BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Wednesday March 1, 2017 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to increasing the punishment for an offense committed against a person because of the person's status as a peace officer, a firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products; providing penalties. State Affairs |
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Relating to durable powers of attorney. State Affairs |
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Relating to a special education recovery program operated by the Texas Education Agency. Education |
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Relating to the designation of portions of certain highways as the Tom Lea Trail. Transportation |
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Relating to continuing education requirements for county tax assessor-collectors. Finance |
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Relating to the nonconfidential status of certain state pension information. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority to waive certain penalties and interest in order to facilitate the settlement of an ad valorem tax appeal. Finance |
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Relating to the licensing of, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission's duties with respect to, and the administrative penalties for certain long-term care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the licensing of, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission's duties with respect to, and the administrative penalties for home and community support services agencies. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to health care liability insurance for certain long-term care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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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. State Affairs |
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Relating to county law libraries. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to certain rental-purchase agreements. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulatory analysis of rules proposed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the evaluation of and improvements to the quality of the Texas Workforce Commission's subsidized child care program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue in certain municipalities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to limitations on the rate of growth of appropriations. Finance |
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Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district to correct an ad valorem tax appraisal roll. Finance |
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Relating to deadlines for performing various functions in connection with the ad valorem tax system. Finance |
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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. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to certain information provided to prospective adoptive parents by the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a limitation on the amount of attorney's fees awarded in a case assigned to a special three-judge district court. State Affairs |
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Relating to tuition and fee exemptions or waivers at public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the regulation of the manufacture and sale of wine and certain related activities; authorizing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to enforcement of a lien on property in a self-service storage facility by a sale conducted through an Internet website. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to warning signs applicable to the carrying of weapons on the premises of certain holders of alcoholic beverage licenses and permits. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission to offer a civil penalty in lieu of suspending a permit or license. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the rates of the taxes imposed on the first sale of ale, malt liquor, and beer; reducing a tax rate. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to taxes imposed on vinous liquor. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the numbering of propositions on the ballot. State Affairs |
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Relating to the deadline for filing an application for a writ of habeas corpus in a death penalty case. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the adoption of the Compact for a Balanced Budget. State Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of prescribed burning by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of a journeyman lineman. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to develop and establish an online reporting system for sex offenses. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of a guardianship court pilot program. State Affairs |
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Relating to the Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation District; authorizing a fee. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the creation and operation of a park and recreation district in counties that share a border on the San Marcos River and to the authority of the district to collect fees and issue bonds; creating a criminal offense. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to criminal offenses regarding the consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by a minor. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to requiring certain public and private institutions of higher education to provide students and employees an option to electronically report certain offenses to the institution. State Affairs |
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Relating to requiring certain public and private institutions of higher education to provide amnesty to students who report incidents of sexual assault. State Affairs |
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Relating to a sexual assault policy at public and private institutions of higher education. State Affairs |
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Relating to eligibility to serve on the appraisal review board of certain appraisal districts. Finance |
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Relating to the reappraisal for ad valorem taxation purposes of real property on which a building completely destroyed by a casualty is located. Finance |
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Relating to authorization to enter onto property to survey for a proposed high-speed rail facility. Transportation |
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Relating to option contracts to acquire real property for high-speed rail projects. Transportation |
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Relating to the security of high-speed rail operated by a private entity. Transportation |
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Relating to telemedicine and telehealth services. Health & Human Services |