REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS
HOUSE BILLS
(Calendar Order)
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS
(Second Reading)
HJR 61 (LC) McReynolds/et al. SP: Armbrister
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing municipalities to
donate surplus fire-fighting equipment or supplies for the benefit
of rural volunteer fire departments.
HOUSE BILLS
(Third Reading)
HB 804 (CS) Geren/ Seaman SP: Lindsay
Relating to the minimum wage.
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 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 1536 (LC) Reyna/ Goodman SP: Shapiro
Relating to certain communication with and access to a child
following termination of the parent-child relationship.
HB 1024 (A) Crownover/ Wong SP: Shapiro
Relating to staff development requirements in public schools.
HB 2021 (CS)(LC) Farabee SP: Armbrister
Relating to the bankruptcy notice required to be filed by a
regulated oil and gas entity.
HB 1472 (LC) Hartnett SP: Harris
Relating to the exercise of powers of appointment.
HB 882 (CS)(LC) Christian SP: Staples
Relating to student center fees at Stephen F. Austin State
University.
HB 510 (CS) Woolley SP: Ogden
Relating to the issuance of special license plates for federal
administrative law judges.
HB 1471 (CS)(LC) Hartnett SP: Harris
Relating to the duties and removal of a trustee.
HB 839 (LC) Howard SP: Armbrister
Relating to a limitation on the future employment of a board member
of certain water-related districts.
HB 1078 (LC) Chisum SP: Estes
Relating to the election of directors of a soil and water
conservation district.
HB 1120 (LC) Phillips SP: Estes
Relating to the competitive bidding requirement for the Greater
Texoma Utility Authority.
HB 1328 (LC) Phillips SP: Estes
Relating to cooperative federal and state wildlife-restoration
projects.
HB 2012 (LC) Hardcastle SP: Estes
Relating to the creation of an organic standards registration and
certification program.
HB 261 Hupp/ Delisi/ Miller/ Riddle
SP: 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.
HB 156 (LC) Krusee/ Gattis/ Mercer SP: Ogden
Relating to the grant of the power of eminent domain to a regional
mobility authority.
HB 861 (LC) McReynolds SP: Madla
Relating to the qualifications of a volunteer emergency care
attendant.
HB 1735 (LC) Delisi/ Capelo/et al. SP: Janek
Relating to disease management services under certain state-funded
or state-administered health plans.
HB 3484 (LC) Delisi/ Uresti SP: Deuell
Relating to health care coverage and services and other
infrastructures for employed persons with disabilities.
HB 1014 (LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the purposes for which a special utility district may
be created.
HB 1452 (LC) Hilderbran SP: Wentworth
Relating to prohibiting a governmental entity from disclosing
information relating to use of certain predator control devices.
HB 1836 (LC) Hardcastle/et al. SP: Duncan
Relating to the definition of livestock; providing a criminal
penalty.
HB 164 (LC) Truitt SP: Nelson
Relating to the rates at which the municipal sales and use tax for
street maintenance may be imposed.
HB 211 (LC) Brown, Fred SP: Ogden
Relating to the purchase of insurance by certain municipalities
through competitive bidding and proposal procedures.
HB 258 (LC) Pickett/ McClendon/ Pena/ Moreno, Paul/ Dukes/
et al. SP: Madla
Relating to correcting errors in the distribution of benefits by a
public retirement system.
HB 472 (LC) Pickett/ Seaman SP: Madla
Relating to requirements for certain licensing programs
administered by the state fire marshal.
HB 608 (LC) Denny SP: Nelson
Relating to the selection of alternate public members to serve on
the committee to review salaries and expenses of elected county or
precinct officers.
HB 873 (LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the rural volunteer fire department insurance program.
HB 940 (LC) Chisum SP: Bivins
Relating to the Hemphill County Hospital District.
HB 1030 (LC) Hardcastle SP: Duncan
Relating to the powers and duties of the Hardeman County Hospital
District.
HB 1061 (LC) Griggs/et al. SP: Brimer
Relating to municipal officer and employee participation in state
travel services contracts.
