BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Thursday March 23, 2017 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the maximum amount of the annual distribution made from the permanent university fund to the available university fund. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to set aside money from the economic stabilization fund to pay for certain state infrastructure projects and to create a state infrastructure endowment fund for funding certain costs of those projects. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to set aside money from the economic stabilization fund and certain general revenue to pay for certain state infrastructure projects and to create a state infrastructure endowment fund for funding certain costs of those projects. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a lower amount for expenses that can be charged to a borrower and removing certain financing expense limitations for a home equity loan, establishing certain authorized lenders to make a home equity loan, changing certain options for the refinancing of home equity loans, changing the threshold for an advance of a home equity line of credit, and allowing home equity loans on agricultural homesteads. Business & Commerce |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance for the development of certain projects in economically distressed areas. Finance |
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Relating to the franchise tax rate applicable to certain taxable entities that sell telephone prepaid calling cards. Finance |
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Relating to the procedure for an election to adopt a sales and use tax or to change the tax rate in an emergency services district. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to public access to juvenile court proceedings. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the reporting and disposition of certain state-owned real property. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the designation of the director of the Texas Crime Stoppers Council and the director's authority and responsibilities. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the repeal of laws governing certain state entities and a state compact, including the functions of those entities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the designation of the portion of Interstate Highway 35W in Johnson County as the Clifton Taylor Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to recognition of certain identification documents by governmental officials. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to full-time online programs provided through the state virtual school network. Education |
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Relating to the repeal of certain obsolete laws governing state pensions and other similar benefits. State Affairs |
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Relating to the liability of a business that allows handguns to be carried on the business's premises. State Affairs |
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Relating to the filing of a civil action by the attorney general to enforce the Texas Fair Housing Act. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to historically underutilized businesses. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the suspension, termination, and reinstatement of certain services provided to military service members who are serving on active duty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to attorneys in certain counties who are qualified for appointment to represent a defendant with a mental illness. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to county approval for the locations at which a junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard may be operated. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to transferring the Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities to The University of Texas at Austin. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the regulation of motor fuel quality and motor fuel metering devices. Transportation |
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Relating to the effect of a sale of property on the tax lien on the property to secure the payment of taxes, penalties, and interest imposed on the property as a result of the addition to the appraisal roll of property or appraised value that was erroneously exempted in a prior year. Finance |
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Relating to workforce continuing education offered by public junior colleges. Higher Education |
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Relating to the categories used to record the race or ethnicity of persons stopped for or convicted of traffic offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to use of tax revenue by certain development corporations for job-related skills training. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the calculation of interest on an ad valorem tax refund resulting from the final determination of an appeal that decreases a property owner's liability. Finance |
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Relating to a study of the cost-effectiveness and feasibility of implementing a hybrid retirement plan for newly hired state employees and teachers. State Affairs |
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Relating to authorizing the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to establish defined contribution plans or hybrid retirement plans to provide retirement benefits to certain employees. State Affairs |
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Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to establish defined contribution plans to provide retirement benefits to certain employees. State Affairs |
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Relating to positive behavioral interventions and supports for students enrolled in public school who receive special education services. Education |
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Relating to the school district grievance procedures for resolving complaints received by students' parents or guardians. Education |
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Relating to a graduation progress committee for certain public school students in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. Education |
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Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for United States flags and Texas state flags. Finance |
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Relating to confidential communications of victims of certain family violence offenses. State Affairs |
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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. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to fire protection sprinkler systems in residential high-rise buildings in certain municipalities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to product tastings of alcoholic beverages on certain permitted premises. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the cost of transporting a body for the purpose of performing an autopsy. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the regulation of the parking and removal of vehicles on the campus of a public institution of higher education. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the procedures of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. State Affairs |
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Relating to termination of a guardianship of the estate for a ward who is the designated beneficiary of a Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program account. State Affairs |
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Relating to tax increment reinvestment zone transparency and accountability. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the content and placement of certain ballot propositions. State Affairs |
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Relating to hearings and protests before appraisal review boards involving ad valorem tax determinations. Finance |
