The House will reconvene at 12:00 PM Tuesday, September 2.
The Senate will reconvene at 1:00 PM Tuesday, September 2.
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Lt. Gov. Patrick stated on the Senate floor Wednesday evening that the “plan is to be out of here next Wednesday.”
The House & Senate appointed conferees this week to resolve differences between the following bills:
- SB 2 (Perry) Disaster preparedness, response, and recovery
- Senate Conferees: Perry (Chair), Flores, Schwertner, A Hinojosa, Blanco
- House Conferees: King (Chair), Darby, Geren, McQueeney, Moody
- SB 10 (Bettencourt) Calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units
- Senate Conferees: Bettencourt (Chair), Nichols, Birdwell, Paxton, Hagenbuch
- House Conferees: Meyer (Chair), Bonnen, Button, Metcalf, Munoz
House Floor Actions
On Monday, the House finally passed the following bills:
- SB 18 (Zaffirini) Exemption from TCEQ permit for certain dams or reservoirs – (131-0)
- HB 16 (Leach) Omnibus Court Bill – (130-1)
- HB 17 (Meyer) Property tax notices – (83-48)
- HB 23 (Harless) Exempting certain properties from ad valorem taxation – (113-13)
- HB 27 (Harris) Neches and Trinity Valley GCD aquifer study – (126-4)
On Tuesday, the House finally passed the following bills:
- SB 3 (Bettencourt) Outdoor warning signs – (136-0)
- SB 11 (Parker) Trafficking defenses – (137-1)
- SB 12 (Hughes) Duty of the AG to prosecute election laws – (85-54)
- SB 14 (Perry) Credits for water conservation and reuse projects – (138-0)
- SB 16 (West) Real property fraud – (138-0)
- HB 8 (Buckley) Public school accountability and assessments – (82-56)
On Wednesday, the House finally passed the following bills:
- HB 25 (Shofner) Pharmacist’s authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription – (87-47)
- HB 26 (Oliverson) Funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties – (88-49)
- HB 48 (Darby) Working group studying alert notification systems – (135-1)
- HB 149 (Louderback) Governor interoperability review of large purchases of public safety communications equipment – (128-8)
- HB 192 (Oliverson) Funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties – (89-48)
- HB 254 (Ashby) Grants from the Rural Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Program (135-1)
On Thursday, the House finally passed the following bills:
- SB 8 (Huffman) Use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex – (86-45)
- HB 7 (Leach) Allowing qui tam actions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs – (82-48)
- HB 15 (Hefner) Preventing disclosure of unsubstantiated law enforcement complaint documents – (90-41)
- HB 265 (Hull) Oversight of youth camps – (128-3)
Senate Floor Actions
The Senate finally passed the following bills on Tuesday:
- SB 19 (Bettencourt) Prohibition on the making and acceptance of political contributions during a special session – (21-6)
- HB 16 (Leach) Omnibus Court Bill – (27-0)
- HB 23 (Harless) Exempting certain properties from ad valorem taxation – (26-1)
On Wednesday, the Senate concurred on House amendments to the following bills:
The Senate finally passed the following bills on Wednesday:
- SB 54 (Hughes) Election procedures regarding changing the address of a voter’s registration – (19-17)
- HB 8 (Buckley) Public school accountability and assessments – (21-5)
- HB 25 (Shofner) Pharmacist’s authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription – (20-6)
- HB 26 (Oliverson) Funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties – (21-5)
- HB 192 (Oliverson) Funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties – (21-5)
On Thursday, the Senate gaveled in but did not conduct any business on the floor.
