REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS
HOUSE BILLS
(Calendar Order)
HOUSE BILLS
(Second Reading)
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 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 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 certain judges 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.
HB 1075 (LC) McCall SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to criminal history record information for state agency
information technology personnel.
HB 660 (CS)(LC) Allen SP: Deuell
Relating to access to criminal history record information by
certain licensing and regulatory agencies.
HB 89 (CS)(LC) McClendon/ Menendez/ Naishtat/ Jones, Elizabeth/
Crownover /et al. SP: Barrientos
Relating to a leave of absence for certain state employees who are
donating an organ, bone marrow, or blood.
HB 44 (LC) Chisum/ Wise SP: Armbrister
Relating to the duties of and the renaming of the small business
stationary source assistance program as the small business
compliance assistance program.
HB 802 (LC) Geren SP: Harris
Relating to the number and location information requirements
provided by business phones in certain 9-1-1 emergency
communication districts.
HB 804 (CS) Geren/ Seaman SP: Lindsay
Relating to the minimum wage.
HB 850 (LC) Talton SP: Brimer
Relating to the regulation of the sale of a tow truck at a new
motor vehicle show or exhibition.
HB 1625 (LC) Deshotel SP: Williams
Relating to temporary wine and beer retailer's permits.
HB 242 (LC) Seaman/ Keffer, Jim/ Dawson/et al.
SP: Van de Putte
Relating to career and technology education and training.
HB 319 (LC) Grusendorf/et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to the objectives of public education.
HB 1022 (A) Eissler/et al. SP: Williams
Relating to employment status and contract entitlements of public
school educators who fail to obtain appropriate certification.
HB 1055 (LC) Luna/ Seaman SP: Hinojosa
Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas A&M
University--Corpus Christi.
HB 1295 (LC) Hochberg SP: Shapiro
Relating to the total amount of public school bonds that may be
guaranteed by the permanent school fund.
HB 1095 (LC) Capelo SP: Nelson
Relating to the authority of advanced practice nurses and physician
assistants to administer, provide, and carry out or sign a
prescription drug order.
HB 587 Marchant SP: Carona
Relating to the cremation of human remains and the operation of
crematories and certain related entities; providing a penalty.
HB 601 (LC) Thompson SP: Gallegos
Relating to the administration of a retirement system for officers
and employees of certain municipalities.
HB 641 (LC) Kolkhorst SP: Armbrister
Relating to state policy and regulations regarding bison; providing
penalties.
HB 1049 (LC) Davis, John/ Taylor SP: Jackson
Relating to the designation of NASA Road 1 and Farm-to-Market Road
528 as the NASA Parkway.
HB 1234 (LC) Menendez/ Castro SP: Van de Putte
Relating to granting certain hospital districts the authority to
issue certificates of obligation.
HB 1522 (LC) Corte SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the approval of expenditures for state militia.
HB 1677 (LC) Hegar SP: Armbrister
Relating to the duties of the district attorney and the county
attorney in Wharton County.
HB 2091 (LC) Harper-Brown SP: Deuell
Relating to procurement rules, guidelines, and procedures for
regional transportation authorities.
HB 1322 (LC) Naishtat SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
HB 2382 (LC) Hegar SP: Averitt
Relating to the frequency of inspection and testing of weights and
measures.
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 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 a guarantee
program for bonds or other obligations issued for projects that
enhance military value of military facilities in the state.
SJR 57 (LC) Wentworth
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the repurchase of
real property acquired by a governmental entity through eminent
domain.
SJR 51 (LC) Van de Putte
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
permit a person to assume an office of a political subdivision
without an election if the person is the only candidate to qualify
in an election for that office.
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.
SCR 37 (LC) Madla
Encouraging the United States and Mexican federal governments to reopen
the bridge and border crossing at La Linda, Coahuila, Mexico.
SCR 1 (LC) Estes/et al.
Memorializing Congress to restore the federal income tax
deductibility of state and local sales taxes.
SCR 22 (CS) Armbrister
Granting Edmund and Ruben Kappler permission to sue the state and
the General Land Office.
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 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 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 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 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 596 (CS) Lindsay
Relating to discipline of public school students.
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 623 (CS) Lindsay
Relating to the general powers and authority of water districts.
