Local and Uncontested Bills for 5/21/2023

LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS



The following bills have been certified for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar to be held Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 4:00 PM.




HB 357 (CS) (LC)Bucy/ Smith/ Capriglione/ Garcia/ et al. SP: Hughes

Relating to the requirements to access the online tracker of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.


HB 422 (CS) (LC)VanDeaver/ Burns/ Cain/ Leo-Wilson SP: Perry

Relating to remotely conducting detention hearings in juvenile cases.


HB 430 (LC)VanDeaver SP: Perry

Relating to the criteria and qualifications for distributions under the rural volunteer fire department assistance program.


HB 456 (CS) (LC)Craddick/ Geren/ Cook/ Burrows/ Rose SP: King

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain interests in a mineral in place owned by certain charitable organizations.


HB 630 (LC)Vasut/ Bell, Keith SP: Huffman

Relating to the provision of lifeguards by certain municipalities and counties on public beaches.


HB 660 (LC)Cook SP: Zaffirini

Relating to the enforcement and administration of certain protective orders.


HB 784 (CS) (LC)Ordaz SP: Blanco

Relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge or commissioners court in certain counties.


HB 975 (LC)Neave Criado/ Bell, Keith/ Bowers SP: Johnson

Relating to the designation of the portion of Interstate Highway 635 in Mesquite as the Officer Richard Houston II Memorial Highway.


HB 995 (LC)Muñoz, Jr./ Frazier SP: Paxton

Relating to sheriff's department disability leave in certain counties.


HB 1002 (LC)Price/ Buckley/ Hinojosa/ Allison/ King, Ken SP: Perry

Relating to the membership of a public school concussion oversight team and the removal of a public school student from an interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected concussion.


HB 1198 (LC)Dean SP: Hughes

Relating to a public awareness campaign to promote the proper attachment of trailers to certain motor vehicles.


HB 1199 (LC)Dean SP: Hughes

Relating to the inclusion of certain information regarding trailers in vehicle accident reports.


HB 1283 (LC)Oliverson/ Raymond/ Harless/ Jetton/ Garcia/ et al. SP: Hughes

Relating to prescription drug formularies applicable to the Medicaid managed care program.


HB 1305 (LC)Hefner SP: Paxton

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 19 as the Mildred McMillan Garrett Memorial Bridge.


HB 1330 (LC)Morales, Eddie SP: Blanco

Relating to a grant program for public improvement projects for unincorporated communities in certain counties.


HB 1703 (LC)Ordaz SP: Blanco

Relating to the workforce development evaluation system administered by the Texas Workforce Commission, including the establishment of a workforce development career education and training evaluation pilot program.


HB 1883 (LC)Bhojani/ Cunningham/ Allen/ Hinojosa/ Jetton/ et al. SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the administration of assessment instruments to public school students on religious holy days.


HB 1968 (LC)Harris, Caroline SP: Schwertner

Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35 in Williamson County as the Officer Charles Whites Memorial Highway.


HB 2100 (LC)Price/ et al. SP: Schwertner/ et al.

Relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health professionals.


HB 2166 (LC)Guerra/ Howard/ Allen/ Muñoz, Jr./ et al. SP: LaMantia

Relating to designating March 4 as COVID-19 Heroes and Memorial Day.


HB 2334 (LC)Burns/ Button/ Shine/ Buckley SP: Paxton

Relating to an exemption from the plumbing licensing law for certain work performed on certain private property.


HB 2443 (LC)Harris, Cody/ et al. SP: Perry

Relating to the authority of certain persons to petition a groundwater conservation district to change certain rules.


HB 2503 (LC)Lujan/ et al. SP: Flores

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for veterans with disabilities and recipients of the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal and federal Humanitarian Service Medal.


HB 2508 (LC)Jetton SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the disbursement of money by a levee improvement district.


HB 2616 (LC)Vasut SP: LaMantia

Relating to the operation of and lighting equipment for medical examiner vehicles and vehicles operated by justices of the peace in certain circumstances.


HB 2658 (LC)Leach SP: Middleton

Relating to grounds for the involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship.


HB 2700 (LC)Guillen/ Noble/ Plesa/ et al. SP: Huffman

Relating to prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children.


HB 2706 (CS) (LC)Shine SP: Zaffirini/ et al.

Relating to the regulation of manufactured homes.


HB 2738 (LC)Thompson, Ed SP: Miles

Relating to certain indefinite quantity contracts entered into by the General Land Office in the event of a natural disaster.


HB 2877 (CS) (LC)King, Tracy O./ Collier/ et al. SP: Blanco

Relating to crime victims' compensation.


HB 2956 (LC)Shine SP: Flores

Relating to municipal annexation of an area adjacent to contiguous or connecting railroad rights-of-way.


HB 3045 (LC)Bonnen SP: Middleton

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 517 in Brazoria and Galveston Counties as the Ken Clark Memorial Highway.


