SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Friday February 1, 2019 |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a transfer of economic stabilization fund investment earnings to a special endowment fund in the state treasury. Finance |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an increased minimum wage. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for foregoing the transfer of oil and gas production tax revenue to the economic stabilization fund if the ending fund balance for the preceding fiscal year is greater than 10 percent of the prior fiscal year's total net general revenue related collections and for reducing the rates of oil and gas production taxes by amounts sufficient to equal the foregone transfer. Finance |
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Relating to ad valorem taxation. Property Tax |
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Relating to additional funding to school districts for classroom teacher salaries. Finance |
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Relating to establishing a guardianship abuse, fraud, and exploitation deterrence program. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Grant Program for certain students at public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Promise Grant Program for certain students at two-year public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the maximum number of semester credit hours allowed for and funding sources used to supplement a TEXAS grant. Higher Education |
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Relating to the establishment and operation of the Texas B-On-time student loan program. Higher Education |
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Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children. Education |
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Relating to the abolition of student loan default or breach of a student loan repayment or scholarship contract as a ground for nonrenewal or other disciplinary action in relation to a professional or occupational license. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the offense of hazing. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the consolidation and allocation of state civil court costs; increasing certain civil court costs. State Affairs |
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Relating to locations, terms, sessions, and procedures for conducting court proceedings. State Affairs |
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Relating to exemptions to reporting and list requirements for certain attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, mediators, and guardians. State Affairs |
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Relating to residential mortgage loans, including the financing of residential real estate purchases by means of a wrap mortgage loan; providing licensing requirements; authorizing an administrative penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle. State Affairs |
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Relating to the use of a wireless communication device by a state officer or employee while operating a motor vehicle. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the expression of breast milk in the Capitol and other public buildings. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the prohibition against sexual harassment in the workplace. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of a task force on ensuring an appropriate care setting for a person with a disability. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the service retirement annuity for certain members of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two who resume service. State Affairs |
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Relating to the availability on the Internet of reports of political contributions and expenditures filed in connection with certain county judicial offices. State Affairs |
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Relating to an exemption from the motor vehicle sales and use tax for certain military servicemembers serving on active duty. Finance |
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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 high school graduation of a student who transfers to a public school in this state after the student's junior year of high school. Education |
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Relating to a request for 9-1-1 service by text message and the provision of available contact information. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the consideration for public school accountability purposes of certain students participating in regional day school programs for the deaf. Education |
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Relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the preceding primary elections. State Affairs |
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Relating to employment discrimination training for members of the legislature and state or legislative employees and interns. State Affairs |
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Relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report to an authorized representative of certain professionals. State Affairs |
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Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of leased motor vehicles that are not held primarily for the production of income by the lessee. Property Tax |
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Relating to certain images captured by an unmanned aircraft. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the enforcement of regulations governing cemetery organizations, cemetery corporations, cemeteries, and crematories; imposing penalties. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for firearm safety devices and educational materials. Finance |
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Relating to the creation and duties of the unfunded mandates interagency work group. Finance |
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Relating to state contracting and procurement. Finance |
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Relating to the decrease of the rates of the franchise tax under certain circumstances and the expiration of that tax. Finance |
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Relating to the administration of the ad valorem tax system; authorizing a fee. Property Tax |
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Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs. Finance |
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Relating to the authority of the comptroller regarding the management of the general revenue fund and the economic stabilization fund. Finance |
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Relating to a single local use tax rate as an alternative to combined local use tax rates for computing the amount of local use taxes remote sellers are required to collect and to the allocation of tax revenue collected at that rate. Finance |
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Relating to the establishment of a statewide telehealth center for sexual assault forensic medical examination. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment and duties of the human trafficking prevention coordinating council. State Affairs |
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Relating to personal information that may be omitted from certain property records. State Affairs |
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Relating to voting and election procedures; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to forensic audits of certain school district projects. Education |
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Relating to the security of the electric grid. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the use of information from traffic surveillance technology by governmental entities. Transportation |
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Relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law enforcement agency or municipal parking enforcement authority. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the elimination of a requirement that certain buses that transport schoolchildren be equipped with three-point seat belts. Transportation |
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Relating to the regulation of raw milk and raw milk products. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the naming of a reservoir by certain water districts. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to expenditures for lobbying activities made by a recipient of state funds. State Affairs |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1570 in Hunt County as the John L. Horn Memorial Parkway. Transportation |
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Relating to the right of public officers to information of certain governmental entities; creating a criminal offense. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the regulation of the conduct of certain counseling professions. State Affairs |
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Relating to the regulation of raising or keeping six or fewer chickens by a political subdivision. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the vehicle safety inspection program for certain vehicles; imposing replacement fees. Transportation |
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Relating to a pilot project for financing certain Texas Department of Transportation projects. Transportation |
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Relating to a ribbon for certain members of the military forces who served in support of operations to secure the Texas border. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, distribution, transportation, and delivery of medical cannabis for medical use by qualifying patients with certain debilitating medical conditions and the licensing of dispensing organizations and testing facilities; authorizing fees. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to certain unlawful employment practices relating to the reporting of criminal offenses. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to a supplemental payment for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the unfunded actuarial liabilities allowed under that system. State Affairs |