HB 1066 (LC) Goodman SP: Brimer
Relating to the continuance of the municipal court technology fund
and the purposes for which the fund may be used.
HB 1153 (LC) Puente SP: Madla
Relating to the retirement system for fire fighters and police
officers in certain municipalities.
HB 1631 (LC) Hilderbran SP: Fraser
Relating to the Kimble County Hospital District.
HB 1832 (LC) Harper-Brown SP: Shapiro
Relating to certain powers of the City of Irving with regard to and
validating certain acts of the Dallas County Utility and
Reclamation District.
HB 147 (LC) Solomons/ Woolley/et al. SP: Shapleigh
Relating to application of the no-call list provisions to
commercial mobile service providers and subscribers.
HB 149 (LC) Solomons/ Woolley SP: Shapleigh
Relating to certain privacy protections for consumer information
included in the Texas no-call list.
HB 276 (LC) Goodman SP: Brimer
Relating to the award of attorney's fees and costs in an action
against a fraudulent transfer.
HB 543 (LC) Jones, Jesse SP: Lindsay
Relating to certain restrictions on the delivery or installation of
a new or used manufactured home in a flood-prone area.
HB 904 (LC) Mowery SP: Brimer
Relating to certain nonprofit cemetery corporations.
HB 1076 (LC) McCall/ Raymond SP: Shapiro
Relating to the ownership of a motor vehicle dealership.
HB 1199 (CS)(LC) Krusee/ McCall/ Driver/ Denny/ Hamilton/et al.
SP: Whitmire
Relating to local option elections for the sale of alcoholic
beverages; providing a criminal penalty.
HB 1264 (CS)(LC) Cook, Robby SP: Ogden
Relating to the sale of wine by holders of a winery permit.
HB 1307 (CS)(LC) Marchant SP: Averitt
Relating to the administration, operation, and regulation of credit
unions.
HB 1394 (LC) Elkins/ Edwards/ Bohac/ Giddings/ Solomons
SP: Williams
Relating to a revision of the general provisions of the Uniform
Commercial Code.
HB 1531 (LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the powers and duties of gas and electric corporations.
HB 681 (CS)(LC) Farrar/ Branch/ Griggs/ McReynolds/ Swinford
SP: Lindsay
Relating to the location of a jail or related facility operated by
a private vendor or a county.
HB 1221 (LC) Telford/ Homer/ Merritt/ Mabry/ Hopson
SP: Van de Putte
Relating to an exclusion from unemployment compensation chargebacks
based on a separation from employment resulting from an employer
being called to active military duty.
HB 591 (LC) Delisi/ Chavez/ Jones, Elizabeth/ Hupp/ Seaman
SP: Fraser
Relating to public school admission of military personnel and
dependents under reciprocity agreements between states.
HB 174 (LC) Howard/ Isett/ Berman/ Corte/ Seaman/et al.
SP: Estes
Relating to benefits for members of the state military forces
called to active state duty.
HB 821 (LC) Goodman SP: Harris
Relating to the methods of providing notice of an associate judge's
report in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
HB 823 (LC) Goodman SP: Harris
Relating to associate judges for certain family law matters.
HB 886 (LC) Dutton/et al. SP: Armbrister
Relating to attorney's fees in a proceeding to enforce an order for
the possession of or access to a child.
HB 887 (LC) Dutton SP: West
Relating to the award of attorney's fees and expenses in a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship.
HB 889 (LC) Dutton SP: Lucio
Relating to the enforcement of an agreement concerning child
support.
HB 2498 (LC) Luna SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court at Law No. 5 of
Nueces County.
HB 2689 (LC) Keffer, Jim SP: Duncan
Relating to the practice of law.
HB 627 (LC) Reyna/ Delisi/ Mabry/et al.
SP: Deuell
Relating to an area quarantine in response to the introduction of
an environmental or toxic agent into the environment; providing a
criminal penalty.
