SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Thursday March 16, 2023 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to the regulation of groundwater conservation districts. |
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Relating to the processing and sale of kratom and kratom products; providing civil penalties; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by a district clerk and the issuance of a handgun license to a district clerk. |
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Relating to the conduct of charitable bingo. |
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Relating to emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers. |
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Relating to an instrument that names a trust as a party. |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Recognizing March 16, 2023 as Hill County Day. |
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Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision Gideon v. Wainwright. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the fundamental right of parents to raise their children. State Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the governor to call the legislature into special session following certain disaster or emergency declarations and specifying the powers of the legislature in those special sessions. State Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting private schools from state and local regulation. Education |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a military service member who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty. Local Government |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the centennial parks conservation fund to be administered by the Parks and Wildlife Department. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the constitutional provision that prohibits the appropriation of state money or property for the benefit of any sect, religious society, or theological or religious seminary. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the workforce housing fund to facilitate the development of affordable workforce housing. Local Government |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment exempting tangible personal property from ad valorem taxation. Local Government |
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Expressing opposition to the creation of a central bank digital currency. Business & Commerce |
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Urging Congress to amend federal law to allow states to provide for the consolidation of federally funded workforce development services with federally funded social safety net services. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Urging Congress to Repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision. Finance |
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Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. Finance |
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Declaring an invasion of the State of Texas by transnational cartel terrorists, urging the governor to accelerate the construction of a wall along the Southern Border, and urging Congress to deploy military forces to combat transnational cartels. Border Security |
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Condemning the Chinese Communist Party. State Affairs |
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Designating an area in Dallas as Koreatown Dallas for a 10-year period ending in 2033. Administration |
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Relating to a requirement that certain students, interns, residents, and fellows receiving a clinical education at public or nonprofit hospitals receive an annual comprehensive health examination. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to authorizing a day-care center to employ an interim director. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to common nuisance remedies and registration and permitting requirements for the storage of scrap tires. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to establishing the Defense and Aerospace Manufacturing Task Force. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the exchange of certain information between the Department of Family and Protective Services or certain foster care services contractors and a state or local juvenile justice agency. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a motion for the assignment of a statutory probate court judge to hear a contested matter in a probate proceeding in certain counties. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the provision of funding to the Texas Historical Commission for state historic sites. Finance |
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Relating to the creation of the Texas state buildings preservation endowment fund. Finance |
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Relating to rates established by municipalities for water or sewer service for certain entities. Local Government |
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Relating to dedicating certain state revenue to the purpose of retiring state debt. Finance |
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Relating to certain construction liability claims concerning public buildings and public works. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to vote early by mail. State Affairs |
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Relating to the designation of a bridge in Galveston County as the Ken Clark Memorial Bridge. Transportation |
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Relating to the local development agreement database maintained by the comptroller of public accounts. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the application review process for certain delayed birth certificates. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to requirements applicable to certain third-party health insurers in relation to Medicaid. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the composition of the Texas Board of Nursing and procedures applicable to complaints against advanced practice registered nurses. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the advertising of certain used motor vehicles. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to prohibiting the consideration of certain criminal history information of a prospective tenant of a housing development operated by a public housing authority or operated by a recipient of financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Local Government |
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Relating to the prosecution of certain littering offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain health care entities and medical committees, including peer review committees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the use of state money for the Urban Farm Microenterprise Support Program. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to purchase, finance the purchase of, or lease real property or construct or finance the construction of improvements to real property. Local Government |
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Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to the functions of the Texas Water Development Board and continuation and functions of the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas Advisory Committee. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the recovery of exemplary damages based on a compensable death under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the Rita Littlefield Chronic Kidney Disease Centralized Resource Center established within the Health and Human Services Commission. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to requiring law enforcement agencies to make certain radio communications available to the public. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race. State Affairs |
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Relating to including certain demographic information in federal incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning offenses committed in this state. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the financing of certain grocery stores by a public facilities corporation. Local Government |
