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TXSB3PassRelating to an appropriation to provide funding for the construction, operation, and maintenance of border barrier infrastructure and border security operations, including funding for additional overtime expenses and costs due to certain increased la...
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2023-12-18
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 5, 2024
TXSB2PassRelating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration; authorizing the imposition of a fee.
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2023-07-22
See remarks for effective date
TXSB3PassRelating to the amount of the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax and the exclusion of certain taxable entities from the requirement to file a franchise tax report.
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2023-07-22
Effective on 1/1/24
TXSB975PassRelating to the procedures for the issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person whose driver's license is surrendered.
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2023-06-18
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSB1746PassRelating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from a groundwater conservation district for certain temporary water wells.
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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
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
TXSB2597VetoRelating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 237; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
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2023-06-16
Vetoed by the Governor
TXSB28PassRelating to financial assistance provided and programs administered by the Texas Water Development Board.
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2023-06-09
See remarks for effective date
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
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
TXSJR3Engross

Sine Die
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
TXSB3Engross

Sine Die
Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration.
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2023-05-26
House appoints conferees-reported
TXSB2571PassRelating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 225; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
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2023-05-23
Effective immediately
TXSB177Engross

Sine Die
Relating to informed consent before provision of certain medical treatments and exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
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2023-05-23
Placed on General State Calendar
TXSB2256Engross

Sine Die
Relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing education compliance through the establishment of continuing education tracking systems.
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2023-05-23
Placed on General State Calendar
TXSB2038PassRelating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election.
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2023-05-19
Effective on 9/1/23
TXSJR2PassProposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes.
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2021-10-19
Filed with the Secretary of State
TXSB4PassRelating to abortion complication reporting and the regulation of drug-induced abortion procedures, providers, and facilities; creating a criminal offense.
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2021-09-17
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 2, 2021
TXSB6PassRelating to rules for setting the amount of bail, to the release of certain defendants on a monetary bond or personal bond, to related duties of certain officers taking bail bonds and of a magistrate in a criminal case, to charitable bail organizatio...
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2021-09-17
See remarks for effective date
TXSB8PassRelating to the authority of a person who acquires a residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption for the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired and to the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in re...
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2021-09-17
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 1, 2022
TXSB12PassRelating to the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an individual who is elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction from the precedin...
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2021-09-17
See remarks for effective date
TXSB7PassRelating to a one-time supplemental payment of benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
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2021-09-09
Effective immediately
TXSB15PassRelating to virtual and off-campus electronic instruction at a public school, the satisfaction of teacher certification requirements through an internship teaching certain virtual courses, and the allotment for certain special-purpose school district...
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2021-09-09
Effective immediately
TXSB1PassRelating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.
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2021-09-07
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 2, 2021
TXSB14Engross

Sine Die
Relating to the regulation by a municipality or county of certain employment benefits and policies.
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2021-09-01
Returned to committee
TXSJR2PassProposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the...
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2021-08-31
Co-author authorized
TXSB623PassRelating to the investigation and punishment of certain sexual offenses, to protective orders issued on the basis of certain sexual offenses, to crime victims' compensation, and to the establishment of a state sexual offense prevention and response p...
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2021-06-16
Effective on 9/1/21
TXSB1387PassRelating to a requirement that a voting system used in an election in this state be manufactured, stored, and held in the United States by a company headquartered in the United States.
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2021-06-16
Effective immediately
TXSB678PassRelating to the creation of the small business disaster recovery loan program.
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2021-06-16
Effective on 9/1/21
TXSB13PassRelating to state contracts with and investments in certain companies that boycott energy companies.
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2021-06-14
Effective on 9/1/21
TXSB763PassRelating to the creation of the urban air mobility advisory committee.
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2021-06-14
Effective immediately
TXSB19PassRelating to prohibited contracts with companies that discriminate against the firearm or ammunition industries.
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2021-06-14
Effective on 9/1/21
TXSB993PassRelating to the practice of therapeutic optometry.
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2021-06-14
Effective on 9/1/21
TXSB827PassRelating to health benefit plan cost-sharing requirements for prescription insulin.
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2021-06-14
Effective on 9/1/21
TXSB1336PassRelating to a limit on the rate of growth of certain appropriations.
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2021-06-08
Effective on 9/1/21
TXSB1168PassRelating to the authority of a municipality to impose a fine or fee in certain areas in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
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2021-06-07
Effective immediately
TXSB7Engross

Sine Die
Relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.
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2021-05-30
Point of order overruled Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2)
TXSB2164PassRelating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 201; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
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2021-05-30
Effective immediately
TXSB1295PassRelating to financial support and incentives for comprehensive regional universities.
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2021-05-30
Effective on 9/1/21
TXSB14Engross

Sine Die
Relating to the regulation by a municipality or county of certain employment benefits and policies.
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2021-05-30
Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
TXSB1263Engross

Sine Die
Relating to funding for the Texas emissions reduction plan.
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2021-05-27
House appoints conferees-reported
TXSB2172PassRelating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 200; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
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2021-05-24
Effective immediately
TXSB2163PassRelating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 199; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
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2021-05-24
Effective on 9/1/21
TXSB247Engross

Sine Die
Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.
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2021-05-21
Committee report sent to Calendars
TXSB8PassRelating to abortion, including abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat; authorizing a private civil right of action.
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2021-05-19
Effective on 9/1/21
TXSJR27PassProposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit this state or a political subdivision of this state from prohibiting or limiting religious services of religious organizations.
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2021-05-19
Filed with the Secretary of State
TXSB1647Engross

Sine Die
Relating to information regarding perinatal palliative care, regulation of abortion, and the availability of certain defenses to prosecution for homicide and assault offenses; creating a criminal offense.
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2021-05-03
Committee report sent to Calendars
TXSB1173Engross

Sine Die
Relating to the regulation of abortion, including information regarding perinatal palliative care and prohibiting discriminatory abortions; authorizing disciplinary action; providing a civil remedy; creating a criminal offense.
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2021-04-29
Committee report sent to Calendars
TXSB394Engross

Sine Die
Relating to abortion complication reporting and the regulation of drug-induced abortion procedures, providers, and facilities; creating a criminal offense.
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2021-04-28
Committee report sent to Calendars
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