HB 1032 (LC) Driver SP: Deuell
Relating to expiration of a driving instruction permit.
HB 1117 Keffer, Jim/ Seaman/et al. SP: Deuell
Relating to the clarification by a county of the existence of a
public interest in certain roads.
HB 1637 (CS)(LC) Oliveira/ Giddings/ Solomons/ Elkins/ Kolkhorst
SP: Averitt
Relating to the formation, organization, management, and records of
certain business organizations.
HB 1849 (CS)(LC) Allen SP: Whitmire
Relating to the revocation process for certain persons released
from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or
mandatory supervision.
HB 883 (A)(LC) Dutton SP: Lucio
Relating to the powers of an associate judge under the Family Code.
HB 980 (CS)(LC) Goodman/ McClendon SP: Harris
Relating to the circumstances under which a child may be adopted.
HB 346 (A)(LC) Dutton/ Rodriguez SP: Whitmire
Relating to the period during which a person may be confined for
contempt of court.
HB 545 (CS)(LC) Wohlgemuth/ Flores/ Hupp/ Uresti/ Berman/et al.
SP: Wentworth
Relating to military discharge records that are recorded with or
otherwise in the possession of a governmental body.
HB 941 (LC) Chisum SP: Estes
Relating to the export of certain beer, malt liquor, and ale.
HB 2926 (CS)(LC) Geren SP: Estes
Relating to the regulation of marine manufacturers, dealers, and
distributors.
HB 9 (CS) Flores/ Corte/ Isett/ Allen/ Puente/et al.
SP: Shapiro
Relating to homeland security.
HB 11 (CS) Keel/ Gallego/ Jones, Elizabeth/ Berman/ Chavez/
et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to the offense of terroristic threat and to the punishment
as a capital offense of murder occurring during the commission or
attempted commission of terroristic threat.
HB 1208 (CS) Lewis SP: Shapiro
Relating to the mitigation of traffic congestion on highways;
providing penalties.
HB 3175 Pitts SP: Bivins
Relating to the authority of the comptroller of public accounts to
manage cash flow by transferring available cash between funds in
the custody or under the management of the comptroller; making an
appropriation.
HB 671 (LC) Lewis SP: Brimer
Relating to the requirements for certain alcoholic beverage
licenses.
HB 178 (LC) Ellis SP: Staples
Relating to immunity for certain governmental employees for an act
or omission committed while supervising an inmate or offender
program or activity.
HB 769 (LC) Solis/et al. SP: Averitt
Relating to compensatory time off for certain communications
service employees of the Department of Public Safety.
HB 1344 (LC) Uresti SP: 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.
HB 1701 (LC) Taylor/ Eissler SP: Jackson
Relating to providing a uniform limit on the population of a county
election precinct.
HB 1878 (LC) Dutton/ Hodge/ Chavez SP: Harris
Relating to the establishment of paternity and the establishment
and enforcement of child support and medical support for a child.
HB 2132 (LC) Zedler/et al. SP: Madla
Relating to the subpoena authority of the Texas State Board of
Examiners of Psychologists.
HB 2334 (LC) Turner SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the right of residents of an area annexed for limited
purposes to vote in certain municipal elections.
HB 2385 (LC) Griggs/ Noriega/ Berman/ Eissler/ Smith, Wayne
SP: Harris
Relating to salary payments to municipal and county employees
called to active military duty.
HB 2396 (LC) Corte SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the administration of and insurance requirements for
certain Veterans' Land Board programs.
HB 2567 (LC) Geren SP: Armbrister
Relating to the disposal of brine from desalination operations.
HB 2676 (LC) Hughes SP: Averitt
Relating to the reporting duties of the attorney general.
HB 3126 (LC) Truitt/ Capelo/ McReynolds/ Zedler/ Christian/
et al. SP: Janek
Relating to educating health professionals, the composition and
authority of the statewide health coordinating council, and certain
health planning data collected by the department of health.
HB 1165 (CS)(LC) Solomons/ Elkins/ Giddings/ Kolkhorst/ Zedler
SP: Janek
Relating to corporations.
