REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS

Thursday

May 18, 2023

HOUSE BILLS

(Calendar Order)

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual net worth or wealth tax.

Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the broadband infrastructure fund to expand high-speed broadband access and assist in the financing of connectivity projects.

HOUSE BILLS

(Third Reading)

Relating to the Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program.

Relating to establishing a pilot program for recording ballot counting activity.

Relating to reports of child abuse or neglect and certain preliminary investigations of those reports.

HOUSE BILLS

(Second Reading)

Relating to certain public facilities used to provide affordable housing.

Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the Texas House of Representatives.

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

Relating to the export fee charged for the transfer of groundwater from a groundwater conservation district.

Relating to the administration of certain functions relating to state employee leave.

Relating to establishing a "Made in Texas" labeling program.

Relating to procedures for the issuance of personal identification certificates to certain persons 65 years of age or older whose driver's licenses are surrendered.

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to the surviving spouse of a posthumous recipient of certain awards.

Relating to issuance of specialty license plates to honor fallen law enforcement officers.

Relating to certain contract provisions and conduct affecting health care provider networks.

Relating to the unlawful acquisition of certain weapons; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the authority of certain persons to petition a groundwater conservation district to change certain rules.

Relating to the disbursement of money by a levee improvement district.

Relating to the joint planning of desired future conditions in groundwater management areas.

Relating to food system security and resiliency planning.

Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of issues faced by communities with artificial drainage systems.

Relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health professionals.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 11; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the powers, duties, territory, and governance of the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District.

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 55; 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. 218; 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 Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 52; 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. 582; 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. 226; 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 Austin County 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 creation of the Austin County Municipal Utility District No. 4; 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 Wharton County 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. 223; 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. 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 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. 227; 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 Water Control and Improvement District No. 6; 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 Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 56; 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 Deer Creek Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 and 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 procedures for transferring certain cases and proceedings between courts.

Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures regarding proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including the service of process and delivery of documents related to the proceedings, the administration of oaths, and the management of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, and the composition of certain juvenile boards; establishing a civil penalty; increasing certain court costs; authorizing fees.

Relating to liability of a recreational vehicle park or campground entity for injuries arising from certain activities.

Relating to the classification of a grievance filed with the State Bar of Texas.

Relating to the creation of DNA records for a person arrested for a felony offense and the expunction of DNA records in certain circumstances.

Relating to the appointment of a retired or former judge as a visiting judge in certain counties.

Relating to the payment by the state or a county of costs for certain mental health hearings or proceedings.

Relating to hours of service by an election watcher.

Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.

Relating to the relationship between dentists and certain employee benefit plans and health insurers.

Relating to health benefit plan coverage of clinician-administered drugs.

Relating to the major events reimbursement program, including event funding eligibility, site selection organizations, and single event and single year classifications.

Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the use of revenue from that tax.

Relating to creation of the gulf coast protection trust fund to be administered by the General Land Office.

Relating to the San Jacinto River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors.

Relating to the temporary exemption of certain tangible personal property related to certain connected data center projects from sales and use taxes.

Relating to limitation of certain liability of owners, lessees, and occupants of land in connection with livestock and agricultural land.

Relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain nonprofit wildlife conservation associations.

Relating to the elimination of regular mandatory vehicle safety inspections for noncommercial vehicles and the imposition of replacement fees.

Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by certain retired judges and justices.

Relating to the number of temporary licenses to conduct bingo issued to certain authorized organizations in a calendar year.

Relating to the consumption, possession, and sale of alcoholic beverages at certain performing arts facilities owned by certain school districts.

Relating to the validity of a contract for which a disclosure of interested parties is required.

Relating to the reporting of political contributions, including in-kind contributions, and expenditures made using a credit card.

Relating to a statement by the secretary of state regarding the furnishing of certain personal information on an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.

Relating to prohibiting a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and accessories through the use of certain merchant category codes; imposing a civil penalty.

Relating to meetings of a county election board.

Relating to the use of expert testimony in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Relating to the date of dissolution of the Save Historic Muny District.

Relating to designating June 28 as Special Forces Day.

Relating to a veterans suicide prevention campaign.

Relating to the Texas State Guard uniform and insignia fund.

Relating to the establishment of a service dog pilot program for certain veterans.

Relating to qualifications for and limitations on awarding the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor.

Relating to required military informed care or military cultural competency training for certain personnel of entities that provide mental health services to veterans or veterans' families before award of a state agency grant.

