BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Tuesday March 21, 2023 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient or the surviving spouse of a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Local Government |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the utilities reliability fund and the utilities reliability revenue fund to provide financial support for projects that enhance the reliability and resiliency of the power grid in this state. Business & Commerce |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the technical institution infrastructure fund and the available workforce education fund to support the capital needs of career and technical education programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas power resiliency fund to finance the operation of backup power sources. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the procedure for duplicating ballots for automatic counting. State Affairs |
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Relating to advance directives and health care treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients, including a review of those directives and decisions. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a centers of excellence program developed by the Texas Judicial Council and a merit payment for certain justices and judges. Finance |
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Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the public school foundational curriculum for civics education and social studies. Education |
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Relating to the regulation of industrial housing and buildings. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient or the surviving spouse of a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Local Government |
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Relating to the accountability system for public school educator preparation programs. Education |
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Relating to certain procedural requirements for public improvement districts and transfers of property located in public improvement districts. Local Government |
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Relating to the authority of a physician to supervise or delegate the prescribing or ordering of a drug or device to a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to criminal liability for taking a weapon from a juvenile probation officer. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the authority of certain counties to order the microchipping of dogs; providing a civil penalty. Local Government |
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Relating to the qualified allocation plan and manual adopted for the allocation of low income housing tax credits. Local Government |
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Relating to the definition of "closing" for purposes of certain private activity bonds. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to requirements for the purchase or acquisition of certain water and sewer systems. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to a grant program for school-based health care initiatives established to serve certain underserved students. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to compensation and leave for certain employees of the office of inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to required reporting of certain discretionary prosecutorial decisions of prosecuting attorneys. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed on or near the premises of a day-care center, school, or postsecondary educational institution. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal conduct involving a reckless driving exhibition and to the forfeiture of contraband as a result of a reckless driving exhibition. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to liability of judges and magistrates for the improper release on personal bond of defendants accused of committing certain felony offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to employment and retirement consequences for an educator convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor. Finance |
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Relating to criminal history record information for certain special master, magistrate, referee, or other court official applicants appointed or employed by state judges. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of the Texas Advanced Research Institute. Finance |
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Relating to the delegation of authority to issue permits for nuclear power reactor operators from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the Public Utility Commission of Texas. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the consideration of criminal history record information of applicants for public employment or an occupational license. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain children enrolled in a special education program for free prekindergarten programs in public schools. Education |
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Relating to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizing fees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to requiring certain entities to report purchases of single-family homes. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation of a Texas conditional driver's permit, provisional Texas conditional driver's permit, and Texas conditional learner's permit; authorizing fees; creating an offense. Transportation |
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Relating to the relationship between dentists and certain employee benefit plans and health insurers. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the supervision of students during a recess period provided by a public school. Education |
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Relating to charges imposed for costs related to Winter Storm Uri Finance |
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Relating to public-private partnerships for public and private facilities and infrastructure. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the establishment of a committee to study the formation of a Texas Bicentennial Commission. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to prohibiting the acquisition or use of certain unmanned aircraft by a governmental entity. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to water loss in water delivery systems for certain municipally owned water utilities. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores; providing a civil penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the procedure for selecting a provider of professional services by certain water districts. Local Government |
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Relating to the authorization of disbursements by the board of directors of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority. Local Government |
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Relating to remotely conducting depositions, hearings, and other proceedings in juvenile cases. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the authority of the secretary of state to order a new election in certain counties. State Affairs |
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Relating to vote harvesting; creating a civil penalty. State Affairs |
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Relating to requiring a general custodian of election records to adopt procedures for public inspection of voted ballots. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain personnel policies of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to certain related duties of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the calculation of the ad valorem tax rate of a taxing unit. Local Government |
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Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates. Local Government |
