BILLS REFERRED TODAY

Monday

May 17, 2021

Committee referral on the following:

Relating to the use of promotoras and community health workers in Medicaid managed care.

Health & Human Services

Relating to a prohibition on prosecuting or referring to juvenile court certain persons for certain conduct constituting the offense of prostitution, to the provision of services to those persons, and to the prosecution of related criminal offenses.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the establishment of a grant program for promoting computer science certification and professional development in coding, technology applications, cybersecurity, and computer science for public school teachers.

Education

Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the criminal offense of obstruction or retaliation.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to the use of the compensatory education allotment for programs that build certain social and emotional skills.

Education

Relating to the representation of certain indigent applicants for a writ of habeas corpus.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the eligibility of nurses for workers' compensation benefits for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and payment of those benefits.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the execution of a warrant issued for certain releasees who violate a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision.

Criminal Justice

Relating to creating a voluntary certification for recovery housing.

Health & Human Services

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

Criminal Justice

Relating to authorizing a dropout recovery competency-based educational program provided through a campus or campus program charter or open-enrollment charter school.

Education

Relating to the health literacy advisory committee and health literacy in the state health plan.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the authority of an emergency services district to provide preventive health care services; authorizing a fee.

Local Government

Relating to disclosure of a beneficiary to a funeral director under a life insurance policy.

Business & Commerce

Relating to preferential voting in runoff elections for certain voters voting by mail.

State Affairs

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

Criminal Justice

Relating to the powers and duties of the Parks and Wildlife Department regarding wind-powered energy devices; providing a civil penalty.

Local Government

Relating to requiring the corroboration of certain testimony in a criminal case involving a controlled substance.

Jurisprudence

Relating to law enforcement policies and procedures regarding body worn cameras.

Jurisprudence

Relating to hiring and licensing certain veterans as peace officers.

State Affairs

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

Jurisprudence

Relating to an exemption from motor fuel taxes for certain fuel used by a rural transit district to provide public transportation.

Transportation

Relating to measures to support and acknowledge public school student achievement, including continuing education requirements for a classroom teacher to include project-based learning and the consideration of certain student achievement indicators under the public school accountability system.

Education

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault or aggravated assault of a process server.

Criminal Justice

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

Criminal Justice

Relating to a vendor's remedies for nonpayment of a contract with this state or a political subdivision of this state.

Local Government

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

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

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

State Affairs

Relating to an entity responsible for the local share of qualified project costs under the ship channel improvement revolving fund.

Transportation

Relating to efficiency audits of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program and the state temporary assistance and support services program.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the prescribing and ordering of Schedule II controlled substances by certain advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants.

Health & Human Services

Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital projects at public institutions of higher education.

Higher Education

Relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises.

State Affairs

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

Local Government

Relating to health benefit plan coverage of clinician-administered drugs.

Business & Commerce

Relating to an exemption from cemetery location restrictions for a funeral establishment licensed in this state.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the requirements for an application for a permit to manage wildlife and exotic animals from aircraft; authorizing a fee.

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to the audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact; authorizing fees.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the reinstatement of eligibility for medical assistance of certain children placed in juvenile facilities.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the confidentiality of certain autopsy records.

Health & Human Services

Relating to status offenses committed by a child, including the repeal of the status offense of a child voluntarily running away from home.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on certain student identification cards issued by a public school.

Education

Relating to prohibiting oral releases for automobile insurance claims.

Business & Commerce

Relating to a study on the use of alternative therapies for treating post-traumatic stress disorder.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security

Relating to the definition of "closing" for purposes of certain private activity bonds.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the establishment of a statewide all payor claims database to increase public transparency of health care data and improve quality of health care in this state.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the civil liability of a children's isolation unit in a hospital.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the purchase and installation of climate control systems at facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Finance

Relating to procedures and practices governing the appeal of a disciplinary action within the Department of Public Safety.

Jurisprudence

Relating to enrollment of certain retirees in the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program.

Education

Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

Local Government

Relating to the waiver of jurisdiction and discretionary transfer of a child from a juvenile court to a criminal court.

Jurisprudence

Relating to coverage for childhood cranial remolding orthosis under certain health benefit plans.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the purchase of a United States flag or Texas flag by a governmental agency.

Administration

Relating to the eligibility requirements for a license to carry a handgun.

State Affairs

Relating to trusts.

State Affairs

Relating to decedents' estates and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with those estates or multiple-party accounts.

State Affairs

Relating to durable powers of attorney and the construction of certain powers conferred in those powers of attorney.