HB 630 (LC) Hilderbran/ Casteel/ Garza/ Canales
SP: Madla
Relating to the designation of State Highway 173 between Kerrville
and Jourdanton as the 173d Airborne Brigade Memorial Highway.
HB 816 (LC) Woolley SP: Lindsay
Relating to recognizing the week that includes the third Friday in
May as Transportation Week.
HB 874 (LC) Menendez/ Castro/ Reyna SP: Wentworth
Relating to the driver's license or personal identification card
number on a parking placard issued to an individual with a
disability.
HB 1330 (LC) McReynolds/ Christian SP: Staples
Relating to medical information on a driver's license.
HB 1439 (LC) Eissler SP: Williams
Relating to the application and enforcement of traffic regulations
in private subdivisions in certain counties.
HB 1654 (LC) Wohlgemuth SP: Averitt
Relating to designation of a portion of State Highway 121 in
Tarrant and Johnson counties as the Chisholm Trail Parkway.
HB 2096 Pickett SP: Lucio
Relating to creation of an offense for transporting a person in
certain trailers and semitrailers.
HB 2384 (LC) Hegar SP: Janek
Relating to the unauthorized use of toll roads in certain counties.
HB 2859 (LC) Wohlgemuth SP: Ogden
Relating to the regulation of obstructions to air navigation.
HB 294 (LC) Davis, John/ Pena/ Hilderbran/ Cook, Byron/
Geren /et al. SP: Barrientos
Relating to recognizing March as Texas History Month.
HB 275 (LC) Keel SP: Armbrister
Relating to the prosecution of theft of service.
HB 292 (LC) Reyna/ Ritter/ Keel SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the taking of a specimen of a person's breath or blood
in connection with certain alcohol-related offenses.
HB 900 (LC) King SP: Estes
Relating to the operation of all-terrain vehicles by law
enforcement officers.
HB 3377 (LC) Rangel/ Canales/ Garza SP: Lucio
Relating to the filing of a notice of seizure and intended
forfeiture in an asset forfeiture case.
HB 2092 (LC) Harper-Brown SP: Wentworth
Relating to the award of certain state highway maintenance
contracts.
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
(Second Reading)
HCR 151 (LC) Chavez SP: Lucio
Urging Congress to reinstate funding for the Community Adjustment
and Investment Program.
HCR 82 (A)(LC) Campbell/et al. SP: Barrientos
Memorializing Congress to increase Texas' share of revenue from the
federal fuel tax to 95 percent.
HCR 13 (LC) West, George "Buddy"/ Wise/ Allen/et al.
SP: Shapiro
Urging congress to enact the Protect Children From E-Mail Smut Act
of 2001.
HCR 14 (LC) West, George "Buddy"/ Wise/ Allen/et al.
SP: Shapiro
Urging congress to enact the Child Modeling Exploitation Prevention
Act of 2002.
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 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.
SJR 42 (CS) Carona
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a home equity line
of credit, providing for administrative interpretation of home
equity lending law, and otherwise relating to the making,
refinancing, repayment, and enforcement of home equity loans.
SENATE RESOLUTIONS
(Second Reading)
SR 373 (LC) Wentworth
Memorializing Congress to prohibit federal courts from ordering or
instructing any state or political subdivision thereof to levy or
increase taxes.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
(Second Reading)
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 22 (CS) Armbrister
Granting Edmund and Ruben Kappler permission to sue the state and
the General Land Office.
SCR 25 (LC) Jackson
Memorializing the United States government to improve the enforcement of
food import restrictions on seafood imports.
SCR 45 (LC) Fraser
Directing the Texas Building and Procurement Commission to rename the
Brownwood State School - Units I and II for Mr. Ron Jackson as a
tribute to his commitment to public service and his many contributions
to the betterment of the State of Texas.
SCR 41 (LC) Armbrister
Directing the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality, and Texas Water Development Board to
exclude consideration of recreational fishing restrictions in any
study of Texas bays and estuaries.
