SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Thursday May 18, 2023 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
|
Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the broadband infrastructure fund to expand high-speed broadband access and assist in the financing of connectivity projects. |
|
Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services. 2 Floor Amendments |
|
Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities. |
|
Relating to the Texas State Guard uniform and insignia fund. |
|
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to the surviving spouse of a posthumous recipient of certain awards. |
|
Relating to issuance of specialty license plates to honor fallen law enforcement officers. |
|
Relating to the number of temporary licenses to conduct bingo issued to certain authorized organizations in a calendar year. |
|
Relating to a veterans suicide prevention campaign. |
|
Relating to crime victims' compensation for criminally injurious conduct in connection with trafficking of persons. |
|
Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the use of revenue from that tax. |
|
Relating to access to criminal history record information for use in certain research or statistical projects. |
|
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of harassment. |
|
Relating to the relationship between dentists and certain employee benefit plans and health insurers. |
|
Relating to the extension or amendment of deed restrictions in certain older subdivisions. 1 Floor Amendment |
|
Relating to hours of service by an election watcher. |
|
Relating to notice provided to a court regarding a defendant confined in a state jail felony facility. |
|
Relating to the statute of limitations for certain offenses committed against children. |
|
Relating to the validity of a contract for which a disclosure of interested parties is required. |
|
Relating to the consumption, possession, and sale of alcoholic beverages at certain performing arts facilities owned by certain school districts. |
|
Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records. |
|
Relating to the adoption of physical fitness programs and standards for law enforcement officers employed by the office of the attorney general. |
|
Relating to establishing a "Made in Texas" labeling program. 1 Floor Amendment |
|
Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by certain retired judges and justices. |
|
Relating to creation of the gulf coast protection trust fund to be administered by the General Land Office. 1 Floor Amendment |
|
Relating to the unlawful acquisition of certain weapons; creating a criminal offense. |
|
Relating to designating June 28 as Special Forces Day. |
|
Relating to the duties of a law enforcement agency regarding missing children and missing persons. 1 Floor Amendment |
|
Relating to meetings of a county election board. 1 Floor Amendment |
|
Relating to the date of dissolution of the Save Historic Muny District. |
|
Relating to venue in certain actions involving a contract for an improvement to real property. 1 Floor Amendment |
|
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of theft of service. |
|
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offenses of aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, and interference with child custody. |
|
Relating to the export fee charged for the transfer of groundwater from a groundwater conservation district. 2 Floor Amendments |
|
Relating to advance directives, do-not-resuscitate orders, and health care treatment decisions made by or on behalf of certain patients, including a review of directives and decisions. |
|
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. |
|
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations. 1 Floor Amendment |
|
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations. |
|
Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals under certain circumstances. |
|
Relating to certain disability and death benefits payable by the public retirement systems for police and fire fighters in certain municipalities. |
|
Relating to qualifications for and limitations on awarding the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor. 1 Floor Amendment |
|
Relating to the requirement that a peace officer take possession of a person's driver's license following the person's failure to pass or refusal to consent to a test for intoxication. |
|
Relating to the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications by certain peace officers. |
|
Relating to the services provided to certain children detained in a juvenile detention facility. |
|
Relating to the powers, duties, territory, and governance of the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed: |
|
Relating to reports of child abuse or neglect and certain preliminary investigations of those reports. |
|
Relating to establishing a pilot program for recording ballot counting activity. |
|
Relating to the Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program. 1 Floor Amendment |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read the second time, and passed to third reading: |
|
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual net worth or wealth tax. |
|
Relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain nonprofit wildlife conservation associations. 1 Floor Amendment |
|
Relating to the public inspection of election records. |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and postponed: |
|
Relating to the temporary exemption of certain tangible personal property related to certain connected data center projects from sales and use taxes. |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
|
Recognizing Wallace R. Hogan on the occasion of his retirement. |
|
Recognizing RIGHT Care Program for its contributions to mental health care. |
Committee referral on the following: |
|
Relating to local government and other political subdivision regulation of certain solid waste facilities. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
|
Relating to the automatic expunction of arrest records and files after certain controlled substance offense charges are dismissed. Criminal Justice |
Committee re-referral on the following: |
|
Relating to discovery procedures for civil actions brought under the Family Code. Re-referred from Jurisprudence to State Affairs |
|
Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a school district. Re-referred from Education to Local Government |
| |||
|