Senate Floor Action for 5/26/2019

SENATE FLOOR ACTION



Sunday

May 26, 2019




The Senate adopted the following resolutions:


SR 834 Nelson

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on HB 1.


SR 835 Powell

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on HB 700.


SR 838 Huffman

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SB 891.


SR 839 Huffman

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SB 12.


SR 842 Nelson

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SB 500.


SR 844 Hinojosa

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on HB 4542.


SR 845 Creighton

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SB 2342.


SR 846 Perry

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SB 1207.


SR 847 Huffman

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SB 20.


SR 848 Birdwell

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on HB 3745.


SR 850 Menéndez

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SB 1742.


SR 852 Nelson

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on HB 3284.


SR 856 Hancock

Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on HB 2847.


SCR 66 Huffman

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in SB 20.


SCR 67 Nelson

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in SB 500.


HCR 181 Oliverson SP: Kolkhorst

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in House Bill No. 4686.


HCR 182 Deshotel SP: Watson

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 680.


HCR 183 Thompson, Ed SP: Hughes

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 1755.


HCR 184 Phelan SP: Nichols

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. 1397.


HCR 185 Martinez SP: Hinojosa

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 109.


HCR 186 Darby SP: Taylor

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make technical corrections to House Bill No. 3371.


HCR 187 Miller SP: Creighton

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 4712.


HCR 189 Geren SP: Hancock

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 4181.


HCR 190 Zerwas SP: Nelson

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 1.


The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following:


SB 390 (CS) (LC)Miles SP: Dutton

Relating to the creation of the Northeast Houston Redevelopment District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.


SB 1845 (CS) (LC)Miles SP: Vo

Relating to the amendment of the dedicatory instruments of certain mixed-use real estate developments.


The Senate adopted conference committee reports on the following bills:


SB 6 (CS)Kolkhorst/ Alvarado/ Bettencourt/ Buckingham/ Creighton/ et al. SP: Morrison

Relating to emergency and disaster management, response, and recovery.


SB 11 (CS)Taylor/ et al. SP: Bonnen, Greg/ Huberty/ et al.

Relating to policies, procedures, and measures for school safety and mental health promotion in public schools.


SB 12 (CS)Huffman/ Birdwell/ Buckingham/ Campbell/ Flores/ et al. SP: Bonnen, Greg/ Murphy/ et al.

Relating to the contributions to and benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.


SB 20 (CS) (LC)Huffman/ Alvarado/ Bettencourt/ Campbell/ Flores/ et al. SP: Thompson, Senfronia/ Krause/ et al.

Relating to the reporting regarding, investigation of, prosecution of, criminal and civil penalties for, and other consequences of prostitution, trafficking of persons, and related criminal offenses, to services and compensation available to victims of those offenses, and to orders of nondisclosure for persons who committed certain of those offenses.


SB 30 (CS) (LC)Birdwell/ et al. SP: Phelan/ Metcalf/ et al.

Relating to ballot language requirements for a proposition seeking voter approval for the issuance of bonds.


SB 500 (CS)Nelson/ et al. SP: Zerwas

Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction, including direction regarding reimbursement, and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.


SB 601 Hall/ Birdwell/ Buckingham/ Nichols/ Watson/ et al. SP: Flynn

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Veterans Commission.


SB 604 Buckingham/ Birdwell/ et al. SP: Paddie

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and to the operations of certain other entities performing functions associated with the department.


SB 619 (CS)Birdwell/ Buckingham/ Hall/ Nichols/ Watson SP: Paddie

Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process.


SB 621 Nichols/ Birdwell/ Buckingham/ Hall SP: Lambert

Relating to the transfer of the regulation of plumbing to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee.


SB 799 (LC)Alvarado/ et al. SP: Murphy

Relating to the creation of a business advisory council to provide advice on economic recovery following a disaster.


SB 815 (LC)Rodríguez SP: Moody/ Thompson, Senfronia/ et al.

Relating to the creation and preservation of certain records of criminal proceedings.


