REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS
SENATE BILLS
(Calendar Order)
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS
(Second Reading)
SJR 15 Harris
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for
the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical
value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on
behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and
contributions to purchase such items.
SJR 28 Ellis, Rodney/et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to
grant one or more reprieves in a capital case.
SJR 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 4 (LC) Ratliff
Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the legislature to
require the sale of certain land dedicated to the permanent school
fund.
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 56 (LC) Armbrister
Directing the White-tailed Deer Advisory Committee to address how habitat
relates to the ecological diversity of the state and to study the role of
the wildlife biologist in the development of management plans and in the
utilization of suitable management practices, including population goals
and control, yearly census data, supplemental feeding and food plots, and
genetic management.
SENATE BILLS
(Third Reading)
SB 366 (LC) Lindsay
Relating to the regulation of on-premise signs in certain counties.
SB 511 Nelson/et al.
Relating to the adoption of a state scenic byways program.
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 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 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 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 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 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/et al.
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 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 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 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 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 799 (CS) Jackson/et al.
Relating to the environmental regulation and remediation of certain
dry cleaning facilities; providing penalties.
SB 1396 (CS) Hinojosa
Relating to certain purchasing contracts of certain navigation
districts and port authorities.
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 1210 (CS)(LC) Duncan
Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business
in awarding certain municipal and school district contracts.
SB 1085 (CS) Madla
Relating to the regulation of outdoor advertising.
SB 1655 (CS) Madla
Relating to the administration and finances of counties and certain
other entities.
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 1919 (CS) Harris/et al.
Relating to the punishment for assaults committed against certain
sports participants.
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 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 1478 (A) West
Relating to protecting certain public employees who report
violations of law.
SB 675 Estes
Relating to status as an employer under a workers' compensation
insurance policy or certificate of authority to self-insure.
SB 1305 (CS) Lucio/et al.
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 1432 (CS) Averitt
Relating to the liability of certain highway, road, and street
contractors.
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 1732 (CS) Gallegos
Relating to school attendance of a child placed in substitute care.
SB 1474 (CS) West
Relating to discrimination against a housing development based on
the source of funding for the development.
SB 1720 (CS)(LC) Williams
Relating to a vendor's or subcontractor's remedy for nonpayment of
certain contracts.
SB 515 (CS) Hinojosa/et al.
Relating to requiring the corroboration of certain testimony in a
criminal case involving controlled substances.
SB 1772 (CS)(LC) Williams
Relating to licensing and regulation of certain pilots, pilotage
rates, and pilot service.
SB 1874 (CS)(LC) Lucio/et al.
Relating to naming the school of pharmacy at Texas A&M
University--Kingsville and its physical facility after Irma Rangel.
SB 449 (CS)(LC) Williams/et al.
Relating to the number of justices for the eighth and ninth courts
of appeals districts.
SB 806 Zaffirini
Relating to abolishing the electronic imaging program of the Texas
Department of Human Services.
SB 1587 Lindsay
Relating to bureau of vital statistics forms.
SB 911 (CS)(LC) Barrientos/et al.
Relating to firefighter employment in certain political
subdivisions; providing criminal penalties.
SB 1576 (CS)(LC) Carona
Relating to the creation of the regional workers' compensation
health care delivery networks pilot project; providing an
administrative violation.
SB 1166 (CS)(LC) Barrientos
Relating to conditions of employment for a peace officer or a
detention officer employed by certain sheriff's departments.
SB 1086 Staples
Relating to animal impoundment facilities operated by a small
municipality.
SB 1132 (CS) Williams
Relating to the admission of certain video testimony into evidence
in a proceeding regarding the abuse or neglect of a child.
SB 1787 (CS) Zaffirini
Relating to exempting certain persons in transitional living
programs from the payment of tuition and fees at public
institutions of higher education.
SB 1953 (LC) Van de Putte/et al.
Relating to the criminal consequences of conduct that involves the
trafficking of persons; providing penalties.
SB 1193 (LC) Carona
Relating to the regulation of barbers and related occupations,
barbershops and specialty shops, and barber schools; providing a
criminal penalty.
SB 1881 (CS)(LC) Whitmire
Relating to a payment to a law enforcement and firefighter support
organization as a condition of community supervision.
SB 1949 Harris/et al.
Relating to the cancer registry.
SB 1914 (CS) Wentworth
Relating to powers and duties of the Edwards Aquifer Authority to
manage and protect the Edwards Aquifer, the board of directors of
the Edwards Aquifer Authority, and revenue bonding authority.
SB 990 (CS) Armbrister/et al.
Relating to criteria for voluntary admission to state schools for
persons with mental retardation.
SB 780 (LC) Armbrister
Relating to a requirement that certain irrigation systems have rain
shut-off devices.
SB 1954 (LC) Ratliff
Relating to a requirement that the Bureau of Economic Geology of
The University of Texas at Austin conduct a study of the East Texas
Oil Field.
SB 1956 (LC) Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the creation of the Fourth Ward Management District;
providing the authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
HOUSE BILLS
(Calendar Order)
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS
(Second Reading)
HJR 84 Uresti/ Goolsby/ Luna/ McReynolds
SP: Van de Putte
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the filling of a
temporary vacancy in a public office created by the activation for
military service of a public officer.
HJR 21 Hamric/ Wohlgemuth/ Menendez
SP: Van de Putte
Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit an increase in the
total amount of school district ad valorem taxes that may be
imposed on the residence homestead of a disabled person.
HJR 51 (LC) Flores SP: Staples
Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a two-year period
for the redemption of a mineral interest sold for unpaid ad valorem
taxes at a tax sale.
HJR 85 Homer/et al. SP: Estes
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow wineries in this
state to manufacture, sell, and dispense certain wine.
HJR 16 Brown, Fred/ Brown, Betty/ Gattis/ Chavez/
Baxter /et al. SP: Nelson
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a county, a city
or town, or a junior college district to establish an ad valorem
tax freeze on residence homesteads of the disabled and of the
elderly and their spouses.
HJR 44 (CS)(LC) Hughes/ Pena SP: Ratliff
Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit a six-person jury in
a district court misdemeanor trial.
HJR 55 Zedler/et al. SP: Janek
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature
to exempt from ad valorem taxation property owned by a religious
organization that is leased for use as a school or that is owned
with the intent of expanding or constructing a religious facility.
HJR 28 (CS) Pickett/ Hamric/ Krusee/ Gutierrez/ Menendez
SP: Lucio
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for authorization of
the borrowing of money on a short-term basis by a state
transportation agency for transportation-related projects, and the
issuance of bonds and other public securities secured by the state
highway fund.
HJR 54 (CS)(LC) King/ Pena/ Jones, Elizabeth/ Capelo/ Swinford/
et al. SP: Brimer
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that benefits in
certain public retirement systems may not be reduced or impaired.
HJR 4 Bohac/ Hegar/ Bonnen/ Talton/et al.
SP: Janek
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
limit the maximum average annual increase in the appraised value of
real property for ad valorem tax purposes to five percent or more.
HOUSE BILLS
(Second Reading)
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 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 823 (LC) Goodman SP: Harris
Relating to associate judges for certain family law matters.
HB 7 (CS) Heflin SP: Bivins
Relating to making supplemental appropriations and making
reductions in current appropriations.
HB 1171 (LC) Madden SP: Ratliff
Relating to the notice required to be given to a governmental
entity to recover in a suit on a payment bond.
HB 1549 (CS)(LC) Denny/ Howard/ Uresti/ Jones, Jesse/ Heflin
SP: Nelson
Relating to changes required in election laws to implement the
federal Help America Vote Act of 2002.
HB 1984 (LC) Kuempel SP: Armbrister
Relating to participation and credit in, contributions to, and
benefits and administration of the Texas County and District
Retirement System.
HB 2089 (LC) Geren SP: Nelson
Relating to requiring the secretary of state to publicly post a
list of candidate names on the Internet.
HB 752 (CS)(LC) Woolley/et al. SP: Williams
Relating to the administration of public retirement systems for
police officers in certain municipalities.
HB 1339 (LC) Eissler SP: Williams
Relating to certain information that a school district must provide
to the parent of or person standing in parental relation to a
district student and to evaluation of a student for special
education services.
HB 2061 (LC) Grusendorf SP: Janek
Relating to notice of disciplinary action taken against certain
public school students.
HB 554 (LC) Chisum/et al. SP: Madla
Relating to grievance procedures regarding compensation and
expenses for county and precinct officers.
HB 686 (LC) Lewis SP: Nelson
Relating to continuing education requirements for certain county
commissioners.
HB 898 (LC) Hamilton/ Giddings/ Menendez
SP: Staples
Relating to the use of state travel services by public junior
colleges and school districts.
HB 1088 (LC) Hill SP: Carona
Relating to sales tax information provided by the comptroller to
certain municipalities.
HB 1189 (LC) Talton SP: Gallegos
Relating to alternative dispute resolution procedures in certain
police departments.
HB 1207 (LC) Kuempel SP: Armbrister
Relating to the application of certain municipal zoning regulations
affecting the appearance of buildings or open spaces.
HB 1729 (LC) Merritt SP: Ratliff
Relating to the municipal court of record for the City of Longview.
HB 1877 (LC) Hardcastle/ Christian/ Hughes/et al.
SP: Madla
Relating to creating the rural physician relief program.
HB 1952 (LC) Truitt SP: Brimer
Relating to local regulation of public swimming pools.
HB 2038 (LC) Lewis SP: Madla
Relating to entrance examinations for beginning positions in the
fire and police departments of certain municipalities.
HB 2076 (LC) Casteel SP: Madla
Relating to the hotel occupancy tax imposed by certain counties.
HB 2561 (LC) Rose/ Quintanilla SP: 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.
HB 3075 (LC) West, George "Buddy" SP: Bivins
Relating to local agreements to allow certain development
corporations and taxing units to invest in and receive tax revenues
from certain regional economic development projects.
HB 3235 (LC) Smith, Todd SP: Madla
Relating to certification training programs for municipal building
inspectors and the implementation of Texas building energy
efficiency performance standards by certified municipal building
inspectors.
HB 2227 (LC) Hughes SP: Ratliff
Relating to the frequency of meetings of the board for the Upper
Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District.
HB 2558 (LC) Swinford SP: Duncan
Relating to certain reporting requirements and orders relating to
commercial fertilizer.
HB 2786 (LC) Eiland SP: Janek
Relating to an extension of a strategic partnership agreement
between a special purpose district and certain municipalities.
HB 3213 (LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the authority of veterinarians to form a professional
association.
HB 3214 (LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the fees of office payable to directors of certain
general and special law districts.
HB 3374 (LC) Rangel/ Puente/ Guillen/ Canales
SP: Lucio
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kenedy County Groundwater
Conservation District.
HB 135 (LC) Brown, Fred/ Chavez/et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to the requirements of an auctioneer's license.
HB 1056 (LC) Hamilton SP: Williams
Relating to the employment of a minor in certain establishments
that serve alcoholic beverages.
HB 1496 (LC) Solomons SP: Duncan
Relating to reduction in benefit fraud and claim overpayments in
unemployment compensation.
HB 1526 (LC) Geren SP: Harris
Relating to the registration requirements for certain retired
architects.
