SENATE BILLS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS

Wednesday

May 24, 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 the reliability of the ERCOT power grid.

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 tenure and employment of faculty members at certain public institutions of higher education.

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 support for nursing-related postsecondary education, including scholarships to nursing students, loan repayment assistance to nurses and nursing faculty, and grants to nursing education programs.

Relating to local mental health authority and local behavioral health authority audits and mental and behavioral health reporting, services, and programs.

Relating to prohibited governmental entity implementation or enforcement of a vaccine mandate, mask requirement, or private business or school closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Relating to the creation of a criminal offense concerning the failure of certain persons to report abuse, neglect, or exploitation in boarding home facilities.

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

Relating to the issuance or amendment of a certificate of public convenience and necessity that authorizes the construction of an electrical substation.

Relating to the prosecution of a capital murder committed against a peace officer or fireman.

Relating to prices charged by a medical staffing services agency during certain designated public health disaster periods; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to accommodating voters with a disability.

Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans.

Relating to the issuance of a temporary teaching certificate to and requirements regarding educator certification for certain persons with experience as instructors for the Community College of the Air Force.

Relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to certain tax revenue related to a hotel and convention center project.

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 the conduct of charitable bingo.

Relating to the ownership of and certain insurance policy provisions regarding the geothermal energy and associated resources below the surface of land.

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 combination of certain election precincts.

Relating to the establishment of a crime laboratory portal by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and to disciplinary proceedings applicable to a crime laboratory or license holder investigated by the Texas Forensic Science Commission.

Relating to the requirement that providers of active shooter training at public schools and institutions of higher education obtain a certificate issued by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

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

Relating to periodic rate adjustments by electric utilities.

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 the authority of certain municipalities and local government corporations to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects.

Relating to the interstate voter registration crosscheck program.

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 composition, continuation, and duties of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force, compensation for task force members and certain other task force participants, and establishment of a mandatory training program for peace officers on responding to reports of child sexual abuse and adult sexual assault.

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

Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.

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 property owners' associations, including condominium owners' associations.

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 participation of aggregated distributed energy resources in the ERCOT market.

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking.

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 certain oversight procedures of the state over county elections.

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 the Public Utility Commission of Texas to impose administrative penalties and enter into voluntary mitigation plans; increasing an administrative penalty.

Relating to access to and the security of certain critical infrastructure.

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 the authority of certain municipalities and local government corporations to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects.

Relating to the creation of a task force to develop a plan for the consolidation of the functions of workforce development programs administered by the Texas Workforce Commission and social services programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.

Relating to the eligibility of certain events for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program.

Relating to the issuance of Support Adoption specialty license plates and to the Support Adoption account and certain voluntary contributions to that account.

Relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for the building products, materials, or methods used in the construction of residential or commercial buildings.

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

Relating to authorizing certain political subdivisions to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.

Relating to funding mechanisms to support the construction and operation of electric facilities.