Local and Uncontested Bills for 4/12/2023

LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS



The following bills have been certified for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar to be held Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 8:00 AM.




SCR 13 (CS) (LC)West/ et al.

Recognizing the Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act.


SB 158 (CS) (LC)Perry

Relating to the location of a bank eligible to be selected as a depository or subdepository of county public money, including money held by a county or district clerk.


SB 261 (CS) (LC)Springer

Relating to titling and registration of assembled trailers.


SB 280 (LC)Zaffirini/ Hall

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for members of the military who served in Operation Freedom's Sentinel.


SB 322 (LC)Huffman

Relating to the compensation of members of the seawall commission in Matagorda County.


SB 341 (LC)Springer/ et al.

Relating to the applicability of the mixed beverage gross receipts tax and the mixed beverage sales tax to items sold by certain nonprofit entity temporary event permittees.


SB 348 (LC)Springer

Relating to the prohibition on posting on the Internet information held by an appraisal district regarding certain residential property.


SB 349 (LC)Springer/ et al.

Relating to county and municipal housing authority pet policies.


SB 423 (CS) (LC)Paxton

Relating to the use of unmanned aircraft by the Texas military forces.


SB 477 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to accommodating voters with a disability.


SB 483 (LC)Johnson

Relating to the regulation of massage therapy.


SB 501 (LC)Hughes

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


SB 502 (LC)Hughes

Relating to the treatment, recycling for beneficial use, or disposal of drill cuttings.


SB 533 (LC)Paxton

Relating to training for peace officers on responding to and investigating child fatalities.


SB 540 (CS) (LC)Campbell

Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities.


SB 594 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini/ et al.

Relating to requirements for and charges for service from public drinking water supply systems.


SB 600 (CS) (LC)Birdwell

Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment for certain criminal offenses involving the smuggling of persons.


SB 604 (CS) (LC)King

Relating to land services performed by a landman.


SB 612 (LC)Johnson/ Parker

Relating to the municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance.


SB 667 (LC)West/ et al.

Relating to establishing a state historical marker program to honor African Americans who served in the Texas Legislature during Reconstruction.


SB 702 (LC)Perry

Relating to the sourcing, marketing, and sale of certain license plates.


SB 761 (LC)Hughes

Relating to photo identification for certain debit or credit card transactions.


SB 790 (LC)Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to systems of county road administration in certain counties.


SB 829 (CS) (LC)Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to cottage food production operations.


SB 947 (CS) (LC)King

Relating to creating a criminal offense for damaging certain critical infrastructure facilities and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as manslaughter in certain circumstances; increasing a criminal penalty.


SB 952 (CS) (LC)Perry

Relating to certain tax and fee collection procedures and taxpayer suits.


SB 957 (LC)Alvarado

Relating to the designation of a portion of United States Highway 59 in Harris County as the Deputy Sheriff Darren Almendarez Memorial Highway.


SB 1013 (LC)Hughes

Relating to the franchise and insurance premium tax credit for the certified rehabilitation of certified historic structures.


SB 1053 (LC)Hughes

Relating to the definition of marketplace seller for purposes of sales and use taxes.


SB 1076 (LC)King

Relating to the deadline for approving a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects.


SB 1088 (LC)Perry

Relating to eligibility to serve as a member of the board of directors of the West Central Texas Municipal Water District.


SB 1112 (CS) (LC)Schwertner

Relating to access to criminal history record information by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.


SB 1120 (LC)Schwertner

Relating to certain prohibited practices by a barber or cosmetologist.


SB 1122 (CS) (LC)Schwertner

Relating to the exclusion of certain medical services performed to determine an appropriate level of workers' compensation benefits from sales and use taxes.


SB 1167 (CS) (LC)Birdwell

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.


SB 1180 (CS) (LC)Perry

Relating to civil actions by a civilly committed individual.


SB 1245 (CS) (LC)Huffman

Relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.


SB 1246 (CS) (LC)Huffman

Relating to authorized investments of public money by certain governmental entities and the confidentiality of certain information related to those investments.


SB 1250 (LC)Bettencourt

Relating to the powers of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 110; providing authority to impose a fee and impose fines and penalties.


SB 1260 (CS) (LC)Creighton

Relating to certain contracts regarding airports operated by or on behalf of a local government.


