BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Monday May 5, 2025 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to the powers, duties, and governance of the Starr County Drainage District, changing the name of the Starr County Drainage District to the Starr County Drainage and Groundwater Conservation District, and the dissolution and transfer of the Starr County Groundwater Conservation District to the Starr County Drainage and Groundwater Conservation District; authorizing the imposition of a tax. Local Government |
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Relating to the boundaries of, and validating certain acts and proceedings of, the Driftwood Conservation District. Local Government |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Health Care Workforce Education Fund to provide funding to eligible institutions of higher education to address Texas' health care workforce needs and drive the state economy. Education K-16 |
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Relating to licensing reciprocity agreements entered into by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to prohibiting the investment of state money in certain countries and in certain private business entities in those countries. State Affairs |
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Relating to a peer support network for first responders. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of taxing unit bond, tax, and bond-related project information; providing a civil penalty. Local Government |
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Relating to certain sister-city agreements between governmental entities and foreign countries and communities. State Affairs |
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Relating to the confidentiality of information used to prevent, detect, respond to, or investigate a hostile act of a foreign adversary of the United States. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the establishment of the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program; authorizing a fee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the qualification of candidates for, and the training and education of members of, the board of directors of an appraisal district. Local Government |
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Relating to prohibiting use of social media platforms by children. State Affairs |
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Relating to the treatment of military service credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas as law enforcement or custodial officer service. Finance |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to assistance for tuition and fees at postsecondary educational institutions for certain members of the Texas military forces. Veteran Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation by a property owners' association of food production on single-family residential lots. Local Government |
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Relating to the authority of a Type A or Type B general-law municipality to change to a Type C general-law municipality. Local Government |
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Relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's departments in certain rural counties. Finance |
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Relating to the use of funds awarded under the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program. Education K-16 |
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Relating to the establishment of a county employee family leave pool program. Local Government |
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Relating to civil liability for removing certain individuals or animals from a motor vehicle. State Affairs |
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Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the period within which the Texas Juvenile Justice Department must accept custody of a person committed to the department and to the consequences for the failure of the department to accept custody of the person within that period. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to fees on and grants for fuel ethanol, renewable methane, biodiesel, and renewable diesel. Economic Development |
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Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Juneteenth holiday. Local Government |
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Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the assembly, association, and speech of property owners or residents related to governmental officials or candidates for political office. State Affairs |
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Relating to the provision of certain co-navigation services to individuals who are deaf-blind. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; authorizing fees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to severance pay for political subdivision employees and independent contractors. Local Government |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of an applicant for or a person protected by a protective order. State Affairs |
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Relating to the execution of a waiver of citation by digitized signature in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage. State Affairs |
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Relating to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; authorizing fees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a study by the General Land Office in partnership with a working group consisting of the Texas Department of Insurance, Department of Information Resources, and other entities on the establishment and implementation of a distributed ledger-based title registry pilot program. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain information on a declaration of informal marriage. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. Education K-16 |
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Relating to certain procedures required for the denial of certain applications for a license to carry a handgun. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain governmental operations affecting the border region. Economic Development |
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Relating to the issuance of permits for bovine producer dairy farms in certain areas of this state. Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
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Relating to price estimates and billing requirements for certain health care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District. Local Government |
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Relating to the confinement or detention of certain individuals in a county jail or other facility operated by or for the county and to the compensation to the county for the costs of that confinement or detention. Finance |
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Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of invasive visual recording and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision for certain repeat intoxication offenders. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the Angelina and Neches River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors. Local Government |
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Relating to the creation of the Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District; providing the authority to issue bonds. Local Government |
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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 an advisory committee to study suicide prevention and peer support programs in fire departments in this state. Local Government |
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Relating to direct payment for certain health care provided by a hospital. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the provision of counseling services by certain providers under Medicaid and reimbursement for those services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to an owner's or lessee's access to property through a Texas Department of Transportation highway right-of-way. Transportation |
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Relating to a limitation on the number of terms a person may serve as a commissioner of Port Freeport. Transportation |
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Relating to the physician assistant licensure compact; authorizing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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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 birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the required age for a license or permit relating to the conduct of a public fireworks display. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the modification of a possession order and temporary possession of a child when a conservator of the child is incapacitated. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to compensation for the members of the Winkler County Juvenile Board. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to proof of the identity of a child's parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to limitation of certain liability of owners, lessees, and occupants of nonagricultural land. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of certain property owners' associations to prohibit or restrict the keeping of chickens. Local Government |
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Relating to repairs made pursuant to a residential or manufactured home tenant's notice of intent to repair and the provision of notice regarding a residential or manufactured home tenant's security deposit. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 242 in Montgomery County as the Lance Corporal Armando Hernandez Memorial Bridge. Transportation |
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Relating to the establishment of the Building Better Futures Program to support educational and occupational skills training opportunities and support services for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at public and private institutions of higher education. Education K-16 |
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Relating to the rural sheriff's office and rural constable's office salary assistance grant programs. Finance |
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Relating to hospital staffing report and complaint processes and to retaliation and mandatory overtime protections for nurses. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to certain trade practices related to life insurance, annuity contracts, and accident and health coverage. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to certain health care services contract arrangements entered into by insurers and health care providers. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the instructions for an application form for an early voting ballot. State Affairs |
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Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving child victims and disabled individuals. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to standing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the authority of certain peace officers to arrest a person without a warrant while outside the officer's jurisdiction. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the determination of fees, charges, and rates for certain benefits under Medicaid. Health & Human Services |
