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.
SJR 45 (LC) Madla
Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the authority of the
legislature to provide for the creation of rural fire prevention
districts.
SJR 30 Lindsay
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the provision of
parks and recreational facilities by certain conservation and
reclamation districts.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
(Second Reading)
SCR 26 (LC) Ogden
Designating Round Rock as the official Daffodil Capital of Texas.
SCR 20 (A) Shapleigh
Memorializing Congress to fund one-stop border vehicle inspection
facilities.
SCR 27 (CS)(LC) Madla
Requesting that the Texas Legislative Council schedule a revision
of the Alcoholic Beverage Code during the next interim.
SENATE BILLS
(Third Reading)
SB 366 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the regulation of on-premise signs in certain counties.
SB 611 Nelson/et al.
Relating to printing a social security number on an identification
card or other identification device.
SB 83 (CS) Wentworth/et al.
Relating to pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas
flags and to observance of one minute of silence in public schools.
SB 388 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the use and management of certain state-owned real
property.
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 392 Williams/et al.
Relating to tax assessment procedures in certain water districts.
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 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 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 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 814 (LC) Averitt
Relating to an exemption for certain military personnel and
veterans from the requirements of the Texas Academic Skills
Program.
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 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 938 (CS) Barrientos/et al.
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 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 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 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 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 of 1987 to alumni associations and on-campus
organizations.
SB 342 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh/et al.
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.
SB 631 (A)(LC) Harris
Relating to the suspension of sentence and the deferral of
adjudication in cases involving certain misdemeanor traffic
offenses.
SB 234 (CS)(LC) Fraser
Relating to the authority of certain counties bordering Lake
Buchanan to impose a hotel occupancy tax.
SB 633 (CS) Gallegos
Relating to the investigation of a firefighter or police officer in
certain municipalities.
SB 634 (CS)(LC) Gallegos
Relating to the duties that may be assigned to certain fire
protection personnel.
SB 733 (CS)(LC) Ratliff
Relating to the purchase by certain local governments of an item
from a local vendor.
SB 1021 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to emergency services districts and the conversion of all
rural fire prevention districts to emergency services districts.
SB 1022 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to emergency services districts.
SB 909 Lucio
Relating to the regulation of combative sports; providing
penalties.
SB 1070 (LC) Jackson
Relating to the procedures of the Texas Workforce Commission.
SB 1071 (LC) Jackson
Relating to requirements for voluntary payments of unemployment
compensation contributions.
SB 1072 (LC) Jackson
Relating to judicial review of a Texas Workforce Commission
decision in an unemployment compensation proceeding.
SB 1238 (LC) Lucio
Relating to regulating leasing in manufactured home communities.
SB 1281 (LC) Fraser
Relating to the rulemaking authority of the commissioner of
insurance.
SB 1454 (LC) Carona
Relating to regulation of frozen dessert products and
manufacturing.
SB 984 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to excepting a benefits appeals committee for a public
self-funded health plan from deliberating the medical or
psychiatric records of an individual applicant for a benefit in an
open meeting.
SB 1087 (LC) Staples
Relating to the appointment of notaries public.
SB 1088 (LC) Staples
Relating to eliminating certain requirements for publishing and
distributing volumes of legislative acts and for distributing
judicial reports and other state publications.
SB 1331 (LC) Ratliff
Relating to procurement procedures for construction-related
services for public school districts, institutions of higher
education, and the Texas Building and Procurement Commission.
SB 7 (CS) Wentworth
Relating to the recognition of a same-sex marriage or a civil
union.
SB 703 (CS)(LC) Jackson
Relating to providing a uniform limit on the population of a county
election precinct.
SB 1091 (CS)(LC) Shapiro
Relating to the composition of the Recycling Market Development
Board and the termination of certain duties of the General Land
Office relating to the board and the recycling awareness campaign.
SB 402 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to granting certain hospital districts the authority to
issue certificates of obligation.
SB 719 (LC) Madla
Relating to authorizing a defense base development authority to use
alternative methods for contracting for public improvement
projects.
SB 720 (LC) Madla
Relating to the sale by defense base development authorities of
property located in an enterprise zone.
SB 988 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to application of law regulating sweepstakes to certain
associations of airmen.
SB 983 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the approval of expenditures for state militia.
SB 640 (LC) West
Relating to notice to the State of Texas of a claim against the
School Land Board.
SB 643 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the dissolution of the Southeast Trinity Groundwater
Conservation District.
SB 985 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the definition of an energy emergency.
SB 1084 (LC) Madla
Relating to interest-free loans from the Texas Water Development
Board for water districts in economically distressed areas.
SB 1140 (LC) Estes
Relating to the election of directors of a soil and water
conservation district.
SB 1484 (LC) Ogden
Relating to the acceptance of organization reports and permit
applications and approval of certificates of compliance by the
Railroad Commission of Texas.
