SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Wednesday March 18, 2015 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to the financial self-sufficiency of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to certain offenses relating to carrying concealed handguns on property owned or leased by a governmental entity; providing a civil penalty. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 16 in Young County as the Texas Game Warden Joseph Marshall Evans Memorial Highway. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read second time and passed to engrossment: |
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Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education. 3 Floor Amendments |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Recognizing Mansfield Day at the State Capitol. |
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Recognizing March 18, 2015, as Rural Water Day. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish the Alamo preservation fund and make a one-time transfer of money from the economic stabilization fund to the Alamo preservation fund. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes, providing for the increase of the exemption amount in subsequent years to reflect inflation in homestead values, and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of a disabled or elderly person to reflect the increased exemption amounts. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the appropriation of the net revenue received from the imposition of the state sales and use tax on sporting goods. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of additional obligations to provide financial assistance to counties for roadways to serve border colonias. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment mandating the legislature to require candidates for public elective office in this state to undergo drug screening. State Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation structures used to store certain implements of husbandry. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas to conduct all forms of gaming on certain tribal land and requiring the tribes to annually pay five percent of net proceeds from gaming to the comptroller of public accounts for deposit in the general revenue fund. State Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment repealing the requirement that state officers elected by voters statewide reside in the state capital. State Affairs |
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Directing the governor to award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor posthumously to Lieutenant Colonel Ed Dyess. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Expressing opposition to EPA-proposed guidelines regarding carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the creation of the Comal Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the amounts, availability, and use of certain statutorily dedicated revenue and accounts; reducing or affecting the amounts or rates of certain statutorily dedicated fees and assessments. Finance |
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Relating to training and education for state agency administrators and employees. Finance |
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Relating to designated emergency infant care providers for certain abandoned children. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations. Finance |
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Relating to the authority of a local government to participate in a cooperative purchasing program with local governments of this state or another state. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the regulation of consumer credit transactions and the regulatory authority of the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the exemption from certain registration and licensing requirements and taxes for certain businesses and employees who enter this state in response to a disaster or emergency. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the development of electricity demand response programs. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of certain dealer's heavy equipment inventory. Finance |
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Relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law enforcement agency. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of forensic analysts and the administration of the Texas Forensic Science Commission; authorizing fees; requiring an occupational license. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a prohibition on local solid waste management regulations that are inconsistent with a permit or regulations of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the continuation and duties of the Red River Boundary Commission. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the regulation of the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the collection, administration, and enforcement of state taxes and fees. Finance |
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Relating to parking privileges for people with disabilities; authorizing a fee; amending dismissal procedures for a criminal offense. Transportation |
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Relating to the designation of certain river or stream segments as being of unique ecological value. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to certain limitations on design-build contracts for transportation infrastructure projects. Transportation |
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Relating to separate negotiations regarding employment matters for police officers and firefighters in certain municipalities. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 83rd Legislature to other Acts of that legislature. Administration |
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Relating to the compensation of the board of directors of the Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the selection of the presiding officer of, voting requirements for action by, and purpose of the Texas Ethics Commission. State Affairs |
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Relating to rules adopted by the Texas Ethics Commission relating to lobbyists or the reporting of political contributions or expenditures. State Affairs |
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Relating to procedures for formal hearings conducted by the Texas Ethics Commission. State Affairs |
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Relating to the governance and administration of the Texas Water Resources Finance Authority. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to limiting certain state-required assessment instruments administered to public school students in certain grades to assessments required by federal law. Education |
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Relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by public schools. Education |
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Relating to the creation of a women veterans mental health initiative within the mental health intervention program for veterans. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the creation of a rural veterans mental health initiative within the mental health intervention program for veterans. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the coordination and provision of certain health services to veterans. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to occupational licenses for military service members, military veterans, and military spouses. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to driver's licenses and personal identification certificates issued to veterans; reducing certain fees. Transportation |
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Relating to eligibility requirements for issuance of a teaching certificate to an applicant who holds a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor teaching certification. Education |
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Relating to the administration of and eligibility for participation in a veterans court program and the automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain veterans who successfully complete that program; imposing a court cost on conviction to benefit veterans court programs; changing a fee. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the office of water and the water advisory committee in the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Competency-Based Education Grant Program for certain students enrolled in competency-based online or other distance education baccalaureate degree programs at certain private institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the names of certain businesses. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the award of points for affordable housing projects that are awarded low income housing tax credits. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to definition of an at-risk development for the low income housing tax credit program. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper photography or visual recording. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the local regulation of distance requirements for the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages near public transportation stops. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to requirements for coaches of youth sports programs. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the consumption of alcoholic beverages on certain premises; providing a penalty and authorizing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to asset exclusions in the determination of eligibility for financial assistance benefits for certain persons. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the ability of certain relative caretakers of dependent children to receive supplemental financial assistance and be assigned as a protective payee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to fees paid to certain credit services organizations in connection with certain extensions of consumer credit. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to food and beverage consumption in certain public swimming pools. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission and strategic planning regarding military bases and defense installations. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the maximum cumulative period allowed for restoration of a defendant's competency to stand trial and to certain time credits awarded against that cumulative period. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the Alamo preservation fund and the establishment of an Alamo preservation fund advisory committee. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to an increase in the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the increase of the exemption amount in subsequent years to reflect inflation in homestead values, a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the homestead of a disabled or elderly person to reflect the increased exemption amounts, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue. Finance |
