SENATE FLOOR ACTION

Friday

April 26, 2019

The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

Recognizing the game wardens of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as the "Texas Navy" and commending them for their service to the Lone Star State.

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.

Relating to cybersecurity for information resources.

Relating to the creation of the Northeast Houston Redevelopment District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

Relating to prohibited practices by a life insurance company relating to an individual's prescription for or obtainment of an opioid antagonist.

Relating to requiring a public employer to give notice to new employees of the ability of certain employees to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Relating to certain duties of county child welfare boards and of the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding county child welfare boards.

Relating to the requirement that certain participating institutions under the student loan program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board provide loan debt information to students.

Relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to issue reports on the transferability of credit.

Relating to the creation of the Brickston Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the availability of personal information of a statewide elected official or member of the legislature.

Relating to state agency electronic information and processes.

Relating to a requirement that a school district develop and maintain a cybersecurity framework.

Relating to the preservation, maintenance, and improvement of the Republic of Texas Granite Boundary Marker.

Relating to release sites for breeder deer.

Relating to the eligibility of a person for appointment as an arbitrator in a binding arbitration of an appraisal review board order.

Relating to the creation of the Brazoria-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 3; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the authority of physicians to delegate to certain pharmacists the implementation and modification of a patient's drug therapy.

Relating to compensation to be paid to an emergency services district for a municipality's annexation of the district's territory.

Relating to the consolidation of ombudsman programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.

Relating to the operation of certain urban land bank demonstration programs.

Relating to security instruments entered into by the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company.

Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve as the chief appraiser for an appraisal district.

Relating to bonds issued by and the dissolution of municipal management districts.

Relating to the workers' compensation classification system and rate filings.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to consider certain financial matters in a closed meeting.

Relating to the regulation of companies that prearrange barbering and cosmetology services outside of certain facilities.

Relating to repeal of the waiver of the right to judicial review of a wage claim.

Relating to the application of the sales and use tax to certain property and services.

Relating to satisfaction of continuing education requirements for certain insurance adjusters.

Relating to the authority of an owner of real property sold at a tax sale to transfer the owner's right of redemption to another person.

Relating to the threshold contract amount at which a county is required to engage in a competitive purchasing procedure for certain purchases.

Relating to physician and health care provider directories for certain health benefit plans.

Relating to the status of certain medical residents and fellows as governmental employees for purposes of the Texas Tort Claims Act.

Relating to changing the eligibility of persons charged with certain offenses to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.

Relating to egg grading.

Relating to the exclusion from total revenue of certain payments made by a performing rights society for purposes of computing the franchise tax.

Relating to the amendment of the dedicatory instruments of certain mixed-use real estate developments.

Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds.

Relating to the creation of an urban land bank by certain municipalities; granting authority to issue bonds.

Relating to a certificate of merit in certain actions against certain licensed or registered professionals.

Relating to the administration of a temporary health insurance risk pool.

Relating to the maritime port plans, reports, and programs prepared by the Port Authority Advisory Committee.

Relating to a report regarding Medicaid reimbursement rates and access to care.

Relating to the creation of the aviation development account.

Relating to a redetermination of a preliminary wage determination order by the Texas Workforce Commission.

Relating to wage claim data.

Relating to the designation of the portion of Interstate Highway 14 in Bell County as the First Cavalry Veterans Highway.

Relating to metering and billing requirements for certain apartment houses, manufactured homes, and recreational vehicles.

Relating to the 1st Multicounty Court at Law.

Relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations on a public road that is owned, operated, and maintained by a special district.

Relating to employment policies for certain health care providers employed by medical and dental units.

Relating to the collection of certain judgments through court proceeding.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 568; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 76; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 164; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax.

Relating to the powers, duties, and governance of the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.

Relating to the powers and authorities of municipal utility districts.

Relating to the conversion of the May Public Utility District to the Harris-Liberty Counties Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 248; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 375; providing authority to issue bonds.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 376; providing authority to issue bonds.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 379; providing authority to issue bonds.

Relating to the conversion of the Liberty Public Utility District to the Liberty County Municipal Utility District No. 7; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

Relating to the disposition of an ad valorem tax protest by means of an agreed order.

Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 441; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax.

The following bills were removed from the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar:

Relating to the expiration of the municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance in certain municipalities.

Relating to continuing education requirements for surgical technologists.

Relating to the amount credited in a state fiscal year to the judicial fund to provide basic civil legal services.

Relating to surety bonds for deputy clerks and other employees of county and district clerks.

Relating to fraternal benefit societies in a hazardous financial condition.

Relating to the board of directors and powers and duties of the East Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 12; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.