The Senate recessed until 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 1.

The House adjourned until 4:00 p.m., Monday, October 4.

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Senate

On 9/27, the Senate met shortly to refer SB 2 (Nelson) and SB 6 (Huffman):

SB 2 (Nelson) Relating to an appropriation of certain federal coronavirus relief money for paying down the state’s unemployment insurance debt to Finance

SB 6 (Huffman) Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas to Redistricting

On 9/22 the Senate passed the following bills:

SB 1 (Bettencourt) Relating to a temporary reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district and the form of the ballot proposition to be used in an election to approve a tax rate adopted by a school district that exceeds the district’s voter-approval tax rate; making an appropriation passed the Senate as amended (30-1) on 9/22. Amendments include providing notices of tax bill differences and ensuring a district’s total property tax rate does not exceed the voter approved rate. The bill will now move to the House for further consideration.

SB 3 (Perry) Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex passed the Senate (19-12) on 9/22. The bill will now move to the House for further consideration.

House

On 9/27, The House referred the following bills to committee:

SB 1 (Bettencourt) Relating to a temporary reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district and the form of the ballot proposition to be used in an election to approve a tax rate adopted by a school district that exceeds the district’s voter-approval tax rate to Ways & Means; SB 1 was left pending in Ways & Means on 9/30

SB 3 (Perry) Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex to Public Education

SB 5 (Lucio) Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog to State Affairs

SJR 1 (Huffman) Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a judge or magistrate to impose the least restrictive conditions of bail that may be necessary and authorizing the denial of bail under some circumstances to a person accused of a violent or sexual offense or of continuous trafficking of persons to Constitutional Rights & Remedies

HB 10 (Swanson) Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex to Public Education

HB 25 (Swanson) Relating to requiring public school students to compete in interscholastic athletic competitions based on biological sex to Constitutional Rights and Remedies

HB 34 (Collier) Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog to State Affairs

HB 67 (Collier) Relating to establishing principles to govern redistricting plans enacted by the legislature to Redistricting

HB 68 (Collier) Relating to a requirement that a redistricting plan for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives be based on the total population of the state to Redistricting

HB 70 (Shaheen) Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog to State Affairs

HB 81 (Middleton) Relating to the maximum amount of the local option residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit to Ways & Means

HB 89 (Oliverson) Relating to a temporary reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district and the form of the ballot proposition to be used in an election to approve a tax rate adopted by a school district that exceeds the district’s voter-approval tax rate to Ways & Means

HB 90 (Oliverson) Relating to reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue to Ways & Means; HB 90 was left pending in Ways & Means on 9/30

HB 91 (Murr) Relating to the elimination of school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the elimination of those taxes to Ways & Means

HB 101 (Dominguez) Relating to a one-time payment for certain state-employed essential workers to Appropriations

HB 104 (Patterson) Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog to State Affairs

HB 106 (Shaheen) Relating to a one-time payment for certain homeowners to Appropriations

HB 108 (Frank) Relating to a temporary reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district to Ways & Means

HB 113 (Middleton) Relating to a temporary reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district and the form of the ballot proposition to be used in an election to approve a tax rate adopted by a school district that exceeds the district’s voter-approval tax rate to Ways & Means

HB 115 (Zwiener) Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district, a reduction in the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect the increased exemption amount, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue to Ways & Means

HJR 3 (Collier) Proposing a constitutional amendment to require the preservation of communities of interest in the apportionment of members of the Texas House of Representatives to Redistricting

HJR 4 (Collier) Proposing a constitutional amendment to require that the apportionment of members of the United States House of Representatives elected from this state be based on the most recent United States decennial census and preserve communities of interest to the extent practicable to Redistricting

HJR 10 (Reynolds) Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail to an accused person if a judge or magistrate determines by clear and convincing evidence that requiring bail and conditions of release is insufficient to reasonably ensure the person’s appearance in court or the safety of the community or of any person, including the victim of the alleged offense to Constitutional Rights & Remedies

HJR 12 (Kacal) Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a judge or magistrate to impose the least restrictive conditions of bail that may be necessary and authorizing the denial of bail under some circumstances to a person accused of a violent or sexual offense or of continuous trafficking of persons to Constitutional Rights & Remedies

HJR 14 (Zwiener) Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and to reduce the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect the increased exemption amount to Ways & means

HJR 15 (Anchia) Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature and Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting to Redistricting