SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Monday March 6, 2017 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to the appointment by certain elected officials of students to receive a Texas Armed Services Scholarship. |
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Relating to the maintenance of information entered into a fee record in certain counties. |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Recognizing March 6, 2017, as ATPE Day. |
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Recognizing Dick Cole as the last surviving Doolittle Raider. |
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Recognizing ABC Pro Rodeo on the occasion of the event's 75th anniversary. |
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Recognizing March 6, 2017, as Texas Social Work Day. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to the mental health program for veterans. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the financing of ports in the state. Transportation |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners; authorizing a reduction in fees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Nursing and to the regulation of the practice of nursing. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy; authorizing a reduction in fees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the functions and territory of the Upper Colorado River Authority, following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the Sulphur River Basin Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Committee. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the Palo Duro River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council and to the continuation and transfer of the regulation of sex offender treatment providers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, chemical dependency counselors, and social workers to the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council; providing civil and administrative penalties; authorizing a fee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department of Transportation; authorizing an increase in rates charged for the use of state aircraft to provide for the acquisition of replacement aircraft. Transportation |
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Relating to the dissolution of the Falls County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the use of state money for high-speed rail operated by a private entity. Transportation |
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Relating to the filing of a bond by a private high-speed rail operator with the Texas Department of Transportation. Transportation |
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Relating to the acquisition and disposition of real property intended for high-speed rail projects. Transportation |
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Relating to state money or credit or a state guarantee used or provided for high-speed rail owned by a private entity. Transportation |
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Relating to the compatibility of a high-speed rail facility with multiple types of train technology. Transportation |
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Relating to a report by the Texas Department of Transportation and the Legislative Budget Board on high-speed rail projects. Transportation |
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Relating to the Texas Funeral Service Commission; authorizing fees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to certain duties of a sheriff regarding a county jail prisoner's health benefits coverage information. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a grant program to support the enforcement of immigration law by a municipality or county. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of an appraisal review board to direct changes in the appraisal roll and related appraisal records if a residence homestead is sold for less than the appraised value. Finance |
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Relating to the participation of a county judge in a meeting of a commissioners court conducted by videoconference call. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the amount of money transferred to the owner-builder revolving loan fund and the maximum loan amount made to persons under the owner-builder loan program. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the requirements for an application for a low income housing tax credit allocation from the nonprofit set-aside. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to providing road powers to the Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 1, of Montgomery County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to providing road district powers to the Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 3 of Montgomery County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to providing road district powers to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 131; providing authority to issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to providing road district powers to the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 130; providing authority to issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 154; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the Trinity Lakes Municipal Utility District of Montgomery County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to peace officer enforcement of federal immigration law at places of worship, hospitals, public schools, and courthouses. State Affairs |
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Relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of exploitation of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. Criminal Justice |
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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. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the feasibility of creating and maintaining a coastal barrier system. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to vehicles exempt from vehicle safety inspections. Transportation |
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Relating to accounting principles applicable to pension and other postemployment benefit expenses for electric utilities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the participation of deregulated telecommunications companies in the lifeline program. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the deployment of network nodes in public rights-of-way; authorizing fees. Business & Commerce |
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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. Education |
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Relating to the eligibility of land used as an ecological laboratory for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land. Finance |
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Relating to the disclosure to public schools of certain records of students placed in residential facilities. Education |
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Relating to funding for the economic stabilization fund, including the rates of severance taxes on oil and gas production. Finance |
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Relating to administrative completeness requirements for permit and permit amendment applications for groundwater conservation districts. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to requirements for and the transparency of epidemiological reports and immunization exemption information and reports. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the establishment of an educational and vocational training pilot program for certain state jail felony defendants. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to notification by an insurer of certain disciplinary actions imposed on the insurer for a violation of the insurance laws of another state. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the disclosure of personal information contained in motor vehicle records; providing an administrative penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to The Woodlands Township. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to procedures for incorporation or establishment of another form of local government for certain areas subject to a regional participation agreement. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the appointment and duties of court investigators for certain courts in guardianship proceedings. State Affairs |
