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.
SENATE BILLS
(Third Reading)
SB 204 Wentworth
Relating to the use of headlights and windshield wipers when
driving in unfavorable conditions.
SB 443 (CS) Wentworth/et al.
Relating to access to criminal history record information
concerning volunteers with certain programs providing activities to
children.
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 333 (CS) Zaffirini
Relating to a chemical dependency counselor or counselor intern.
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 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 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 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 112 (CS) Van de Putte
Relating to career and technology education and training.
SB 618 (CS) Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to the consequences of a public school's being considered
low-performing.
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 642 (LC) Madla
Relating to the retirement system for firefighters and police
officers in certain municipalities.
SB 585 Duncan
Relating to providing money to pay for the remediation, cleanup,
and closure of unpermitted solid waste facilities.
SB 392 Williams/et al.
Relating to tax assessment procedures in certain water districts.
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 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 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 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 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 and farm and
ranch 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 statewide officeholders
and members of the legislature 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
nonprofit 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 the use of flame effects and pyrotechnics before an
assembly; providing a penalty.
SB 482 (CS)(LC) Madla/et al.
Relating to certain chaplains killed in the line of duty.
SB 599 (CS)(LC) West
Relating to investigation and testing, technical assistance, and
certain other matters related to indoor air quality in state
buildings.
SB 127 (CS) Fraser/et al.
Relating to the handling, settling, and use of certain claims in
the insurance business; providing penalties.
SB 304 Brimer
Relating to municipal officer and employee participation in state
travel services contracts.
SB 667 (LC) Ogden
Relating to the establishment or use of certain cemeteries.
SB 759 Brimer
Relating to certain pesticide application by persons engaged in
pest control work for a political subdivision.
SB 737 (LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the exemption of certain military personnel from jury
service.
SB 421 (CS)(LC) Carona
Relating to coverage of assisted living facilities under
professional liability insurance and the Texas Medical Liability
Insurance Underwriting Association.
SB 403 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to the designation of enterprise zones and enterprise
projects.
SB 803 (LC) Janek
Relating to the advertisement and promotion of certain compounded
drug products by a pharmacy or pharmacist.
SB 144 (CS) Averitt
Relating to the requirement that certain information be provided to
health care practitioners regarding the use and abuse of certain
drugs.
SB 939 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to the ratio of pharmacists to pharmacy technicians in
certain pharmacies.
SB 532 (LC) Williams
Relating to the acceptance of a referral fee or gift by certain
judges; providing a criminal penalty.
SB 729 (LC) Staples
Relating to the elements of the offense of harassment by persons in
certain correctional facilities.
SB 841 (LC) Whitmire
Relating to the regulation of certain extra job coordinators by the
Texas Commission on Private Security.
SB 82 Zaffirini
Relating to the priority given to the hearing by trial courts of
certain ad valorem tax matters.
SB 591 (LC) Duncan
Relating to the composition of the Texas Council on Offenders with
Mental Impairments.
SB 629 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the creation of magistrates in Comal County.
SB 802 (LC) Janek
Relating to the use of alternate grand jurors.
SB 922 (LC) Harris
Relating to the appointments and duties of Tarrant County criminal
magistrates.
SB 430 (CS)(LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the availability of a legislative continuance in a
judicial matter.
SB 979 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the composition of the 274th judicial district and the
jurisdiction of the 207th and 274th district courts.
SB 1057 (CS) Duncan
Relating to the determination of incompetency in criminal cases.
SB 513 Lindsay
Relating to limiting the liability of certain persons giving care,
assistance, or advice during a disaster.
SB 14 (CS) Jackson/et al.
Relating to automobile and residential property insurance rate
regulation.
SB 405 (CS) Hinojosa
Relating to the prevention of, prosecution of, and punishment of
identity theft and to assistance to certain victims of identity
theft; providing penalties.
SB 433 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to the issuance and enforcement of protective orders to
protect victims of sexual assault; providing criminal penalties.
SB 473 (CS) Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to assisting consumers to prevent and detect identity
theft.
SB 543 (CS)(LC) Duncan
Relating to postconviction DNA testing.
SB 255 (LC) Averitt
Relating to compensatory time off for certain communications
service employees of the Department of Public Safety.
SB 271 (LC) Jackson
Relating to the regulation of riding stables.
SB 394 (LC) Shapleigh
Relating to the Records Management Interagency Coordinating
Council.
SB 260 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to continuation and functions of the Texas Board of
Professional Land Surveying.
SB 265 (CS) Lucio
Relating to continuation and functions of the State Board for
Educator Certification.
SB 275 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to the abolition of the Texas Department of Economic
Development and the transfer of certain of its functions to the
Texas Economic Development Office; and the consolidation of tourism
promotion functions by agencies of this state.
SB 276 (CS)(LC) Lucio
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Board of Tax
Professional Examiners.
SB 650 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to requiring state investment funds to post certain
information on the Internet.
SB 566 (CS)(LC) West
Relating to the duties of law enforcement regarding the misuse of a
person's identity and to the person's right to expunction of
identifying information contained in certain records and files.
SB 155 (CS) Zaffirini/et al.
Relating to the protection of public freshwater areas; providing a
penalty.
(A) AMENDED IN COMMITTEE
(CS) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
(E) GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY
(LC) RECOMMENDED FOR LOCAL CALENDAR
(R) REMOVED FROM LOCAL CALENDAR