Texas Senate Bills

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.

Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the membership of the tribunal to review the commission's recommendations, and the authority of the commission, the tribunal, and the Texas Supreme Court to more effectively sanction judges and justices for judicial misconduct.

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 441.

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the House to make corrections to H.B. No. 46.

In memory of Fred Joseph Mitchell.

In memory of Dave Welch.

In memory of Elizabeth Ann Seligman McCarty.

Returning House Bill No. 1240 to the Senate for further consideration.

Relating to the eligibility of certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information.

Relating to the issuance of Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal specialty license plates.

Relating to the administration of nonprescription medications to certain public and private school students.

Relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances.

Relating to notaries public; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a fee.

Relating to liability for land surveying services in or in connection with certain construction or services contracts.

Relating to qualifications, training, removal, and supervision of certain masters, magistrates, referees, associate judges, and hearing officers.

Relating to the requirement that a veterans county service office report to the commissioners court or a designated county executive official.

Relating to cottage food production operations.

Relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to receive and use tax revenue from certain establishments located near a hotel and convention center project.

Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds.

Relating to recovery of health care-related damages in certain civil actions.

Relating to the verification of the veteran status of inmates and prisoners.

Relating to the enforcement of drought contingency plans by water and sewer utilities and the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Relating to the establishment of the Rural Workforce Development Grant Program.

Relating to aircraft owned and operated by the Department of Public Safety.

Relating to requiring a certification for peace officers to conduct certain polygraph examinations.

Relating to the authority of the advisory body of a public improvement district and the board of directors of a reinvestment zone to hold a meeting by a telecommunication device.

Relating to publication of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee's annual report.

Relating to the punishment for certain criminal offenses related to cultivated oyster mariculture; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to attend mental health care appointments.

Relating to creating the Governor's Medal of Service award to recognize service to the people of Texas.

Relating to the administration of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund.

Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property.

Relating to notice provided to certain public drinking water supply systems before water quality testing.

Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the establishment of the Texas forensic analyst apprenticeship pilot program.

Relating to the appointment of an interpreter in a criminal proceeding.

Relating to the search of certain wireless communications devices by a peace officer.

Relating to a group health benefit plan policy or contract holder's obligation to pay premiums on behalf of an individual after the individual's eligibility for group coverage terminates.

Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers.

Relating to the disclosure of certain harvest report information submitted to the Parks and Wildlife Department.

Relating to consolidating certain nonresident hunting licenses.

Relating to choice of law and assignment or acquisition of claims and demands in connection with certificated and uncertificated securities.

Relating to the procedure by which the attorney general approves or denies approval of a state agency contract for outside legal services.

Relating to access to individualized investigational treatments for patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses.

Relating to the declaration of a candidate's ineligibility on the basis of filing an application for a place on the general primary election ballot or for nomination by convention with more than one political party.

Relating to guardianship matters.

Relating to the authority of the Harris County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers.

Relating to the composition of the board of directors and the powers of the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District.

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.

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to state and federal judges.

Relating to the liability of a funeral service provider for mental anguish damages.

Relating to the abolishment of the state lottery.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Business U.S. Highway 83-S in Hidalgo County as the SP4 Rodolfo Valdez Memorial Highway.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway Loop 88 in Lubbock County as the First Responders Memorial Loop.

Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Hidalgo County as the U.S. Border Patrol Agent Jose Rodriguez-Lua Memorial Highway.

Relating to fees for the issuance of certain military specialty license plates.

Relating to the operations and administration of the Concho County Hospital District.

Relating to fire safety inspections at public and private schools.

Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which a competitive procurement method may be required.

Relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media devices.