SCR 24 (LC) Jackson
Directing the Texas Building and Procurement Commission to name the
new public health laboratory building for Dr. Jesse Vernal Irons.
SCR 49 (LC) Lucio
Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker to create a
joint interim committee to study issues related to nutrition among
Texas public school children.
SENATE BILLS
(Third Reading)
SB 366 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the regulation of on-premise signs in certain counties.
SB 563 (CS) Lucio
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for an enrollee with
autism or a pervasive developmental disorder.
SB 1466 (CS) Lindsay
Relating to hotel occupancy taxes and the financing of convention
center facilities 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 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 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/et al.
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 1348 (CS)(LC) Jackson
Relating to the designation of NASA Road 1 and Farm-to-Market Road
528 as the NASA Parkway.
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 1103 Fraser
Relating to the security provided for revenue bonds issued by the
Veterans' Land Board.
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 1508 (LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the administration of and insurance requirements for
certain Veterans' Land Board programs.
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 954 (LC) Madla
Relating to the authority of a county to charge a fee for a plat
application.
SB 949 (CS) Lindsay
Relating to the operation of property owners' associations;
providing penalties.
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 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 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 1299 (LC) Madla
Relating to the subpoena authority of the Texas State Board of
Examiners of Psychologists.
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 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 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 989 Armbrister
Relating to the inspection of wildlife resources and devices used
to catch or hunt wildlife resources; providing a criminal penalty.
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 1361 Staples
Relating to the purposes for which citizen evidence may be used by
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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 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 1617 Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the level of municipal participation in contracts with
developers for public improvements.
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 380 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to the prosecution of theft of service.
SB 1338 Hinojosa
Relating to a mandatory exemption from sex offender registration
for certain offenders.
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/et al.
Relating to certain permitting procedures of the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality.
SB 1077 (CS) Shapleigh/et al.
Relating to the provision of assistance to colonias and colonia
residents in certain areas of the state.
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 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 1563 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to the regulation of aerial fireworks.
SB 1277 Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of electric personal assistive mobility
devices.
SB 215 Lindsay
Relating to the eligibility of elected public officers to serve as
election judges or election clerks.
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 781 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to performance standards for toilets and water leak
detection systems.
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 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 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 1752 (CS)(LC) Estes
Relating to the use of the reverse auction procedure by the Texas
Building and Procurement Commission.
SB 1836 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to eligibility of nonborder areas for certain state
assistance.
SB 1407 (A) Estes/et al.
Relating to regulation of certain information logo signs along
certain major highways.
SB 991 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to the application of certain municipal zoning regulations
affecting the appearance of buildings or open spaces.
SB 1536 (LC) Wentworth
Relating to use of certain 9 1 1 fees and surcharges in certain
counties.
SB 290 (LC) Lucio
Relating to subdivision platting requirements in certain counties
near an international border.
SB 1662 (CS) Duncan/et al.
Relating to the care of elementary and secondary school students
with diabetes.
SB 562 (CS) Gallegos
Relating to conditions of employment for peace officers employed by
certain municipalities.
SB 856 (CS) Madla
Relating to compliance schedules for small community water systems
in accordance with public drinking water standards for certain
naturally occurring materials.
SB 1901 (CS)(LC) Whitmire
Relating to the creation of Harris County Road Improvement District
No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
SB 819 Fraser
Relating to the right of an insurance carrier to contest the
compensability of an injury in a workers' compensation case;
providing an administrative violation.
SB 24 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Ranch at Clear Fork Creek Municipal
Utility District No. 1; granting the authority to impose taxes and
issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
SB 1254 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to the leasing and contracting powers of a port authority
or navigation district.
SB 241 (CS)(LC) Shapleigh
Relating to the regulation of licensed vocational nurses.
SB 1167 (CS)(LC) Janek
Relating to increasing the number of registered nurses and other
health care professionals in this state and collecting and
analyzing nursing data.
SB 2 (CS) Shapiro/et al.