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Relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license laws to the attorney general, to assistant attorneys general, and to federal prosecutors, judges, and justices, and to the authority of those individuals to carry certain weapons. State Affairs |
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Relating to injury leave for certain peace officers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the composition of the governing body of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. Transportation |
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Relating to a program to allow faith- and community-based organizations to offer supplemental assistance to certain recipients of public assistance. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the secure confinement of certain children. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to disproportionate discretionary disciplinary action by school districts against students of a particular race or students enrolled in a special education program. Education |
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Relating to the period after which a governmental entity must execute an expunction order. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the construction of laws and election dates of certain groundwater conservation districts. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions for water supply projects. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the exemption from length limitations of certain vehicles or combinations of vehicles used to transport harvest machines. Transportation |
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Relating to the perfection and priority of an agricultural lien on an agricultural crop. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the photographic enforcement of traffic laws. Transportation |
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Relating to the electronic transfer of certain court records. State Affairs |
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Relating to the required curriculum for public school students. Education |
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Relating to the removal of a tenant's personal property after a writ of possession has been issued in an eviction suit. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to quorum and voting requirements for the transaction of business by the board of the Irving Flood Control District Section III of Dallas County. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the regulation of occupations by this state. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the allocation of the proceeds from taxes imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods. Finance |
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Relating to the operations of health care funding districts in certain counties located on the Texas-Mexico border. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to coordination of dental benefits under certain insurance policies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Hidalgo County. State Affairs |
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Relating to transferring to the Texas Workforce Commission certain duties of the comptroller related to the Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program. Higher Education |
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Relating to a concealed handgun license application that is submitted by a peace officer or a member of the state military forces. State Affairs |
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Relating to the provision and administration of indigent defense services. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to state border security activities. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations-S/C Border Security |
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Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to exemption from the sales tax for certain water-efficient products for a limited period. Finance |
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Relating to treatment under the school finance system for certain school districts of maintenance and operations revenue in excess of the local share requirement. Education |
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Relating to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission and strategic planning regarding military bases and defense installations. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the duties of the county attorney in Aransas County and to the duties of the district attorney for the 36th Judicial District. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of the Aransas County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the administration of epinephrine by pharmacists. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the powers and duties and composition of the board of directors of the Bridgeland Management District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of Simonton Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to electronic filing of certain reports; providing a penalty. Finance |
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Relating to the territory of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 465. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the allocation to the Parks and Wildlife Department of the proceeds from taxes imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods. Finance |
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Relating to certain obligations of and limitations on landlords. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans. Finance |
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Relating to reports on attorney ad litem appointments made by courts in this state. State Affairs |
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Relating to a court reporter for the county court at law in Kleberg County. State Affairs |
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Relating to imposing a tax on certain sweetened beverages and ingredients used to make certain sweetened beverages; providing a penalty. Finance |
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Relating to authorizing certain current and former members of the state legislature to conduct a marriage ceremony. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a county to adopt a fire code. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to requiring that certain strategic plans of certain state agencies include the goals of reducing the incidence of food insecurity, poor nutrition, and diet-related disease in this state. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to authorizing certain border counties and municipalities in those counties to regulate land development; providing a penalty. State Affairs |
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Relating to natural disaster housing recovery. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to competitive bidding requirements for emergency services districts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to a drug testing requirement for a person elected to public elective office. State Affairs |
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Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of structures used primarily to store implements of husbandry. Finance |
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Relating to the exemption of municipalities, certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities, and regional transit authorities from certain motor fuel taxes. Finance |
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Relating to optional annuity increases for certain retirees and beneficiaries of the Texas Municipal Retirement System. State Affairs |
