Senate Floor Action for 3/20/2017

SENATE FLOOR ACTION



Monday

March 20, 2017




The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass:


SB 37 (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to the requirement to obtain certification for attorneys representing persons in guardianship proceedings.


SB 38 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini/ et al.

Relating to certain procedural matters in courts exercising probate jurisdiction.


SB 132 Creighton/ et al.

Relating to the savings incentive program for state agencies.


SB 135 Taylor, Van/ et al.

Relating to the submission of a report by certain entities identifying spending reduction measures.


SB 249 (CS) (LC)Schwertner

Relating to the submission of an affordability and access report by public institutions of higher education.


SB 331 (CS) (LC)West

Relating to the temporary approval of a private or independent college or university to continue to participate in the tuition equalization grant program.


SB 674 (CS) (LC)Schwertner/ et al.

Relating to an expedited licensing process for certain physicians specializing in psychiatry; authorizing a fee.


SB 721 (LC)Perry/ et al.

Relating to treatment and care provided by licensed medical professionals to animals in certain facilities.


SB 867 (LC)Seliger

Relating to the designation of United States Highway 287 in Armstrong and Donley Counties as the Colonel Charles Goodnight Memorial Highway.


SB 887 (CS)Seliger/ et al.

Relating to a requirement that certain participating institutions under the student loan program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board provide loan debt information to certain students.


The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed:


SB 415 Perry/ et al.

Relating to a prohibition on the performance of dismemberment abortions; providing penalties; creating a criminal offense.


The Senate suspended the regular order, read second time and passed to engrossment:


SB 25 (CS)Creighton/ Bettencourt/ Birdwell/ Burton/ Campbell/ et al.

Relating to eliminating the wrongful birth cause of action.


The Senate adopted the following resolutions:


SR 465 Nelson/ Zaffirini

Recognizing Patsy Spaw, Secretary of the Texas Senate.


Committee referral on the following:


SJR 51 Estes

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for exceptions to the requirement that open-space land be devoted to certain purposes for ad valorem taxation based on the land's productive capacity.

Finance


SB 1426 Hancock

Relating to the calculation and dissemination of certain ad valorem tax rates.

Finance


SB 1427 Hancock/ Campbell

Relating to providing information regarding perinatal hospice care and prohibiting discriminatory abortions; creating an administrative penalty, a civil remedy, and criminal offenses.

Health & Human Services


SB 1428 Taylor, Van

Relating to the provision of mental health telemedicine medical services.

Health & Human Services


SB 1429 Perry

Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 1430 Perry

Relating to desalinated seawater and a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality provide expedited consideration of certain applications to amend water rights.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 1431 Zaffirini

Relating to escrow payments for a loan secured by a new dwelling.

Business & Commerce


SB 1432 Estes

Relating to the regulation of sport lagoons and granting rulemaking authority.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


SB 1433 Uresti

Relating to requiring registration as a sex offender of certain defendants convicted of the offense of continuous trafficking of persons.

Criminal Justice


SB 1434 Zaffirini

Relating to compensation of county auditors and assistant auditors.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 1435 Zaffirini

Relating to the removal from office of a county auditor.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 1436 Uresti/ Campbell/ et al.

Relating to the punishment for the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual and creating the offense of continuous injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.

Criminal Justice


SB 1437 Schwertner

Relating to payment for the use of a highway toll project.

Transportation


SB 1438 Zaffirini

Relating to the applicability of certain unfunded mandates on political subdivisions.

Finance


SB 1439 Whitmire

Relating to air conditioning and refrigeration contracting and the education and certification of air conditioning and refrigeration technicians.

Business & Commerce


SB 1440 Campbell

Relating to the attendance by a quorum of a governmental body at certain candidate events under the open meetings law.

Business & Commerce


SB 1441 Creighton

Relating to the right of certain appellants to supersede a judgment or order on appeal.

State Affairs


SB 1442 Creighton

Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue in certain municipalities.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


SB 1443 Creighton

Relating to electronic benefits transfer cards used for recipients of benefits under certain assistance programs.

Health & Human Services


SB 1444 West

Relating to de novo hearings in child protection cases.

State Affairs


SB 1445 West

Relating to methods of payment of rent and security deposits to residential landlords and authorizing associated service charges.

Business & Commerce


SB 1446 Estes

Relating to contested cases conducted under the Administrative Procedures Act.

State Affairs


SB 1447 Estes

Relating to the liability of a sport shooting range.

State Affairs


SB 1448 Estes

Relating to restricting employers from prohibiting certain employees from carrying, transporting, storing, or using handguns or ammunition.

State Affairs


SB 1449 Taylor, Larry

Relating to an insurer's compliance with National Association of Insurance Commissioners requirements.

