BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Friday March 26, 2021 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the State Utilities Reliability Fund and the State Utilities Reliability Revenue Fund to provide financial support for projects that enhance the reliability of water, electricity, natural gas and broadband utilities in this state. Business & Commerce |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by a school district a portion of the appraised value of an individual's residence homestead. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the issuance of general obligation bonds to support the development of public telecommunications and information services infrastructure in this state. Business & Commerce |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the residence homesteads of certain educators who purchase school supplies. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude. State Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the enactment of a law that imposes a tax on certain transactions that either convey a security or involve specified derivative contracts. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment exempting this state from daylight saving time. State Affairs |
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Relating to civil and criminal liability for doxing; creating an offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the provision of home dialysis care by a dialysis technician. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the program requiring dyslexia screening and testing in public schools. Education |
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Relating to a student's eligibility for special education services provided by a school district. Education |
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Relating to online courses and programs offered by a public school, including courses and programs offered through the state virtual school network. Education |
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Relating to establishing a system for the sharing of information regarding cyber attacks or other cybersecurity incidents occurring in schools in this state. Education |
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Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade. Education |
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Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations. Education |
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Relating to the protection of expressive rights of student organizations at public institutions of higher education. State Affairs |
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Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain bonds issued by public institutions of higher education in this state to acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip the property, buildings, structures, or facilities of or the related infrastructure for those institutions. Higher Education |
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Relating to course requirements for public high school students and a requirement to collect and report information regarding endorsements earned by public school students. Education |
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Relating to continuing education for public school counselors and the provision of postsecondary counseling by certain counselors at public schools. Education |
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Relating to the designation of the portion of United States Highway 54 in El Paso County as the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to continuing education requirements for physicians and nurses regarding human trafficking. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to an appraisal procedure for disputed losses under personal automobile insurance policies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to certain group health care benefits and the promotion of telehealth services for certain persons who are eligible for Medicaid or the child health plan program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the entitlement of certain military veterans to obtain a nursing license by examination. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to promoting racial equity in the hiring and promotion of faculty members by public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to small business recovery funds and insurance tax credits for certain investments in those funds; imposing a monetary penalty; authorizing fees. Finance |
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Relating to state and local taxes and fees; imposing a tax; imposing fees. Finance |
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Relating to sales and use taxes on e-cigarettes and nicotine products; imposing taxes. Finance |
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Relating to the elimination of regular mandatory vehicle safety inspections and the imposition of replacement fees. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the Texas Community Reinvestment Act; authorizing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the provision of certain co-navigation services to persons who are deaf-blind. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a supplemental special education services and instructional materials program for certain public school students receiving special education services. Education |
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Relating to subpoenas, orders, and warrants for the disclosure of location information, electronic customer communications records, and electronic customer data and for the use of pen registers, ESN readers, cell site simulators, and mobile tracking devices; creating a criminal offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to provisions to enable the prevention and prosecution of trafficking of persons and certain sexual offenses committed against children and to the commission of civil racketeering related to the trafficking of persons. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to appellate jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission regarding certain water or sewer utility fees. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of electric and hybrid vehicles. Transportation |
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Relating to the management of wildlife and wildlife habitat by a home-rule municipality; authorizing a fee. Local Government |
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Relating to expanding access to women's health care services and family planning services by removing restrictions on the participation of certain health care providers. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to recommendations made by the Parks and Wildlife Department and intervention by the Parks and Wildlife Department in matters regarding certain permits. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to building codes applicable in the unincorporated areas of a county; authorizing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the computation of the unemployment tax rate paid by certain employers; making an appropriation. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to local government corporations created for the development, construction, operation, management, or financing of transportation projects. Transportation |
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Relating to the equalization for road use consumption for alternatively fueled vehicles imposed at the time of registration or registration renewal; authorizing a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to the role of the secretary of state in elections. State Affairs |
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Relating to a moratorium on certain election practices and procedures. State Affairs |
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Relating to election integrity; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. State Affairs |
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Relating to the reporting of political expenditures made with a credit card in a political report. State Affairs |
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Relating to recreational vehicle rental communities. Local Government |
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Relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating oil and gas operations within the State of Texas. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on the appraisal review board of certain appraisal districts. Local Government |
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Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle. Transportation |
