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Daily House Calendar

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

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********** MAJOR STATE CALENDAR **********
HOUSE BILLS
SECOND READING

HB 1000             Darby

Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the Texas House of Representatives.

HB 4559             Darby

Relating to the application of statutes that classify political subdivisions according to population.

HB 9                Ashby / Hunter / Hernandez / Bonnen / Longoria / et al.

Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services; providing for transfers of money for funding.

HB 11               Dutton / Harless / Buckley / et al.

Relating to the rights and certification of public school educators, including financial and other assistance provided to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators, methods of reading instruction in public schools, certain allotments providing for compensation for certain public school teachers under the Foundation School Program, and rules adopted by the State Board for Educator Certification.

HB 100              King, Ken / VanDeaver / Dutton / Howard / Buckley / et al.

Relating to the compensation of public school educators and to the public school finance system, including enrollment-based funding for certain allotments under the Foundation School Program.

HB 19               Murr / Leach / Landgraf / et al.

Relating to the creation of a specialty trial court to hear certain cases; authorizing fees.


********** CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS CALENDAR **********
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS
SECOND READING

HJR 125             Ashby / et al.

Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the broadband infrastructure fund to assist in the financing of broadband and telecommunications services projects in the state.

HJR 107             Price / Thompson, Senfronia / Murr / Vasut

Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the mandatory age of retirement for state justices and judges.

HJR 132             Hefner

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from imposing a tax on the net worth of individuals or businesses.


********** GENERAL STATE CALENDAR **********
HOUSE BILLS
SECOND READING

HB 1300             Geren

Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.

HB 1554             Raymond

Relating to disclosure of a beneficiary to a funeral director under a life insurance policy.

HB 1302             Geren

Relating to inspections and examinations by the Railroad Commission of Texas of certain sites and facilities conducted using unmanned aircraft.

HB 1709             Canales

Relating to a special bill of review to reform a final judgment of forfeiture of a bail bond.

HB 2012             Oliverson / Metcalf / Longoria / Harris, Cody / Harrison / et al.

Relating to the display of the national motto in public school and institution of higher education classrooms.

HB 927              Dutton

Relating to the creation of a commission to review certain laws of this state that restrict the rights or activities of persons convicted of a felony offense and to make certain recommendations regarding those laws.

HB 906              Moody

Relating to the provision of information regarding mental health and suicide prevention services to entering students at public institutions of higher education.

HB 1008             Turner

Relating to suspending the employment of certain persons who provide care to individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability and who are alleged to have engaged in reportable conduct.

HB 1158             Darby

Relating to advanced clean energy projects and certain other projects that reduce or eliminate emissions of carbon dioxide or other pollutants.

HB 250              González, Mary / Goldman / Cook / Collier / et al.

Relating to crime victims' compensation.

HB 218              Moody / Dutton / Geren / Anchía / Cain / et al.

Relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of certain offenses relating to the possession of marihuana, certain tetrahydrocannabinols, certain synthetic cannabinoids, and drug paraphernalia; imposing a fee.

HB 2464             Price / Smithee

Relating to optional annuity increases for certain retirees and beneficiaries of the Texas Municipal Retirement System.

HB 2727             Price / Thompson, Senfronia / Oliverson / Jetton / Guerra / et al.

Relating to the provision of home telemonitoring services under Medicaid.

HB 3156             Leach

Relating to liability of professional firms performing construction monitoring and inspection services for the Texas Department of Transportation.

HB 3049             Anderson / Oliverson / Rogers / Stucky / Buckley / et al.

Relating to the dismissal of a baseless or unfounded complaint filed with the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

HB 3574             Lambert / Ashby

Relating to the regulation of state banks.

HB 653              Allison / Spiller / Hull

Relating to guardianships of the person of wards with profound intellectual disabilities who are minors or were minors when their guardianship proceedings commenced.

HB 55               Johnson, Julie / Morales, Christina / Rogers / Leach / Cook

Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 357              Bucy / Smith / Capriglione

Relating to the requirements to access the online tracker of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.

HB 2014             Leach

Relating to reimbursement for jury service.

HB 479              Hinojosa / Hayes / Kacal

Relating to the period for transporting a criminal defendant who is found incompetent to stand trial to a facility for competency restoration services and to the compensation to the county for the costs of confinement occurring after that period.

HB 409              Collier

Relating to the governance and administration of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and to certain disclosures made in relation to the provision of funding for indigent defense services.

HB 1182             Harless

Relating to judicial statistics and other pertinent information gathered by the Texas Judicial Council and certain populous counties.

HB 1238             VanDeaver

Relating to the school health and related services program, including parental consent for program services, the establishment of a school health and related services program advisory council, and the publication of the School Health and Related Services (SHARS) Handbook portion of the Texas Medicaid Provider Procedures Manual.

HB 1826             Turner / Raney

Relating to the establishment of an organized retail theft task force.

HB 1950             King, Ken

Relating to the major events reimbursement program, including event funding eligibility, site selection organizations, and single event and single year classifications.

HB 1626             Allen / Johnson, Ann / Thompson, Senfronia / Wu / Hull / et al.

Relating to a public school student's transition from an alternative education program to a regular educational environment, including parental rights related to that transition, and the admission of certain students with a criminal or disciplinary history.

HB 2199             Canales

Relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an electric vehicle.