Business & Commerce


SB 1450 Taylor, Larry

Relating to the rulemaking authority of the commissioner of insurance with respect to certain agreements and the effect of those agreements on this state's authority to regulate insurance.

Business & Commerce


SB 1451 Seliger

Relating to the designation of a water conservation coordinator by a retail public water utility to implement a water conservation plan.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 1452 Zaffirini

Relating to the application of the open meetings law to district judges performing certain management or administrative functions.

Business & Commerce


SB 1453 Miles

Relating to the definition of regular eligible student used in determining the transportation allotment under the school finance system for a municipal school district.

Education


SB 1454 Watson

Relating to the study and approval of lethal pesticides for feral hog control.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 1455 Campbell/ Hinojosa/ Perry

Relating to the establishment of a rural resident physician grant program.

Higher Education


SB 1456 Nichols

Relating to the building code standards for new residential construction in the unincorporated area of certain counties; creating a criminal offense and affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense.

Business & Commerce


SB 1457 Buckingham

Relating to a report by the Texas Workforce Commission regarding the transition from military service to employment.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security


SB 1458 Buckingham

Relating to a prior authorization requirement for certain prescription eye drops and related medications.

Business & Commerce


SB 1459 Hinojosa

Relating to incentives to encourage landowners to destroy, remove, or treat citrus trees located in a pest management zone.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 1460 Hinojosa

Relating to the issuance of childhood cancer awareness license plates.

Transportation


SB 1461 Hinojosa

Relating to the punishment for certain possession offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; changing eligibility for community supervision.

Criminal Justice


SB 1462 Hinojosa

Relating to local health care provider participation programs in certain counties and municipalities.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 1463 Huffman

Relating to settlement of claims and actions against a governmental unit.

State Affairs


SB 1464 Buckingham

Relating to the creation of the offense of possession or promotion of obscene visual material depicting a child.

Criminal Justice


SB 1465 Taylor, Larry

Relating to the authority of certain ex officio members of the board of directors of a tax increment financing reinvestment zone to elect not to serve on the board.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


SB 1466 Taylor, Larry

Relating to maximum liability limits for windstorm and hail insurance coverage provided through the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

Business & Commerce


SB 1467 West

Relating to the Texas college work-study program and to establishing a program for the off-campus employment of certain students at public or private institutions of higher education.

Higher Education


SB 1468 Creighton

Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that employ certain students in certain paid internship or similar programs.

Finance


SB 1469 Campbell

Relating to an election for the removal of a director serving on the board of directors of certain water districts.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 1470 Zaffirini

Relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Information Resources regarding cybersecurity.

Business & Commerce


SB 1471 Seliger

Relating to the establishment of the emergency medical services assistance program.

Health & Human Services


SB 1472 Rodríguez

Relating to granting to the board of trustees of certain municipally owned utilities the authority to set the compensation of employees necessary to provide service and protect against interruption.

Business & Commerce


SB 1473 Rodríguez

Relating to the authority to establish a customer assistance program for certain municipally owned utilities.

Business & Commerce


SB 1474 Taylor, Van

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of impersonating a public servant.

Criminal Justice


SB 1475 Taylor, Larry

Relating to windstorm and hail insurance coverage issued by the FAIR Plan Association in catastrophe areas.

Business & Commerce


SB 1476 Seliger

Relating to eligibility for support from the universal service fund.

Business & Commerce


SB 1477 West

Relating to ransomware; creating a criminal offense.

Criminal Justice


SB 1478 West

Relating to the designation of January 9 as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.

Criminal Justice


SB 1479 Hughes

Relating to the election of the board of directors of the Panola County Groundwater Conservation District.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 1480 Hughes

Relating to the guarantee of charter district bonds by the permanent school fund.

Education


SB 1481 Taylor, Larry

Relating to the instructional materials and technology allotment, open education resource instructional materials, and the State Board of Education long-range technology plan.

Education


SB 1482 Taylor, Larry

Relating to the creation of a committee to recommend a framework to incorporate digital teaching and learning in public schools.

Education


SB 1483 Taylor, Larry

Relating to the creation of the Technology Lending Program to provide grants to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.

Education


SB 1484 Taylor, Larry

Relating to the creation of an instructional materials web portal by the commissioner of education.

Education


SB 1485 Campbell

Relating to payment standards for preferred provider benefit plans to reduce balance billing of insureds for out-of-network health care services.

Business & Commerce


SB 1486 Campbell

Relating to payment standards for preferred provider benefit plans to reduce balance billing of insureds for out-of-network health care services.

