REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS
SENATE BILLS
(Calendar Order)
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS
(Third Reading)
SJR 33 Duncan/et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for appointment to
fill vacancies in certain judicial offices and for nonpartisan
retention elections for those offices.
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 29 (LC) Madla
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the maximum tax
rate that may be imposed on property in an emergency services
district.
SJR 46 Fraser
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Veterans' Land
Board to make certain payments on revenue bonds and to use assets
in certain funds to provide for veterans homes.
SJR 55 (CS) Shapleigh
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of
general obligation bonds to provide loans for economic development
projects that enhance the military value of military installations
in the state.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
(Second Reading)
SCR 20 (A) Shapleigh
Memorializing Congress to fund one-stop border vehicle inspection
facilities.
SCR 7 Shapleigh/et al.
Requesting that the Federal Bureau of Investigation be directly involved
in assisting the Mexican law enforcement authorities in their
investigation of the brutal murders of women in Juarez, Mexico.
SCR 21 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh/et al.
Memorializing Congress to require the United States-Mexico Border
Health Commission to coordinate a benchmark health study of each of
the adjoining states.
SENATE BILLS
(Third Reading)
SB 366 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the regulation of on-premise signs in certain counties.
SB 794 Duncan/et al.
Relating to the appointment of certain judicial offices and a
nonpartisan election for the retention or rejection of a person
appointed to those offices.
SB 1232 (A) Wentworth
Relating to school district job postings.
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 555 (A) Shapleigh
Relating to the telecommunications planning and oversight council.
SB 543 (CS)(LC) Duncan/et al.
Relating to postconviction DNA testing.
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 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 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 492 Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to an evaluation of public funding for children's mental
health services.
SB 810 (CS) Harris
Relating to the regulation of social workers; providing a criminal
penalty.
SB 818 (LC) Fraser
Relating to the regulation of certain occupations by the Texas Real
Estate Commission.
SB 348 Lucio/et al.
Relating to the punishment for a capital offense.
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 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 342 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to health care for certain Texans.
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 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 402 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to granting certain hospital districts the authority to
issue certificates of obligation.
SB 983 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the approval of expenditures for state militia.
SB 1140 (LC) Estes
Relating to the election of directors of a soil and water
conservation district.
SB 619 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to oil spill prevention and response.
SB 596 (CS) Lindsay
Relating to discipline of public school students.
SB 930 (CS) Shapiro
Relating to the liability of school employees.
SB 853 (CS) Madla
Relating to the disclosure of certain information by persons
offering to aid homeowners in obtaining property tax refunds.
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 623 (CS) Lindsay
Relating to the general powers and authority of water districts.
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 272 (CS) Jackson
Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Bar of
Texas.
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 915 (CS) Fraser
Relating to the method and source of funding for the State Aircraft
Pooling Board.
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 864 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the promotion of breast-feeding.
SB 1096 Van de Putte
Relating to the finality of a grade issued by a public school
teacher.
SB 252 (CS) Staples
Relating to the registration of mortgage bankers.
SB 838 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to the duties of the district attorney and the county
attorney in Wharton County.
SB 356 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to forensic anthropologists and to an inquest when a body
part is found.
SB 1366 (CS) Bivins
Relating to eligibility under the Early High School Graduation
Scholarship program.
SB 896 (CS)(LC) Bivins
Relating to tax refunds and credits.
SB 669 (LC) Ogden
Relating to the investigation of certain reports of child abuse or
neglect.
SB 691 (A) Madla
Relating to reimbursement for telemedicine medical services under
the Medicaid program and other government-funded programs.
SB 1182 (A)(LC) Deuell/et al.
Relating to local area service planning by local mental health or
mental retardation authorities.
SB 1194 (LC) Carona
Relating to the regulation of certain facilities, homes, and
agencies that provide child-care services.
SB 1202 (CS) Lindsay
Relating to directing the Texas Department of Health to study and
report on the use and effectiveness of nurse triage lines.
SB 1204 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the inspection of, and enforcement of laws relating to,
nursing homes and intermediate care facilities.
