LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS

(Revised)

The following bills have been certified for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar to be held Tuesday, May 23, 2023 upon recess.

Relating to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services and electronic devices, including the use and transfer of electronic devices to students by a public school.

Relating to the exemption from registration fees of certain vehicles used by nonprofit disaster relief organizations.

Relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized emergency vehicle used to conduct a police escort.

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

Relating to the provision of notice of certain proposed rules by state agencies.

Relating to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel.

Relating to vehicle safety inspections of certain travel trailers.

Relating to the regulation of migrant labor housing facilities; changing the amount of a civil penalty.

Relating to solicitation of patients and other prohibited marketing practices and the establishment of the task force on patient solicitation; increasing criminal penalties.

Relating to the date of runoff elections.

Relating to a waiver of the requirement for the performance of an adoption evaluation in certain suits for adoption.

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of unlawful disclosure of residence address or telephone number.

Relating to the enrollment period for newborns under certain employer health benefit plans.

Relating to local regulation to enforce child custody orders; authorizing a civil penalty.

Relating to an exemption from the application of the Private Security Act for volunteer security services provided at certain places or events.

Relating to the period for which a person is required to register as a sex offender based on the offense of compelling prostitution.

Relating to creating the criminal offense of boating while intoxicated with a child passenger; changing the eligibility for deferred adjudication community supervision.

Relating to the licensing of marriage and family therapists, marriage and family therapist associates, professional counselors, professional counselor associates, and social workers, including certain out-of-state applicants.

Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of possession or promotion of child pornography.

Relating to the exclusion of certain resources in determining eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Relating to step therapy protocols required by health benefit plans for coverage of prescription drugs for serious mental illnesses.

Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for certain medication-assisted treatments for opioid or substance use disorder.

Relating to the designation of liaison officers to assist certain students at public institutions of higher education who are parents.

Relating to the repeal of the real estate inspection recovery fund.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1960 in Harris County as the Deputy Constable Omar Ursin Memorial Highway.

Relating to access to criminal history record information by county offices providing pretrial release services.

Relating to required findings for the issuance of a protective order.

Relating to the regulation of certain continuing education programs.

Relating to the adoption of a mental health leave policy for certain telecommunicators.

Relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of abandoning or endangering a child.

Relating to the examination of appraisal services for an appraisal management company.

Relating to changing the eligibility for mandatory supervision of an inmate serving a sentence for or previously convicted of certain assaults.

Relating to the election of the board of directors of the Terry Memorial Hospital District.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain family violence assaults.

Relating to the application of balance billing prohibitions and out-of-network dispute resolution procedures to certain self-insured or self-funded employee welfare benefit plans.

Relating to tariff filing requirements for certain telecommunications providers.

Relating to local government and other political subdivision regulation of certain solid waste facilities.

Relating to the procedures governing the prosecution of misdemeanor offenses in the jurisdiction of the justice and municipal courts.

Relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer.

Relating to training requirements for staff members of certain assisted living facilities that provide care to persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

Relating to water quality protection areas.

Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to capital stock requirements for certain insurance companies.

Relating to policies and procedures regarding children placed by the Department of Family and Protective Services in a residential treatment center or program.

Relating to the statute of limitations for certain burglary offenses.

Relating to the creation of the artificial intelligence advisory council.

Relating to creating a criminal offense for interfering with a motor fuel metering device or motor fuel unattended payment terminal and the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving that conduct.

Relating to the financial crimes intelligence center.

Relating to the criminal offense of abandoning or endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.

Relating to the terminology used to describe transportation-related accidents.

Relating to housing certain inmates in state jail felony facilities.

Relating to the sale and purchase of retail fireworks permits.

Relating to noncharitable trusts without an ascertainable beneficiary.

Relating to certificates of public convenience and necessity issued to certain retail public utilities.

Relating to the regulation of athletic trainers.

Relating to the reimbursement of expenses to certain counsel appointed to represent a defendant in a criminal proceeding.

Relating to the availability on the Internet of certain reports of political contributions and expenditures.

Relating to required training and continuing education requirements for persons who provide medical care or other support to survivors of sexual assault.

Relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force and to compensation for task force members and certain other task force participants.

Relating to a prohibition on following an individual and tracking or monitoring the individual's personal property or motor vehicle and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct.

Relating to the adoption and amendment of an annual budget by certain emergency services districts.

Relating to the duties and composition of the Specialty Courts Advisory Council.

Relating to notice provided to purchasers of property and information filed with the county clerk by certain special districts.

Relating to a liquidity stress test for certain insurance companies.

Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and grant amounts under the young farmer grant program administered by the authority.

Relating to a strategic plan for improving maternal health, including the consolidation and repeal of certain planning and reporting requirements.

Relating to the powers, duties, and use of funds of the Trinity Bay Conservation District.

Relating to criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator.

Relating to prohibiting a maximum age or age differential for prospective adoptive parents.

Relating to powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to work and family policies.

Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of certain offenses.

Relating to the omission of a deceased candidate from the ballot in certain elections.

Relating to the provision of certain medical treatment to a pregnant woman by a physician or health care provider.

Relating to the issuance of anticipation notes or other obligations by issuers located along the Gulf Coast in an emergency.

Relating to the use of an accessible absentee mail system by certain voters.

