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Local and Uncontested Bills for 5/3/2023

LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS


(Revised)



The following bills have been certified for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar to be held Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM or upon recess.




HB 49 (LC)Klick/ Lalani/ et al. SP: Kolkhorst

Relating to public access to certain hospital investigation information and materials.


HB 446 (LC)Craddick/ Rose/ Leach/ Frank/ Davis/ et al. SP: Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to the terminology used in statute to refer to intellectual disability and certain references to abolished health and human services agencies.


HB 842 (LC)Patterson SP: Whitmire

Relating to prohibiting the suspension of a person's driver's license or extension of the period of a driver's license suspension for certain driving while license invalid convictions; authorizing a fee.


HB 2664 (LC)Tepper SP: Perry

Relating to the disclosure of customer information by government-operated utilities.


HB 3106 (LC)Hefner SP: Hughes

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 49 in Titus County as the Titus County WWI Veterans Memorial Highway.


HB 3108 (LC)Hefner SP: Hughes

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm to Market Road 2348 in Titus County as the Army Staff Sergeant Clay Allen Craig Memorial Bridge.


SCR 42 (LC)Hinojosa

Designating December 8 as Special Hearts Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2023.


SCR 46 (CS) (LC)Flores

Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the placement of the Texas Game Warden Memorial at the State Capitol Complex.


SB 252 (CS) (LC)Alvarado

Relating to the licensing of certain veterans by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those veterans by political subdivisions.


SB 389 (CS) (LC)Hall

Relating to information requested from the Texas Medical Board by a member, committee, or agency of the legislature.


SB 414 (LC)Paxton

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 19 as the Mildred McMillan Garrett Memorial Bridge.


SB 436 (LC)Middleton/ et al.

Relating to the punishment for the offense of purchasing or selling human organs; increasing a criminal penalty.


SB 496 (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to a study on potential improvements to training provided to 9-1-1 emergency service call takers and dispatchers.


SB 518 (CS) (LC)Kolkhorst

Relating to the consideration of standardized test scores as a factor in nonautomatic admissions decisions at certain public institutions of higher education.


SB 668 (CS) (LC)West

Relating to allowing school districts to make available certain school safety training courses to employees of certain private schools, child-care facilities, or organizations providing out-of-school-time care.


SB 945 (CS) (LC)Kolkhorst

Relating to the disclosure of certain health care cost information by certain health care facilities; authorizing an administrative penalty.


SB 1011 (CS) (LC)Parker

Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons.


SB 1166 (CS) (LC)Birdwell

Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle involving theft of a firearm; increasing a criminal penalty.


SB 1181 (CS) (LC)Miles

Relating to certain indefinite quantity contracts entered into by the General Land Office in the event of a natural disaster.


SB 1187 (LC)Hughes

Relating to the authority of the TexAmericas Center to provide services to and make investments in certain business enterprises and to create certain business organizations for purposes of the center.


SB 1192 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to access to criminal history record information for certain employees, volunteers, and contractors, and for applicants for those positions, by the Health and Human Services Commission.


SB 1257 (LC)Creighton

Relating to the unlawful disclosure of an autopsy image or other visual depiction; creating a criminal offense.


SB 1266 (LC)Parker/ et al.

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


SB 1267 (LC)Parker/ et al.

Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of operation of a stash house; increasing a criminal penalty.


SB 1327 (CS) (LC)Blanco

Relating to authorizing a day-care center to employ an interim director.


SB 1388 (CS) (LC)Parker/ et al.

Relating to creating the criminal offense of operating a premises for unlawful controlled substance consumption.


SB 1402 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini/ Paxton/ et al.

Relating to the composition, continuation, and duties of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force, compensation for task force members and certain other task force participants, and establishment of a mandatory training program for peace officers on responding to reports of child sexual abuse and adult sexual assault.


SB 1419 (CS) (LC)Birdwell

Relating to limitations on the use of public money under certain economic development agreements or programs adopted by certain political subdivisions.


SB 1471 (CS) (LC)Bettencourt

Relating to access by the Texas Education Agency and private schools to certain criminal history records.


SB 1506 (LC)Hughes

Relating to a seizure management and treatment plan for the care to be provided by a public school to a student with a seizure disorder.


SB 1519 (LC)King/ et al.

Relating to electric utility weather emergency preparedness.


SB 1525 (LC)Blanco

Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in property tax appraisal records.


SB 1668 (CS) (LC)Hughes

Relating to property owners' associations, including condominium owners' associations.


SB 1712 (CS) (LC)Perry

Relating to the purchase, sale, or lease of real property on behalf of a limited partnership or a limited liability company.


SB 1716 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to term limits for certain contracts regarding airports and associated air navigation facilities operated by or on behalf of a local government.


SB 1766 (LC)Creighton

Relating to indemnification and duties of real property appraisers under certain governmental contracts.


SB 1802 (LC)Springer

Relating to administrative procedures in the architectural barriers program at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.


SB 1896 (CS) (LC)Birdwell

Relating to the investigation of the death of a prisoner in county jail.


SB 2008 (CS) (LC)Kolkhorst/ et al.

Relating to operating requirements for farm mutual insurance companies related to insurance in force on rural property.


SB 2064 (CS) (LC)Bettencourt

Relating to the dissemination of patient information through a telemedicine, telehealth, or teledentistry service.


SB 2105 (CS) (LC)Johnson/ et al.

Relating to the registration of and certain other requirements relating to data brokers; providing a civil penalty and authorizing a fee.


SB 2142 (CS) (LC)Parker

Relating to requiring the attorney general to establish a process to identify and report certain foreign-related transactions in this state to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.


SB 2212 (CS) (LC)Blanco

Relating to the disclosure by a pharmacy to a patient of certain price information for a drug or biological product.


SB 2256 (CS) (LC)Blanco

Relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing education compliance through the establishment of continuing education tracking systems.


SB 2304 (CS) (LC)LaMantia

Relating to the regulation of driver education courses and driving safety courses and the provision of information regarding the Texas Driving with Disability Program to certain public school students.


SB 2314 (LC)Hughes

Relating to a membership interest in a limited liability company subject to a charging order.


SB 2358 (LC)Parker

Relating to security procedures for digital applications that pose a network security risk to state agencies.


SB 2403 (LC)Springer

Relating to required reporting regarding a school district's program for gifted and talented students.


SB 2479 (CS) (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to procedures regarding certain persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability.


SB 2579 (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to the creation of the Guadalupe County Municipal Utility District No. 8; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


SB 2580 (LC)Nichols

Relating to the creation of the Liberty County Municipal Utility District No. 12; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


SB 2594 (LC)Nichols

Relating to the creation of the Liberty County Management District No. 2; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


SB 2601 (LC)Hinojosa

Relating to payment of costs related to the relocation of certain utility facilities for state highway projects.


SB 2608 (LC)Zaffirini

Relating to the creation of the Martindale Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Caldwell County, Texas; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.


SB 2612 (LC)Flores/ Campbell/ Gutierrez/ Menéndez/ Zaffirini/ et al.

Relating to the commissioning by the General Land Office of certain Alamo complex rangers as peace officers.


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