| SB1839 | Pass | Relating to the preparation, certification, and classification of and professional development for public school educators.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| HB51 | Pass | Relating to regulation of the commercial oyster industry in this state; increasing criminal penalties; authorizing a fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
See remarks for effective date |
| SB2242 | Pass | Relating to the resolution of disputes or errors involving the ad valorem taxation of the same property by multiple taxing units of the same type as a result of disputed, overlapping, or erroneously applied boundaries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| SB1123 | Pass | Relating to conditions on the receipt of tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for adopted students formerly in foster or other residential care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| SB1089 | Pass | Relating to the certification of food service workers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| HCR137 | Pass | Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the unconventional ratification of the 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Signed by the Governor |
| HB3342 | Pass | Relating to the prelicensing education requirements for residential mortgage loan originators.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 1/1/18 |
| SB1005 | Pass | Relating to the use of certain assessment instruments as secondary exit-level assessment instruments to allow certain public school students to receive a high school diploma.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| SB2087 | Pass | Relating to the creation of a temporary health insurance risk pool.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| SB1286 | Pass | Relating to the system for protesting or appealing certain ad valorem tax determinations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| HB3690 | Pass | Relating to the Texas Crime Stoppers Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| SB1172 | Pass | Relating to the regulation of seed by a political subdivision.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| SB1 | Pass | General Appropriations Bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| HB3254 | Pass | Relating to the regulation of a motor carrier and the enforcement of motor carrier regulations; authorizing the imposition of a fee; creating a criminal offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 1/1/18 |
| HB3810 | Pass | Relating to the transfer of jurisdiction over and management of the property known as the French Legation to the Texas Historical Commission and to certain historic sites under the commission's jurisdiction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| SB2080 | Pass | Relating to a requirement that school districts and open-enrollment charter schools report certain information regarding children with disabilities who reside in residential facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
See remarks for effective date |
| SB1679 | Pass | Relating to the use of the fund for veterans' assistance to provide grants to support veterans county service offices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| HB156 | Pass | Relating to establishing a pilot program in designated public high schools in certain municipalities for placement of students in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs as an alternative to placement in disciplinary or juvenile justice alte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| SB969 | Pass | Relating to requiring certain public and private institutions of higher education to provide amnesty to students who report certain incidents, including sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| SCR33 | Pass | Approving the amended 2009 settlement agreement between the State of Texas and the U.S. Department of Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Signed by the Governor |
| SCR37 | Pass | Urging Congress to increase appropriations from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to properly maintain ship channels.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Signed by the Governor |
| SB1864 | Pass | Relating to the administration of the Port of Houston Authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| SB262 | Pass | Relating to certain purchasing by state agencies and local governments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| HCR129 | Pass | Expressing support for the creation of the Sam Houston Republic of Texas Presidential Library at Sam Houston State University.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Signed by the Governor |
| HCR106 | Pass | Urging Congress to provide sufficient federal funding for the construction of a storm surge barrier along the Texas coast.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Signed by the Governor |
| SB1095 | Pass | Relating to certain procedures for tax redeterminations and refund claims.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| SB1383 | Pass | Relating to the operation of vehicles transporting fluid milk; authorizing a fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 1/1/18 |
| SB1450 | Pass | Relating to the regulatory authority of the commissioner of insurance and the Texas Department of Insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| SB1837 | Pass | Relating to financial accountability standards for charter schools operated by a public institution of higher education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| HB29 | Pass | Relating to prostitution and the trafficking of persons, civil racketeering related to trafficking, the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of and punishment for certain sexual offenses and offenses involving or related to trafficking, reimbur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
See remarks for effective date |
| SB1037 | Pass | Relating to the designation of the structure on State Highway 6 in Eastland County adjacent to Lake Cisco connecting the north and south banks of Sandy Creek as the Bedford-Carmichael Bridge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| SB928 | Pass | Relating to the establishment of the Tom Lea Trail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| HB3535 | Pass | Relating to the taking of certain feral hogs and coyotes using a hot air balloon.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| HB3232 | Pass | Relating to the penalty imposed on certain delinquent oil and gas severance taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 1/1/18 |
| SB1398 | Pass | Relating to the placement and use of video cameras in certain self-contained classrooms or other settings providing special education services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| SB1731 | Pass | Relating to the repeal of laws governing certain state entities, including the functions of those entities, and to certain duties, responsibilities, and functions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on the abolishment of certain of those...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
See remarks for effective date |
| HB674 | Pass | Relating to the suspension of a student enrolled in a grade level below grade three from public school and to a positive behavior program for public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| HB3976 | Pass | Relating to the administration of and benefits payable under the Texas Public School Retired Employees Group Benefits Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| SB1205 | Pass | Relating to the sharing of death record information between the Department of State Health Services and the Department of Public Safety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| SB1105 | Pass | Relating to the abolishment of the used oil recycling account, deposits of used oil recycling fees, and use of the water resource management account.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| SB721 | Pass | Relating to treatment and care provided by licensed medical professionals to animals in certain facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| SB1250 | Pass | Relating to the admissibility of certain evidence in the prosecution of certain offenses involving family violence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| SB2068 | Pass | Relating to the plugging or capping of abandoned, deteriorated, open, or uncovered water wells in the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| SB1001 | Pass | Relating to vehicle safety inspections, including vehicles exempt from those inspections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| HCR140 | Pass | Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives to provide for a joint interim legislative study regarding the confidentiality of emergency calls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Signed by the Governor |
| HB810 | Pass | Relating to the provision of certain investigational stem cell treatments to patients with certain severe chronic diseases or terminal illnesses and regulating the possession, use, and transfer of adult stem cells; creating a criminal offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| SB1047 | Pass | Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 1/1/18 |
| SB1680 | Pass | Relating to a task force of border health officials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
| SB968 | Pass | Relating to a sexual assault policy at certain public and private institutions of higher education and to requiring those institutions to provide students and employees an option to electronically report certain offenses to the institution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective immediately |
| HB59 | Pass | Relating to certain lottery prize winners' choice to remain anonymous.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-12
Effective on 9/1/17 |