HB 2172 (LC) Chavez/ Castro/ Thompson/ Keffer, Jim/ Solis
SP: Lucio
Relating to administration of certain workforce development
programs by the Texas Workforce Commission.
HB 2200 (LC) Solomons SP: Fraser
Relating to restrictions on apartment owners in a condominium
regime relating to club membership.
HB 653 (LC) Davis, John SP: Janek
Relating to a shampoo apprentice permit.
HB 1077 (LC) Jones, Jesse/ Davis, Yvonne
SP: West
Relating to removal of remains interred in a cemetery.
HB 2131 (LC) Zedler SP: Deuell
Relating to the regulation of certain operating room nurses
employed by certain other health providers.
HB 2886 (LC) Van Arsdale SP: Lindsay
Relating to certain certificates and reports filed with the bureau
of vital statistics.
HB 195 (LC) Griggs SP: Nelson
Relating to the collection and distribution of delinquent ad
valorem taxes imposed by county education districts.
HB 219 (LC) Hope/et al. SP: Staples
Relating to the display of the United States national motto in
public elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher
education.
HB 558 (LC) Grusendorf SP: Shapiro
Relating to rehiring experienced teachers under probationary
contracts.
HB 673 (A)(LC) Madden SP: Shapiro
Relating to parental notification of public school teacher
qualifications.
HB 912 (LC) Madden SP: Shapiro
Relating to the distribution of school district employment policies
to teachers employed under term contracts.
HB 1113 (LC) Crownover SP: Zaffirini
Relating to returning a public school teacher to probationary
contract status.
HB 1441 (LC) Eissler SP: Williams
Relating to school districts that place an excessive number of
students in certain special education instructional arrangements.
HB 1440 (CS)(LC) Eissler SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the frequency of public school teacher appraisals.
HB 1649 (CS)(LC) Mercer/et al. SP: Van de Putte
Relating to student fees charged at The University of Texas at San
Antonio.
HB 1650 (CS)(LC) Mercer/et al. SP: Van de Putte
Relating to student fees charged at The University of Texas at San
Antonio.
HB 1776 (LC) Hughes/ Dutton/ Smith, Todd/et al.
SP: Nelson
Relating to Celebrate Freedom Week and to certain instruction in
social studies classes in public schools.
HB 2072 (A)(LC) Grusendorf SP: Shapiro
Relating to payment by teachers for missing textbooks in public
schools.
HB 1959 (CS)(LC) Smithee SP: Bivins
Relating to facilities and other property of the Dallam-Hartley
Counties Hospital District.
HB 919 (LC) Eiland SP: Armbrister
Relating to the review and approval of drainage reports by certain
special districts.
HB 1046 (LC) Swinford SP: Duncan
Relating to an application for registration of a commercial
fertilizer.
HB 1309 (LC) Pitts SP: Duncan
Relating to the applicability of the Texas Non-Profit Corporation
Act to nonprofit water supply or sewer service corporations.
HB 1398 (LC) Swinford SP: Duncan
Relating to procedures for arbitration of seed performance
disputes.
HB 1481 (LC) Allen SP: Estes
Relating to the creation of the operating permit fees account for
fees collected under Titles IV and V of the Clean Air Act.
HB 1529 (LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the inspection of wildlife resources and devices used
to catch or hunt wildlife resources and to the cold storage of game
animals.
HB 2328 (LC) McReynolds/ Christian/ Homer/ Hughes/ Hardcastle/
et al. SP: Staples
Relating to the registration of persons engaged in certain fowl
operations; providing a criminal penalty.
HB 2654 (LC) Farabee SP: Estes
Relating to clarification of certain exemptions from requirements
of pipeline assessment and testing.
HB 2887 (LC) Van Arsdale SP: Lindsay
Relating to the exemption of certain services necessary to comply
with federal and state construction storm water requirements from
certain contract requirements.
HB 3556 (LC) Campbell SP: Duncan
Relating to management of and certain actions and proceedings of
the Sterling County Underground Water Conservation District.
HB 913 (LC) Goodman/ Dutton SP: Harris
Relating to the conservatorship of, and the possession of and
access to, a child.
HB 1391 (LC) Hamric SP: Gallegos
Relating to the confidentiality of pleadings and protective order
applications in certain proceedings in the Family Code.
HB 1709 (LC) Casteel SP: Wentworth
Relating to the settlement of the guardianship of the estate of a
ward.
HB 1815 (LC) Goodman/ Wise SP: Harris
Relating to court-ordered representation in suits affecting the
parent-child relationship.
HB 2341 (LC) Kolkhorst SP: Armbrister
Relating to the duties of the district attorney in Washington and
Burleson counties.
HB 3595 (LC) Chavez SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the statutory county courts in El Paso County.
HB 3603 (LC) Smith, Todd SP: Brimer
Relating to the appointment or election of judges of municipal
courts of record in the City of Bedford.
HB 148 (LC) Solomons SP: West
Relating to the prohibition of the manufacture, sale, or possession
of a counterfeit disabled parking placard; providing penalties.
HB 177 (LC) McCall/ Castro SP: West
Relating to the regulation of certain international matchmaking
organizations; providing a civil penalty.
HB 1653 (LC) Chavez/et al. SP: Lucio
Relating to approval of the construction of a bridge over the Rio
Grande.
HB 2975 (LC) Chavez/ Castro/ Quintanilla
SP: Lucio
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program by the Texas
Workforce Commission in the Texas-Mexico border region for
technology training of certain persons.
HB 928 (LC) Eiland SP: Armbrister
Relating to the authorized investments and transactions of certain
stipulated premium insurance companies.
HB 1476 (LC) Truitt SP: Nelson
Relating to the election of certain unopposed candidates.
HB 1813 (LC) McReynolds SP: Staples
Relating to the conduct of a raffle by a qualified nonprofit
organization.
HB 1975 (LC) Deshotel SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to providing a physical address for a ballot to be
delivered to the early voting clerk.
HB 2094 (LC) Harper-Brown SP: Harris
Relating to the definition of providing assistance to a voter.
HB 3128 (LC) Truitt SP: Nelson
Relating to write-in voting for the offices of county chair and
precinct chair.
HB 1912 (CS) Wolens/ Branch/ Marchant/ Giddings/ Hill
SP: Shapiro
Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for certain
research facilities of component institutions of The University of
Texas System and exempting the facilities financed by the bonds
from prior approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board.
HB 3420 (CS)(LC) Garza/ Guillen SP: Madla
Relating to a set-aside for certain colonia access roadway projects
proposed by rural border counties.
HB 1590 (CS)(LC) Paxton SP: Carona
Relating to multiple-party accounts.
HB 2188 (A)(LC) Rodriguez/ Pena SP: Wentworth
Relating to alternate methods of responding to a jury summons.
HB 2189 (A)(LC) Rodriguez SP: Wentworth
Relating to temporary guardianship procedures.
HB 1773 (CS)(LC) Smith, Wayne SP: Brimer
Relating to regulation of junked vehicles.
HB 1997 (CS)(LC) Gutierrez/ West, George "Buddy"
SP: Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of electric personal assistive mobility
devices.
HB 2043 (LC) Griggs SP: Brimer
Relating to the procedures for appointment of the board of
directors of an appraisal district.
HB 2147 (LC) Gattis SP: Wentworth
Relating to the filing of a late application for a residence
homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation.
HB 2162 (LC) McReynolds SP: Staples
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel
occupancy tax.
HB 2322 (LC) McReynolds SP: Staples
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel
occupancy tax.
HB 2386 (LC) Hill/ Alonzo/ Marchant/ Hodge/ Harper-Brown
SP: Brimer
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities or counties to
impose a facility use tax to finance venue projects.
HB 2764 (LC) Garza SP: Madla
Relating to the authority of certain municipal hospital authorities
to borrow money.
HB 2924 (LC) Geren SP: Brimer
Relating to the addition of territory to a public improvement
district.
HB 3102 (LC) Garza SP: Madla
Relating to the fiscal year of the Maverick County Hospital
District.
HB 3232 (LC) Smith, Todd SP: Brimer
Relating to the collection of costs incurred by a municipality in
remedying substandard conditions on a property.
HB 3592 (CS)(LC) West, George "Buddy" SP: Bivins
Relating to the creation of the Downtown Midland Management
District; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
HB 146 (LC) Solomons SP: Estes
Relating to jury duty on general election day.
HB 500 (LC) Goolsby SP: Carona
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information contained in
applications for ad valorem tax exemptions; providing criminal
penalties.
HB 897 (CS)(LC) Woolley/ Giddings/et al. SP: Nelson
Relating to the operation of certain employer coalitions and
cooperatives established for the provision of health benefits
coverage.
HB 1274 (LC) Geren/ Denny SP: Nelson
Relating to the procedure for collecting signatures on a petition
filed in connection with a candidate's application for a place on
the ballot.
HB 2032 (LC) Hochberg SP: Wentworth
Relating to the confidentiality of e-mail addresses under the
public information law.
HB 2149 (LC) Denny SP: Staples
Relating to notice of, and disclosure of information about, an
investigation of criminal conduct in connection with an election.
HB 2152 (LC) Denny SP: Staples
Relating to automatic recounts of certain majority vote elections.
HB 2154 (LC) Denny SP: Staples
Relating to appealing certain decisions of an election judge at a
polling place.
HB 946 (LC) Brown, Fred SP: Wentworth
Relating to the permissible size of certain recreational vehicles
operated on a public highway.
HB 1512 (LC) West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister
Relating to meetings to exchange information regarding emergency
management plans relating to pipeline safety.
HB 885 (LC) Dutton SP: West
Relating to the rights of spouses in relation to separate and
community property.
HB 1885 (LC) Goolsby SP: Lucio
Relating to certain filing fees in a suit affecting the
parent-child relationship.
HB 1899 (LC) Nixon/ Wise SP: Nelson
Relating to the prevention of the international abduction of a
child by a parent of the child.
HB 3087 (LC) Hodge SP: Carona
Relating to a release or satisfaction of a judgment for child
support arrearages.
HB 3597 (LC) Dawson SP: Armbrister
Relating to the abolition of the County Court at Law of Matagorda
County.
HB 1005 (CS)(LC) Haggerty SP: Fraser
Relating to emergency orders and penalties for rock crushers and
concrete plants.
HB 1378 (CS)(LC) Geren SP: Duncan
Relating to certain duties and information regarding water planning
and development matters in the state.
HB 3017 (CS)(LC) Solomons SP: Nelson
Relating to the organization, administration, and validation of the
creation and certain action of a coordinated county transportation
authority.
HB 518 (A) Menendez SP: Whitmire
Relating to the service of citation by publication in a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship.
HB 1713 (LC) Hodge SP: Whitmire
Relating to an application for a writ of habeas corpus to seek
relief related to community supervision.
HB 1232 (CS)(LC) Geren SP: Brimer
Relating to the expiration of alcoholic beverage permits and
licenses.
HB 560 (LC) Pickett SP: Madla
Relating to vehicles left unattended on certain parking facilities
and to the removal and storage of those vehicles.
HB 424 (LC) Christian SP: Staples
Relating to the regulation of certain housing authorities;
providing a penalty.