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 1096 Van de Putte
Relating to the finality of a grade issued by a public school
teacher.
SB 838 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to the duties of the district attorney and the county
attorney in Wharton County.
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 635 (CS)(LC) Gallegos
Relating to educational incentive pay under certain municipal civil
service systems.
SB 438 Lindsay
Relating to disease control programs to reduce the risk of certain
communicable diseases.
SB 496 (CS) Janek
Relating to civil claims involving exposure to asbestos.
SB 1775 (CS)(LC) Estes
Relating to the regulation of marine manufacturers, dealers, and
distributors.
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 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 1348 (CS)(LC) Jackson
Relating to the designation of NASA Road 1 and Farm-to-Market Road
528 as the NASA Parkway.
SB 1715 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to lighting equipment requirements for vehicles.
SB 1306 (LC) Bivins
Relating to the submission of certain pleas and waivers by closed
circuit video teleconferencing.
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 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 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 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/et al.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 certain county courts
at law.
SB 1665 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to the care of a child taken into possession by a
governmental entity without a court order.
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 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 of the Texas Department of Transportation.
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 carrying a passenger on an all-terrain vehicle.
SB 1904 (A)(LC) Barrientos
Relating to the eligibility of a person to operate a commercial
motor vehicle in this state.
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.
SB 893 (CS)(LC) Bivins
Relating to certain procedures in a teacher suspension or contract
termination hearing.
SB 709 (CS)(LC) Jackson
Relating to the ability of certain counties to use lease-purchase
or licensing agreements.
SB 905 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to reimbursement for land removed from emergency service
districts and dispute resolution relating to the amount of
reimbursement.
SB 1161 (CS)(LC) Barrientos
Relating to authorizing counties and municipalities to provide
certain services through the Internet.
SB 1559 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to the confidentiality of and access to certain personal
information contained in instruments recorded with a county clerk.
SB 380 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to the prosecution of theft of service.
SB 582 (LC) Williams
Relating to the consolidation of certain offenses relating to the
driving of a motor vehicle while a driver's license or privilege to
operate a vehicle is invalid.
SB 1338 Hinojosa
Relating to a mandatory exemption from sex offender registration
for certain offenders.
SB 1155 (LC) Shapleigh
Relating to the purchase of certain wireless communication devices
by state agencies.
SB 254 Bivins/et al.
Relating to representation of a person for compensation before an
executive state agency by a member of the legislature.
SB 1482 (LC) Ogden
Relating to the retirement benefits of certain law enforcement
officers in the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
SB 1263 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to certain permitting procedures of the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality.
SB 1700 (CS) Wentworth
Relating to the administration of the weather modification and
control grant program.
SB 1885 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to the creation of the Sienna Plantation Management
District; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
SB 1897 (CS)(LC) Whitmire
Relating to the creation of the Fall Creek Management District;
providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
SB 1902 (CS)(LC) Lucio/et al.
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Rio Grande Regional Water
Authority; authorizing the issuance of bonds.
SB 6 Van de Putte
Relating to extending the time to claim a lottery prize for certain
military personnel.
SB 1633 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the installation and use of a water softener or reverse
osmosis system by an owner of an on-site sewage disposal system.
SB 963 (LC) Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to an international trade corridor plan.
SB 1077 (CS) Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to the provision of assistance to colonias and colonia
residents in certain areas of the state.
SB 1364 (LC) Staples
Relating to the additional tax imposed on land appraised for ad
valorem taxation as timberland that is claimed as part of a
residence homestead or diverted to certain other uses.
SB 832 (LC) Staples
Relating to the period for the redemption of a mineral interest
sold for unpaid ad valorem taxes at a tax sale.
SB 1543 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to the eligibility for exemption from ad valorem taxation
of public property used for certain religious purposes.
SB 657 (CS)(LC) Brimer
Relating to the effect of tax increment financing by certain taxing
units in the calculation of ad valorem tax rates for those taxing
units.
SB 1782 (CS)(LC) Lindsay
Relating to the precedence of highway access rules and ordinances
of certain counties and municipalities over highway access
management orders of the Texas Transportation Commission.
SB 19 (CS)(LC) Ratliff
Relating to audit and other related functions of the State Auditor
and of certain other state entities.
