Finance