HB 893 (LC) Haggerty SP: Brimer
Relating to the correction of an appraisal roll, a tax roll, and
other appropriate records following the final determination of an
ad valorem tax appeal.
HB 983 (LC) Talton SP: Staples
Relating to the authority of an ad valorem tax appraisal district
to obtain certain criminal history record information relating to
an applicant for employment.
HB 1108 (CS)(LC) Lewis SP: Madla
Relating to emergency services districts.
HB 1675 (LC) Menendez/ Jones, Elizabeth SP: Madla
Relating to an extension of the state law supporting the Olympic
and Pan American Games to cover the 2011 Pan American Games.
HB 2159 (LC) Garza/ Pena SP: Madla
Relating to a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe
of Texas hunting certain deer.
HB 2684 (LC) Denny SP: Staples
Relating to the timely filing of an application for a place on the
ballot for an office of a home-rule city.
HB 2889 (LC) Cook, Robby/ Pena SP: Armbrister
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to issue bonds,
notes, or warrants to finance the acquisition, construction,
operation, or repair of certain health and recreational facilities.
HB 3282 (LC) Guillen SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel
occupancy tax and to the rate of that tax.
HB 111 (CS) Chavez/ Wohlgemuth SP: Zaffirini
Relating to responsibility for payment for transport by ambulance
of a recipient of medical assistance in certain circumstances.
HB 727 (CS)(LC) Delisi/ Capelo/et al. SP: Janek
Relating to disease management programs for certain Medicaid
recipients.
HB 1119 (CS) Goodman SP: Brimer
Relating to the disposition of cruelly treated animals and to
punishment for the offense of cruelty to animals.
HB 1743 (CS)(LC) Delisi/et al. SP: Nelson
Relating to prevention of fraud and abuse under the medical
assistance program; creating an offense.
HB 2350 (CS)(LC) Dawson SP: Nelson
Relating to the amount charged by the Texas Department of Health
for a youth camp license.
HB 849 (CS)(LC) Talton SP: Jackson
Relating to the regulation of tow trucks, to the authority of a
political subdivision of this state to regulate tow trucks, and to
insurance for commercial motor vehicles; providing penalties.
HB 13 (LC) Keel SP: Wentworth
Relating to making arrest warrants and certain affidavits made in
support of the issuance of arrest warrants available for public
inspection.
HB 28 (LC) Hodge SP: Whitmire
Relating to rehabilitation programs for defendants housed in state
jail felony facilities.
HB 32 (LC) Hodge SP: Deuell
Relating to certain writs of habeas corpus based solely on a claim
of a time-served credit error.
HB 42 (LC) Chisum/ Pena SP: Duncan
Relating to venue in the prosecution of the offenses of escape and
unauthorized absence.
HB 171 (LC) Keel SP: Whitmire
Relating to the authority of a district court to order the
expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons.
HB 254 (LC) Kolkhorst/ Rose/ Pena/ McCall
SP: Armbrister
Relating to venue in the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent
use or possession of identifying information.
HB 297 (LC) Goodman SP: Estes
Relating to the duration and effect of a magistrate's order for
emergency protection.
HB 616 (LC) Keel/et al. SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the punishment for the offense of terroristic threat.
HB 670 (LC) Phillips/ Paxton SP: Estes
Relating to the use of pseudonyms for victims of certain criminal
offenses connected to the commission of a sex offense.
HB 888 (LC) Dutton SP: Whitmire
Relating to progressive sanctions programs for juvenile offenders.
HB 1027 (LC) Hupp SP: Armbrister
Relating to the confidentiality of crime victim information.
HB 1060 (LC) Thompson/et al. SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to prohibiting the promotion of certain improper
photographs or visual recordings; providing a penalty.
HB 1180 (LC) Chisum SP: Duncan
Relating to participation by a defendant in a state boot camp
program.
HB 1769 (LC) Driver SP: Shapiro
Relating to occupations regulated by the Texas Commission on
Private Security.
HB 2002 (LC) Dutton/ Chavez SP: West
Relating to unexpended proceeds from the sale or license of
treatment programs developed by the Texas Youth Commission.
HB 2128 (LC) Chisum SP: Duncan
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to Childress
County.
HB 2248 (LC) Denny SP: Armbrister
Relating to certain fraudulent criminal conduct affecting a
financial institution.
HB 2892 (LC) Allen SP: Whitmire
Relating to the illegal use of money or property derived from or
intended to further certain controlled substance offenses;
providing penalties.
HB 948 (CS)(LC) Crownover SP: Fraser
Relating to the composition of the Texas Racing Commission.
HB 1517 (CS)(LC) Jones, Jesse SP: West
Relating to publicizing a list of voters' rights.
HB 1695 (CS)(LC) Denny/ Madden/ Howard SP: Nelson
Relating to certain election processes and procedures.
HB 2153 (CS)(LC) Denny SP: Staples
Relating to filing a voting system equipment contract with the
secretary of state.
HB 1833 (A)(LC) Goodman SP: Harris
Relating to certain fees that may be assessed and collected by a
domestic relations office.
HB 1296 (LC) Noriega SP: Lindsay
Relating to small business development programs of navigation
districts and port authorities.
HB 1329 (LC) McReynolds SP: Staples
Relating to the liability insurance and security requirements for
wood treaters and other persons engaged in the business of
structural pest control.
HB 2033 (LC) Menendez SP: Fraser
Relating to historically underutilized businesses that perform
investment brokerage services for a state agency.
HB 2112 (LC) Homer SP: Brimer
Relating to the liability of an employer for actions of an employee
in the sale, service, dispensing, or delivery of alcoholic
beverages.
HB 2528 (LC) Madden SP: Fraser
Relating to the authority of school districts to purchase
electricity through a political subdivision corporation.
HB 2548 (LC) King/ Swinford/ Baxter/et al.
SP: Fraser
Relating to electric transmission capacity.
HB 3179 (LC) Homer SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the elimination of certain membership requirements for
local workforce development boards and of certain programs
administered by those boards.
HB 1733 (CS)(LC) Hamric SP: Shapiro
Relating to certain records kept by persons who weigh cargo
transported by commercial motor vehicles.
HB 2250 (CS)(LC) Flores SP: Lucio
Relating to the powers and duties of the Rio Grande watermaster and
the delivery of water down the banks and bed of the Rio Grande.
HB 2660 (LC) Puente SP: Lucio
Relating to the establishment of minimum levels of water
conservation in water conservation plans.
HB 2663 (LC) Puente SP: Lucio
Relating to the establishment of quantifiable goals for drought
contingency plans.
HB 1858 (CS)(LC) Wise/ Swinford/ Hardcastle/ Uresti/ Chisum
SP: Staples
Relating to the promotion and marketing of Texas products.
HB 622 (LC) Goolsby SP: Deuell
Relating to business leave time accounts for police officer
employee organizations in certain municipalities.
HB 1499 (LC) Dukes SP: Barrientos
Relating to the view of the state capitol.
HB 2732 (LC) Talton SP: Lindsay
Relating to certain municipal orders required to be filed with the
municipal secretary or clerk.
HB 3562 (CS)(LC) Eissler SP: Staples
Relating to the creation of the Southwest Montgomery County
Improvement District; providing authority to impose taxes and issue
bonds.
HB 1194 (LC) West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister
Relating to pipeline safety fees.
HB 2301 (LC) Jones, Elizabeth SP: Armbrister
Relating to the collection of oil-field cleanup regulatory fees.
HB 2613 (LC) Keffer, Bill SP: Armbrister
Relating to liens on stored hydrocarbons at sites and facilities
that have not been timely cleaned up.
HB 3383 (LC) Swinford SP: Estes
Relating to agricultural development districts.
HB 3559 (LC) Gattis SP: Ogden
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Williamson County Municipal Utility
District No. 13.
HB 3560 (LC) Gattis SP: Ogden
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Williamson County Municipal Utility
District No. 12.
HB 1865 (CS)(LC) Bonnen SP: Williams
Relating to commercial group property insurance for certain
businesses and associations.
HB 2359 (CS)(LC) Ritter SP: Armbrister
Relating to the programs and systems administered by the Employees
Retirement System of Texas.
HB 1839 (CS)(LC) Solomons/ Lewis/et al. SP: Armbrister
Relating to property in the custody of a pawnbroker; providing
criminal penalties.
HB 3324 (CS)(LC) Keffer, Jim SP: Fraser
Relating to the issuance of certain obligations and the imposition
of assessments for the unemployment compensation system.
HB 3325 (CS)(LC) Keffer, Jim/ Christian/ Seaman
SP: Staples
Relating to the creation and administration of the community
telecommunications alliance program.
HB 2588 (A)(LC) Goodman SP: Harris
Relating to certain fees and costs that may be collected and to
certain attorney's fees and costs that may be imposed in relation
to certain child support matters.
HB 145 (LC) Solomons SP: Fraser
Relating to workers' compensation dispute resolution.
HB 2198 (LC) Solomons SP: Fraser
Relating to the certification of maximum medical improvement and
the impairment rating assigned to an employee in a claim for
workers' compensation benefits.
HB 249 (CS)(LC) Goolsby/ Wohlgemuth SP: Madla
Relating to the returned check fee collected by a county clerk.
HB 1247 (CS)(LC) Ritter/ Menendez/ Mercer/ Capelo/ Chavez
SP: Madla
Relating to the creation, funding, and operation of a fire fighter
and police officer home loan program.
HB 2036 (CS)(LC) Swinford SP: Bivins
Relating to allowing certain political subdivisions to enter
agreements with other political subdivisions for the collection of
past due amounts for certain utility or waste disposal services.
HB 2313 (CS)(LC) Krusee SP: Wentworth
Relating to the issuance of obligations for public improvements.
HB 2898 (LC) Phillips/ Homer SP: Deuell
Relating to the publication of notice in a newspaper in certain
counties.
HB 3303 (CS)(LC) Gutierrez SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the validation of certain acts and proceedings of the
City of McAllen.
HB 2343 (A)(LC) Kolkhorst SP: Ogden
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice to Walker County.
HB 1940 (A) Luna/ Jones, Elizabeth SP: Hinojosa
Relating to longevity pay for assistant prosecutors.
HB 716 (CS)(LC) Delisi/ Homer/ Pena SP: Harris
Relating to the punishment for assaults committed against certain
sports participants.
HB 2795 (CS)(LC) Riddle SP: Whitmire
Relating to the release on bond of certain persons arrested without
a warrant.
HB 1634 (CS)(LC) Hilderbran/ Denny SP: Staples
Relating to the ability of a court to maintain jurisdiction over a
person placed on community supervision who absconds and to defenses
to revocation of community supervision.
HB 1287 (CS)(LC) Chisum SP: Madla
Relating to the location and operation of certain portable
facilities.
HB 2004 (CS)(LC) Marchant/et al. SP: Van de Putte
Relating to allowing a commissioners court to deliberate in a
closed meeting regarding business and financial considerations of a
contract being negotiated.
HB 264 (LC) Brown, Fred SP: Hinojosa
Relating to supplemental contributions to the optional retirement
program by institutions of higher education.
HB 447 (LC) Hochberg SP: Zaffirini
Relating to state assessment of academic skills of public school
students in special education programs.
HB 944 (CS)(LC) King/ Mercer/ Paxton/ Phillips/ Hughes/et al.
