SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Friday May 10, 2019 |
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The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar: |
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Relating to the offense of money laundering. |
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Relating to the regulation of the practice of physical therapy. |
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Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions. |
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Relating to notice requirements regarding the right to record certain interviews conducted by the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
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Relating to the effect of certain felony convictions of certain corrections employees. |
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Relating to a study and report regarding streamlining physician licensing requirements for advanced practice registered nurses. |
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Relating to the calculation of the ad valorem taxes imposed on property for the year in which the property is acquired by a governmental entity. |
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Relating to the repeal of certain time limitations on the award of grants by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee. |
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Relating to the inclusion of information about oversize and overweight vehicles in the curriculum of driver education and driving safety courses. |
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Relating to the placement of speed limit signs at the end of construction or maintenance work zones. |
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Relating to long-term care insurance for state employees. |
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Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act. |
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Relating to designating June as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Month. |
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Relating to the maintenance of information entered into a fee record. |
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Relating to written agreements incident to divorce or annulment. |
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Relating to the use of funds appropriated for the continuing legal education of certain appointed masters, magistrates, referees, and associate judges. |
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Relating to inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to liability for certain damage caused by vehicles exceeding maximum height limitations; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to determining appropriate disciplinary action to be taken against a public school student who is in foster care or who is homeless. |
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Relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter information networks in certain areas outside of ERCOT. |
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Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities and counties. |
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Relating to the deployment of advanced metering and meter information networks by certain non-ERCOT utilities. |
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Relating to designating May 4 as Texas Firefighters Day. |
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Relating to the distribution of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. |
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Relating to cultivated oyster mariculture; authorizing fees; requiring a permit; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to the application fee for a permit for a municipal solid waste facility; imposing a fee. |
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Relating to the regulation of industrialized housing and buildings. |
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Relating to continuing education training on civil process for constables. |
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Relating to surety bonds for deputy clerks and other employees of county and district clerks. |
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Relating to designating March as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month. |
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Relating to the language of personal automobile or residential property insurance policy documents and related materials. |
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Relating to the status of personal automobile or residential property insurance policy summary documents. |
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Relating to the authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to invest in certain hedge funds. |
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Relating to the removal of certain counties from the Texas emissions reduction plan. |
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Relating to the authority of coastal counties to adopt certain rules for island parks, beach parks, and public beaches; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to certain workers' compensation reporting requirements. |
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Relating to the confidentiality, sharing, sealing, and destruction of juvenile records and certain records of at-risk youth. |
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Relating to the information required to be disclosed in a registration form for lobbyists. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Loop 111 in Travis County as the Richard Overton Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to prohibiting the sale and purchase of certain aquatic products; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Titus County as the Titus County World War II Veterans Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Titus County as the Titus County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to loss of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a court in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. |
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Relating to public access to certain information included on personal financial statements filed by county judicial officers. |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 229; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 168; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. |
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Relating to extension of deadlines for claims and related settlement and dispute resolution under the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Act. |
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Relating to the creation of the governor's broadband development council. |
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Relating to admonitions given by a court to a defendant before accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. |
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Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to Master Army Aviators. |
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Relating to compensation under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act for certain expenses. |
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Relating to the territory and board of directors of the Bell County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1. |
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Relating to the licensure and registration of persons engaged in certain activities pertaining to compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas containers and systems. |
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Relating to the inspection of certain boilers. |
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Relating to the amount credited in a state fiscal year to the judicial fund to provide basic civil legal services. |
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Relating to designating January 28 as Sexual Assault Survivors Day. |
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Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Dallas County Hospital District. |
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Relating to a study of an intake system and state case management system for state and federal disaster assistance. |
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Relating to designating the week that includes the third Saturday in October as Veterinary Technician Week. |
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Relating to designating May 17 as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day. |
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Relating to the registration and certification of certain investment products made available to public school employees. |
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Relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot as a candidate for the board of directors of the Wilbarger County Hospital District. |
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Relating to the authority of a commodity producers board or a committee to hold meetings by telephone conference. |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 238; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 195; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 198; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. |
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Relating to the board of directors and powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 214; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 235; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to certain eligibility requirements for issuance of a teaching certificate. |
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Relating to the treatment and recycling for beneficial use of certain waste arising out of or incidental to the drilling for or production of oil or gas. |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 231; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District. |
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Relating to the revision or repeal of certain obsolete provisions related to restrictions on political advertising, political contributions, and political expenditures. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 441; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. |
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Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 571; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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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. |
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Authorizing the lieutenant governor and speaker to appoint joint committees. |
