SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Friday May 14, 2021 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to community land trusts. |
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Relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the sale of wine and beer on Sundays. |
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Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by a charitable organization that provides services related to the placement of a child in a foster or adoptive home. |
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Relating to eligibility to establish a multiple employer welfare arrangement. |
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Relating to the creation of the Matthews Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Blanco County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the acquisition of real property or construction of buildings for the purpose of operating the Texas Bullion Depository. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the removal of a fee for the issuance of an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun. |
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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. |
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Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system. |
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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. |
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Relating to the labeling of wine as originating from an area of this state or with the name of a vineyard in this state. |
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Relating to the authority of a development corporation created by the Gulf Coast Authority to finance certain projects. |
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Relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of information regarding certain local economic development agreements; providing a civil penalty. |
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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. |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to provide road services on federal military property. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read second time and passed to engrossment: |
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Relating to eligibility to establish a multiple employer welfare arrangement. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to the creation of the Northwest Denton County Municipal Utility District No. 1; 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 Clear Sky 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 creation of the Clear Sky Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Cooke County; granting a limited power of eminent domain. Local Government |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of and use of money in the Grow Texas fund and allocating certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the state highway fund. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a county to finance the development or redevelopment of transportation or infrastructure in unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted areas in the county; authorizing the issuance of bonds and notes. Transportation |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a political subdivision other than a school district to establish a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that the political subdivision may impose on the residence homesteads of persons who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses. Local Government |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment providing additional powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to candidates for judicial office. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to a notarized affidavit requesting a municipal animal control authority to manage dangerous dogs and aggressive dogs in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. Local Government |
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Relating to requirements regarding an employee's normal weekly hours of work under the shared work unemployment compensation program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the hours for public consumption of alcoholic beverages. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to juvenile court records of victims of sex trafficking. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to postconviction forensic DNA testing. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the procedure for an application for a writ of habeas corpus based on certain new evidence. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the establishment of a pilot program for the issuance of digital identification. Transportation |
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Relating to an application for a writ of habeas corpus based on certain relevant scientific evidence that was not available at the applicant's trial. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to inservice training on prevention of abuse, neglect, and illegal, unprofessional, and unethical conduct provided by certain health care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to conditions of community supervision and procedures applicable to the reduction or termination of a defendant's period of community supervision. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the protection of religious organizations. State Affairs |
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Relating to authorizing equal opportunity for access by certain students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; authorizing a fee. Education |
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Relating to notice of an animal's possible exposure in an animal shelter to certain communicable or infectious diseases. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to establishment of the disaster identification system for a declared state of disaster. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to policies and standards for providing legal representation to indigent defendants in certain capital felony cases. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a study on expanding recovery housing in this state. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the adoption of noise regulations by certain counties; creating a criminal offense; authorizing fees. Local Government |
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Relating to certain increases in benefits under the firefighters' relief and retirement fund in certain municipalities. Finance |
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Relating to a progressive disciplinary matrix for police officer misconduct in certain municipalities. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to law enforcement policies regarding the issuance of citations for misdemeanors punishable by fine only and to a limitation on the authority to arrest a person for certain fine-only misdemeanors. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the expunction of all records and files related to arrests for certain decriminalized misdemeanor offenses. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to health care benefits of persons wrongfully imprisoned. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the processing and sale of kratom and kratom products; providing civil penalties; creating a criminal offense. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to an application for a writ of habeas corpus in certain felony cases. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to an application for a writ of habeas corpus in a community supervision case. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to creating the criminal offense of financial abuse of an elderly individual. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to permissible uses of the instructional materials and technology allotment. Education |
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Relating to additional optional training and course work for public school principals. Education |
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Relating to a state employment preference for certain individuals who reside with veterans with a disability. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the establishment of a constable's department civil service system in certain counties; creating a criminal offense. Local Government |
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Relating to an evaluation by the housing and health services coordination council of the 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network. Local Government |
