Legislation authored by Paul Bettencourt

Includes legislation with Paul Bettencourt as the primary author for the 84th through 87th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System. Author information is not available for the 87th Legislature.

88th Regular Session
SB 3	Last Action: House appoints conferees-reported Caption: Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration.
SB 4	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district.
SB 220	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the enforcement of laws relating to elections.
SB 221	Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions.
SB 465	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to certain criminal conduct involving a catalytic converter; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties.
SB 466	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of trafficking of persons.
SB 467	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment of a motor fuel pump.
SB 805	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the taxation of a leasehold or other possessory interest in a public facility granted by a public facility corporation.
SB 823	Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the suspension of a county elections administrator.
SB 824	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the use of public schools as polling place locations.
SB 825	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to the deadline for submitting certain recount petitions.
SB 977	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the definition of debt for the purposes of calculating certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit.
SB 978	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the repeal of provisions providing for the calculation and effect of a de minimis ad valorem tax rate.
SB 1039	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty.
SB 1250	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating 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.
SB 1251	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate.
SB 1252	Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to the wording of ballot propositions for bond elections.
SB 1253	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to number of races displayed on an electronic system ballot screen at a time.
SB 1254	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to a notice of the delivery of provisional ballots.
SB 1278	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to certain public facilities used to provide affordable housing.
SB 1469	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to requiring certain information before being employed by a child-care facility.
SB 1470	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to access to the registry of persons who are not eligible for employment in public schools.
SB 1471	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to access by the Texas Education Agency and private schools to certain criminal history records.
SB 1472	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the central registry of names of individuals found to have abused or neglected a child.
SB 1473	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to criminal history record information and certain registry information accessible to certain educational and child-care entities and information required for employment in certain child-care facilities.
SB 1474	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to special education in public schools, including the special education allotment under the Foundation School Program, an education savings account program for certain children with disabilities, and a grant program to reimburse public schools for the cost of certain employer contributions for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas employed to teach or provide services related to special education.
SB 1486	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the electronic payment of ad valorem taxes; authorizing a fee.
SB 1487	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the electronic delivery of certain communications required or permitted under the Property Tax Code.
SB 1545	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the maximum size of a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
SB 1546	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the authority of certain special districts and corporations created by certain special districts to exercise certain rights and powers outside district boundaries.
SB 1579	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to procedures under the public information law, including expedited responses and charges for bad faith requests.
SB 1580	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the right to try cutting-edge treatments for patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses.
SB 1581	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Health Insurance Mandate Advisory Collaborative; authorizing a fee.
SB 1582	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain nonprofit wildlife conservation associations.
SB 1630	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to an attendance policy adopted by public schools to prevent truancy.
SB 1631	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to certain student records required on a child's enrollment in a public school or on a child's transfer from one school district to another school district.
SB 1632	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a review by a local law enforcement agency of a school district's multihazard emergency operations plan.
SB 1633	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the establishment of a school marshal and guardian training grant program.
SB 1635	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the establishment of a list of approved school safety vendors by the Texas School Safety Center.
SB 1750	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to abolishing the county elections administrator position in certain counties.
SB 1786	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to approval procedures for property development review by a municipality.
SB 1787	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.
SB 1791	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the issuance of bonds by certain local government corporations.
SB 1814	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the current debt rate and tax rate of a taxing unit for ad valorem tax purposes.
SB 1817	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to investments in certain companies doing business in the Russian Federation.
SB 1818	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes.
SB 1819	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate.
SB 1861	Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee.
SB 1862	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency to investigate the administration of public education.
SB 1863	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the authorization for and transfer of a charter for an adult high school charter school program.
SB 1888	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.
SB 1907	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to preparing and delivering precinct election returns; increasing a criminal penalty.
SB 1908	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of prosecuting attorneys in adjoining districts or counties to prosecute criminal offenses involving the election laws in this state.
SB 1909	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order.
SB 1910	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to disclosure under the public information law of information related to elections.
SB 1911	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
SB 1912	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the review of ballot proposition language for certain political subdivision elections.
SB 1928	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the authority of the attorney general to represent county officials in certain cases.
SB 1933	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to certain oversight procedures of the state over county elections.
SB 1934	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the suspension or termination of a county elections administrator.
SB 1935	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to requiring counties to cooperate with the secretary of state in randomized election audits; providing an administrative penalty.
SB 1936	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to delivery of election records by an election clerk.
