Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments for 5/24/2017

SENATE BILLS RETURNED FROM HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS



Wednesday

May 24, 2017




SB 5 Huffman/ Bettencourt/ Birdwell/ Buckingham/ Burton/ et al. SP: King, Phil/ et al.

Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification; providing a criminal penalty.


SB 8 Schwertner/ Campbell/ Kolkhorst/ Nelson/ Perry/ et al. SP: Burkett/ et al.

Relating to certain prohibited abortions and the treatment and disposition of a human fetus, human fetal tissue, and embryonic and fetal tissue remains; creating a civil cause of action; imposing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses.


SB 11 Schwertner/ Nelson/ Uresti/ et al. SP: Frank/ et al.

Relating to the administration of services provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services, including foster care, child protective services, and prevention and early intervention services.


SB 27 Campbell/ et al. SP: Blanco

Relating to the mental health program for veterans.


SB 30 West/ Whitmire/ et al. SP: Thompson, Senfronia/ et al.

Relating to inclusion of instruction regarding interaction with peace officers in the required curriculum for certain public school students and in driver education courses and to civilian interaction training for peace officers.


SB 36 Zaffirini SP: Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to the regulation of certain guardianship programs.


SB 39 Zaffirini SP: Farrar

Relating to guardianships, substitutes for guardianships, and durable powers of attorney for persons with disabilities or who are incapacitated.


SB 73 Nelson/ et al. SP: Geren

Relating to leave policy and procedures for state employees.


SB 80 Nelson SP: Price

Relating to certain required reports prepared by state agencies and other governmental entities.


SB 81 Nelson SP: Davis, Sarah/ et al.

Relating to the operations of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas; authorizing a trust company to charge the institute an investment fee.


SB 190 Uresti SP: Wu

Relating to the administrative closure of certain reported cases of child abuse or neglect made to the Department of Family and Protective Services.


SB 195 Garcia/ et al. SP: Allen

Relating to funding under the transportation allotment for public school students subject to a high risk of violence while walking to school.


SB 196 Garcia/ et al. SP: Coleman

Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.


SB 213 Menéndez/ et al. SP: Rodriguez, Justin

Relating to the office of ombudsman for the Department of Family and Protective Services.


SB 224 Watson/ et al. SP: Davis, Sarah/ et al.

Relating to the sunset review date for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and the time for awarding cancer research and prevention grants.


SB 248 Schwertner SP: Shine/ et al.

Relating to the dissolution of the Chisholm Trail Special Utility District.


SB 255 Zaffirini SP: Simmons

Relating to training for governmental entities and vendors, including purchasing and contract management training; authorizing fees.


SB 262 Zaffirini SP: Guillen

Relating to certain purchasing by state agencies and local governments.


SB 277 Campbell/ et al. SP: Frank

Relating to the eligibility of certain property for certain ad valorem tax incentives relating to wind-powered energy devices.


SB 292 Huffman/ Nelson/ Schwertner/ et al. SP: Price/ et al.

Relating to the creation of a grant program to reduce recidivism, arrest, and incarceration of individuals with mental illness.


SB 302 Watson/ Hinojosa/ Taylor, Van SP: Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to the continuation and functions of the state bar.


SB 303 Watson/ Hinojosa/ Taylor, Van SP: Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Board of Law Examiners.


SB 315 Hinojosa/ Nichols/ Schwertner/ Taylor, Van/ Watson SP: Burkett/ et al.

Relating to the enforcement of subpoenas and the regulation of pain management clinics by the Texas Medical Board.


SB 317 Nichols/ Hinojosa/ Schwertner/ Taylor, Van/ Watson SP: Burkett/ et al.

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners, the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners, and the Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners; authorizing a fee.


SB 319 Watson/ Hinojosa/ Schwertner/ Taylor, Van SP: Raymond

Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; authorizing a reduction in fees; providing penalties.


SB 396 Zaffirini SP: Kuempel/ et al.

Relating to the designation of Business State Highway 123-B in Guadalupe County as the Texas Game Warden Teyran "Ty" Patterson Memorial Highway.


SB 416 Watson/ et al. SP: Smithee

Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the State Bar of Texas.


SB 463 Seliger/ Nichols/ et al. SP: Huberty/ et al.

Relating to the use of individual graduation committees to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements.


SB 468 Lucio SP: Oliveira

Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities in coastal border counties.


SB 490 Lucio SP: Huberty/ et al.

Relating to information regarding the number of school counselors in public schools.


SB 491 Watson/ et al. SP: Howard

Relating to the statewide preceptorship program in family medicine.