SB 1225 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to the removal of a body part or tissue from a decedent
who died under circumstances requiring an inquest.
SB 1317 (CS) Van de Putte
Relating to the regulation of tattooists, persons who perform body
piercing, tattoo studios, and certain body piercing studios;
providing criminal penalties.
SB 1400 (LC) Nelson
Relating to the labeling of certain drugs.
SB 1419 (LC) Janek
Relating to anatomical specimens and donees of anatomical gifts.
SB 1549 (LC) Nelson
Relating to requiring that certain individuals who provide nursing
services in a nursing institution receive annual training in caring
for people with dementia.
SB 1764 (A)(LC) Deuell
Relating to releasing personal information of former residents of
mental health facilities for the purposes of preparing grave
markers.
SB 635 (CS)(LC) Gallegos
Relating to educational incentive pay under certain municipal civil
service systems.
SB 892 (CS)(LC) Bivins
Relating to the appointment of the board of managers of certain
emergency communication districts.
SB 1689 (CS)(LC) Gallegos
Relating to the relocation or replacement of a water or sanitation
sewer lateral on private property by a home-rule municipality.
SB 1696 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the issuance of obligations by certain municipalities
to pay unfunded liabilities to public pension funds.
SB 438 Lindsay
Relating to disease control programs to reduce the risk of certain
communicable diseases.
SB 525 Shapleigh
Relating to the creation of employee wellness programs by state
agencies.
SB 616 (CS) Madla
Relating to the composition of the Drug Demand Reduction Advisory
Committee.
SB 692 (LC) Madla
Relating to emergency medical services providers reporting certain
information to the Texas Department of Health.
SB 1024 (LC) Madla
Relating to admission of certain nonresident patients to state
chest hospitals.
SB 463 (CS)(LC) Janek/et al.
Relating to structures that constitute insurable property under the
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.
SB 496 (CS) Janek
Relating to civil claims involving exposure to asbestos.
SB 185 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to standing water as a nuisance.
SB 646 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the security required to contest an application for
certain alcoholic beverage licenses.
SB 1251 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to agreements for the electronic processing of certain
licenses or permits.
SB 1261 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to notice of proposed construction and the marking and
location of certain wireless communication facilities.
SB 1775 (CS)(LC) Estes
Relating to the regulation of marine manufacturers, dealers, and
distributors.
SB 1803 (LC) Duncan/et al.
Relating to licensing food manufacturers, food wholesalers, and
warehouse operators under the Texas Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
SB 1829 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to the designation and obligations of a telecommunications
provider of last resort and to the recovery of certain costs
incurred in transitioning to a successor utility.
SB 498 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to state agricultural policy regarding bison.
SB 743 (CS)(LC) Lucio
Relating to the study and implementation of seawater desalination.
SB 854 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to the sale, distribution, or importation of noxious
plants; providing a criminal penalty.
SB 898 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to the applicability of provisions concerning bond
approval by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to
certain water districts.
SB 953 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to the regulation of stormwater management by certain
counties.
SB 1265 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to prosecution of environmental crimes.
SB 1271 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to incentives to encourage gas utilities to invest in new
infrastructure.
SB 142 (CS) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to improvement of science instruction and student
performance in public schools.
SB 1095 (CS) Van de Putte
Relating to the frequency of public school teacher appraisals.
SB 309 (CS) Gallegos/et al.
Relating to providing health care services without regard to a
person's immigration status.
SB 919 (LC) Whitmire
Relating to the kinds of mail service that may be used under the
public information law to send a notice or any other document to a
person.
SB 1694 (LC) Shapiro
Relating to state agency internal auditing.
SB 1892 (LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the lease and use for economic development purposes of
certain property transferred by the State of Texas to the City of
Corpus Christi.
SB 281 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to the continuation of the Council on Workforce and
Economic Competitiveness as the Texas Workforce Investment Council
and to the functions performed by the council.
SB 283 (CS)(LC) Jackson
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of
Architectural Examiners, including functions affecting architects,
landscape architects, and interior designers; providing a criminal
penalty.