SP: Estes
Relating to the admission to public institutions of higher
education of students with nontraditional secondary educations.
HB 1817 (CS)(LC) Ritter SP: Duncan
Relating to student fees at institutions in the Texas State
University System.
HB 1844 (A)(LC) Grusendorf/ Bohac/ Christian/ Stick/ Madden/et al.
SP: Shapiro
Relating to a program under which classroom teachers are reimbursed
for personal funds expended on classroom supplies.
HB 1887 Morrison/ Chavez/ Mercer SP: Ratliff
Relating to funds received by institutions of higher education to
cover overhead expenses of conducting research.
HB 2823 (LC) Eissler SP: Shapiro
Relating to individual transition plans for certain students
receiving special education services.
HB 3015 (CS) Morrison/ Brown, Fred SP: Shapiro
Relating to the tuition and fees charged to students of
institutions of higher education, to financial assistance funded by
tuition, and to accountability reports by institutions of higher
education.
HB 193 (LC) Pitts SP: Averitt
Relating to the number of members of an appraisal review board.
HB 1087 (LC) Olivo SP: Gallegos
Relating to longevity pay for county jailers employed by certain
sheriff's departments.
HB 1905 (LC) Farrar SP: Gallegos
Relating to the records management and preservation fee collected
by a district clerk.
HB 2801 (LC) Giddings SP: West
Relating to urban land bank demonstration programs.
HB 3540 (LC) Chavez SP: Shapleigh
Relating to a refund of an overpayment or erroneous payment of ad
valorem taxes by a tax collector who performs consolidated tax
collection functions.
HB 3624 (LC) Quintanilla SP: Shapleigh
Relating to electronic recordings of proceedings in the municipal
court of record for the City of El Paso.
HB 1576 (CS)(LC) Gallego SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the telecommunications planning and oversight council.
HB 1696 (CS)(LC) Denny SP: Staples
Relating to the hours of service of a poll watcher on election day.
HB 151 (CS)(LC) Farabee/et al. SP: Estes
Relating to offenses involving dogs or coyotes that are a danger to
livestock and other animals.
HB 1457 (CS)(LC) Eiland/et al. SP: Janek
Relating to the applicability and enforcement of the law governing
access to public beaches.
HB 730 (CS) Ritter/ Edwards/ King/ Woolley/ Seaman/et al.
SP: Fraser
Relating to residential construction, including certain warranties,
building and performance standards, and dispute resolution;
providing an administrative penalty.
HB 1282 (CS) McCall/ Menendez/ Casteel/ West, George "Buddy"/
Rose /et al. SP: Duncan
Relating to commercial electronic mail; providing penalties.
HB 1493 (CS)(LC) Solomons SP: Harris
Relating to the foreclosure of property and the authority of a
mortgage servicer to administer the foreclosure on behalf of a
mortgagee.
HB 1534 (CS)(LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to certain powers of groundwater conservation districts.
HB 76 (LC) Wise/ Guillen SP: Van de Putte
Relating to procedures adopted by a state entity to ensure an
employment preference for veterans.
HB 573 (LC) Hunter SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor and other state
military awards.
HB 1173 (LC) Madden/et al. SP: Madla
Relating to the use of a building on a federal military base or
facility as a polling place in an election.
HB 1223 (LC) Madden SP: Estes
Relating to continuation of a residence homestead ad valorem tax
exemption when the owner temporarily ceases occupying the homestead
due to military service or other causes.
HB 1749 (LC) Hupp SP: Fraser
Relating to the security provided for revenue bonds issued by the
Veterans' Land Board.
HB 2251 (LC) Flores SP: Van de Putte
Relating to allowing supplemental pay for members of the Texas
National Guard who are called to active duty when active duty
service imposes an economic hardship.
HB 2400 (CS)(LC) Noriega SP: Gallegos
Relating to military leave and military leave time accounts for
certain municipal fire fighters and police officers.
HB 3211 (LC) Heflin/ Hochberg/ Corte/ Noriega/ Berman/et al.
SP: Van de Putte
Relating to certain veterans' assistance programs.
HB 1784 (LC) McReynolds SP: West
Relating to an offense of blocking an access aisle designed to aid
persons with disabilities.
HB 2650 (LC) Kuempel SP: Armbrister
Relating to the creation of a council to oversee the implementation
of a statewide integrated public safety radio communications system
for public safety and homeland security purposes.
HB 2971 (LC) Harper-Brown SP: Deuell
Relating to certain license plates issued by the Texas Department
of Transportation.
HB 2308 (CS)(LC) Jones, Jesse SP: West
Relating to the low income housing tax credit program.
HB 2931 (CS)(LC) Lewis SP: Madla
Relating to the administration and finances of counties and certain
other entities.
HB 1129 (CS)(LC) Farrar SP: Gallegos
Relating to enforcement of certain types of restrictions in certain
municipalities.
HB 253 (LC) Chisum SP: Armbrister
Relating to granting, renewing, or amending a license or
registration under the Texas Radiation Control Act.
HB 1678 (LC) Chisum SP: Armbrister
Relating to the creation, management, and use of the radiation and
perpetual care account in the general revenue fund.
HB 2099 (LC) Dutton/et al. SP: West
Relating to the determination of the conservatorship of, and the
right of possession of or access to, a child by a person who has a
history of family violence.
HB 2208 (LC) Allen SP: Nelson
Relating to the regulation of the practice of professional nursing.
HB 2609 (LC) Coleman/ Naishtat SP: Nelson
Relating to the establishment of mental health court programs.
HB 3014 (LC) Capelo SP: Janek
Relating to authorizing gifts and grants of drugs and other items
to certain state agencies.
HB 3122 (LC) Truitt SP: Lindsay
Relating to the establishment of locally based demonstration
projects to provide health care benefits to certain low-income
individuals.
HB 3193 (LC) Uresti SP: Madla
Relating to the delegation of certain acts by dentists.
HB 162 (LC) Flores/ Isett SP: Averitt
Relating to the requirements for a petition to change the name of
an adult.
HB 674 (LC) Madden SP: Lucio
Relating to the modification of certain child support orders.
HB 3577 (A)(LC) Smithee SP: Bivins
Relating to the County Court at Law of Randall County.
HB 3503 (CS)(LC) Hartnett SP: Harris
Relating to exculpatory clauses in trusts.
HB 2241 (A)(LC) Paxton SP: Harris
Relating to adoption of the Uniform Principal and Income Act.
HB 1470 (A)(LC) Hartnett SP: Harris
Relating to guardianships and the jurisdiction of certain courts;
providing a criminal penalty.
HB 3070 (LC) Casteel SP: Averitt
Relating to reimbursement for expenses incurred by jurors.
HB 2937 (LC) Phillips SP: Estes
Relating to the creation of the office of criminal district
attorney of Grayson County and to the abolition of the office of
county attorney of Grayson County.
HB 2916 (LC) Ritter SP: Armbrister
Relating to establishing equivalent membership service in the
Judicial Retirement System Plan Two.
HB 2240 (A)(LC) Paxton SP: Harris
Relating to the management of certain trusts and the adoption of
the Uniform Prudent Investor Act.
HB 2040 (LC) Marchant SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to authorizing certain state agencies to share information
for investigative purposes.
HB 1945 (LC) Hartnett SP: Averitt
Relating to certain fees collected by clerks of county courts and
statutory county courts.
HB 1473 (LC) Hartnett SP: Harris
Relating to probate matters.
HB 1097 (CS)(LC) Capelo SP: Gallegos
Relating to the birth defects monitoring program.
HB 867 (CS)(LC) Jones, Jesse/ Naishtat SP: Deuell
Relating to minimum standards applicable to certain facilities.
HB 2866 (CS)(LC) Swinford SP: Madla
Relating to coordinated inspection of certain child-care facilities
for compliance with fire safety and sanitation standards.
HB 2319 (CS) Dutton/ Goodman/ Hodge/ Pena/et al.
SP: West
Relating to juvenile delinquency; providing a criminal penalty.
HB 85 McClendon/ Hegar/ Brown, Fred/ Mercer
SP: West
Relating to the establishment of an undergraduate medical academy
at Prairie View A&M University.
HB 256 (LC) Hochberg/et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to excused absences for religious holy days for students
in institutions of higher education.
HB 415 (LC) Flores SP: West
Relating to state funding of courses offered for joint high school
and junior college credit.
HB 469 (LC) Berman SP: Deuell
Relating to the placement in a juvenile justice alternative
education program of certain students with disabilities.
HB 552 (LC) Hegar SP: Janek
Relating to expulsion of students from public schools for certain
conduct.
HB 1050 (LC) Olivo SP: Gallegos
Relating to school attendance of a child placed in substitute care.
HB 1420 (CS)(LC) Hardcastle/ Christian SP: Madla
Relating to the use of a portion of medical school tuition for
student loan repayment assistance for physicians.
HB 1566 (CS)(LC) Telford SP: Ratliff
Relating to Texas A&M University--Texarkana.
HB 2379 (CS)(LC) Hill SP: Shapiro
Relating to the recreational facility fee charged at The University
of Texas at Dallas.
HB 2457 (A)(LC) Rangel/ Canales/ Garza/ Luna/ Mercer
SP: Lucio
Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas A&M
University--Kingsville.
HB 402 (LC) Madden/et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to a pilot program involving the use of an electronic
registration system.
HB 403 (LC) Madden SP: Madla
Relating to the penalty for premature disclosure of voting results.
HB 408 (LC) Miller SP: Fraser
Relating to the liability of landowners for certain uses of their
land.
HB 508 (LC) Woolley SP: Williams
Relating to notice of an increase in certain rates or charges for
certain group policies or contracts.
HB 1597 (LC) Madden SP: Staples
Relating to the use of federal write-in absentee ballots by
military and overseas personnel.
HB 1697 (LC) Denny SP: Staples
Relating to recounts of elections in which direct recording
electronic voting machines were used.
HB 1863 (LC) Bohac SP: Lindsay
Relating to the disclosure of certain voter registration
information.
HB 2064 (LC) Bohac SP: Lindsay
Relating to the procedure for returning an application for an early
voting ballot.
HB 2085 (LC) Campbell SP: Duncan
Relating to the availability of bilingual clerks for an election.
HB 2323 (LC) McReynolds SP: Carona
Relating to the transfer of certain suits regarding workers'
compensation claims.
HB 2562 (LC) Rose SP: Barrientos
Relating to persons eligible for burial in the State Cemetery.
HB 3237 (LC) Smith, Todd SP: Harris
Relating to the payment of retirement benefits to retirees of the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas who are employed as substitute
teachers and in other public school positions in the same month.
HB 3439 (LC) Rose SP: Carona
Relating to the liability of certain health care practitioners for
examinations and medical screenings of students.
HB 778 (LC) Naishtat/ Swinford SP: Nelson
Relating to the offense of interference with an emergency telephone
call.
HB 1251 (LC) Hope/et al. SP: Williams
Relating to calling an election to dissolve the Montgomery County
Hospital District.
HB 2930 (LC) Lewis SP: Madla
Relating to the confidentiality of and access to certain personal
information contained in instruments recorded with a county clerk.
HB 3221 (LC) Bohac/ Flores SP: Lucio
Relating to subdivision platting requirements in certain counties
near an international border.
