SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Monday April 20, 2015 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment repealing the requirement that state officers elected by voters statewide reside in the state capital. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Public Safety, military and law enforcement training, and the investigation, prosecution, punishment, and prevention of certain offenses; creating an offense and increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. 6 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to temporary waiver of superintendent certification for employment of public school district superintendents. |
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Relating to the duties of a magistrate to inform an arrested person of consequences of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. |
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Relating to defenses and exceptions to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain prohibited explosive weapons, firearms, and related items. |
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Relating to financial assistance to local governmental entities affected by the realignment of defense jobs or facilities. |
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Relating to the period for which the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality may grant or renew an emergency authorization relating to the use of state water. 1 Committee Amendment 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to a council on long-term care facility surveys and informal dispute resolution. |
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Relating to certain procedural measures in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship to protect a child against child neglect or physical or sexual abuse. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to an exemption for certain persons who sell signs from the requirement to be licensed as an electrician. |
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Relating to the designation of the trustee of an express trust as a beneficiary of a trust account or a P.O.D. payee of a P.O.D. account. |
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Relating to the eligibility for indigent status for purposes of the driver responsibility program. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to requiring notice of the scheduling of an execution date and the issuance of a warrant of execution. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to prohibiting the reidentification of certain deidentified information and the release of any reidentified information; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to electronic filing of certain reports; providing a penalty. |
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Relating to the allocation to the Parks and Wildlife Department of the proceeds from taxes imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods. |
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Relating to the authorization of the imposition of administrative penalties on providers participating in certain Medicaid waiver programs. |
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Relating to the presentation of evidence in appraisal review board hearings on protests. |
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Relating to the protection of certain children through the operation of the child safety check alert list. |
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Relating to notices of appraised value sent to property owners by the chief appraisers of appraisal districts. |
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Relating to the power of a commissioners court to authorize ad valorem tax sales of real property to be conducted by means of online auctions. |
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Relating to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund. |
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Relating to designating the fourth Saturday in July as National Day of the Cowboy. |
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Relating to the release of student academic information by a public institution of higher education for certain purposes and the manner in which the information is used. |
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Relating to exemptions from certain regulation for small honey production operations. |
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Relating to disclosures on selection or modification of an account by a customer of a financial institution. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the allocation of certain grants from the fund for veterans' assistance. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read second time and passed to engrossment: |
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Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to the duties of certain law enforcement officials under procedures regulating the making or transfer of firearms. |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Directing the Texas Water Development Board to conduct a feasibility study on the use of brackish groundwater sources in Montgomery County. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 148; 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 Double R Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 1 and 2 of Hunt 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 food allergen awareness in food service establishments; authorizing a fee; requiring a food allergen awareness certification for certain food service employees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the composition of the governing body of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the boundaries of the Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 58. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to powers and duties of the Porter Special Utility District; providing authority to establish defined areas or designated property, to issue bonds, and to impose taxes for the benefit of defined areas or designated property; granting a limited power of eminent domain in the defined areas or designated property. Intergovernmental Relations |
Committee re-referral on the following: |
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Relating to the powers, operations, and boundaries of The Woodlands Township; authorizing a fee. Re-referred from Transportation to Intergovernmental Relations |
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