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Relating to the calculation of the unused increment rate of a taxing unit. Local Government |
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Relating to the commissioning of peace officers by certain parochial schools in certain counties. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the security of election systems. State Affairs |
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Relating to a limitation on the generation capacity provided for the ERCOT power grid from wind and solar generation facilities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to counting certain voted ballots by hand; creating a criminal penalty. State Affairs |
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Relating to the designation of fentanyl poisoning for purposes of the death certificate. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the form of an appraisal review board order determining a protest. Local Government |
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Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to authorize and finance certain venue projects; authorizing the imposition of a tax. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the use of the revenue derived from the municipal hotel occupancy tax by certain municipalities and to the rate at which that tax is imposed by those municipalities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to operating requirements for farm mutual insurance companies related to insurance in force on rural property. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process and information in certain investigations conducted by the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of hearing aids and the practices of audiology and the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to prohibitions on camping in a public place. Local Government |
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Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole of certain persons convicted of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of mass terroristic threat and to the establishment of the task force on mass violence prevention. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to requirements for certain Internet websites containing sexual material harmful to minors. State Affairs |
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Relating to the liability of entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services to provide community-based care or child welfare services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to requirements for and prohibited uses of information contained in the immunization registry. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the registration, ownership, and operation of certain motor vehicles. Transportation |
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Relating to election precinct boundaries and the establishment of polling places. State Affairs |
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Relating to the approval of beach access and use plans by the commissioner of the General Land Office. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the designation of the Aaron M. Hicks Memorial Interchange. Transportation |
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Relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed of Brazoria County. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the administration of the Texas Innovative Adult Career Education (ACE) Grant Program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to the establishment of The University of Texas at Austin Civitas School of Civic and International Leadership. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to the flying of the United States and Texas flags by public schools. Education |
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Relating to the allocation of certain federal money provided under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. Local Government |
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Relating to prohibiting the extension of the period of a driver's license suspension for certain driving while license invalid convictions. Transportation |
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Relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of obligation. Local Government |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain biosecurity and other sensitive information shared with the Texas Animal Health Commission. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of platting and subdivisions of land by a municipality or county. Local Government |
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Relating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election. Local Government |
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Relating to health care practitioner authority regarding certain do-not-resuscitate orders, including the use of electronic copies and photographs of out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate orders. Health & Human Services |
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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. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the manner in which certain criminal proceedings are conducted. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to prohibiting the carrying of a handgun by a member of a criminal street gang while engaged in criminal activity; creating a criminal offense; changing the eligibility for community supervision. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving obstructing a highway or other passageway by engaging in a reckless driving exhibition or street racing on a highway. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the regulation of recycling and recycled products. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to data or information collected by the statewide all payor claims database and the composition of the stakeholder advisory group. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the repeal of the criminal offense of homosexual conduct. State Affairs |
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Relating to creating a mental health allotment under the Foundation School Program. Education |
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Relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health professionals. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or failure to satisfy a judgment. State Affairs |
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Relating to the provision of information to a party in an eviction suit regarding the party's right to appeal a judgment and procedures for appeal. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to permit fees for groundwater wells imposed by the Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation District. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the disposition of burial spaces and abandoned plots in certain cemeteries in the possession and control of a municipality. Local Government |
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Relating to a directory of e-cigarettes and alternative nicotine products sold in this state, and regulation of the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes and alternative nicotine products; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; imposing a civil penalty; imposing administrative penalties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the process for recovering overpayments under Medicaid. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the use of a broker for the sale of real property by the Nueces County Hospital District. Local Government |
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Relating to the operation and management of the Iwo Jima monument and museum by the Texas Historical Commission. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the employment of or contracting for armed commissioned security officers as school district security personnel. Education |
