Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments for 5/19/2023

SENATE BILLS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS



Friday

May 19, 2023




SJR 3 Bettencourt/ Alvarado/ Birdwell/ Blanco/ Campbell/ et al. SP: Meyer/ Bonnen/ et al.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes, to increase the amount of an exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.


SJR 74 Parker/ et al. SP: Walle/ Holland

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the centennial parks conservation fund.


SJR 75 Perry/ et al. SP: King, Tracy O./ Price/ et al.

Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the Texas water fund to assist in financing water projects in this state.


SB 3 Bettencourt/ Alvarado/ Birdwell/ Blanco/ Campbell/ et al. SP: Meyer/ Bonnen/ et al.

Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration.


SB 15 Middleton/ Bettencourt/ Campbell/ Creighton/ Flores/ et al. SP: Swanson

Relating to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex.


SB 22 Springer/ Blanco/ Creighton/ Eckhardt/ Hall/ et al. SP: Guillen/ Gerdes

Relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's offices, constable's offices, and prosecutor's offices in rural counties.


SB 28 Perry/ et al. SP: King, Tracy O./ Troxclair/ et al.

Relating to financial assistance provided and programs administered by the Texas Water Development Board.


SB 48 Zaffirini SP: Leach

Relating to standardized forms and materials for the issuance of protective orders, magistrate's orders for emergency protection, and temporary ex parte orders.


SB 61 Zaffirini/ et al. SP: Hefner

Relating to the methods by which the comptroller may provide certain notices relating to the revocation or suspension of a permit or license or the forfeiture of corporate privileges in this state.


SB 133 West/ et al. SP: Hull/ González, Mary/ et al.

Relating to prohibiting the use of certain restraints, chemical irritants, or a Taser or similar device on certain public school students.


SB 182 Miles/ et al. SP: Rose

Relating to the required report of criminal offenses committed against individuals receiving certain state agency services; creating a criminal offense.


SB 599 Birdwell/ et al. SP: Anderson/ Orr/ et al.

Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by a district or county clerk and the issuance of a handgun license to a district or county clerk.


SB 614 Perry/ et al. SP: Frank

Relating to certain procedures relating to children placed under a parental child safety placement.


SB 629 Menéndez/ et al. SP: Talarico/ Oliverson/ et al.

Relating to the maintenance, administration, and disposal of opioid antagonists on public and private school campuses and to the permissible uses of money appropriated to a state agency from the opioid abatement account.


SB 994 Schwertner/ et al. SP: Burrows

Relating to the declaration of a candidate's ineligibility on the basis of failure to pay a filing fee or submit a petition in lieu of a filing fee.


SB 1045 Huffman/ et al. SP: Murr/ Burrows/ et al.

Relating to the creation of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals with jurisdiction over certain civil cases, the compensation of the justices of that court, and the jurisdiction of the courts of appeals in this state.


SB 1080 Kolkhorst SP: Gerdes

Relating to a mitigation program and fees for the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District.


SB 1245 Huffman SP: Bonnen

Relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.


SB 1397 Schwertner/ Johnson/ Paxton/ Perry/ Springer SP: Bell, Keith/ Holland/ et al.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.


SB 1414 Johnson/ Paxton/ Perry/ Schwertner/ Springer SP: Holland/ Goldman/ et al.

Relating to the temporary regulation of the practice of veterinary medicine by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.


SB 1445 Paxton/ Johnson/ Schwertner/ Springer SP: Goldman

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; authorizing a fee.


SB 1516 King SP: Cook

Relating to the procedures for an application for a writ of habeas corpus and the issuance of the writ.


SB 1599 Hughes/ et al. SP: Bucy

Relating to ballots voted by mail.


SB 1659 Schwertner SP: Holland/ Bell, Keith/ et al.

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


SB 1677 Perry SP: Price

Relating to the establishment and administration of Health and Human Services Commission programs providing mental health services to certain individuals in this state.


SB 1727 Schwertner/ Johnson/ Paxton/ Perry/ Springer SP: Canales/ Dutton

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the functions of the office of independent ombudsman for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, and the powers and duties of the office of inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.


SB 2040 Springer/ Flores/ Johnson/ Paxton/ Schwertner SP: Clardy/ Holland/ et al.

Relating to the continuation and transfer of the regulation of willed body programs to the Texas Funeral Service Commission, the regulation of willed body programs, non-transplant anatomical donation organizations, and anatomical facilities, and the creation of the State Anatomical Advisory Committee; requiring registration; authorizing fees; authorizing an administrative penalty.


SB 2601 Hinojosa SP: Canales

Relating to payment of costs related to the relocation of certain utility facilities for state highway projects.