HB 136 (LC) Brown, Fred/ Brown, Betty/ Gattis/ McClendon/
Chavez /et al. SP: Nelson
Relating to limiting the amount of county, municipal, or junior
college district ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the
residence homesteads of the disabled and of the elderly and their
surviving spouses.
HB 216 Hamric/ Wohlgemuth/ Menendez/et al.
SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the qualification of a disabled person for an exemption
from ad valorem taxation on the person's residence homestead.
HB 217 Hamric/ Wohlgemuth/ Menendez/ Bohac/et al.
SP: Van de Putte
Relating to limiting the amount of school district ad valorem taxes
that may be imposed on the residence homestead of a disabled
person.
HB 1082 Talton SP: Staples
Relating to the appraisal of property by appraisal districts.
HB 1125 Flores SP: Staples
Relating to the period for the redemption of a mineral interest
sold for unpaid ad valorem taxes at a tax sale.
HB 2726 (LC) Talton SP: Staples
Relating to authorizing an owner of inventory to waive the right to
have the inventory appraised for ad valorem tax purposes at the
price for which it would sell as a unit.
HB 3124 (LC) Truitt SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Rehabilitation
Commission.
HB 3125 (LC) Truitt SP: Zaffirini
Relating to certain programs provided by the Texas Commission for
the Blind.
HB 3208 Heflin SP: Averitt
Relating to the temporary provision of lump-sum payments to certain
retiring members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
HB 3443 Pickett SP: Ogden
Relating to statutory authority for certain governmental entities
to take certain actions to permit the legislature to reduce
appropriations to those agencies.
HB 3526 Hamric/ Heflin/ Thompson/ Moreno, Joe E./
Woolley /et al. SP: Duncan
Relating to the establishment of the research development fund to
promote research at certain institutions of higher education and to
the abolition of the Texas excellence fund and the university
research fund.
HB 124 (LC) Burnam SP: Van de Putte
Relating to property insurance coverage for certain jewelry.
HB 208 (LC) Puente SP: Lucio
Relating to persons who may obtain a mechanic's lien on real
property.
HB 650 Campbell SP: Williams
Relating to the expiration or reduction in value of a gift
certificate.
HB 1380 (LC) Thompson/ Elkins/ Denny/ Marchant/ Seaman
SP: Harris
Relating to certain products offered in connection with a consumer
loan.
HB 1510 (LC) Flores SP: Van de Putte
Relating to package store tasting permits.
HB 1840 (LC) Solomons/ Raymond/et al. SP: Janek
Relating to a fee established and set by the State Securities
Board.
HB 2005 (LC) Moreno, Joe E. SP: Gallegos
Relating to the requirements for certain alcoholic beverage
licenses and permits.
HB 2156 (LC) Goolsby SP: Carona
Relating to the size of containers for certain alcoholic beverages.
HB 2180 (LC) Baxter SP: Carona
Relating to the computation of charges assessed against a tenant in
certain commercial leases.
HB 2409 (LC) Solomons SP: Brimer
Relating to the disclosure of certain information held by a
business offering check verification or check guarantee services.
HB 2701 (LC) Keffer, Jim SP: Estes
Relating to the provision of fire prevention and safety education.
HB 3139 (LC) Wilson SP: Lucio
Relating to delivery sales of cigarettes; providing penalties.
HB 3141 (CS)(LC) Wilson SP: Armbrister
Relating to stamping of cigarettes in interstate commerce.
HB 3308 (LC) Capelo SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the payment of wages through a direct deposit plan.
HB 3534 Laubenberg/ Paxton/ Hegar/ Homer
SP: Shapiro
Relating to the place of business of a retailer for purposes of the
collection of the municipal sales and use tax.
HB 318 (CS) Grusendorf SP: Shapiro
Relating to certification to teach in certain grade levels of
individuals who hold baccalaureate or advanced degrees from an
institution of higher education.
HB 479 (CS)(LC) Hunter/et al. SP: Armbrister
Relating to registration with the Selective Service System of
certain applicants for a driver's license or personal
identification certificate.
HB 3330 (CS)(LC) Crownover SP: Estes
Relating to regulation of certain information logo signs along
certain major highways.
HB 3554 (CS) Raymond/ Krusee SP: Zaffirini
Relating to motor vehicle inspection facilities near the border of
this state and Mexico.
HB 649 (LC) Keffer, Jim/ Christian SP: Estes
Relating to creating an interagency work group on rural issues.
HB 736 (LC) Denny/ Grusendorf SP: Shapiro
Relating to use of the internal mail system of a governmental
agency to deliver political advertising; providing a criminal
penalty.
HB 833 Hochberg/et al. SP: Janek
Relating to certain pharmaceutical services for an injured employee
receiving workers' compensation medical benefits.
HB 1602 (LC) Madden SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the availability on the Internet of electronic reports
of political contributions and expenditures.
HB 2496 (LC) Branch/ Denny/ Marchant/ Raymond/ Turner/et al.
SP: Janek
Relating to the date of the primary election.
HB 1268 (LC) Seaman SP: Carona
Relating to outpatient drug benefit coverage in certain health
insurance policies and discount drug programs.
HB 1791 (LC) Chisum/ Rodriguez SP: Armbrister
Relating to permits for the commercial composting of certain solid
wastes.
HB 1797 (LC) Farabee SP: Averitt
Relating to group and blanket accident and health insurance.
HB 1798 (LC) Farabee SP: Averitt
Relating to health maintenance organizations.
HB 1799 (LC) Farabee SP: Averitt
Relating to group life insurance.
HB 1800 (LC) Farabee SP: Averitt
Relating to health maintenance organizations.
HB 2199 (LC) Solomons SP: 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.
HB 2397 (LC) Corte/et al. SP: Williams
Relating to a vendor's or subcontractor's remedy for nonpayment of
certain contracts.
HB 2636 (LC) Madden SP: Staples
Relating to notifying an applicant of the omission of certain
information from a federal postcard application to vote in an
election.
HB 1686 (LC) Chisum SP: Deuell
Relating to pharmacies that maintain emergency medication kits at
certain institutions.
HB 1859 (LC) Bohac/ Bailey/ Edwards/ McClendon
SP: Whitmire
Relating to the construction or operation of chemical dependency
treatment facilities near certain residential and community
properties.
HB 1920 (LC) Capelo SP: Zaffirini
Relating to certain immunization programs.
HB 1921 (LC) Capelo/ Wohlgemuth/ Delisi/ Coleman/ Keffer, Jim/
et al. SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the immunization registry.
HB 2692 (LC) Guillen SP: Zaffirini
Relating to a pilot program to promote and facilitate the operation
of diabetes groups.
HB 2970 (LC) Naishtat SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the state program of temporary assistance and related
support services for needy persons.
HB 3174 (LC) Pitts SP: Averitt
Relating to the requirement to submit a health certificate to
obtain a license to practice cosmetology.
HB 3194 (LC) Uresti SP: Janek
Relating to an exemption for the Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services from paying certain costs and fees.
HB 3200 (LC) Hegar/ Hunter SP: Armbrister
Relating to certain standards for assisted living facilities
HB 3264 (LC) Hunter SP: Deuell
Relating to the prevention of childhood lead poisoning.
HB 3460 (LC) Pitts SP: Averitt
Relating to regulation of the practice of cosmetology.
HB 2721 (LC) Gutierrez/ Chavez SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the acanthosis nigricans screening program in certain
public and private schools.
HB 1146 (A)(LC) Dutton SP: Janek
Relating to a limitation on audits of an open-enrollment charter
school.
HB 1202 (A)(LC) Dutton SP: Van de Putte
Relating to recovery of certain funds received by an
open-enrollment charter school.
HB 1363 (CS)(LC) Crownover SP: Estes
Relating to funding for the Texas Academy of Mathematics and
Science.
HB 1681 (LC) Stick/et al. SP: Wentworth
Relating to the amount of compensation and allowances for certain
county auditors.
HB 1767 (LC) Ellis SP: Williams
Relating to the approval of expenditures of certain incumbent
county or precinct officers.
HB 2500 (CS)(LC) Harper-Brown SP: Harris
Relating to the enforcement of fares imposed for the use of certain
public transportation systems; providing penalties.
HB 1934 (LC) Capelo SP: Madla
Relating to security and payment for, and the use of the proceeds
of, certain public securities.
HB 2063 (LC) Bohac SP: Lindsay
Relating to the employees affected by certain county grievance
procedures.
HB 2148 (LC) Gattis SP: Wentworth
Relating to the prohibition of a restriction or condition placed on
a check tendered in payment of delinquent ad valorem taxes,
penalties, and interest.
HB 2678 (LC) Hartnett SP: Deuell
Relating to authorization for a payroll deduction to be made from a
county employee's wages or salary.
HB 2844 (LC) Casteel SP: Wentworth
Relating to the exemption from the requirement that a person
register as a property tax consultant to perform certain property
tax consulting services.
HB 3167 (LC) Goolsby/et al. SP: Brimer
Relating to filing fees for certain types of actions.
HB 3312 (LC) Capelo SP: Hinojosa
Relating to substitution of securities by a depository for a
county.
HB 1483 (CS)(LC) Allen/ Capelo/ Wohlgemuth SP: Nelson
Relating to the regulation of the practice of nursing by the Board
of Nurse Examiners and to the abolition of the Board of Vocational
Nurse Examiners and the transfer of the functions of that agency to
the Board of Nurse Examiners.
HB 453 (LC) Villarreal/et al. SP: Shapleigh
Relating to a pilot program for early childhood teacher education
and retention.
HB 470 (LC) Hochberg/ Madden/ Burnam/et al.
SP: Carona
Relating to the labeling, advertising, and sale of halal foods;
providing a criminal penalty.
HB 826 Davis, Yvonne SP: Carona
Relating to the disposition of certain unclaimed wage payments.
HB 1008 Woolley SP: Nelson
Relating to notice of certain applications for alcoholic beverage
permits and licenses.
HB 1615 (LC) Farabee SP: Fraser
Relating to requirements for door restrictors or firefighter's
service applicable to certain elevators, escalators, or related
equipment.
HB 2081 McReynolds SP: Ratliff
Relating to an exemption from The Texas Engineering Practice Act
for certain public works.
HB 2579 (LC) Goolsby SP: Carona
Relating to the extended hours of sale for mixed beverages and beer
in certain counties.
HB 2593 Homer SP: Estes
Relating to winery permits.
HB 3034 (CS)(LC) Ellis SP: Armbrister
Relating to the rates of certain retail public utilities.
HB 3190 (LC) Uresti SP: Carona
Relating to the refund or retention by a landlord of a security
deposit under a commercial lease.
HB 3305 (CS)(LC) Berman SP: Whitmire
Relating to certain surcharges assessed and collected by the Texas
Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
HB 3378 (A)(LC) Hope SP: Shapleigh
Relating to granting statutory authority to certain governmental
entities to reduce certain expenditures and to the operation of
certain funds.
HB 1931 (CS) Capelo/ West, George "Buddy"/ Jones, Elizabeth/
Canales / Chisum SP: Williams
Relating to pipeline safety emergency response plans and the
requirements governing notification of pipeline construction and
operation.
