REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS |
Thursday March 23, 2017 |
SENATE BILLS (Calendar Order) |
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
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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. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of state funds to pay for the obligations of a local public retirement system. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment repealing county authority to provide for manual labor poor houses and farms. |
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
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Urging Congress to provide sufficient federal funding for the construction of a storm surge barrier along the Texas coast. |
SENATE BILLS (Third Reading) |
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Relating to health plan and health benefit plan coverage for abortions. |
SENATE BILLS (Second Reading) |
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Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
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Relating to the persons authorized to conduct an inquest in certain counties. |
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Relating to payroll deductions for state and local government employee organizations. |
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Relating to eliminating provisions requiring public institutions of higher education to set aside portions of designated tuition for student financial assistance. |
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Relating to the statewide preceptorship program in family medicine. |
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Relating to the sale or assignment of tax credits for the certified rehabilitation of certified historic structures. |
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Relating to the qualifications for a person conducting an adoption evaluation. |
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Relating to information collected about and purchases of information technology by governmental entities. |
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Relating to leave policy and procedures for state employees. |
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Relating to procedures of a county tax assessor-collector for collection of dishonored checks and invoices; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the procedure for the approval of rules adopted by the comptroller relating to the appraisal of qualified open-space land and qualified timber land for ad valorem tax purposes. |
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Relating to the disposition of embryonic and fetal tissue remains; imposing a civil penalty. |
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Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Texas Division of Emergency Management for certain persons. |
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Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to collect and study data on the participation of persons with intellectual disabilities in workforce education programs. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 10 in Guadalupe County as the Texas Game Warden Teyran "Ty" Patterson Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to notice provided to persons with disabilities regarding the eligibility of persons with disabilities to use certain public transportation services. |
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Relating to general officers within the state military department. |
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Relating to a ribbon for certain members of the military forces who served in support of operations to secure the Texas border. |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain information of and the abolishment date of the military base realignment and closure task force. |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain property for certain ad valorem tax incentives relating to wind-powered energy devices. |
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Relating to the duration of certain protective orders against family violence. |
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Relating to the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense; modifying existing criminal penalties. |
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Relating to the requirement for parental consent for a minor to join a labor union. |
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Relating to a groundwater conservation district's use of electronic fund transfers. |
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Relating to the powers and election dates of the Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation District. |
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Relating to involuntary termination of parental rights based on sexual assault of the child's other parent and the child support obligations of the parent whose rights were terminated. |
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Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification; providing a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to certain substances listed in Penalty Group 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
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Relating to the requirements for a change of name for a person with a final felony conviction or a person required to register as a sex offender. |
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Relating to access to a residence or former residence to retrieve personal property, including access based on danger of family violence. |
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Relating to meeting the graduate medical education needs of new medical degree programs offered by public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to limitations on courses that may be offered for dual credit by school districts and public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to authorization for the conveyance of certain real property from Texas Tech University to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. |
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Relating to the production of public information available on a publicly accessible website. |
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Relating to registration of a motor vehicle alleged to have been involved in a violation detected by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system. |
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Relating to the creation of an offense for failing to secure certain children in a rear-facing child passenger safety seat system. |
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Relating to deadlines for performing various functions in connection with the ad valorem tax system. |
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Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district to correct an ad valorem tax appraisal roll. |
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Relating to the scheduling by an appraisal review board of a hearing on a protest. |
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Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount. |
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Relating to liability for interest if land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land is sold or diverted to a different use. |
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Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land. |
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Relating to the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems. |
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Relating to the Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program. |
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Relating to step therapy protocols required by a health benefit plan in connection with prescription drug coverage. |
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Relating to mediation of the settlement of certain out-of-network health benefit claims involving balance billing. |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper sexual activity with a person under supervision. |
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Relating to the procedure for expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons who are tried for an offense and subsequently acquitted. |
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Relating to the system for protesting or appealing certain ad valorem tax determinations; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the reappraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of property damaged in a disaster. |
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Relating to certain required reports prepared by state agencies and other governmental entities. |
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Relating to requiring state contractors to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. |
