SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Wednesday

May 10, 2023

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

Relating to health benefit coverage for bariatric surgery under the state employees group benefits program.

Relating to safety training for certain public school extracurricular activities.

Relating to requirements applicable to certain third-party health insurers in relation to Medicaid.

Relating to the provision of solid waste disposal services by certain counties.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the provision of mobile emergency medical services by the Big Bend Regional Hospital District.

Relating to an expedited response by a governmental body to a request for public information.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to certain autologous and direct blood donations.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to publication of public improvement district service plans and assessments on certain public Internet websites.

Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by an organization engaged primarily in performing charitable functions.

Relating to the creation of the Tabor Ranch Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty.

2 Floor Amendments

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of trafficking of persons.

Relating to multiple employer welfare arrangements.

Relating to certain requirements regarding court-appointed volunteer advocate programs.

Relating to the creation and operation of a mental health services district by the Midland County Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, and the Ector County Hospital District.

Relating to municipal annexation of certain rights-of-way.

Relating to an exemption from the severance tax for gas produced from certain wells that is consumed near the well and would otherwise have been lawfully vented or flared.

Relating to emergency medical transport by fire fighters of certain patients.

Relating to the sale and purchase of certain fish.

Relating to the San Antonio River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; altering the terms of office of the members of the board of directors of the authority.

Relating to the Upper Guadalupe River Authority, following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; altering terms of the board of directors; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors.

Relating to the right of an insured to enter into a contract with a public insurance adjuster.

Relating to the period for which a pesticide must be registered.

Relating to the licensing requirements for certain operators of wastewater systems and public water systems.

Relating to periodic reauthorization of municipal building permit fees.

Relating to the construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and removal of dams by the Lower Brushy Creek Water Control and Improvement District.

Relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability models for certain river basins.

Relating to the establishment of the TexMesonet Hydrometeorology Network and creation of the TexMesonet Advisory Committee.

Relating to the impoundment of a vehicle used in the commission of the offense of racing on a highway or in the commission of certain criminal conduct involving a reckless driving exhibition.

1 Floor Amendment

Relating to the next generation 9-1-1 service fund.

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

Relating to disannexation of certain areas that do not receive full municipal services; providing a civil penalty.

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

Relating to consideration by insurers of certain prohibited criteria for ratemaking.

Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the liability of a business owner or operator arising from the exposure of an individual to a pandemic disease.

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

Relating to the liability of a business owner or operator arising from the exposure of an individual to a pandemic disease.

The Senate adopted the following resolutions:

In memory of Carroll Sidney Shaddock.

Recognizing Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) for their commitment to selfless service.

Expressing opposition to the creation of a central bank digital currency.

Committee referral on the following:

Relating to access to certain law enforcement, corrections, and prosecutorial records under the public information law.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the licensing and regulation of music therapists; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the privilege against disclosure of certain collaborative family law communications.

State Affairs

Relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher.

State Affairs

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 19 as the Mildred McMillan Garrett Memorial Bridge.

Transportation

Relating to required military informed care or military cultural competency training for certain personnel of entities that provide mental health services to veterans or veterans' families before award of a state agency grant.

Veteran Affairs

Relating to axle weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting aggregates.

Transportation

Relating to the authority of certain minors to consent to Texas Home Visiting Program services and to the delivery of those services.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency and the duration of court-ordered treatment for a person with a chemical dependency.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the expiration date and funding of the supplemental special education services program.

Education

Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of racing on highway; increasing a criminal penalty.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology at an establishment at a public secondary school.

Education

Relating to certain requirements for the operational component of a local workforce development board's local plan.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to maintenance and production of electronic public information under the public information law.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the requirements to obtain or renew an athletic trainer license.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the regulation of athletic trainers.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the adoption of uniform rules for hours of work for certain county employees.

Local Government

Relating to light pollution mitigation for wind turbine generators.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the central registry of names of individuals found to have abused or neglected a child.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the use of dyed diesel fuel to operate a motor vehicle during and for a limited period following certain disasters.

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to the issuance of oversize or overweight permits for vehicles transporting agricultural commodities during or preceding a disaster.

Transportation

Relating to requiring each state agency to post on the agency's Internet website information on suicide prevention.

Business & Commerce

Relating to venue in certain actions involving a contract for an improvement to real property.

Jurisprudence

Relating to the establishment of a service dog pilot program for certain veterans.

Veteran Affairs

Relating to the administration of a prescription drug manufacturer or third-party prescription assistance program.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the public information law.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizing fees.

Health & Human Services

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

State Affairs

Relating to eligibility requirements for the Teach for Texas Loan Repayment Assistance Program.

Subcommittee on Higher Education

Relating to the administration of perpetual care trust funds.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord.

Business & Commerce

Relating to eligibility for coverage by the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan in certain areas.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the administration, implementation, and enforcement of federal produce safety standards by the Department of Agriculture.

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to the definition of qualified employee for purposes of the enterprise zone program.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to HIV and AIDS tests.

Health & Human Services

Relating to adding a designation on a person's driver's license or commercial driver's license indicating that the person is licensed to carry a handgun.

