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 28 Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to
grant one or more reprieves in a capital case.
SJR 43 Ogden
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Texas
Department of Transportation to borrow money from the permanent
school fund to finance the acquisition of rights-of-way.
SJR 44 Ogden
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
provide for the issuance of bonds and other public securities
secured by the state highway fund for improvements to the state
highway system.
SJR 19 Williams
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow current and retired
college professors to receive compensation for serving on the
governing bodies of school districts, cities, towns, or other local
governmental districts, including water districts.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
(Second Reading)
SCR 26 (LC) Ogden
Designating Round Rock as the official Daffodil Capital of Texas.
SENATE BILLS
(Third Reading)
SB 366 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the regulation of on-premise signs in certain counties.
SENATE BILLS
(Second Reading)
SB 220 Harris
Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of
the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program.
SB 391 (LC) Harris
Relating to the operation of a jail commissary by a sheriff in
certain counties.
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 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 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 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 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 599 (CS)(LC) West
Relating to investigation and testing, technical assistance, and
certain other matters related to indoor air quality in state
buildings.
SB 1057 (CS) Duncan
Relating to the determination of incompetency in criminal and
juvenile justice cases.
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 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 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 273 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Court Reporters
Certification Board; providing an administrative penalty.
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 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 774 (LC) Averitt
Relating to revolving credit accounts.
SB 1280 (LC) Fraser
Relating to the regulation of certain successors of electric
cooperatives.
SB 750 (CS) Madla/et al.
Relating to the requirement that governmental public notices be
published in Spanish-language newspapers.
SB 386 (LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the use of municipal hotel tax revenue collected by
certain coastal municipalities.
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 814 (LC) Averitt
Relating to an exemption for certain military personnel and
veterans from the requirements of the Texas Academic Skills
Program.
SB 656 (CS) 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 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 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.
SB 568 (LC) West
Relating to security officers for medical corporations in certain
municipalities.
SB 601 Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to the authority of the governor to grant one or more
reprieves in a capital case.
SB 1045 Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to the creation of a commission to investigate and prevent
wrongful convictions.
SB 1607 Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to regulation of state crime laboratories.
SB 825 (CS)(LC) Whitmire
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault
committed against residents of certain facilities.
SB 826 (CS)(LC) Whitmire
Relating to reporting the deaths of certain individuals; providing
a criminal penalty.
SB 840 (CS)(LC) Whitmire
Relating to authority of certain peace officers to make arrests
outside their jurisdictions.
SB 1018 (LC) Duncan
Relating to the appointment of a bailiff for the 106th District
Court.
SB 827 (CS)(LC) Whitmire
Relating to creating offenses for abandoning or endangering an
elderly individual or disabled individual and for failing to
provide certain care for a child, elderly individual, or disabled
individual.
SB 284 (LC) Lucio
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State
Affordable Housing Corporation.
SB 388 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the use and management of certain state-owned real
property.
SB 938 (CS) Barrientos
Relating to enforcement of veteran's employment preferences.
SB 526 (CS)(LC) Staples/et al.
Relating to the San Jacinto River Authority board of directors.
SB 1035 (CS)(LC) Lindsay
Relating to the general powers and authority of the West Harris
County Regional Water Authority.
SB 655 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to members and veterans of the armed forces.
SB 470 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to prohibition of signs and designation of scenic route on
Spring-Cypress Road.
SB 895 (LC) Bivins
Relating to the conducting of a driver education course by certain
family members of the student.
SB 1063 Shapiro
Relating to insurance coverage of commercial motor carriers.
SB 401 (LC) Van de Putte/et al.
Relating to testing certain public safety personnel for accidental
exposure to hepatitis B or hepatitis C.
SB 490 Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to developing and coordinating certain agency services and
activities involving mental health care for young children.
SB 492 Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to an evaluation of public funding for children's mental
health services.
SB 594 Van de Putte
Relating to the definition of an ambulatory surgical center.
SB 602 Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to access to criminal history record information
concerning employees, volunteers, and applicant volunteers of
children's advocacy centers.
SB 1065 Shapiro
Relating to a pilot project to address continuing needs for more
child protective services caseworkers in certain regions of this
state.
SB 493 (CS) Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to mental health and substance abuse services provided
through certain state health benefit programs.
SB 810 (CS) Harris
Relating to the regulation of social workers; providing a criminal
penalty.
SB 1567 (CS)(LC) Madla/et al.
Relating to the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial in the Capitol
Complex.
SB 331 Brimer
Relating to statistical information concerning certain judicial
proceedings to bypass parental notice of a minor's abortion.
SB 382 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to reimbursement under certain health benefit plans for
services provided by licensed athletic trainers.
SB 857 (LC) Madla
Relating to certain therapeutic optometrists' participation in a
managed care plan.
SB 912 (LC) Ratliff
Relating to surplus and salvage computer equipment.
SB 1875 (LC) Ratliff
Relating to the application of the open meetings law and the public
information law to deliberations and information regarding the
safety, security, or integrity of public wholesale water and
sewerage supplies and public water and sewerage systems.