Relating to the requirements to access the online tracker of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.

Relating to the administration of and procedures relating to early voting by personal appearance.

Relating to certain disability and death benefits payable by the public retirement systems for police and fire fighters in certain municipalities.

Relating to an appraisal process for disputed losses under personal automobile or residential property insurance policies.

Relating to the regulation of manufactured homes.

Relating to the salary of certain employees who transfer within a state agency.

Relating to nonrenewal of certain private passenger automobile insurance policies for the insured's failure to cooperate in a third-party liability claim or action.

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

Relating to the extension or amendment of deed restrictions in certain older subdivisions.

Relating to an exemption from the plumbing licensing law for certain work performed on certain private property.

Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services.

Relating to the statute of limitations for certain offenses committed against children.

Relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force and to compensation for task force members and certain other task force participants.

Relating to the age limit for a beginning position in a police department under municipal civil service.

Relating to crime victims' compensation for criminally injurious conduct in connection with trafficking of persons.

Relating to the adoption of physical fitness programs and standards for law enforcement officers employed by the office of the attorney general.

Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals under certain circumstances.

Relating to the requirement that a peace officer take possession of a person's driver's license following the person's failure to pass or refusal to consent to a test for intoxication.

Relating to the services provided to certain children detained in a juvenile detention facility.

Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offenses of aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, and interference with child custody.

Relating to youth diversion strategies and procedures for children accused of certain fine-only offenses in municipal and justice courts and related criminal justice matters; authorizing fees.

Relating to prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children.

Relating to the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications by certain peace officers.

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of harassment.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations.

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of theft of service.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations.

Relating to incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning offenses committed in this state and the establishment of the Texas crime information system by the Department of Public Safety.

Relating to access to criminal history record information for use in certain research or statistical projects.

Relating to the duties of a law enforcement agency regarding missing children and missing persons.

Relating to compensatory time accrued by an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Relating to remotely conducting detention hearings in juvenile cases.

Relating to notice provided to a court regarding a defendant confined in a state jail felony facility.

Relating to the duties of a justice of the peace, medical examiner, or other investigator regarding the bodies of unidentified deceased persons and to the control by certain persons of the disposition of a deceased person's remains.

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

Relating to benefits for certain members of the Texas military forces and survivors of members of the Texas military forces.

Relating to advance directives, do-not-resuscitate orders, and health care treatment decisions made by or on behalf of certain patients, including a review of directives and decisions.

Relating to the public inspection of election records.

Relating to exemption of certain civil actions from being subject to a motion to dismiss on the basis of involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights.

Relating to the adoption by the Supreme Court of Texas of the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.

Relating to inheritance rights of adoptive parents.

Relating to venue in certain actions involving a contract for an improvement to real property.

Relating to certain void marriages.

Relating to associate judges for guardianship proceedings and protective services proceedings in certain courts.

Relating to the enforcement and administration of certain protective orders.

Relating to a convicted felon serving as executor of a decedent's estate in certain circumstances.

Relating to the postponement of a hearing for a temporary order in certain family law cases referred to mediation.

Relating to a grant program for public improvement projects for unincorporated communities in certain counties.

Relating to the creation of the Solana Ranch 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-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 9; 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 Williamson and Bell Counties 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 Sandow 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 Liberty Hill 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 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 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 Tarrant 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 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 Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 46; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the continuation of certain health care provider participation programs in certain counties.

Relating to the use of a broker for the sale of real property by the Nueces County Hospital District.

Relating to certain licensing and permitting requirements for game rooms; authorizing an occupational permit or license; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the procedure for qualifying for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of an elderly person.

Relating to the inclusion of a property in a conservation district by certain municipalities.

Relating to the liability of county tax assessor-collectors for certain acts of deputies.

Relating to county and municipal authority to impose certain value-based fees and require disclosure of certain information related to subdivision construction.

Relating to municipal annexation of an area adjacent to contiguous or connecting railroad rights-of-way.

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

Relating to the staggering of terms of aldermen of the governing body of a Type A general-law municipality.

Relating to prohibiting housing discrimination by a property owners' association against a residential tenant based on the tenant's method of payment.

Relating to sheriff's department disability leave in certain counties.

Relating to the criteria and qualifications for distributions under the rural volunteer fire department assistance program.

Relating to the directory of users of the centralized telephone service for entities in the capitol complex.

