Today an additional 59 bills were filed bringing the total of bills pre-filed for the first called Special Session to 239 bills and resolutions. Bills can be filed that are not related to the call but what legislation is referred, set for a hearing and brought to the chamber floor will be subject to the Texas Constitution & both House and Senate rules. Generally, a bill will not progress far if the subject is not related to the call. Items on the Governor’s call to date include Sunset Call and Supplemental Call.
Also today, Comptroller Glenn Hegar released a Revenue Estimate for the 85th first called Special Session noting there is an estimated $42 million for general-purpose spending that remains unappropriated for the 2018-19 biennium, Hegar stated in his release that strong June sales tax collections were slightly ahead of their Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE) while franchise tax collections for this fiscal year will finish below BRE projections.
Today's Filed Bills
HB 166 (Minjarez) Relating to the collection, storage, and analysis of sexual assault evidence and evidence of other sex offenses.
HB 167 (Uresti, Tomas) Relating to the imposition of consecutive sentences for more than one criminal offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual arising out of the same criminal episode.
HB 168 (VanDeaver) Relating to the calculation of the rollback tax rate of a school district.
HB 169 (Fallon) Relating to assisting voters and other voting processes and procedures; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
HB 170 (Dutton) Relating to single-occupancy bathroom and changing facilities in public buildings; authorizing a civil penalty.
HB 171 (Goldman) Relating to prosecution of certain offenses involving and preemption of local regulation of the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle.
HB 172 (Anchia) Relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by public schools; making an appropriation.
HB 173 (Anchia) Relating to higher education curriculum review teams to review public school curriculum standards for college readiness purposes.
HB 174 (Metcalf) Relating to the selection of the board of directors of an appraisal district; authorizing the imposition of a fee.
HB 175 (Anchia) Relating to the offense of possessing a weapon in a secured area of an airport.
HB 176 (Anchia) Relating to equalizing compensation for certain wrongfully imprisoned persons.
HB 177 (Anchia) Relating to eligibility for compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned.
HB 178 (Cortez) Relating to funding for public school career and technology programs.
HB 179 (Roberts) Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain disabled first responders and their surviving spouses.
HB 180 (Shine) Relating to public access to boundary, financial, and tax rate information of certain political subdivisions.
HB 181 (Guillen) Relating to the salary and retirement benefits paid to certain teachers employed by or retired from public schools.
HB 182 (Uresti, Tomas) Relating to the punishment and community supervision for certain offenses committed against a child, an elderly individual, or a disabled individual; increasing a criminal penalty.
HB 183 (Anchia) Relating to the repeal of certain provisions governing state and local enforcement of immigration laws and other provisions related to immigration law.
HB 184 (Goldman) Relating to the prevention of fraud in the conduct of an election; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties.
HB 185 (Oliverson) Relating to the liability of certain persons for removal of a decedent's body parts or tissue.
HB 186 (Oliverson) Relating to the persons authorized to make an anatomical gift.
HB 187 (Oliverson) Relating to certain development agreements that guarantee the continuation of the extraterritorial status of the area subject to the agreement for municipal annexation purposes.
HB 188 (Bell) Relating to limiting the applicability of municipal and county regulations affecting real property.
HCR 19 (Anchia) Requesting the creation of a joint interim committee to study the impact on Texas of any proposed modifications to NAFTA.
HJR 29 (Anchia) Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the authorization or funding of an elementary or secondary education voucher program or similar program.
HJR 30 (Roberts) Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homesteads of certain disabled first responders and their surviving spouses.
HJR 31 (Shine) Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on a municipality or county.
HR 25 (Cyrier) In memory of Michael C. Fisher of Bastrop.
HR 26 (Alonzo) In memory of civil rights leader Jaime Martinez of San Antonio.
HR 27 (Guillen) Congratulating Marco Arevalo of Falfurrias High School on his first-place finish in the 3A boys' shot put at the 2017 UIL Track & Field State Meet.
HR 28 (Guillen) In memory of John A. Pope III of Rio Grande City.
HR 29 (Guillen) In memory of Starr County commissioner Raul "Roy" Peña Jr
SB 4 (Schwertner | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Buckingham | Burton | et al.) Relating to prohibiting certain transactions between a governmental entity and an abortion provider or affiliate of the provider.
SB 5 (Hancock | Bettencourt | Buckingham | Burton | Estes | et al) Relating to the prevention of fraud in the conduct of an election; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties.
SB 12 (Buckingham) Relating to limiting the applicability of municipal and county regulations affecting real property.
SB 15 (Huffines | Creighton | Hall | Hughes | Perry | et al.) Relating to prosecution of certain offenses involving and preemption of local regulation of the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle.
SB 17 (Kolkhorst | Huffman | Nelson) Relating to maternal health and safety, pregnancy-related deaths, and maternal morbidity, including postpartum depression.
SB 44 (Rodriguez) Relating to coverage for certain services relating to postpartum depression under the medical assistance and CHIP perinatal programs.
SB 45 (Rodriguez) Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain essential health benefits.
SB 46 (Hinojosa) Relating to the effect of a sale of property on the tax lien on the property to secure the payment of taxes, penalties, and interest imposed on the property as a result of the addition to the appraisal roll of property or appraised value that was erroneously exempted in a prior year.
SJR 7 (Hinojosa) Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the effect of a sale of property on the tax lien on the property to secure the payment of ad valorem taxes, penalties, and interest imposed on the property as a result of the addition to the appraisal roll of property or property value that was erroneously exempted in a prior year.
SB 9 (Hancock | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Buckingham | Burton | et al.) Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations.
SB 47 (Schwertner) Relating to performance bonds for certain public improvements in certain municipalities.
SB 48 (Schwertner | Buckingham | Seliger) Relating to liability for the additional tax imposed on land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural land if the use of the land changes as a result of a condemnation.
SB 49 (Schwertner | Buckingham | Burton | Hinojosa | Seliger | et al.) Relating to liability for interest if land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land is sold or diverted to a different use.
SB 50 (Buckingham) Relating to the authority of an appraisal review board to determine the appraised value of property that is the subject of a protest to be an amount greater than the appraised value as shown in the appraisal records.
SB 51 (Buckingham) Relating to election of professional staff representatives to certain school district planning and decision-making committees.
SB 52 (Huffines) Relating to a supermajority requirement for an election authorizing the issuance of bonds issued by a political subdivision.
SB 53 (Huffines) Relating to the participation of a charitable organization that facilitates the procurement of an elective abortion in the state employee charitable campaign.
SB 54 (Huffines) Relating to the award of court costs and attorney's fees in certain actions challenging an order, ordinance, or similar measure of certain political subdivisions or the failure of an officer of certain political subdivisions to perform certain actions.
SB 55 (Huffines) Relating to procedures for certain municipalities to adopt or amend a national model building code.
SB 56 (Huffines) Relating to the disclosure of records produced in the course of an investigation related to educator misconduct.
SB 57 (Huffines) Relating to the Internet broadcast of certain open meetings.
SB 58 (Huffines) Relating to the elimination of regular mandatory vehicle safety inspections and the imposition of replacement fees.
SB 59 (Miles) Relating to pregnancy-related deaths and maternal morbidity and the creation of a maternal health care quality improvement program.
SB 60 (V. Taylor) Relating to the repeal of certain riders for the Texas Medical Board and the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists from the General Appropriations Act continuing those agencies during the 85th Regular Session.
SJR 8 (Buckingham) Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on a municipality or county.
SJR 9 (Huffines) Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature.
SJR 10 (Huffines) Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting to two the number of terms for which a person may be elected or appointed to hold certain state offices.
