SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Thursday April 18, 2013 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to employment, higher education, and state purchasing programs for veterans. |
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Relating to the annual evaluation of water use by owners or operators of electric generating facilities. |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to issue to a foreign postsecondary institution a certificate of authority to grant professional degrees. |
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Relating to advance directives and health care and treatment decisions. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the regulatory analysis of rules proposed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to review and approve capital projects and purchases of real property at public institutions of higher education in this state. |
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Relating to alternative dispute resolution methods regarding educational services for students with disabilities, including individualized education program facilitation. |
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Relating to the authority of a municipality to require owners of real property to keep the property free of certain conditions. |
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Relating to public access to boundary, financial, and tax rate information of certain political subdivisions. |
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Relating to the discharge of a surety's liability on a bail bond in a criminal case. |
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Relating to the training of employees and contractors of local mental health authorities and certain educators in mental health first aid, the funding of mental health first aid training, and the liability of certain persons providing assistance to persons experiencing a mental health crisis. |
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Relating to the enterprise zone program. |
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Relating to the use of certain designations by a physical therapist. |
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Relating to development of a pilot program of the Texas Veterans Commission to designate municipalities as Veteran and Military Friendly Cities. |
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Relating to requiring trauma-informed care training for certain staff of county and state juvenile facilities. |
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Relating to the provision of fire prevention or fire-fighting services by certain emergency services districts. |
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Relating to the adoption of major curriculum initiatives by a school district. |
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Relating to the creation of the veteran entrepreneur program by the Texas Veterans Commission. |
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Relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue in certain municipalities and counties. |
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Relating to the administration of certain examinations required to obtain a driver's license. |
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Relating to the procedures for the appointment of and the duties of attorneys ad litem in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to remedies for nonpayment of tolls for the use of toll projects; authorizing a fee; creating an offense. |
The Senate laid out as postponed business and finally passed: |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain grand juror information. 2 Floor Amendments |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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In memory of Vance Charles Miller. |
The Senate refused to concur in House amendments and requested the appointment of a Conference Committee on the following: |
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General Appropriations Bill. |
The following bills were removed from the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar: |
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Relating to a notification requirement if a public school campus or open-enrollment charter school does not have a nurse assigned to the campus during all instructional hours. |
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Relating to the shared work unemployment compensation program. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to the creation of the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 2; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 3; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 4; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 5; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the administration of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security |
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Relating to the criteria for review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of an agency that licenses an occupation. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the issuance of military specialty license plates; providing an exemption from a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards in certain counties. Transportation |
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Relating to the court in which a hearing regarding the towing of a motor vehicle may be held. Transportation |
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Relating to career and technical education programs. Higher Education |
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Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students. Education |
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Relating to the appointment of honorary or advisory directors of a credit union. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle. Transportation |
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Relating to the regulation of the practice of physical therapy; authorizing fees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the allowance in lieu of exempt property in the administration of a decedent's estate. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the issuance of a marriage license for an absent applicant, the participation of a proxy in certain marriage ceremonies, and the maintenance and submission of records relating to a marriage license issued for an absent applicant. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to legal representation for civil suits against peace officers employed by a school district. State Affairs |
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Relating to the composition of the Texas Private Security Board. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the identification and operation of vessels in the waters of this state; authorizing a change in fees. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the amendment of restrictive covenants applicable to certain subdivisions. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 287 in Sherman and Dallam Counties as the Trooper Bobby Steve Booth Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to the composition of the 155th Judicial District. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the authority for local governments to jointly administer transportation reinvestment zones. Transportation |
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Relating to information regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities and workforce needs in this state. Economic Development |
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Relating to the review of certain skills development fund workforce training programs. Economic Development |
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Relating to the slaughter of certain domestic or exotic fowl infected with or exposed to disease and compensation of owners of fowl infected with or exposed to disease. Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security |
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Designating the Kemp's ridley sea turtle as the official State Sea Turtle of Texas. Administration |
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Designating February 16 as Texas Homemade Pie Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2013. Administration |
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Urging the U.S. Department of State to take appropriate action to ensure that Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty regarding shared water resources and that it make required water deliveries to the United States a priority. Natural Resources |
Committee re-referral on the following: |
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Relating to the procedure used to petition for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information. Re-referred from Criminal Justice to Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure; authorizing a fee. Re-referred from Criminal Justice to Jurisprudence |
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