State Affairs

Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation on future transportation needs for the year 2045.

Transportation

Relating to the authority of certain counties to adopt a land bank program.

Local Government

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or postsecondary educational institutions.

State Affairs

Relating to the affirmative defense to prosecution for a criminal offense for persons acting under duress.

Criminal Justice

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

Criminal Justice

Relating to the participation and reimbursement of certain military medical treatment facilities and affiliated health care providers under Medicaid.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the evaluation of applications for certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

Local Government

Relating to measures to improve community supervision outcomes.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the waiver of requirements for removing a person's license from inactive status during a state of disaster.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims.

State Affairs

Relating to the exclusion of certain conveyances from classification as pretended sales.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the imposition of tolls on Fairmont Parkway in Harris County.

Transportation

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.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the exemption of certain firefighters and police officers from jury service.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the operation by a school district of a vocational education program to provide eligible high school students with vocational and educational training under a plan for the issuance of a high school diploma and the application of certain student-based allotments under the public school finance system.

Education

Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce development boards regarding the provision of child care and the subsidized child care program.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to a license to carry a handgun for a person who is at increased risk of becoming a victim of violence.

State Affairs

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

Education

Relating to eligibility for a loan under the disaster recovery loan program.

Finance

Relating to an exemption to the cancellation of a water right for nonuse.

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to eligibility to serve as a member of a board of directors of certain public improvement districts.

Local Government

Relating to the posting of certain business and occupational licensing information on state agency websites and the Texas Veterans Portal.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security

Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of use of laser pointers; increasing a criminal penalty.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the donation of food by public school campuses.

Education

Relating to the offense of solicitation of prostitution and certain other consequences of that offense; increasing a criminal penalty; making conforming changes.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security

Relating to the governance and administration of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and to certain disclosures made in relation to the provision of funding for indigent defense services.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the fee for emergency medical services in certain municipalities.

Local Government

Relating to county subdivision platting requirements for recreational vehicle communities.

Local Government

Relating to prohibiting the physical restraint of or use of chemical irritants on certain public school students by peace officers and school security personnel under certain circumstances.

Education

Relating to child custody evaluations.

State Affairs

Relating to a study on the establishment of a statewide homelessness data system.

Local Government

Relating to the regulation of licensed dog and cat breeders.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 276 in Hunt and Rains Counties as the Staff Sergeant Shawn Henry McNabb Memorial Bridge.

Transportation

Relating to possession or promotion of child sexual abuse material; increasing a criminal penalty; changing eligibility for community supervision.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the health care providers authorized to examine a person to determine whether the person is incapacitated for purposes of certain guardianship proceedings.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the creation of the Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 5; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

Relating to requiring the disclosure of fees charged for the sale of concert and other event tickets.

Business & Commerce

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

Criminal Justice

Relating to legislative leave for certain peace officers commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife Department.

State Affairs

Relating to the accrual of a cause of action for purposes of certain laws governing certain construction liability claims.

State Affairs

Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a workplace soft skills training pilot program.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to personal contact information submitted by certain local officials to the Texas Division of Emergency Management and local health departments.

Business & Commerce

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

Transportation

Relating to the appeal of certain orders regarding dangerous dogs.

Local Government

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

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

Finance

Relating to a landowner's bill of rights statement in connection with the acquisition of real property through eminent domain.

State Affairs

Relating to disclosures regarding indemnification obligations and insurance coverage in connection with provision of services pertaining to wells or mines by certain subcontractors.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

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

State Affairs

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.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 9A; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

Relating to the correction or removal of certain obsolete provisions of the Property Code.

State Affairs

Relating to motor vehicle titles, registration, and license plates.

Transportation

Relating to the security requirement for the issuance or renewal of a motor vehicle dealer general distinguishing number or a wholesale motor vehicle auction general distinguishing number.

Transportation

Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade.

Education

Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.

Criminal Justice

Relating to certain qualifications and requirements for residential mortgage loan companies.

Business & Commerce

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

Transportation

Relating to vehicle modification services provided under the vocational rehabilitation program.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to state agency contracting and state employees, officers, contractors, and other persons involved with the contracting.

Finance

Relating to the statewide implementation of community-based foster care by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain employees who leave the workplace to care for a minor child and to a requirement that the Texas Workforce Commission pilot the use of certain third-party employment and income information to assist with determining unemployment benefit eligibility.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to interest lists and eligibility criteria for certain Medicaid waiver programs.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the provision of home telemonitoring services under Medicaid.

Health & Human Services

Relating to financial assistance by the Texas Water Development Board for backup power generators in economically distressed areas for public water supply and sanitary sewer systems.