Relating to public school finance, a state ad valorem tax, state
general sales and use taxes, state taxes on the sale or use of a
motor vehicle, and property tax relief for residential tenants.
SB 1160 (CS) Barrientos
Relating to the development and implementation of personnel
policies and procedures of state agencies.
SB 1388 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to access to certain personal information under the public
information law.
SB 1695 (CS)(LC) Wentworth/et al.
Relating to the development and implementation of a Texas music
project by the Texas Commission on the Arts.
SB 1011 (CS) West
Relating to the questioning of prospective jurors during voir dire
examination.
SB 1450 (CS)(LC) Harris
Relating to the authority of a guardian of the person of a ward to
transport the ward to an inpatient mental health facility and file
for emergency detention under certain circumstances and to consent
to the administration of certain medication.
SB 799 (CS) Jackson/et al.
Relating to the environmental regulation and remediation of certain
dry cleaning facilities; providing penalties.
SB 1325 Carona
Relating to renewable energy credit for converting solid waste into
electric energy.
SB 1930 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to the board of directors and the powers of the Lone Star
Groundwater Conservation District; validating certain actions and
proceedings of the district.
SB 1396 (CS) Hinojosa
Relating to certain purchasing contracts of certain navigation
districts and port authorities.
SB 1731 (LC) Gallegos/et al.
Relating to fees imposed by certain counties for the preservation,
restoration, and management of certain county records.
SB 1777 (LC) Gallegos
Relating to fire control, prevention, and emergency medical
services districts of certain municipalities.
SB 1909 (LC) Lucio
Relating to the regulation of the subdividing or development of
land in areas bordering the Rio Grande and the Laguna Madre or the
Gulf of Mexico.
SB 770 Madla
Relating to the direct shipment of wine to consumers.
SB 1019 (LC) Duncan
Relating to the powers, duties, taxing authority, and dissolution
procedure of the Ballinger Memorial Hospital District.
SB 1658 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to the application of changes in benefits received by
members and retirees of retirement systems for paid, partly paid,
and volunteer fire fighters and their beneficiaries.
SB 1907 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of alarm systems and alarm systems
companies.
SB 1936 (LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the creation of the Buffalo Bayou Management District;
providing the authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
SB 1918 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to the creation of the Katy Towne Centre Development
District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
SB 1210 (CS)(LC) Duncan
Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business
in awarding certain municipal and school district contracts.
SB 1067 Carona
Relating to administrative interpretation of home equity lending
law.
SB 1085 (CS) Madla
Relating to the regulation of outdoor advertising.
SB 1215 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to changing the deadlines and authority for ordering the
election and filing for candidacy in political subdivision
elections.
SB 1414 (CS) Deuell/et al.
Relating to certain diseases or illnesses suffered by certain
emergency first responders.
SB 1655 (CS) Madla
Relating to the administration and finances of counties and certain
other entities.
SB 1861 (CS)(LC) Bivins
Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain
miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds
designated by this Act; making appropriations.
SB 795 (LC) Gallegos
Relating to the punishment for a corporation or association
convicted of an offense involving the criminally negligent
inspection, maintenance, or operation of a commercial motor
vehicle.
SB 921 (LC) Whitmire
Relating to the authority of a judge to reduce or terminate the
community supervision of a defendant convicted of an offense
punishable as a state jail felony.
SB 1093 (LC) Shapiro
Relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators.
SB 1245 (LC) Armbrister/et al.
Relating to the governance of the Crime Victims' Institute.
SB 20 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to the issuance of certain permits for overweight
vehicles; providing a penalty.
SB 1941 (LC) Averitt
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Lake Alan Henry Water District;
granting the power of eminent domain; authorizing the issuance of
bonds and the imposition of taxes.
SB 1592 (CS) West
Relating to applications for and allocations of reservations of the
state ceiling among issuers of qualified residential rental project
bonds.
SB 1370 (CS) Duncan
Relating to certain group benefit plans provided to certain
governmental officers, employees, and retirees and their
dependents.