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Relating to waiving fees for an original commercial driver's license for veterans. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to a pilot program for providing services to certain children under the Medicaid medical transportation program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the regulation of licensed specialists in school psychology. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts. Education |
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Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to vote; creating a criminal offense. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to a sales tax exemption for certain items sold during a limited period. Finance |
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Relating to the use of certain controlled substances by women who are pregnant or may become pregnant and the designation of neonatal abstinence syndrome from substance use as a reportable condition. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to use the state participation account of the water development fund to provide financial assistance for the development of certain facilities. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the administration and operation of the Medicaid program in a managed care model. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the imposition of a criminal penalty for the violation of a rule adopted or order issued under the Flood Control and Insurance Act. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the provision of information regarding firearm safety and suicide prevention. State Affairs |
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Relating to premium and maintenance tax credits related to certain fees paid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the amount of compensation and allowances of a county auditor in certain counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the regulation of certain degree-granting postsecondary educational institutions by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; providing administrative penalties. Higher Education |
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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 continued monitoring of certain public school campuses that have been assigned a campus intervention team. Education |
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Relating to state-developed open education resources for public schools. Education |
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Relating to appraisal of public school teachers. Education |
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Relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools. Education |
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Relating to the functions and administration of the Health and Human Services Commission and the commission's office of inspector general in relation to fraud, waste, and abuse and other investigations in health and human services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the execution of a warrant issued for certain individuals who violate a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a limitation on civil suits against persons reporting suspicious activity in good faith. State Affairs |
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Relating to the punishment for the offense of fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of a writing that is attached to tangible property. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to veterans treatment court programs and the results of successfully completing those programs; imposing a filing fee on certain civil cases to benefit veterans treatment court programs; changing a fee. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to complaints filed against certain law enforcement officers, peace officers, detention officers, county jailers, and fire fighters. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the elimination of a specific requirement that certain school districts develop and implement a plan to increase enrollment of the district's students at institutions of higher education. Education |
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Relating to education employees uniform group health coverage. State Affairs |
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Relating to a restriction on permits authorizing discharges of sewage effluent into any water in the contributing or recharge zone of the San Antonio or Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to regulation of electricians by local governments. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the collection and reporting of child safety data in certain child-care facilities and establishing child safety standards in those facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the student loan default prevention and financial aid literacy pilot program. Higher Education |
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Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of improper relationship between educator and student. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to reporting and disseminating information regarding public school disciplinary actions. Education |
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Relating to petty cash funds for county welfare departments in certain populous counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the financial security requirements for operators of oil and gas wells. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue to construct, enhance, upgrade, and maintain coastal sports facilities in certain municipalities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the multiuse training and operations center facility. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to requiring the use of multidisciplinary teams appointed by children's advocacy centers in certain child abuse investigations. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license laws to United States attorneys and assistant United States attorneys and to the authority of United States attorneys and assistant United States attorneys to carry certain weapons. State Affairs |
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Relating to increasing the punishment for an offense committed against a person because of bias or prejudice on the basis of service as a peace officer and to an education campaign regarding the importance of peace officers in the community. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain medical centers in certain counties. Finance |
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Relating to a limitation on the cost of an attendance credit under the public school finance system and the effect of such a limitation on the calculation of the rollback tax rate of a school district. Education |
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Relating to the investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse in certain public benefits programs by the office of inspector general for the Health and Human Services Commission. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to use public money for lobbying activity. State Affairs |
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Relating to common admission application forms for institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the transference of certain territory from one groundwater conservation district to another. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain health-related institutions for certain state funds. Finance |
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Relating to abolishing the spaceport trust fund and the disposition of the balance of that fund. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the deposit of the gas utility pipeline tax to the credit of the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the dispensing of certain drugs by physicians. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the provision of a nursing facility quality-based payment incentives program and a program to increase direct care staff and wages under Medicaid. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a duplicate application for a ballot to be voted by mail. State Affairs |