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Relating to reporting on the use of telemedicine medical services and telehealth services among participating providers of certain managed care plans. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the renewal of a registration permit by a physician. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit videos using deep fake technology; creating a criminal offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to hiring and licensing certain individuals lawfully present in the United States as peace officers. State Affairs |
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Relating to enforcement by a property owners' association of a restrictive covenant that prevents a property owner from building or installing certain security measures. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to weight limitations for certain natural gas or electric vehicles. Transportation |
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Relating to a grant program to fund the provision by children's hospitals of mental and behavioral health services to children in this state. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to directing certain surplus state revenue to the flood infrastructure fund. Finance |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain information for full-time employees of a county courthouse, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System, or the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and the employees' family members. State Affairs |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Office of Public Utility Counsel, and the functions of the independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to training materials for certain transportation network company drivers regarding human trafficking awareness and prevention. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to information contained in the annual financial audit of certain regional transportation authorities. Transportation |
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Relating to the regulation of consumer credit transactions and the regulatory authority of the consumer credit commissioner; changing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to costs associated with the destruction of certain deer. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to decedents' estates and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with those estates or multiple-party accounts. State Affairs |
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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. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the sampling or tasting of distilled spirits by the manufacturer to a consumer at a temporary event. State Affairs |
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Relating to a state employment preference for certain spouses of veterans with a disability. Veteran Affairs |
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Relating to the selection of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district; authorizing a fee. Local Government |
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Relating to the procurement and operation of backup generation facilities for the ERCOT power region. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a pilot program to increase the financial independence of foster children who are transitioning to independent living. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to training for peace officers on acquired and traumatic brain injuries and trauma-affected veterans. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the eligibility of the surviving spouse of an elderly person who qualified for a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit of a portion of the appraised value of the deceased person's residence homestead to continue to receive an exemption for the same property from the same taxing unit in an amount equal to that of the exemption for which the deceased person qualified without applying for the exemption. Local Government |
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Relating to contracting with companies that boycott certain energy companies. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the establishment of the child first grant program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the age of a child at which a juvenile court may exercise jurisdiction over the child and to the minimum age of criminal responsibility. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of the office of independent oversight ombudsman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to an agreement with a private entity for dynamic message signs used in certain statewide alert systems. Transportation |
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Relating to prohibiting the operation of supervised drug consumption sites; creating a criminal offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to authorizing adoption assistance agreements for certain children after a final adoption order is rendered. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective Services to annually review the department's process to enter into adoption assistance agreements. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to restitution payments made to certain victims of theft. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to establishing the oyster council of the Parks and Wildlife Department. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to eligibility for coverage under the FAIR Plan Association in certain areas. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the issuance of anticipation notes or other obligations by issuers located along the Gulf Coast in an emergency. Local Government |
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Relating to requirements for the closure of certain areas to the taking of oysters. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to a period of prayer and Bible reading in public schools. Education |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to air quality permits for aggregate production operations and concrete batch plants. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the renewal and review of certain air quality permits. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Office of State-Federal Relations. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault and to certain procedures and reimbursements occurring with respect to a sexual assault or other sex offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the continuation and duties of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force and establishment of a mandatory training program for peace officers on responding to reports of child sexual abuse and adult sexual assault. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to an interstate compact for border security, including building a border wall and sharing state intelligence and resources. Border Security |
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Relating to the creation of a work group to study the benefits of coal-to-nuclear electric generating facility conversion. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to exempting certain autocycles from the requirement that an operator or passenger of an autocycle wear protective headgear. Transportation |
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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. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to a severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain restimulation wells; providing a civil penalty. Finance |
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Relating to establishment of the Texas Rare Disease Advisory Council. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the continuation of a limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes if the property is acquired by and qualifies as the homestead of an heir of the owner or the owner's spouse or surviving spouse. Local Government |
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Relating to state funding for school districts to which an academically unacceptable school district is annexed. Education |
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Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for emergency outpatient dialysis treatment provided to certain individuals with end stage renal disease. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to regulation of accessory dwelling units by political subdivisions. Local Government |
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Relating to the authority of a fire department to remove certain personal property from a roadway or right-of-way. Transportation |
