SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Friday May 3, 2019 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to parental notification by a school district regarding high school graduation requirements. |
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Relating to suspension of a driver's license for persons convicted of certain misdemeanor drug possession offenses. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to local school health advisory councils and health education provided by school districts, including requirements regarding human sexuality instruction. |
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Relating to an audit by the Texas Education Agency of public school professional development training requirements. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to a competitive grant program to fund promotion of early literacy programs in certain communities in this state. |
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Relating to the sequencing of certain required mathematics courses in public schools. |
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Relating to notice regarding voting by physicians at certain entities to authorize the differentiation of physicians based on maintenance of certification. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to challenges by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to accountability determinations. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Military Department. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner, the licensing and registration of persons regulated by that state agency, and certain consumer financial transactions regulated by that state agency. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed: |
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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. |
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Relating to required counseling before an abortion is performed. |
The Senate adopted the following resolutions: |
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Expressing opposition to the enactment or enforcement in Texas of a law that automatically suspends the driver's license of an individual who is convicted of any drug-related offense. |
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Recognizing the McDonald Observatory on the occasion of its 80th anniversary. |
The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar: |
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Designating Levelland as the official City of Mosaics of Texas. |
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Relating to meetings for certain special purpose districts. |
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Relating to the inclusion of certain information in postsecondary education and career counseling academies developed for certain school counselors and other postsecondary advisors employed by a school district. |
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Relating to peace officer instruction on the trafficking of persons and compelling prostitution. |
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Relating to prohibiting the use of certain aversive techniques on students enrolled in public schools. |
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Relating to the limitations periods for certain suits against real estate appraisers and appraisal firms. |
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Relating to the expiration of the municipal sales and use tax for street maintenance in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to access to services in an area annexed by certain tier 1 municipalities under a service plan. |
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Relating to conditions of community supervision applicable to certain intoxication offenses. |
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Relating to offering certain evidence-based services in lieu of other mental health or substance use disorder services by a Medicaid managed care organization. |
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Relating to authority of the Hunt Memorial Hospital District to appoint, contract for, or employ physicians. |
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Relating to continuing education requirements for surgical technologists. |
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Relating to the deferral or abatement of the collection of ad valorem taxes on an appreciating residence homestead. |
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Relating to the location of the Alamo Cenotaph. |
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Relating to establishing a council on long-term care facilities and the duties of that council. |
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Relating to the designation of support services liaison officers at public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to state supported living centers. |
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Relating to the creation of certain emergency services districts. |
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Relating to assistance with the establishment, operation, and oversight of public defenders' offices and a review of certain criminal defense attorney's fees by the Texas Indigent Defense Commission. |
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Relating to the discharge of a prisoner from a county jail. |
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Relating to the dissolution of a non-profit direct-support organization. |
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Relating to payment for care provided by a chiropractor under certain health benefit plans; providing administrative penalties. |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of taking or attempting to take a weapon from certain officers, investigators, employees, or officials. |
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Relating to business entities. |
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Relating to ratification of defective corporate acts of nonprofit corporations; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the filing of an assumed name certificate by certain business entities. |
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Relating to domestic corporations and other domestic entities. |
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Relating to derivative proceedings on behalf of for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships. |
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Relating to providing access to local health departments and certain health service regional offices under the Medicaid managed care program. |
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Relating to the application for and loans from the Texas military value revolving loan account. |
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Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics. |
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Relating to an exception to the titling requirement for certain vehicles; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to judicial review of acts by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Karis Municipal Management District of Tarrant County; changing the territory of the district; providing a civil penalty; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to the establishment of the Medicaid Waiver Legislative Oversight Committee. |
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Relating to the creation of the Magnolia Woods Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Van Alstyne Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Collin County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Lakehaven Municipal Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. |
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Relating to providing public high school students information regarding the availability of college credit awarded for military experience, education, and training obtained during military service. |
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Relating to the frequency and location of certain meetings required by a prescriptive authority agreement. |
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Relating to certain duties of public institutions of higher education and the Department of State Health Services regarding policies on the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to verification of hunting and fishing license information. |
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Relating to the regulation of the sale of dextromethorphan to minors; providing civil penalties. |
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Relating to the administration and collection of sales and use taxes applicable to sales involving marketplace providers. |
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Relating to the conversion of plastics and other recoverable materials through pyrolysis or gasification. |
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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. |
