SENATE BILLS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS

Wednesday

May 13, 2015

Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on public school and open-enrollment charter school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events.

Relating to regulation of the sale, distribution, possession, use, and advertising of e-cigarettes, cigarettes, and tobacco products.

Relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and the authority of certain facilities and physicians to temporarily detain a person with mental illness.

Relating to increased oversight by the Department of State Health Services of hospitals that commit certain violations.

Relating to health care information provided by and notice of facility fees charged by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities.

Relating to the imposition of the student centers fee at Texas Woman's University.

Relating to the designation of certain optometrists, therapeutic optometrists, and ophthalmologists as preferred providers.

Relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to change the date of their general elections.

Relating to a grant program to reduce wait times for agricultural inspections of vehicles at ports of entry along the Texas-Mexico border.

Relating to the employment of individuals qualified for a veteran's employment preference.

Relating to certain diagnostic testing during pregnancy.

Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education.

Relating to the appointment of a forensic director responsible for statewide coordination and oversight of forensic mental health services overseen by the Department of State Health Services.

Relating to regulation of the sale of fireworks by certain municipalities.

Relating to the creation of the offense of cargo theft.