SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Wednesday

April 12, 2023

The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass:

Relating to posting certain documents and information related to certain real property sales on a county's Internet website.

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

Relating to notice requirements for certain municipal fees and the process to adopt a municipal budget that includes the use of revenue from those fees.

Relating to the procedures for the issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person whose driver's license is surrendered.

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain biomarker testing.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the operation of public electric vehicle charging stations.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to requirements for a trial in the contest of an election on a proposed constitutional amendment.

Relating to the authority of a fire department to remove certain personal property from a roadway or right-of-way.

Relating to prohibiting a retail seller of motor vehicles from imposing certain restrictions on the purchase of a motor vehicle.

1 Floor Amendment

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

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.

The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed:

Relating to the purpose of public institutions of higher education and a prohibition on compelling students enrolled at those institutions to adopt certain beliefs.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to liability of a religious organization or an employee or volunteer of a religious organization for security services provided to the organization.

Relating to the interstate voter registration crosscheck program.

The Senate suspended the regular order, read second time and passed to engrossment:

Relating to electricity service provided by certain municipally owned utilities.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from a foreign nation.

1 Floor Amendment

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

Recognizing April 12, 2023, as Mesquite Day.

Recognizing April 10 through 14, 2023, as Texas Retired Teachers Week.

Recognizing April 12, 2023, as Port Aransas Day.

The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

Recognizing the Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act.

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

Relating to titling and registration of assembled trailers.

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

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

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

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

Relating to county and municipal housing authority pet policies.

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

Relating to accommodating voters with a disability.

Relating to the regulation of massage therapy.

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

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

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

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

Relating to land services performed by a landman.

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

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

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

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

Relating to systems of county road administration in certain counties.

Relating to cottage food production operations.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Relating to certain prohibited practices by a barber or cosmetologist.

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

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

Relating to civil actions by a civilly committed individual.

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

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

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

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

Relating to the disposal of reclaimed wastewater.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Relating to municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Relating to foreign terrorist organizations, including the compilation of information regarding, certain civil actions brought against, and the prosecution of certain organized crime offenses involving a foreign terrorist organization.

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

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

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

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

The following bills were removed from the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

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

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

Relating to creating the criminal offense of child grooming.

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

Committee referral on the following:

Relating to the creation of the West Plains Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

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

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 216; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

Relating to public access to certain hospital investigation information and materials.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the provision of certain co-navigation services to individuals who are deaf-blind.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of fentanyl, alpha-methylfentanyl, or any other derivative of fentanyl.

Criminal Justice

Relating to restitution payments for the support of a child whose parent or guardian is a victim of intoxication manslaughter.

Criminal Justice

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

Administration

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain royalty interests owned by a charitable organization.

Local Government

Relating to the entitlement to and claims for benefits for certain first responders and other employees related to illness and injury.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the number of temporary licenses to conduct bingo issued to certain authorized organizations in a calendar year.

State Affairs

Relating to the statewide intellectual and developmental disability coordinating council.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the creation and maintenance by an appraisal district of a publicly available Internet database of information regarding protest hearings conducted by the appraisal review board established for the district.

Local Government

Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for certain housing developments.

Finance

Relating to the confidentiality of home address information for victims of child abduction and to the administration of the address confidentiality program by the office of the attorney general.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the right of a property owner or the owner's agent to receive on request a copy of the information used to appraise the owner's property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the open burn pit registry fund and the issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the United States armed forces exposed to open burn pits.

Transportation

Relating to the public sale of real property taken in execution of a judgment.

Local Government

Relating to sickle cell disease health care improvement and the sickle cell task force.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the authority of the Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District to impose certain fees.

Local Government

Relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report to an employee or authorized representative of a vehicle storage facility.

Transportation

Relating to the entitlement of an injured employee to lifetime income benefits under the workers' compensation system.

Business & Commerce