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ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION

Thursday, May 21, 2015

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********** SENATE AMENDMENTS **********

Senate amendment printings:

ELIGIBLE AT 8:40 PM MAY 12, 2015:

HB 4                Huberty / Deshotel / King, Ken / Giddings / Ashby / et al.

Relating to a high quality prekindergarten program provided by public school districts.
     11 Amendments, consisting of 14 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 3:00 PM MAY 20, 2015:

HB 655              Larson / Lucio III / Workman / Fallon / Villalba

Relating to the storage and recovery of water in aquifers; authorizing fees and surcharges; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 2 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 12:20 PM MAY 21, 2015:

HB 200              Keffer / Lucio III

Relating to the regulation of groundwater.
     2 Amendments, consisting of 4 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 1:10 PM MAY 21, 2015:

HB 5                Otto / Burkett / et al.

Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 3 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 1:30 PM MAY 21, 2015:

HB 1251             Alvarado / Geren / Thompson, Senfronia / Guillen

Relating to the transfer of compensation experience for purposes of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 4 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 1:40 PM MAY 21, 2015:

HB 663              King, Ken

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 207 in Armstrong County as the William Hamblen Memorial Highway.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 1 page total.


HB 315              Raymond / Spitzer / Burkett

Relating to the issuance of "In God We Trust" specialty license plates.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 1 page total.


HB 163              Larson / Workman

Relating to interstate cooperation to address regional water issues.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 5 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 1:50 PM MAY 21, 2015:

HB 792              Clardy

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for antique buses.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 1 page total.


HB 197              Price / Burkett / Márquez

Relating to requiring certain public institutions of higher education to post information regarding mental health resources on the institution's Internet website.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 2:00 PM MAY 21, 2015:

HB 1992             Zerwas / Clardy

Relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit by advanced placement examination at public institutions of higher education.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 3 pages total.


HB 3545             Oliveira

Relating to the establishment of an infrastructure improvement council by the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority; providing authority to impose a voluntary assessment.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.


HB 2261             Villalba / King, Phil

Relating to the transfer or termination of certain timeshare interests.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 11 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 2:10 PM MAY 21, 2015:

HB 3680             Geren

Relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as part of the preparation of reports and personal financial statements required to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 1 page total.


HB 2455             Burkett / Villalba / Farrar / et al.

Relating to the establishment of a task force to promote uniformity in the collection and reporting of information relating to family violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 5 pages total.


HB 1221             Lucio III

Relating to seller's disclosures in connection with residential real property subject to groundwater regulation.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 6 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 2:20 PM MAY 21, 2015:

HB 2033             Raymond

Relating to authorizing counties to require the submission of digital maps in connection with the county plat approval process.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 2 pages total.


HB 3078             Darby

Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to recommend a uniform pre-nursing curriculum for undergraduate professional nursing programs offered by public institutions of higher education.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 3 pages total.


HB 1902             Howard / Isaac / Workman / Lucio III

Relating to the regulation and use of graywater and alternative onsite water.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 5 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 2:30 PM MAY 21, 2015:

HB 3003             Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to the appointment of counsel in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 12 pages total.


HB 482              Geren

Relating to allowing the holder of a brewpub license to sell beer, ale, and malt liquor to certain wholesalers, distributors, and qualified persons outside the state.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 4 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 3:30 PM MAY 21, 2015:

HB 100              Zerwas / Ashby / Otto / Turner, Sylvester / Clardy / et al.

Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital projects at public institutions of higher education.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.
     Committee Substitute, consisting of 15 pages total.


ELIGIBLE AT 4:20 PM MAY 21, 2015:

HB 1598             Miller, Doug

Relating to the Texas military forces oath of affirmation.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.

ELIGIBLE AT 4:30 PM MAY 21, 2015:

HB 1919             Phillips

Relating to the applicability of certain provisions concerning invasive species.
     1 Amendment, consisting of 1 page total.

 

 


********** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE **********

The Senate requests the appointment of a conference committee on:


SB 684              Taylor, Larry / et al.

SP: Bonnen, Greg

Relating to the designation of certain optometrists, therapeutic optometrists, and ophthalmologists as preferred providers.
(Senate Conferees: Taylor, Larry, Ch./Campbell/Creighton/Hancock/Whitmire)

Conference Committee Reports:

ELIGIBLE AT 1:30 PM MAY 21, 2015:

HB 751              Zerwas / Davis, Sarah / Sheffield / Thompson, Senfronia / et al.

Relating to the prescription and pharmaceutical substitution of biological products; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty.