SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Friday May 12, 2023 |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed: |
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Relating to complaint information and to rulemaking and disciplinary procedures of the Texas Medical Board. |
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Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute certain criminal offenses. |
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Relating to instructional material and technology, the adoption of essential knowledge and skills for certain public school foundation curriculum subjects, and the extension of additional state aid to school districts for the provision of certain instructional materials; authorizing a fee. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the commissioners court of a county to exempt from ad valorem taxation by each political subdivision that taxes the property the portion of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of a rainwater harvesting or graywater system. Local Government |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain tests to detect prostate cancer. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the eligibility requirements for a license to carry a handgun. State Affairs |
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Relating to the reporting of certain orders and convictions to the Department of Public Safety and Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the transfer of firearms. State Affairs |
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Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house; increasing criminal penalties. Border Security |
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Relating to the use of extrapolation by a health maintenance organization or an insurer to audit claims. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authority of a municipality to prohibit police or fire department employees from circulating or signing certain employment petitions. Local Government |
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Relating to the participation of community-based organizations in workforce training programs funded by the skills development fund. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the distribution of funds designated for the low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the violation of certain laws and provisions of governing instruments by, and the recall by property owners of, a property owners' association board member. Local Government |
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Relating to the creation of a rural county law enforcement grant program. Local Government |
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Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments to offset the cost of the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran. Finance |
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Relating to the eligibility of a child for a determinate sentence for engaging in delinquent conduct that constitutes certain organized criminal activity. State Affairs |
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Relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a local remote learning program offered by a public school for certain students at risk of dropping out of school. Education |
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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 approval of subdivision plats, improvement projects, and certain special districts by certain counties. Local Government |
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Relating to the service credit used in calculating longevity pay for certain judges and justices with prior full-time service as an associate judge. Finance |
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Relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective Services to notify certain individuals of changes to child abuse and neglect investigation reports. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the statute of limitations for certain burglary offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain policies and procedures for the placement and use of video cameras in certain classrooms, including classrooms that provide special education services. Education |
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Relating to the use of dynamic message signs for the Keep 'Em Safe Texas Gun Storage Campaign. State Affairs |
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Relating to judicial review of certain local laws applicable to state license holders. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to an exception to the renewal requirement for agricultural and timber tax exemption registration numbers issued to or held by persons who are at least 65 years of age. Finance |
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Relating to certain practices of a health maintenance organization or insurer to encourage the use of certain physicians and health care providers. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the adoption of a veterans' land bank program by the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation. Veteran Affairs |
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Relating to the implementation of a statewide homeless data sharing network to share real time data on homelessness. Local Government |
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Relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board. Education |
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Relating to the deadline for approving a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to payments associated with certain medical examinations under the workers' compensation system; imposing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a prohibition on following an individual and tracking or monitoring the individual's personal property or motor vehicle and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the practice of nursing, including disciplinary procedures of the Texas Board of Nursing; authorizing a fee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the permitting of and performance of annual soil tests for certain concentrated animal feeding operations by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the methods by which the comptroller may provide certain notices relating to the revocation or suspension of a permit or license or the forfeiture of corporate privileges in this state. Finance |
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Relating to the health care providers authorized to examine a person to determine whether the person is incapacitated for purposes of certain guardianship proceedings. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to an assessment on the use of surplus government property to provide housing to homeless veterans. Veteran Affairs |
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Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns. State Affairs |
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Relating to complaints submitted to and sanctions issued by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the medical transportation and care for certain inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the authority of a taxing unit other than a school district, county, municipality, or junior college district to establish a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that the taxing unit may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses and to the information required to be included in a tax bill. Local Government |
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Relating to certain notices provided to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality by public water supply systems. Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to information on the transfer of license plates included in an application for title and registration of a motor vehicle. Transportation |
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Relating to arbitration of certain controversies involving members of certain nonprofit entities. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of a rapid DNA analysis pilot program in certain counties. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to prohibiting a registered sex offender in certain circumstances from going within a certain distance of the residence of a victim of any offense committed by the offender for which the offender is subject to registration. State Affairs |
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Relating to licenses and similar documents issued by certain foreign governments. State Affairs |
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Relating to the eligibility for and provision of benefits under Medicaid or the child health plan program for certain individuals committed, placed, or detained in certain facilities and settings. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to certain licensing and permitting requirements for game rooms; authorizing an occupational permit or license; authorizing a fee. Local Government |
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Relating to certain benefits payable by the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One and the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two. Finance |
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Relating to the duties of law enforcement agencies, crime laboratories, and the Department of Public Safety following the performance of certain DNA profile comparisons. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to offenses involving the manufacture or delivery of certain controlled substances and the enforcement and prevention of those offenses; creating a criminal offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a veteran housing program established by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Veteran Affairs |
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Relating to the reporting and plugging of certain wells. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative; authorizing fees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the disclosure under the public information law of a motor vehicle license plate number captured in a video recording maintained by a law enforcement agency. Transportation |
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Relating to certain motor vehicle safety inspection fees. Veteran Affairs |
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Relating to the designation of County Criminal Court at Law No. 2 of El Paso County, Texas, as a specialty drug court program. Jurisprudence |
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Authorizing the State Preservation Board, subject to state law and rules of the board, to approve the construction of a monument honoring victims of communism at the State Capitol Complex, at a site outside of the historic Capitol grounds. Business & Commerce |
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Designating the second to last week in April as Texas Christian Heritage Week for a 10-year period ending in 2033. Administration |
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Urging Congress to pass legislation to protect children from the harms of social media. State Affairs |
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