SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Monday May 22, 2017 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment on professional sports team charitable foundations conducting charitable raffles. |
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Relating to monetary assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain relative or designated caregivers; creating a criminal offense; creating a civil penalty. 4 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the transfer of certain powers and duties from the Health and Human Services Commission. 8 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to access to and benefits for mental health conditions and substance use disorders. |
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Relating to requiring the Texas Supreme Court to adopt rules and provide judicial instruction regarding the application of foreign laws in certain family law cases. |
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Relating to inclusion of career and technology education and workforce training in the mission of public education. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the content of local and state propositions on the ballot. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to authorization for certain health care facilities to secure residents with wheelchair self-release seat belts. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for certain individuals. |
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Relating to the disclosure of certain contracts, services, and compensation in personal financial statements filed by public officers and candidates. |
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Relating to an additional fee for issuing a marriage license to applicants who are not residents of this state. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to priority voting for voters with certain disabilities substantially impairing mobility. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the provision of embryo donation information. |
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Relating to investment of public funds. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the frequency of criminal background checks for sports officials registered with the University Interscholastic League. |
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Relating to a residential tenant's right to summon police or other emergency assistance. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Kaufman County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1-A; providing authority to issue bonds and levy assessments. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Kaufman County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1-D; providing authority to issue bonds and levy assessments. |
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Relating to appointment of and performance of notarial acts by an online notary public and online acknowledgment and proof of written instruments; authorizing a fee and creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to the regulation of commercial shrimp unloading; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 552; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to peer specialists, peer services, and the provision of those services under the medical assistance program. |
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Relating to creating a pilot program to provide summer internships for foster youth. |
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Relating to transferring charge and control of a painting entitled "The Spirit of the Alamo Lives On." |
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Relating to the establishment of the commercial license buyback account managed by the Parks and Wildlife Department. |
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Relating to the operation of metropolitan rapid transit authorities. |
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Relating to a penalty for independent executors who misrepresent in an affidavit in lieu of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims that certain beneficiaries received the inventory and appraisement. |
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Relating to the penalties for certain littering offenses. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the powers and compensation of criminal law magistrates in Tarrant County. |
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Relating to the Texas economic development fund for the Department of Agriculture. |
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Relating to the disclosure of certain registration information by the voter registrar. |
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Relating to restricting the use of covered information, including student personally identifiable information, by an operator of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application for a school purpose. |
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Relating to allowing certain wholesalers and distributors to purchase beer, ale, and malt liquor from the holder of a brewpub license. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the West Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 21; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes. |
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Relating to the feasibility of creating and maintaining a coastal barrier system. |
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Relating to the regulation of residential service contracts. |
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Relating to civil suits brought by local governments or certain other persons for violations of certain laws under the jurisdiction of, or rules adopted or orders or permits issued by, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to measures to address and deter certain criminal or other unlawful activity, including trafficking of persons, sexual offenses, prostitution, and activity that may constitute a public nuisance; increasing criminal penalties; creating a criminal offense. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to public inspection of mail ballot applications. |
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Relating to the elimination of certain fees for licensure and the disposition of certain fees collected by the Texas Lottery Commission under the Bingo Enabling Act. |
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Relating to the term for a lease of land owned by certain navigation districts. |
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Relating to the placement of certain substances in Penalty Groups 1 and 3 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for the purposes of prosecution of criminal offenses involving those substances. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to broker agreements for the sale of certain surplus property by a county. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the installation of unsafe motor vehicle tires; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to the dissolution of a levee improvement district by a commissioners court. |
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Relating to consultations with contracted physician networks and physician systems during certain investigations of child abuse and neglect. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to workforce continuing education offered by public junior colleges. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the eligibility of a criminal defendant for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the prosecution for the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. |
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Relating to the restrictions on political activities for a county elections administrator. |
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Relating to the participation in the Texas Municipal Retirement System of certain employees of certain municipalities subject to the Texas Local Fire Fighters Retirement Act. |
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Relating to certain benefits and protections for service members of the Texas military forces ordered to state active duty or to state training and other duty. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to charitable raffles conducted by the charitable foundations of certain professional sports teams. |
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Relating to the use of a broker for the sale or lease of real property by the Dallas County Hospital District. |
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Relating to the eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land if the land begins to be used for oil and gas operations. |
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Relating to the sale of ale and beer by certain brewers and manufacturers. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain NASCAR events to receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement Program. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the creation of a specialty court for certain public safety employees who commit a criminal offense; imposing fees for participation and testing, counseling, and treatment. |
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Relating to the recording by a county clerk of certain documents relating to the sale or lease of public school land. |
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Relating to the Fairfield Hospital District. |
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Relating to voting procedures for policyholders of farm mutual insurance companies. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for certain veterans. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument and Ceremony. |
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Relating to persons approved by the Department of Public Safety to administer online the classroom instruction part of the handgun proficiency course. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the financial exploitation of certain vulnerable adults. |
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Relating to suspension of the activities of the Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board. |
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Relating to staff development and continuing education requirements for public school educators regarding digital education methods. 5 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to a defendant's right to appeal from a judgment or conviction in a municipal court of record. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed: |
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Relating to the funding of primary and secondary education. |
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Relating to certain election practices and procedures. |
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Relating to protection of the rights of conscience for child welfare services providers. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read the second time, and passed to third reading: |
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Relating to certain physician-specific comparison data compiled by a health benefit plan issuer, including the release of that data to physicians participating in certain physician-led organizations. 3 Floor Amendments |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Convening a joint memorial session to honor Texans killed in combat while serving in the United States military. |
The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following: |
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Relating to the security of courts and judges in the state; establishing a fee. |
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Relating to the provision of certain behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and their families under a contract with a managed care organization. |
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Relating to the issuance of a writ of attachment for certain witnesses. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners; authorizing a reduction in fees. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Board of Dental Examiners; imposing fees. |
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Relating to the effect of certain felony convictions of public elected officers. |
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Relating to the sequencing of required English language arts courses and mathematics courses in schools and conforming changes. |
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Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act. |
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Relating to the content and numbering of propositions on the ballot. |
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Relating to requirements for the court in permanency hearings for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services who are receiving transitional living services. |
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Relating to the creation of a temporary health insurance risk pool. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to the operations of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas; authorizing a fee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the continuation of the women's health advisory committee. Health & Human Services |
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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. Higher Education |
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Relating to the use by certain municipalities of hotel occupancy tax revenue to improve or expand certain airports. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to ensuring continuity of education for homeless children and foster care youth and access to higher education, career information, and skills certification for foster care youth and former foster care youth. Education |
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Relating to designating July 7 as Fallen Law Enforcement Officer Day. Administration |
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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. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the permissible uses of the floodplain management account. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to county approval for the locations at which a junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard may be operated. Administration |
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