Senate Floor Action for 4/12/2023

SENATE FLOOR ACTION



Wednesday

April 12, 2023




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


SB 62 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to posting certain documents and information related to certain real property sales on a county's Internet website.


SB 540 (CS) (LC)Campbell

Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities.


SB 767 (CS) (LC)Parker

Relating to notice requirements for certain municipal fees and the process to adopt a municipal budget that includes the use of revenue from those fees.


SB 975 (LC)Menéndez/ et al.

Relating to the procedures for the issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person whose driver's license is surrendered.


SB 989 (CS)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain biomarker testing.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 1002 (CS) (LC)Schwertner/ et al.

Relating to the operation of public electric vehicle charging stations.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 1054 Nichols

Relating to requirements for a trial in the contest of an election on a proposed constitutional amendment.


SB 1413 (CS) (LC)Johnson/ et al.

Relating to the authority of a fire department to remove certain personal property from a roadway or right-of-way.


SB 1464 West/ et al.

Relating to prohibiting a retail seller of motor vehicles from imposing certain restrictions on the purchase of a motor vehicle.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 1568 (LC)Campbell

Relating to the persons authorized or appointed to exercise the power of sale under the terms of a contract lien on real property.


SB 1727 (CS)Schwertner/ Johnson/ Paxton/ Perry/ Springer

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and the functions of the office of independent ombudsman for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.


The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed:


SB 16 (CS)Hughes/ et al.

Relating to the purpose of public institutions of higher education and a prohibition on compelling students enrolled at those institutions to adopt certain beliefs.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 694 Hughes/ et al.

Relating to liability of a religious organization or an employee or volunteer of a religious organization for security services provided to the organization.


SB 1070 Hughes/ et al.

Relating to the interstate voter registration crosscheck program.


The Senate suspended the regular order, read second time and passed to engrossment:


SB 853 (CS)Hancock

Relating to electricity service provided by certain municipally owned utilities.

1 Floor Amendment


SB 2424 (CS)Birdwell/ et al.

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from a foreign nation.

1 Floor Amendment


The Senate adopted the following resolutions:


SR 402 Johnson/ Hall/ West

Recognizing April 12, 2023, as Mesquite Day.


SR 403 Huffman/ Alvarado/ Birdwell/ Blanco/ Campbell/ et al.

Recognizing April 10 through 14, 2023, as Texas Retired Teachers Week.


SR 404 LaMantia

Recognizing April 12, 2023, as Port Aransas Day.


The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:


SCR 13 (CS) (LC)West/ et al.

Recognizing the Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act.


SB 158 (CS) (LC)Perry

Relating to the location of a bank eligible to be selected as a depository or subdepository of county public money, including money held by a county or district clerk.


SB 261 (CS) (LC)Springer/ et al.

Relating to titling and registration of assembled trailers.


SB 280 (LC)Zaffirini/ Hall

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for members of the military who served in Operation Freedom's Sentinel.


SB 322 (LC)Huffman

Relating to the compensation of members of the seawall commission in Matagorda County.


SB 341 (LC)Springer/ et al.

Relating to the applicability of the mixed beverage gross receipts tax and the mixed beverage sales tax to items sold by certain nonprofit entity temporary event permittees.


SB 348 (LC)Springer

Relating to the prohibition on posting on the Internet information held by an appraisal district regarding certain residential property.


SB 349 (LC)Springer/ et al.

Relating to county and municipal housing authority pet policies.


SB 423 (CS) (LC)Paxton

Relating to the use of unmanned aircraft by the Texas military forces.


SB 477 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to accommodating voters with a disability.


SB 483 (LC)Johnson

Relating to the regulation of massage therapy.


SB 502 (LC)Hughes/ et al.

Relating to the treatment, recycling for beneficial use, or disposal of drill cuttings.


SB 533 (LC)Paxton/ et al.

Relating to training for peace officers on responding to and investigating child fatalities.


SB 594 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini/ et al.

Relating to requirements for and charges for service from public drinking water supply systems.


SB 600 (CS) (LC)Birdwell

Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment for certain criminal offenses involving the smuggling of persons.


SB 604 (CS) (LC)King

Relating to land services performed by a landman.


SB 612 (LC)Johnson/ Parker

Relating to the municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance.


SB 667 (LC)West/ et al.

Relating to establishing a state historical marker program to honor African Americans who served in the Texas Legislature during Reconstruction.


SB 702 (LC)Perry

Relating to the sourcing, marketing, and sale of certain license plates.


SB 761 (LC)Hughes

Relating to photo identification for certain debit or credit card transactions.


SB 790 (LC)Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to systems of county road administration in certain counties.


SB 829 (CS) (LC)Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to cottage food production operations.