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Relating to ballot propositions authorizing certain political subdivisions to issue bonds. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to criminal offenses previously compiled in statutes outside the Penal Code, to repealing certain of those offenses, and to conforming punishments for certain of those offenses to the penalty structure provided in the Penal Code; increasing the punishment for sabotage and sedition; imposing a civil penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a warrant authorizing the search of a cellular telephone or other wireless communications device. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to punishment for the offense of forgery and to a fee imposed on certain defendants who commit the offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law enforcement agency. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to notification regarding the release of certain sex offenders and to the reporting of vehicle registration information for sex offenders. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a government course for public school students enrolled at the fifth and eighth grade levels. Education |
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Relating to treatment and registration of juveniles adjudicated for a sexual offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to common nuisances. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the use of connected braking systems to maintain distance between vehicles. Transportation |
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Relating to an annual report on state programs and functions not funded by appropriations. Finance |
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Relating to creating a temporary charitable festival permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages by certain charitable organizations; providing a penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the labeling of wine as originating from this state. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the allocation of revenue from certain penalties for transportation project delays. Transportation |
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Relating to names of domestic and foreign filing entities for transacting business in this state; creating an offense. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a study on the adjudication of juveniles charged with misdemeanors punishable by fine only and the use of certain terms signifying age in the criminal justice and juvenile justice statutes of this state. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the application of the financial accountability system for open enrollment charter schools to the charter school of a public senior college or university. Education |
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Relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools. Education |
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Relating to the preparation, certification, and classification of public school educators. Education |
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Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the provision of telecommunications services through statewide technology centers. Business & Commerce |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to providing an opportunity for public high school students in grades 10 through 12 to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test or an alternative vocational aptitude test. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the administration of and eligibility for participation in a veterans treatment court program and the issuance of orders of nondisclosure for certain participants who successfully complete that program. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the development of transferable degree or certificate program curricula for which qualified veterans or military service members may be awarded course credit based on military service. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the authority of municipalities to replat a subdivision without vacating the preceding plat. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the correction of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll and related appraisal records. Finance |
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Relating to the award of attorney's fees in a judicial appeal of certain ad valorem tax determinations. Finance |
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Relating to interactions between law enforcement and individuals detained or arrested on suspicion of the commission of criminal offenses and the confinement or release of those individuals prior to prosecution. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to public outreach materials to foster awareness of certain public school curriculum requirements. Education |
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Relating to the confidential and privileged communications and records of victims of certain sexual assault offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a study on dropout prevention and recovery before the ninth grade. Education |
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Relating to notice provided by an applicant to house inmates released on parole or to mandatory supervision. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to requiring the review of public school district paperwork to limit paperwork requirements. Education |
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Relating to the authority of a defense base development authority to participate in a company or partnership organized to finance redevelopment projects. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the exchange of certain information between the Department of Family and Protective Services and other juvenile service providers. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to an alert system for public health or safety threat notifications. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the establishment of a human trafficking unit within the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to agreements between this state and other jurisdictions concerning reciprocal licensure of mental health professionals. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a comprehensive plan for increasing and improving the workforce in this state that serves persons with mental health and substance use issues. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the development of initiatives to reduce veteran suicides in this state. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the governance and operation of municipal management districts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the administration of the Port of Houston Authority. Transportation |
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Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles of alternative registration technologies for commercial motor vehicles. Transportation |
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Relating to the employment of certain individuals at a sexually oriented business. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the requirement of a public hearing on certain applications for a permit to drill an oil or gas well. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the implementation of county solid waste management programs in certain counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to county prohibition of the possession of glass containers within the boundaries of a state-owned riverbed; creating an offense. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the creation of the offense of petroleum product or oil and gas equipment theft. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the medical authorization required to release protected health information in a health care liability claim. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a report regarding certain health and safety information prepared by the Texas Education Agency. Education |
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Relating to vehicles used in the maintenance of electrical power lines; creating a criminal offense. Transportation |
