Both the House and Senate held multiple committee and chamber meetings. As of Friday morning here are the bills that have PASSED out of the House and Senate chambers.
Senate Chamber
The Senate met on Monday at 5 pm, Tuesday at 11, Thursday at 7 pm, and on Friday at 10 am.
The following bills were finally passed on Monday all with 30 ayes and 0 nays:
- SB 2 (Perry) Disaster Preparedness, response, and recovery passed 1 floor amendment
- SB 3 (Bettencourt) Outdoor warning sirens passed with 1 floor amendment
- SB 5 (Huffman) Supplemental Appropriations for disaster relief
- SB 11 (Parker) Affirmative Defense for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution
- SB 14 (Perry) Credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects
- SB 16 (West) Real property fraud
- SB 18 (Zaffirini) TCEQ Exemption for certain dams or reservoirs
- SB 34 (Huffman) Testifying or Evidence before the legislature
The following bills finally passed on Tuesday:
- SB 6 (Perry) Regulation of certain products derived from hemp – (22-8)
- SB 8 (Middleton) Designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex – (19-11)
- SB 10 (Bettencourt) Calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units – (18-12)
- SB 12 (Hughes) Attorney General duty to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state – (18-12)
- SB 13 (Middleton) Use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities – (18-11)
- SB 15 (King) Files maintained by law enforcement agency regarding certain employees – (18-12) with 1 floor amendment
The following bill was passed Thursday evening:
- SB 1 (Perry) Campground and youth safety – (28-0)
On Friday, the Senate took up HB 4 and after nearly 10 hours of discussion the bill passed to engrossment. After a short recess, the Senate reconvened and Sen. Perry spurred an immediate final passage vote by moving to call the previous question. The Senate then finally passed HB 4 (18-11).
Additionally, the Senate appointed a conference committee to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of SB 5.
House Chamber
The House met on Monday at 12 pm, Wednesday at 10 am, and Thursday at 10 am.
On Wednesday, the House finally passed the House version of the Congressional redistricting map, HB 4, after roughly eight hours of deliberation (88-52)
The following bills finally passed on Thursday:
- HB 1 (Darby) Requiring youth camps to develop and implement safety plans with oversight by state agencies and notice provided to families – (135-1)
- HB 3 (King) Creating the Texas Interoperability Council to encourage communication system interoperability and establishing a grant program – (136-1)
HB 20 (Darby) Disaster Scam Response Act, designed to create accountability and prevent fraud in charitable donations – (135-0) - HB 22 (Bonnen) Allowing portions of the Broadband Infrastructure Fund to be used for emergency communications expenses – (136-1)
- SB 2 (Perry) Training for Justices of the Peace and licensure for Emergency Management Coordinators – (132-4)
- SB 5 (Huffman) Supplemental appropriations, including $240m for disaster grant programs, $50m for grants to counties under the July 4th flood disaster declaration, $50m for communications interoperability, and $28m for weather data enhancements – (137-0)
Committee hearings can be found for both the House and Senate here as they are posted.
