SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Monday May 12, 2025 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Relating to reporting by school districts regarding special education legal proceedings in which a certain amount of legal fees has been incurred by the district. |
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Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the prohibited manufacture, processing, possession, distribution, offering for sale, and sale of cell-cultured protein. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the definition of fetal death certificate. |
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Relating to the air conditioning and refrigeration contractors advisory board. |
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Relating to the regulation of laser hair removal. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 377 in Hood and Johnson Counties as the Bob Cornett Parkway. |
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Relating to a study on measurable outcomes for certain transfer students for performance tier funding under the public junior college state finance program. |
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Relating to the eligibility of a trustee of certain school districts for employment by those districts. |
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Relating to physical examination requirements for patients admitted to an inpatient mental health facility. |
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Relating to the establishment of a rapid DNA analysis pilot program in certain counties. |
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Relating to the recovery of damages for injuries arising out of certain uses of force or deadly force. |
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Relating to eligibility for the bulletproof vest and body armor grant program. |
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Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation. |
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Relating to the creation of a family violence criminal homicide prevention task force. |
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Relating to warning labels for opioid prescription drugs. |
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Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for operating a motor vehicle under certain circumstances causing a tire of the vehicle to spin, lose traction, or leave the surface of a highway. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to publication by the Texas Board of Nursing and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of certain nursing education data. |
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Relating to ad valorem tax protests and appeals on the ground of the unequal appraisal of property. |
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Relating to the authority of a county attorney or district attorney to enforce human trafficking awareness and prevention in commercial lodging establishments. |
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Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. |
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Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in solving violent and sexual offenses. |
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Relating to the certification of discovery issues to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in contested cases referred to the State Office of Administrative Hearings by the commission. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the disclosure and posting of certain information regarding multifamily residential developments that receive certain tax exemptions and the eligibility of those developments to receive those exemptions. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the requirements for the operational plan for certain general residential operations licensed by the Health and Human Services Commission. |
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Relating to investigations conducted and actions brought by the attorney general under the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983. |
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Relating to restrictions on the levy and use of certain ad valorem taxes and on the issuance of certain bonds supported by ad valorem taxes. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the status of certain documents or instruments concerning real or personal property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations for those offenses; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions; increasing a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to disclosures about certain automated posts on social media platforms; providing a civil penalty. |
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Relating to information provided to a purchaser of a manufactured home regarding the ability to elect to treat the home as real property or personal property. |
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Relating to the criminal offense of interference with child custody. |
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Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, and youth diversion; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. 2 Floor Amendments |
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Relating to the displacement of student financial aid at a public institution of higher education. |
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Relating to the creation of La Cima Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain. |
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Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift. |
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Relating to a limitation on a county's authority to require a cash bond before approving the construction of a pipeline. |
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Relating to a screening for the risk of commercial sexual exploitation of certain children. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction. |
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Relating to training on de-escalation, crisis intervention, and behavioral health for correctional officers and certain other employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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Relating to the Polytechnic College at Sam Houston State University, including the college's eligibility to participate in certain programs. |
The Senate suspended the regular order, read second time and passed to engrossment: |
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Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws. |
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Relating to the maximum number of nonresident scholarship students permitted to pay resident tuition and fees at certain public institutions of higher education. 1 Floor Amendment |
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Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals for unemployment benefits and the validity of certain claims for unemployment benefits submitted to the Texas Workforce Commission. |
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Relating to the prohibition of certain actions by a state agency against an applicant for or holder of an occupational license. |
The Senate concurred in House amendments to the following: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue. |
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Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. |
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Relating to the regulation of private passenger vehicle rental companies. |
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Relating to aquifer storage and recovery projects that transect a portion of the Edwards Aquifer. |
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Relating to the combination of certain election precincts. |
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Relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes. |
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Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions. |
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Relating to certain planning, notification, and evaluation requirements with respect to certain workforce development programs in this state. |
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Relating to exempting certain transactions from regulation by the Texas Real Estate Commission. |
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Relating to the taking of certain aoudad sheep by using a helicopter. |
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Relating to certificates of number and certificates of title issued by and records kept by the Parks and Wildlife Department; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of this state over United States military installations with respect to certain subject matters. |
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Relating to establishing the Higher Education Research Security Council. |
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Relating to liquor sales on credit by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit to a wholesaler. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 852 in Upshur County as the Petty Officer Billy Machen Bridge. |
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Relating to the declaration of an oil or gas emergency by the Railroad Commission of Texas and the liability of a person for assistance, advice, or resources provided in relation to an oil or gas emergency. |
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Relating to public higher education. |
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Relating to the transfer of the University of Houston--Victoria to The Texas A&M University System. |
Committee referral on the following: |
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Relating to restrictions on the use of certain ad valorem taxes and on the issuance of certain bonds supported by ad valorem taxes. Local Government |
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Relating to the name of and appointment of directors for the Harris-Montgomery Counties Management District. Local Government |
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Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Management District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. Local Government |