SB 270 (CS) Jackson
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Lottery
Commission.
SB 1828 (CS)(LC) Averitt
Relating to the composition and duties of the State Soil and Water
Conservation Board.
SB 113 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte/et al.
Relating to premium discounts for certain residential property
insurance policies.
SB 1326 (CS)(LC) Carona
Relating to the municipal regulation of single-family and duplex
industrialized housing.
SB 1708 (A)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the repurchase of real property acquired by a
governmental entity through eminent domain.
SB 450 (CS) Carona
Relating to outpatient drug benefit coverage in certain health
insurance policies and discount drug programs.
SB 1119 Williams
Relating to commercial group property insurance for certain
businesses and associations.
SB 1776 (CS)(LC) Gallegos
Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Texas
firefighters.
SB 1835 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to testing for communicable diseases certain people who
are arrested.
SB 1745 (CS)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to the right of certain sexual assault victims to a
forensic medical examination.
SB 18 (CS)(LC) Jackson
Relating to the creation and authority of the Baybrook Management
District; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
SB 1563 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to the regulation of aerial fireworks.
SB 1834 (CS) Staples
Relating to costs associated with the civil commitment of sexually
violent predators.
SB 1039 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to fuel cell demonstration and deployment for electric
generation.
SB 1642 (LC) Staples/et al.
Relating to the establishment of a geriatric education and care
research center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at
Tyler.
SB 487 (CS)(LC) Ogden
Relating to the relocation of utilities required for the
improvement of the state highway system.
SB 1704 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the registration of vehicles and the issuance of
specially designed license plates by the Texas Department of
Transportation.
SB 1295 (CS) Van de Putte
Relating to providing financial assistance to defense communities.
SB 1800 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to state employee military leave.
SB 739 (LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to aggregate or statistical information about the
screening program for hearing loss in newborns.
SB 865 (CS) Van de Putte
Relating to pricing standards used under the Medicaid vendor drug
program.
SB 923 (A)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to criminal history checks of certain employees and
applicants for employment in nursing homes and to the period within
which a nursing home must request certain criminal history checks.
SB 1226 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to the allocation of kidneys available for transplant in
this state.
SB 1615 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to a pilot program for language interpreter services under
the medical assistance program.
SB 1826 (CS) Van de Putte
Relating to certain violations under the Texas Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act; providing penalties.
SB 502 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to criminal and civil fees remitted to the comptroller of
public accounts.
SB 1522 (CS) Zaffirini
Relating to the continuous eligibility of certain children for
medical assistance benefits.
SB 1664 (CS)(LC) Averitt/et al.
Relating to private activity bonds.
SB 1374 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to public waters and provision for environmental flows by
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
SB 1118 (LC) Williams
Relating to notice sent by a local government after a mandatory
pre-bid conference.
SB 1120 (LC) Williams/et al.
Relating to the requirements of a petition to dissolve the
Montgomery County Hospital District.
SB 1277 Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of electric personal assistive mobility
devices.
SB 1452 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to an offense for certain communications between an
appraisal review board member and a chief appraiser or appraisal
district employee concerning a matter related to an ad valorem tax
protest.
SB 593 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the membership of the Board of Protective and
Regulatory Services.
SB 1320 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to certain advance directives for medical treatment and
medical treatment decisions.
SB 1498 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to the licensing and regulation of home and community
support services agencies.
SB 1315 (CS) Van de Putte
Relating to the establishment of pharmacy license classifications
by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
SB 215 Lindsay
Relating to the eligibility of elected public officers to serve as
election judges or election clerks.
SB 757 (LC) Brimer
Relating to the application for a candidate to be placed on the
general primary election ballot.
SB 891 Duncan
Relating to the operation of the joint underwriting association
under the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting
Association Act.
SB 480 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to excepting certain land from the additional tax imposed
on the change of use of land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes
as open-space land.
SB 52 (CS)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to the collection and analysis of information relating to
certain sexual offenses.
SB 143 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of failure to report
child abuse.
SB 871 (CS)(LC) Shapiro
Relating to requirements imposed by the sex offender registration
statute.
SB 987 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to the expunction of certain arrest records and files.
SB 1187 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the regulation of controlled substances under the Texas
Controlled Substances Act and to the prosecution of certain
offenses under that Act.
