Texas Bills

Relating to creation of the Screwworm Abatement Trust (SWAT) Fund.

Relating to youth camp emergency operations plans and preparedness.

Relating to disasters, including the regulation of social media platforms, disaster relief organizations, and disaster volunteers; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; authorizing a fee.

Relating to requirements for campgrounds located in a floodway; authorizing an administrative penalty; providing a private cause of action.

Relating to the prohibited use as overnight accommodations of youth camp structures located within certain floodplains.

Relating to the inclusion of instruction regarding the beginning of human life in the health curriculum for public school students.

Relating to the prohibition of lobbyist representation of certain clients.

Relating to the elimination of ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the elimination of those taxes.

Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Brazoria County.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to issue an emergency or temporary order requested by a county judge following a weather emergency.

Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence.

Relating to the creation and operation of the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the council.

Relating to the abolition of ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the abolition of those taxes.

Relating to the vote required in an election to approve an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds a taxing unit's voter-approval tax rate; making conforming changes.

Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence.

Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence.

Relating to prohibiting the sale, delivery, or purchase of a consumable hemp product to or by a person younger than 21 years of age, the entry onto the premises of a retailer of consumable hemp products by a person younger than 21 years of age, and the employment by a retailer of consumable hemp products of a person younger than 21 years of age; creating criminal offenses.

Relating to powers of regional transportation authorities.

Relating to the requirements regarding notice of certain property tax-related information to be provided by taxing units and appraisal districts.

Relating to selection of an attorney by an indigent parent as attorney ad litem for the parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

In memory of Sarah Blakely McCrory of Houston.

In memory of Dale Alan Nixon.

Commemorating the 75th anniversary of St. John's Episcopal Church in Carthage.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total market value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses.

Congratulating Charles and Margaret Semple of Midland on their 60th wedding anniversary.

Relating to youth camp emergency response and safety standards and emergency safety and evacuation plans.

Relating to the governance and territory of the Harris County Flood Control District.

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses.

Relating to prohibited considerations in governmental entity contracting and elimination of the state's historically underutilized business program.

Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate is approved; making conforming changes.

Relating to the construction of overnight accommodations at resident youth camps located within a floodplain.

Relating to campground emergency safety certification requirements; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the prohibition of lobbyist representation of both political subdivisions and private entities.

Relating to the production and ownership of brine.

Relating to the definition of authorized emergency vehicle.

Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

Relating to the liability of a landowner for the withdrawal and beneficial use of groundwater.

Relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits.

Relating to the transfer of groundwater outside a groundwater conservation district's boundaries.

Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem and the compensation of certain attorneys ad litem in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.

Relating to class action certification for actions brought against certain health care entities for disclosure of health care information as a result of a cyber attack.

Commemorating the dedication of an Official Texas Historical Marker for the Texas Rice Festival in Winnie.

Honoring Francisco de la Torre Galindo for his service as consul general of Mexico in Dallas.

Recognizing Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell for his service as chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.

Honoring Angela Sanchez for her work as the cofounder of the Parent-Teacher Organization at International Leadership of Texas Aggieland High School in College Station.

Honoring Leslea Hoffpauir for her work as the cofounder of the Parent-Teacher Organization at International Leadership of Texas Aggieland High School in College Station.

Congratulating Ed and Sandra Udell of College Station on their 60th wedding anniversary.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

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, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, and jurors; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.

Relating to the selection of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district; authorizing a fee.

Relating to flood safety and disaster preparedness.

Relating to the establishment by the Railroad Commission of Texas of a policy to eliminate the routine flaring of natural gas from wells or other facilities regulated by the commission.

Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Relating to emergency response planning and emergency preparedness of youth camps and campus programs for minors.

Relating to the distribution of hookahs; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board regarding standards for placement of recreational vehicles and temporary dwelling structures in a flood hazard area.

Relating to participation by flood prone counties in the National Weather Service StormReady program.

Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and the local regulation of licensed cannabis growers, cannabis establishments, cannabis testing facilities, and cannabis secure transporters; providing for expunction of records relating to certain decriminalized conduct; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax.

Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and hemp beverages and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing civil penalties; imposing taxes.

Relating to consent towing fees charged during a declared disaster.