SB 285 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to the administration and functions of the Texas
Department of Human Services.
SB 1418 (CS)(LC) Ratliff
Relating to ex officio appointments of members of the Texas Senate
to boards and commissions.
SB 1449 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to conflicts of interest involving lobbyists.
SB 1701 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the Department of Information Resources' management of
certain electronic and telecommunications projects.
SB 1165 (LC) Barrientos
Relating to authorized costs and fees in Title IV-D cases.
SB 1889 (LC) Staples
Relating to the appointment of a bailiff for the 411th District
Court.
SB 1184 (LC) Deuell
Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety
standards.
SB 1876 Ratliff
Relating to the conditional grant program administered by the Texas
Department of Transportation.
SB 233 (CS)(LC) Fraser/et al.
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 195 as
the Phantom Warriors Highway.
SB 1348 (CS)(LC) Jackson
Relating to the designation of NASA Road 1 and Farm-to-Market Road
528 as the NASA Parkway.
SB 1445 (CS) Averitt
Relating to electronically readable information on a driver's
license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification
certificate; providing a penalty.
SB 1715 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to lighting equipment requirements for vehicles.
SB 1347 (LC) Jackson
Relating to rate changes for insurance coverage written through the
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.
SB 1647 (LC) Staples
Relating to a timeshare developer's ability to complete certain
documents.
SB 1380 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to alcoholic beverage industry sponsorship at public
entertainment facilities.
SB 1306 (LC) Bivins
Relating to the submission of certain pleas and waivers by closed
circuit video teleconferencing.
SB 1179 (LC) West
Relating to authorizing the governor to grant pardons to persons
who have received deferred adjudication.
SB 1054 (LC) Shapleigh
Relating to presentence investigation and postsentence treatment
and supervision of certain sex offenders.
SB 1794 (LC) Barrientos
Relating to the criminal law magistrates in Travis County.
SB 837 (LC) Williams
Relating to the offense of aggravated sexual assault against a
disabled or elderly individual.
SB 686 (LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the punishment imposed on certain defendants charged
with the offense of assault.
SB 110 Staples
Relating to the creation of the offense of failing to report the
commission of a felony.
SB 97 (LC) Barrientos/et al.
Relating to requiring sex offenders released on community
supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision to maintain a certain
distance from any premises where children frequently gather.
SB 1896 (LC) Whitmire
Relating to the authority of a peace officer to make a warrantless
arrest when a person confesses to committing a felony.
SB 1781 (CS)(LC) Ogden
Relating to the supplemental salaries of judges of the district
courts having jurisdiction in certain counties.
SB 604 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees and certain costs in
proceedings to recover delinquent debts owed to a county.
SB 1797 (CS)(LC) Barrientos
Relating to the supplemental salaries of district judges in Travis
County.
SB 1206 (CS) Lindsay
Relating to procedures in condemnation proceedings in a county
civil court at law in Harris County.
SB 828 (CS)(LC) Whitmire
Relating to the supplemental salaries of district judges in Harris
County.
SB 1564 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to records and proceedings held in auxiliary facilities
outside certain county seats.
SB 1605 (CS) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to a revenue bond program for, and to the operation of,
the Fair Plan Association.
SB 1211 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to collateral protection insurance.
SB 424 Staples
Relating to assessment of a fee for the collection of delinquent
fines and court costs by a county attorney, district attorney, or
criminal district attorney.
SB 1457 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the qualifications for appointment as adjutant general.
SB 1103 Fraser
Relating to the security provided for revenue bonds issued by the
Veterans' Land Board.
SB 1669 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to military leave for certain public employees.
SB 1102 (LC) Fraser
Relating to the eligibility of armed forces personnel and their
family members to pay tuition and fees at the rate provided to
Texas residents.
SB 1174 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to salary payments to municipal and county employees
called to active military duty.
SB 652 (CS) Shapleigh
Relating to economic development, strategic planning, and other
issues regarding military facilities, and the merger of certain
state agencies with military responsibilities; establishing a
related bond guarantee program.