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Relating to a cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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Relating to the state contribution to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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Relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by public schools. Education |
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Relating to limiting certain state-required assessment instruments administered to public school students in certain grades to assessments required by federal law. Education |
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Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of unlawful disclosure or promotion of intimate visual material. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the eligibility of a relative or other designated caregiver of a foster child for monetary assistance. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the ability of certain relative caretakers of dependent children to receive supplemental financial assistance and be assigned as protective payees for financial assistance payments. Health & Human Services |
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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 participation in the countywide polling place program. State Affairs |
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Relating to providing for voter registration at a polling place State Affairs |
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Relating to automatic voter registration on issuance or change of a driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public Safety. State Affairs |
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Relating to requirements to vote, including presenting proof of identification. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of a mental health jail diversion and crisis stabilization unit pilot program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the punishment for certain intoxication offenses and the eligibility for deferred adjudication community supervision of defendants who committed certain intoxication offenses. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to coverage for serious mental illness under certain group health benefit plans. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to measures to increase participation in state programs relating to saving money or prepaying for college. Higher Education |
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Relating to the entitlement of spouses of certain veterans with disabilities to a veteran's employment preference. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to fees paid to certain credit services organizations in connection with certain extensions of consumer credit. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a salary career ladder for certain state employees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination in payment of compensation. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the minimum wage. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the repeal of statutes regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct and to the recognition of certain same-sex relationship statuses. State Affairs |
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Relating to the requirements for the issuance of identification documentation for foster care youth. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to industrial hemp; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or postsecondary educational institutions. State Affairs |
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Relating to the extension of the expiration date of the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to actions by a retailer that constitute engaging in business in this state for purposes of the use tax and to the allocation of certain revenue derived from that tax. Finance |
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Relating to criminal history record information obtained or disseminated by certain private entities; providing a civil penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the adoption of cats and dogs previously used for research. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the procedure by which a state agency considers legislative intent when adopting an agency rule. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the offense of possessing a weapon in a secured area of an airport. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a county to require electronic bids or proposals for competitive bidding. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the term of a parking permit issued to a residential tenant by a landlord. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the establishment of one or more supplemental county civil service commissions in certain counties. State Affairs |
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Relating to oversight of and requirements applicable to state agency contracting and procurement. Finance |
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Relating to the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving a sentence for the criminal offense of continuous trafficking of persons. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to eligibility for the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of certain first responders. Property Tax |
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Relating to the use of hypnotically induced testimony in a criminal trial. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of an open burn pit registry for certain service members and veterans. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to operation of the Texas leverage fund program administered by the Texas Economic Development Bank. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to designating May 18 as School Shooting Victims Remembrance Day. Education |
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Relating to the participation of the medical school at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the Joint Admission Medical Program. Higher Education |
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Relating to the eligibility of land used as an ecological laboratory for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land. Property Tax |
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Relating to the public school finance system. Education |
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Relating to the bilingual education allotment provided under the public school finance system. Education |
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Relating to the bilingual education allotment provided under the public school finance system. Education |
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Relating to a notice of educational rights and recovery by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools of costs for certain student evaluations. Education |
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Relating to the use of alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements for certain students. Education |
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Relating to the admission policy of an open-enrollment charter school. Education |
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Relating to the availability of school counselors at public middle, junior high, and high school campuses. Education |
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Relating to a limitation on the amount of tuition charged by public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the establishment of a public law school in El Paso County. Higher Education |
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Relating to health benefit plan coverage in this state. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain feminine hygiene products. Finance |
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Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women after a pregnancy. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to covered benefits under the child health plan. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination or medical treatment related to childbirth and contraception. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the Whole Woman's Health Act. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression; providing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to the repeal of the criminal offense of homosexual conduct. State Affairs |
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Relating to certain statutory changes to reflect and address same-sex marriages and parenting relationships and to the removal of provisions regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct. State Affairs |
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Relating to a change of name and sex for certain persons and the issuance of associated vital records and documentation; authorizing a fee. State Affairs |
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Relating to the release on parole of certain inmates convicted of an offense committed when younger than 18 years of age; changing parole eligibility. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the civil and criminal penalties for possession of certain small amounts of marihuana and an exception to prosecution for possession of associated drug paraphernalia; creating a criminal offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to extreme risk protective orders and the prosecution of the criminal offense of unlawful transfer of a firearm; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to increasing criminal penalties for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child. State Affairs |
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Relating to the prohibition of certain required nondisclosure and arbitration agreements. State Affairs |