Relating to the award of attorney's fees in an action to enforce a motor vehicle mortgagee's lien.

Relating to the qualifications of statistical agents for the commissioner of insurance.

Relating to the definition of amusement ride for purposes of amusement ride regulation.

Relating to delivery of certain unclaimed money for scholarships for rural students, rural economic development, and energy efficiency assistance.

Relating to the refund of premiums on the cancellation of Texas Windstorm Insurance Association policies by insureds.

Relating to the applicability of premium and maintenance taxes to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

Relating to a commercial landlord's remedies regarding certain unlawful activities on the premises of commercial rental property.

Relating to the offense of providing an alcoholic beverage to a minor; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the requirements to obtain or renew an athletic trainer license.

Relating to the administration of court-ordered programs regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Relating to regulation of residential service contract providers, sellers, and administrators.

Relating to the administration of the electronic state business daily.

Relating to filing death benefits claims under the workers' compensation system.

Relating to the regulation of auctioneering by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; expanding authority to adopt fees.

Relating to the process of selecting representatives of the insurance industry to serve on the board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

Relating to a contractor's or subcontractor's right to elect not to proceed with additional work under a contract.

Relating to occupational driver's licenses and to the renewal of driver's licenses.

Relating to the definition of a commercial fleet.

Relating to the designation of the portion of Interstate Highway 635 in Mesquite as the Officer Richard Houston II Memorial Highway.

Relating to a public awareness campaign to promote the proper attachment of trailers to certain motor vehicles.

Relating to the inclusion of certain information regarding trailers in vehicle accident reports.

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

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1960 in Harris County as the Deputy Constable Omar Ursin Memorial Highway.

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to certain professional sports teams.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm to Market Road 2526 in Eastland County as the Sergeant Barbara Fenley Memorial Highway.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35 in Williamson County as the Officer Charles Whites Memorial Highway.

Relating to deadlines for the claims appraisal process of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

Relating to toll collections by a toll project entity.

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for veterans with disabilities and recipients of the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal and federal Humanitarian Service Medal.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 40 in Lubbock County as The Maines Brothers Band Highway.

Relating to the entitlement to and claims for benefits for certain first responders and other employees related to illness and injury.

Relating to the operation of and lighting equipment for medical examiner vehicles and vehicles operated by justices of the peace in certain circumstances.

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for retired peace officers.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 144 in Hood and Somervell Counties as the Ed Shipman Memorial Highway.

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for industrial firefighters; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 517 in Brazoria and Galveston Counties as the Ken Clark Memorial Highway.

Relating to the motor vehicle safety inspection of electric vehicles.

Relating to the definitions of "pass" and "passing" used in reference to a vehicle.

Relating to an optional designation on a driver's license or personal identification certificate indicating that a person is deaf or hard of hearing.

Relating to the status of the registration of a vehicle after a failure to establish financial responsibility.

Relating to notice of transfer of a used motor vehicle.

Relating to the use of certain lighting equipment on motorcycles and mopeds.

Relating to adding a designation on a person's driver's license or commercial driver's license indicating that the person is licensed to carry a handgun.

Relating to the classification of transportation districts by the Texas Transportation Commission.

Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle at an intersection with a stop sign.

Relating to requirements for the issuance of certain driver's licenses and commercial driver's licenses.

Relating to certain regulations regarding commercial driver's licenses.

Relating to making certain voluntary contributions when applying for a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate.

Relating to the issuance of K9s4KIDs specialty license plates.

Relating to liability of engineers and certain business entities performing construction monitoring and inspection services for the Texas Department of Transportation.

Relating to the enforcement of criminal offenses by district attorneys, criminal district attorneys, and county attorneys.

Relating to access to sexually explicit material on the Internet or electronic devices; providing civil penalties.

Relating to the governance and administration of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and to certain disclosures made in relation to the provision of funding for indigent defense services.

Relating to the storage in and removal from certain DNA databases of certain DNA samples.

Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program.

Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the development of, implementation of, and funding for public school safety and security requirements and the provision of safety-related resources.

Relating to establishing a digital course materials pilot program.

Relating to the membership of a public school concussion oversight team and the removal of a public school student from an interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected concussion.

Relating to the powers and duties of Port Freeport; limiting the authority of certain municipalities to regulate land use by Port Freeport; and the creation of a reinvestment zone containing property owned by Port Freeport.