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Relating to grant programs established to support nursing education and training. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to the sale, possession, or consumption of alcoholic beverages at the Texas State History Museum. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the modification of model subdivision rules. Local Government |
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Relating to bids or proposals required for insurance and risk pool contracts entered into by a school district, municipality, or county. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the oversight of and reporting requirements for the county elections administrator. State Affairs |
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Relating to the dissemination of patient information through a telemedicine, telehealth, or teledentistry service. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the recovery of overpayments made to dentists by certain employee benefit plans and health insurers. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to state agency employment openings and aptitude assessments. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the public sale of real property taken in execution of a judgment. Local Government |
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Relating to the information maintained by the Texas Education Agency regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities. Education |
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Relating to the required posting of signs regarding human trafficking penalties by certain schools. Education |
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Relating to the funding of projects by the Public Utility Commission of Texas to promote the reliability and resiliency of the power grid in this state; authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to automatic recounts of certain elections. State Affairs |
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Relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to commissioned peace officers employed by the attorney general. Finance |
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Relating to certain suits for personal injury that arise as a result of conduct that violates certain Penal Code provisions concerning sexual offenses against a child but that are filed against certain persons who did not commit the conduct that violated those Penal Code provisions. State Affairs |
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Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an aggravated assault occurring as part of a mass shooting; increasing a criminal penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code, including amendments concerning certain intangible assets and the perfection of security interests in those assets. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to access by members of the legislature to training materials used by state agencies. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the establishment of the Building Better Futures Program to support educational and occupational skills training opportunities and support services for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at public and private institutions of higher education. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to senior justice assessment centers in certain counties. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to peace officer reporting of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability to the adult protective services division of the Department of Family and Protective Services. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the development of a language access plan to increase access to assistance under health and human services programs by certain individuals. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to banning the use of pay-per-view in University Interscholastic athletic competitions. Education |
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Relating to the disruption of quiet enjoyment of a residence with pamphlets, leaflets, or flyers demonstrating ethnic or religious animus; providing a civil penalty. State Affairs |
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Relating to a public school student's transition from an alternative education program to a regular classroom and the admission of certain students with a criminal or disciplinary history. Education |
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Relating to creating a fine arts allotment under the public school finance system. Education |
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Relating to a grant program for crime victim notification systems. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a property right in DNA; providing injunctive relief and a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to an exemption from jury service for the spouse of an officer or employee in the legislative branch of government. State Affairs |
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Relating to the instructional material list and supplemental instructional materials adopted by the State Board of Education. Education |
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Relating to prohibited adverse employment action against certain first responders based on post-traumatic stress disorder. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the authority of a taxing unit to sell certain seized or foreclosed property to an owner of an abutting property without conducting a public sale. Local Government |
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Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate the locations in which a person may carry a firearm. State Affairs |
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Relating to preventing racial profiling and to video and audio equipment and recordings of certain law enforcement motor vehicle stops; creating an offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to prohibiting the carrying, possession, or storage of a semiautomatic rifle on the campus of a public or private institution of higher education; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense involving the possession or carrying of certain weapons on the premises or property of certain locations. State Affairs |
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Relating to the use of force by peace officers and other officer interactions and duties. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a municipality to annex property in certain water districts. Local Government |
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Relating to oversight by a county commissioners court of certain emergency services districts. Local Government |
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Relating to motor vehicle franchised dealers and the reimbursement of motor vehicle franchised dealers by manufacturers and distributors for warranty, recall, and preparation and delivery work. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to defenses to prosecution of the criminal offenses of gambling, keeping a gambling place, and possession of a gambling device, equipment, or paraphernalia and county regulation of poker clubs; providing civil penalties; authorizing an occupational license; authorizing a fee; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain notifications related to the rights of crime victims. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the initial registration and inspection period for certain rental vehicles; authorizing fees. Transportation |
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Relating to transferring certain investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation to the Health and Human Services Commission. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to certain benefits paid by the Employees Retirement System of Texas. Finance |
