REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS
SENATE BILLS
(Calendar Order)
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS
(Second Reading)
SJR 15 Harris
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.
SJR 22 Harris
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
define rates of interest for commercial loans.
SJR 25 (CS) Staples
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
exempt certain travel trailers from ad valorem taxation.
SENATE BILLS
(Second Reading)
SB 220 Harris
Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of
the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program.
SB 86 (CS) Wentworth/et al.
Relating to the eligibility of a high school graduate for automatic
admission to an institution of higher education.
SB 366 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the regulation of on-premise signs in certain counties.
SB 391 (LC) Harris
Relating to the operation of a jail commissary by a sheriff in
certain counties.
SB 204 Wentworth
Relating to the use of headlights and windshield wipers when
driving in unfavorable conditions.
SB 333 (CS) Zaffirini
Relating to a chemical dependency counselor or counselor intern.
SB 359 (LC) Shapiro
Relating to a local option election for the sale of beer and wine
in certain cities or towns located in more than one county.
SB 235 (CS) Fraser
Relating to a receipt or other document issued for payment by
credit or debit card; providing a civil penalty.
SB 236 (CS) Fraser
Relating to exempting landowners and certain other persons from the
requirement of obtaining a hunting license to hunt feral hogs on
the landowners' property.
SB 374 (CS)(LC) Williams
Relating to the payment of certain wages by staff leasing services
companies.
SB 484 (CS)(LC) Estes/et al.
Relating to the competitive bidding requirement for the Greater
Texoma Utility Authority.
SB 314 Janek
Relating to the medical transportation program.
SB 442 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to the applicability of the law governing access to public
beaches to coastal public works constructed by certain governmental
entities.
SB 140 (LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to prohibiting the promotion of certain improper
photographs or visual recordings; providing a penalty.
SB 317 (LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of violation of a
protective order or magistrate's order.
SB 443 (CS) Wentworth
Relating to access to criminal history record information
concerning volunteers with certain programs providing activities to
children.
SB 353 (LC) Shapleigh
Relating to tax increment financing under the Tax Increment
Financing Act in certain cities that border Mexico.
SB 535 (CS)(LC) Lucio/et al.
Relating to authorizing certain counties to regulate land
development; providing a penalty.
SB 354 (LC) Harris
Relating to the jurisdiction of certain district courts and
criminal district courts of Tarrant County.
SB 660 Ogden
Relating to the penalty for certain speeding offenses.
SB 305 (CS) Barrientos
Relating to specialized license plates and parking placards for
vehicles of persons with disabilities.
SB 404 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to advanced transportation districts.
SB 196 (LC) Staples
Relating to a challenge of a voter's registration.
SB 250 (LC) Barrientos
Relating to recognizing March as Texas History Month.
SB 597 (CS)(LC) Duncan
Relating to the regulation of certain companies that provide
for-profit legal service contracts; providing penalties.
SB 349 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to the intellectual property rights of the Department of
Information Resources and certain other state agency intellectual
property matters.
SB 494 (CS) Shapleigh
Relating to information provided by certain health benefit plans
through the Internet.
SB 417 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to interest rate ceilings on certain commercial loans.
SB 112 (CS) Van de Putte
Relating to career and technology education and training.
SB 589 (CS) Zaffirini
Relating to the purposes of the Texas School for the Blind and
Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf.
SB 618 (CS) Shapleigh
Relating to the consequences of a public school's being considered
low-performing.
SB 590 (LC) Zaffirini
Relating to composition of the board of the Texas School for the
Deaf.
SB 510 (CS) Staples
Relating to the exemption of certain travel trailers from ad
valorem taxation.
SB 423 (LC) Nelson
Relating to requiring the comptroller of public accounts to assess
the feasibility of a central database containing information on
special districts.
SB 117 (LC) Staples
Relating to the authority of certain retired peace officers to
carry certain weapons.
SB 307 (LC) Gallegos
Relating to the composition of the Commission on Law Enforcement
Officer Standards and Education.
SB 103 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the carrying of weapons by peace officers and by
special investigators.
SB 458 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to requiring a court cost impact statement on a bill or
resolution that imposes a court cost on a person charged with a
criminal offense.
SB 454 (LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the uniform election date for certain cities.
SB 642 (LC) Madla
Relating to the retirement system for firefighters and police
officers in certain municipalities.
SB 607 (LC) Janek
Relating to abandoned crab traps.
SB 585 Duncan
Relating to providing money to pay for the remediation, cleanup,
and closure of unpermitted solid waste facilities.
SB 553 (LC) Janek
Relating to the validation of any act, governmental proceeding,
official, bond, or obligation of a navigation district or port
authority.
SB 392 Williams/et al.
Relating to tax assessment procedures in certain water districts.
SB 372 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to extending the period for confirmation of the Harris
County Municipal Utility District No. 388.
SB 371 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to extending the period for confirmation of the Harris
County Municipal Utility District No. 387.
SB 370 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to extending the period for confirmation of the Harris
County Municipal Utility District No. 386.
SB 369 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the dissolution of the Huffsmith Road Public Utility
District.
SB 368 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the dissolution of the Kuykendahl Road Public Utility
District No. 2.