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Relating to the regulation of the practice of veterinary medicine by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of certain continuing education programs. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the processing of an application for an authorization to use a standard permit for a rock or concrete crushing facility. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to company representatives for private security companies; requiring an occupational license. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. Transportation |
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Relating to limitations on the use of public money under certain economic development agreements or programs adopted by certain political subdivisions. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the effect of nuisance actions, other actions, and governmental requirements on certain agricultural operations. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to enforcement of criminal offenses by state agencies, law enforcement agencies, political subdivisions, or local entities. State Affairs |
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Relating to the prohibition of tolls on a portion of Interstate Highway 635. Transportation |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the Texas Invasive Species Coordinating Committee. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the continuation of the distribution of universal service funds to certain small and rural incumbent local exchange companies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to municipal regulation of the removal of an Ashe juniper tree. Local Government |
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Relating to a prohibition on the issuance by the Railroad Commission of Texas of a permit for certain commercial surface disposal facilities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the use of standardized examinations by a school of nursing or educational program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the provision of solid waste disposal services by certain counties; authorizing a fee. Local Government |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain information for a current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative Hearings. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the operation and administration of the State Office of Administrative Hearings. State Affairs |
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Relating to procedures for the emergency detention of certain persons with mental illness. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the requirement that certain persons taking oysters on a licensed commercial oyster boat obtain a commercial fisherman's license. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the investigation of municipal fire fighters in certain municipalities. Local Government |
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Relating to the establishment of the Emergency Powers Board and its powers during a declared state of disaster or public health disaster. State Affairs |
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Relating to a credit or refund for diesel fuel taxes paid on diesel fuel used in this state by auxiliary power units or power take-off equipment. Finance |
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Relating to the ad valorem taxation of tangible personal property held or used for the production of income by related business entities. Local Government |
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Relating to the processing of certain credit card transactions; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of the attorney general to acquire by eminent domain certain real property owned by aliens or foreign entities. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of a campus of the Texas State Technical College System. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to public school library materials and certain performances at public school facilities. Education |
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Relating to the public retirement systems for employees of certain municipalities. Finance |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the fiduciary responsibility of the governing body of the public retirement systems in this state and the investment agents acting on behalf of those systems. State Affairs |
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Relating to a training program for persons investigating suspected child abuse or neglect. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the location for which a wholesale motor vehicle dealer general distinguishing number may be issued. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of the Harris County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers. Local Government |
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Relating to certain improvements of the state highway system in certain census tracts. Transportation |
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Relating to the powers of the Texas Historical Commission over historic sites in this state. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the loss of benefits of and the payment of certain employer contributions for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service. Finance |
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Relating to the authority of a local government to enter into energy savings performance contracts. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the reappraisal for ad valorem taxation purposes of real property on which a building completely destroyed by a casualty is located. Local Government |
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Relating to the eligibility of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land. Local Government |
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Relating to a credit against required recapture payments for certain school districts with excess facilities costs under the public school finance system. Education |
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Relating to guardianships and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with guardianship proceedings. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the provision of certain information about Medicaid benefits in relation to newborn children. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to benefits and incentives for media production in this state. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to incentives for the moving image industry in this state. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to regulation of online global marketplaces. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to a grant program for a nonprofit organization or political subdivision to establish or expand a behavioral health crisis response program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to prohibiting a retail seller of motor vehicles from imposing certain restrictions on the purchase of a motor vehicle. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to costs associated with and procedures for the assessment and destruction of certain deer. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of residential amenity rentals by a political subdivision; authorizing a fee; authorizing a civil penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the disclosure of certain medical information by electronic means. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the taking of wildlife by an employee of the Parks and Wildlife Department or by a person or agent of the person on the person's property. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to requiring certain information before being employed by a child-care facility. Education |
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Relating to access to the registry of persons who are not eligible for employment in public schools. Education |
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Relating to access by the Texas Education Agency and private schools to certain criminal history records. Education |
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Relating to the central registry of names of individuals found to have abused or neglected a child. Education |