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Relating to decedents' estates and certain posthumous gifts. State Affairs |
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Relating to the licensing of family residential centers by the Department of Family and Protective Services and the detention of certain juveniles. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship in which the court has rendered a temporary order. State Affairs |
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Relating to cybercrime; creating criminal offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a report on the consolidation of the health and human services system, including advisory committees within the system, and the re-creation of the Texas system of care framework. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the transfer of the licensing and regulation of certain counseling professions to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the confidentiality of personal identifying information collected by certain airport governing boards. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle. Transportation |
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Relating to the regulation of migrant labor housing facilities. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the method for determining whether a property owner has created the number of new qualifying jobs required for eligibility for a limitation on the appraised value of property for school district maintenance and operations ad valorem tax purposes under the Texas Economic Development Act. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to waive the new jobs creation requirement for the purpose of eligibility for a limitation on the appraised value of property for school district maintenance and operations ad valorem tax purposes under the Texas Economic Development Act. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to a periodic review of local government programs that award economic development incentives to business entities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the board of pilot commissioners for certain ports. Transportation |
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Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of real property leased to and used by certain schools. Finance |
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Relating to a deduction under the franchise tax for certain contracts with the federal government. Finance |
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Relating to an exemption from and a limitation on the sales tax imposed on certain boats and boat motors. Finance |
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Relating to authorization for the conveyance of certain real property from Texas Tech University to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Higher Education |
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Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the feasibility of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 27. Transportation |
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Relating to medical causation narrative reports created under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the designation of a liaison to assist first responders with workers' compensation claims. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the designation of the structure on State Highway 6 in Eastland County adjacent to Lake Cisco connecting the north and south banks of Sandy Creek as the Bedford-Carmichael Bridge. Transportation |
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Relating to evaluation of public schools based on academic achievement and financial resources. Education |
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Relating to the filing requirements for certain documents in mental health cases. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage for accelerated refills of certain prescription eye drops. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to prohibiting certain sex offenders from residing on the campus of a public or private institution of higher education. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 69; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 70; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the suspension of a driver's license issued to a person who fails to pay an administrative penalty imposed by the Texas Funeral Service Commission. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the consolidation of public notice requirements for certain air quality permit applications. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to sources of funding for the Texas emissions reduction plan. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes. Finance |
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Relating to state contributions for health benefit plan coverage under the Texas Public School Retired Employees Group Benefits Act. State Affairs |
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Relating to safety requirements of assisted living facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the sale of real property on which a state supported living center is located. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the accommodation of a deaf or hard of hearing student in driver education; authorizing a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to debt cancellation agreements offered in connection with certain loans and retail installment contracts and to amounts charged for certain agreements offered in connection with certain loans and retail installment contracts. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an appeal of a desired future condition in a groundwater management area. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to increasing the punishment for certain offenses committed by a person who is unlawfully present in the United States; changing eligibility for parole and mandatory supervision. State Affairs |
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Relating to assistance provided to employees of state agencies abolished under the Texas Sunset Act. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to venue for a proceeding to admit a will to probate or for the granting of letters testamentary or of administration. State Affairs |
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Relating to inspection of certain vacant properties for abandoned animals; providing a civil penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to grand jury proceedings; providing a penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the term of a parking permit issued to a residential tenant by a landlord. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to requiring a public employer to give notice to new employees of the ability of certain employees to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the commissioner of education regarding granting additional charters for open-enrollment charter schools. Education |
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Relating to documentation for the transfer of a motor vehicle title. Transportation |
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Relating to the investigation of an anonymous report of suspected abuse or neglect of a child. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to volunteer firefighter supervision of outdoor burning of waste consisting of plant growth. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to meeting the graduate medical education needs of new medical degree programs offered by public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the dissolution of the Chisholm Trail Special Utility District. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to physical fitness assessment of public school students. Education |
Committee re-referral on the following: |
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Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products; providing penalties. Re-referred from Health & Human Services to State Affairs |
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