SB 1369 (CS) Duncan
Relating to certain group benefits for retired school employees.
SB 75 (CS) Zaffirini/et al.
Relating to child-care services for certain low-wage employees.
SB 411 (CS)(LC) Zaffirini
Relating to the salaries and longevity pay of sheriff department
personnel.
SB 791 (LC) West
Relating to a program to monitor the collection and remittance of
certain court costs and fees.
SB 1915 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to the terms of court of the 9th Judicial District.
SB 1940 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to the County Court at Law of Aransas County.
SB 474 (CS) Lucio/et al.
Relating to an interim study on nutrition and health in public
schools.
SB 815 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the development of essential knowledge and skills for
subjects in the enrichment curriculum.
SB 1444 (CS) Barrientos/et al.
Relating to safety regulations for certain extracurricular school
activities.
SB 1476 (CS) West/et al.
Relating to the nonprofit corporations eligible to issue bonds to
finance or purchase guaranteed student loans and authorizing
certain nonprofit corporations to refund outstanding student loan
bonds.
SB 1819 (CS) Van de Putte
Relating to considering the economic impact to the state in
awarding certain lottery commission contracts.
SB 1176 (CS)(LC) Harris/et al.
Relating to the regulation of roofing contractors; providing
penalties.
SB 1092 (CS)(LC) Shapiro
Relating to evidence offered in the prosecution of the offense of
child pornography.
SB 1411 (CS)(LC) Deuell
Relating to electronic surveillance.
SB 1678 (CS) Whitmire
Relating to the organization and duties of the Board of Pardons and
Paroles.
SB 1919 (CS) Harris/et al.
Relating to the punishment for assaults committed against certain
sports participants.
SB 1932 (CS)(LC) Ogden
Relating to the performance of the duties of a district attorney by
the prison prosecution unit in Trinity County.
SB 23 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Road Improvement
District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
bonds.
SB 554 (CS) Janek
Relating to the enforcement of the laws governing dune protection
and access to public beaches.
SB 1275 (CS) Armbrister
Relating to the revocation of permits for certain landfill
facilities.
SB 1480 (CS) Janek
Relating to efforts by coastal counties to mitigate coastal erosion
and improve public access to public beaches; authorizing the
issuance of bonds by coastal counties.
SB 1582 (CS)(LC) Wentworth
Relating to authorizing political subdivisions and property owners'
associations to trap and transport white-tailed deer.
SB 1933 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to the exclusion of property from Waterwood Municipal
Utility District No. 1.
SB 1935 (CS)(LC) Fraser
Relating to the law governing the Brazos River Authority and the
law governing the Lower Colorado River Authority.
SB 1252 (CS)(LC) Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of certain activities associated with
providing private security.
SB 1406 (CS)(LC) Estes
Relating to the issuance of concealed handgun licenses to residents
of certain other states and to reciprocity agreements with other
states concerning concealed handgun licenses.
SB 1551 (CS)(LC) Duncan
Relating to the creation and composition of judicial districts and
the election and powers and duties of certain district attorneys.
SB 1923 (A)(LC) Ogden
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
the district attorney for the 258th Judicial District.
SB 1478 (A) West
Relating to protecting certain public employees who report
violations of law.
SB 1387 Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of racing.
SB 588 (LC) Duncan
Relating to liability insurance coverage for certain nursing
institutions.
SB 728 Staples
Relating to the benefits provided to the survivors of certain
public employees killed in the line of duty.
SB 1942 Wentworth
Relating to the name of Southwest Texas State University.
SB 823 (CS)(LC) Fraser/et al.
Relating to administration of the sales and use tax and compliance
with the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.
SB 137 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to insurance policies insuring the life of an employee or
former employee.
SB 637 (CS)(LC) Nelson
Relating to elimination of the state payment for certain national
insurance database fees.
SB 1205 (CS)(LC) Lindsay/et al.
Relating to liability of the state and certain political
subdivisions for certain recreational activities.
SB 1300 (CS)(LC) Madla
Relating to the oversight of regional planning commissions by the
governor and the state auditor.