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Relating to criminal history record information and certain registry information accessible to certain educational and child-care entities and information required for employment in certain child-care facilities. Education |
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Relating to special education in public schools, including the special education allotment under the Foundation School Program, an education savings account program for certain children with disabilities, and a grant program to reimburse public schools for the cost of certain employer contributions for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas employed to teach special education. Education |
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Relating to licensure and training requirements for school marshals. Education |
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Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that purchase certain theft deterrent and property loss prevention equipment. Finance |
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Relating to active shooter training for peace officers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of a grant matching program for the federal small business innovation research and small business technology transfer programs. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to state recognition of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation. State Affairs |
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Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. Local Government |
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Relating to the exercise of eminent domain authority by the Texas Facilities Commission to build a wall along this state's international border. Border Security |
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Relating to the manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance or marihuana causing death or serious bodily injury; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of a retail theft investigation unit in the Department of Public Safety. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a border operations training program for peace officers employed by local law enforcement agencies. Border Security |
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Relating to the public inspection of election records. State Affairs |
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Relating to the electronic payment of ad valorem taxes; authorizing a fee. Local Government |
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Relating to the electronic delivery of certain communications required or permitted under the Property Tax Code. Local Government |
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Relating to truancy and the offense of a parent contributing to nonattendance; creating an offense; increasing a criminal penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to prohibiting the investment of the permanent university fund, the national research university fund, or money held by a public institution of higher education in financial companies that boycott certain energy companies. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to the state historically underutilized business program; creating a criminal offense. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the licensing in this state of a person licensed in another jurisdiction to practice psychology, marriage and family therapy, or professional counseling. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the expunction of records and files related to certain conduct or offenses committed by a child. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the licensing in this state of a person licensed in another jurisdiction to practice marriage and family therapy or professional counseling. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to prohibiting certain obscene sexually oriented performances within view of minors; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain information collected by certain airport governing boards at a parking garage. Transportation |
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Relating to authorizing certain health benefit exchanges to make eligibility determinations under Medicaid and the child health plan program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a law enforcement agency training grant program. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the collection, remittance, and administration of the tax on gross rental receipts on motor vehicles rented through a marketplace rental provider; imposing a penalty. Finance |
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Relating to the funding of certain port projects. Transportation |
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Relating to powers and duties of navigation districts and the boards of trustees of municipal port facilities. Transportation |
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Relating to prohibited conduct of a health benefit plan issuer in relation to affiliated and nonaffiliated providers. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to an entity responsible for the local share of qualified project costs under the ship channel improvement revolving fund. Transportation |
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Relating to the automatic admission of students with a nontraditional secondary education to certain public institutions of higher education. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to youth diversion strategies and procedures for children accused of certain fine-only offenses in municipal and justice courts and related criminal justice matters; authorizing fees. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a seizure management and treatment plan for the care to be provided by a public school to a student with a seizure disorder. Education |
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Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations. Finance |
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Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the dedication and rededication of revenue and allocation of accrued interest on dedicated revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes. Finance |
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Relating to the service retirement eligibility and benefits of certain members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. Finance |
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Relating to a supplemental payment for retirees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. Finance |
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Relating to the evaluation of child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the failure to disclose certain appraisal reports by an entity with eminent domain authority in connection with an offer to acquire real property. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain requirements in connection with the acquisition of real property for public use by an entity with eminent domain authority. State Affairs |
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Relating to business entities and nonprofit entities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. Education |
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Relating to the procedures for an application for a writ of habeas corpus and the issuance of the writ. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to academic boycotts at institutions of higher education. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to the establishment of a terrorist offender registry and to the supervision of those terrorist offenders; creating criminal offenses related to terrorism. Border Security |
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Relating to electric utility weather emergency preparedness. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Historical Commission to take certain actions relating to the Republic of Texas Granite Boundary Marker. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the amount of certain motor vehicle sales and use taxes and penalties that certain counties may retain each year. Finance |
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Relating to a required waiting period for certain semiautomatic rifle sales; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to the dismissal of a baseless or unfounded complaint filed with the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to provide department services on federal military property. Transportation |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in property tax appraisal records. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the provision of mobile emergency medical services by the Big Bend Regional Hospital District. Local Government |