SB 532 Nelson SP: Capriglione/ et al.

Relating to information collected about and purchases of information technology by governmental entities.


SB 537 Hinojosa SP: Lozano

Relating to requiring the disclosure of special course fees at public institutions of higher education.


SB 570 Rodríguez/ et al. SP: Walle/ et al.

Relating to the regulation of the retention, storage, transportation, disposal, processing, and reuse of used or scrap tires; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.


SB 578 Lucio/ et al. SP: Gutierrez/ et al.

Relating to measures to facilitate the delivery of certain mental health services for veterans.


SB 589 Lucio/ et al. SP: Simmons/ et al.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts; requiring an occupational license; imposing fees.


SB 634 Estes SP: Button

Relating to reporting requirements for certain skills development fund workforce training program providers.


SB 669 Nelson/ et al. SP: Zerwas/ et al.

Relating to the system for protesting or appealing certain ad valorem tax determinations; authorizing a fee.


SB 674 Schwertner/ et al. SP: Davis, Sarah/ et al.

Relating to an expedited licensing process for certain physicians specializing in psychiatry; authorizing a fee.


SB 715 Campbell/ Bettencourt/ Birdwell/ Buckingham/ Creighton/ et al. SP: Huberty/ et al.

Relating to municipal annexation.


SB 719 Zaffirini SP: Raney

Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to collect and study data on the participation of persons with intellectual disabilities in workforce education programs.


SB 721 Perry/ et al. SP: Davis, Sarah

Relating to treatment and care provided by licensed medical professionals to animals in certain facilities.


SB 725 Miles/ et al. SP: Bernal/ et al.

Relating to donation and distribution of surplus food at public schools and grace period policies for public school students with insufficient balances on prepaid meal cards.


SB 744 Kolkhorst/ et al. SP: Phelan/ et al.

Relating to a tree planting credit to offset tree mitigation fees imposed by a municipality.


SB 801 Seliger/ et al. SP: King, Ken

Relating to the instructional material list and supplemental instructional materials adopted by the State Board of Education.


SB 807 Creighton SP: Workman

Relating to choice of law and venue for certain construction contracts.


SB 810 Kolkhorst/ et al. SP: Howard

Relating to the use of open educational resources.


SB 813 Hughes/ Bettencourt/ Buckingham/ Hall/ Huffines/ et al. SP: Meyer

Relating to recovery of damages, attorney's fees, and costs related to frivolous regulatory actions by state agencies.


SB 830 Rodríguez SP: Walle

Relating to the provision of accounting statements by mortgage servicers for certain loans secured by a lien on residential real property.


SB 840 Zaffirini/ et al. SP: Martinez, "Mando"/ et al.

Relating to certain images captured by an unmanned aircraft.


SB 873 Creighton SP: Murphy

Relating to the authority and liability of owners and managers of apartment houses, manufactured home rental communities, condominiums, and multiple use facilities in charging tenants for submetered and nonsubmetered master metered water and wastewater services.


SB 894 Buckingham SP: Muñoz, Jr./ et al.

Relating to the Health and Human Services Commission's auditing of Medicaid managed care organizations and auditing and collection of Medicaid payments, including the commission's management of audit resources.


SB 920 Whitmire/ et al. SP: Lucio III

Relating to access to a residence or former residence to retrieve personal property, including access based on danger of family violence.


SB 922 Buckingham SP: Gonzales, Larry

Relating to the reimbursement of certain providers under the Medicaid program for the provision of telehealth services.


SB 924 Perry SP: Klick

Relating to informal dispute resolutions for violations of health and safety standards at certain long-term care facilities; authorizing the imposition of costs.


SB 968 Watson/ et al. SP: Alvarado/ et al.

Relating to requiring certain public and private institutions of higher education to provide students and employees an option to electronically report certain offenses to the institution.


SB 969 Watson/ et al. SP: Leach/ et al.

Relating to requiring certain public and private institutions of higher education to provide amnesty to students who report incidents of sexual assault.


SB 999 West/ et al. SP: Giddings

Relating to procedures for taking possession of a child and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.


SB 1001 Taylor, Larry/ et al. SP: Paul/ et al.

Relating to vehicles exempt from vehicle safety inspections.


SB 1004 Hancock/ et al. SP: Geren

Relating to the deployment of network nodes in public right-of-way; authorizing fees.


SB 1005 Campbell SP: Deshotel

Relating to the use of the SAT or the ACT as a secondary exit-level assessment instrument to allow certain public school students to receive a high school diploma.


