REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS |
Monday March 30, 2015 |
SENATE BILLS (Calendar Order) |
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
|
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. |
|
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife. |
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
|
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
SENATE BILLS (Second Reading) |
|
Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
|
Relating to the eligibility of presidential general election debates for distributions from a Major Events trust fund. |
|
Relating to the criteria for awarding the Texas Purple Heart Medal to members of the armed forces wounded or killed at Fort Hood on November 5, 2009. |
|
Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business in awarding certain county contracts. |
|
Relating to the presumption of abandonment of certain tangible personal property held by a county. |
|
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Workforce Investment Council, including assumption of the duties of the Texas Skill Standards Board. |
|
Relating to the eligibility of a landman for unemployment compensation. |
|
Relating to a disqualification for unemployment benefits for refusing to take or failing a preemployment drug test. |
|
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor recipients of certain military medals. |
|
Relating to video recordings made by children's advocacy centers. |
|
Relating to the elimination of certain court fees and costs. |
|
Relating to the time of delivery to the early voting ballot board for ballots voted by mail in certain counties. |
|
Relating to the liability of a political subdivision of this state for certain claims relating to land acquired by the political subdivision under certain circumstances. |
|
Relating to authorizing a revocable deed that transfers real property at the transferor's death. |
|
Relating to the restructuring of certain fund accounts of the Texas County and District Retirement System. |
|
Relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 287 in Midlothian as the Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield Memorial Highway. |
|
Relating to the creation of a grant program to support community mental health programs for veterans with mental illness. |
|
Relating to regional coordinators within the veteran entrepreneur program. |
|
Relating to general officers within the state military department. |
|
Relating to the employment of individuals qualified for a veteran's employment preference. |
|
Relating to the College Credit for Heroes program. |
|
Relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of fraudulent or fictitious military record. |
|
Relating to ensuring that certain military members and their spouses and dependents maintain their positions on interest lists or other waiting lists for certain health and human services assistance programs. |
|
Relating to the placement of military occupational specialty codes on certain notices of state agency employment openings. |
|
Relating to docket preference for trials in which the alleged victim is younger than 14 years of age. |
|
Relating to the punishment of certain controlled substance offenses committed in a drug-free zone. |
|
Relating to the repeal of certain state taxes. |
|
Relating to the taxation of fireworks. |
|
Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for telecommunications services used for the navigation of certain farm and ranch machinery and equipment. |
|
Relating to the duty of the Water Conservation Advisory Council to submit a report and recommendations regarding water conservation in this state. |
|
Relating to the investigation and prosecution of offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses, and offenses involving insurance fraud or the imposition of the motor fuels tax. |
|
Relating to appointment of a nonparent as managing conservator of a child. |
|
Relating to the authority of certain contiguous municipalities to agree to extend municipal court jurisdiction. |
|
Relating to a temporary restraining order for preservation of property and protection of the parties in a suit for the dissolution of marriage. |
|
Relating to the requirement that a parent appointed as a conservator of a child disclose certain information regarding family violence. |
|
Relating to the applicability of certain definitions and certain laws governing attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, and amicus attorneys in family law proceedings. |
|
Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to retain assistance for federal proceedings affecting certain electric utilities and consumers. |
|
Relating to the repeal of the goal for natural gas use. |
|
Relating to the setting of annual interest rates for utility deposits by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. |
|
Relating to the exercise of eminent domain by certain toll road corporations. |
|
Relating to the governing board of the Trinity Valley Community College District. |
|
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of breach of computer security. |
|
Relating to the use of fireworks at certain Texas Department of Transportation rest areas; creating a criminal offense. |
|
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the Shepherd Independent School District; requiring the payment of certain transaction fees. |
|
Relating to the issuance of Texas Medical Center specialty license plates. |
|
Relating to a public duty justification for conduct of a service member of the Texas military forces. |
|
Relating to occupational license application and examination fees for certain military service members, military veterans, and military spouses. |
|
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Public Safety, military and law enforcement training, and the investigation, prosecution, punishment, and prevention of certain offenses; creating an offense and increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. |
|
Relating to the powers and duties of the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System and to workers' compensation coverage for employees of the system's components. |
|
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of prostitution. |
|
Relating to public meetings of joint airport boards. |
|
Relating to the promulgation of certain forms for use in landlord-tenant matters. |
|
Relating to exempting the procurement of services for victims of family violence from competitive bidding requirements. |
|
Relating to a report concerning information security for this state's information resources. |
|
Relating to increasing the amount of burial benefits required to be paid by an insurance carrier under the workers' compensation system. |
|
Relating to perpetual care cemeteries. |
|
Relating to the appointment of the commissioners of certain financial regulatory agencies by the Finance Commission of Texas. |
|
Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed or owned by certain municipalities. |
|
Relating to the use of electronic processes by and electronic information submitted to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; authorizing a fee. |
|
Relating to collection and use of certain information reported to and by the Texas Department of Insurance and certain approval authority and hearings held in connection with reported information. |