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Relating to the rules of the road regarding red signals at certain traffic-controls signals. Transportation |
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Relating to a prohibition on the purchase of periodicals by a state agency. Administration |
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Relating to procedures regarding defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the inclusion of civics education in public schools, including continuing education requirements on civics education for certain classroom teachers. Education |
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Relating to pretrial procedures, conditions for community supervision, and criminal punishment for conduct endangering the public safety; creating a criminal offense and increasing criminal penalties. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to extreme risk protective orders; creating criminal offenses. State Affairs |
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Relating to the enforcement of parking privileges for people with disabilities; authorizing a reimbursement fee. Transportation |
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Relating to the services provided by a colonia self-help center. Local Government |
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Relating to the creation of a joint interim committee to study colonias and colonia initiatives in this state. Local Government |
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Relating to financial assistance provided to political subdivisions by the Texas Water Development Board for nature-based water quality enhancement projects. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to a restriction on permits authorizing direct discharges of waste or pollutants into water in certain stream segments or assessment units. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to operating requirements for farm mutual insurance companies related to insurance in force on rural property. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the eligibility and designation of certain gas entities and gas facilities as critical during an energy emergency. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to coordinating severe weather preparedness in critical electric and natural gas infrastructure; authorizing an administrative penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to improvements to access to health care in this state, including increased access to and scope of coverage under health benefit plans and Medicaid, and to improvements in health outcomes; authorizing an assessment; imposing penalties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant, or physician, regarding death certificates and certain do-not-resuscitate orders. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to low income housing tax credits administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Local Government |
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Relating to information provided by health care providers and hospitals to certain patients regarding pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance programs for insulin. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to license application procedures prescribed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for certain insurance adjusters. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the payment of insurance deductibles and release of insurance proceeds to contractors for property insurance claims. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to securitizing costs of electric services or electric markets. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to reenrollment of certain retirees in the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program. Education |
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Relating to a study on potential improvements to training provided to 9-1-1 emergency service call takers and dispatchers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the issuance of a citation or written notice to appear to a person charged with the offense of driving while license invalid. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the filing of certain reports of political contributions and expenditures. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Police Service Animals Memorial Monument in the Capitol Complex. Administration |
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Relating to the composition of the Governor's EMS and Trauma Advisory Council. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the payment of delinquent ad valorem taxes on property subject to a tax sale. Local Government |
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Relating to the procedure for making any change from any voting standard, practice, or procedure authorized by the Election Code. State Affairs |
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Relating to the impoundment of certain motor vehicles involved in the commission of the offense of racing on a highway. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the terms of appointed members of boards and commissions in certain counties. Local Government |
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Relating to the knowledge test required for a commercial driver's license. Transportation |
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Relating to the authorization of dual certification of convenience and necessity for water and sewer service in incorporated or annexed areas. Local Government |
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Relating to the use of certain titles by a structural engineer. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the assumption by the office of the secretary of state of the powers and duties relating to driver's licenses, personal identification certificates, and other related programs, powers, and duties and to the provision of some of those services by certain vendors; authorizing a fee. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Pollinator-Smart program for solar energy sites. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to renaming the Center for Elimination of Disproportionality and Disparities to the office of health equity and to the duties of that office. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the conveyance of certain real property by certain navigation districts. Ports, Select |
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Relating to criminal justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the inclusion of an elective course on the founding principles of the United States in the curriculum for public high school students and the posting of the founding documents of the United States in public school buildings. Education |
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Relating to credit for reinsurance governed by certain covered agreements and ceded to certain assuming insurers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the production and regulation of hemp and consumable hemp products; providing administrative penalties; imposing and authorizing fees; creating a criminal offense. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to prohibiting certain contracts or agreements between a public institution of higher education and a Confucius Institute. Higher Education |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute. Higher Education |
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Relating to the accrual of a cause of action for purposes of certain laws governing certain construction liability claims. State Affairs |
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Relating to the response and resilience of certain utilities to major weather-related events or natural disasters. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a fee collected by a landlord in lieu of a security deposit. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the effect of municipal annexation of territory in the City of Conroe Municipal Management District No. 3. Local Government |
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Relating to grants available to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to provide services to students after a disaster in the state of Texas; an adjustment to prevent generational educational decline under the public school finance system; and ensure maintenance of effort. Education |
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Relating to the contributions to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and supplemental funding for public schools. Finance |