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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. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the publication of a report providing an overview of public education in Texas. Education |
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Relating to notice to property owners regarding certain stationary LP-gas installations. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to reporting the blast radius information for aboveground storage tanks. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to written objections to the proposed installation or modification of a stationary LP-Gas installation. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in property tax appraisal records. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the expunction of records and files related to certain conduct or offenses committed by a child. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to restrictions on covenants not to compete for physicians and certain other health care practitioners. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the review and modification of bail for certain defendants. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the persons who may provide information to a parole panel considering the release of an inmate on parole or to mandatory supervision. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to measures to prevent espionage and intellectual property theft at public institutions of higher education. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the use of revenue from that tax. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the terminology used to refer to an individualized education program team. Education |
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Relating to the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; authorizing fees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the charging of swipe fees on certain electronic payment transactions; authorizing a civil penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 380 in Wise and Jack Counties as the Lost Battalion Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to the creation of a workplace violence hotline and a requirement that employers post notice regarding the hotline. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the use of an individual's genetic data by certain genetic testing companies for commercial purposes; authorizing a civil penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the maximum size of a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. Local Government |
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Relating to the authority of a special district to exercise a right or power outside the district's boundaries. Local Government |
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Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the public school finance system. Education |
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Relating to the authority of a county to adopt a fire code. Local Government |
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Relating to an exemption from the severance tax for gas produced from certain wells that is consumed on site and would otherwise have been lawfully vented or flared. Finance |
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Relating to the financial security requirements for operators of oil and gas wells. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of failure to identify; creating a criminal offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to affirmative defenses for a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality enforcement action for unauthorized emission or opacity events. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to job interview restrictions for releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the location qualifications for a standard permit for certain concrete plants and a prohibition on the operation of concrete plants and crushing facilities at certain locations. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to air quality permits for aggregate production operations and concrete batch plants. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty. State Affairs |
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Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was victimized by a public school employee to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school. Education |
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Relating to the use of certain gold or silver bullion or specie as legal tender and an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain items containing certain precious metals. Finance |
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Relating to contributions to, benefits under, and administration of Texas local fire fighters' retirement systems. Finance |
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Relating to the removal, relocation, alteration, or construction of certain monuments or memorials located on public property; authorizing a civil penalty. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the applicability of the job order contracting procurement method to certain buildings and structures. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to creating the criminal offense of child grooming. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the eligibility of Sam Houston State University to receive formula funding for the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to a severance tax credit for gas produced from certain wells that use an onsite flare mitigation system. Finance |
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Relating to policy frameworks for research security established by public institutions of higher education. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to the use of certain personal leave by school district teachers. Education |
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Relating to requiring public schools to maintain physical copies of certain instructional materials. Education |
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Relating to the persons authorized or appointed to exercise the power of sale under the terms of a contract lien on real property. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the review of the creation of certain proposed municipal utility districts by county commissioners courts. Local Government |
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Relating to the limitations period for certain criminal offenses based on assaultive conduct. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to complaints filed by a school district regarding the offense of contributing to truancy by a parent. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 49 in Titus County as the Titus County WWI Veterans Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm to Market Road 2348 in Titus County as the Army Staff Sergeant Clay Allen Craig Memorial Bridge. Transportation |
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Relating to the right of an insured to enter into a contract with a public insurance adjuster. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of a member of the State Board of Education to request an attorney general opinion. State Affairs |
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Relating to the effect of certain reductions in a health benefit plan enrollee's out-of-pocket expenses for certain prescription drugs on enrollee cost-sharing requirements. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the Texas Real Estate Research Center, the Real Estate Research Advisory Committee, the Texas Real Estate Commission, and the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to private transfer fee obligations. State Affairs |
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Relating to an expedited response by a governmental body to a request for public information. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the right to try cutting-edge treatments for patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Health Insurance Mandate Advisory Committee; authorizing a fee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain nonprofit wildlife conservation associations. State Affairs |