Relating to the terminology used to describe transportation-related accidents.

Relating to enforcement actions taken against a child-care or child-placing agency administrator's license.

Relating to the submission of certain reports by the Health and Human Services Commission.

Relating to prescription drug benefits under Medicaid and the child health plan program.

Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to preferred provider benefit plan out-of-pocket expense credits for payments made by an insured directly to a physician or health care provider.

Relating to prohibiting a maximum age or age differential for prospective adoptive parents.

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

Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator in public schools.

Relating to the distribution, posting, or provision of information regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities and to the confidentiality of certain information relating to persons provided assistance in accessing postsecondary education.

Relating to the right of a purchaser to terminate a contract of purchase and sale of real property for failure to provide notice that the property is located in a public improvement district.

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain interests in a mineral in place owned by certain charitable organizations.

Relating to county regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats.

Relating to the creation of the West Lake Ranch Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to taxing authority of Jackson County County-Wide Drainage District.

Relating to municipal regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats.

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

Relating to funding of excess losses and operating expenses of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association; authorizing an assessment; authorizing a surcharge.

Relating to crime victims' compensation.

Relating to the confinement in a county jail of a person pending a transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to compensation to a county for certain costs of confinement.

Relating to the amount of foreign emissions of air contaminants in nonattainment areas and the revision of the state implementation plan to account for those emissions.

Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue in certain municipalities.

Relating to eligible coastal municipalities for purposes of the municipal hotel occupancy tax.

Relating to procedural requirements for uranium mining production area authorizations.

Relating to a report by the Texas Workforce Commission regarding apprenticeship opportunities in this state for emerging and high-demand industries.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a county hotel occupancy tax.

Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability of that tax in certain counties.

Relating to the workforce development evaluation system administered by the Texas Workforce Commission, including the establishment of a workforce development career education and training evaluation pilot program.

Relating to powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to work and family policies.

Relating to gas utility alternative gas expenses and infrastructure investments.

Relating to electricity service in areas of this state with a need for transmission projects.

Relating to employment and retirement consequences for an educator convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor.

Relating to the board of directors and duties of the Gulf Coast Protection District.

Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the dedication and rededication of revenue and allocation of accrued interest on dedicated revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes.

Relating to the provision of lifeguards by certain municipalities and counties on public beaches.

Relating to prescription drug formularies applicable to the Medicaid managed care program.

Relating to determining the student enrollment of a public school that allows non-enrolled students to participate in University Interscholastic League activities for purposes of assigning a University Interscholastic League classification.

Relating to the administration of assessment instruments to public school students on religious holy days.

Relating to the regulation of library materials sold to or included in public school libraries.

Relating to the commissioning of peace officers by certain private schools.

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 a memorandum of understanding between public or private primary or secondary schools authorizing a school marshal of one school to act as a school marshal at the other school during an event at which both schools participate.

Relating to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter school campus by certain charter holders and to the expansion of an open-enrollment charter school.

Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans.

Relating to the establishment of the Future Texas Teachers Scholarship Program for certain students at public institutions of higher education.

Relating to funding for The University of Texas at Tyler's school of pharmacy.

Relating to measures to prevent and respond to opioid-related drug overdoses, including policies and training regarding the use of opioid antagonists, at student residences on campuses of public institutions of higher education; providing immunity.

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.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

(Second Reading)

Declaring an invasion of the State of Texas by transnational cartel terrorists, urging the governor to accelerate the construction of a wall along the Southern Border, and urging Congress to deploy military forces to combat transnational cartels.

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

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 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 student buildings fees at The University of Texas at Dallas.

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

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 disclosure of customer information by government-operated utilities.

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

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

Relating to food system security and resiliency planning.

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

Relating to requiring state contractors, political subdivisions of this state, and private employers to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.

Relating to eligibility requirements under the owner-builder loan program.

Relating to providing prevocational or similar services under certain Medicaid waiver programs.

Relating to the exercise of eminent domain authority by the Texas Facilities Commission to build a wall along this state's international border.

Relating to the powers, authorities, duties, and responsibilities of certain conservation and reclamation districts.

Relating to the authority of the Roman Forest Public Utility District No. 4 for road projects; providing authority to issue bonds.

Relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and the authority of certain facilities and physicians to temporarily detain a person with mental illness.

Relating to required labeling of food containing mRNA vaccine material.