HB 2044 (CS)(LC) McReynolds SP: Staples
Relating to the powers and duties of the General Land Office and
the accounting and disposition of state-owned real property.
HB 2249 (CS)(LC) Howard SP: Staples
Relating to sale and lease of public school land.
HB 2877 (CS) Bonnen/ Homer/ Chisum/ Stick
SP: Armbrister
Relating to certain permitting procedures of the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality.
HB 3306 (CS) Berman SP: Duncan
Relating to certain appropriations made in support of the courts by
the legislature to certain individuals and governmental entities,
to the assignment of certain visiting judges, and to the Eighth,
Ninth, and Eleventh courts of appeals districts.
HB 3552 (CS)(LC) Gallego/ Moreno, Paul/ Luna/ Solis/ Chavez/et al.
SP: Lucio
Relating to naming the school of pharmacy at Texas A&M
University--Kingsville and its physical facility after Irma Rangel.
HB 298 (LC) Miller SP: Nelson
Relating to prohibiting the disclosure of personal customer
information by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
HB 645 (A)(LC) Puente SP: Armbrister
Relating to prohibiting the creation or enforcement of certain
restrictive covenants that undermine water conservation.
HB 1192 (LC) West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister
Relating to the purchase of vehicles using alternative fuels by the
Railroad Commission of Texas.
HB 1193 (LC) West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister
Relating to the annual gas utility report made by the Railroad
Commission of Texas to the governor.
HB 1195 (LC) West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister
Relating to the fee for a reissued certificate of compliance for an
oil lease or gas well.
HB 1541 (CS) Callegari SP: Lindsay
Relating to the general powers and authority of water districts.
HB 1823 (LC) Hamric SP: Lindsay
Relating to financial assurance for certain solid waste processing
facilities.
HB 2020 (CS) Farabee/ West, George "Buddy"/ Keffer, Jim/
Chisum / Canales/et al. SP: Duncan
Relating to financial security requirements for certain persons
performing operations within the jurisdiction of the Railroad
Commission of Texas.
HB 2252 (LC) Flores SP: Hinojosa
Relating to exemptions for certain individuals from cost recovery
actions and liens placed on homesteads by the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
HB 2661 (LC) Puente SP: Armbrister
Relating to the use of graywater.
HB 2847 (LC) Farabee SP: Jackson
Relating to the transfer of the powers, duties, and functions under
the Texas Aggregate Quarry and Pit Safety Act from the railroad
commission to the department of transportation.
HB 3030 (LC) Van Arsdale/ Baxter SP: Lindsay
Relating to notice of groundwater contamination that may affect a
drinking water well.
HB 3157 Bonnen SP: Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of the disposal of solid waste.
HB 3229 (LC) Rose SP: Fraser
Relating to electing directors of the Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater
Conservation District.
HB 3338 (LC) Puente SP: Armbrister
Relating to the performance of a water audit by a retail public
utility providing potable water.
HB 3565 (CS)(LC) Keel SP: Barrientos
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Lazy Nine Municipal Utility
District.
HB 3567 (LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the number and method of electing directors of the
Coastal Bend Groundwater Conservation District.
HB 3612 (LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Garfield Municipal Utility District
No. 1.
HB 875 (LC) Menendez SP: Whitmire
Relating to peace officers commissioned by the State Board of
Dental Examiners.
HB 1090 (LC) Miller/ Hughes/ Mercer/et al.
SP: Averitt
Relating to the authority of the Texas Department on Aging to
establish a prescription drug information and assistance program.
HB 3486 (CS)(LC) Delisi/ Madden SP: Deuell
Relating to a health care facility's return of certain unused drugs
to a pharmacy and to reimbursement or credit under the state's
medical assistance program for returned drugs.
HB 1204 (CS)(LC) Baxter SP: Wentworth
Relating to the authority of municipalities and counties to
regulate subdivisions and certain development in a municipality's
extraterritorial jurisdiction.
HB 1777 (LC) Dawson SP: Jackson
Relating to allowing a political subdivision other than a county to
change the date of its general election.
HB 2029 (LC) Miller SP: Fraser
Relating to the powers and duties of the Hamilton County Hospital
District with respect to the issuance of bonds.
HB 2799 (LC) Thompson SP: West
Relating to the application of the Uniform Municipal Courts of
Record Act.
HB 2819 (LC) Driver/ Reyna SP: Deuell
Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information
held by a tax appraisal district.
HB 2902 (LC) Phillips SP: Estes
Relating to the assessment of costs for the improvement of a road
in a part of a subdivision.
HB 2961 (LC) Krusee SP: Armbrister
Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy taxes by certain
municipalities.
HB 3578 (LC) Wong SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to powers, duties, and name of the Upper Kirby Management
District.
HB 3583 (LC) Goodman/ Smith, Todd SP: Harris
Relating to the creation of the Great Southwest Improvement
District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
HB 3584 (LC) Swinford SP: Bivins
Relating to the Moore County Juvenile Board.
HB 3591 (LC) Pitts SP: Averitt
Relating to authorizing the strip annexation of certain property by
certain municipalities.
HB 2019 (CS)(LC) Griggs/ Isett/ Gutierrez/ Crabb/ Marchant/et al.
SP: Harris
Relating to the creation of a state advisory council with authority
to promote research, education, treatment, and support activities
related to persons with traumatic brain injuries.
HB 2985 (LC) Capelo/ Allen/ Pitts/ Nixon
SP: Nelson
Relating to the establishment of an office of patient protection
within the Health Professions Council.
HB 3011 (CS)(LC) Capelo SP: Hinojosa
Relating to certain reports, information, or records related to
certain health care facilities.
HB 12 (LC) Keel/ Phillips SP: Armbrister
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of disorderly conduct.
HB 155 (LC) West, George "Buddy"/ Pena/ Casteel/ Allen/
Crabb /et al. SP: Whitmire
Relating to prohibiting a sex offender from owning or serving in
certain capacities on behalf of a sexually oriented business;
creating an offense and providing a penalty.
HB 274 (LC) Keel/et al. SP: Armbrister
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by persons
in certain correctional and detention facilities.
HB 301 (LC) Talton SP: Whitmire
Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to represent a
person before the Board of Pardons and Paroles or a parole panel.
HB 418 (LC) Martinez Fischer SP: Lindsay
Relating to fines collected for child safety belt offenses.
HB 420 (LC) Martinez Fischer/ Keel/ Villarreal/ Merritt/
Phillips /et al. SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the punishment for certain property offenses committed
against an elderly individual.
HB 559 (LC) Brown, Betty SP: Deuell
Relating to the disposition of certain contraband.
HB 565 (LC) Haggerty SP: Jackson
Relating to the punishments for the offenses of assault and
aggravated assault committed against a security officer.
HB 830 (LC) Hughes/ Pena SP: Ratliff
Relating to the number of jurors required for certain district
court criminal trials.
HB 831 (LC) Reyna/et al. SP: Deuell
Relating to regulation of the use of laser pointers; providing a
criminal penalty.
HB 1036 (LC) Ritter/et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to the confidentiality of certain reports of criminal
activity and to immunity from civil liability for certain persons
making or receiving those reports.
HB 1114 (LC) Moreno, Joe E. SP: Gallegos
Relating to the criminal offense of selling an alcoholic beverage
to certain persons.
HB 1230 (LC) Elkins SP: Carona
Relating to risk management services for employees of community
supervision and corrections departments.
HB 1246 (LC) Riddle/ Flores/et al. SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of sexual assault and
aggravated sexual assault.
HB 1458 (LC) Eiland/ Menendez SP: Jackson
Relating to criminal obstruction of or retaliation against an
honorably retired peace officer.
HB 1592 (LC) Nixon/et al. SP: Janek
Relating to the establishment of the offense of performing surgery
while intoxicated.
HB 1609 (LC) Riddle SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to administration of certain oaths by an employee of a
personal bond office.
HB 1828 (LC) Farabee SP: Whitmire
Relating to the name and use of the graffiti eradication fund.
HB 1838 (LC) Thompson SP: Averitt
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of insurance fraud;
providing a penalty.
HB 1872 (LC) Riddle SP: Williams
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal trespass.
HB 2138 (LC) Hopson SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the use of certain electronic devices for the purpose
of committing identity theft; providing criminal penalties.
HB 2725 (LC) Talton SP: West
Relating to the destruction of records following certain
expunctions.
HB 1629 (LC) Keffer, Jim/et al. SP: Deuell
Relating to certain reports, records, offenses, and penalties under
the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
HB 1218 (CS)(LC) Chisum/ Gallego/ Solomons/ Dunnam/
Martinez Fischer SP: Nelson
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board
of Public Accountancy; providing penalties.
HB 1241 (LC) Homer SP: Janek
Relating to measures to protect the state from theft, lost lottery
tickets, or other losses incurred by or in connection with lottery
sales agents.
HB 1166 (LC) Solomons SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the on-line information needs and requirements of
licensing agencies and their license holders.
HB 1401 (LC) Goolsby SP: Carona
Relating to the implementation of Amber Alert or another system for
publicly disseminating emergency information about abducted
children by the Texas Lottery Commission.
HB 3024 (LC) Casteel SP: Armbrister
Relating to increasing governmental efficiency through the
reduction of duplicative reporting and auditing requirements.
HB 2458 (CS) Krusee/ Oliveira/ Swinford/et al.
SP: Bivins
Relating to the collection of the motor fuel taxes; providing
penalties.
HB 109 Chavez/ Wilson/ Gutierrez/ Flores/ Raymond
SP: Shapleigh
Relating to customs brokers.
HB 240 (LC) Miller/ Rose/et al. SP: Fraser
Relating to the punishment for criminal mischief committed by
intentionally introducing infectious diseases into livestock.
HB 1575 (CS)(LC) Ritter SP: Lucio
Relating to cost-based transportation rates for natural gas.
HB 1979 (CS)(LC) Puente SP: Armbrister
Relating to preventing the discharge of untreated wastewater into
waters of the state.
HB 2388 (LC) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the late payment of certain submetered or allocated
water bills and the use of certain submetering equipment.
HB 2846 (LC) Farabee SP: Fraser
Relating to the authority of the State Office of Administrative
Hearings to conduct certain hearings over which the Railroad
Commission of Texas has jurisdiction.
HB 3563 (A)(LC) Hegar SP: Armbrister
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Road Improvement
District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
bonds.
HB 705 (A)(LC) Solomons/ Allen SP: Nelson
Relating to liability of in-home service companies and residential
delivery companies for negligent hiring.
HB 999 (CS)(LC) Madden/et al. SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to electronic reporting of political contributions and
expenditures.
HB 1053 (A)(LC) Rodriguez/ Hupp/ Miller/ Davis, Yvonne
SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the confidentiality of social security numbers in
certain circumstances.
HB 1163 (A)(LC) Thompson SP: Harris
Relating to contracts between certain health care providers and
health benefit plans.
HB 1487 (CS) Driver/et al. SP: Armbrister
Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain electricians;
providing penalties.
HB 2053 (A)(LC) Smith, Wayne SP: Janek
Relating to group health and related benefits provided by counties.
HB 2947 (CS)(LC) Casteel SP: Armbrister
Relating to state agency decentralization of services.