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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 applicability of premium and maintenance taxes to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and Texas FAIR Plan Association. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the use of installment premium payment plans on Texas Windstorm Insurance Association policies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the open meetings law. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the establishment of a work group to study and make recommendations on certain services needed by individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the terms of the members of the board of hospital managers and leasing authority of the Walker County Hospital District. Local Government |
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Relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health facility or residential care facility. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the San Antonio River Authority. Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
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Relating to prohibiting certain limitations on the operation of certain organizations that benefit veterans during a declared state of disaster. State Affairs |
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Relating to the requirement that a person submit an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used for human burial. Local Government |
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Relating to the split-payment of ad valorem taxes. Local Government |
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Relating to the development of a state information technology apprenticeship credential offered by public junior colleges or public technical institutes to address shortages in the state information resources workforce. Economic Development |
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Relating to the control by lethal means of white-tailed deer in certain areas. Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
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Relating to including nursing school applications in a consolidated application service. Education K-16 |
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Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages. State Affairs |
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Relating to requirements for certain meteorological evaluation towers. Economic Development |
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Relating to choice of law and venue for certain construction contracts. State Affairs |
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Relating to measures to support the enrollment of students with a nontraditional secondary education at public institutions of higher education, including eligibility for certain student financial assistance programs. Education K-16 |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the authority of the Parks and Wildlife Department to procure goods and services related to items for resale by the department. Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
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Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the appointment and compensation of a bailiff appointed by the judges of certain district courts in Webb County. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to requiring the ballots of certain counties to be scannable. State Affairs |
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Relating to user reports of explicit deep fake material on social media platforms. State Affairs |
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Relating to eligibility for a master plumber license. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of real estate appraisers and appraisal management companies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Grant Program. Economic Development |
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Relating to charitable raffles conducted by the professional sports team charitable foundations of rodeo organizations sanctioned by certain professional associations or hosting a Professional Rodeo Event at rodeo venues. State Affairs |
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Relating to training on Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and related disorders for certain guardians. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the Rio Grande vegetative management program. Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
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Relating to fiscal transparency for bonds issued by local governmental entities. Local Government |
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Relating to an emergency preparedness and contingency operations plan, including temperature regulation, for assisted living facility residents during an emergency; providing penalties. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the right-of-way of a public road. Transportation |
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Relating to funding of excess losses and operating expenses of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association; authorizing an assessment; authorizing a surcharge. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the investigation and prosecution of certain open meetings offenses as offenses against public administration and the publication of certain information regarding the prosecution of those offenses. Local Government |
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Relating to reimbursing employees of the Department of Family and Protective Services for loss of or damage to personal property. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to reimbursing certain Department of Family and Protective Services employees for certain legal expenses. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the removal of battery energy storage facilities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the dissolution of the Rose City Municipal Utility District. Local Government |
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Relating to prosecution of the criminal offense of cruelty to livestock animals. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to state employment opportunities for individuals who do not hold a bachelor's degree. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the effect of certain misrepresentations on certain insurance policies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the timely billing of health care services related to a personal injury claim. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a city to impose certain governmental requirements on an agricultural operation. Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
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Relating to a governmental body's response to a request for public information. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the establishment of a hike and bike trail to be known as the Bicentennial Trail. Economic Development |
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Relating to creation of a grant program for certain peace officers who hold a master proficiency certificate. Finance |
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Relating to critical infrastructure facility emergency response maps and the critical infrastructure emergency response map grant program. Economic Development |
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Relating to access to and use of criminal history record information by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an exemption from required disclosure of information related to the next of kin of deceased persons. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of aquatic vegetation management by the Parks and Wildlife Department; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs |
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Relating to reconstitution of the petit jury wheel and grand juror and petit juror qualifications in certain counties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the revocation of a driver's license or personal identification certificate and to disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle. Transportation |
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Relating to a study by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas on the feasibility of offering alternative service retirement benefits to certain members of the retirement system engaged in wildland firefighting or employed in positions related to wildland firefighting. Finance |
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Relating to participation by certain municipal retirement systems in the proportionate retirement program. Finance |
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Relating to prohibiting certain activities by contractors and vendors of state agencies; providing administrative penalties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the operation and dissolution of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority and to agreements between Texas Tech University and the authority. Local Government |
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Relating to the criminal offense of disrupting a meeting or procession. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission, the Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, and other governmental entities and institutions regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund. Finance |
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Relating to the Texas Health Care Workforce Education Fund. Education K-16 |
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Designating Galveston as the official Juneteenth Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Designating September as Deaf Awareness Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Designating Galveston as the official Mardi Gras Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Redesignating Poteet as the official Strawberry Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Redesignating Dripping Springs as the official Wedding Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Redesignating Jim Hogg County as the official Vaquero Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Designating La Salle County as the official Wild Hog Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Designating Newton County as the official Forest Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Designating Carthage as the official Country Music Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Designating Hemphill as the official Bass Fishing Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Designating September 16 as Lone Star Santas Charities Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Designating Brenham as the official Ice Cream Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Designating Nacogdoches as the official Garden Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Designating the Texas Almanac as the official State Book of Texas. Administration |
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Redesignating Brownsville as the official Bicycling Capital of the Rio Grande Valley for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |
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Designating Port Aransas as the official Fishing Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Administration |