SB 1248 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to performance review standards for peace officers
employed by the state in connection with the enforcement of traffic
laws.
SB 1597 (CS)(LC) Hinojosa
Relating to policies by law enforcement agencies regarding
arrest of persons for certain offenses.
SB 671 (CS) Staples
Relating to the determination of school district property values
and the accountability of appraisal district operations.
SB 1357 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to local school health advisory councils, health education
instruction, and coordinated health programs for elementary school
students.
SB 781 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to performance standards for toilets and water leak
detection systems.
SB 1159 (CS)(LC) Barrientos
Relating to the regulation of motor vehicle emissions in counties
participating in early action compacts.
SB 689 (CS) West
Relating to the awarding of contracts by municipalities.
SB 1002 (A) West
Relating to the low income housing tax credit program.
SB 1229 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to competitive purchasing procedures for certain counties.
SB 1660 (LC) Madla
Relating to the allocation and approval processes of state ceiling
among issuers of qualified residential rental project bonds.
SB 1661 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to communications between board members, advisory
committee members, and applicants for affordable housing funds.
SB 1632 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to the authority of a joint county and municipal hospital
to borrow money.
SB 1887 (LC) Janek
Relating to the appointment of the board of directors of and to the
powers of the Westchase Area Management District.
SB 1392 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to regulation of distressed devices.
SB 1612 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the right of residents of an area annexed for limited purposes
to vote in certain municipal elections.
SB 1415 (CS)(LC) Deuell
Relating to recognizing Texas Prayer Day.
SB 467 (CS) Averitt
Relating to the operation of the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool.
SB 1618 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to regulation of certain life insurance.
SB 1771 (CS) Brimer
Relating to creation of the Texas Enterprise Fund.
SB 977 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to custody of the assets of certain public retirement
systems.
SB 1213 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the election of an unopposed candidate for an office of
a political subdivision and to omission of that candidate from the
ballot.
SB 1611 (CS) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the determination and clarification of certain dates,
deadlines, and procedures under the Election Code.
SB 1752 (CS)(LC) Estes
Relating to the use of the reverse auction procedure by state
agencies.
SB 1804 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to the resolution of certain medical disputes in
connection with workers' compensation benefits.
SB 1836 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to the eligibility of nonborder areas for certain state
assistance.
SB 1646 (CS) Staples
Relating to the ad valorem tax appraisal of qualified timber land.
SB 1601 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the distribution of unclaimed funds in class action
litigation.
SB 344 (CS)(LC) Ogden
Relating to the required reporting to the Texas Department of
Transportation of information regarding railroad crossings;
imposing a penalty.
SB 1407 (A) Estes
Relating to regulation of certain information logo signs along
certain major highways.
SB 1499 (CS) Madla/et al.
Relating to contracts for the design and construction of
transportation projects by the Texas Department of Transportation.
SB 1517 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to making security personnel at commercial nuclear power
plants peace officers for the purpose of meeting federal
requirements for protecting against terrorist attacks and improving
the process for qualifying those security personnel.
SB 1706 (CS) Wentworth
Relating to the authorization of airport authorities and the
issuance of bonds and exercise of eminent domain by the
authorities.
SB 708 (CS)(LC) Jackson
Relating to regulation of wild animals by counties and certain
other authorities.
SB 991 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to the enactment of certain municipal zoning regulations.
SB 999 (CS)(LC) West
Relating to the establishment of reserve accounts to fund necessary
repairs for multifamily rental housing developments assisted by the
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
SB 1566 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to mass gatherings in unincorporated areas of counties.
SB 1686 (CS)(LC) Gallegos
Relating to the training required for a person appointed as a
county jailer.
SB 1833 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to the use of electronic means for certain interactions
between taxpayers and appraisal districts, taxing units, or other
tax officials.
SB 1451 (CS)(LC) Carona
Relating to the regulation of milk and milk products.
SB 1481 (LC) Ratliff
Relating to the repeal of the Caddo Lake Compact.
SB 1278 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to security officers for electric cooperatives.
(A) AMENDED IN COMMITTEE
(CS) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
(E) GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY
(LC) RECOMMENDED FOR LOCAL CALENDAR
(R) REMOVED FROM LOCAL CALENDAR