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Relating to the reporting of Hotel Occupancy Tax to local jurisdictions. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the distribution of emergency health resources by the state. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the required minutes of service during each school day for a classroom teacher in public schools. Education |
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Relating to restricting the written information a public school teacher is required to provide in a lesson plan. Education |
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Relating to the investment and use of excess residential mortgage loan originator recovery fund fees; changing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a leave pool for school district employees. Education |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain children who are enrolled in a child care services program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission for free prekindergarten programs in public schools. Education |
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Relating to a statewide opioid settlement agreement. Finance |
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Relating to simplified certification and recertification requirements for certain persons under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the fee for emergency medical services in certain municipalities. Local Government |
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Relating to access by an institution of higher education to the TexShare library consortium. Higher Education |
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Relating to adjustment of the average daily attendance for school districts providing additional half-day instruction for certain students. Education |
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Relating to the creation of a broadband Internet connectivity and broadband access grant program to facilitate instruction and learning for public school students. Transportation |
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Relating to the provision of child care. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to improper unemployment compensation benefits refunded by a claimant to the Texas Workforce Commission. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to road specifications and safety standards for access to a solid waste facility. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance; authorizing an increase in the rate of a tax. Finance |
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Relating to use of Texas emissions reduction plan funds for a small non-road engine purchase incentive program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to municipal civil service for fire fighters and police officers. Local Government |
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Relating to the creation of the Task Force on Prevention and Investigation of Violent Crime. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of the Texas Health Insurance Exchange and an exchange reinsurance program. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to home and community support services licensing requirements. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the enforcement of insurance laws, including laws governing the unauthorized business of insurance; authorizing administrative penalties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of insurance professionals. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to Firefighters Enrolled in Fire Science Courses Higher Education |
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Relating to the use of competitive sealed proposals for certain construction projects. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the universal service fund. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to oversize and overweight vehicle permits. Transportation |
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Relating to motor vehicle size and weight limitations. Transportation |
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Relating to certain temporary vehicle permits and tags. Transportation |
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Relating to motor vehicle titles. Transportation |
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Relating to a defense under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for persons engaged in certain scrap metal recycling transactions. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to procedures for and the consequences of the dishonorable discharge of certain peace officers; creating a criminal offense. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the promotion of off-label uses of certain drugs, biological products, and devices. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to contingent fee contracts for legal services. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the contributions to and benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Finance |
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Relating to the regulation of security measures by a property owners' association. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the approval of certain private or independent institutions of higher education to participate in the tuition equalization grant program. Higher Education |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Competency-Based Education Grant Program for certain students enrolled in competency-based baccalaureate degree programs and to formula funding and dropped and repeated course restrictions for students enrolled in those degree programs at public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the creation of the opioid abatement account. Finance |
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Relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting steel products made in the United States; authorizing a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to the electronic Medicaid recipient directories maintained by Medicaid managed care organizations. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the powers of property owners' associations relating to restrictive covenants in certain subdivisions. Local Government |
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Relating to the increase of penalties for those who engage in the crime of solicitation or trafficking on school premises. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of indecency with a child. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to post-release housing for inmates released on parole or to mandatory supervision. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a database of employers penalized for failure to pay wages or convicted of certain criminal offenses involving wage theft. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the statute of limitations applicable to a complaint filed with the Texas Workforce Commission regarding an unlawful employment practice. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the vote required to release certain inmates on parole. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties to be used for transportation projects. Transportation |
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Relating to the modification of a 99-year lease of certain state property. Transportation |
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Relating to establishing an advisory board to study the creation of an entity to facilitate the certification, buying, and selling of carbon capture and sequestration credits. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes. Finance |
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Relating to the school district property value study conducted by the comptroller of public accounts. Finance |
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Relating to the possession of property to be acquired by eminent domain during pending litigation in a condemnation proceeding. State Affairs |
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Relating to the weather preparedness of facilities for providing electric service. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the collection and reporting of certain information regarding mental health jail diversion. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the registration and regulation of health clubs. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to training requirements for certain individuals for inclusion in the nurse aide registry. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to law enforcement policies for peace officer response to certain family violence offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a model suicide prevention policy, the incorporation of suicide prevention and intervention strategies in a crisis plan or disaster plan of certain state agencies, access to suicide death information maintained by the Department of State Health Services, and the establishment of the Texas Violent Death Reporting System. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the residence homesteads of certain educators who purchase school supplies. Finance |