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Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Lottery Commission and the transfer of the administration of the state lottery and the licensing and regulation of charitable bingo to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; creating a criminal offense. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a property owner to obtain an injunction restraining the collection of ad valorem taxes by a taxing unit if the taxing unit adopts a tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate and subsequently takes an action that constitutes a material deviation from the stated purpose of the tax increase. Local Government |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of exchange. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to housing finance corporations; authorizing a fee. Local Government |
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Relating to the effect of a disaster and associated costs on the calculation of certain tax rates and the procedure for adoption of a tax rate by a taxing unit. Local Government |
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Relating to the creation of the Puerto Verde Port Authority District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting a limited power of eminent domain. Transportation |
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Relating to the maintenance of overhead electrical power lines associated with oil and gas development and production; authorizing an administrative penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to plans for the management and inspection of distribution poles. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to risk mitigation planning and associated liability for providers of electric service; providing an administrative penalty. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to support for new businesses. Economic Development |
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Relating to the provision of direct patient care by physicians and health care practitioners. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to a requirement that the ballot for an election to amend the state constitution include an estimate of the fiscal impact to the state of the proposed amendment. State Affairs |
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Relating to the civil liability of certain businesses in connection with allowing concealed handguns on the business premises. State Affairs |
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Relating to the authority of a county to cancel subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality. Local Government |
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Relating to certain claims for benefits or compensation by a death investigation professional. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to creating the criminal offense of promotion or possession of a child-like sex doll. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain peace officers. Education K-16 |
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Relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll project entities. Transportation |
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Relating to the investigation of municipal fire fighters in certain municipalities. Local Government |
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Relating to a designation on a person's driver's license or personal identification certificate that the person is a registered sex offender. Transportation |
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Relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the issuance of a citation for the offense of the unauthorized use of parking designated for persons with disabilities. Transportation |
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Relating to a duty to contract for election services furnished for an election held on the first Saturday in May in an even-numbered year. State Affairs |
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Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain misuse of official information, including misuse of official information that results in certain net pecuniary gains. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the filing for record of a plat, replat, or amended plat or replat of a subdivision of real property or a condominium. Local Government |
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Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to a waiver of the preservation of evidence and the return of a seized weapon in a criminal case. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the processing of an application for an authorization to use a standard permit for a rock or concrete crushing facility. Natural Resources |
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Relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by certain operators of motor vehicles. Transportation |
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Relating to creation of the Adopt-a-County Road program. Transportation |
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Relating to the evaluation of Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant applications. Economic Development |
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Relating to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code. Education K-16 |
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Relating to the registration of frac tanks; authorizing a fee. Transportation |
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Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to the payment of funds under certain construction contracts. Business & Commerce |
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Relating to a franchise tax exemption for corporations operating a spaceport for certain national defense purposes. Finance |
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Relating to member contributions to the Texas Municipal Retirement System. Finance |
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Relating to late applications for the appraisal of land for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified timber land following the death of the owner of the land. Local Government |
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Relating to the recovery of certain state border security expenditures from the federal government. Finance |
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Relating to prohibitions on certain employment for sex offenders. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the use or purchase or other acquisition of property under the Public Property Finance Act. Local Government |
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Relating to a reduction in the amount of sales and use tax collections that the owners of restaurants that purchase Texas farm-raised oysters are required to remit to the comptroller of public accounts. Finance |
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Relating to a reduction in the amount of sales and use tax collections that the owners of restaurants that participate in an oyster shell recycling program are required to remit to the comptroller of public accounts. Finance |
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Relating to representation for an indigent person subject to a civil commitment proceeding. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the partial count of electronic voting system ballots. State Affairs |
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Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and a workgroup on nursing career pathways and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to issuance of specialty license plates for certain United States Army Rangers. Transportation |
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Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place. State Affairs |
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Relating to the exemption of certain reserve peace officers from regulation as private security personnel. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the taking of certain depositions and the dismissal of certain civil actions in connection with allegations of family violence and abusive conduct. State Affairs |
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Relating to liability protections for commercial space flight and exploration. State Affairs |
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Relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer fees for real property. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to proof of identity of a person making an acknowledgment of a written instrument. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the accrual of interest on overdue child support. Jurisprudence |
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Relating to the employment practices of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and to the eligibility of a person to be appointed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department's release review panel and the authority of a panel member. Criminal Justice |
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Relating to the storage of alcoholic beverages by the holder of a passenger transportation permit. State Affairs |
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Relating to the retention of certain genetic material and genetic information by the Department of Family and Protective Services. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to permits issued by the Railroad Commission of Texas for commercial surface disposal facilities. Natural Resources |
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Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations. Finance |
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Relating to the issuance of a single license for a hospital and a mobile stroke unit of the hospital. Health & Human Services |
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Relating to reports by certain public institutions of higher education on fraud, waste, and abuse involving state resources. Education K-16 |
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Relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits. Local Government |
Committee re-referral on the following: |
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Relating to the financial crimes intelligence center. Re-referred from Criminal Justice to State Affairs |
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Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information. Re-referred from Criminal Justice to State Affairs |
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Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student, and to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student. Re-referred from Criminal Justice to State Affairs |
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