SB 1289 (CS) (LC)Perry

Relating to the disposal of reclaimed wastewater.


SB 1305 (LC)Nichols

Relating to the transfer of the ownership rights of the City of Nacogdoches in the Central Heights Water System to the Angelina and Neches River Authority.


SB 1325 (CS) (LC)Alvarado

Relating to the notice given to certain victims of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat.


SB 1332 (CS) (LC)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the provision of funding to the Texas Historical Commission for state historic sites.


SB 1333 (CS) (LC)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the creation of the Texas state buildings preservation endowment fund, including the transfer to the fund of the unencumbered balances of certain other funds.


SB 1373 (LC)Hughes

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


SB 1418 (CS) (LC)LaMantia

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


SB 1420 (CS) (LC)Birdwell

Relating to municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes.


SB 1425 (CS) (LC)Perry/ et al.

Relating to disbursements from the universal service fund for certain small and rural companies.


SB 1427 (CS) (LC)Flores/ et al.

Relating to certain criminal conduct and organizations that threaten the security of this state and its residents and borders; increasing criminal penalties.


SB 1439 (LC)Springer

Relating to the ad valorem taxation of tangible personal property held or used for the production of income by related business entities.


SB 1444 (LC)Zaffirini/ Eckhardt/ et al.

Relating to the public retirement systems for employees of certain municipalities.


SB 1457 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to guardianships and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with guardianship proceedings.


SB 1509 (LC)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the service retirement eligibility and benefits of certain members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.


SB 1524 (LC)Blanco/ et al.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to provide department services on federal military property.


SB 1527 (LC)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to human trafficking, including the prosecution and punishment of compelling and solicitation of prostitution and other sexual or assaultive offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense.


SB 1562 (LC)Hancock/ Huffman/ et al.

Relating to creating the criminal offense of child grooming.


SB 1568 (LC)Campbell

Relating to the persons authorized or appointed to exercise the power of sale under the terms of a contract lien on real property.


SB 1588 (LC)Blanco/ et al.

Relating to variances from Department of State Health Services rules governing the provision of emergency medical services.


SB 1603 (LC)Hughes/ et al.

Relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain interlocutory appeals.


SB 1612 (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to court administration and costs; increasing certain court costs; authorizing fees.


SB 1614 (CS) (LC)Perry

Relating to the computation of the cost of goods sold by television and radio broadcasters for purposes of the franchise tax.


SB 1699 (CS) (LC)Johnson

Relating to the participation of aggregated distributed energy resources in the ERCOT market.


SB 1717 (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking.


SB 1741 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini

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


SB 1746 (CS) (LC)Perry

Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from a groundwater conservation district for certain temporary water wells.


SB 1751 (CS) (LC)Kolkhorst/ Campbell/ Nichols/ et al.

Relating to the regulation and tax treatment of facilities in the ERCOT power region that demand a large load of interruptible power.


SB 1801 (LC)Springer

Relating to a requirement that each appraisal district periodically confirm that recipients of residence homestead exemptions qualify for those exemptions.


SB 1820 (CS) (LC)Hall

Relating to the prohibited play and facilitation of play of a lottery game by telephone or through the Internet.


SB 1835 (LC)Hinojosa

Relating to certain contract and notice requirements for the cancellation of a health spa membership.


SB 1854 (LC)Paxton/ et al.

Relating to optional group benefits for dental and vision care under the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program.


SB 1859 (LC)Hancock

Relating to benefits and services for veterans and certain other related benefits.


SB 1869 (LC)Perry

Relating to the disposition of surplus real property no longer needed for state highway purposes.


SB 1900 (CS) (LC)Birdwell/ et al.

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.


SB 1914 (LC)Creighton

Relating to improvement projects of the Sabine-Neches Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas.


SB 1929 (CS) (LC)Johnson/ et al.

Relating to the authority of an independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region to require information from and registration by certain facilities.


SB 1965 (CS) (LC)Alvarado

Relating to requirements for the purchase or acquisition of certain water and sewer systems.


SB 2150 (LC)Nichols

Relating to the designation of the portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Joaquin as the Lt. General O.R. "Cotton" Whiddon Memorial Highway.


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