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Relating to the regulation of third-party data collection entities; providing a civil penalty and authorizing a fee. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the Judicial Branch Certification Commission; authorizing the Supreme Court of Texas to adopt rules on ineligibility to renew a certification, registration, or license issued by the commission; specifying conditions for the imposition of administrative sanctions by the commission. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the ownership of the pore space underlying the surface of land and to the use of that space for the geologic storage of carbon dioxide; authorizing a fee. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the procedure by which a regional water planning group is required to provide notice of certain public meetings or hearings. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem in certain suits filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the provision of natural gas by and rates charged by certain gas utilities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to reporting by operators of certain gas supply chain facilities and gas pipeline facilities on a failure to perform a contractual obligation due to a weather emergency. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to resources used to ensure the continuous provision of power. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to deadlines and time of inception for mechanic's and materialman's liens. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the establishment of the office of independent ombudsman for the Texas Education Agency. Education |
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Relating to improvements to the Texas Information and Referral Network. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District. Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the information that must be included in a school district bond election proposition. Education |
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Relating to the calculation of the enrichment tax rate for certain school districts. Education |
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Relating to the identification of areas supported by the broadband development program and a plan of the universal service fund. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the establishment of a family protection representation program within the Texas Indigent Defense Commission. State Affairs |
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Relating to property owner liability for personal injury claims arising from insurance restoration projects in which a contractor or subcontractor does not maintain workers' compensation insurance coverage. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the fast growth allotment under the public school finance system. Education |
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Relating to the participation of the medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler in the Joint Admission Medical Program. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to requiring an opt-out policy for accelerated mathematics courses for certain students. Education |
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Relating to the suspension of the authority of a county election officer. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a county to administer a used tire buy back program. Local Government |
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Relating to the required approval of certain hospital visits as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision for certain releasees and to the hospital's liability for damages resulting from those visits. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the establishment of the Task Force on Concrete Plants. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the establishment of an independent market monitor for the natural gas market by the Railroad Commission of Texas. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the establishment by the Railroad Commission of Texas of a policy to eliminate the routine flaring of natural gas from wells or other facilities regulated by the commission. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the treatment of a replacement structure for a structure that was rendered uninhabitable or unusable by a casualty or by wind or water damage as a new improvement for ad valorem tax purposes. Local Government |
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Relating to the provision of counseling services by certain providers under Medicaid and reimbursement for those services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to transportation procedures for certain end stage renal disease facility patients during a declared disaster. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the use of telemedicine and telehealth services in the juvenile justice system. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the course information required to be posted on a public institution of higher education's Internet website; providing an administrative penalty. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to measures to support public secondary and postsecondary American history and civics education, including the satisfaction of curriculum requirements in American History at institutions of higher education and the establishment of the American History and Civics Project. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to offer an undergraduate course in financial literacy and soft skills. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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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. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the creation of the Opportunity High School Diploma pilot program. Subcommittee on Higher Education |
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Relating to a student's eligibility for special education services provided by a school district, including services for dyslexia and related disorders. Education |
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Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the technology applications curriculum for public school students. Education |
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Relating to requiring the attorney general to establish a process to identify and report certain foreign-related transactions in this state to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. State Affairs |
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Relating to the eligibility for and access to certain Medicaid waiver programs, including the medically dependent children (MDCP) and the Texas home living (TxHmL) waiver programs. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to advanced air mobility technology. Transportation |
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Relating to the provision and delivery of benefits to certain recipients under Medicaid. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to oversight by the comptroller of financial institution divestments from certain industries. State Affairs |
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Relating to the amendment of the designation of cultural or historic districts in certain municipalities. Local Government |
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Relating to the statute of limitations for possession or promotion of child pornography. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to boycott, coercion, and intimidation activities by insurance companies regarding environmental, social, and governance matters. State Affairs |
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Relating to the designation of the portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Joaquin as the Lt. General O.R. "Cotton" Whiddon Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to the establishment of an Education Savings Account program. Education |
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Relating to the administration, coordination, and support of public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program and an Advanced Career and Education (ACE) scholarship program for students enrolled in dual credit courses. Subcommittee on Higher Education |