SB 1594 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the Texas State Guard.
SB 1508 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the administration of and insurance requirements for
certain Veterans' Land Board programs.
SB 725 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the payment of ad valorem taxes on property erroneously
omitted from a tax roll and to the waiver of penalties and interest
on an ad valorem tax that becomes delinquent due to the error of a
taxing unit or appraisal district.
SB 734 (LC) Ratliff
Relating to the power of appointment in certain municipalities
having city managers.
SB 884 (CS) Brimer
Relating to county authority to regulate the placement of water
wells in unincorporated areas of the county; providing a penalty.
SB 902 (LC) Staples
Relating to the term of a contract between an appraisal district
and the financial entity designated as the depository for the
district.
SB 954 (LC) Madla
Relating to the authority of a county to charge a fee for a plat
application.
SB 1014 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the regulation of the subdivision of land under the
jurisdiction of counties.
SB 1442 (LC) Barrientos
Relating to participation in, contributions to, and benefits and
administration of retirement systems for police officers in certain
municipalities.
SB 1581 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to providing that an audit working paper of a county
auditor is excepted from required public disclosure under the
public information law.
SB 1631 Wentworth
Relating to the authority of a county to regulate land development
after a local option election.
SB 1687 (CS)(LC) Gallegos
Relating to star of Texas awards for peace officers, firefighters,
and emergency medical first responders who are killed or sustain
serious or fatal injuries in the line of duty.
SB 1784 (CS)(LC) Lucio
Relating to the imposition of a hotel occupancy tax in eligible
general-law coastal municipalities.
SB 1490 (CS) Ogden
Relating to certain investigation requirements and other procedures
in connection with an allegation of child abuse or neglect.
SB 1588 (CS) Whitmire
Relating to exempting college savings plan accounts from
attachment, execution, and seizure for the satisfaction of debts.
SB 1107 (CS) Duncan
Relating to the assignment of certain justices or judges as
visiting judges.
SB 949 (CS) Lindsay
Relating to the operation of property owners' associations;
providing penalties.
SB 1565 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to allowing a municipality to create a defense adjustment
management authority; authorizing taxes and bonds.
SB 1439 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to federal matching funds for certain projects at military
facilities in this state.
SB 1143 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to designation of defense economic readjustment zones and
defense readjustment projects.
SB 76 (CS) Zaffirini
Relating to the provision of subsidized child-care services.
SB 687 West
Relating to the authority of school districts to purchase
electricity through a political subdivision corporation.
SB 334 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to student center fees at Stephen F. Austin State
University.
SB 45 (A)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated with
a child passenger in the vehicle; providing a penalty.
SB 1188 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to supplemental pay for certain officers of the Department
of Public Safety of the State of Texas who are proficient in a
second language.
SB 1336 (A)(LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the liability of a criminal defendant and the
defendant's sureties on a personal bond or bail bond and to certain
procedures in connection with bond forfeiture.
SB 177 (CS)(LC) Shapiro/et al.
Relating to enhancement of the penalty for an offender who
manufactures or delivers a controlled substance causing death or
serious bodily injury.
SB 782 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to contract
for collection services in criminal cases and certain cases
involving the parking or stopping of motor vehicles.
SB 1044 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to supplemental pay for certain officers of the Department
of Public Safety of the State of Texas who have obtained certain
higher education degrees or an equivalent number of credit hours.
SB 1465 (CS)(LC) Lindsay
Relating to the establishment of criminal law magistrates in Harris
County.
SB 1114 (CS)(LC) Williams
Relating to secondary employment by officers commissioned by the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
SB 1148 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to information provided to parents of newborn children
relating to immunizations.
SB 160 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to education relating to human organ donation.
SB 610 (LC) Nelson
Relating to grants for federally qualified health centers.
SB 1012 (CS)(LC) West/et al.
Relating to the placement of electronic monitoring devices in the
rooms of certain residents in assisted living facilities.
SB 1073 (LC) West/et al.
Relating to convictions barring employment in certain facilities
serving the elderly or persons with disabilities.
