SENATE BILLS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS

Monday

May 22, 2023

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes, to increase the amount of an exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and certain component institutions of the Texas State University System and repealing the limitation on the allocation to the Texas State Technical College System and its campuses of the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education.

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas energy fund to support the construction, maintenance, modernization, and operation of electric generating facilities.

Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration.

Relating to restricting certain sexually oriented performances on public property, on the premises of a commercial enterprise, or in the presence of a child; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex.

Relating to the purpose of public institutions of higher education and the powers and duties of the governing boards of those institutions.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and the transfer to the commission of certain powers and duties from the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to the methods by which the comptroller may provide certain notices relating to the revocation or suspension of a permit or license or the forfeiture of corporate privileges in this state.

Relating to appellate jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission regarding certain water or sewer service fees.

Relating to the maintenance, administration, and disposal of opioid antagonists on public and private school campuses and to the permissible uses of money appropriated to a state agency from the opioid abatement account.

Relating to arbitration provisions in surplus lines insurance contracts.

Relating to the correction of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for providing water or sewer service.

Relating to the regulation of electric vehicle supply equipment; requiring an occupational registration; authorizing fees; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Relating to health benefit plan coverage of a transplant of an organ that originated from or is transplanted in a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting.

Relating to a uniform coordination of benefits questionnaire for health benefit plans.

Relating to a mitigation program and fees for the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the use of certain weapons in or on the bed or bank of a navigable river or stream; providing a penalty.

Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over an airport or military installation; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Relating to the temporary regulation of the practice of veterinary medicine by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Relating to the disclosure of certain medical information by electronic means.

Relating to prohibiting certain academic boycotts of foreign countries by public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the establishment of a terrorist offender registry and to the supervision of those terrorist offenders; creating criminal offenses related to terrorism.

Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process.

Relating to the establishment and administration of Health and Human Services Commission programs providing mental health services to certain individuals in this state.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the functions of the office of independent ombudsman for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, and the powers and duties of the office of inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

Relating to foreign terrorist organizations, including the compilation of information regarding, certain civil actions brought against, and the prosecution of certain organized crime offenses involving a foreign terrorist organization.

Relating to the registration of virtual currency mining facilities in the ERCOT power region that demand a large load of interruptible power.

Relating to an annual study by the Texas A&M University Texas Real Estate Research Center of the purchase and sale of single-family homes by certain institutional buyers.

Relating to the authority of a taxing unit to sell certain seized or foreclosed property to an owner of an abutting property without conducting a public sale.

Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by emergency medical services providers.