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TXSB1471PassRelating to access by the Texas Education Agency and private schools to certain criminal history records.
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2023-06-18
Effective immediately
TXSB1750PassRelating to abolishing the county elections administrator position in certain counties.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB599PassRelating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by a district or county clerk and the issuance of a handgun license to a district or county clerk.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB1999PassRelating to the calculation of the unused increment rate of a taxing unit.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 1/1/24
TXSB1933PassRelating to certain oversight procedures of the state over county elections.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB15PassRelating to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB26PassRelating to local mental health authority and local behavioral health authority audits and mental and behavioral health reporting, services, and programs.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB25PassRelating to support for nursing-related postsecondary education, including scholarships to nursing students, loan repayment assistance to nurses and nursing faculty, and grants to nursing education programs.
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2023-06-18
Effective immediately
TXSB2350PassRelating to the voter-approval tax rate used to calculate the unused increment rate of a taxing unit for ad valorem tax purposes.
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2023-06-18
Effective immediately
TXSB994PassRelating to the declaration of a candidate's ineligibility on the basis of failure to pay a filing fee or submit a petition in lieu of a filing fee.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB402PassRelating to the preference given by trial courts to hearings and trials for murder and capital murder offenses.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB24PassRelating to the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and the transfer to the commission of certain powers and duties from the Department of Family and Protective Services.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB12PassRelating to the authority to regulate sexually oriented performances and to restricting those performances on the premises of a commercial enterprise, on public property, or in the presence of an individual younger than 18 years of age; authorizing a...
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB386PassRelating to the prosecution of a capital murder committed against a peace officer or fireman.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB1070PassRelating to the interstate voter registration crosscheck program.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB1849PassRelating to an interagency reportable conduct search engine, standards for a person's removal from the employee misconduct registry and eligibility for certification as certain Texas Juvenile Justice Department officers and employees, and the use of ...
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB1565PassRelating to requiring the establishment of policy frameworks for research security at public institutions of higher education.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB763PassRelating to allowing public schools to employ or accept as volunteers chaplains.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB629PassRelating to the maintenance, administration, and disposal of opioid antagonists on public and private school campuses and to the permissible uses of money appropriated to a state agency from the opioid abatement account.
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2023-06-18
Effective immediately
TXSB252PassRelating to the licensing of certain veterans by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those veterans by political subdivisions.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB17PassRelating to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at public institutions of higher education.
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2023-06-17
Effective on 1/1/24
TXSB361VetoRelating to the eligibility of a person employed by a school district as a teacher to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district.
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2023-06-16
Vetoed by the Governor
TXSB1979VetoRelating to an annual study by the Texas A&M University Texas Real Estate Research Center of the purchase and sale of single-family homes by certain institutional buyers.
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2023-06-16
Vetoed by the Governor
TXSB1998VetoRelating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates.
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2023-06-15
Vetoed by the Governor
TXSB467VetoRelating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment of a motor fuel pump.
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2023-06-14
Vetoed by the Governor
TXSB10PassRelating to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
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2023-06-14
See remarks for effective date
TXSB2035VetoRelating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of obligation.
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2023-06-13
Vetoed by the Governor
TXSCR2PassExtending the duty of the comptroller of public accounts under Section 7-c, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, to deposit certain tax revenue to the state highway fund.
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2023-06-09
Signed by the Governor
TXSB2627PassRelating to funding mechanisms to support the construction, maintenance, modernization, and operation of electric generating facilities.
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2023-06-09
Effective on adoption of const. amendment
TXSB728PassRelating to the reporting of mental health and intellectual disability information with respect to certain children for purposes of a federal firearm background check.
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2023-06-02
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB1250PassRelating to the powers of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 110; providing authority to impose a fee and impose fines and penalties.
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2023-06-02
Effective immediately
TXSB14PassRelating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatmen...
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2023-06-02
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB29PassRelating to prohibited governmental entity implementation or enforcement of a vaccine mandate, mask requirement, or private business or school closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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2023-06-02
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB490PassRelating to itemized billing for health care services and supplies provided by health care providers.
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2023-05-29
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB745PassRelating to fraud prevention under certain health care programs.
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2023-05-29
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB1602PassRelating to venue and choice of law for certain actions involving censorship by social media platforms.
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2023-05-29
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB224PassRelating to catalytic converters, including criminal conduct involving catalytic converters; providing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty; increasing a fee.
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2023-05-29
See remarks for effective date
TXSR715PassRecognizing Dale Craymer on the occasion of his retirement.
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2023-05-29
Reported enrolled
TXSR729PassIn memory of Flora Loretta Solomon Reves.
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2023-05-29
Remarks ordered printed
TXSR728PassIn memory of Gloria Morris Ashford of Dallas.
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2023-05-29
Remarks ordered printed
TXSR678PassRequesting Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for funds used or will be used to meet federal obligations to secure the southern border.
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2023-05-29
Reported enrolled
TXSR716PassSuspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on HB 3697.
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2023-05-28
Reported enrolled
TXSR717PassSuspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3699.
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2023-05-28
Reported enrolled
TXSCR60N/A

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Instructing the enrollment clerk of the Senate to make a correction in H.B. No. 3699.
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2023-05-28
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
TXSB825PassRelating to the deadline for submitting certain recount petitions.
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2023-05-27
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB2355PassRelating to the appeal of certain ad valorem tax determinations through binding arbitration.
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2023-05-27
Effective on 1/1/24
TXSB1381PassRelating to the eligibility of the surviving spouse of an elderly person who qualified for a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit of a portion of the appraised value of the deceased person's residence homestead to continue...
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2023-05-27
Effective on 1/1/24
TXSB2600PassRelating to the creation of the Firefly Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
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2023-05-27
Effective immediately
TXSB2599PassRelating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 594; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
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2023-05-27
Effective immediately
TXSJR3Engross

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Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes, to increase the amount of an exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to re...
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2023-05-26
House appoints conferees-reported
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