Relating to the suspension of an enforcement action against a regional water supply, sewer, or wastewater treatment service for a violation committed by a retail public utility being integrated into the regional service.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a county hotel occupancy tax.

Relating to the confidentiality of certain biosecurity and other sensitive information shared with the Texas Animal Health Commission.

Relating to measures to prevent and respond to opioid-related drug overdoses, including policies and training regarding the use of opioid antagonists, at student residences on campuses of public institutions of higher education; providing immunity.

Relating to the eligibility and training requirements for commissioned security officers and personal protection officers.

Relating to certain void marriages.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Military Department to negotiate the release of a reversionary interest and certain other interests of the state in certain property in Palo Pinto County owned by the Palo Pinto County Livestock Association.

Relating to posting and other requirements applicable to certain governmental bodies under the open meetings law.

Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties.

Relating to the administration of a grant program for the establishment and expansion of community collaboratives.

Relating to a local area activation of the alert system for certain missing children.

Relating to the issuance of an emergency order by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation against a massage establishment.

Relating to the payment of restitution by a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision.

Relating to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture.

Relating to a memorandum of understanding between public or private primary or secondary schools authorizing a school marshal of one school to act as a school marshal at the other school during an event at which both schools participate.

Relating to residency requirements for driver's licenses and personal identification certificates.

Relating to the automatic expunction of arrest records and files after certain controlled substance offense charges are dismissed.

Relating to the regulation of combative sports by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and to immunity for ringside physicians assigned to combative sports events.

Relating to the regulation of water well drillers and water well pump installers.

Relating to combating human trafficking by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Relating to the pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome advisory council.

Relating to certain notices provided to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality by public water supply systems.

Relating to the administration of a local anesthetic agent by a dental hygienist.

Relating to the eligibility of certain retired firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical services providers to purchase continued health benefits coverage.

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information.

Relating to the titling and registration of motor vehicles by motor vehicle dealers.

Relating to dismissal of a complaint alleging a parent contributing to nonattendance on the parent's fulfillment of certain terms.

Relating to health benefit plan coverage of telemedicine, teledentistry, and telehealth appointments with an originating site or distant site located outside this state.

Relating to arbitration of certain controversies involving members of certain nonprofit entities.

Relating to the designation of certain fire marshals and related officers, inspectors, and investigators as peace officers.

Relating to creating an audiovisual recording of an interview of a child by a child custody evaluator in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Relating to the required disclosure of prices by a veterinarian before providing emergency treatment to an ill or injured animal.

Relating to the procedure for resolving certain customer complaints before the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Relating to procedural requirements for uranium mining production area authorizations.

Relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles on a roadway laned for traffic.

Relating to access to and use of certain criminal history record information.

Relating to the determination and reporting of the number of residence homesteads of elderly or disabled persons that are subject to the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the properties by school districts.

Relating to the improper use and treatment of an assistance animal or service animal; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to a waiver of the waiting period for a marriage ceremony.

Relating to the repeal of a municipal civil service system for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities.

Relating to the right of a purchaser to terminate a contract of purchase and sale of real property for failure to provide notice that the property is located in a public improvement district.

Relating to the commissioning of peace officers by certain private schools.

Relating to the procedure by which a regional water planning group is required to make the regional water plan prepared by the group available for public inspection.

Relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

Relating to the transfer of certain real property from the Health and Human Services Commission to the StarCare Specialty Health System.

Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a school district.

Relating to electronic verification of health benefits by health benefit plan issuers for certain physicians and health care providers.

Relating to the regulation of beekeeping; imposing fees and authorizing other fees; expanding the applicability of an occupational permit.

Relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation owner in certain areas outside of ERCOT.

Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies.

Relating to a study by the Texas A&M Forest Service of the potential effects of wildfires in this state.

Relating to the authority to cancel certain elections on a measure.

Relating to the duties of law enforcement agencies, crime laboratories, and the Department of Public Safety following the performance of certain DNA profile comparisons.

Relating to an alert system for dangerous plant and wildlife pests and diseases administered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

Relating to a study of the financing of regional facilities that convert groundwater to surface water.

Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue in certain municipalities.

Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain allegations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation, the making and investigation of complaints alleging violations of certain health facility licensing requirements, and the content of the employee misconduct registry.

Relating to the eligibility requirements for grants under programs of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Relating to the jurisdiction of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality over certain recharge injection wells.

Relating to the design and issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the military and for recipients of certain military awards.

Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for non-opioid treatments.

Relating to the boundaries of the single-member districts for and vacancies on the board of directors of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the organization and operation of the legislative branch of state government.

Relating to the issuance of K9s4KIDs specialty license plates.

Relating to educational programs for persons whose driver's license is suspended following conviction of certain drug offenses.

Relating to a central database containing information about offenders who have committed certain violent offenses.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 228; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the meeting requirements for the Galveston County Juvenile Board.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 147; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 219; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 235; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 229; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.

Relating to the creation of Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 252; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 204; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Deer Creek Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 and the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 236; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 237; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the composition of the juvenile board of Navarro County.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Management District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

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

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 589; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 8; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Stanley Lake Municipal Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Blanton Creek Estates Municipal Utility District of Fannin County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the board of directors and powers and duties of the Twinwood Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 3.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 2.

Authorizing the State Preservation Board, subject to state law and rules of the board, to approve the construction of a monument honoring victims of communism at the State Capitol Complex, at a site outside of the historic Capitol grounds.