REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Wednesday

March 15, 2023

SENATE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under some circumstances to a person accused of a violent or sexual offense or of continuous trafficking of persons and requiring a judge or magistrate to impose the least restrictive conditions of bail that may be necessary to ensure the person's appearance in court as required and the safety of the community, law enforcement, and the victim of the alleged offense.

Extending the deadline for the automatic rescission of certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing any amendment to that constitution.

SENATE BILLS

(Third Reading)

Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.

SENATE BILLS

(Second Reading)

Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by a district clerk and the issuance of a handgun license to a district clerk.

Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device and to certain consequences on conviction of that offense.

Relating to the preference given by trial courts to hearings and trials for murder and capital murder offenses.

Relating to the reporting of certain overdose information and the mapping of overdoses for public safety purposes.

Relating to the designation of fentanyl poisoning for purposes of the death certificate and to the criminal penalties for certain controlled substance offenses; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.

Relating to the processing and sale of kratom and kratom products; providing civil penalties; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to death records maintained and provided by the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services.

Relating to emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers.

Relating to an unauthorized vote by a delegate or alternate delegate to a federal Article V convention; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the conduct of charitable bingo.

Relating to additional periods of possession of or access to a child to compensate for denial of court-ordered possession or access.

Relating to an instrument that names a trust as a party.

Relating to the automatic stay of proceedings pending an interlocutory appeal of a denial of a motion to dismiss in an action involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights.

Relating to the declaration of a candidate's ineligibility on the basis of failure to pay a filing fee or submit a petition in lieu of a filing fee.

Relating to payment of certain court costs associated with interpreters.

Relating to the cash balance benefit under the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

Relating to an election to approve a reduction or reallocation of funding or resources for certain county prosecutors' offices.

Relating to certificates of title for certain outboard motors.

Relating to the regulation of groundwater conservation districts.

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 the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the right-of-way of a public road.

Relating to specialty license plates issued for honorary consuls.

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

Relating to the extension of a driver's license suspension or disqualification following certain convictions.

Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 87 in Concho County as the Deputy Samuel Leonard Memorial Highway.

Relating to the designation of the portion of Farm-to-Market Road 765 in Concho County as the Sergeant Stephen Jones Memorial Highway.

Relating to presumption for an offense to accessible parking.

Relating to the handling of bids on certain contracts for highway projects.

Relating to the establishment and posting of the maximum loads permitted on certain bridges.

Relating to oyster certificates of location and the closure of oyster beds; authorizing a fee.

Relating to disclosure of certain information by the Parks and Wildlife Department or the Texas Animal Health Commission.

Relating to an optional health condition or disability designation on a driver's license or personal identification certificate.