BILLS REFERRED TODAY |
Friday May 12, 2017 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment changing the eligibility requirements for certain judicial offices. State Affairs |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation precious metal held in the Texas Bullion Depository. Finance |
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Relating to the provision of child protective services and other health and human services by certain state agencies; authorizing a fee. Health & Human Services |
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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. State Affairs |
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Relating to the use of the skills development fund to facilitate the relocation to or expansion in this state of employers offering complex or high-skilled employment opportunities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to establishing a pilot program in designated public high schools in certain municipalities for placement of students in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs as an alternative to placement in disciplinary or juvenile justice alternative education programs. Education |
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Relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals; authorizing fees. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the application of certain weapons laws to and liability for certain actions of volunteer emergency services personnel licensed to carry a handgun. State Affairs |
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Relating to the employment of certain peace officers, detention officers, county jailers, or firefighters who are injured in the course and scope of duty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to procedures for the dissolution of a county hospital authority. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant program. Higher Education |
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Relating to the civil prosecution of offenses involving certain municipal parking ordinances; authorizing a civil fine. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to certain costs associated with certain court proceedings for cruelly treated animals; authorizing fees and costs. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to establishing a veterans services coordinator for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a veterans reentry dorm program for certain state jail defendants confined by the department. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain early voting procedures. State Affairs |
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Relating to liability of certain electric utilities and political subdivisions that contract for certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or leases. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a prohibition on the use of certain baseball bats at University Interscholastic League events. Education |
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Relating to the terms of the board members of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the definition of commercial property insurance for purposes of certain provisions governing insurance rates and policy forms. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to contributions and expenditures made in connection with a campaign for speaker of the house of representatives. State Affairs |
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Relating to the transfer of certain functions related to emergency services districts from the Department of Agriculture to the Texas Division of Emergency Management. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of the operation of an unmanned aircraft and the prosecution of a related criminal offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a withdrawal of a candidate. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of the commercial license buyback account managed by the Parks and Wildlife Department. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the operation of medical supply transport vehicles during a declared state of disaster. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to durable powers of attorney. State Affairs |
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Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the amount and allocation of state traffic fine funds; authorizing and increasing criminal fines. Transportation |
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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. Education |
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Relating to low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement programs and local initiative projects. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the development of brackish groundwater. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to wage requirements for community rehabilitation programs participating in the purchasing from people with disabilities program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to prohibiting political contributions and political expenditures made by certain persons with public funds; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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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. State Affairs |
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Relating to access to criminal history record information by the Railroad Commission of Texas. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to school district discretion to administer college preparation assessment instruments to public school students at state cost. Education |
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Relating to requiring school districts and certain facilities to assist students in making the transition back to school after certain prolonged placements outside of school. Education |
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Relating to early voting by certain persons who have an employment hardship. State Affairs |
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Relating to the composition of the board of directors of a stormwater control and recapture planning authority in certain counties. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the creation of the Channelview Improvement District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to funding for certain apprenticeship training programs. Finance |
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Relating to names of domestic and foreign filing entities for transacting business in this state. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an inmate's completion of classes or programs before being released on parole. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a reemployment program as a condition of community supervision for certain veterans who commit a misdemeanor offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the establishment of a pilot program under which a licensed hospital may offer dual credit courses to public high school students. Education |
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Relating to workforce continuing education offered by public junior colleges. Higher Education |
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Relating to certain promotional activities by the holders of certain alcoholic beverage permits and licenses. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to an authorization agreement between a parent and a nonparent relative of the child. Business & Commerce |
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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. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to a study by the Geo-Technology Research Institute on the monitoring, prevention, and removal of floating trash. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the entitlement to expunction for certain persons who are arrested solely as a result of inaccurate identifying information. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain contracting requirements for certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. Transportation |
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Relating to the suspension, revocation, or cancellation of a driver's license or personal identification certificate and to certain conduct constituting contempt of court that may result in the suspension or denial of a driver's license. Transportation |
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Relating to persons required to establish nursing peer review committees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage for ovarian cancer testing and screening. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the adoption by state agencies of rules affecting rural communities. Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the Fairfield Hospital District. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the administration of ad valorem taxes. Finance |
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Relating to renaming the instructional materials allotment as the technology and instructional materials allotment and making associated technical changes. Education |
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Relating to inspection procedures in certain long-term care facilities and the creation of a long-term care legislative oversight committee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the office of the state long-term care ombudsman; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the operations of the Ector County Hospital District. Health & Human Services |
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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 local juvenile justice information systems. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain alternative education programs designed to address workforce development needs for at-risk students. Education |
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Relating to annual reporting regarding the establishment of certain school district planning and decision-making committees. Education |
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Relating to the insurance reporting program operated by the Title IV-D agency to enforce certain child support obligations. State Affairs |
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Relating to trauma training for public school personnel. Education |
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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 licensing and regulation of health-related occupations transferred to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to eligibility and contributions for coverage under the state employee group benefits program and health benefit plans offered by certain university systems. State Affairs |
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Relating to the access of criminal history record information by the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the county budget for certain court personnel. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the provision of telemental health services to prisoners confined in county jails, including the creation of the county jail telemental health fund, and to certain rules and procedures relating to the safety of those prisoners. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to signs required to be posted in licensed vehicle storage facilities. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the inspection of towing companies and vehicle storage facilities by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the creation of the East Houston Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Designating July as Train Safety Awareness Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2017. Administration |
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Urging Congress to pass a budget. State Affairs |
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Declaring Israel a major strategic ally of Texas. State Affairs |
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Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. State Affairs |