SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Wednesday May 17, 2017 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to the discipline and behavior management of a student enrolled in a grade level below grade three at a school district or open-enrollment charter school. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays. |
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Relating to a building used as a prescribed pediatric extended care center. |
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Relating to the use of land in the William Goodrich Jones State Forest. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the Texas Medal for the Defense of Freedom award. |
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Relating to prostitution and the trafficking of persons, civil racketeering related to trafficking, the investigation and prosecution of and punishment for certain sexual offenses and offenses involving or related to trafficking, reimbursement of certain costs for criminal victims who are children, and the release and reporting of certain information relating to a child; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense. 4 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the regulation of transportation network companies; requiring an occupational permit; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the requirement that drivers younger than a certain age complete and pass a driver education course. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to regulating the custody transfer of an adopted child; creating a criminal offense. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the operation of all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the collection of information concerning the number of juvenile offenders committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department who have been in foster care. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to requiring the election of directors of certain districts to be held on a uniform election date. |
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Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district to require a person to file a new application to confirm the person's current qualification for the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homestead of a 100 percent disabled veteran. |
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Relating to child custody evaluations; creating an offense. |
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Relating to the services that require a structural pest control license; changing the applicability of an occupational license. |
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Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain outdoor burning violations. |
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Relating to establishing and funding a grant program for testing evidence collected in relation to sexual assaults or other sex offenses; authorizing voluntary contributions. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the criminal consequences of engaging in certain conduct with respect to a firearm silencer. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages on certain passenger buses; authorizing a fee. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed: |
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Relating to actions on and liability associated with certain insurance claims. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read the second time, and passed to third reading: |
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Relating to the elimination of straight-party voting. 1 Floor Amendment |
The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following: |
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Relating to the ability of certain dependents of members of the United States military to enroll full-time in courses provided through the state virtual school network. |
The Senate refused to concur in House amendments and requested the appointment of a Conference Committee on the following: |
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Relating to harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying of a public school student or minor and certain mental health programs for public school students. |
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Relating to the purchase of iron and steel products made in the United States for certain governmental entity projects. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to a parent's right to view the body of a deceased child before an autopsy is performed. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to sound-producing devices on vessels. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of providers of driver and traffic safety education. Transportation |
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Relating to the collection and use of certain hotel occupancy taxes. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the use of warning devices by stationary authorized emergency vehicles. Transportation |
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Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities. Finance |
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Relating to the inclusion of students receiving treatment in a residential facility in the determination of dropout rates for purposes of public school accountability. Education |
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Relating to broker agreements for the sale of real property by school districts. Education |
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Relating to grant programs to maintain peace officers' mental health and provide critical incident stress debriefing for certain officers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to confidential communications of victims of certain family violence offenses. State Affairs |
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Relating to grants awarded to reimburse counties for the cost of monitoring defendants and victims in criminal cases involving family violence. State Affairs |
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Relating to substandard residential building fines issued by certain municipalities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to fees imposed by a county for licensing a junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard. Business & Commerce |
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Recognizing the Stop the Bleed campaign. Administration |
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