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Designating the second week of November as School Psychologist Appreciation Week for a 10-year period beginning in 2019. |
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Designating Pittsburg as the official Hot Link Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2019. |
The following bills were removed from the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar: |
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Designating the Bowie knife as the official state knife of Texas. |
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Relating to the authority of certain local governmental entities to enter into an agreement to create a mutual aid law enforcement task force. |
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Relating to the photograph on certain forms of state-issued identification. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to increasing criminal penalties for certain family violence offenses committed when a child is or may be present during the commission of the offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of abandoning or endangering a child. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to information for foster children who are pregnant or minor parents. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to voluntary contributions to the evidence testing grant program made when applying for a corrected or duplicate driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate. Transportation |
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Relating to tuition and fees for certain military spouses and dependents. Higher Education |
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Relating to financial reporting requirements of a toll project entity. Transportation |
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Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of an improvement that is necessary to support the continued use or existence of a historic site. Property Tax |
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Relating to safety requirements for a person directly operating an amusement ride. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to a person's eligibility for an occupational license; providing an administrative penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the use of money from the permanent fund for health-related programs to provide grants to nursing education programs. Finance |
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Relating to authorization for the creation of a county ethics commission in certain counties and to authorizing counties to adopt a code of ethics for their commissioners courts. State Affairs |
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Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse assigned to the school during all instructional hours. Education |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipal employees to request the removal and storage of certain abandoned or illegally parked or operated vehicles. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage of prescription drugs for stage-four advanced, metastatic cancer. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to statewide policies and practices, personnel training, evidence collection and preservation, and data collection and analysis regarding the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of sexual assault and other sex offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to prohibiting the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems. Transportation |
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Relating to the availability of certain voter information. State Affairs |
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Relating to temporary branch polling place hours of operation. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of the disaster response loan fund and the permissible uses of that fund; making an appropriation; authorizing a fee. Finance |
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Relating to the filling of a vacancy in the office of county commissioner in certain counties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of a charter school by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. Education |
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Relating to the inclusion of catastrophic debris management in county emergency management programs. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to unconscionable prices charged by certain health care facilities for medical care. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to required notice for municipal management districts that annex or exclude territory. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the City of Conroe Municipal Management District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds and impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the sale by certain alcoholic beverage permit or license holders of alcoholic beverages at a cost below the cost to the seller. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of the Lavaca Hospital District to lease district property. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to license terms and fees and registration and listing fees for certain child-care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the consideration for public school accountability purposes of certain students receiving residential services in state hospitals. Education |
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Relating to the disposition and removal of a decedent's remains. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of the attorney general to advertise Choose Life account grants. State Affairs |
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Relating to the applicability of certain limitations on the capture and use of biometric identifiers to financial institutions. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the definition of a bet for purposes of gambling criminal offenses. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a request for a nursing peer review committee determination. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to requirements in a suit for the removal of human remains from a cemetery. State Affairs |
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Relating to the indigent status of a person for purposes of the driver responsibility program. Transportation |
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Relating to rules of and appeals to a municipal board of adjustment. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for certain spouses of certain employees killed in the line of duty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of theft of service. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to criteria for admission of certain students into public schools. Education |
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Relating to the issuance of a summons for certain persons charged with a violation of a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to requirements for condominium plats or plans. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to prescribing and dispensing certain controlled substances to patients diagnosed with sickle cell disease. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to toll collection and enforcement by private participants in certain comprehensive development agreements with the Texas Department of Transportation. Transportation |
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Relating to the authority of a code enforcement officer performing official duties to possess or carry an instrument used for deterring an animal bite. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to expedited licensing procedures for certain nurses who are military spouses. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the authority of a governmental unit that has withdrawn from a regional planning commission to join another regional planning commission. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the application of the fire code to and the inspection of buildings owned or leased by counties; authorizing a fee. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the establishment of the Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Advisory Council. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the amounts, availability, and use of certain statutorily dedicated revenue and accounts; reducing or affecting the amounts of certain statutorily dedicated fees. Finance |
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Relating to the statewide behavioral health coordinating council. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to compensation and leave for certain employees of the fraud unit of the Texas Department of Insurance. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the exception of certain information related to the humane disposition by a municipality or county of an animal from required disclosure under the public information law. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the right of a member of the public to address the governing body of a political subdivision at an open meeting of the body. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to paid leave for public officers and employees engaged in certain military service. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the prosecution of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or person with a disability. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of certain nonexempt property used for low-income or moderate-income housing. Property Tax |
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Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder in a motor vehicle. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 234; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the renewal of a preauthorization for a medical or health care service. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to designating June as Firearm Safety Awareness Month. Administration |
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Relating to the establishment of a grant program for promoting computer science certification and professional development in coding, technology applications, and computer science for public school teachers. Education |
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Relating to a person qualified to serve as a special or temporary justice of the peace. State Affairs |
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Relating to the confidentiality of and prohibiting disclosure of the location or physical layout of a family violence shelter center or victims of trafficking shelter center; creating a criminal offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain registered voters. State Affairs |
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Relating to parking for persons with disabilities. Transportation |
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Relating to the division of certain emergency services districts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the penalty for failing to file or failing to timely file a Dealer's Motor Vehicle Inventory Tax Statement. Finance |