HB 2095 (CS) Cook, Robby SP: Staples
Relating to provision of workers' compensation insurance coverage
through a certified self-insurance group; providing penalties.
HB 2261 (CS) West, George "Buddy" SP: Bivins
Relating to the Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh courts of appeals
districts.
HB 3109 (CS)(LC) Keffer, Bill SP: Carona
Relating to physician and health care provider panels of
independent review organizations.
HB 341 (CS)(LC) Uresti SP: Lindsay
Relating to parenting and postpartum counseling information to be
provided to a pregnant woman.
HB 1971 (CS)(LC) Uresti SP: Nelson
Relating to convictions barring employment in certain facilities
serving the elderly or persons with disabilities.
HB 3096 (A)(LC) Madden SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the penalty for the failure to timely file a report of
political contributions and expenditures with the Texas Ethics
Commission.
HB 3168 (CS)(LC) Giddings SP: Carona
Relating to the determination of workers' compensation benefits and
the resolution of disputes regarding those benefits.
HB 1372 (LC) Allen/ Hodge/ Edwards/ Keel/ Riddle
SP: Whitmire
Relating to the operation of certain Texas Department of Criminal
Justice industries and private sector prison industries programs.
HB 325 (LC) McCall SP: Estes
Relating to the punishment for the offense of failure to identify.
HB 406 (LC) Miller/et al. SP: Williams
Relating to proceeds received by a person accused or convicted of a
crime from publicizing the crime.
HB 1326 (A)(LC) Martinez Fischer/ Driver/ Keel/ Hope/ Castro
SP: Whitmire
Relating to the civil and criminal consequences of racing a motor
vehicle on a public highway or street and of being a spectator at
an illegal motor vehicle racing event; providing penalties.
HB 1895 (A)(LC) Hope SP: Staples
Relating to the compensation provided to an immediate family member
or a household member of a deceased victim for funeral attendance
and bereavement leave or certain other crime victims' services.
HB 2525 (A)(LC) Ellis SP: Whitmire
Relating to the punishment of certain assaults committed against
persons who contract with government and employees of those
persons.
HB 2895 (A)(LC) Allen SP: Whitmire
Relating to the operations of the Texas Youth Commission.
HB 461 Gallego SP: Duncan
Relating to the assignment of certain retired or former judges as
visiting judges.
HB 820 Grusendorf SP: Jackson
Relating to the eligibility of certain appellate judges to retire
with full benefits.
HB 1497 (LC) Dutton SP: Gallegos
Relating to the adoption of an adult.
HB 1972 (LC) Uresti SP: Gallegos
Relating to an administrative review process for child support
payments.
HB 2856 (LC) Farrar SP: Gallegos
Relating to certain fees collected by a domestic relations office.
HB 2923 Marchant SP: Averitt
Relating to jury service.
HB 3114 (LC) Dunnam SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the definition of gross income under the Family Code.
HB 3384 Hartnett SP: Shapiro
Relating to associate judges appointed by certain district courts
in Dallas County.
HB 3461 (LC) Canales SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the duties of the district attorney for the 156th
Judicial District.
HB 59 (CS)(LC) Wise/ Riddle/ West, George "Buddy"/ Morrison/
Van Arsdale /et al. SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the offense of aggravated kidnapping, the punishment
for the offense of kidnapping, and the definition of and punishment
for the offense of trafficking in persons.
HB 532 (A) Giddings SP: Nelson
Relating to creating the offense of improper sexual relations
between employees of a public or private primary or secondary
school and certain students.
HB 1660 (A)(LC) Flores SP: Hinojosa
Relating to a report to the legislature regarding the installation
and operation of video camera surveillance systems in county jails.
HB 1661 (A)(LC) Haggerty SP: Jackson
Relating to the carrying of certain weapons by a person who holds a
security officer commission issued by the Texas Commission on
Private Security.
HB 2881 (CS)(LC) Driver/ Jones, Elizabeth SP: Deuell
Relating to prohibiting an attack on an assistance animal; creating
an offense.
HB 2829 (CS)(LC) Luna SP: Van de Putte
Relating to supplemental pay for certain officers of the Department
of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
HB 236 (CS)(LC) West, George "Buddy"/ Allen/ Crabb/ Casteel/
Wise /et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to the punishment for the offense of obscenity and to
certain consequences related to convictions for certain sex
offenses.
HB 1538 (CS)(LC) Chisum/ Gallego/ Solomons/ Dunnam/ McClendon/
et al. SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Funeral
Service Commission, including certain functions transferred to the
commission from the Texas Department of Health, and the powers and
duties of the Texas Finance Commission and the banking commissioner
of Texas regarding cemeteries; providing administrative and civil
penalties.
HB 2519 (CS)(LC) Flores/ Raymond SP: Lucio
Relating to the regulation of bingo.
HB 2376 (LC) Elkins SP: Averitt
Relating to the correction or removal from the statutes of obsolete
references regarding the surety bonds of state officers and
employees.
HB 390 (LC) Pitts SP: Averitt
Relating to the effect of tax increment financing by certain taxing
units in the calculation of ad valorem tax rates for those taxing
units.
HB 1770 Keel/ Naishtat/ Stick/ Hilderbran/ Dukes
SP: Wentworth
Relating to the creation and taxes of a library district.
HB 2073 (CS)(LC) Hilderbran SP: Fraser
Relating to the ad valorem tax rate of a hospital district created
under general or special law.
HB 2212 (A)(LC) Mowery SP: Madla
Relating to the continuation of legal land use in newly
incorporated areas.
HB 2237 (CS)(LC) Kuempel SP: Armbrister
Relating to the financial assistance for the eligible survivor of a
member of an organized volunteer fire-fighting unit.
HB 2453 (CS)(LC) Kolkhorst SP: Ogden
Relating to the definition of a hospital district management
contractor.
HB 2718 (CS)(LC) Smith, Wayne SP: Jackson
Relating to the allocation and use of municipal hotel occupancy
taxes in certain municipalities bordering bays.
HB 3419 (CS)(LC) Davis, John SP: Lindsay
Relating to procedural and technical corrections and clarification
of the Property Tax Code, procedures for the seizure and sale of
property, and distribution of ad valorem tax sale proceeds.
HB 3504 (LC) Davis, John SP: Lindsay
Relating to the deferral or abatement of the collection of taxes on
the residence homestead of an elderly or disabled person.
HB 1297 (CS)(LC) Allen SP: Armbrister
Relating to limits on indemnification of state employees and
officials.
HB 2912 (CS)(LC) Homer/ Laubenberg/ Hegar SP: Ratliff
Relating to industrial development corporations; providing a civil
penalty.
HB 1869 (CS)(LC) Baxter/et al. SP: Williams
Relating to the admission of certain video testimony into evidence
in a proceeding regarding the abuse or neglect of a child.
HB 1406 (CS)(LC) Brown, Betty/ Hupp/ Grusendorf/et al.
SP: Staples
Relating to a recommendation by a school district employee
concerning a use of a psychotropic drug by a student or suggestion
of a particular diagnosis and to refusal by a parent or certain
other person to consent to administration of a psychotropic drug to
a student or to psychiatric evaluation or examination of a student.
HB 1621 (A)(LC) Flores SP: West
Relating to authorizing a public junior college to waive a portion
of the tuition and fees for a student enrolled in a course for
joint high school-junior college credit.
HB 3425 (A)(LC) Lewis SP: Armbrister
Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Prairie View A&M
University.
HB 1131 (CS) Flores/ Marchant/ Driver/ Ritter/ Hardcastle/
et al. SP: Carona
Relating to insurer interests in certain motor vehicle repair
facilities; providing a civil penalty.
HB 814 Gutierrez/ Davis, John/ Thompson/ Taylor/
Keffer, Bill /et al. SP: Barrientos
Relating to motor vehicle financial responsibility; providing
penalties.
HB 2006 (CS) Jones, Elizabeth/ McReynolds
SP: Fraser
Relating to the construction and maintenance of utility, common
carrier, cable operator, and energy transporter facilities along,
over, under, or across a railroad right-of-way.
HB 703 (LC) Solomons SP: Janek
Relating to the property tax appraisal of property located in more
than one appraisal district.
HB 1278 (CS)(LC) Zedler/et al. SP: Janek
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation for property
owned by a religious organization that is leased for use as a
school or that is owned with the intent of expanding or
constructing a religious facility.
HB 1941 (CS) Woolley/ Hochberg/ Wong/ Edwards
SP: Bivins
Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to finance
certain facilities and projects at certain public institutions of
higher education and exempting the facilities and projects financed
by the bonds from prior approval by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board.
HB 2416 (LC) Hochberg/ Krusee/ Hunter SP: Janek
Relating to the extension of the period for which an incomplete
improvement on property owned by certain nonprofit organizations
may be exempted from ad valorem taxation and exempting from
additional taxes open-space land converted by certain nonprofit
organizations for certain charitable purposes.
HB 3074 (LC) Flynn SP: Staples
Relating to required activities and limits on the amounts of state
financial assistance for which regional planning commissions may be
eligible.
HB 2444 (LC) West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister
Relating to certain purchases by the Railroad Commission of Texas.
HB 3061 (CS)(LC) Flores SP: Hinojosa
Relating to regulation of the disposal of animal remains.
HB 3441 (CS) Pickett SP: Staples
Relating to a reduction in expenditures of certain state
governmental entities, including changes affecting the Commission
on Human Rights, attorney general's office, management of certain
accounts and funds, and certain election-related forms.
HB 3442 (CS) Pickett SP: Averitt
Relating to certain expenditures and charges of certain
governmental entities.
HB 3459 (CS) Pitts/ McCall SP: Bivins
Relating to fiscal matters involving certain governmental
educational entities, including public school finance, program
compliance monitoring by the Texas Education Agency, amounts
withheld from compensatory education allotments, the public school
technology allotment, the composition of and accounting for the
permanent school fund and the available school fund, health
insurance coverage provided by certain educational entities, and
the uses of the telecommunications infrastructure fund.
HB 1614 (CS)(LC) Truitt/ Capelo/ Zedler/et al.
SP: Madla
Relating to the reporting of medical errors and the establishment
of a patient safety program in hospitals, ambulatory surgical
centers, and mental hospitals; providing an administrative penalty.
HB 2485 (CS)(LC) Hochberg SP: Ratliff
Relating to internal auditing of state agencies.
HB 2455 (CS) Chisum/ Gallego/ Solomons/ Dunnam
SP: Nelson
Relating to the governmental entities subject to, and the
confidentiality of records under, the sunset review process.
HB 3045 Cook, Robby SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the limitation on the allocation of office space to
state agencies.
HB 599 (CS) Chisum/ Gallego/ Solomons/ Dunnam/ Wise/et al.
SP: Jackson
Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Bar of
Texas and to conflicts of interest with respect to certain persons
engaged in the practice of law.
HB 2522 (CS)(LC) Krusee/ Rose/ Stick/ Gattis
SP: Ogden
Relating to financing authority for certain institutions of higher
education for facilities.
HB 425 (CS)(LC) Christian/ Miller/ Eissler/ Bonnen/ Ellis/et al.
SP: West
Relating to the procedures under which a state agency considers
legislative intent during the process of implementing certain
legislative enactments.
