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.
SENATE BILLS
(Third Reading)
SB 115 Van de Putte
Relating to notice of certain changes in residential and farm and
ranch property insurance coverage on renewal.
SB 618 (CS) Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to the consequences of a public school's being considered
low-performing.
SENATE BILLS
(Second Reading)
SB 220 Harris
Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of
the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program.
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 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 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 112 (CS) Van de Putte
Relating to career and technology education and training.
SB 103 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the carrying of weapons by peace officers and by
special investigators.
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 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 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 527 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to the establishment of security forces in certain
metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
SB 518 (CS)(LC) Duncan
Relating to the qualifications for service as a grand or petit
juror and challenges for cause.
SB 641 (CS) West
Relating to presumptions for state land records.
SB 663 (CS) Ogden
Relating to an additional cost on conviction of an offense for
roadway safety and traffic enforcement.
SB 611 Nelson
Relating to printing a social security number on an identification
card or other identification device.
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 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 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 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 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 532 (LC) Williams
Relating to the acceptance of a referral fee or gift by certain
judges; providing a criminal penalty.
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 and
juvenile justice cases.
SB 14 (CS) Jackson/et al.
Relating to the regulation of residential property and automobile
insurance.
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 543 (CS)(LC) Duncan/et al.
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 of the State
of Texas.
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 and the
functions of the Texas Aerospace Commission to the Texas Economic
Development Office.
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 the disclosure of certain information by
state investment funds, including 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 264 (CS) Lucio
Relating to the continuation of the Texas Department of Housing and
Community Affairs and to certain application evaluations performed
by the department.
SB 273 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Court Reporters
Certification Board; providing an administrative penalty.
SB 756 (LC) Nelson
Relating to a declaration of a local state of disaster by certain
joint airport boards.
SB 945 Ogden
Relating to the manner of issuance of, and use of information in an
application for, a driver's license or personal identification
certificate issued by the Department of Public Safety of the State
of Texas.
SB 345 (CS)(LC) Ogden
Relating to offenses involving motor vehicle windshield and window
sunscreening devices.
SB 946 (CS) Ogden
Relating to certain requirements for obtaining a driver's license
for persons completing certain driver education courses.
SB 681 (LC) Averitt
Relating to the standard nonforfeiture law for certain annuities.
SB 959 (LC) Duncan
Relating to continued health insurance benefits for eligible
surviving spouses of certain officers and employees of political
subdivisions.
SB 580 (LC) Jackson
Relating to the execution of a writ of possession in certain
circumstances.
SB 774 (LC) Averitt
Relating to revolving credit accounts.
SB 996 (LC) Williams
Relating to collateral eligible to be pledged with the comptroller
to secure state deposits.
SB 1280 (LC) Fraser
Relating to the regulation of certain successors of electric
cooperatives.
SB 710 (LC) Jackson
Relating to the share of the cost of a coastal erosion study or
project required to be paid by a qualified project partner under an
agreement with the commissioner of the General Land Office.
SB 721 (LC) Lucio
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, financing, and annexation authority of the
Cameron-Hidalgo-Willacy Regional Water Authority; authorizing the
issuance of bonds; providing the power of eminent domain.
SB 934 (LC) Jackson
Relating to use of certain environmental laboratory data and
analysis by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
SB 407 (CS)(LC) Deuell
Relating to the liability of a governmental unit in the absence of
a contract for fire or emergency services.
SB 750 (CS) Madla
Relating to the requirement that governmental public notices be
published in Spanish-language newspapers.
SB 861 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to access to birth records under the public information
law.
SB 132 (LC) Zaffirini
Relating to the replacement and repair of existing cattle guards on
county roads.
SB 386 (LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the use of municipal hotel tax revenue collected by
certain coastal municipalities.
SB 850 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to allowing local governments and school districts to
prohibit contracts with delinquent taxpayers.
SB 1111 (LC) West/et al.
Relating to the rate of hotel occupancy and motor vehicle rental
taxes used to finance venue projects in certain counties.
SB 533 (CS) Carona
Relating to certain practices of debt collectors and credit
bureaus.
SB 1090 (CS) Carona
Relating to inspection, installation, repair, and maintenance of
elevators, escalators, chairlifts, people movers, moving sidewalks,
platform lifts, and related equipment; providing an administrative
penalty.
SB 448 (CS)(LC) Williams
Relating to the release of certain student information by school
districts.
SB 814 (LC) Averitt
Relating to an exemption for certain military personnel and
veterans from the requirements of the Texas Academic Skills
Program.
SB 1047 (CS) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to protecting state and local officers from certain
consequences based on their legislative actions.
SB 496 (CS) Janek
Relating to civil claims involving exposure to asbestos.
SB 656 (CS)(LC) Brimer
Relating to the removal of certain on-premise signs in a
municipality.
SB 1705 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the authority of certain taxing entities to repeal the
local sales and use tax exemption for telecommunications services.
SB 868 (CS)(LC) Lindsay
Relating to the purpose, powers, and duties of Harris County
Improvement District No. 1; authorizing the issuance of bonds.
SB 976 (CS) Shapiro
Relating to high school completion and the creation of a middle
college education pilot program.
SB 1108 (CS) Shapiro
Relating to academic achievement in public schools.
SB 862 (CS) Whitmire
Relating to the operation of public schools on Memorial Day.
SB 83 (CS) Wentworth
Relating to pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas
flags and to observance of one minute of silence in public schools.
SB 16 (CS) Staples
Relating to mentoring services programs for at-risk students in
public schools.
(A) AMENDED IN COMMITTEE
(CS) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
(E) GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY
(LC) RECOMMENDED FOR LOCAL CALENDAR
(R) REMOVED FROM LOCAL CALENDAR