SB 1009 Perry SP: Larson

Relating to administrative completeness requirements for permit and permit amendment applications for groundwater conservation districts.


SB 1051 Watson SP: Dutton

Relating to the accommodation of a deaf or hard of hearing student in driver education; authorizing a fee.


SB 1066 Schwertner/ Buckingham/ Campbell/ Huffman/ Nelson/ et al. SP: Lozano

Relating to meeting the graduate medical education needs of new medical degree programs offered by public institutions of higher education and to the employment status of certain residents participating in certain graduate medical education programs.


SB 1076 Schwertner SP: Bonnen, Greg/ et al.

Relating to amounts charged to an enrollee in a health benefit plan for prescription drugs covered by the plan.


SB 1089 Perry/ et al. SP: Burkett/ et al.

Relating to the certification of food service workers.


SB 1091 Seliger/ et al. SP: Howard/ et al.

Relating to limitations on courses that may be offered for dual credit by school districts and public institutions of higher education.


SB 1129 Hinojosa SP: Herrero

Relating to franchises granted by navigation districts.


SB 1148 Buckingham/ Bettencourt/ Burton/ Campbell/ Hinojosa/ et al. SP: Bonnen, Greg/ et al.

Relating to maintenance of certification by a physician or an applicant for a license to practice medicine in this state.


SB 1153 Menéndez/ et al. SP: Huberty

Relating to parental rights and information regarding certain intervention strategies used with public school students.


SB 1172 Perry SP: Geren/ et al.

Relating to the regulation of seed by a political subdivision.


SB 1215 Hughes SP: Shine/ et al.

Relating to responsibility for the consequences of defects in the plans, specifications, or related documents for the construction or repair of an improvement to real property.


SB 1232 Huffman/ et al. SP: Alvarado

Relating to inappropriate conduct between a person and an animal; creating a criminal offense.


SB 1233 Rodríguez SP: Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to a writ of mandamus by a court of appeals against certain judges.


SB 1248 Buckingham/ et al. SP: Lucio III

Relating to municipal regulation of manufactured home communities.


SB 1304 Perry/ et al. SP: White

Relating to confidentiality, sharing, sealing, and destruction of juvenile records.


SB 1326 Zaffirini/ et al. SP: Price/ et al.

Relating to procedures regarding criminal defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or an intellectual disability and to certain duties of the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System related to persons with mental illness.


SB 1329 Huffman SP: Smithee

Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government; increasing a fee.


SB 1330 Seliger SP: Landgraf

Relating to funding for the operations of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission.


SB 1343 Hughes SP: Parker

Relating to the prosecution of criminal offenses regarding unauthorized recordings.


SB 1353 Taylor, Larry SP: Faircloth

Relating to state financial assistance for a school district to which an academically unacceptable school district is annexed.


SB 1381 Hughes/ et al. SP: Longoria

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


SB 1383 Perry SP: King, Ken

Relating to the operation of vehicles transporting fluid milk; authorizing a fee.


SB 1401 Campbell SP: Dean

Relating to the regulation of banks and trust companies.


SB 1404 Hughes/ et al. SP: Ashby

Relating to requiring school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to report certain information regarding expanded learning opportunities.


SB 1444 West SP: Davis, Sarah/ et al.

Relating to de novo hearings in child protection cases.


SB 1450 Taylor, Larry SP: Bonnen, Greg

Relating to the rulemaking authority of the commissioner of insurance with respect to certain agreements and the effect of those agreements on this state's authority to regulate insurance.


SB 1462 Hinojosa/ et al. SP: Lucio III

Relating to local health care provider participation programs in certain counties and municipalities.


SB 1467 West SP: Lozano/ et al.

Relating to the Texas college work-study program and to establishing a program for the off-campus employment of certain students at public or private institutions of higher education.


SB 1501 Zaffirini/ et al. SP: Kuempel

Relating to the regulation of motor vehicle towing, booting, and storage and to the elimination of required state licensing for vehicle booting companies and operators.


SB 1503 Zaffirini SP: Goldman

Relating to abolishing shampoo apprentice permits and shampoo specialty certificates.


SB 1511 Perry SP: Price

Relating to the state and regional water planning process and the funding of projects included in the state water plan.


SB 1525 Perry SP: Larson

Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of water needs and availability in this state.


SB 1538 Watson SP: Phelan/ et al.

Relating to the permissible uses of the floodplain management account.


SB 1539 Watson SP: Bohac

Relating to the application of the sales and use tax to certain property and services.