SB 891 (CS)Huffman/ et al. SP: Leach/ Thompson, Senfronia/ et al.

Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in and grants provided by courts in the judicial branch of state government; imposing a fee; creating a criminal offense.


SB 911 (CS) (LC)Hinojosa SP: Nevárez

Relating to the supervision of water districts by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.


SB 916 (CS) (LC)Johnson SP: Zerwas

Relating to supportive palliative care.


SB 944 (CS) (LC)Watson/ et al. SP: Capriglione

Relating to the public information law.


SB 982 (CS)Kolkhorst/ et al. SP: Zerwas

Relating to awareness of and access to health care service programs available during a disaster or emergency.


SB 1096 (CS)Perry/ et al. SP: Oliverson/ Coleman/ et al.

Relating to certain benefits provided through the Medicaid managed care program, including pharmacy benefits.


SB 1151 (LC)Huffman SP: Longoria

Relating to the comptroller's access to criminal history record information of wrongfully imprisoned persons.


SB 1207 (CS)Perry/ et al. SP: Krause/ Parker/ et al.

Relating to the operation and administration of Medicaid, including the Medicaid managed care program and the medically dependent children (MDCP) waiver program.


SB 1742 (CS) (LC)Menéndez/ et al. SP: Johnson, Julie

Relating to physician and health care provider directories for certain health benefit plans.


SB 1991 (CS)Buckingham/ et al. SP: Klick

Relating to claims and overpayment recoupment processes imposed on health care providers under Medicaid.


SB 2138 (CS)Hinojosa/ et al. SP: Davis, Sarah

Relating to the authority of the Health and Human Services Commission to retain certain money received by the commission to administer certain Medicaid programs.


SB 2342 (CS) (LC)Creighton SP: Leach

Relating to the jurisdiction of, and practices and procedures in civil cases before, justice courts, county courts, statutory county courts, and district courts.


SB 2551 (CS)Hinojosa/ et al. SP: Burrows/ Moody/ et al.

Relating to liability, payment, and death benefits for certain workers' compensation claims.


HJR 34 (CS)Shine/ Darby/ Stephenson/ et al. SP: Bettencourt/ et al.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster.


HB 1 (CS)Zerwas SP: Nelson

General Appropriations Bill.


HB 234 (CS) (LC)Krause/ Middleton/ Guillen/ Phelan/ Price/ et al. SP: Nelson/ et al.

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


HB 410 (CS)White/ Bailes SP: Johnson/ et al.

Relating to the regulation of certain low-volume and other livestock processing establishments.


HB 492 (CS)Shine/ Darby/ Murphy/ Stephenson/ Raney/ et al. SP: Taylor/ et al.

Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster.


HB 496 (CS)Gervin-Hawkins/ Bernal/ Allison SP: Lucio/ et al.

Relating to traumatic injury response protocol and the use of bleeding control kits in public schools.


HB 510 (LC)Wilson/ Bucy SP: Schwertner

Relating to the power of certain counties to enact park use rules.


HB 684 (CS)Clardy/ Middleton/ Klick/ et al. SP: Hughes/ et al.

Relating to the care of students with seizure disorders and the training requirements for certain school personnel regarding seizure recognition and related first aid.


HB 700 Guillen/ et al. SP: Powell/ et al.

Relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain entities.


HB 722 (CS)Larson SP: Perry

Relating to the development of brackish groundwater.


HB 766 Huberty/ Guillen SP: Watson/ et al.

Relating to exemptions for disabled peace officers and fire fighters from payment of tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education.


HB 1053 (CS)Guillen SP: Lucio

Relating to the disposition of real property interests by the Willacy County Navigation District.


HB 1177 (CS)Phelan/ White/ Metcalf/ Ashby/ Toth/ et al. SP: Creighton/ et al.

Relating to carrying a concealed handgun following a mandatory evacuation order issued during a state of disaster.


HB 1313 (LC)King, Phil SP: Birdwell/ et al.

Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district to increase the appraised value of property in the tax year following the year in which the appraised value of the property is lowered as a result of a protest or appeal.


HB 1355 (CS) (LC)Button/ Paul/ Holland/ Bowers/ Lang/ et al. SP: Johnson/ et al.

Relating to the issuance and execution of a search warrant to collect a blood specimen from a person arrested for certain intoxication offenses.


HB 1495 (LC)Toth/ et al. SP: Creighton/ et al.

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.


HB 1523 (CS)Nevárez SP: Buckingham

Relating to the continuation of the regulation of land surveyors and the transfer of the regulation to the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; changing fees.


HB 1734 (LC)Holland/ Leach/ Gervin-Hawkins/ Martinez/ Longoria/ et al. SP: Lucio

Relating to litigation involving certain defects in school district facilities and enforcement of certain duties following that litigation; authorizing a civil penalty.


HB 1735 (CS) (LC)Howard/ Stucky/ Button/ Lozano/ et al. SP: Watson

Relating to sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking at public and private postsecondary educational institutions; providing an administrative penalty.


HB 1973 (LC)Button/ Price/ Shaheen/ Goodwin/ Guerra/ et al. SP: Nelson

Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored.


HB 2143 (CS) (LC)Turner, John/ Wray/ Darby/ Guillen/ et al. SP: Whitmire/ et al.

Relating to the eligibility of a first responder for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder.


HB 2726 Kuempel SP: Creighton

Relating to the commencement of construction of a project following the issuance of a draft permit for a permit amendment to an air quality permit.


HB 2747 (CS) (LC)Ortega/ Landgraf/ Thompson, Senfronia/ Harless/ Ramos/ et al. SP: Rodríguez/ et al.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy.


HB 2764 Frank/ Minjarez/ Klick/ Swanson SP: Hughes/ et al.

Relating to minimum standards and caregiver training for substitute care providers for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.


HB 2847 (CS) (LC)Goldman/ et al. SP: Hancock/ et al.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain occupations, activities, and agreements; providing a civil penalty; authorizing fees; requiring an occupational registration and an occupational license.


HB 3148 (CS)Parker/ Springer/ Zerwas/ Lucio III/ et al. SP: Bettencourt/ et al.

Relating to the administration and oversight of investigational adult stem cell treatments administered to certain patients.


HB 3193 (CS)Hinojosa/ Raymond/ Muñoz, Jr./ Guillen SP: Johnson/ et al.

Relating to the licensing of, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission's duties with respect to, and the administrative penalties for home and community support services agencies.


HB 3284 (CS) (LC)Sheffield/ Price/ Burns/ Howard/ Stucky SP: Nelson/ et al.

Relating to prescribing and dispensing controlled substances and monitoring the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; authorizing a fee; providing for administrative penalties; creating criminal offenses.


HB 3557 (CS)Paddie SP: Birdwell/ et al.

Relating to civil and criminal liability for engaging in certain conduct involving a critical infrastructure facility; creating criminal offenses.


HB 3636 (CS) (LC)Morrison SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the transfer of jurisdiction over and management of the Star of the Republic Museum to the Texas Historical Commission and the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to DeWitt County.


HB 3745 (CS) (LC)Bell, Cecil/ Rose/ Capriglione/ Zerwas/ Thompson, Ed/ et al. SP: Birdwell/ et al.

Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan fund and account.


HB 3800 (CS) (LC)Thompson, Senfronia/ Lopez/ Collier SP: Huffman

Relating to the investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses involving the trafficking of persons.


HB 3808 (CS) (LC)Walle SP: Powell/ et al.

Relating to the filing of a degree plan by students at public institutions of higher education.


HB 3906 (CS)Huberty/ Guillen SP: Taylor/ et al.

Relating to the assessment of public school student development, comprehension, and performance, including the administration of assessment instruments for that purpose.


HB 4542 (LC)Guillen SP: Hinojosa

Relating to reports by persons involved in the manufacture and distribution of alcoholic beverages for purposes of sales and use taxes.


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