SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Monday April 15, 2019 |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read third time and finally passed: |
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Relating to ad valorem taxation. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to election integrity; increasing criminal penalties; creating a criminal offense; creating civil penalties. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Rolling V Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Wise County. Intergovernmental Relations |
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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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Relating to the notification of affected persons of certain releases of water from certain dams. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to reporting information regarding public school disciplinary actions. Education |
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Relating to the creation of regional transit authorities; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and charge fees; creating a criminal offense. Transportation |
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Relating to the inclusion of a magistrate's name on certain signed orders. State Affairs |
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Relating to a school district assigning a mentor teacher to a new classroom teacher. Education |
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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. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation of a commission to review certain penal laws of this state and to make certain recommendations regarding those laws, to criminal offenses previously compiled in statutes outside the Penal Code, to repealing certain of those offenses, and to conforming punishments for certain of those offenses to the penalty structure provided in the Penal Code; increasing the punishment for the criminal offenses of sedition, sabotage, and capital sabotage; imposing a civil penalty. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the creation of a cross-border motor vehicle traffic congestion web portal. Transportation |
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Relating to the carrying, storage, or possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition by certain persons on certain residential or commercial property. State Affairs |
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Relating to the governance and operation of municipal management districts. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the employment of certain peace officers, detention officers, county jailers, or firefighters who are injured in the course and scope of duty. Business & Commerce |
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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 increasing the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information by public servants. State Affairs |
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Relating to the criminal consequences of engaging in certain conduct with respect to certain instruments designed, made, or adapted for use in striking a person. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to reciprocity agreements between air ambulance companies operating a subscription program. Health & Human Services |
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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. Higher Education |
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Relating to the notice required before the issuance of certain debt obligations by political subdivisions. Property Tax |
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Relating to a task force to coordinate and make recommendations on parent engagement and education programs provided by state agencies. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to written agreements incident to divorce or annulment. State Affairs |
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Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. State Affairs |
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Relating to the use of funds appropriated for the continuing legal education of certain appointed masters, magistrates, referees, and associate judges. State Affairs |
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Relating to procedures and reporting requirements regarding criminal defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or an intellectual disability. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the date of the election for trustees of an independent school district. State Affairs |
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Relating to inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. State Affairs |
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Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in counties not served by a hospital district or a public hospital. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the suspension of a student who is homeless from public school. Administration |
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Relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability models for certain river basins. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to certain government contracts with companies that boycott Israel. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who were formerly in foster care. Higher Education |
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Relating to determining appropriate disciplinary action to be taken against a public school student who is in foster care or who is homeless. Administration |
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Relating to the amount of the health care services fee paid by certain inmates. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving the interception, use, or disclosure of certain communications. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities and counties. Transportation |
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Relating to the collection of consumer debt by debt buyers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the use of a county early voting polling place by a political subdivision. State Affairs |
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Relating to the disposition of real property interests by the Willacy County Navigation District. Transportation |
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Relating to territory included in a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district established by a municipality. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the agreement requirements for receiving a scholarship under the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. Veteran Affairs & Border Security |
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Relating to the appraisal of land for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer between family members. Property Tax |
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Relating to access by certain persons to a first responder's immunization history. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to establishing a guardianship abuse, fraud, and exploitation deterrence program. State Affairs |
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Relating to training and development activities for persons who may interact with an individual with autism or other pervasive developmental disorder. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system. Education |
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Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as timber land or restricted-use timber land. Property Tax |
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Relating to a pilot program for assisting certain recipients of public benefits to gain permanent self-sufficiency. Finance |
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Relating to the creation of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council and to the continuation and transfer of the regulation of psychologists, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and social workers to the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council; providing civil and administrative penalties; authorizing a fee. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to authorizing a regulatory authority to establish reduced water and sewer utility rates funded by donations for the benefit of certain low-income customers. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the continuation of the regulation of land surveyors and the transfer of the regulation to the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; changing fees. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the administration and collection of sales and use taxes applicable to sales involving marketplace providers. Finance |
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Relating to school district purchasing of and contracting for goods and services. Education |
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Relating to health care professional liability coverage for certain public institutions of higher education. Higher Education |
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Relating to the authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to invest in certain hedge funds. Administration |
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Relating to the care of pregnant women confined in county jail. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to disclosure regarding the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. State Affairs |
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Relating to the appointment of a surrogate parent for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the creation of the Liberty County Drainage District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain. Intergovernmental Relations |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the procedure for action on certain applications for an amendment to a water right. Water & Rural Affairs |
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Relating to the sale of certain wine by the holder of a wine and beer retailer's permit or mixed beverage permit. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the extension of the expiration of certain parts of the Texas Economic Development Act. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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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 sale of alcoholic beverages on certain property owned by the Texas State Railroad Authority. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to newborn and infant hearing screening results and the provision of information following a screening. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the physician education loan repayment program. Higher Education |
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Relating to the sale of electric power to certain public customers. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the information necessary to appropriately title certain flood damaged vehicles that have been repaired with federal financial assistance. Transportation |
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Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Dallas County Hospital District. Administration |
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Relating to the exemption from the taxes imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle for certain motor vehicles used for religious purposes. Finance |
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Relating to disposal of controlled substance prescription drugs by hospice service providers. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to the registration of liquefied petroleum gas container manufacturers and the regulation of liquefied petroleum gas licensees; authorizing fees. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the registration and certification of certain investment products made available to public school employees. State Affairs |
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Relating to the sales and use tax exemption for property used in the production of motion picture, video, or audio recordings and broadcasts. Finance |
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Relating to prepaid funeral benefits. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the terms of dissolution of an oil or gas pooled unit. Natural Resources & Economic Development |
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Relating to the eligibility of land on which the Texas Animal Health Commission has established a temporary quarantine for ticks for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land. Property Tax |
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