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Relating to regulation of prescribed pediatric extended care centers; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of medical laboratory science professionals; providing penalties; imposing fees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the foreclosure sale of property subject to oil or gas lease. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the authorization of the imposition of administrative penalties on providers participating in certain Medicaid waiver programs. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the sale of beer and ale by certain manufacturers for off-premises consumption. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain municipalities. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to cooperation with federal agencies on a guest worker program in this state. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the border commerce coordinator. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to improving the accountability of local workforce development boards and consumer information regarding job training programs. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to a sales tax imposed on the purchase of certain health care supplies. Finance |
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Relating to service contracts, vehicle protection products and loss damage waivers for heavy equipment; requiring an occupational license; expanding the applicability of an occupational license. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation of the offense of theft of pipeline equipment, oil and gas equipment, oil, gas, or condensate and the unauthorized purchase or sale of oil, gas, or condensate. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to protests before appraisal review boards. Finance |
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Relating to the medical accuracy of informational materials given to a woman seeking an abortion. State Affairs |
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Relating to the tax on the sale and use of aircraft; imposing a tax; providing civil and criminal penalties. Finance |
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Relating to the establishment of a rural resident physician grant program. Higher Education |
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Relating to protection of critical infrastructure from electromagnetic, geomagnetic, terrorist, and cyber-attack threats. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to abolishing the Music, Film, Television, and Multimedia Office. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs. Higher Education |
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Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine and recommend a plan to increase the minimum age of juvenile jurisdiction. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to expedited credentialing for certain licensed clinical social workers under the Medicaid managed care program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the financing of convention center hotels in certain municipalities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, emissions, state sovereignty and certain actions taken by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to idling the diesel engine of a school bus or commercial charter bus while the bus is parked at a public school, school event, or field trip destination. Education |
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Relating to the protection of certain children through the operation of the child safety check alert list. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to encouraging age-appropriate normalcy activities for children in the managing conservatorship of the state. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the establishment of a matching grant program for community development in certain municipalities and counties. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board regarding the mapping of groundwater in confined and unconfined aquifers. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the designation of a site of unique value for the construction of a reservoir. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to a water right authorizing a transfer of water from one river basin in this state to another river basin in this state. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to seller's disclosures in connection with residential real property subject to groundwater regulation. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the powers, duties, and administration of groundwater conservation districts. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to hearings that concern the issuance of permits by a groundwater conservation district. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the purposes for which the assets of certain revolving funds administered by the Texas Water Development Board may be used. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of an unprotected road user; creating a criminal offense. Transportation |
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Relating to a civil penalty for possession of certain small amounts of marihuana and an exception to prosecution for possession of associated drug paraphernalia. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to increasing the penalty for causing injury to a child; changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to an exemption from the plumbing licensing law for rainwater harvesting by a property owner. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to notices of appraised value sent to property owners by the chief appraisers of appraisal districts. Finance |
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Relating to the management of groundwater, including the classification of and the obtaining of information regarding groundwater and the formulation of desired future conditions by a groundwater conservation district. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of an infrastructure improvement council by the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy taxes by certain municipalities for ecological and space exploration-related tourism. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the administration and oversight of overweight corridors; authorizing a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority. Transportation |
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Relating to physical activity and physical education requirements in public schools. Education |
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Relating to deposits with the Texas Department of Insurance. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the use of silver and gold coins as legal tender. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. State Affairs |
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Relating to eligibility of attorneys who hold a law license issued by another state to take the state bar examination. State Affairs |
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Relating to promoting efficiency in school district administration by limiting, reducing, simplifying, or eliminating certain processes and procedures. Education |
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Relating to prohibiting the implementation in this state of any federal greenhouse gas emissions regulatory program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the identification of programs and activities in the general appropriations bill and the review of state agency performance and rules. Finance |
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Relating to counting time spent by students participating in certain approved off-campus instructional programs in calculation of the average daily attendance for a school district or open-enrollment charter school. Education |
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Relating to a prohibition on vendor contact with a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district during the procurement process. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the setback requirements for a junkyard or an automotive wrecking and salvage yard. Transportation |
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Relating to the electronic filing of reports of political contributions and expenditures and of personal financial statements by certain officeholders and candidates. State Affairs |
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Relating to funding sources for the repayment of certain speech-language pathologist and audiologist education loans. Higher Education |
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Relating to standards for elevators, escalators, and related equipment; authorizing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the standards for boiler inspection agencies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of auctioneers and associate auctioneers; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty; requiring an occupational license. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or leases. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to regulation of certain segments of the health care system. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper photography or visual recording. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to equal opportunity for access by private and parochial school students to certain University Interscholastic League sponsored activities. Education |
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Relating to holding a primary election for a political party in a county without party leadership. State Affairs |
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Relating to automatic voter registration on issuance or change of a driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public Safety. State Affairs |
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Relating to water quality improvement and pollution reduction through beverage container recycling incentives; assessing a fee; providing penalties; creating a criminal offense. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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