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 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.
SJR 29 (LC) Madla
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the maximum tax
rate that may be imposed on property in an emergency services
district.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
(Second Reading)
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 521 (CS) Staples/et al.
Relating to the acquisition and regulation of manufactured homes.
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 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/et al.
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 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 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 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 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 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 938 (CS) Barrientos/et al.
Relating to enforcement of veteran's employment preferences.
SB 470 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to prohibition of signs and designation of scenic route on
Spring-Cypress Road.
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 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 331 Brimer/et al.
Relating to statistical information concerning certain judicial
proceedings to bypass parental notice of a minor's abortion.
SB 818 (LC) Fraser
Relating to the regulation of certain occupations by the Texas Real
Estate Commission.
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 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 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 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 308 (LC) Gallegos
Relating to the administration of a retirement system for officers
and employees of certain municipalities.
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 1569 (LC) Madla
Relating to the continuation of legal land use in newly
incorporated areas.
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 1224 (CS) Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to representation of applicants for writs of habeas corpus
in cases involving the death penalty.
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/et al.
Relating to authorizing insurers and health maintenance
organizations to issue plans that do not include state-mandated
health benefits.
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 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/et al.
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/et al.
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 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 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 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 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/et al.
Relating to information concerning currency exchange rates in
international transfers of money; providing a civil penalty.
SB 786 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to establishing task forces in certain border communities
to study impediments to trade in the border region.
SB 395 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh/et al.
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/et al.
Relating to the use of toll projects by military vehicles; creating
an offense.
SB 95 (CS)(LC) West
Relating to the procedures under which a state agency considers
legislative intent during the process of implementing certain
legislative enactments.
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 and the operation of
crematories and certain related entities; 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 method and source of funding for the State Aircraft
Pooling Board.
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.
SB 139 (CS)(LC) Lucio
Relating to designation of the structure between Port Isabel and
Padre Island as the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge.
SB 940 (LC) Janek
Relating to the unauthorized use of toll roads in certain counties.
SB 944 (CS) Ogden
Relating to the expiration, appearance, and funding for the
issuance of a driver's license, identification certificate, or
commercial driver's license or permit issued to a person who is not
a citizen of the United States.
SB 1398 Ogden
Relating to the admissibility of the use or nonuse of certain
safety devices in a civil trial.
SB 1412 (LC) Deuell
Relating to procurement rules, guidelines, and procedures for
regional transportation authorities.
SB 1714 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 1535 between
Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis as the Second Indian Head Division
Memorial Highway.
SB 1083 (CS) Ogden/et al.
Relating to the issuance of bonds and other public securities
secured by the state highway fund and the financing and
construction of highway improvement projects.
SB 1237 (CS)(LC) Estes
Relating to license fees for certain nursing and convalescent
homes.
SB 1288 (A) Gallegos/et al.
Relating to military leave and military leave time accounts for
certain municipal firefighters and police officers.
SB 606 Shapleigh
Relating to a manifest system to record the transportation of
certain liquid wastes.
SB 59 (CS)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to the management of behavior of residents of certain
facilities.
SB 100 (A) Van de Putte
Relating to carbon monoxide detectors in certain child-care
facilities and family homes.
SB 842 (CS)(LC) Carona
Relating to issuance of certain licenses by the Texas Board of
Chiropractic Examiners.
SB 864 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the promotion of breast-feeding.
SB 1050 (LC) Nelson
Relating to the confidentiality of information associated with
family violence centers.
SB 1051 (LC) Nelson
Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Human Services
to solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations.
SB 1356 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to the adoption of rules restricting the use of a medical
practitioner's Federal Drug Enforcement Administration number.
SB 1096 Van de Putte
Relating to the finality of a grade issued by a public school
teacher.
SB 1394 Shapiro
Relating to employment contract requirements for certain public
school principals.
SB 176 (LC) Nelson
Relating to the offense of interference with an emergency telephone
call.
SB 613 (LC) Nelson
Relating to the automatic suspension of the driver's license of a
person younger than 21 on conviction of an offense involving an
abusable volatile chemical.
SB 876 (LC) Duncan
Relating to commissions on certain negotiated bond sales.
SB 1577 Carona
Relating to the consideration of compliance with the law and with
enforcement orders in the licensing of, and disciplinary action
against, mortgage brokers and loan officers.
SB 1666 (LC) Averitt
Relating to the definition of financial institution.
SB 1667 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to authorization of Federal Bureau of Investigation background
checks for mortgage broker and loan officer license applicants.
SB 1668 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to the sale of insurance by financial institutions
employed by a trustee.
SB 1578 (CS)(LC) Carona
Relating to a prelicense test requirement for mortgage broker
applicants.
SB 1526 (CS)(LC) Brimer
Relating to certain information filed by a person who holds a
license issued by, or applies for a license to be issued by the
office of the consumer credit commissioner.
SB 252 (CS) Staples
Relating to certain exemptions from the regulation of mortgage
brokers.
SB 1430 (CS) Averitt
Relating to additional interest for default on certain secondary
mortgage loans.
SB 1013 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to the regulation of the practice of appraising real
property; providing civil and criminal penalties.
SB 249 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to the use of the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by
the Texas Department of Transportation.
SB 726 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the purchasing and contracting authority of an
appraisal district.
SB 838 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to the duties of the district attorney and the county
attorney in Wharton County.
SB 1765 (LC) Deuell
Relating to zoning around Lake Ralph Hall.
SB 51 (A)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to a sexual assault program referral provided by a law
enforcement agency to certain victims.
SB 1015 (A)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information submitted
for purposes of a crime victim impact statement.
SB 1145 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to programs in certain counties to divert certain persons
with mental health disorders or mental retardation from
incarceration to appropriate services.
SB 704 (CS)(LC) Jackson
Relating to the maximum inmate population of a facility operated by
a city or county.
SB 356 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to an inquest when a body part is found.
SB 325 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to the implementation of a change in law imposing or
changing the amount of certain court costs and fees.
SB 966 Averitt
Relating to the comptroller entering into an agreement with a
credit or debit card issuer for the benefit of public schools.
SB 855 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to funding of the Texas Wine Marketing Assistance Program.
SB 1005 (CS) West
Relating to reporting a state agency that is not complying with the
requirement to make a good faith effort to increase the agency's
use of historically underutilized businesses in purchasing and
public works contracting.
SB 933 (CS) Shapiro
Relating to charter schools, including virtual charter schools, of
public colleges and universities.
SB 1366 (CS) Bivins
Relating to eligibility under the Early High School Graduation
Scholarship program.
SB 1510 (CS) Zaffirini
Relating to monitoring compliance of public school bilingual
education and special language programs.
SB 821 (CS)(LC) Fraser
Relating to certain bonds issued by the Comanche County
Consolidated Hospital District.
HOUSE BILLS
(Calendar Order)
HOUSE BILLS
(Second Reading)
HB 1065 Cook, Robby SP: Averitt
Relating to the eligibility requirements to serve as a director of
a groundwater conservation district.
HB 1822 (LC) Kuempel
Relating to participation and credit in, contributions to, and
benefits and administration of the Texas Municipal Retirement
System.
(A) AMENDED IN COMMITTEE
(CS) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
(E) GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY
(LC) RECOMMENDED FOR LOCAL CALENDAR
(R) REMOVED FROM LOCAL CALENDAR