HB 3588 (CS) Krusee/ Delisi/ Capelo/ Turner/ Phillips
SP: Ogden
Relating to the construction, acquisition, financing, maintenance,
management, operation, ownership, and control of transportation
facilities and the progress, improvement, policing, and safety of
transportation in the state; imposing criminal penalties.
HB 471 (CS) Pickett/ Hamric/ Krusee/ Raymond/ Gutierrez/et al.
SP: Lucio
Relating to the borrowing of money and the issuance of notes and
bonds and other public securities secured by the state highway fund
by the Texas Transportation Commission; making an appropriation.
HB 2075 (CS)(LC) Hilderbran SP: Fraser
Relating to regulating health and safety conditions at youth camps.
HB 179 (LC) Ellis SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the qualification of a county fair association for an
ad valorem tax exemption.
HB 651 Pitts/ Campbell/ Branch/et al.
SP: Williams
Relating to the creation of a savings incentive program for state
agencies.
HB 3607 (LC) Hilderbran SP: Armbrister
Relating to the calculation of net to land in the ad valorem tax
appraisal of open-space land used for wildlife management.
HB 942 (CS)(LC) Chisum/ Rose SP: Hinojosa
Relating to certain bond requirements for persons engaged in
certain activities under the jurisdiction of the Railroad
Commission of Texas other than the ownership or operation of wells.
HB 2875 (A)(LC) Bonnen SP: Armbrister
Relating to the definition of "dispose of" for purposes of criminal
penalties imposed under the Water Code.
HB 3035 (A) Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the power of groundwater conservation districts to
regulate the spacing of water wells and the production of
groundwater.
HB 2184 Geren SP: Madla
Relating to prohibiting the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality from amending, interpreting, impairing, or modifying a
written contract for the wholesale provision of water.
HB 2554 (LC) Smith, Wayne/ Eiland/et al.
SP: Williams
Relating to the application of new requirements for commercial
nonhazardous industrial solid waste landfill facilities to be
adopted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
HB 3594 (LC) Gattis SP: Ogden
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Williamson County Municipal Utility
District No. 14.
HB 3610 (LC) Callegari SP: Ogden
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Williamson County Municipal Utility
District No. 15.
HB 3614 (LC) Brown, Betty SP: Deuell
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 8 of Kaufman County.
HB 3616 (LC) Brown, Betty SP: Deuell
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 7 of Kaufman County.
HB 3617 (LC) Brown, Betty SP: Deuell
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 6 of Kaufman County.
HB 3618 (LC) Brown, Betty SP: Deuell
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 5 of Kaufman County.
HB 3619 (LC) Brown, Betty SP: Deuell
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 4 of Kaufman County.
HB 3620 (LC) Brown, Betty SP: Deuell
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 3 of Kaufman County.
HB 3621 (LC) Brown, Betty SP: Deuell
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 2 of Kaufman County.
HB 3622 (LC) Brown, Betty SP: Deuell
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Kingsborough Municipal Utility
District No. 1 of Kaufman County.
HB 1606 (CS) Wolens SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to ethics of public servants, including the functions and
duties of the Texas Ethics Commission; the regulation of political
contributions, political advertising, lobbying, and conduct of
public servants; the reporting of political contributions and
personal financial information; and the misuse of certain
confidential information by governmental officers and employees;
providing civil and criminal penalties.
HB 2933 (CS) Flores SP: Barrientos
Relating to the abolition of the Commission on Human Rights and the
transfer of its functions to the Texas Workforce Commission.
HB 2424 (CS) McCall SP: Armbrister
Relating to technical changes to taxes and fees administered by the
comptroller; providing penalties.
HB 3042 (CS)(LC) Cook, Robby SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the administration and functions of the Texas Building
and Procurement Commission and related matters.
HB 2292 (CS) Wohlgemuth/ Heflin SP: Nelson
Relating to the provision of health and human services in this
state, including the powers and duties of the Health and Human
Services Commission and other state agencies; providing penalties.
HB 3318 (CS) Luna SP: Bivins
Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts in
the state treasury, the allocation of revenue, the dedication and
rededication of revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money
from use for general governmental purposes.
HB 3546 (CS) Hamric/ Davis, Yvonne/ Luna/ Gutierrez/ Mowery/
et al. SP: Lucio
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain
property used to provide low-income or moderate-income housing.
HB 2989 (LC) Capelo/ Mabry SP: Janek
Relating to an inquest when a body part is found and to the
qualifications of a person conducting an inquest.
HB 3009 (LC) Capelo SP: Nelson
Relating to certain advance directives for medical treatment and
medical treatment decisions.
HB 3636 (LC) Cook, Robby
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Colony Municipal Utility District
No. 1.
HB 2425 (CS) McCall SP: Duncan
Relating to state and certain local fiscal matters; making an
appropriation.
HB 796 (A) Delisi/ West, George "Buddy"/ Castro
SP: West
Relating to repealing the Texas Academic Skills Program and
establishing the Success Initiative.
HB 860 (LC) McReynolds SP: Shapiro
Relating to the use of public school educators' days of service for
which instruction is not required.
HB 2908 Eissler SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the development of essential knowledge and skills for
subjects in the enrichment curriculum.
HB 2964 (CS) Howard SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the operation of municipal school districts and the
levy of municipal school district taxes.
HB 396 (LC) Mowery/ Woolley/ Solomons/ Bohac/et al.
SP: Williams
Relating to appeals to small claims courts of certain ad valorem
tax determinations.
HB 1756 (LC) Hilderbran SP: Fraser
Relating to the name, administration, operations, powers, and
duties of the Menard County Water Control and Improvement District
No. 1 and the Menard County Underground Water District.
HB 3569 (LC) Hopson SP: Ratliff
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Rusk County Groundwater
Conservation District.
HB 3587 (A)(LC) Callegari SP: Lindsay
Relating to powers, duties, and name of the Energy Corridor
Management District.
HB 3602 (LC) Bonnen SP: Jackson
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Brazoria County Groundwater
Conservation District.
HB 3606 (LC) Smith, Wayne SP: Williams
Relating to the boundaries of the Baytown Area Water Authority and
the validation of actions taken by the board of directors of the
authority.
HB 3608 (CS)(LC) Krusee SP: Ogden
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Northeast Williamson County
Municipal Utility District.
HB 3629 (LC) Bohac SP: Whitmire
Relating to the creation of the Spring Branch Area Community
Improvement District; providing the authority to issue bonds.
HB 3635 (LC) Hughes SP: Ratliff
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Upshur County Groundwater
Conservation District.
HB 3601 (LC) Hopson SP: Ogden
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Houston County Groundwater
Conservation District.
HB 387 (A) Hamric SP: Lindsay
Relating to public school campus improvement plans.
HB 575 Miller/ Riddle/ Callegari/ Mercer/et al.
SP: Deuell
Relating to displaying or reading from certain historical texts in
public schools.
HB 771 Giddings SP: Deuell
Relating to the creation of an offense of using a telephone while
operating a school bus.
HB 757 (A) Giddings SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the continuation of the higher education assistance
pilot program.
HB 1172 (CS) Madden/ Driver/ Howard/et al.
SP: Staples
Relating to public school textbooks.
HB 1314 Pitts SP: Averitt
Relating to placement of certain students in alternative education
programs.
HB 1504 Rose SP: Wentworth
Relating to notification provided by certain health care
professionals to students and parents or guardians of students who
participate in extracurricular sports activities sponsored or
sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League.
HB 1691 (A) Phillips SP: Zaffirini
Relating to use of the compensatory education allotment to fund
certain programs for students who have dyslexia or a related
disorder.
HB 2117 Brown, Fred SP: Barrientos
Relating to protecting students and employees at an institution of
higher education from threatened acts of violence.
HB 2804 (A) Giddings SP: Janek
Relating to school district internship programs in which students
earn local credit for high school graduation by working with
elected government officials.
HB 3041 (A) Cook, Robby SP: Shapleigh
Relating to school bus safety standards.
HB 3209 (A) Heflin/ Hunter/ Puente/ Giddings/ Wise
SP: Ratliff
Relating to the amount of financial assistance a student may
receive under the TEXAS grant and tuition equalization grant
programs.
HB 3257 Delisi SP: Duncan
Relating to a health reimbursement arrangement program for active
school employees.
HB 3223 (CS) Bohac/ Hegar/ Bonnen/ Wong/ Howard/et al.
SP: Janek
Relating to limiting the maximum average annual increase in the
appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
(Second Reading)
HCR 15 (LC) Woolley/ Christian/ Bohac/ Crabb/et al.
SP: Janek
Directing the State Board of Education to consider including
personal finance knowledge among the essential knowledge and skills
in the required public school curriculum.
HCR 73 (LC) Griggs SP: Nelson
Directing the Texas Education Agency and the State Board of
Education to adopt and promote a virtues education program.
HCR 59 (CS)(LC) Chavez/ Reyna/ Luna/ Thompson/ Olivo/et al.
SP: Shapleigh
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.
HCR 34 (LC) Hopson/ Cook, Byron SP: Staples
Designating the Texas State Railroad as the official State Railroad
of Texas.
HCR 204 (LC) Chavez SP: Lucio
Urging Congress to reinstate funding for the EPA Border Fund to $75
million for fiscal year 2004.
HCR 27 (LC) Ellis/ Kolkhorst SP: Ogden
Conferring the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor on Colonel M. B.
Etheredge.
HCR 156 (LC) Noriega/ Alonzo SP: Van de Putte
Memorializing congress to enact the Citizenship For America's Troops Act
to allow citizenship through service in the U.S. Armed Forces.
HCR 161 (LC) Isett SP: Van de Putte
Urging congress to change veterans' mortgage bonds to cover all
veterans who have served on active duty.
HCR 89 (LC) Krusee SP: Ogden
Designating Hutto as the official Hippo Capital of Texas.
HCR 254 (LC) Wong SP: Gallegos
Recognizing the Museum of American Music History-Texas as the
official Texas Museum of American Music History.
HCR 90 (LC) Eissler SP: Staples
Memorializing congress to expand the medical savings account
program to allow states to design such programs for their
employees.
HCR 125 (LC) Jones, Jesse SP: Carona
Directing the Texas Department on Aging to lead a partnership of
state agencies in support of a web, print, and phone-based
information system for older Texans.
HCR 186 (LC) Gallego SP: Madla
Expressing support and encouragement for the reopening of the
bridge and border crossing at La Linda to accommodate trade and tourism
between Texas and Coahuila, Mexico.
HCR 103 (CS)(LC) Eiland/ Solis/ Deshotel/ Seaman/ Bonnen/et al.
SP: Jackson
Memorializing the United States government to improve the enforcement of
food import restrictions on seafood imports.
HCR 101 Capelo SP: Van de Putte
Requesting that Congress enact a Medicare prescription drug
benefit.
HCR 199 Gutierrez SP: Van de Putte
Requesting that congress enact legislation to define the political
status options available to U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico.
HCR 92 (LC) Quintanilla/ Haggerty SP: Madla
Designating the sopaipilla as the official State Pastry of Texas.
(A) AMENDED IN COMMITTEE
(CS) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
(E) GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY
(LC) RECOMMENDED FOR LOCAL CALENDAR
(R) REMOVED FROM LOCAL CALENDAR