Senate Floor Action for 3/27/2019

SENATE FLOOR ACTION



Wednesday

March 27, 2019




The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass:


SB 20 (CS) (LC)Huffman/ Alvarado/ Bettencourt/ Campbell/ Flores/ et al.

Relating to the prevention of, prosecution of, penalties for, and other consequences of prostitution, trafficking of persons, and related criminal offenses and to orders of nondisclosure for persons who committed certain of those offenses; regulating occupations and property to prevent and respond to those criminal offenses, including requiring a student occupational permit for those purposes; authorizing fees; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.

2 Floor Amendments


SB 72 (CS)Nelson/ et al.

Relating to the establishment and duties of the human trafficking prevention coordinating council.


SB 124 (LC)West

Relating to the authority of a county to require electronic bids or proposals for competitive bidding.


SB 194 Perry/ et al.

Relating to the creation of the offense of indecent assault, to judicial protection for victims of that offense, and to certain criminal acts committed in relation to that offense.


SB 198 (CS)Schwertner/ Kolkhorst

Relating to payment for the use of a highway toll project.


SB 306 (LC)Watson/ et al.

Relating to the release by a peace officer of certain individuals suspected of the offense of public intoxication.


SB 345 (CS)Creighton

Relating to the use of land in the William Goodrich Jones State Forest.


SB 450 (LC)Powell

Relating to the deadline for certain economic development corporations to file a certain report with the comptroller.


SB 530 (LC)Birdwell

Relating to civil and administrative penalties assessed or imposed for violations of laws protecting drinking water, public water supplies, and bodies of water.


SB 533 (LC)Birdwell/ et al.

Relating to the severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain inactive wells.


SB 559 (CS) (LC)Miles

Relating to patient records regarding maternal death.


SB 612 Hall/ Birdwell/ Buckingham/ Nichols/ Watson

Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Office of Risk Management.


SB 614 (CS)Nichols/ Birdwell/ Buckingham/ Hall

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Finance Commission of Texas, the Texas Department of Banking, and the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, to the training requirements applicable to the agencies overseen by the Finance Commission of Texas, and to the regulation of certain financial institutions and businesses.


SB 670 (CS)Buckingham

Relating to Medicaid telemedicine and telehealth services.


SB 702 (LC)Bettencourt/ et al.

Relating to the authorization and reporting of expenditures for lobbying activities by certain political subdivisions and other public entities.

2 Floor Amendments


SB 726 (LC)Zaffirini/ et al.

Relating to investments by state banks to promote community development.


SB 923 (LC)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to restrictions on the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises of a sexually oriented business; creating a criminal offense.


SB 934 (LC)Hancock/ et al.

Relating to judicial review of certain workers' compensation disputes.


SB 935 (CS) (LC)Hancock/ et al.

Relating to reimbursement of federal military treatment facilities under the workers' compensation system.


SB 955 (LC)Bettencourt

Relating to the matters that a taxing unit is entitled to challenge before an appraisal review board.


SB 956 (LC)Bettencourt

Relating to the correction of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll and related appraisal records.


SB 999 Campbell/ et al.

Relating to a state plan for education on and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 1134 (CS) (LC)Watson

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 734 in Austin as the Master Sergeant Jonathan J. Dunbar Memorial Parkway.


SB 1363 (CS) (LC)Nichols/ et al.

Relating to highway maintenance or construction vehicles and certain service vehicles.

1 Floor Amendment


The Senate adopted the following resolutions:


SR 470 Paxton/ Fallon

Recognizing March 26 and 27, 2019, as Collin County Days.


SR 480 Bettencourt/ Flores

Recognizing the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.


SR 488 Hinojosa/ Campbell

Recognizing all who contributed to the planning and dedication of the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument.

 

The Senate left one nominee pending, but confirmed all nominees as reported by the Committee on Nominations.


Committee referral on the following:


SJR 79 Lucio/ Hinojosa/ Perry

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas.

Water & Rural Affairs


SJR 80 Creighton

Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the maximum amount of the local option residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation by a political subdivision.

Property Tax


SCR 53 Powell

Urging Congress to pass the Recovering America's Wildlife Act.

Water & Rural Affairs


SCR 54 Menéndez

Opposing the allocation of any state or federal money toward the construction of a border wall.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security


SCR 57 Kolkhorst

Requesting the lieutenant governor and speaker to create a joint interim committee on state health care coverage.

Business & Commerce


SB 2041 Buckingham

Relating to the terms and election of the members of the board of directors of the Elm Creek Watershed Authority.

Water & Rural Affairs


SB 2444 Creighton

Relating to eligibility of surplus lines insurers to provide windstorm and hail coverage.

Business & Commerce


SB 2445 West

Relating to the creation of the New Park Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2446 West

Relating to the creation of the SoGood Cedars Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2447 Rodríguez

Relating to certain rental assistance and other projects financed by private activity bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2448 Perry

Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Lubbock County Hospital District.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2449 Taylor

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 568; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2450 Taylor

Relating to the powers and duties of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 43; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2451 Lucio

Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of self-liquidating navigation districts.