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Relating to adverse disproportionalities within the child protective services system. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authority of a county assistance district to perform district functions outside the district. Local Government |
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Relating to the reading and marking of a ballot by a person occupying a voting station or by the person's child. State Affairs |
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Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in a capital murder case and the review of certain convictions by the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to automatic orders of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain misdemeanor defendants. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the regulation and inspection procedures of certain long-term care facilities, including a survey of certain facilities' emergency power sources. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the payment of insurance deductibles for property insurance claims. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the state's burden of proof in certain asset forfeiture proceedings under the Code of Criminal Procedure. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care. Higher Education |
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Relating to authority of the governor and certain political subdivisions to regulate firearms, ammunition, knives, air guns, explosives, and combustibles and certain associated businesses during certain disasters and emergencies. State Affairs |
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Relating to the school district property value study conducted by the comptroller of public accounts. Local Government |
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Relating to the requirement for certain public school teachers and principals to attend a literacy achievement academy or otherwise demonstrate proficiency in reading instruction. Education |
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Relating to child water safety requirements for certain organizations; authorizing disciplinary action, including an administrative penalty. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the construction of certain assisted living facilities within a 500-year floodplain in certain counties. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the regulation of food production on single-family residential lots by a municipality or property owners' association. Local Government |
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Relating to a potential erosion notice to purchasers of real property in a commercial or residential development in certain counties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to law enforcement's use of force by means of a drone. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the requirements for interlocal contracts. Local Government |
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Relating to the breach of development agreement contracts governing land in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities. Local Government |
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Relating to the duration of a special open hunting season for game animals and certain game birds restricted to persons under 17 years old. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes. Local Government |
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Relating to the establishment by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of a grant program for regional postsecondary education collaboratives. Higher Education |
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Relating to services for children who are unfit or lack responsibility to proceed in juvenile court proceedings as a result of intellectual disabilities. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to ticket sales for charitable raffles conducted by the charitable foundations of certain professional sports teams. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain qualified residential rental assistance projects financed by private activity bonds. Local Government |
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Relating to the conduct of charitable bingo. State Affairs |
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Relating to funding of entities through the community collaborative grant program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge or commissioners court in certain counties. Local Government |
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Relating to data collection and receipt of certain reports by and consultation with the Collaborative Task Force on Public School Mental Health Services. Education |
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Relating to allowing certain counties to cease operation of a juvenile justice alternative education program. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the municipal regulation of housing for homeless individuals provided by a religious organization. Local Government |
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Relating to the calculation of net to land in the appraisal of open-space land for ad valorem tax purposes. Local Government |
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Relating to the distribution of funds designated for the low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the dates a retail fireworks permit holder may sell fireworks to the public. Local Government |
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Relating to the criminal penalties for the possession of certain tetrahydrocannabinols under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. State Affairs |
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Relating to the clarification of certain provisions regarding taxes imposed on the sale, rental, and use of motor vehicles. Finance |
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Relating to resources provided to human trafficking victims and the establishment of the trafficked persons grant program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to licensing examinations for certain court interpreters. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election and terms for officers. State Affairs |
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Relating to the eligibility of social workers for the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program. Local Government |
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Relating to Texas Department of Transportation agreements and property interests related to maintenance of certain transportation infrastructure and right-of-way. Transportation |
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Relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered mental health services must be filed. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the continuation of a residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation while the owner is temporarily absent because of service outside of the United States as a foreign service officer employed by the United States Department of State. Local Government |
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Relating to continuing education requirements for physicians regarding the identification and assistance of trafficked persons. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the administration of public school assessment instruments and the temporary suspension of certain accountability determinations for public schools in a school year in which public school operations are disrupted as a result of a declared disaster and the requirement to use those assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation of a public school student. Education |
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Relating to the transfer to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of certain responsibilities relating to postsecondary education and career counseling. Higher Education |
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Relating to the confinement in county jail of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the consideration of modeled sustained groundwater pumping in the adoption of desired future conditions in groundwater conservation districts. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs of colonia self-help centers in certain counties and to the representation of those counties on the Colonia Resident Advisory Committee. Local Government |
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Relating to an instruction guide for family members and caregivers of veterans who have mental health disorders. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the composition of and actions transferred by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to a merchant allowing a person suspected of committing or attempting to commit theft to complete a theft education program. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to annulment of a marriage on the grounds of fraud, duress, or force. State Affairs |