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Relating to the Internet broadcast of certain open meetings. |
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Relating to the exception from disclosure under the public information law for information related to competition or bidding. |
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Relating to the definition of a governmental body for the purposes of the public information law. |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records. |
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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. |
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Relating to prohibiting certain health care practitioners from providing alcoholic beverages to certain persons; imposing an administrative penalty. |
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Relating to the establishment of a Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program and to the repeal of the tech-prep program. |
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Relating to the mental health program for veterans. |
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Relating to elections held by the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District. |
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Relating to the procedure for obtaining a right to use state water if the applicant proposes an alternative source of water that is not state water. |
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Relating to voter approval of obligations for certain municipal liabilities to a public pension fund. |
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Relating to the exemption from range instruction for certain persons applying to obtain a license to carry a handgun. |
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Relating to the handgun proficiency required to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun. |
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Relating to the filing of oaths of office and signed statements by certain judicial officers and judicial appointees with the secretary of state. |
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Relating to the creation of a joint interim committee to undertake a study of the public retirement systems of this state. |
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Relating to decreasing the fee for the issuance of an original or renewed license to carry a handgun. |
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Relating to the creation by the Health and Human Services Commission of a veteran suicide prevention action plan. |
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Relating to the continuation of the women's health advisory committee. |
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Relating to the applicability of adverse licensing, listing, or registration decisions by certain health and human services agencies. |
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Relating to the provision of certain behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and their families under a contract with a managed care organization. |
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Relating to the Health and Human Services Commission's strategy for managing audit resources, including procedures for auditing and collecting payments from Medicaid managed care organizations. |
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Relating to telemedicine and telehealth services. |
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Relating to an application made by a county jailer or state correctional officer to obtain a license to carry a handgun. |
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Relating to jury summons questionnaires. |
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Relating to the evaluation and reporting of investment practices and performance of certain public retirement systems. |
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Relating to the quality of water provided by public drinking water supply systems to state supported living centers. |
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Relating to the dissolution of a special utility district after the transfer of all obligations and services. |
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General Appropriations Bill. |
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Relating to the authority of the General Land Office to sell retail electric power. |
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Relating to transportation network companies. |
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Relating to the effect of certain agreements with a collective bargaining organization on certain state-funded public work contracts. |
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Relating to accounting principles applicable to pension and other postemployment benefit expenses for electric utilities. |
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Relating to the authority of certain counties to use county revenue or incur debt to improve or redevelop certain sports facilities. |
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Relating to the board of directors of the Maverick County Hospital District. |
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Relating to inclusion of instruction regarding interaction with peace officers in the required curriculum for certain public school students and in driver education courses and to civilian interaction training for peace officers. |
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Relating to the confidentiality of home address information of certain victims of family violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons. |
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Relating to the authority of a court to return certain fees to a person who is the subject of an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information. |
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Relating to the composition of the Texas Historical Commission. |
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Relating to reporting requirements for certain skills development fund workforce training program providers. |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of operation of unmanned aircraft over correctional facility or critical infrastructure facility. |
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Relating to the discharge of a prisoner from a county jail. |
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Relating to services provided by the Health and Human Services Commission to sexually violent offenders who are incompetent to attend sex offender treatment. |
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Relating to the authority of a judge to compel a criminal defendant who lacks capacity to take psychoactive medication. |
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Relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of exploitation of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. |
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Relating to disclosure and use of certain information regarding the Crime Victims' Compensation Act. |
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Relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law enforcement agency. |
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Relating to the regulation of the retention, storage, transportation, and disposal of used or scrap tires; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on private school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events. |
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Relating to the sequencing of required English language arts courses and mathematics courses in schools. |
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Relating to the right of certain public officers to access public information, documents, records, and property. |
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Relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards in certain counties. |
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Relating to voter approval of local acceptance and use of federal funds for passenger rail projects. |
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Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients of the Combat Medical Badge. |
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Relating to the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle. |
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Relating to the accommodation of a deaf or hard of hearing student in driver education; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the offense of leaving a motor vehicle unattended. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 84 as the Trooper Jonathan Thomas McDonald Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the abolishment of the transportation infrastructure fund and the grant program using money from the fund. |
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