BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Monday January 26, 2015 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. Administration |
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Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital projects at public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to outcomes-based funding for general academic teaching institutions. Higher Education |
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Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children. Education |
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Relating to training for members of the governing board of a public institution of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the use of a portable wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; creating an offense; providing penalties. Transportation |
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Relating to state government worksite breast-feeding policies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the online broadcast of open meetings of institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to immunity from liability for public and open-enrollment charter school campuses that maintain a supply of anaphylaxis medicine for emergency use. State Affairs |
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Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the immunization registry. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to financial eligibility for the Texas home living (TxHmL) waiver program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authority of certain volunteer firefighter and emergency services organizations to hold tax-free sales or auctions. Finance |
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Relating to the services provided by a colonia self-help center. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the offense of hazing. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a report concerning information security for this state's information resources. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the acknowledgment by management of risks identified in state agency information security plans. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to maintain an inventory of postsecondary educational programs and services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Higher Education |
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Relating to a study of the participation of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities in public higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to creation of an employment-first task force advisory committee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the preference given by state and local governmental entities, including public institutions of higher education, to agricultural products produced or grown in this state. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to leave for junior college district or university system employees who are physically assaulted while on duty. Higher Education |
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Relating to exemptions for disabled peace officers from payment of tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the selection process for student members of the board of regents of a state university or state university system. Higher Education |
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Relating to the institutions of higher education eligible to participate in the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (T-STEM) Challenge Scholarship program. Higher Education |
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Relating to matching private grants given to enhance additional research activities at institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 37 as the Trooper Terry Wayne Miller Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain property tax appraisal photographs. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a study concerning enforcement of following distance laws in this state. Transportation |
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Relating to the events eligible for funding from the Major Events trust fund. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the transfer of a student from the school district of the student's residence to another district. Education |
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Relating to ad valorem tax liens on personal property. Finance |
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Relating to local option elections to legalize or prohibit the operation of eight-liners and the imposition of a fee on eight-liner owners; providing penalties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the computation of the franchise tax; decreasing the rates of the franchise tax. Finance |
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Relating to strategic fiscal reviews for state agencies and programs. Finance |
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Relating to the drug testing of certain persons seeking benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the creation of a grant program to support community mental health programs for veterans with mental illness. Veteran Affairs & Military Installations |
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Relating to the resident physician expansion grant program. Higher Education |
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Relating to information collected by a regional tollway authority. Transportation |
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Relating to the enforcement of commercial vehicle safety standards by certain counties. Transportation |
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Relating to exempting the procurement of services for victims of family violence from competitive bidding requirements. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to children's advocacy centers. State Affairs |
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Relating to the allocation and use of revenue derived from certain transportation-related taxes. Finance |
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Relating to accounting for, and recovery from the federal government of, costs incurred by this state as a result of the presence of persons who are not lawfully present in the United States. Finance |
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Relating to the qualifications for and time that a person may serve in certain offices. State Affairs |
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Relating to appellate court procedures and deadlines in a civil action. State Affairs |
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Relating to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination in payment of compensation. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on public and open-enrollment charter school campuses and at off-campus school-sanctioned events. Education |
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Relating to the minimum wage. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the minimum wage, including authorizing a county or municipality to establish a minimum wage. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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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. Education |
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Relating to reports issued by the comptroller on the effect of certain tax provisions. Finance |
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Relating to the eligibility of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as recreational, park, or scenic land. Finance |
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Relating to the availability of free prekindergarten programs in public schools. Education |
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Relating to limits on the size of prekindergarten classes in public schools. Education |
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Relating to placing the State Board of Education under periodic review by the Sunset Advisory Commission. Education |
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Relating to insurer rating practices requiring prior approval. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to prohibition of certain insurance discrimination. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the development of a climate adaptation plan by certain entities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the matters to be considered in developing the state water plan. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to prohibition of the use of credit scoring in underwriting and rating certain personal lines of insurance coverage. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a periodic review of state and local tax preferences. Finance |
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Relating to the creation of a commission to examine and prevent wrongful convictions. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to community supervision for certain drug possession offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to prohibited deceptive or disenfranchising practices regarding an election; providing penalties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and related procedures. State Affairs |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain persons younger than 18 years of age to preregister to vote. State Affairs |
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Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter. State Affairs |
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Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools. Education |
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Relating to the expansion of eligibility for medical assistance to certain persons under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to notice and prior approval of health benefit plan rates. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a restriction on charges charged for certain extensions of consumer credit that a credit access business obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to regulation of certain credit services organizations and to certain extensions of consumer credit the organizations obtain for a consumer or assist a consumer in obtaining. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program. Transportation |
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Relating to certain fees charged for the adjudication of pharmacy benefit claims. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the state's burden of proof in certain criminal asset forfeiture proceedings. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a prohibition on the use and possession of vapor products on school property. Education |
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Relating to regulation of the sale, distribution, possession, use, and advertising of vapor products; authorizing a fee; creating offenses. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to authorizing a marriage between two persons of the same sex in this state and repealing the statutory prohibition against the recognition of a civil union or similar relationship entered into in another state between two persons of the same sex. State Affairs |
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Relating to the supervised reentry into the community of certain inmates nearing their date of discharge from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the enterprise zone program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. Administration |