SB 947 (CS) (LC)King

Relating to creating a criminal offense for damaging certain critical infrastructure facilities and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as manslaughter in certain circumstances; increasing a criminal penalty.


SB 952 (CS) (LC)Perry

Relating to certain tax and fee collection procedures and taxpayer suits.


SB 957 (LC)Alvarado/ et al.

Relating to the designation of a portion of United States Highway 59 in Harris County as the Deputy Sheriff Darren Almendarez Memorial Highway.


SB 1013 (LC)Hughes

Relating to the franchise and insurance premium tax credit for the certified rehabilitation of certified historic structures.


SB 1053 (LC)Hughes

Relating to the definition of marketplace seller for purposes of sales and use taxes.


SB 1076 (LC)King

Relating to the deadline for approving a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects.


SB 1088 (LC)Perry

Relating to eligibility to serve as a member of the board of directors of the West Central Texas Municipal Water District.


SB 1112 (CS) (LC)Schwertner/ et al.

Relating to access to criminal history record information by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.


SB 1120 (LC)Schwertner

Relating to certain prohibited practices by a barber or cosmetologist.


SB 1122 (CS) (LC)Schwertner

Relating to the exclusion of certain medical services performed to determine an appropriate level of workers' compensation benefits from sales and use taxes.


SB 1167 (CS) (LC)Birdwell

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.


SB 1180 (CS) (LC)Perry

Relating to civil actions by a civilly committed individual.


SB 1245 (CS) (LC)Huffman

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


SB 1246 (CS) (LC)Huffman

Relating to authorized investments of public money by certain governmental entities and the confidentiality of certain information related to those investments.


SB 1250 (LC)Bettencourt

Relating to the powers of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 110; providing authority to impose a fee and impose fines and penalties.


SB 1260 (CS) (LC)Creighton

Relating to certain contracts regarding airports operated by or on behalf of a local government.


SB 1289 (CS) (LC)Perry

Relating to the disposal of reclaimed wastewater.


SB 1305 (LC)Nichols

Relating to the transfer of the ownership rights of the City of Nacogdoches in the Central Heights Water System to the Angelina and Neches River Authority.


SB 1325 (CS) (LC)Alvarado

Relating to the notice given to certain victims of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat.


SB 1332 (CS) (LC)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the provision of funding to the Texas Historical Commission for state historic sites.


SB 1333 (CS) (LC)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the creation of the Texas state buildings preservation endowment fund, including the transfer to the fund of the unencumbered balances of certain other funds.


SB 1373 (LC)Hughes

Relating to decedents' estates and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with those estates or multiple-party accounts.


SB 1418 (CS) (LC)LaMantia

Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.


SB 1420 (CS) (LC)Birdwell

Relating to municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes.


SB 1425 (CS) (LC)Perry/ et al.

Relating to disbursements from the universal service fund for certain small and rural companies.


SB 1439 (LC)Springer

Relating to the ad valorem taxation of tangible personal property held or used for the production of income by related business entities.


SB 1444 (LC)Zaffirini/ Eckhardt/ et al.

Relating to the public retirement systems for employees of certain municipalities.


SB 1457 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to guardianships and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with guardianship proceedings.


SB 1509 (LC)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to the service retirement eligibility and benefits of certain members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.


SB 1524 (LC)Blanco/ et al.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to provide department services on federal military property.


SB 1527 (LC)Huffman/ et al.

Relating to human trafficking, including the prosecution and punishment of compelling and solicitation of prostitution and other sexual or assaultive offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense.


SB 1588 (LC)Blanco/ et al.

Relating to variances from Department of State Health Services rules governing the provision of emergency medical services.


SB 1603 (LC)Hughes/ et al.

Relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain interlocutory appeals.


SB 1612 (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to court administration and costs; increasing certain court costs; authorizing fees.


SB 1614 (CS) (LC)Perry

Relating to the computation of the cost of goods sold by television and radio broadcasters for purposes of the franchise tax.


SB 1699 (CS) (LC)Johnson

Relating to the participation of aggregated distributed energy resources in the ERCOT market.


SB 1717 (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking.


SB 1741 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in Webb County.


SB 1746 (CS) (LC)Perry

Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from a groundwater conservation district for certain temporary water wells.


SB 1751 (CS) (LC)Kolkhorst/ Campbell/ Nichols/ et al.

Relating to the regulation and tax treatment of facilities in the ERCOT power region that demand a large load of interruptible power.


SB 1801 (LC)Springer

Relating to a requirement that each appraisal district periodically confirm that recipients of residence homestead exemptions qualify for those exemptions.


SB 1820 (CS) (LC)Hall

Relating to the prohibited play and facilitation of play of a lottery game by telephone or through the Internet.


SB 1835 (LC)Hinojosa

Relating to certain contract and notice requirements for the cancellation of a health spa membership.