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Relating to prohibiting institutions of higher education or entities receiving public funds from conducting gain of function research on potentially pandemic pathogens in this state; creating a civil penalty. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain autologous and direct blood donations. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to certain proceedings in juvenile court for children with mental illness and intellectual disabilities. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the establishment of a grant program to provide certain public school students an opportunity to visit the State Capitol. Education |
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Relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered mental health services must be filed. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to variances from Department of State Health Services rules governing the provision of emergency medical services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a statewide disaster alert system. State Affairs |
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Relating to the Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to the locations of the campuses of the Texas State Technical College System. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to the composition of the radiation advisory board. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the procedure for amending or revoking certificates of public convenience and necessity issued to certain retail public utilities. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of an independent organization certified to manage a power region to amend bylaws and certificates of formation. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the workforce diploma pilot program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Cleaner Landscapes for the Economy, Agriculture, and Nature (CLEAN) Advisory Council. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the office of vehicle fleet management's plan for the state's vehicle fleet. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the composition of the Homeland Security Council. Veteran Affairs |
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Relating to ballots voted by mail. State Affairs |
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Relating to a person submitting proof of citizenship to verify eligibility to vote in Texas. State Affairs |
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Relating to prohibiting municipal libraries that host certain events from receiving state funding. State Affairs |
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Relating to venue and choice of law for certain actions involving censorship by social media platforms. State Affairs |
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Relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain interlocutory appeals. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a military service member who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty. Local Government |
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Relating to the reduction of the rates of the franchise tax. Finance |
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Relating to evidence and orders regarding intellectual disability or mental condition in certain guardianship proceedings. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to prohibiting the imposition of a monetary fine or penalty for a violation of a money services business's terms of service agreement; providing a civil penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds or a tax increase. State Affairs |
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Relating to a proposition to approve the issuance of bonds or other debt. State Affairs |
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Relating to prohibiting the use of certain restraints on students enrolled in public schools who receive special education services. Education |
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Relating to the definitions of abuse and neglect of a child. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to court administration and costs; increasing certain court costs; authorizing fees. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Multimedia Production Program; providing tax credits; authorizing fees. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the computation of the cost of goods sold by television and radio broadcasters for purposes of the franchise tax. Finance |
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Relating to the cosmetology licensure compact. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to reports by the Legislative Budget Board regarding the General Appropriations Act and other fiscal actions taken by the legislature and each general appropriations bill proposed by the legislature. Finance |
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Relating to disclosure under the public information law of settlement communications maintained by or on behalf of the attorney general as part of a deceptive trade practices investigation or action. State Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of group family leave insurance issued through an employer to pay for certain losses of income. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the determination of prescription drug reimbursement amounts under the Medicaid vendor drug program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses committed in the course of or for the purpose of unlawfully entering the United States, unlawfully bypassing certain law enforcement checkpoints, or evading an arrest or detention; increasing criminal penalties. Border Security |
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Relating to requiring state contractors, political subdivisions of this state, and private employers to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B causing death; creating a criminal offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the coverage and provision of abortion and contraception under a health benefit plan and certain programs administered by this state. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to guardianships, alternatives to guardianship, and supports and services for incapacitated persons. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to menstrual disorders education and informational materials for public school students. Education |
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Relating to an annual occupational medical examination for fire fighters. Local Government |
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Relating to the composition and use of money in the flood infrastructure fund. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the regulation of certain nursing facilities and other long-term care facilities, including licensing requirements and Medicaid participation requirements. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to an attendance policy adopted by public schools to prevent truancy. Education |
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Relating to certain student records required on a child's enrollment in a public school or on a child's transfer from one school district to another school district. Education |
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Relating to a review by a local law enforcement agency of a school district's multihazard emergency operations plan. Education |
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Relating to the establishment of a school marshal and guardian training grant program. Education |
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Relating to the creation of the 2nd Multicounty Court at Law in Bee, Live Oak, and McMullen Counties. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the establishment of a list of approved school safety vendors by the Texas School Safety Center. Education |