SB 1603 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to charitable contributions by state employees to the
General Land Office's Adopt-A-Map/Adopt-A-Document Program.
SB 1877 (LC) Madla
Relating to the election of directors and validation of acts of the
governing board of the Real-Edwards Conservation and Reclamation
District.
SB 619 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to oil spill prevention and response.
SB 13 (CS) Zaffirini
Relating to restricting written information required of public
school classroom teachers.
SB 596 (CS) Lindsay
Relating to discipline of public school students.
SB 894 (CS) Bivins
Relating to the reporting and auditing requirements relating to
school dropouts and to the use of compensatory education funds.
SB 930 (CS) Shapiro
Relating to the liability of school employees.
SB 1240 (CS) Shapiro
Relating to voluntary school district consolidation.
SB 420 (CS)(LC) Nelson/et al.
Relating to county development districts; providing penalties.
SB 155 (CS) Zaffirini/et al.
Relating to the protection and use of public freshwater areas;
providing a penalty.
SB 624 (CS) Lindsay
Relating to the provision of parks and recreational facilities by
certain conservation and reclamation districts; authorizing the
issuance of bonds on voter approval.
SB 644 (CS) Wentworth
Relating to prohibiting a governmental entity from disclosing
personal information of certain persons who hold a private
pesticide applicator license and of their clients.
SB 745 (CS)(LC) Williams
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the East Montgomery County Municipal
Utility District No. 4.
SB 853 (CS) Madla
Relating to the disclosure of certain information by persons
offering to aid homeowners in obtaining property tax refunds.
SB 1059 (CS) Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to corporate ethics and integrity; providing penalties.
SB 1010 (CS) West
Relating to public and common nuisances; providing a penalty.
SB 122 (CS) Lindsay
Relating to jury service in certain counties by persons removed
from a jury panel.
SB 141 (CS) Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to authorizing certain state agencies to share certain
information for investigative purposes.
SB 1156 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to the postjudgment interest rate.
SB 1157 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to the reporting duties of the attorney general.
SB 1501 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to the manner of payment of child support to a local
registry.
SB 1017 (CS) Wentworth
Relating to the ability of a county to sue and be sued.
SB 1624 (LC) Bivins
Relating to security requirements for the deposit of school
district funds.
SB 1488 (CS) Ogden
Relating to the misconduct of a person who is employed by or is
seeking employment by a school district, open-enrollment charter
school, regional education service center, or shared services
arrangement.
SB 1109 (CS) Shapiro
Relating to revocation of the certificate and termination of the
employment of public school educators convicted of certain
offenses.
SB 251 (CS) Lucio/et al.
Relating to a school district policy concerning the use of school
counselors' work time.
SB 1373 (CS)(LC) Shapiro
Relating to considering for school district accountability purposes
the performance of students confined by court order in a
residential program or facility operated by or under contract with
the Texas Youth Commission.
SB 521 (CS) Staples/et al.
Relating to the acquisition and regulation of manufactured homes.
SB 623 (CS) Lindsay
Relating to the general powers and authority of water districts.
SB 422 (CS)(LC) Bivins
Relating to requirements regarding motor vehicle insurance and
proof of financial responsibility; providing penalties.
SB 1583 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to information concerning currency exchange rates in
international transfers of money; providing a civil penalty.
SB 786 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to establishing task forces in certain border communities
to study impediments to trade in the border region.
SB 395 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to authorizing certain counties to regulate land
development; providing a penalty.
SB 957 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the maintenance at certain institutions of controlled
substances and dangerous drugs in an emergency medication kit.
SB 903 (CS)(LC) Lindsay
Relating to the use of toll projects by military vehicles; creating
an offense.
SB 95 (CS)(LC) West
Relating to requiring a state agency to consider legislative intent
during the process of adopting an agency rule.
SB 266 Lucio
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Board of Law
Examiners.
SB 272 (CS) Jackson
Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Bar of
Texas.
SB 277 (CS) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of
Professional Engineers and to the regulation of the practice of
engineering.
SB 286 (CS) Shapleigh
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
SB 287 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to changing the composition of certain state agency
governing bodies with an even number of members to comply with the
changes made to Section 30a, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
SB 306 (CS)(LC) Carona
Relating to the cremation of human remains; providing a penalty.
SB 648 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the regulation of the practice of professional
engineering.
SB 775 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to the use of TexasOnline by state agencies.
SB 915 (CS) Fraser
Relating to the abolition of the State Aircraft Pooling Board, to
the transfer of certain functions associated with the board to the
Texas Building and Procurement Commission, and to providing for
contracts with private charter aircraft providers in lieu of a
central pool of state-owned aircraft.
SB 1147 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to the functions of the State Office of Administrative
Hearings, including hearings functions transferred to the office
from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
(A) AMENDED IN COMMITTEE
(CS) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
(E) GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY
(LC) RECOMMENDED FOR LOCAL CALENDAR
(R) REMOVED FROM LOCAL CALENDAR