SB 1553 Menéndez/ et al. SP: Bernal

Relating to the refusal of entry to or ejection from school district property.


SB 1566 Kolkhorst SP: King, Ken

Relating to certain powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district and the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school.


SB 1571 Huffman SP: Frullo

Relating to the release of a child taken into possession by a law enforcement officer.


SB 1625 Uresti SP: Cortez/ et al.

Relating to the Texas Physician Assistant Board and the licensing and regulation of physician assistants.


SB 1633 Perry SP: Oliverson/ et al.

Relating to the provision of pharmacy services through a telepharmacy system; establishing a remote dispensing site license.


SB 1649 Watson SP: Moody

Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of criminal trespass.


SB 1656 Watson/ et al. SP: Rodriguez, Eddie/ et al.

Relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones.


SB 1660 Taylor, Larry SP: King, Ken

Relating to the minutes of operation required for public school districts, charter schools, and other education programs and to calculating the average daily attendance for certain education programs.


SB 1663 Huffman SP: Flynn

Relating to contributions to, benefits from, late fees imposed by, and the administration of systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.


SB 1698 Lucio/ et al. SP: Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to outreach and awareness for women veterans in this state.


SB 1731 Birdwell/ et al. SP: Meyer

Relating to the repeal of laws governing certain state entities, including the functions of those entities.


SB 1781 West SP: González, Mary

Relating to the regulation of certain degree-granting postsecondary educational institutions by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; providing administrative penalties.


SB 1782 West SP: Clardy/ et al.

Relating to the elimination of certain formula funding and dropped course restrictions for returning adult students at public institutions of higher education and to the tuition rate that may be charged to those students for certain excessive undergraduate hours.


SB 1784 Taylor, Larry SP: Huberty

Relating to state-developed open-source instructional material for public schools.


SB 1813 Buckingham/ et al. SP: Turner

Relating to the adoption of common admission application forms for institutions of higher education.


SB 1831 Buckingham/ et al. SP: Capriglione

Relating to an annual report on state programs not funded by appropriations.


SB 1839 Hughes/ et al. SP: Koop

Relating to the preparation, certification, and classification of public school educators.


SB 1842 Lucio SP: Phelan

Relating to an application for the amendment of a certificate of public convenience and necessity in an area within the boundaries of a political subdivision.


SB 1882 Menéndez/ Bettencourt/ et al. SP: Koop

Relating to a school district contract to partner with an open-enrollment charter school to operate a district campus.


SB 1893 Birdwell/ Zaffirini SP: Smithee

Relating to the administrative judicial regions in this state.


SB 1910 Zaffirini SP: Capriglione

Relating to state agency information security plans, information technology employees, and online and mobile applications.


SB 1911 Zaffirini/ et al. SP: Farrar

Relating to posting notice of self-help resources on the Internet website of a state court and in the office of the court clerk.


SB 1913 Zaffirini/ et al. SP: Thompson, Senfronia/ et al.

Relating to the administrative, civil, and criminal consequences, including fines, fees, and costs, imposed on persons arrested for, charged with, or convicted of certain criminal offenses.


SB 1929 Kolkhorst/ et al. SP: Burkett/ et al.

Relating to maternal mortality and morbidity and pregnancy-related deaths, including postpartum depression.


SB 1932 West SP: Lucio III

Relating to eligibility requirements for registration as an interior designer.


SB 2065 Hancock SP: Kuempel

Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain occupations and activities.


SB 2076 Rodríguez SP: Pickett

Relating to the titling of motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense and authorizing fees.


SB 2078 Taylor, Larry SP: Bonnen, Dennis

Relating to the duties of school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, the Texas Education Agency, and the Texas School Safety Center regarding multihazard emergency operations plans and other school safety measures.


SB 2118 Seliger/ et al. SP: Davis, Sarah/ et al.

Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs.


SB 2131 West SP: Howard

Relating to efforts to facilitate the completion by students of undergraduate certificate and degree programs.


SB 2212 Hancock SP: Kuempel

Relating to certain real estate sales, brokerage, and advertising activities, certain functions of the Texas Real Estate Commission, and the authorization of a ground lease with the Texas Facilities Commission to construct or maintain a building.


SB 2227 Hinojosa SP: Martinez, "Mando"

Relating to an increase in and the use of the fee for permits issued for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo in Hidalgo County.


SB 2242 Hinojosa/ et al. SP: Lozano/ et al.

Relating to the resolution of disputes or errors involving the ad valorem taxation of the same property by multiple taxing units of the same type as a result of disputed, overlapping, or erroneously applied boundaries.