SB 282 (CS)(LC) Jackson
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board
of Plumbing Examiners; providing penalties.
SB 818 (LC) Fraser
Relating to the regulation of certain occupations by the Texas Real
Estate Commission.
SB 965 (LC) Averitt
Relating to documentation in certain transactions involving a
pawnbroker.
SB 1532 (LC) Brimer
Relating to the filing of an application for registration of a
trademark or service mark and other trademark instruments with the
secretary of state.
SB 1533 (LC) Brimer
Relating to the filing of a financing statement record under the
Uniform Commercial Code.
SB 917 (LC) Whitmire
Relating to the time during which inmates may be considered for
release on parole.
SB 880 (LC) Whitmire
Relating to the time allowed for disposition of certain charges
regarding a violation of parole or other forms of release from
prison.
SB 804 (LC) Zaffirini
Relating to accommodations and work assignments for certain
pregnant Department of Public Safety officers.
SB 685 (LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the authority of a peace officer to make a warrantless
arrest for the commission of family violence.
SB 674 (LC) Estes
Relating to compensatory time off for certain persons who are
employed by the state as peace officers.
SB 408 (LC) Deuell
Relating to the punishment for the offense of terroristic threat.
SB 348 Lucio/et al.
Relating to the punishment for a capital offense.
SB 1082 (CS) Ogden
Relating to loans from the permanent school fund for the
acquisition of rights-of-way for the state highway system.
SB 1580 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to bond requirements for privatized maintenance contracts.
SB 174 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to the confidentiality of information in an application
for a marriage license.
SB 194 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to immunity for certain governmental employees or agents
for an act or omission committed while supervising an inmate or
offender program or activity.
SB 351 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to the regulation of persons who repossess motor vehicles;
providing penalties.
SB 943 (CS) Williams
Relating to an exemption from the private security law for persons
who furnish certain information regarding a business or
governmental entity.
SB 995 (CS)(LC) Williams
Relating to certain changes to the uniform law on secured
transactions.
SB 1105 (CS) Fraser
Relating to amendments to the Texas Timeshare Act.
SB 1183 (CS)(LC) Deuell
Relating to community service programs under the National and
Community Service Act of 1990.
SB 297 (LC) Janek
Relating to a firefighters' relief and retirement fund in certain
municipalities.
SB 308 (LC) Gallegos
Relating to the administration of a retirement system for officers
and employees of certain municipalities.
SB 481 (LC) Madla
Relating to qualifications of a constable or sheriff.
SB 529 (LC) Madla
Relating to temporarily exempting emergency medical services
personnel who serve a rural area of the state from certain legal
requirements.
SB 530 (LC) Madla
Relating to performance measures for regional advisory councils in
trauma service areas.
SB 556 (LC) Duncan
Relating to the powers and duties of the Hardeman County Hospital
District.
SB 705 (LC) Jackson
Relating to the donation by a county of salvage and surplus
property to a civic or charitable organization.
SB 755 (LC) Ratliff
Relating to a disclosure of certain employment by an executive
committee member of the Office of Rural Community Affairs.
SB 948 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the authority of the board of a hospital district and
the commissioners court of the county in which the district is
located to take certain actions relating to ad valorem taxes
imposed for the benefit of the hospital district.
SB 1569 (LC) Madla
Relating to the continuation of legal land use in newly
incorporated areas.
SB 1726 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the creation of the Cy-Fair Community Improvement
District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
SB 600 (CS)(LC) West
Relating to the reimbursement of compensation and expenses of certain
appointed counsel filing an application for a writ of habeas corpus in a
capital case.
SB 883 (CS)(LC) Whitmire
Relating to information required to be placed in a pen packet
accompanying a defendant on transfer from county jail to the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.
SB 982 (CS)(LC) Whitmire
Relating to the transfer of certain state property and the granting of
certain state easements from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and
the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to the City of
Houston.
SB 801 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to the powers and duties of peace officers commissioned by
certain hospital districts.
SB 1224 (CS) Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to representation of applicants for writs of habeas corpus
in cases involving the death penalty.
SB 10 (CS) Averitt/et al.
Relating to the creation of employer health benefit plan groups.
SB 1282 (CS)(LC) Fraser
Relating to notice provided to certain entities that
self-insure for workers' compensation purposes.
SB 833 (CS) Williams
Relating to the application of the Charitable Immunity and Liability
Act to alumni associations and on-campus organizations.
SB 342 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to health care for certain Texans.
SB 541 (CS) Williams
Relating to authorizing insurers and health maintenance
organizations to issue plans that do not include state-mandated
health benefits.
SB 617 (LC) Shapleigh
Relating to the operation of public school transportation systems.
(A) AMENDED IN COMMITTEE
(CS) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
(E) GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY
(LC) RECOMMENDED FOR LOCAL CALENDAR
(R) REMOVED FROM LOCAL CALENDAR