SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Wednesday

May 26, 2021

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

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.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the discharge by certain defendants of fines and costs through community service.

Relating to the provision of certain benefits under Medicaid and the Healthy Texas Women program, including the transition of case management for children and pregnant women program services and Healthy Texas Women program services to a managed care program.

Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence address.

Relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency on competency-based educational programs.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to establishment of the disaster identification system for a declared state of disaster.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to a study on expanding recovery housing in this state.

Relating to the consequences of receiving a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision and successfully completing the period of supervision.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the requirements for meetings held and Internet websites developed by certain special purpose districts.

Relating to the limitation period for filing a complaint and requesting a special education impartial due process hearing.

Relating to the duration of an appointment of a guardian ad litem or an attorney ad litem for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator.

Relating to a local remote learning program operated by a public school.

11 Floor Amendments

Relating to the use of an entity name that falsely implies governmental affiliation.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to attachments for broadband service on utility poles owned by an electric cooperative and establishing and funding a pole replacement program for deployment of certain broadband facilities.

Relating to certain extraordinary costs incurred by certain gas utilities relating to Winter Storm Uri and a study of measures to mitigate similar future costs; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and assessments.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to the public school finance system and public education.

23 Floor Amendments

Relating to cemeteries in certain municipalities.

Relating to certain required reports under the Texas workers' compensation system.

Relating to the issuance of Make-A-Wish specialty license plates.

Relating to the amount of a hospital or physician lien on certain causes of action or claims.

Relating to quarantine leave for fire fighters, peace officers, detention officers, and emergency medical technicians employed by, appointed by, or elected for a political subdivision.

Relating to creating a bilingual special education certification to teach students of limited English proficiency with disabilities.

Relating to data collection and receipt of certain reports by and consultation with the Collaborative Task Force on Public School Mental Health Services.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the forfeiture of contraband relating to the criminal offense of racing on a highway.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to an educational and vocational training pilot program for certain state jail felony defendants and certain inmates released on parole; changing parole eligibility.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to an exception from required disclosure of information related to certain crime victims.

Relating to the reporting of a sexual assault and to the collection and submission of evidence with respect to that offense.

Relating to the establishment and duties of the Texas 1836 Project.

3 Floor Amendments

Relating to matters regarding educators, including the composition of the State Board for Educator Certification, the issuance of certain sanctions by the board, and requiring a school district to notify a teacher regarding the submission of certain complaints to the board.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to public school elective courses providing academic study of the Bible offered to certain students.

Relating to the emergency services and care provided to victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses and to the processes associated with preserving and analyzing the evidence of those offenses.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the transfer to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of certain responsibilities relating to postsecondary education and career counseling.

Relating to the confinement in county jail of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Relating to notice required in connection with possessory liens on certain motor vehicles.

Relating to election practices and procedures.

3 Floor Amendments

Relating to a voluntary quality standards certification process for certain private residential psychiatric treatment facilities that provide treatments and services to youth; imposing fees; authorizing civil and administrative penalties.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to energy efficiency building standards.

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.

Relating to the issuance and execution of certain search warrants in a criminal investigation and the admissibility of evidence obtained through certain searches.

Relating to certain benefits payable by the public retirement systems for police and fire fighters in certain municipalities.

Relating to information regarding state agency vehicle fleets.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to work from remote locations by certain employees of certain entities licensed by the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner.

Relating to the provision of vocational training to inmates confined in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice transfer facility.

Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.

Relating to certain notifications required following a breach of security of computerized data.

Relating to the operation and administration of and practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to the release of a reversionary interest in certain real property by the Health and Human Services Commission and conditions related to that release.

Relating to a student's eligibility for special education services provided by a school district, including services for dyslexia and related disorders.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the funding of public retirement systems.

Relating to the production and regulation of hemp and consumable hemp products; providing administrative penalties; creating a criminal offense.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to student enrollment in certain special-purpose districts and the allotment under the public school finance system for those districts.

Relating to requirements for and prohibited uses of information contained in the immunization registry.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to the use of certain tax revenue by certain municipalities.

3 Floor Amendments

Relating to the qualifications of directors of certain municipal development districts.

Relating to participation in, contributions to, and the benefits and administration of retirement systems for police officers in certain municipalities.

Relating to securitizing costs associated with electric markets; granting authority to issue bonds.

5 Floor Amendments

Relating to instruction on informed American patriotism in public schools.

Relating to the assessment of public school students, the establishment of a strong foundations grant program, and providing accelerated instruction for students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the creation of the Sterrett Road Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the TRR 243 Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds and impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the authority of the Barrett Management District to finance an improvement project or service.

Relating to the qualifications and method of electing directors of the High Point Special Utility District of Kaufman and Rockwall Counties.

Relating to the creation of the Uptown Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Collin County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

2 Floor Amendments

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

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the creation of the Wildwood Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

The Senate reconsidered passage to third reading and finally passed:

Relating to the taking of a blood specimen on arrest for certain intoxication offenses.

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

Relating to the criminal offenses of violation of civil rights of and improper sexual activity with persons in custody; increasing a criminal penalty.

1 Floor Amendment

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

Recognizing Imelda Garcia for her work with the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Recognizing Ralph H. Walton Jr. on the occasion of his retirement.

Recognizing the Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.

Recognizing Bob Phillips for 50 years of reporting on the Texas Country Reporter.

Recognizing the Westlake High School boys' golf team for winning a state championship.

Suspending the limitations on the conference committee jurisdiction for S.B. No. 1.

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

Designating the second week in October as Indigenous Peoples' Week for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

Designating April 6 as Tejano Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

The Senate adopted conference committee reports on the following bills:

General Appropriations Bill.