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Relating to the establishment of wildland-urban interface areas and the adoption and enforcement of the wildland-urban interface code; providing a civil penalty. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the prohibited report or disclosure by health care providers of certain health information. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a supporter regarding legal proceedings granted under a supported decision-making agreement. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to prohibitions in connection with event ticket sales or resales on an Internet website. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to conducting certain contested case hearings under the Texas workers' compensation system by remote communication. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the administration of a grant program for the establishment and expansion of community collaboratives. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the disposition of certain election records. State Affairs |
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Relating to the process of canvassing elections. State Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of state banks. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the hearings officer of the Texas Department of Banking. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of state trust companies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to dropout recovery education programs. Education |
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Relating to the centennial parks conservation fund to be administered by the Parks and Wildlife Department. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to trusts. State Affairs |
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Relating to durable powers of attorney and the construction of certain powers conferred in those durable powers of attorney. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the issuance of private activity bonds for qualified residential rental projects. Local Government |
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Relating to the creation, management and administration of the Texas Space Commission and the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium. Finance |
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Relating to the punishment for the offense of promotion of prostitution. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of electronics-enabled implements of agriculture. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the amendment of a certificate of convenience and necessity to provide electricity service to certain water control and improvement districts. Business & Commerce |
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Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to notice required to be given to certain individuals and entities before the Parks and Wildlife Department executes a lease for real property for the development of a state park. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the collection and disclosure of certain public information. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the qualifications necessary for a political party to have the names of its nominees placed on the ballot. State Affairs |
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Relating to the systems used in a central counting station. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a municipality to alter speed limits. Transportation |
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Relating to the establishment of the school safety technical advisory committee and the school safety accountability program. Education |
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Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade. Education |
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Relating to an insurer's obligation under a preferred provider benefit plan for continuity of care for certain Medicaid recipients. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to newborn screening. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to property owners' associations, including condominium owners' associations. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a study on the coverage of certain infants under Medicaid. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to required boating incident reports. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the contracting authority of the Parks and Wildlife Department. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of elevator mechanics, elevator apprentices, and contractors; requiring an occupational registration. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to veterinary services performed on certain animals in the care of a releasing agency. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to authority for certain state employees to work at places other than the employees' regular or temporarily assigned places of employment and to earn compensatory time for that work. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a pilot project to provide medical nutrition assistance to certain Medicaid recipients in this state. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a bond in an appeal from a hearing for probable cause in the towing or booting of a motor vehicle. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the establishment or expansion of behavioral health centers or jail diversion centers in certain local mental health authority service areas. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to discounts provided by package store and wine only package store permit holders on the purchase of alcoholic beverages. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authorization of distributors to provide malt beverage products to retailers for authorized sampling purposes. State Affairs |
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Relating to the definitions of the criminal offenses of gambling, the prosecution of the criminal offenses of gambling, gambling promotion, and keeping a gambling place. State Affairs |
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Relating to definitions for purposes of gambling criminal offenses. State Affairs |
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Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of cruelty to Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the prohibition on certain discrimination in the extension of credit based on social credit or value-based standards. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of the workforce housing program by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Local Government |
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Relating to eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the reduction and plugging of orphaned oil and gas wells; providing for the imposition of a fee and an exemption from certain taxes and fees. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the direct reimbursement of certain employers under the Skills Development Fund. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to requirements for a qualified business participating in the enterprise zone program during a certain period. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to claimant eligibility and initial claims under the unemployment compensation system. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to prohibiting the conservatorship of a child by a parent who removes the child from this state for certain purposes relating to gender reassignment. State Affairs |
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Relating to requiring operators of smart devices to provide information to users about the collection of personal data. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the period of continuous eligibility for the medical assistance program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the creation, distribution, and posting of a veterans benefits and services poster in the workplace. Veteran Affairs |
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Relating to the reimbursement rate for the provision of vagus nerve stimulation therapy system devices by certain health care providers under Medicaid. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the establishment of the case assistance affiliate program to provide certain assistance to Medicaid recipients and child health plan program enrollees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the provision of certain attendant care services under Medicaid and other public benefits programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to an annual report regarding certain newborn screening tests. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to peace officers commissioned by the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the participation of aggregated distributed energy resources in the ERCOT market. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the licensing and authority of advanced practice registered nurses. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the name and governance of the Railroad Commission of Texas. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to orders providing for the conservatorship of or possession of and access to a child by the child's parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. State Affairs |