HB 2066             Cook

Relating to the diversion of certain foster youth from the juvenile justice system, including through emergency behavior intervention by certain persons providing foster care services.

HB 2300             Allen

Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information.

HB 2638             Johnson, Ann / Thompson, Senfronia / Lozano / Price / Rose

Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for multisystemic therapy services.

HB 2518             Bell, Keith / Raymond / Guillen / Bell, Cecil

Relating to required lease terms for public property leased to a nongovernmental entity; creating a criminal offense.

HB 2795             Canales

Relating to the amendment of an existing comprehensive development agreement for a portion of State Highway 130.

HB 2774             Thompson, Ed

Relating to the treatment of income tax expenses in rate proceedings for water and sewer utilities.

HB 2983             Oliverson / Rose / Raymond / Manuel / Thierry

Relating to a pilot project to provide medical nutrition assistance to certain Medicaid recipients in this state.

HB 2908             Murr

Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to purchase, finance the purchase of, or lease real property or construct or finance the construction of improvements to real property.

HB 2404             Johnson, Ann / Thompson, Senfronia / Lozano / Price / Rose

Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for functional family therapy services.

HB 2195             Noble

Relating to wrong, fictitious, altered, or obscured license plates; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 3651             Bailes

Relating to motor fuel taxes.

HB 1239             Oliverson / Paul / Harris, Cody / et al.

Relating to consideration by insurers of certain prohibited criteria for ratemaking and coverage decisions and the use of disparate impact analysis regarding certain insurance practices.

HB 1446             Cortez

Relating to procedures governing declared disasters for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 772              Allen

Relating to corporal punishment in public schools.

HB 1905             Talarico

Relating to allowing school districts to make available certain school safety training courses to employees of certain private schools, child-care facilities, or organizations providing out-of-school-time care.

HB 238              Bernal / Romero, Jr.

Relating to the regulation of migrant labor housing facilities; changing the amount of a civil penalty.

HB 484              Meza

Relating to suicide prevention in municipal jails.

HB 4256             Murr

Relating to the establishment of a grant program to plug leaking water wells in certain counties; making an appropriation.

HB 2481             Garcia

Relating to a counseling and crisis management program for relative or other designated caregivers and children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 2757             Tepper

Relating to funding and activities of the Texas Produced Water Consortium.

HB 3756             Flores / Bumgarner / Plesa / Leach / Anderson

Relating to civil liability for removing certain individuals or animals from a motor vehicle.

HB 3803             Cunningham

Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade.

HB 5052             Gerdes

Relating to the criteria considered by groundwater conservation districts before granting or denying a permit.

HB 4777             Plesa / Lozano / Dutton / Johnson, Ann / Allison / et al.

Relating to the model training curriculum for school district peace officers and school resource officers.


********** RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR **********
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS

HCR 20              Herrero

Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.

HCR 86              Jetton / Button

Expressing support for the strengthening of our partnership with Taiwan and for the expansion of Taiwan's role on the global stage.

 

 


RULE FOR FLOOR CONSIDERATION

H.B. 1000

 

Section 1.  AUTHORITY AND EFFECT. This rule for floor consideration of H.B. 1000 is proposed by the Committee on Calendars, pursuant to House Rule 3, Section 4(2).  The rule will be effective if it is approved by the house, in accordance with House Rule 6, Section 16(f).

Section 2.  PRE-FILING REQUIREMENT. For each original amendment that will be offered during second reading consideration of the bill, the amendment elements required by Section 3(a) must be submitted to the chief clerk by 6 p.m. on Monday, April 24.

Section 3.  PREPARATION OF AMENDMENTS.  (a)  No proposed amendment, amendment to the amendment, or substitute amendment changing any district is eligible for consideration on any reading unless the amendment includes:

 (1)  a reference to the plan number assigned by the redistricting computer system operated by the Texas Legislative Council; and

(2)  the following required amendment elements that have been prepared by TLC and submitted or made available electronically to the chief clerk:

 (A)  a general written description of the proposed changes, including district numbers and the names of counties affected, if the amendment does not propose a statewide substitute plan;

(B)  maps prepared by TLC indicating changes made by the amendment; and

(C)  standard reports prepared by TLC that indicate population, voter data, and incumbent locations for the districts affected by the amendment.

 (b)  No proposed amendment, amendment to the amendment, or substitute amendment changing any district is eligible for consideration on any reading if adoption of the amendment would result in:

 (1)  any district composed of non-contiguous territory; or

(2)  any unassigned territory or districts with overlapping territory in the overall redistricting plan under consideration.

 


RULE FOR FLOOR CONSIDERATION

H.B. 4559

 

Section 1.  AUTHORITY AND EFFECT.  This rule for floor consideration of H.B. 4559 is proposed by the Committee on Calendars, pursuant to House Rule 3, Section 4(2).  The rule will be effective if it is approved by the house, in accordance with House Rule 6, Section 16(f).

Section 2.  PRE-FILING DEADLINE.  All original amendments that will be offered during second reading consideration of the bill must be filed with the chief clerk by 6 p.m. on Monday, April 24.

Section 3.  PREPARATION OF AMENDMENTS.  No proposed amendment, amendment to the amendment, or substitute amendment inserting, striking, or altering a population bracket is eligible for consideration on any reading unless the amendment is drafted by the Texas Legislative Council.