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Relating to a prohibition on sex discrimination in employment compensation. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to authorization for a county or municipality to establish a local minimum wage. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to a database of employers penalized for failure to pay wages or convicted of certain criminal offenses involving wage theft. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to required provision of workers' compensation insurance coverage for employees of building and construction contractors and subcontractors. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter. State Affairs |
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Relating to the registration of voters at a polling place during early voting by personal appearance and related procedures. State Affairs |
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Relating to the inquiry of immigration status of a person under a lawful detention by certain persons under the direction or control of a local governmental entity or campus police department. State Affairs |
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Relating to the enforcement by certain local governmental entities and campus police departments of state and federal laws governing immigration. State Affairs |
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Relating to the removal from office of a public officer of a political subdivision for policies or actions regarding immigration enforcement. State Affairs |
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Relating to the use of certain lighting equipment on escort flag vehicles. Transportation |
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Relating to reimbursement of rural hospitals participating in the Medicaid managed care program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the amount of the fee paid by a defendant for a peace officer's services in executing or processing an arrest warrant, capias, or capias pro fine. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain procedures applicable to a person arrested for an out-of-county offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to requiring the state to reimburse counties for certain costs incurred in confining certain persons arrested following release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to certain duties of a sheriff regarding a county jail prisoner's health benefits coverage information. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to eminent domain reporting requirements for certain entities. State Affairs |
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Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the feasibility of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 27. Transportation |
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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. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to electronic voter registration. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of a task force to conduct a comprehensive study on flood control infrastructure for Harris County. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to applications for permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain new or expanded facilities in certain low-income and minority communities. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the use of certain border security funding to secure Gulf of Mexico ports. Finance |
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Relating to the threat or pursuit of criminal charges against a consumer in association with certain extensions of consumer credit. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of theft of service. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for school supplies purchased by certain teachers for a limited period. Finance |
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Relating to the response to certain oil or gas well accidents by state agencies and responsible parties. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the maximum permitted rate of interest, sum of fees, and other amounts due during a natural disaster declaration. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to making certain false alarms or reports because of bias or prejudice; increasing a criminal penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of the office of independent oversight ombudsman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the Healthy Texas Women program. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to daylight saving time. 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; temporarily increasing a criminal fine. Transportation |
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Relating to the transfer of certain probate proceedings to the county in which the executor or administrator of a decedent's estate resides. State Affairs |
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Relating to waiving the fee for the issuance of a duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun for school marshals. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of the offense of indecent assault, to judicial protection for victims of that offense, and to certain criminal acts committed in relation to that offense. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to collecting and reporting by the Department of Family and Protective Services of certain information relating to certain alcohol and controlled substance use. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty. Property Tax |
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Relating to requiring state contractors to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to payment for the use of a highway toll project. Transportation |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of hospitals in this state; increasing the amount of administrative penalties assessed or imposed against certain hospitals; authorizing the imposition of a fee. Health & Human Services |
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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 increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area. State Affairs |
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Relating to the reappraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of property damaged in a disaster. Property Tax |
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Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for firearm safety equipment. Finance |
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Relating to increasing criminal penalties for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child. State Affairs |
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Relating to the use of information from the lists of noncitizens excused or disqualified from jury service. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a school district or open-enrollment charter school to employ or provide chaplains. Education |
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Relating to the offense of money laundering. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to prohibiting the operation of concrete plants and crushing facilities at certain locations. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to social work services in public schools. Education |
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Relating to the use of emergency engine cutoff switches on motorboats. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the procedures for protests and appeals of certain ad valorem tax determinations. Property Tax |
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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. State Affairs |
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Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements. Education |
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Relating to funding for the economic stabilization fund, including the rates of severance taxes on oil and gas production. Finance |
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Relating to the authority of a district engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation to temporarily lower speed limits. Transportation |
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Relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or the county's chief administrator. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the supervision by a personal bond office of individuals granted an occupational driver's license; providing for an administrative fee. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the provision of mental health services to persons younger than 18 years of age. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to certain fees of and costs incurred by sheriffs and constables. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a feasibility study and report by the Texas Division of Emergency Management regarding the use of United States Postal Service employees, resources, and assets during a declared disaster. State Affairs |
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Relating to the entitlement of spouses of certain veterans with disabilities to a veteran's employment preference. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of mail theft. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the standard service retirement annuity for certain members of the elected class of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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Relating to the licensing requirement for certain migrant labor housing facilities. Agriculture |
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Relating to the issuance of Army of Occupation Medal specialty license plates; providing an exemption from a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to maintaining certain monuments and memorials and the names of certain public institutions; providing civil penalties. State Affairs |
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Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 as the Corporal Roel Garcia Memorial Highway. Transportation |
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Relating to the notice of rights provided to an injured employee under the Texas workers' compensation system. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a landowner's liability for injuries incurred during certain recreational activities. State Affairs |