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Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain physicians to provide and receive remuneration for workers' compensation health care services. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a temporary exemption from sales and use taxes for certain personal protective equipment. Finance |
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Relating to an appeal through binding arbitration of an appraisal review board order determining a protest concerning a residence homestead for which the property owner has elected to defer the collection of ad valorem taxes. Local Government |
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Relating to a survey developed and administered by the Texas Education Agency prior to assessment instruments. Education |
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Relating to certain vocational nursing students providing essential services during a declared state of disaster. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the issuance of temporary licenses for certain out-of-state health care practitioners for a charitable purpose. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a study and pilot program to evaluate the provision of prenatal and well child care in a group clinical setting and authority to take related action. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to regulating the servicing of certain student loans, requiring the occupational licensing of certain student loan servicers, and the designation of a student loan ombudsman within the Texas Department of Banking; authorizing fees; authorizing civil and administrative penalties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to creating an electronic application system for state student financial assistance. Higher Education |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain groups or associations that include self-employed individuals to participate in a multiple employer welfare arrangement. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation of a task force by the commissioner of education on students residing in temporary living arrangements. Education |
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Relating to the regulation of elevator mechanics and contractors; requiring an occupational registration. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain telecommunicators for workers' compensation and other benefits. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an annual permit for certain equipment used to apply paint to roadways; authorizing a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to the consideration of a subsequent writ of habeas corpus in certain felony cases. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the issuance and execution of certain search warrants in a criminal investigation and the admissibility of evidence obtained through certain searches. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to prohibiting discrimination against living organ donors by certain insurers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts. Education |
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Relating to the date on which an election for trustees of certain school districts must be held. Education |
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Relating to penalties for violating certain county and municipal regulations regarding the operation of a boarding home facility; imposing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. Local Government |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain past misdemeanors and felonies. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to fees of office payable to directors of certain municipal management districts. Local Government |
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Relating to the duty of a county clerk to send a copy of a recorded deed to the grantor. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a requirement for a deed to include a statement regarding certain fraudulent conveyances or recordings. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to requiring an emergency operation plan for continued treatment of patients in an end stage renal disease facility in the event of a disaster and the prioritization of power restoration for those facilities during certain disasters. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee. Jurisprudence |
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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 the authorization and reporting of expenditures for lobbying activities by certain political subdivisions and other public entities. Local Government |
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Relating to the renewal of local disaster declarations. Local Government |
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Relating to the applicability of the prohibition on governmental entities adopting certain regulations governing the use of certain building products, materials, or methods. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the applicability of the prohibition on governmental entities adopting certain regulations governing the use of certain building products, materials, or methods. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to preauthorization and utilization review for certain health benefit plans. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to postconviction forensic DNA testing. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to open meetings of governmental bodies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the manner in which an individual who has elected to defer collection of a tax, abate a suit to collect delinquent tax, or abate a sale to foreclose a tax lien on the individual's residence homestead is listed on the delinquent tax roll of a taxing unit. Local Government |
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Relating to the repeal of certain provisions governing the establishment and administration of a state bullion Finance |
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Relating to the establishment of certain programs to facilitate early high school graduation and enrollment at public institutions of higher education and to the repeal of the Early High School Graduation Scholarship program. Higher Education |
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Relating to curriculum requirements in American and Texas history at institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the applicability of uniform grant and contract management standards to certain Texas Water Development Board programs. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the effect of municipal annexation of territory in the Roman Forest Public Utility District No. 3. Local Government |
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Relating to the creation of the Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District; providing the authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees. Local Government |
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Relating to the release on bail of a person charged with a violation of parole or mandatory supervision. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to a limitation on the use of certain unsubstantiated information relating to peace officer misconduct. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to a Texas Medical Board complaint for a violation described by Section 22.011(b)(12), Penal Code. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem for children in the managing conservatorship of this state and funding those attorneys ad litem through an instant-ticket lottery. State Affairs |
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Relating to global and cultural studies instruction and mandatory graduation requirements in public schools. Education |
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Relating to elections. State Affairs |
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Relating to the regulatory authority of the savings and mortgage lending commissioner; authorizing fees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to instruction in informed patriotism in public schools. Education |