SB 1074 (CS)(LC) West/et al.
Relating to reports and investigations of abuse and neglect in
nursing facilities.
SB 1075 (CS) West
Relating to a Health and Human Services Commission study of the
state response to abuse or neglect of certain older individuals.
SB 1136 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to access to certain private medical information.
SB 1283 (LC) Gallegos
Relating to the authority of chiropractors to form certain business
entities with certain other professionals.
SB 1299 (LC) Madla
Relating to the subpoena authority of the Texas State Board of
Examiners of Psychologists.
SB 1131 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to funding of certain emergency medical services, trauma
facilities, and trauma care systems.
SB 1409 (LC) Deuell/et al.
Relating to funding and extending the expiration date of the
regional emergency medical dispatch resource center pilot program.
SB 1410 (CS)(LC) Deuell
Relating to the appointment of the Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services to serve as a temporary or permanent guardian
for a ward.
SB 1553 (CS) Janek
Relating to fees for copies of birth and death certificates.
SB 1571 (LC) Carona
Relating to the regulation of dental laboratories and dental
technicians.
SB 1744 (LC) Zaffirini
Relating to a fee for preserving vital statistics records.
SB 1542 (CS) Shapiro
Relating to the tuition set by the governing board of a public
institution of higher education and to accountability reports by
those institutions.
SB 1389 (CS)(LC) Duncan
Relating to the definition, branding, and identification of
livestock.
SB 1158 (CS) Averitt
Relating to certain fees collected by the Parks and Wildlife
Department.
SB 1141 (CS)(LC) Estes
Relating to agriculture and the powers and duties of the Department
of Agriculture.
SB 1413 (CS)(LC) Deuell
Relating to certain powers and duties of the Department of
Agriculture and other entities engaged in agricultural activities.
SB 1405 (CS)(LC) Lucio/et al.
Relating to administration by the Texas Department of Agriculture
of quarantined articles.
SB 1123 (LC) Staples
Relating to the promotion and marketing of Texas products.
SB 1362 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to the development of a regional water supply reservoir
project at Lake Eastex reservoir site, the renaming of the site as
Lake Columbia, and the acquisition of the site and other property;
providing for the issuance of bonds.
SB 1377 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to landowners of groundwater whose land is enrolled or
participating in a government conservation program.
SB 1272 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to the permitting process for the construction of certain
concrete plants.
SB 455 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to compliance histories for and incentives to reward
compliance performance by entities regulated by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality.
SB 989 Armbrister
Relating to the inspection of wildlife resources and devices used
to catch or hunt wildlife resources; providing a criminal penalty.
SB 1227 (LC) Duncan
Relating to authority of political subdivisions to exercise the
power of eminent domain to acquire rights to water.
SB 1235 Williams
Relating to contested case hearings regarding applications for
certain environmental permits.
SB 1250 Armbrister
Relating to the land application of certain sludge.
SB 1276 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority, formerly known as
the Jackson County Flood Control District.
SB 1361 Staples
Relating to the purposes for which citizen evidence may be used by
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
SB 1888 (LC) Staples
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Southeast Texas Groundwater
Conservation District.
SB 1304 (LC) Madla
Relating to the creation, division, or conversion of, or purchaser
notice about, certain kinds of water districts.
SB 1729 (CS)(LC) Lindsay
Relating to certain contracts by water districts that are related
to complying with state or federal construction stormwater
requirements.
SB 1725 (CS)(LC) Lindsay
Relating to the North Harris County Regional Water Authority.
SB 738 (CS) Duncan
Relating to the notice and hearing process for groundwater
conservation districts.
SB 1344 (CS)(LC) Jackson
Relating to funding license buyback programs of the Parks and
Wildlife Department.
SB 1639 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to regulation of spacing and production of groundwater
from aquifers by a groundwater conservation district.
SB 967 (CS)(LC) Lucio
Relating to financial assistance and bonding authority in the
development of certain water resources in the state.
