SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Monday April 3, 2017 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment repealing county authority to provide for manual labor poor houses and farms. |
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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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Relating to prohibiting governmental contracts with a company doing business with Iran, Sudan, or a foreign terrorist organization. |
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Relating to the term of a chief administrative law judge. |
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Relating to establishing a guardianship compliance program. |
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Relating to step therapy protocols required by a health benefit plan in connection with prescription drug coverage. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the exemption of certain services performed by certain employees from the sales and use tax. |
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Relating to the continuation of the women's health advisory committee. |
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Relating to guardianships; authorizing a fee. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the regulation of seed by a political subdivision. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the administration of gasoline and diesel fuel motor fuels taxes and the fee on the delivery of certain petroleum products. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read second time and passed to engrossment: |
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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 the regulation of the retention, storage, transportation, disposal, processing, and reuse of used or scrap tires; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. 1 Floor Amendment |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Recognizing April 2017 as Child Abuse Prevention Month. |
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Honoring Erwin J. De Luna for his contributions as president of the Fiesta San Antonio Commission. |
The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar: |
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Relating to leave policy and procedures for state employees. |
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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 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 the production of public information available on a publicly accessible website. |
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Relating to certain required reports prepared by state agencies and other governmental entities. |
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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 general officers within the state military department. |
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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 applicability of adverse licensing, listing, or registration decisions by certain health and human services agencies. |
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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 handgun proficiency required to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun. |
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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 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 Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program. |
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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 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 prohibiting certain health care practitioners from providing alcoholic beverages to certain persons; imposing an administrative penalty. |
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Relating to the statewide preceptorship program in family medicine. |
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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 information collected about and purchases of information technology by governmental entities. |
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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 qualifications for a person conducting an adoption evaluation. |
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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 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 the discharge of a prisoner from a county jail. |
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Relating to reporting requirements for certain skills development fund workforce training program providers. |
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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 duration of certain protective orders against family violence. |
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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 elections held by the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District. |
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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 composition of the Texas Historical Commission. |
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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 sequencing of required English language arts courses and mathematics courses in schools. |
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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 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 a groundwater conservation district's use of electronic fund transfers. |
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Relating to the board of directors of the Maverick County Hospital District. |
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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 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 the statute of limitations for the offense of exploitation of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. |
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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 use of certain lighting equipment on emergency management or airport security vehicles. |
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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 the offense of leaving a motor vehicle unattended. |
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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 the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 84 as the Trooper Jonathan Thomas McDonald Memorial Highway. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to the powers and duties and election of the board of directors of the West Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 3. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the University Hills Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments or fees. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the North Hays County Municipal Utility District No. 2; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the powers of the Harris County Improvement District No. 17. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the East Lake Houston Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the board of directors of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 224; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to granting road powers to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 100; providing authority to issue bonds. Transportation |
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Relating to providing road powers to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 101; providing authority to issue bonds. Transportation |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 and the territory of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District and the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the composition of the Comal County Juvenile Board. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 554; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the conversion of the Grand Northwest Municipal Utility District to the Grand Northwest Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Management District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 130; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 50; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the dissolution of the Central Colorado River Authority. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Lerin Hills Municipal Utility District of Kendall County; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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