SB 1751 (CS)(LC) Lucio/et al.
Relating to the right of a foreign national to contact a foreign
consular official.
SB 1116 (CS) Williams
Relating to the criminal and civil consequences of conduct
involving the theft of or tampering with certain communication or
information services.
SB 1948 (CS) Whitmire/et al.
Relating to the release on bond of certain applicants for a writ of
habeas corpus.
SB 292 (CS)(LC) Brimer
Relating to the regulation of athlete agents.
SB 675 Estes
Relating to status as an employer under a workers' compensation
insurance policy or certificate of authority to self-insure.
SB 1651 (CS) Duncan
Relating to the use of development corporations to improve local
telecommunications infrastructure.
SB 727 (CS)(LC) Staples
Relating to the payment of fees awarded to certain attorneys
appointed by a court to represent indigent inmates in capital
cases.
SB 1477 (CS)(LC) West
Relating to restrictions on the disclosure of certain criminal
records and to the duty of law enforcement agencies regarding
records associated with certain defendants receiving deferred
adjudication; providing a civil penalty.
SB 478 (CS)(LC) Duncan
Relating to disqualification for eligibility for workers'
compensation benefits of certain persons who perform services that
benefit a political subdivision.
SB 879 (CS)(LC) Whitmire
Relating to appeals of adverse determinations made by health
maintenance organizations.
SB 1061 (CS)(LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to discrimination related to the business of insurance and
to the use of insurance policy proceeds for certain victims of past
discrimination; creating an offense.
SB 1117 (CS)(LC) Williams
Relating to optional benefits under the Texas school employees
uniform group coverage program.
SB 1305 (CS) Lucio
Relating to the application of the Charitable Immunity and
Liability Act of 1987 to private primary or secondary schools,
alumni associations, and on-campus organizations.
SB 1575 (CS) Carona
Relating to immunity from civil liability arising from activities
of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission medical quality
review panel.
SB 1432 (CS) Averitt
Relating to the liability of certain highway, road, and street
contractors.
SB 1947 (CS)(LC) Lucio
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Heritage Groundwater Conservation
District; granting the authority to impose taxes.
SB 1865 Bivins
Relating to the delay or deferral of certain payments and transfers
by the comptroller of public accounts.
SB 1675 (CS) Fraser
Relating to the administration of state-federal relations and
federal formula grant programs, including the use of office space
outside the state by certain state agencies.
SB 1763 (CS) Ogden
Relating to vehicle weights.
SB 511 Nelson
Relating to the adoption of a state scenic byways program.
SB 413 (LC) Madla
Relating to the study of educational opportunities for emergency
services personnel.
SB 503 (LC) Ogden
Relating to the provision of certain higher education information
to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and to the public.
SB 722 (CS) Van de Putte
Relating to a program to provide incentives for certain persons to
earn doctorate degrees and enter the faculty and administration of
institutions of higher education.
SB 968 (LC) Shapleigh
Relating to a program to promote participation by public junior
college students in individual development account programs.
SB 1127 (CS)(LC) Van de Putte
Relating to the creation of a coaching education program by the San
Antonio Life Sciences Institute.
SB 1181 (CS) West
Relating to student discipline in public schools.
SB 1732 (CS) Gallegos
Relating to school attendance of a child placed in substitute care.
SB 1778 (CS) Ogden/et al.
Relating to the authority of a higher education authority or
nonprofit organization exercising the powers of a higher education
authority to acquire, construct, improve, or finance facilities.
SB 1192 (CS) Carona
Relating to the operation of the Texas Property and Casualty
Insurance Guaranty Association.
SB 1474 (CS) West
Relating to the prohibition of discrimination with regard to
housing developments based on the source of development funding.
SB 1720 (CS)(LC) Williams
Relating to a vendor's or subcontractor's remedy for nonpayment of
certain contracts.
(A) AMENDED IN COMMITTEE
(CS) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
(E) GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY
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(R) REMOVED FROM LOCAL CALENDAR