SB 1656 (CS) Madla
Relating to prohibiting the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality from amending, interpreting, impairing, or modifying a
written contract for the provision of water.
SB 1129 (CS)(LC) Bivins
Relating to the admissibility in a criminal proceeding of certain
laboratory analyses of physical evidence or statements as to the
chain of custody of physical evidence.
SB 245 (CS)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to the provision of respiratory therapy services under the
medical assistance program.
SB 800 Madla/et al.
Relating to the establishment of Texas A&M University--San Antonio.
SB 279 (CS) Jackson
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department
of Licensing and Regulation, including certain functions
transferred to the department from the Texas Department of
Insurance and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and
including certain functions transferred from the department to the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
SB 147 (CS)(LC) Barrientos
Relating to the adoption by state agencies of risk management plans
and risk control strategies.
SB 1152 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to the use of TexasOnline.
SB 1382 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to the continuation of certain professional and
occupational licensing boards as self-directed and semi-independent
agencies.
SB 1663 (CS)(LC) Lindsay/et al.
Relating to private activity bonds.
SB 1000 (LC) West
Relating to a statistical or demographic analysis conducted by the
Texas Legislative Council for a state agency and to information
collected by the council in the course of performing the analysis.
SB 1151 (LC) Shapleigh
Relating to the publication of state agency Internet addresses in
telephone directories.
SB 58 (CS) Zaffirini
Relating to the creation of a relative caregiver placement program
for certain children for whom the Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services is appointed managing conservator.
SB 1273 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to alternatives to suspension of alcoholic beverage
licenses and permits.
SB 488 (LC) Ogden
Relating to vehicle weight.
SB 1748 (LC) Lucio
Relating to the continuation of the law authorizing the issuance of
oversize or overweight vehicle permits by certain port authorities.
SB 1905 Barrientos/et al.
Relating to the creation, administration, and operation of and the
property tax rate imposed by certain countywide hospital districts.
SB 1895 (LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the duration of a lease for municipal civic center
property.
SB 1617 Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the level of municipal participation in contracts with
developers for public improvements.
SB 1796 (CS)(LC) Barrientos/et al.
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Central Texas Health Care District;
authorizing the imposition of taxes, the issuance of bonds, and the
exercise of the power of eminent domain.
SB 88 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
the district attorney for the 25th Judicial District.
SB 1180 (CS)(LC) West
Relating to an index of court costs and fees in civil proceedings
and court costs on conviction.
SB 1212 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to participation by the attorney general's consumer
protection division and the award of civil penalties in an action
under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.
SB 1527 (CS)(LC) Brimer
Relating to a purchaser's right to cure default under an executory
contract for conveyance.
SB 1552 (CS) Duncan
Relating to the creation and composition of county courts at law.
SB 1665 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to providing aid to a law enforcement officer for the
temporary custody of a child.
SB 1805 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to the enforcement of child support obligations, including
interstate enforcement.
SB 1806 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to notice to an employer of a court order requiring an
employee to provide medical support for the employee's child;
providing penalties.
SB 1807 (LC) Harris
Relating to the establishment and adjudication of certain
parent-child relationships.
SB 1808 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to the establishment of paternity and the establishment and
enforcement of child support and medical support for a child.
SB 1318 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the authorization of securities lending for
governmental entities.
SB 1378 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to the disposal of brine from desalination operations.
SB 1713 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information relating to
real property purchased or sold by certain state agencies.
SB 1883 (LC) Janek
Relating to the assumption of road utility district authority by Fort
Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 15, including the
authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
SB 1884 (LC) Janek
Relating to the assumption of road utility district authority by the Sienna
Plantation Levee Improvement District of Fort Bend County, Texas, including
the authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
SB 1379 Armbrister
Relating to the authority of a municipality to enforce water
conservation and drought ordinances.
SB 485 (CS)(LC) Barrientos/et al.
Relating to the use of exclusive development agreements by an
intermunicipal commuter rail district.
SB 972 (CS)(LC) Shapiro
Relating to the addition of certain municipalities to the territory
of a regional transportation authority.
