REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Wednesday

March 20, 2019

SENATE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items.

SENATE BILLS

(Second Reading)

Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program.

Relating to ad valorem taxation.

Relating to a prohibition against certain local regulation of private employers.

Relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot as a candidate for the board of directors of the Wilbarger County Hospital District.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to propose a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district.

Relating to legal counsel provided by the attorney general to a political subdivision subject to a declared state of disaster.

Relating to the entry of a plea by defendants charged with certain misdemeanors involving family violence.

Relating to the appointment of an attorney pro tem for certain criminal proceedings.

Relating to the right to vacate and avoid residential lease liability following the occurrence of family violence.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area.

Relating to the transfer of certain probate proceedings to the county in which the executor or administrator of a decedent's estate resides.

Relating to the issuance of Army of Occupation Medal specialty license plates; providing an exemption from a fee.

Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 as the Corporal Roel Garcia Memorial Highway.

Relating to the issuance of F-35 fighter jet specialty license plates.

Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 71 in Travis County as the Trooper Carlos Ray Warren Memorial Highway.

Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Texas Department of Transportation for certain employees responding to emergencies or disasters.

Relating to the establishment of a statewide telehealth center for sexual assault forensic medical examination.

Relating to the establishment and duties of the human trafficking prevention coordinating council.

Relating to eminent domain reporting requirements for certain entities.

Relating to a reporting requirement for certain incidents of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking at certain public and private institutions of higher education; creating a criminal offense; authorizing administrative penalties.

Relating to a commercial landlord's or tenant's remedies regarding certain unlawful activities in a multiunit commercial property.

Relating to outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Relating to personal information that may be omitted from certain records and licenses.

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate construction and renovation of structures owned by certain counties.

Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the authority of a county to require electronic bids or proposals for competitive bidding.

Relating to notice of a property owner's rights relating to the examination or survey of property by an entity with eminent domain authority.

Relating to use of the electronic funds transfer system operated by the comptroller.

Relating to the reporting, maintenance, and use of certain misdemeanor conviction information for purposes of the databases used in a federal firearm background check.

Relating to forms for creating or revoking a transfer on death deed.

Relating to dispenser requirements for refilling prescriptions for certain controlled substances.

Relating to the reporting of information about the use of federal money for flood research, planning, and mitigation projects.

Relating to the protection of expressive activities at public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the acquisition of certain real property in conjunction with the acquisition of real property for a public use through eminent domain procedures.

Relating to bonds issued by certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities.

Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Lubbock County as the Trooper Jerry Don Davis Memorial Highway.

Relating to height limitations for certain vehicles transporting seed cotton or cotton.

Relating to developing a strategic plan to ensure that the provision of prevention and early intervention services complies with federal law.

Relating to the deadline for certain economic development corporations to file a certain report with the comptroller.

Relating to factors the Texas Historical Commission considers in reviewing an application for a grant or loan through the historic courthouse preservation program.

Relating to the severance tax exemption for oil and gas produced from certain inactive wells.

Relating to calculation of daily production for purposes of the oil and gas production tax credits for low-producing wells and leases.

Relating to patient records regarding maternal death.

Relating to the review of ballot proposition language for certain political subdivision elections.

Relating to certain contracts for the transfer of a pet.

Relating to flood control planning and the funding of flood planning, mitigation, and infrastructure projects.

Relating to emergency and disaster management, response, and recovery.

Relating to state and regional flood planning.

Relating to access to certain controlled substance prescription information.

Relating to the acquisition of real property by an entity with eminent domain authority.

Relating to oversight of and requirements applicable to state agency contracting and procurement.

Relating to testimony by an appraisal district employee as to the value of real property in certain ad valorem tax appeals.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount.

Relating to the correction of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll and related appraisal records.

Relating to the matters that a taxing unit is entitled to challenge before an appraisal review board.

Relating to the regulation of beekeeping; imposing fees and authorizing other fees; expanding the applicability of an occupational permit.

Relating to an initiative to increase the capacity of local mental health authorities to provide access to mental health services in certain counties.

Relating to collecting and reporting by the Department of Family and Protective Services and the Health and Human Services Commission of certain information relating to certain alcohol and controlled substance use and treatment.

Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities and family homes; providing administrative penalties.

Relating to the composition of the governing bodies and the consultation policies of local mental health authorities with respect to sheriffs, their representatives, and local law enforcement agencies.

Relating to a ribbon for certain members of the military forces who served in support of operations to secure the Texas border.

Relating to the composition of the Homeland Security Council.

Relating to the operations and functions of the Veterans' Land Board and the sunset review date for and programs administered by the board.

Relating to restrictions on the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises of a sexually oriented business; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the transfer of civil cases by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation.

Relating to the authorization and reporting of expenditures for lobbying activities by certain political subdivisions and other public entities.

Relating to the contributions to and benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Relating to guardianships, management trusts, and certain other procedures and proceedings for persons who are incapacitated.

Relating to the prevention of, prosecution of, penalties for, and other consequences of prostitution, trafficking of persons, and related criminal offenses and to orders of nondisclosure for persons who committed certain of those offenses; regulating occupations and property to prevent and respond to those criminal offenses, including requiring a student occupational permit for those purposes; authorizing fees; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.

Relating to the use of information obtained by a person from the comptroller that relates to a taxpayer subject to an audit by the comptroller.

Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs.

Relating to the content of detailed reports filed by lobbyists and to monetary limits on expenditures by lobbyists.

Relating to complaints filed with and certain other filings submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission.

Relating to the sales and use tax exemption for certain amusement services.

Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Gateway Groundwater Conservation District.

Relating to the deadline by which the Texas Water Development Board is required to identify and designate brackish groundwater production zones for certain areas of the state.

Relating to the use of money in the state water pollution control revolving fund.

Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities.

Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities.

Relating to a study of using a single intake form for state and federal disaster assistance.

Relating to a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district in certain municipalities.

Relating to requiring training for certain emergency management coordinators.

Relating to prohibiting certain transactions between a governmental entity and an abortion provider or affiliate of the provider.

Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities.

Relating to the issuance of Keep Austin Weird specialty license plates.

Relating to certain contracts requiring competitive bidding by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Relating to the electronic transmission of an invoice or notice of toll nonpayment by a toll project entity.