SB 1854 (LC)Paxton/ et al.

Relating to optional group benefits for dental and vision care under the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program.


SB 1859 (LC)Hancock

Relating to benefits and services for veterans and certain other related benefits.


SB 1869 (LC)Perry

Relating to the disposition of surplus real property no longer needed for state highway purposes.


SB 1900 (CS) (LC)Birdwell/ et al.

Relating to foreign terrorist organizations, including the compilation of information regarding, certain civil actions brought against, and the prosecution of certain organized crime offenses involving a foreign terrorist organization.


SB 1914 (LC)Creighton

Relating to improvement projects of the Sabine-Neches Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas.


SB 1929 (CS) (LC)Johnson/ et al.

Relating to the authority of an independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region to require information from and registration by certain facilities.


SB 1965 (CS) (LC)Alvarado

Relating to requirements for the purchase or acquisition of certain water and sewer systems.


SB 2150 (LC)Nichols

Relating to the designation of the portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Joaquin as the Lt. General O.R. "Cotton" Whiddon Memorial Highway.


The following bills were removed from the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:


SB 501 (LC)Hughes

Relating to a cause of action for the bad faith washout of an overriding royalty interest in an oil and gas lease.


SB 540 (CS) (LC)Campbell

Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities.


SB 1562 (LC)Hancock/ Huffman/ et al.

Relating to creating the criminal offense of child grooming.


SB 1568 (LC)Campbell

Relating to the persons authorized or appointed to exercise the power of sale under the terms of a contract lien on real property.


Committee referral on the following:


SB 2154 Sparks

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

Local Government


SB 2602 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.

Local Government


SB 2603 Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 216; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government


HB 49 Klick/ Lalani

Relating to public access to certain hospital investigation information and materials.

Health & Human Services


HB 140 González, Mary/ Frank/ Lozano/ Noble/ Harris, Caroline/ et al.

Relating to the provision of certain co-navigation services to individuals who are deaf-blind.

Health & Human Services


HB 362 Oliverson/ Howard/ Talarico/ Cole/ Leo-Wilson/ et al.

Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of fentanyl, alpha-methylfentanyl, or any other derivative of fentanyl.

Criminal Justice


HB 393 Goldman/ Burrows/ Moody/ Canales/ Metcalf/ et al.

Relating to restitution payments for the support of a child whose parent or guardian is a victim of intoxication manslaughter.

Criminal Justice


HB 450 Craddick/ Burrows/ Morales, Eddie

Relating to a cause of action for the bad faith washout of an overriding royalty interest in an oil and gas lease.

Administration


HB 456 Craddick/ Geren/ Cook/ Burrows/ Rose

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain royalty interests owned by a charitable organization.

Local Government


HB 471 Patterson/ Capriglione/ Burrows/ Canales/ Lujan/ et al.

Relating to the entitlement to and claims for benefits for certain first responders and other employees related to illness and injury.

Business & Commerce


HB 639 Lozano

Relating to the number of temporary licenses to conduct bingo issued to certain authorized organizations in a calendar year.

State Affairs


HB 729 Rose/ Sherman, Sr.

Relating to the statewide intellectual and developmental disability coordinating council.

Health & Human Services


HB 796 Button/ Guillen/ Turner/ Lopez, Janie/ Bumgarner/ et al.

Relating to the creation and maintenance by an appraisal district of a publicly available Internet database of information regarding protest hearings conducted by the appraisal review board established for the district.

Local Government


HB 1058 Goldman/ Talarico

Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for certain housing developments.

Finance


HB 1161 Meyer/ Leach/ Bowers/ Lujan/ et al.

Relating to the confidentiality of home address information for victims of child abduction and to the administration of the address confidentiality program by the office of the attorney general.

Criminal Justice


HB 1228 Metcalf/ Toth/ et al.

Relating to the right of a property owner or the owner's agent to receive on request a copy of the information used to appraise the owner's property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Local Government


HB 1315 Herrero

Relating to the creation of the open burn pit registry fund and the issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the United States armed forces exposed to open burn pits.

Transportation


HB 1382 Hernandez

Relating to the public sale of real property taken in execution of a judgment.

Local Government


HB 1488 Rose/ Johnson, Jarvis/ Johnson, Ann/ Oliverson/ et al.

Relating to sickle cell disease health care improvement and the sickle cell task force.

Health & Human Services


HB 1699 King, Tracy O.

Relating to the authority of the Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District to impose certain fees.

Local Government


HB 1964 Hernandez/ Cain

Relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report to an employee or authorized representative of a vehicle storage facility.

Transportation


HB 2468 Burrows/ Tepper/ Metcalf/ Cortez/ et al.

Relating to the entitlement of an injured employee to lifetime income benefits under the workers' compensation system.

Business & Commerce


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