SB 1464 (CS)(LC) Lindsay
Relating to enforcement of the collection of certain tolls;
providing a penalty.
SB 1504 (A)(LC) Harris
Relating to the duties and authority of the Texas Motor Vehicle
Board.
SB 1507 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to the use of powers of attorney in certain motor vehicle
transfers.
SB 1635 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to the use of all-terrain vehicles.
SB 1904 (A)(LC) Barrientos
Relating to the eligibility of a person to operate a commercial
motor vehicle in this state.
SB 315 (LC) Hinojosa
Relating to the annexation by certain junior college districts of
territory in a district's service area.
SB 805 (LC) Zaffirini
Relating to donation of certain surplus school district property to
preserve the property.
SB 1128 (LC) Bivins/et al.
Relating to the administration of the Joint Admission Medical
Program.
SB 1343 (LC) Jackson
Relating to the regulation and operation of certain proprietary
schools.
SB 1470 West
Relating to eligibility to participate in a high school equivalency
program operated by a school district or open-enrollment charter
school.
SB 1424 (LC) Nelson
Relating to certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship
of, certain records regarding, and foster care payments for certain
children.
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 SP: Armbrister
Relating to participation and credit in, contributions to, and
benefits and administration of the Texas Municipal Retirement
System.
HB 43 (CS)(LC) Chisum SP: Armbrister
Relating to the funding of and the making of grants by the Texas
Council on Environmental Technology.
HB 535 (LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to a name change for and a change in the terms of the
board of directors of the Colorado Valley Groundwater Conservation
District.
HB 1138 (LC) Van Arsdale SP: Lindsay
Relating to nonprofit water supply and sewer service corporations
in certain counties.
HB 970 (LC) Truitt/ Lewis/et al. SP: Jackson
Relating to the donation by a county of salvage and surplus
property to a civic or charitable organization.
HB 462 (LC) Gallego SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the collection of a fee from certain nonresident
attorneys requesting permission to participate in proceedings in a
Texas court.
HB 522 (LC) Lewis SP: Harris
Relating to the allowable operating expenses of certain 9-1-1
emergency communication districts.
HB 988 (LC) Brown, Fred SP: Ogden
Relating to the composition of the First and Fourteenth courts of
appeals districts.
HB 555 (CS) Chisum SP: Armbrister
Relating to notice requirements for certain portable facilities
under the Clean Air Act.
HB 1365 (CS) Bonnen/ Ritter/ Chisum/ Luna/ Hochberg/et al.
SP: Harris
Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan.
HB 1011 (LC) Hochberg/ Keel/ Pena/et al.
SP: Duncan
Relating to postconviction DNA testing.
HB 1236 (LC) Hopson SP: 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.
HB 1508 (LC) Flores SP: Fraser
Relating to the regulation of certain occupations by the Texas Real
Estate Commission.
HB 1369 (LC) Baxter/ Crabb SP: Brimer
Relating to the local registration of retail electric providers.
HB 1819 (LC) Oliveira SP: Lucio
Relating to an exclusion from unemployment compensation chargebacks
based on a separation from employment caused by certain disasters.
HB 1820 (LC) Oliveira SP: Lucio
Relating to the exception of certain agricultural labor from
unemployment compensation.
HB 858 (CS)(LC) Goodman SP: Harris
Relating to the salaries of judges of county courts at law and
county criminal courts in Tarrant County.
HB 233 (LC) Goodman SP: Harris
Relating to standing to file a suit requesting termination of the
parent-child relationship or adoption.
HB 234 (LC) Goodman SP: Harris
Relating to the payment of support for a child after the child's
18th birthday.
HB 935 (LC) Casteel SP: Wentworth
Relating to the creation of magistrates in Comal County.
HB 1536 (LC) Reyna/ Goodman SP: Shapiro
Relating to certain communication with and access to a child
following termination of the parent-child relationship.
(A) AMENDED IN COMMITTEE
(CS) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
(E) GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY
(LC) RECOMMENDED FOR LOCAL CALENDAR
(R) REMOVED FROM LOCAL CALENDAR