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Relating to the prohibited suspension of a provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure or Penal Code during a declared state of disaster. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to authorization for the creation of a county ethics commission in certain counties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the administration of certain mental health grant programs established by the Health and Human Services Commission. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to alternative times of possession under a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. State Affairs |
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Relating to the electronic administration of certain required assessment instruments, measures to support Internet connectivity for purposes of those assessment instruments, the adoption and administration of certain optional interim assessment instruments, and the review and use of the instructional materials and technology allotment. Education |
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Relating to establishing loan programs to assist certain micro-businesses by increasing access to capital; authorizing fees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the penalties for a violation of a quarantine or rule to protect pecans or pecan trees from diseases or pests; increasing civil penalties. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to computer science and technology education, training, and curriculum. Education |
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Relating to the creation of a pretrial intervention program for certain youth offenders; authorizing a fee. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the terminology used to describe transportation-related accidents. Transportation |
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Relating to limitations periods in arbitration proceedings. State Affairs |
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Relating to activities the tolerance of which may constitute maintenance of a common nuisance. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the certification of live music venues by and other duties of the Texas Music Office. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the requirement to compare and verify signatures when renting a motor vehicle. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to information regarding state agency vehicle fleets. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to occupational driver's licenses and to the renewal of driver's licenses. Transportation |
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Relating to restrictions under disaster remediation contracts; providing a civil penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to inclusion of funds received by certain educational institutions or programs in foundation school program funds for purposes of certain budget reductions. Education |
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Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the ballot application requirements for the election of a precinct chair. State Affairs |
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Relating to energy savings performance contracts. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to monuments, markers, medallions, and antiquities controlled by or in the custody of the Texas Historical Commission; authorizing civil penalties. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the applicability of certain laws to certain public schools and certain requirements of a charter school that receives certain tax exemptions. Finance |
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Relating to the licensing of marriage and family therapists, marriage and family therapist associates, professional counselors, professional counselor associates, and social workers, including certain out-of-state applicants. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the date a deferral or abatement of the collection of ad valorem taxes on the residence homestead of an elderly or disabled person or disabled veteran expires. Local Government |
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Relating to expanding the definition of bicycle to include modifications necessary for adaptive riding by persons with disabilities. Transportation |
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Relating to the establishment of a sickle cell disease registry. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the prohibited use or dissemination of certain private or false information; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the operation and administration of and practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the statute of limitations for tampering with certain physical evidence. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to payments associated with certain medical examinations under the workers' compensation system; imposing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day. Education |
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Relating to the funding of public retirement systems. Finance |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas youth livestock show grant program. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the social studies curriculum in public schools. State Affairs |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain public retirement systems for police and fire fighters to participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System. Finance |
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Relating to the operation of a vehicle or combination of vehicles on a state highway or farm or ranch road at a weight that exceeds the maximum weight authorized for the road; imposing a criminal penalty. Transportation |
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Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities. Transportation |
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Relating to the confidentiality of juvenile justice information. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to county jailers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the burden of proof in a suit or administrative proceeding to establish that an area is subject to the public beach easement. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the employment status of certain remote service workers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of entities regulated by the Texas Department of Insurance to conduct business electronically. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the extension of the expiration of certain parts of the Texas Economic Development Act. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the eligibility of the Windham School District to participate in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the creation of a court reminder program for criminal defendants. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the organization and efficient operation of the legislative branch of state government through joint entities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the administration of medication to certain persons in the custody of a sheriff. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to providing children committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and prisoners serving a sentence in a county jail with certain documents on discharge or release; authorizing a fee. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the authority of certain counties to cancel platted subdivisions that have remained undeveloped. Local Government |
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Relating to training on emergency management for members of the emergency management council and state emergency response commission. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the release of a defendant arrested for a misdemeanor punishable by fine only. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the statewide intellectual and developmental disabilities coordinating council. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the statewide interagency aging services coordinating council. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to sexual harassment by lobbyists and certain elected or appointed state officers. Jurisprudence |
Committee re-referral on the following: |
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Relating to the production and regulation of hemp and consumable hemp products; authorizing a fee. Re-referred from Business & Commerce to Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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