The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

Relating to liability of burn bosses in connection with certain prescribed burns.

Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving one or more child victims.

Relating to conditions of community supervision prohibiting contact with certain persons.

Relating to the disclosure of certain information regarding course materials by public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 114 in Wise County as the Sergeant Randy D. White Memorial Highway.

Relating to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court over certain persons and to the sealing and nondisclosure of certain juvenile records.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 198 in Henderson County as the Deputy Sheriff Tony Ogburn and Deputy Sheriff Paul Habelt Memorial Highway.

Relating to the issuance of bonds by certain conservation and reclamation districts.

Relating to the protection of animal and crop facilities; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to use of project funds of municipal development districts.

Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored.

Relating to the appointment of a receivership for and disposition of certain platted lots that are abandoned, unoccupied, and undeveloped in certain counties.

Relating to the amendment of a residential subdivision's declaration to affect certain types of property located in the subdivision.

Relating to a specialty court program to provide victim services in sexual assault cases.

Relating to the designation of July as Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month.

Relating to the establishment of a state employee family leave pool.

Relating to the location of pits used in the production of oil and gas.

Relating to applicability of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code to certain pools, spas, and other swimming areas.

Relating to the creation of the 7S Ranch Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the verification of the incarceration of an accused person in a criminal case for the purpose of discharging a surety's liability on a bail bond.

Relating to the designation of State Loop 256 in Palestine as the Bascom W. Bentley III Memorial Loop.

Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of real property that includes certain improvements used for the noncommercial production of food for personal consumption.

Relating to a parity complaint portal and educational materials and parity law training regarding benefits for mental health conditions and substance use disorders to be made available through the portal and otherwise; designating October as mental health condition and substance use disorder parity awareness month.

Relating to resources provided to human trafficking victims and the establishment of the trafficked persons grant program.

Relating to the acquisition of real property by an entity with eminent domain authority and the regulation of easement or right-of-way agents.

Relating to a commercial landlord's or tenant's remedies regarding certain unlawful activities in a multiunit commercial property.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 570 in Eastland County as the Deputy Kenneth Maltby Memorial Highway.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Morningstar Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Relating to the liability of certain volunteers who provide veterinary care or treatment and certain confidential or privileged information related to veterinary care or treatment.

Relating to certain information regarding taxpayers subject to an audit that is provided to members of the public.

Relating to the composition of and actions transferred by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation.

Relating to the appointment and removal of directors of a levee improvement district; validating certain appointments and actions of certain levee improvement districts.

Relating to child custody evaluations.

Relating to the release of a judgment lien on homestead property.

Relating to the powers and duties, authority to issue bonds, and authority to impose a tax of the SH130 Municipal Management District No. 1.

Relating to the creation of the Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 7; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the use of revenue from that tax.

Relating to the creation of the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission.

Relating to the overnight parking of a commercial motor vehicle near certain apartment complexes.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 10 as the U.S. Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez Memorial Highway.

Relating to the requirement to compare and verify signatures when renting a motor vehicle.

Relating to prohibited discrimination on the basis of an individual's political affiliation or expression by certain insurers.

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 40; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system as memorial highways for certain deceased peace officers.

Relating to the definition of coercion for purposes of trafficking of persons.

Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including a conforming amendment.

Relating to monuments, markers, medallions, and antiquities controlled by or in the custody of the Texas Historical Commission; authorizing civil penalties.

Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 86th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 242 in Montgomery County as the Sergeant Stacey Baumgartner Memorial Highway.

Relating to expanding the definition of bicycle to include devices with more than two wheels, including to accommodate modifications necessary for adaptive riding by persons with disabilities.

Relating to the appraisal of certain real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Relating to legislative oversight and funding of improvement and modernization projects for state agency information resources.

Relating to the authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant regarding death certificates.

Relating to a cause of action for the bad faith washout of an overriding royalty interest in an oil and gas lease.

Relating to the organization and efficient operation of the legislative branch of state government through joint entities.

Relating to the use of executory contracts for the purchase of land to be used as a residence in certain counties.

Relating to the control of virtual currency and the rights of purchasers who obtain control of virtual currency for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Relating to the creation of the Lakeview Point Municipal Utility District of Palo Pinto County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 202; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 251; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the LC Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Collin County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Blue Meadow Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Collin County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 164; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 576; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

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

Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Water Control and Improvement District No. 10; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 40; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 206; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds.

Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Management District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the authority of the Brazoria Drainage District Number Four to impose a maintenance tax and the validation of certain acts of the Brazoria Drainage District Number Four.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 249; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 246; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Mesquoakee Ranch Municipal Utility District of Collin County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 250; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 38; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

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.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 253; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Creedmoor Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 198; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the East Central Travis County Conservation and Reclamation District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 203; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

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.

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.

Relating to the creation of the Huntsville Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Walker County, Texas; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the authority of the City of Kemah Municipal Management District No. 1 to provide water and sewer service, exercise certain powers, issue bonds, and impose fees, taxes, and assessments and to the validation of certain acts and proceedings of the district.

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.

Relating to the creation of the Raintree Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Collin County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

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.

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

Designating San Angelo as the official Visual Arts Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

Designating November 5 as Type 1.5 Diabetes Awareness Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

Designating April as Beach Safety and Rip Current Awareness Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

Approving the SNAP settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

Recognizing the vital importance of the enduring friendship between Texas and the United Kingdom.

Authorizing the lieutenant governor and speaker to appoint joint committees.

The following bills were removed from the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

Relating to licensing examinations for certain court interpreters.

Relating to certain notice requirements and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness.

Relating to the payment methods for cigarette and tobacco products permit fees.