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Relating to the self-directed and semi-independent status of certain agencies and the requirements applicable to, and the oversight of, those agencies. Finance |
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Relating to disputes regarding the compensability of an injury by certain doctors under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to sending notice of proposed contracts for highway projects by e-mail. Transportation |
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Relating to the service plan for the annexation by certain municipalities of territory included in an emergency services district. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to registration and regulation of dangerous wild animals; providing penalties, creating a criminal offense, and authorizing a fee. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to authorizing the purchase of certain insurance coverage by public school districts for the benefit of businesses and students participating in career or technology training programs and providing for immunity from liability of certain public school students participating in career or technology programs. Education |
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Relating to the appointment of foster parents and other qualified persons to serve as educational decision-makers for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a school district contract to partner with an open-enrollment charter school to operate a district campus and share education resources. Education |
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Relating to the approval of open-enrollment charter schools and the review of challenges by open-enrollment charter schools or school districts to accountability determinations. Education |
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Relating to powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district. Education |
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Relating to the location of certain temporary branch early voting polling places. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency to investigate the administration of public education. Education |
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Relating to performance-based supplemental funding for school districts. Education |
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Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of students to general academic teaching institutions and on the admission of nonresident students to The University of Texas at Austin. Higher Education |
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Relating to insurance premium tax and alcoholic beverage tax credits for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations. Education |
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Relating to employing, terminating, and reporting misconduct of public school personnel and related entity personnel, including creating a registry of persons ineligible for hire; creating a criminal offense. Education |
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Relating to a general employment review of persons who apply to school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and certain independent contractors for employment involving direct contact with students or children; providing a civil penalty. Education |
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Relating to student success-based funding for certain public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the administrative judicial regions in this state. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain suits concerning real property. State Affairs |
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Relating to the enforcement of certain administrative penalties by the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the requirements for and inspection of a retail fireworks site. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the declaration of a local state of disaster. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to authorizing the purchase of certain insurance coverage by public school districts for the benefit of businesses and students participating in career or technology training programs and providing for immunity from liability of certain public school students participating in career or technology programs. Education |
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Relating to common admission application forms for institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system. Education |
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Relating to Texas Military Heroes Day in public schools. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to continued monitoring of certain public school campuses that have been assigned a campus intervention team. Education |
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Relating to statewide goals for dual credit programs provided by school districts. Education |
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Relating to ownership and disposition of property and management of assets of an open-enrollment charter school for which the charter has been revoked, denied renewal, or surrendered. Education |
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Relating to information provided by a voter to an election officer. State Affairs |
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Relating to the matters that a taxing unit is entitled to challenge before an appraisal review board. Finance |
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Relating to the selection of the officers of an appraisal review board. Finance |
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Relating to the selection of an arbitrator for purposes of an appeal through binding arbitration of certain appraisal review board orders. Finance |
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Relating to the use of money in the state highway fund for toll projects. Transportation |
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Relating to state agency information security plans, information technology employees, and online and mobile applications. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to posting notice of self-help resources on the Internet website of a state court and in the office of the court clerk. State Affairs |
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Relating to procedures in mental health cases. Health & Human Services |
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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. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the examination of volunteer deputy registrars. State Affairs |
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Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain outdoor burning violations. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to savings and loan associations, savings banks, residential mortgage loan originators and servicers, and other persons or entities under the regulatory jurisdiction of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending and the savings and mortgage lending commissioner; creating an offense. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an exemption for certain quarries from regulation as aggregate production operations. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the issuance and enforcement of a subpoena during the course of an investigation of a residential mortgage loan servicer. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the bond and other coverages required to be maintained by or for the benefit of a savings bank. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to electric industry market power rules. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. Transportation |
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Relating to prescription drug benefits in the Medicaid managed care program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to infrastructure funding for state hospital facilities and other state facilities, including the creation of the state hospital fund. Finance |
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Relating to the financial self-sufficiency of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs. Higher Education |