Today an additional 29 bills were filed as of 5:30 p.m. bringing the total of bills filed for the first called Special Session to 134 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 going to be on the call. Items on the Governor’s call to date include Sunset Call and Supplemental Call.
Today's Filed Bills
Taxes/Budget
- HB 115 (G. Bonnen) Relating to deferred payment of ad valorem taxes for certain persons serving in the United States armed forces.
- HB 116 (T. Uresti) Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes imposed on residence homesteads and certain property of disabled veterans and their surviving spouses.
- HB 119 (Shine) Relating to the authority of the governing body of a taxing unit other than a school district to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the appraised value of an individual's residence homestead and the authority of the governing body of certain taxing units that have adopted such an exemption to reduce the amount of or repeal certain other exemptions.
- HB 120 (Shine) 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.
- HB 124 (G. Bonnen) Relating to the date for ordering or holding an election to ratify the ad valorem tax rate of a school district.
- HB 127 (Leach) Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations.
- HB 129 (Leach) Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of a partially disabled veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran.
- HB 131 (Leach) Relating to the information required to be included in or with a school district ad valorem tax bill.
- HJR 25 (Shine) Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision other than a school district to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the market value of an individual's residence homestead and authorizing the legislature to prohibit the governing body of a political subdivision that adopts such an exemption from reducing the amount of or repealing the exemption.
- HJR 26 (Shine) 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.
- HJR 27 (Leach) Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the market value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of a partially disabled veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran and harmonizing certain related provisions of the constitution.
Education
- HB 121 (Bernal) Relating to a study regarding the costs of educating educationally disadvantaged students and students of limited English proficiency in public schools.
- HB 122 (Turner) Relating to a requirement that a public or private institution of higher education include a disciplinary notation on a student's transcript under certain circumstances.
- HB 125 (Villalba) Relating to open-enrollment charter schools.
- HB 130 (Leach) Relating to financial reporting by a school district regarding the costs associated with administering certain assessment instruments.
- HB 132 (Reynolds) Relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts.
- SB 33 (R. Menendez) Relating to a school district assigning a mentor teacher to a new classroom teacher.
- SB 35 (Miles) Relating to an appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund for classroom teacher salary increases.
*More education items in Taxes/Budget category
Health Care
- HB 128 (Leach) Relating to prohibiting the use of appropriated state funds for abortion services.
- HCR 17 (Reynolds) Urging Congress to preserve the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- SB 11 (Perry) Relating to general procedures and requirements for do-not-resuscitate orders.
Voting Ballot
- SB 34 (Miles) Relating to an opportunity to correct a defect in an early voting ballot voted by mail and to the use of an application for an early voting ballot to change a voter's registration address within the county.
Other
- HB 117 (T. Uresti) Relating to the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty.
- HB 118 (Cain) Relating to the appropriation of certain tax proceeds for the repair, restoration, and permanent dry berthing of the Battleship "Texas."
- HB 123 (Swanson) Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns.
- HB 126 (S. Thompson) Relating to the requirement and study of insurance coverage for serious emotional disturbance of a child.
- HB 133 (Reynolds) Relating to the minimum wage.
- HB 134 (Reynolds) Relating to historically underutilized businesses and to goods and services purchased by governmental entities; providing penalties.
- HR 22 (Ashby) Congratulating the Groveton High School baseball team on a successful 2016-2017 season.