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to measures to support the alignment of education and workforce development in the state with state workforce needs, including the establishment of the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative.

Higher Education

Relating to requirements for public drinking water supply systems and certain rates and fees charged by water supply corporations.

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to the display of emergency and other notices by a governmental entity on the entity's Internet website.

Business & Commerce

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

Education

Relating to the cost for certain public school students of a broadband Internet access program offered by the Texas Education Agency.

Education

Relating to the regulation of political funds, campaigns, and lobbying, including certain functions and procedures of the Texas Ethics Commission.

State Affairs

Relating to the interconnection and operation of certain distributed electric generation facilities for the food supply chain.

Business & Commerce

Relating to an application to vote early by mail on the grounds of disability or confinement for childbirth.

State Affairs

Relating to the loss of benefits of and the payment of certain employer contributions for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service.

Education

Relating to surcharges imposed for the use of a credit card and to certain reimbursements and discounts allowed for the collection and payment of sales and use taxes.

Business & Commerce

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain tests to detect prostate cancer.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the creation of the open burn pit registry fund and the issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the United States armed forces exposed to open burn pits.

Transportation

Relating to construction of certain laws prohibiting discrimination, distinctions, inducements, rebates, and certain other conduct related to property and casualty insurance.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the composition and use of money in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund.

Finance

Relating to the offense of providing an alcoholic beverage to a minor; increasing a criminal penalty.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the collection of fines, fees, and court costs in criminal actions and proceedings.

Jurisprudence

Relating to a study on the provision of applied behavior analysis services to children with autism under Medicaid and other public benefits programs.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the notice of entry for the purpose of exercising the power of eminent domain by a common carrier pipeline.

State Affairs

Relating to the regulation of metal recycling; increasing a criminal penalty.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

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

Education

Relating to performance criteria for the award of adult education and literacy funds.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to the procedures to be used by an appraisal district in resolving a protest following the filing of a notice of protest by a property owner.

Local Government

Relating to the representation of a community supervision and corrections department in cases in which a person under the supervision of that department challenges the fact or duration of the supervision.

Criminal Justice

Relating to off-campus workforce education or lower-division programs offered by a public institution of higher education at the request of an employer.

Higher Education

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

Finance

Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to procedures for identifying defendants suspected of having a mental illness or intellectual disability.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the approval of career and technology courses by the State Board of Education.

Education

Relating to axle weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting aggregates.

Transportation

Relating to the prohibition of tolls on portions of State Highway 146 and State Highway 99.

Transportation

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.

Education

Relating to an application for a place on a ballot filed by a person convicted of a felony.

State Affairs

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.

Local Government

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

Local Government

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.

Local Government

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

Local Government

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.

Local Government

Relating to validating certain acts and proceedings of the East Lake Houston Management District and to the authority of the district to exercise certain powers, issue bonds, and impose fees, taxes, and assessments.

Local Government

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

Local Government

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.

Local Government

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.

Local Government

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

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Earthland Farms Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Austin 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

Relating to the territory of the Horizon Regional Municipal Utility District.

Local Government

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.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Veale Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting the power of eminent domain.

Local Government

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

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Parker County Municipal Management District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Local Government

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.

Local Government

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.

Local Government

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

Local Government

Relating to the powers and duties of the Conroe Municipal Management District No. 1, including the power to undertake and finance projects through taxes and bonds as a levee improvement district.

Local Government

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

Local Government

Relating to the 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.

Local Government

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.

Local Government

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

Local Government

Relating to the powers, duties, territory, and governance of the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District; creating a criminal offense.

Local Government

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.

Local Government

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.

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

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

Local Government

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

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the 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.

Local Government

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.

Local Government

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

Local Government

Relating to the powers of the Hidalgo County Drainage District Number 1; authorizing the issuance of bonds.

Local Government

Relating to authorizing the sale of certain real property by the State of Texas to the Trinity River Authority of Texas.

Local Government

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.

Local Government

Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Department of Public Safety to the City of Eagle Pass.

Local Government

Supporting prayers, including the use of the word "God," at public gatherings and displays of the Ten Commandments in public educational institutions and other government buildings.

State Affairs

Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to name the building being constructed on the east side of North Congress Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets the Barbara Jordan Building.

Administration

Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to rename the TWC building the Lloyd M. Bentsen State Office Building.

Administration

Designating Llano as the official Barrel Racing Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

Administration

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

Health & Human Services

Condemning racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Administration

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

Administration

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

Administration

Designating Celina as the official Halloween Capital of North Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

Administration