HB 3126 (LC)Gamez SP: Alvarado

Relating to the definitions of "pass" and "passing" used in reference to a vehicle.


HB 3156 (LC)Leach SP: LaMantia

Relating to liability of engineers and certain business entities performing construction monitoring and inspection services for the Texas Department of Transportation.


HB 3161 (CS) (LC)Hull SP: Huffman

Relating to the duties of a justice of the peace, medical examiner, or other investigator regarding the bodies of unidentified deceased persons and to the control by certain persons of the disposition of a deceased person's remains.


HB 3278 (LC)Price/ Rogers/ Gamez/ Kacal/ Ashby SP: Blanco

Relating to the joint planning of desired future conditions in groundwater management areas.


HB 3462 (CS) (LC)Noble SP: Sparks

Relating to the consolidation of ombudsman programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.


HB 3506 (CS) (LC)Harris, Caroline/ Hull SP: Hughes

Relating to the storage in and removal from certain DNA databases of certain DNA samples.


HB 3645 (LC)Guillen SP: LaMantia

Relating to requirements for the issuance of certain driver's licenses and commercial driver's licenses.


HB 3646 (LC)Guillen SP: LaMantia

Relating to certain regulations regarding commercial driver's licenses.


HB 3743 (LC)Goldman SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; expanding authority to adopt fees.


HB 3798 (LC)Guillen SP: LaMantia

Relating to making certain voluntary contributions when applying for a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate.


HB 3929 (LC)Cook/ Leach/ Price/ Smith/ et al. SP: Hughes

Relating to the adoption by the Supreme Court of Texas of the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.


HB 4012 (LC)Kitzman SP: Zaffirini

Relating to the administration of the electronic state business daily.


HB 4085 (LC)Spiller/ Allison SP: Perry

Relating to the payment by the state or a county of costs for certain mental health hearings or proceedings.


HB 4316 (LC)Goldman SP: Zaffirini

Relating to regulation of residential service contract providers, sellers, and administrators.


HB 4375 (LC)VanDeaver/ Kuempel/ et al. SP: Perry

Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator in public schools.


HB 4416 (LC)Goldman SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the regulation of auctioneering by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; authorizing an administrative penalty.


HB 4417 (LC)Goldman SP: Zaffirini

Relating to the administration of court-ordered programs regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.


HB 4704 (CS) (LC)Morrison SP: Huffman

Relating to taxing authority of Jackson County County-Wide Drainage District.


HB 4765 (LC)Dutton SP: Hughes

Relating to inheritance rights of adoptive parents.


HB 4879 (LC)Holland SP: Flores

Relating to incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning offenses committed in this state and the establishment of the Texas crime information system by the Department of Public Safety.


HB 4932 (LC)Lopez, Janie/ Isaac/ Guerra/ Landgraf/ et al. SP: Sparks

Relating to the amount of foreign emissions of air contaminants in nonattainment areas and the revision of the state implementation plan to account for those emissions.


HB 5066 (CS) (LC)Geren/ Morales, Eddie SP: Schwertner

Relating to electricity service in areas of this state with a need for transmission projects.


HB 5304 (LC)Wilson SP: Schwertner

Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 46; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5314 (LC)Kitzman SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 56; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5318 (LC)Metcalf SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 6; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5320 (LC)Metcalf SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 227; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5336 (CS) (LC)Vasut/ Thompson, Ed SP: Huffman

Relating to the powers and duties of Port Freeport; limiting the authority of certain municipalities to regulate land use by Port Freeport; and the creation of a reinvestment zone containing property owned by Port Freeport.


HB 5339 (LC)Metcalf SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 223; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5343 (LC)Kitzman SP: Huffman

Relating to the creation of the Wharton County Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5349 (LC)Kitzman SP: Kolkhorst

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


HB 5357 (LC)Wilson SP: Flores

Relating to the creation of the Liberty Hill Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5365 (LC)Kitzman SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Austin County Municipal Utility District No. 3; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5367 (LC)Buckley SP: Schwertner

Relating to the creation of the Solana Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5369 (LC)Gerdes SP: Schwertner

Relating to the creation of the Sandow Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5374 (LC)Metcalf SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 226; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5379 (LC)Wilson SP: Schwertner

Relating to the creation of the Williamson and Bell Counties Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5384 (LC)Oliverson SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 9; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5385 (LC)Oliverson SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 582; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5390 (LC)Kitzman SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 52; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5391 (LC)Bell, Cecil SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 218; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5393 (LC)Kitzman SP: Huffman

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 55; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5395 (LC)Lalani SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 11; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


HB 5398 (CS) (LC)Harris, Cody SP: Hall

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


HCR 27 (LC)Stucky SP: Parker

Redesignating Bridgeport as the official Stagecoach Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2033.


HCR 104 (LC)Slawson SP: Birdwell

Designating Granbury as the official Celebration Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2033.


HCR 105 (LC)Harris, Cody SP: Nichols

Designating Palestine as the official Dogwood Trails Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2033.


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