Transportation

Relating to court-ordered financial support by parents of an adult with a medically determinable disability.

State Affairs

Relating to the consolidation of ombudsman programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.

Health & Human Services

Relating to a contractor's or subcontractor's right to elect not to proceed with additional work under a contract.

Business & Commerce

Relating to required human trafficking prevention training and disclosure of certain information about human trafficking by tattoo and body piercing studios.

Health & Human Services

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations.

Criminal Justice

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations.

Criminal Justice

Relating to an exemption from certain motor fuel taxes for, and registration fees for motor vehicles owned by, certain nonprofit food banks.

Finance

Relating to surcharges imposed for the use of a credit card.

Business & Commerce

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

Education

Relating to notice requirements for a leased dwelling located in a floodplain.

Business & Commerce

Relating to active shooter response training for peace officers, including school district peace officers and school resource officers.

Education

Relating to the suspension of a public school student for engaging in certain conduct against an employee or volunteer of a school district.

Education

Relating to notaries public; creating a criminal offense.

State Affairs

Relating to the definition of "closing" for purposes of certain private activity bonds.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the creation of the employer child-care contribution partnership program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission; authorizing a civil penalty.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to the duties of a public school counselor.

Education

Relating to a study and report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute regarding toll project entities.

Transportation

Relating to requirements regarding certain behavior management for a student enrolled in a special education program of a public school and related reporting requirements regarding the use of restraint.

Education

Relating to the eligibility of participants in the state employees group benefits program for certain federal benefits.

Finance

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

Criminal Justice

Relating to the adoption by the Supreme Court of Texas of the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.

Jurisprudence

Relating to eligibility requirements for certain events under the major events reimbursement program and the events trust fund.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to the creation of DNA records for a person arrested for a felony offense and the expunction of DNA records in certain circumstances.

State Affairs

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

Criminal Justice

Relating to the administration of the electronic state business daily.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the inclusion of a property in a conservation district by certain municipalities.

Local Government

Relating to the regulation of certain occupations by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council; authorizing fees.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the applicability of certain laws requiring health care cost disclosures by health benefit plan issuers and administrators.

Health & Human Services

Relating to the purposes for which a municipality or county may issue an anticipation note or certificate of obligation.

Local Government

Relating to certain disclosures and other requirements relating to the sale of concert and other event tickets.

Business & Commerce

Relating to procedural requirements for uranium mining production area authorizations.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

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

Relating to a pilot program to award grants for personalized treatment protocols for veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Veteran Affairs

Relating to prohibiting certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions in employment agreements.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to the extension of a family violence pretrial diversion pilot program in Bexar County.

State Affairs

Relating to a mitigation and preparedness program and a fortified homes program administered by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the administration of court-ordered programs regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Business & Commerce

Relating to the promotion of film and television production in this state, including the eligibility of film or television productions for funding under the major events reimbursement program, the creation of a film events trust fund and a film production tax rebate trust fund, the establishment of virtual film production institutes, and the designation of media production development zones.

Finance

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

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to measures to address student hunger at postsecondary educational institutions.

Subcommittee on Higher Education

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

Business & Commerce

Relating to the creation of a temporary educator certificate for educators certified by other states.

Education

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

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to the use of an electronic recording device to report proceedings before a municipal court of record for the City of San Antonio.

Jurisprudence

Relating to a prohibition on certain e-cigarette products; creating a criminal offense.

Health & Human Services

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

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Relating to the continuation of certain health care provider participation programs in certain counties.

Local Government

Relating to the appointment of a dental director for the oral health improvement services program.

Health & Human Services

Relating to protections for certain military dependents enrolled in a public school.

Education

Relating to the collection and publication of affordable housing information by certain municipalities and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

Local Government

Relating to the adoption and use of certain performance indicators to measure and evaluate career school or college programs.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to public access to criminal proceedings.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 46; 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. 228; 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 Tarrant County Municipal Utility District No. 2; 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 and operation of a development zone by and the tax revenue received by The Woodlands Township; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and taxes.

Natural Resources & Economic Development

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 56; 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. 219; 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. 235; 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 authority of the East Montgomery County Improvement District 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.

Local Government

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

Local Government

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

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Wharton County 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. 236; 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. 237; 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 Austin County Municipal Utility District No. 4; 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 Liberty Hill Municipal Utility District; 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 Ranger Ridge Municipal Utility District of Palo Pinto County; 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 Austin County Municipal Utility District No. 3; 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 composition of the juvenile board of Navarro County.

Criminal Justice

Relating to the creation of The Grand Prairie Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

Relating to the powers and duties of the Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 226; 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 Williamson and Bell Counties 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 Theon Ranches Municipal Utility District No. 3; 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 Theon Ranches Municipal Utility District No. 4; 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 Jarrell Estates 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 Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 9; 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 Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 582; 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 Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 8; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 52; 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. 218; 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 Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 55; 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 powers, duties, territory, and governance of the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the West Lake Ranch Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain.

Local Government

Relating to the creation of the Jones Avenue Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government

Designating November as Texas Wildlife and Conservation Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2023.

Administration