Transportation


SB 2452 Lucio/ Hinojosa/ Perry

Relating to the provision by the Texas Water Development Board of financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas.

Water & Rural Affairs


SB 2453 Nichols

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 178; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2455 Buckingham

Relating to the territory and board of directors of the Bell County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2456 Powell

Relating to the powers and duties of the Karis Municipal Management District of Tarrant County; changing the territory of the district; providing a civil penalty; providing authority to issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2457 Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 175; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2458 Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 4 of Montgomery County, Texas; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2459 Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Wood Trace Management District of Montgomery County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2460 Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Wood Trace Water Control and Improvement District of Montgomery County, Texas; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2461 Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2462 Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 161; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2463 Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 162; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2464 Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 163; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2465 Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 166; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2466 Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 174; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2467 Creighton

Relating to the board of directors and powers and duties of the East Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 12; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2468 Creighton

Relating to the maximum amount of the local option residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit.

Property Tax


SB 2469 Taylor

Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 76; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2470 Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Richfield Ranch Management District of Harris County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2471 Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Orchard Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2472 Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Richfield Ranch Water Control and Improvement District of Harris County, Texas; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2473 Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 34; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2474 Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 569; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2475 Kolkhorst

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 380; providing authority to issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2476 Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2477 Kolkhorst

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 377; providing authority to issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2478 Kolkhorst

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 378; providing authority to issue bonds.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2479 Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 35; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2480 Kolkhorst

Relating to the establishment of the Medicaid Waiver Renewal Legislative Oversight Committee.

Health & Human Services


SB 2481 Nichols

Relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 164; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2482 Nichols

Relating to the creation of Tarkington Management District No. 1 of Liberty County; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2483 Nichols

Relating to the creation of Plum Creek Management District No. 1 of Liberty County; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

Intergovernmental Relations


SB 2485 Creighton

Relating to the regulation by a political subdivision of certain employment benefits.

State Affairs


SB 2486 Creighton

Relating to the regulation by a political subdivision of terms of employment relating to scheduling practices.

State Affairs


SB 2487 Creighton

Relating to the regulation by a political subdivision of employment leave policies.

State Affairs


SB 2488 Creighton

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or enforce certain regulations regarding whether a private employer may obtain or consider an employment applicant's or employee's criminal history record information.

State Affairs


HB 41 Metcalf/ Phelan/ Rodriguez/ Holland/ Hernandez/ et al.

Relating to paid leave for a state employee who is a search and rescue volunteer.

Business & Commerce


HB 81 Canales/ Capriglione/ Burrows/ Phelan/ Nevárez/ et al.

Relating to the disclosure under the public information law of certain information related to parades, concerts, or other entertainment events open to the general public that are paid for with public funds.

Business & Commerce


HB 92 Rodriguez/ VanDeaver/ Bernal/ Bell, Keith

Relating to a public school campus's election under a campus turnaround plan to operate as a community school.

Education


HB 109 Martinez

Relating to the operation of open-enrollment charter schools on Memorial Day.

Education


HB 111 González, Mary/ Meyer/ Button

Relating to public school policy and training for public school employees addressing the prevention of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and other maltreatment of certain children.

Education


HB 125 Martinez

Relating to the online publication of home addresses of certain occupational license holders.

Business & Commerce


HB 234 Krause/ Middleton/ Guillen/ Phelan/ Price/ et al.

Relating to the local regulation of the sale of lemonade or other beverages by children.

Intergovernmental Relations


HB 277 Oliverson/ Button/ Murphy/ et al.

Relating to a requirement that online admission application forms for public institutions of higher education include a link to certain comparative gainful employment data.

Higher Education


HB 305 Paul/ Phelan/ Holland/ Cain/ Frullo

Relating to the requirement that a political subdivision with authority to impose a tax post certain information on an Internet website.

Business & Commerce


HB 330 VanDeaver/ Guillen

Relating to excluding certain students from the computation of dropout and completion rates for purposes of public school accountability.

Education


HB 339 Murr/ Oliverson/ Landgraf/ Guillen/ Nevárez

Relating to the placement of speed limit signs at the end of construction or maintenance work zones.

Transportation


HB 396 VanDeaver

Relating to acceptable uses of the instructional materials and technology fund and the instructional materials and technology allotment.

Education


HB 403 Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to training requirements for a member of the board of trustees and the superintendent of an independent school district regarding sexual abuse, human trafficking, and other maltreatment of children.

State Affairs


HB 422 Allen/ Bowers

Relating to annual reporting regarding the establishment of certain school district planning and decision-making committees.

Education


HB 540 Leach/ Button/ Ramos/ Canales

Relating to the designation of U.S. Highway 75 in Richardson as the Officer David Sherrard Memorial Highway.

Transportation


HB 637 González, Mary/ VanDeaver

Relating to the salaries of the superintendent of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf.

Education


HB 1244 Ashby/ Allison/ Huberty/ VanDeaver/ King, Ken/ et al.

Relating to including a civics test in the graduation requirements for public high school students and to eliminating the United States history end-of-course assessment instrument.

Education


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