Business & Commerce


SB 1487 West

Relating to preventing racial profiling and video and audio equipment and recordings of certain law enforcement motor vehicle stops; creating an offense.

Criminal Justice


SB 1488 West

Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, 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 84th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.

Administration


SB 1489 Taylor, Larry

Relating to the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 1490 Zaffirini

Relating to the premium surcharge certain automobile insurers are required to assess against an insured convicted of certain offenses.

Business & Commerce


SB 1491 Zaffirini

Relating to domestic surplus lines insurers; authorizing and imposing a tax.

Business & Commerce


SB 1492 Zaffirini

Relating to rules adopted by the commissioner of insurance to stabilize long-term care premium rates.

Business & Commerce


SB 1493 Zaffirini

Relating to changing statutory references to hearing officer and hearings officer to administrative law judge under the workers' compensation system.

Business & Commerce


SB 1494 Zaffirini

Relating to preauthorization and concurrent review of certain health care services under the workers' compensation system.

Business & Commerce


SB 1495 Zaffirini

Relating to access by the division of workers' compensation to certain designated doctor contracts under the workers' compensation system.

Business & Commerce


SB 1496 Zaffirini

Relating to certain workers' compensation reporting requirements.

Business & Commerce


SB 1497 Zaffirini

Relating to the eligibility requirements for employment as an ombudsman of the Office of Injured Employee Counsel under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.

Business & Commerce


SB 1498 Zaffirini

Relating to the regulation of temporary common worker employers.

Business & Commerce


SB 1499 Zaffirini

Relating to the regulation of for-profit legal service contract companies.

Business & Commerce


SB 1500 Zaffirini

Relating to certain vehicle protection products.

Business & Commerce


SB 1501 Zaffirini

Relating to the regulation of motor vehicle towing, booting, and storage and to the elimination of required state licensing for vehicle booting companies and operators.

Business & Commerce


SB 1502 Zaffirini

Relating to the regulation of barbering and cosmetology.

Business & Commerce


SB 1503 Zaffirini

Relating to abolishing shampoo apprentice permits and shampoo specialty certificates.

Business & Commerce


SB 1504 Taylor, Van

Relating to the eligibility of certain victims of trafficking of persons for an order of nondisclosure.

Criminal Justice


SB 1505 Hinojosa/ Campbell

Relating to the application of and allocation of revenue from certain taxes imposed on certain tobacco products.

Finance


SB 1506 Hinojosa

Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens; authorizing a fee; changing the eligibility for community supervision.

Business & Commerce


SB 1507 Hinojosa

Relating to the authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the discharge, diversion, and transfer or other reuse of return flows derived from treated brackish groundwater.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 1508 Hinojosa

Relating to filing fees imposed in civil cases in Hidalgo County, Cameron County, and Willacy County.

State Affairs


SB 1509 Hinojosa

Relating to eligibility requirements for the repayment of certain mental health professional education loans.

Higher Education


SB 1510 Perry

Relating to rates charged by certain transmission and distribution utilities to certain places of worship.

Business & Commerce


SB 1511 Perry

Relating to the state and regional water planning process and the funding of projects included in the state water plan.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


SB 1512 Taylor, Larry

Relating to replacement cost coverage in policies issued by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

Business & Commerce


SB 1513 Uresti

Relating to continuing education requirements for noncertified surgical technologists.

Health & Human Services


SB 1514 Estes

Relating to the eligibility of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land if the land is used for certain oil and gas operations.

Finance


SB 1515 Hancock

Relating to the authority to install a small wireless facility in a public right-of-way.

Business & Commerce


SB 1516 Hancock

Relating to the registration and regulation of appraisal management companies; authorizing fees; expanding the applicability of an occupational registration.

Business & Commerce


SB 1517 Hancock

Relating to partnerships, limited liability companies, and other domestic and foreign entities and to series of limited liability companies and foreign entities.

Business & Commerce


SB 1518 Hancock

Relating to corporations, associations, real estate investment trusts, and related entities.

Business & Commerce


SB 1519 Hancock

Relating to the promotion, sponsorship or advertising of an entertainment event or alcoholic beverage brand or product and a facility owned by a convention center development corporation

Business & Commerce


SB 1520 Hancock

Relating to certain duties of physicians regarding patient records.

Business & Commerce


SB 1521 Rodríguez

Relating to recording certain criminal proceedings.

Criminal Justice


SB 1522 Nichols

Relating to the composition of the aviation advisory committee.

Transportation


SB 1523 Nichols

Relating to the creation of the state safety oversight program for rail fixed guideway public transportation systems.

Transportation


SB 1524 Nichols

Relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container; authorizing a fee; creating an offense.

Transportation


SB 1525 Perry

Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of water needs and availability in this state.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


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