SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Wednesday February 4, 2015 |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Recognizing February 6, 2015, as National Wear Red Day. |
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Recognizing February 4, 2015, as Dyslexia Awareness Day. |
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Recognizing February 4, 2015, as Orange and Maroon Legislative Day. |
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Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, and ending on Monday, February 9, 2015. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to requiring state contractors to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the information required to be provided by a payor of proceeds from the sale of oil or gas from an oil or gas well to a payee on the request by the payee. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. Finance |
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Relating to requiring state agencies to identify spending reduction measures. Finance |
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Relating to voter registration at the polling place during early voting. State Affairs |
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Relating to reforming the electoral process; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to the acceptance of a voter. State Affairs |
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Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business in awarding certain county contracts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the dissemination of confidential information contained in the juvenile justice information system. State Affairs |
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Relating to reimbursement under preferred provider benefit plans for services provided by licensed podiatrists. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the recording of certain grand jury proceedings that involve a peace officer. State Affairs |
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Relating to the penalty for certain offenders for possession of a small amount of certain controlled substances. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to qualifications for membership on the Texas Water Development Board. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent. State Affairs |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 685 in Travis County as the Deputy Jessica Hollis Boulevard. Transportation |
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Relating to prohibiting a person's waiver of a right to an expunction or to an order of nondisclosure with respect to a criminal offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to participate in a drug court program. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to requests by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for certain records held by court reporters. State Affairs |
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Relating to the penalty for possession of certain small amounts of controlled substances in Penalty Group 1. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of a campus of the Texas State Technical College System in Ellis County. Higher Education |
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Relating to participation of certain school districts in the three-year high school diploma plan pilot program. Education |
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Relating to the establishment and operation of a motor-bus-only lane pilot program in certain counties. Transportation |
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Relating to expanding eligibility for medical assistance to certain persons under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and ensuring the provision of quality care under and the effectiveness of the medical assistance program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of hospitals in this state; increasing the amount of administrative penalties assessed or imposed against certain hospitals. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to health care information provided by and notice of facility fees charged by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities and the availability of mediation. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a sales tax exemption for certain items sold during a limited period. Finance |
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Relating to restrictions on the location and operation of concrete crushing facilities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the approval of certain alcoholic beverages by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to constructing facilities for state agencies in the Capitol Complex and the North Austin Complex. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to allowing the holder of a brewpub license to sell ale and malt liquor to certain wholesalers. Business & Commerce |