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Relating to a study on the impact of illegal immigration in this state. Border Security |
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Relating to the state compression percentage and a school district's maximum compressed tax rate under the public school finance system. Education |
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Relating to nominations by primary election by all political parties. State Affairs |
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Relating to restrictions on political contributions by out-of-state contributors; providing a civil penalty. State Affairs |
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Relating to reliability backup service for non-dispatchable generation resources in the ERCOT power region. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the elimination of regular mandatory vehicle safety inspections for noncommercial vehicles and the imposition of replacement fees. Transportation |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of sedition and engaging in organized criminal activity; increasing criminal penalties. Border Security |
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Relating to universal service fund assistance to high cost rural areas and the uniform charge that funds the universal service fund. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the protection of expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. State Affairs |
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Relating to the purchase, sale, or lease of real property. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an allotment for day placement programs under the Foundation School Program. Education |
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Relating to the consequences of a criminal conviction on a person's eligibility for an occupational license. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the establishment of a family health aide program; requiring an occupational license. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to term limits for certain contracts regarding airports and associated air navigation facilities operated by or on behalf of a local government. Transportation |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the regulation of private passenger vehicle rental companies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the permitting processes of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the confidentiality of the identity of a public school employee who reports a potential threat to the school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team. Education |
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Relating to the display of the national motto and historically significant documents to the founding of the United States in public schools and institutions of higher education. Education |
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Relating to instructional facilities funding for certain open-enrollment charter schools. Education |
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Relating to the backdating of referrals for certain managed care health benefit plans. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to advance directives and health care treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients, including a review of those directives and decisions. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the expunction of certain convictions or arrests of a minor for certain alcohol-related offenses. State Affairs |
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Relating to associate judges for guardianship proceedings and protective services proceedings in certain courts. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and the functions of the office of independent ombudsman for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the dedication of surplus money in the foundation school fund to reduce school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes. Education |
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Relating to the provision of solid waste disposal services by certain counties; authorizing a fee; creating a criminal offense. Local Government |
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Relating to the processing of United States passport applications by a district court clerk; authorizing fees. Local Government |
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Relating to human sexuality instruction provided by public schools. Education |
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Relating to standards for certain electric vehicle charging stations. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the establishment of a housing assistance pilot program to assist certain students enrolled in public junior colleges. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to the use by insurance companies of separate accounts in connection with life insurance and annuities and certain other benefits. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a report by the Legislative Budget Board on the reliance by this state on certain dedicated revenue for purposes of budget certification. Finance |
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Relating to the creation of certain criminal offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows; authorizing a fee. State Affairs |
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Relating to banning the possession and use of expanding ammo; creating an offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to the automatic suspension and investigation of law enforcement personnel involved in a shooting with a child. State Affairs |
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Relating to the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as capital murder; increasing a criminal penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to gun safety; creating an offense; increasing a criminal penalty. State Affairs |
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Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in Webb County. Transportation |
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Relating to road specifications and safety standards for access to a solid waste facility. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to increasing the maximum reference base amount for certain consumer loans. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to financial responsibilities and requirements of community supervision and corrections departments and certain judges. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the equalization of the rates of production fees charged on certain wells by the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District; authorizing an increase in the rate of the fee. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from a groundwater conservation district for certain temporary water wells. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with certain medical conditions. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a franchise tax credit for a taxable entity that employs certain former offenders. Finance |
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Relating to procedures for the issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person 65 years of age or older whose driver's license is surrendered. Transportation |
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Relating to abolishing the county elections administrator position in certain counties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of the Education Savings Account Program to allow certain disadvantaged children and their siblings to use public money to pursue educational alternatives to public schools and an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program. Education |
Committee re-referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the time during which the legislature may act on bills or resolutions during a regular session. Re-referred from Administration to State Affairs |
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