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The House and Senate will reconvene on Monday, April 24 at 2 p.m.
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Bills on the Move – to date, April 21:

  • Bill in House Calendars – 227
  • Bills in House Local Calendar – 146
  • Bills in Senate Local Calendar – 84
  • Bills set on House Calendar – 99
  • Bills on Senate Intent – 88
  • House Bills passed – 212
  • Senate Bills passed – 442

Budget
The House and Senate conferees are scheduled to meet on Monday, April 24 at 4 p.m. in E1.036.
 
Key Dates of Interest Coming Up

Bill Spotlight
Coming up on House Calendars
SB 4 (Perry), sanctuary city bill, is scheduled for Wednesday, April 26. Monday morning there will be a calendar rule offered which would require amendments to be filed by 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25.
 
HB 8 (Capriglione), Relating to cybersecurity for state agency information resources, is scheduled for Monday April 24.
 
HB 31 (Larson), relating to the regulation of groundwater, is scheduled for Monday, April 24.
 
HB 1003 (Capriglione), relating to investment of public funds, is scheduled for Wednesday, April 26.
 
HB 3220 (Phillips), relating to the regulation of insurance holding company systems, including internationally active insurance groups, is scheduled for Thursday, April 27.
 
Senate Calendar
The Senate Intent Calendar list bills which could be considered, however; no bill or resolution will be considered on its first day on the Intent Calendar (without a vote for suspension of the rules). Bills do not have to be brought up in the same order as they are listed on the calendar and routinely will consider only a portion of the bills listed on the Intent Calendar. Regular Order of Business Calendar is a list of all bills and resolutions that have been reported from a senate committee in the order which they were reported.
 
Moving Out of First House
HB 21 (Huberty), the House school finance bill, was passed out of the House on April 20 with 15 adopted amendments (132-15). The bill will now move over to the Senate for further consideration.
 
HB 100 (Paddie), relating to the regulation to transportation network companies, was passed out of the House on April 20 with 6 adopted floor amendments (110-35). The bill will now move over to the Senate for further consideration.
 
HB 871 (Roberts), relating to the provision of child and family services by the Department of Family and Protective Services, was unanimously passed out of the House on April 20. The bill will now move over to the Senate for further consideration.
 
SB 224 (Watson/ et al.) Relating to the sunset review date for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and the time for awarding cancer research and prevention grants, was passed out of the Senate on April 19 (23-8). The bill will now move over to the House for further consideration.
 
SB 277 (Campbell/ et al.) Relating to the eligibility of certain property for certain ad valorem tax incentives relating to wind-powered energy devices, was passed out of the Senate on April 19 with 3 adopted floor amendments (23-8). The bill will now move over to the House for further consideration.
 
SB 533 (Nelson), state agency contracting, was unanimously passed out of the Senate on April 20 as substituted. The bill will now move over to the House for further consideration.
 
SB 697 (Buckingham/ Campbell/ Estes/ Schwertner/ et al.) Relating to health benefit coverage for prescription drug synchronization was unanimously passed out of the Senate on April 19 with one adopted floor amendment. The bill will now move over to the House for further consideration.
 
SB 735 (Hancock), relating to periodic rate adjustment by and to certain transactions involving electric utilities, was unanimously passed out of the Senate on April 19 as substituted, with 1 adopted floor amendment. The bill will now move over to the House for further consideration.
 
SB 933 (Schwertner/ et al.), relating to the licensing of, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission's duties with respect to, and the administrative penalties for home and community support services agencies, was unanimously passed out of the Senate on April 19 as substituted. The bill will now move over to the House for further consideration.
 
SB 1286 (Bettencourt), relating to the system for protesting or appealing certain ad valorem tax determinations, was unanimously passed out of the Senate on April 19 as substituted. The bill will now move over to the House for further consideration.
 
SJR 43 (Huffman/ et al.) Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of state funds to pay for the obligations of a local public retirement system, was passed out of the Senate on April 20 (21-10). The bill will now move over to the House for further consideration.
 
Voted out of Committee
SB  5 (Huffman), Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification, was reported favorably from House Elections on 4/21.
 
SB 1267 (Taylor), Relating to school district ad valorem tax rates. was left favorably from Senate Education on 4/20
 
SB 2143 (Taylor), Relating to the basic allotment under the foundation school program, was voted favorably from Senate Education on 4/20.
 
HB  273 (Gonzales, Larry), Relating to the content of local and state propositions on the ballot, was voted favorably from House Elections as substituted on 4/17.
 
HB  365 (Springer), Relating to a study of the uniform election date, was voted favorably from House Elections on 4/17.
 
HB 486 (VanDeaver), Relating to school district ad valorem tax rates, was voted favorably from House Ways and Means as substituted on 4/20.
 
HB  579 (Turner), Relating to notice of certain state agency contract cost that exceeds the amount of the contract was voted favorably from House Appropriations as substitute on 4/17.
 
HB 3336 (Murphy), Relating to general obligation bonds issued by political subdivisions, was voted favorably from House Investments as substituted on 4/20.