SB 367 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the dissolution of the Kuykendahl Road Public Utility
District No. 1.
SB 583 (LC) Shapleigh
Relating to information that must be included in the adjutant
general's annual report.
SB 501 (CS) Armbrister/et al.
Relating to laws regulating the carrying of weapons, including the
application of criminal trespass laws to persons licensed to carry
a concealed handgun.
SB 572 (LC) Harris
Relating to the euthanasia of an animal by an animal shelter;
providing criminal penalties.
SB 486 (LC) Zaffirini
Relating to immunization of children.
SB 564 (LC) West
Relating to the application of certain marketing and contracting
restrictions to treatment facilities funded by the Texas Commission
on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
SB 567 (LC) West
Relating to access by certain hospitals and hospital districts to
criminal history record information.
SB 752 (LC) Harris
Relating to joint negotiation by physicians and health benefit
plans.
SB 418 (CS) Nelson/et al.
Relating to the regulation and prompt payment of health care
providers; providing penalties.
SB 527 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to the establishment of security forces in certain
metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
SB 592 (CS)(LC) Lindsay
Relating to the location of a jail or related facility operated
jointly by a municipality and a county.
SB 714 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the liability of a taxing unit for the fee of an
attorney ad litem in a suit to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes.
SB 749 (LC) Madla
Relating to continuing education requirements for certain court
clerks.
SB 358 (CS) Shapiro
Relating to the jurisdiction of constitutional county courts over
truancy cases and the appointment of magistrates to hear truancy
cases in certain counties.
SB 518 (CS)(LC) Duncan
Relating to the qualifications for service as a grand or petit
juror and challenges for cause.
SB 542 (CS)(LC) Lindsay
Relating to exclusion of land from certain water districts for
failure to provide facilities and services.
SB 608 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to the creation of resident and nonresident fishing guide
licenses.
SB 641 (CS) West
Relating to presumptions for state land records.
SB 514 Lindsay
Relating to restricting the use of designated lanes of certain
highways.
SB 724 Williams
Relating to the settlement of certain claims against the Texas
Department of Transportation.
SB 558 (CS)(LC) Madla/et al.
Relating to immigration visa waivers for physicians.
SB 173 (CS) Nelson
Relating to deferred payment of property taxes for certain persons
serving in the United States armed forces during a war or national
emergency.
SB 361 (CS) Shapiro/et al.
Relating to the precedence of certain municipal highway access
rules and ordinances over highway access management orders of the
Texas Transportation Commission.
SB 461 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to the operation of authorized emergency vehicles.
SB 540 (CS) Williams
Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to
alter speed limits on county roads.
SB 441 (A) Harris
Relating to the transportation by motor vehicle of persons within
the boundaries of certain airports; creating an offense.
SB 716 (A) Lindsay
Relating to causeways, bridges, tunnels, turnpikes, and highways in
certain counties bordering the Gulf of Mexico and in adjacent
counties.
SB 663 (CS) Ogden
Relating to an additional cost on conviction of an offense for
roadway safety and traffic enforcement.
SB 115 Van de Putte
Relating to notice of certain changes in residential property
insurance coverage on renewal.
SB 611 Nelson
Relating to printing a social security number on an identification
card or other identification device.
SB 935 (LC) Jackson
Relating to fraternal organizations that are exempt from certain
requirements of the alcoholic beverage code.
SB 761 (LC) Estes
Relating to the requirement that certain contracts awarded by the
Veterans' Land Board be subject to competitive bidding.
SB 822 (LC) Fraser
Relating to the validation of the creation and certain actions and
proceedings of the Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District
and to related conforming changes to the district's enabling act.
SB 253 Staples
Relating to applicability of the Texas Youth Camp Safety and Health
Act to facilities or programs operated by or on the campus of an
institution of higher education.
SB 437 Lindsay
Relating to the service area of the North Harris Montgomery
Community College District.
SB 741 Van de Putte
Relating to certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary
resuscitation for certain school district employees.
SB 900 Shapiro
Relating to computation and reporting of the ratios of a school
district's expenditures and personnel relating to direct student
instruction.
SB 339 (LC) Nelson
Relating to issuance of certain liability insurance by the Texas
Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association.
SB 579 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the confidentiality of certain records in an adoption
placement by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.
SB 653 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the charges that may be imposed under the public
information law for providing a copy of public information.
SB 735 Lindsay
Relating to local government officials serving on state boards.
SB 244 (CS) West
Relating to the making of political contributions to or the
acceptance of political contributions by the governor during the
period in which the governor may veto a bill.
SB 313 (CS)(LC) Harris/et al.
Relating to collection of civil damages awarded against certain
nursing institutions.
SB 695 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to the authority of certain counties to prohibit the use
or possession of certain fireworks on public beaches.
SB 555 (A) Shapleigh
Relating to the telecommunications planning and oversight council.
SB 693 (CS) Gallegos/et al.
Relating to flame effects and pyrotechnics before an assembly.
SB 482 (CS)(LC) Madla/et al.
Relating to certain chaplains killed in the line of duty.
(A) AMENDED IN COMMITTEE
(CS) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
(E) GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY
(LC) RECOMMENDED FOR LOCAL CALENDAR
(R) REMOVED FROM LOCAL CALENDAR