REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Monday

May 1, 2023

SENATE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit a court from issuing an opinion without disclosing the judges who authored the opinion.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county or municipality of all or part of the appraised value of real property used to operate a child-care facility.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Urging Congress to amend federal law to allow states to provide for the consolidation of federally funded workforce development services with federally funded social safety net services.

Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to name the Capitol Complex Child Development Center "Emma's Garden" in honor of Emma Barrientos.

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

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

SENATE BILLS

(Third Reading)

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue debt to purchase or lease tangible personal property.

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Health Insurance Mandate Advisory Collaborative; authorizing a fee.

SENATE BILLS

(Second Reading)

Relating to the use of certain weapons in or on the bed or bank of a navigable river or stream.

Relating to an exemption from jury service for the spouse of an officer or employee in the legislative branch of government.

Relating to the jurisdiction of the supreme court and the court of criminal appeals.

Relating to the appointment, duties, and removal of the state prosecuting attorney.

Relating to restricting research on potentially pandemic pathogens in this state; creating a civil penalty.

Relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem in certain suits filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to a cause of action for the bad faith washout of an overriding royalty interest in an oil and gas lease.

Relating to entities that provide video services.

Relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge or commissioners court in certain counties.

Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds or a tax increase.

Relating to the authority of the secretary of state to order a new election in certain counties.

Relating to the suspension of a county elections administrator.

Relating to the removal of restrictions on funding and payment of costs for certain full-time online educational programs; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Competency-Based Education Grant Program for certain students enrolled in competency-based baccalaureate degree programs and to formula funding and dropped and repeated course restrictions for students enrolled in those degree programs at public institutions of higher education.

Relating to parental rights regarding a threat assessment of a student conducted by a public school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team.

Relating to the creation of a witness protection unit within the Department of Public Safety.

Relating to parkland dedication for multifamily, hotel, and motel property development by certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.

Relating to dynamic message signs used in certain statewide alert systems.

Relating to the provision of and professional liability insurance coverage for gender transitioning or gender reassignment medical procedures and treatments for certain children.

Relating to the regulation of on-site sewage disposal systems, including requiring a license for on-site sewage disposal system pumping technicians.

Relating to the impoundment of a vehicle used in the commission of the offense of racing on a highway.

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

Relating to the definition of current debt service for the purpose of calculating the current debt rate of a taxing unit for ad valorem tax purposes.

Relating to the disposition of burial spaces and abandoned plots in certain cemeteries in the possession and control of a municipality.

Relating to the effectiveness of state-funded homelessness programs at helping beneficiaries advance toward self-sufficiency.

Relating to firefighters enrolled in fire science courses.

Relating to health benefit coverage for hearing aids for children and adults.

Relating to discounts provided by package store and wine only package store permit holders on the purchase of alcoholic beverages.

Relating to online notarizations.

Relating to disannexation of certain areas that do not receive full municipal services.

Relating to the regulation of platting and subdivisions of land by a municipality or county.

Relating to the renewal and review of standard permits for certain concrete plants.

Relating to the identification of and prohibited cooperation by state and local entities with certain federal acts that violate the United States Constitution.

Relating to the powers of the Texas Historical Commission over historic sites in this state.

Relating to a grant program for school-based health care initiatives established to serve certain underserved students.

Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions.

Relating to student buildings fees at The University of Texas at Dallas.

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.

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.

Relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools.

Relating to creating a temporary educator certification for certain military service members and first responders.

Relating to the application review process for certain delayed birth certificates.

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

Relating to local school health advisory councils and instruction regarding human sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity provided by public schools.

Relating to dropout recovery education programs.

Relating to accelerated instruction provided to public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments.

Relating to special education in public schools, including the special education allotment under the Foundation School Program, an education savings account program for certain children with disabilities, and a grant program to reimburse public schools for the cost of certain employer contributions for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas employed to teach or provide services related to special education.

Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county or municipality of all or part of the appraised value of real property used to operate a child-care facility.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Relating to the regulation of telemedicine medical services, teledentistry services, and telehealth services; providing a civil penalty.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Relating to guardianships, alternatives to guardianship, and supports and services for incapacitated persons.

Relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for the building products, materials, or methods used in the construction of residential or commercial buildings.

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

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

Relating to an expedited response by a governmental body to a request for public information.

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

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

Relating to electric utility weather emergency preparedness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Relating to the ownership of the pore space underlying the surface of land.

Relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable to an individual during a benefit year under the state unemployment insurance program.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities and local government corporations to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects.

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

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

Relating to public acknowledgment of donations made to the Texas Department of Transportation.

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

Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by emergency medical services providers.

Relating to energy efficiency goals for electric utilities.

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

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

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

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

Relating to the use of state money for the Urban Farm Microenterprise Support Program.

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

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.

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

Relating to the execution of a certificate of completion for the purchase of solar panels under a retail installment contract.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

Relating to the payment of insurance deductibles for property insurance claims.

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

Relating to contracts with and investments in companies that boycott certain energy companies.

Relating to the issuance or amendment of a certificate of public convenience and necessity that authorizes the construction of an electrical substation.

Relating to prohibiting the investment of the permanent university fund, the national research university fund, or money held by a public institution of higher education in financial companies that boycott certain energy companies.

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.

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

Relating to requiring public schools to maintain physical copies of certain instructional materials.

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.

Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was victimized by a public school employee to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school.

Relating to the establishment of the school safety technical advisory committee and the school safety accountability program.

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

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.

Relating to requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by a school district employee.

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

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 204; 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 Firefly 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.

Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 594; 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 Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 589; 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 Knob Creek Municipal Utility District of Bell County; 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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 237; 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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 236; 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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 235; 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 Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 264; 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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 219; 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 Maxwell 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.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 229; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 228; 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 Atascosa County Municipal Utility District No. 2; 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 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.

Relating to the provision of electricity service in the ERCOT power region.

Relating to the removal from office of an officer of a political subdivision for commission of certain criminal offenses.

Relating to an annual study by the Texas A&M University Texas Real Estate Research Center of the purchase and sale of single-family homes by certain institutional buyers.

Relating to certain procedures in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for a child placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the provision of community-based foster care.

Relating to the creation of the Springs Hill Special Utility District; authorizing a fee; granting the power of eminent domain.

Relating to food system security and resiliency planning.

Relating to eligibility for coverage by the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan in certain areas.

Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system.

Relating to the removal of a public school student from the classroom for the possession or use of an e-cigarette.

Relating to the use of opioid antagonists on public and private school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events and to the permissible uses of money appropriated to a state agency from the opioid abatement account.

Relating to the transfer of students between public schools.

Relating to certain contracts for the sale, transportation, or gathering of natural gas.

Relating to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

Relating to the provision of certain electricity services.

Relating to the establishment and administration of Health and Human Services Commission programs providing mental health services to certain individuals in this state.

Relating to health coverage for school district and open-enrollment charter school employees under interlocal contracts.

HOUSE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

HOUSE BILLS

(Second Reading)

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.

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

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.

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

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

Relating to the provision of property owners' association insurance by the FAIR Plan Association in certain areas.

Relating to the licensing requirements for certain operators of wastewater systems and public water systems.

Relating to the creation of the open burn pit registry fund and the issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the United States armed forces exposed to open burn pits.

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