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Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of groundwater conditions in certain counties. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the repeal of certain provisions affecting the electronic exchange of health information. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to assisting inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in obtaining federal veterans disability benefits. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor certain Purple Heart recipients; imposing a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to health benefit coverage provided by certain health benefit plans for telemedicine medical services and telehealth services. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the reimbursement of prescription drugs under Medicaid and the child health plan program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to liability coverage for certain vehicles provided by certain automobile repair facilities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the electronic submission of forms, data, and documents to the Commission on Jail Standards; imposing a fee. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain pharmacies; providing an administrative penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the duties of and training for certain officers and jailers regarding the child safety check alert list. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the disqualification of a prosecuting attorney or judge in a case investigated by the public integrity unit of the Texas Rangers. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a peace officer to release in lieu of arrest certain persons with an intellectual or developmental disability. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the provision of notice of proposed rules by state agencies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the recognition by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of competency-based education degree plans for members of the Texas military forces. Higher Education |
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Relating to the establishment of a task force on faith-based programs that provide assistance during a disaster. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the confidentiality of a child's criminal records related to certain misdemeanor offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to an agreement between a school district and public institution of higher education to provide a dual credit program to high school students enrolled in the district. Education |
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Relating to the creation of a state repository for open educational resources by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Higher Education |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the North Central Texas Municipal Water Authority. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the collection and reporting of data on services provided by chemical dependency treatment facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to authorizing a dropout recovery competency-based educational pilot program provided through a campus or campus program charter or open-enrollment charter school. Education |
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Relating to the establishment of the office of medical examiner in certain counties. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to an independent review organization to conduct reviews of certain medical necessity determinations under the Medicaid managed care program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the issuance of buyer's temporary tags for vehicles sold by governmental agencies. Transportation |
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Relating to the approval of insurance companies to provide certain structured settlement annuity contracts. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the right to remove property encroaching on areas owned or controlled by the Harris County Flood Control District. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to prohibited relationships between holders of certain alcoholic beverage licenses and permits. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the maximum amount of an administrative penalty assessed on certain long-term care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a seller's disclosure notice for residential property regarding floodplains, flood pools, floodways, or reservoirs. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to methods of computing interest charges on certain consumer loans. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to dissemination of bacterial meningitis information by school districts. Education |
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Relating to the provision of certain historical claims data and other information to school districts and other participating entities in the Texas school employees uniform group health coverage program. State Affairs |
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Relating to the filing fee for a complaint concerning the failure of a manufacturer, converter, or distributor to conform a motor vehicle to certain express warranties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the deaf-blind with multiple disabilities waiver program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to technical corrections for certain children. State Affairs |
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Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of passing a school bus; increasing a criminal penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the time for dissolution of a crime control and prevention district. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the dissolution of fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services districts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the definition of a designated law enforcement office or agency for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 85th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature. Administration |
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Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of The Securities Act, including conforming amendments. Administration |
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Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including conforming amendments. Administration |
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Relating to the cemeteries in certain counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the organization and efficient operation of the legislative branch of state government. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to addressing adverse childhood experiences and developing a strategic plan to address those experiences. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the consideration of reading level in the adoption of certain assessment instruments and associated student performance levels and to the temporary suspension of accountability sanctions for public schools. Education |
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Relating to specifications for legal papers filed with a county clerk. State Affairs |
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Relating to liens on aircraft for certain charges. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the grant program distributing money from the transportation infrastructure fund. Transportation |
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Relating to the authority of certain local governments to create and operate health care provider participation programs. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the licensing of satellite offices of outpatient chemical dependency care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to liability for disclosing certain information regarding sexual misconduct by an employee, volunteer, or independent contractor of a charitable organization. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects and other qualified projects. Finance |
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Relating to public safety answering points operated by emergency communications districts. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the management of the permanent school fund by the School Land Board and the State Board of Education. Education |
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Relating to the privacy of personal identifying information and the creation of the Texas Privacy Protection Advisory Council. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to public inspection of early voting rosters. State Affairs |
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Relating to the provision of mental health services through a telemedicine medical service or telehealth service. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the rights and treatment of and services provided to certain adult sexual assault survivors. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to reports by persons involved in the manufacture and distribution of alcoholic beverages for purposes of sales and use taxes. Finance |
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Relating to implementation of the system redesign for the delivery of Medicaid benefits to persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the operation of the Ector County Hospital District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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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 |
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Relating to the creation of the Hunter Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County, Texas; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the administration of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County, including the authority to impose taxes. Transportation |
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Relating to the creation of the North Celina Municipal Management District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 7. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the municipal court of record of the City of Rowlett. State Affairs |
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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 |
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Relating to the creation of the Wright Farm Municipal Management District of Johnson County; providing authority to issue bonds and impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the territory of the Barrett Management District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Designating the Bowie knife as the official state knife of Texas. Administration |
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Designating Bastrop County as the official Film Hospitality Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2019. Administration |
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