|
Relating to the confidentiality of certain property tax appraisal photographs. |
|
Relating to debit card or stored value card surcharges; providing a civil penalty. |
|
Relating to partnerships and limited liability companies. |
|
Relating to the availability of certain property and casualty insurance forms on the Internet. |
|
Relating to the regulation by a municipality or county of the rental or leasing of housing accommodations. |
|
Relating to corporations and fundamental business transactions. |
|
Relating to measures to support public school student academic achievement and career preparation, including measures to improve and support dual credit courses and the development of public outreach materials. |
|
Relating to public school performance ratings. |
|
Relating to a prohibition on the use and possession of e-cigarettes on school property or at school-related or school-sanctioned activities. |
|
Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education in this state. |
|
Relating to public school educator continuing education credit for instruction on the use of an automated external defibrillator. |
|
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Health Services Authority as a quasi-governmental entity and the electronic exchange of health care information. |
|
Relating to the control of infectious diseases. |
|
Relating to a request for a waiver of the waiting period before human remains may be cremated. |
|
Relating to the registration of dental support organizations; imposing a fee; requiring an occupational registration; providing a civil penalty. |
|
Relating to the abuse and neglect of residents of certain facilities. |
|
Relating to the licensing and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies. |
|
Relating to waivers of citation in certain family law suits. |
|
Relating to the county courts at law in Bexar County. |
|
Relating to the liability of certain social workers who provide volunteer health care services to charitable organizations. |
|
Relating to the notification duties of a state governmental entity with public retirement system investment holdings in Sudan or Iran. |
|
Relating to state agency contracting; creating an offense. |
|
Relating to the express preemption of regulation of oil and gas operations and the exclusive jurisdiction of those operations by the state. |
|
Relating to the period of eligibility for support from the universal service plan for certain providers. |
|
Relating to continuing eligibility requirements for institutions of higher education to participate in the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (T-STEM) Challenge Scholarship Program. |
|
Relating to the imposition of the student centers fee at Texas Woman's University. |
|
Relating to certain criminal procedures for misdemeanor offenses committed by children. |
|
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of online solicitation of a minor. |
|
Relating to providing inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with information regarding reentry and reintegration resources. |
|
Relating to certification requirements for teachers in bilingual education. |
|
Relating to educator preparation programs and teacher certification examinations. |
|
Relating to painting and marking requirements for certain meteorological evaluation towers; creating an offense. |
|
Relating to the use of supplemental environmental projects by a local government to come into compliance with environmental laws or remediate environmental harm caused by the local government. |
|
Relating to the regulation of dangerous wild animals. |
|
Relating to the confidentiality of certain water well reports. |
|
Relating to the protection and use of certain products, information, and technology of the Parks and Wildlife Department. |
|
Relating to the failure to handle certain animals in accordance with rules of the Texas Animal Health Commission; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. |
|
Relating to the indexing of correction instruments in a county index to real property records. |
|
Relating to the licensing of vehicles for hire by certain airport governing boards; authorizing the imposition of fees. |
|
Relating to information collected by a regional tollway authority, regional transportation authority, or coordinated county transportation authority. |
|
Relating to certain insurers' insurance rating and underwriting practices based on certain consumer inquiries. |
|
Relating to the development of antifraud educational programs by the Texas Department of Insurance and acceptance of gifts, grants, and donations for the department's fraud unit. |
|
Relating to license holders authorized to obtain label approval for beer, ale, and malt liquor. |
|
Relating to the amount of temporary income benefits to which an injured employee is entitled under the workers' compensation system. |
|
Relating to certain practices in the business of personal automobile insurance. |
|
Relating to the investigation by the commissioner of insurance of acts of insurance fraud. |
|
Relating to reinsurance, distributions, and pooling arrangements by captive insurance companies. |
|
Relating to the expiration of licenses for insurance agents and adjusters. |
|
Relating to the licensing of insurance agents and adjusters; providing a penalty. |
|
Relating to provider access and assignment requirements for a Medicaid managed care organization. |
|
Relating to the physician assistant board. |
|
Relating to education and training programs for food handlers; eliminating the authority of a local health jurisdiction to require certain fees. |
|
Relating to testing for and education about congenital cytomegalovirus in infants. |
|
Relating to deferred maintenance funding for state facilities. |
|
Relating to the Texas Real Estate Commission and the regulation of certain real estate professionals. |
|
Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education. |
|
Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to restrict participation in the retail electric market for significant violations. |
|
Relating to a study on periodic rate adjustment by electric utilities. |
|
Relating to a pan american games trust fund, an olympic games trust fund, a major events trust fund, a motor sports racing trust fund, an events trust fund for sporting and non-sporting events, and a special event trust fund. |
|
Relating to the goal for renewable energy and competitive renewable energy zones. |
|
Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to review transmission interconnections that enable imports or exports from the ERCOT power grid. |
|
Relating to public school teacher performance appraisals, continuing education, professional development, career advancement, and compensation. |
|
Relating to housing services provided through the transitional living services program to certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
|
Relating to encouraging age-appropriate normalcy activities for children in the managing conservatorship of the state. |
|
Relating to measures to support or enhance graduate medical education in this state, including the transfer of assets following the dissolution of the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association. |
| |||
| |||
|