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Relating to the exemption of certain commercial weighing or measuring devices from registration and inspection requirements. |
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Relating to the release of a reversionary interest in certain real property by the Health and Human Services Commission and conditions related to that release. |
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Relating to the repeal of the provisions providing for the suspension of the collection of certain fees when the balance in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund exceeds a specified amount. |
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Relating to the registration of liquefied petroleum gas container manufacturers and the regulation of liquefied petroleum gas licensees; authorizing fees. |
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Relating to the terms of dissolution of an oil or gas pooled unit. |
The following bills were removed from the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar: |
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Relating to the administration of the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Cy-Champ Public Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation precious metal held in a precious metal depository located in this state. Property Tax |
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Relating to the provision of Medicaid benefits to certain children formerly in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the eligibility of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land. Property Tax |
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Relating to inquest summary reports and the preservation of evidence collected in the course of an inquest. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to emergency management for cyber attacks against this state. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to exemption of certain firefighters and police officers from jury service. State Affairs |
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Relating to organ donor registration information when applying for a hunting or fishing license on the Internet. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to a requirement that a public or private institution of higher education include a notation on a student's transcript under certain circumstances. Higher Education |
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Relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties to be used for transportation projects. Transportation |
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Relating to the use of the universal service fund for the provision of broadband service in underserved rural areas. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the consideration of certain student differentials based on sex under the public school accountability system. Education |
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Relating to the duration of a bingo occasion. State Affairs |
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Relating to providing discharged or released inmates with certain documents, including documents to assist the inmate in obtaining employment. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a review by the State Board of Education of the essential knowledge and skills of the career and technology and technology applications curriculums. Education |
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Relating to a biennial report on stormwater infrastructure in this state. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to telemedicine medical, telehealth, and home telemonitoring services under Medicaid. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the caseloads of child protective services caseworkers. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the regulation of certain health organizations certified by the Texas Medical Board; providing an administrative penalty; authorizing a fee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to changes made by certain design-build contractors to the design-build team for transportation projects. Transportation |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, including the consolidation, repeal, and creation of certain licenses and permits; changing fees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the amount of and vehicles eligible for the light-duty motor vehicle purchase or lease incentive program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to prevention of communicable diseases in certain long-term care facilities. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy; requiring a student permit; authorizing fees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to deferred payment of ad valorem taxes for certain persons serving in the United States armed forces. Property Tax |
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Relating to procedures for the alternative assessment of certain public school students that receive special education services and alternative accountability plans for certain campuses serving students that receive special education services. Education |
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Relating to consent requirements for the prescription of certain psychoactive medications to residents of nursing facilities and related institutions. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the operation of electric and nonelectric bicycles. Transportation |
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Relating to trusts. State Affairs |
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Relating to the fiduciary status of a directed trust advisor. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to judicial compensation and assignment, the contributions to, benefits from, membership in, and administration of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One and Plan Two, and the compensation and retirement benefits of certain prosecutors and other members of the elected class of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain events to receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement Program. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to continuing education requirements for certain health professionals regarding pain management and the prescribing of opioids. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the police pension fund in certain municipalities. State Affairs |
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Relating to obsolete references to the Texas Probate Code. State Affairs |
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Relating to the transport of alcoholic beverages for personal consumption. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the prescribing of controlled substances and dangerous drugs for acute pain. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the contractual relationship between a pharmacist or pharmacy and a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to payment card skimmers on motor fuel dispensers and to creating a payment fraud fusion center; imposing civil penalties; creating criminal offenses. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the disposition of certain students to alternative education settings and the provision of educational services to students in those settings or subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension. Education |
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Relating to the regulation of firearms, air guns, knives, ammunition, or firearm or air gun supplies or accessories by a county or municipality. State Affairs |
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Relating to an award of costs and attorney's fees in a motion to dismiss for certain actions that have no basis in law or fact. State Affairs |
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Relating to the provision of water and sewer services by certain retail public utilities. Water & Rural Affairs |
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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; enhancing a criminal penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan fund and account. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the accrual of and limitations periods for personal injury claims that arise from certain offenses involving child sexual abuse. State Affairs |
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Relating to the examination by the commissioner of insurance of certain insurers' network quality and adequacy. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a requirement that the Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating Council prepare a report regarding suicide rates in this state and state efforts to prevent suicides. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the regulation of plumbing, including the requirements to obtain a tradesman plumber-limited license. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Ranch at Cypress Creek Municipal Utility District No. 1. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to George Benton Turner. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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