The House and Senate will reconvene today at 10:00 am.
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Today’s Calendars: House | Senate
- Tuesday, May 23, 2023 (134th day) Last day for the House to consider 2nd reading Senate bills and Senate joint resolutions on the daily or supplemental calendar
- Wednesday, May 24, 2023 (135th day) Last day for the House to consider local and consent Senate bills on 2nd and 3rd reading and all 3rd reading Senate bills and Senate joint resolutions on the supplemental calendar [House Rule 8, Sec. 13(c)] Last day for the Senate to consider all bills and joint resolutions on 2nd or 3rd reading. The Senate deadline for passing all bills and joint resolutions does not take into consideration the House deadline for passing Senate bills and joint resolutions. Realistically, to be eligible for consideration by the House under its end-of-session deadlines, Senate bills and joint resolutions must be passed by the Senate and received by the House before the 130th day.
- Thursday, May 25, 2023, before midnight (136th day) Deadline for the House to distribute Senate amendments
- Friday, May 26, 2023 (137th day) Last day for the House to act on Senate amendments (concur or request a conference committee)
- Before midnight—House copies of conference committee report (CCR) on the general appropriations bill must be distributed (48-hour layout).
- Before midnight—Senate copies of CCRs on tax, general appropriations, and reapportionment bills must be distributed (48-hour layout).
Statistics
As of Tuesday morning, Mary 23rd (134th), 369 house bills and 325 senate bills have passed out of the 88th Legislative Session for a total of 694 bills to date.
CCRs are now available for:
SB 222 Relating to paid leave by certain state employees for the birth or adoption of a child.
SB 500 Relating to the value of a residential dwelling offered or awarded as a prize at a charitable raffle.
SB 763 Relating to allowing public schools to employ or accept as volunteers chaplains to provide support, services, and programs for students.
SB 1188 Relating to receivership of the Agua Special Utility District and requirements for directors of the Agua Special Utility District.
SB 1238 Relating to broadband development.
The Governor veto statement for SB 1615 (Relating to the cosmetology licensure compact)
Spotlight of Bills on the Move
Bills first placed on the Senate Calendar for today:
- HB 100(King/Creighton) – Relating to school finance
- HB 1926 (Hull/Paxton) – Relating to the expiration date of the supplemental special education services program.
- HB 2414 (Frank/Hancock) – Relating to the relationship between a physician or health care provider and a health maintenance organization or insurer.
- HB 2727 (Price/Perry) – Relating to the provision of home telemonitoring services under Medicaid.
- HB 3727 (Anderson/Birdwell) – Relating to municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes.
- HB 3033 (Landgraf/Zaffirini) – Relating to attorney general decisions under the public information law.
Bills on the Supplemental House Calendar for Third Reading:
- SB 7 (Schwertner/Hunter) – Relating to the reliability of the ERCOT power grid.
- SB 2627 (Schwertner/Hunter) – Relating to funding mechanisms to support the construction, maintenance, and modernization of dispatchable electric generating facilities.
- SB 18 (Creighton/Kuempel) – Relating to tenure and employment status at public institutions of higher education in this state.
Second Reading Bills:
- SB 9 (Creighton/Dutton) – Relating to the rights and certification of public school educators, including financial and other assistance and waivers provided to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators, methods of instruction provided in public schools, and certain allotments under the Foundation School Program.
- SB 11 (Nichols/Ken King) – Relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public schools, including measures related to the health and safety of public school students and active shooter training for certain peace officers.
- SB 532 (West/Kuempel) – Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans.
- SB 156 (Perry/Tracy King) – Relating to the regulation and management of the use of groundwater and regulation of groundwater conservation districts.
- SB 114 (Menéndez/Anchía) – Relating to the provision of electricity service in the ERCOT power region.
- SB 330 (Hall/Schaefer) – Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities.
- SB 1140 (Schwertner/Oliverson) – Relating to the adequacy and effectiveness of managed care plan networks.
