86th Session – 129th Day

The House will reconvene at 10 a.m.

• The House has published the Thursday and Friday daily calendar.

The Senate will reconvene at 11 a.m.

• The Senate Intent calendar for today is available.

Video Broadcasts:   House | Senate

The House appointed conferees for SB 12 (Huffman/Bonnen) relating to the contributions to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Reps.: Bonnen of Galveston, Gervin-Hawkins, Murphy,  Walle and Zerwas. They will join Sens.: Huffman, Nelson, Taylor, Kolkhorst and West.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced earlier this week that his office has revised its revenue forecast for the 2019 fiscal year with an increase of $518 million from his earlier January estimate. Hegar attributed part of the increased revenue projection for the current fiscal year to “upwardly revised estimates of oil and natural gas production tax collections.”

HB 1 Conference Committee continues Adopting Decisions

The conference committee met on 5/15 and adopted the decisions dockets for Article I and V.

Article I – General Government

Article V – Public Safety & Criminal Justice

Upcoming Key Deadlines

Friday, May 17 (130^th day)- last day for House to consider local HBs on 2^nd and 3^rd reading and the first day the Senate can consider bills and resolutions the first day they are posted on the Notice of Intent

Saturday, May 18 (131^st day) – last day for House committees to report SBs/SJRs

Tuesday, May 21 (134^th day) – last day for House to consider 2^nd reading SBs/SJRs

Wednesday, May 22 (135^th day) – last day for House to consider local and consent SBs on 2^nd and 3^rd reading and ALL 3^rd reading SBs/SJRs on supplemental calendar

Wednesday, May 22 (135^th day) – last day for Senate to consider ALL bills & JRs on 2^nd and 3^rd reading