SB 1937	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the composition of a county election board.
SB 1938	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws.
SB 1939	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the allocation of proceeds from the issuance of general obligation bonds by political subdivisions.
SB 1945	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to a notice of the delivery of provisional ballots.
SB 1946	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to personal information entered on the carrier envelope of a ballot to be voted by mail.
SB 1947	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to action by the early voting clerk on receipt of a ballot voted by mail.
SB 1948	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the legislative approval of settlements related to elections.
SB 1949	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the residence address of an applicant for purposes of voter registration.
SB 1950	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to accepting an early voting ballot voted by mail; creating a criminal offense.
SB 1951	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the procedure for duplicating ballots for automatic counting.
SB 1968	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to required reporting of certain discretionary prosecutorial decisions of prosecuting attorneys.
SB 1969	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed on or near the premises of a day-care center, school, or postsecondary educational institution.
SB 1970	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal conduct involving a reckless driving exhibition or racing on a highway and to the forfeiture of contraband as a result of a reckless driving exhibition or racing on a highway.
SB 1971	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to liability of judges and magistrates for the improper release on personal bond of defendants accused of committing certain felony offenses.
SB 1972	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to employment and retirement consequences for an educator convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor.
SB 1973	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to criminal history record information for certain special master, magistrate, referee, or other court official applicants appointed or employed by state judges.
SB 1990	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the procedure for selecting a provider of professional services by certain water districts.
SB 1991	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to the authorization of disbursements by the board of directors of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority.
SB 1997	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the calculation of the ad valorem tax rate of a taxing unit.
SB 1998	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates.
SB 1999	Last Action: Effective on 1/1/24 Caption: Relating to the calculation of the unused increment rate of a taxing unit.
SB 2035	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of obligation.
SB 2037	Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to the regulation of platting and subdivisions of land by a municipality or county.
SB 2038	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election.
SB 2063	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the oversight of and reporting requirements for the county elections administrator.
SB 2064	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the dissemination of patient information through a telemedicine, telehealth, or teledentistry service.
SB 2065	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the recovery of overpayments made to dentists by certain employee benefit plans and health insurers.
SB 2066	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to state agency employment openings and aptitude assessments.
SB 2067	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the public sale of real property taken in execution of a judgment.
SB 2068	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the information maintained by the Texas Education Agency regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities.
SB 2069	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to the required posting of signs regarding human trafficking penalties by certain schools.
SB 2070	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the funding of projects by the Public Utility Commission of Texas to promote the reliability and resiliency of the power grid in this state; authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds.
SB 2071	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to automatic recounts of certain elections.
SB 2072	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to commissioned peace officers employed by the attorney general.
SB 2073	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to certain suits for personal injury that arise as a result of conduct that violates certain Penal Code provisions concerning sexual offenses against a child but that are filed against certain persons who did not commit the conduct that violated those Penal Code provisions.
SB 2329	Last Action: Vote taken in committee Caption: Relating to daylight saving time.
SB 2330	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the authorization and reporting of expenditures for lobbying activities by certain political subdivisions and other public entities.
SB 2331	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to centrally counted optical scan ballots.
SB 2349	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to consent to the creation of certain political subdivisions.
SB 2350	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the voter-approval tax rate used to calculate the unused increment rate of a taxing unit for ad valorem tax purposes.
SB 2354	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Education Savings Account Program to allow certain disadvantaged children and their siblings to use public money to pursue educational alternatives to public schools and an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program.
SB 2355	Last Action: Effective on 1/1/24 Caption: Relating to the appeal of certain ad valorem tax determinations through binding arbitration.
SB 2431	Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Senate Caption: Relating to the Harris County Flood Control District; providing for the appointment of the governing body.
SB 2432	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the State Auditor conducting an audit of counties with a population over 1 million and their use of funds related to acts passed by congress.
SB 2433	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to certain election practices and procedures; increasing a criminal penalty; providing an administrative penalty.
SB 2434	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the dissolution of the SH130 Municipal Management District No. 1.
SB 2514	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the provision of information relating to certain election officials appointed by the commissioners court.
SB 2515	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the restriction of the use of toll road funds for road projects.
SB 2516	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of certain taxing units.
SB 2599	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating 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.
SB 2600	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating 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.
SCR 60	Last Action: Received by the Secretary of the Senate Caption: Instructing the enrollment clerk of the Senate to make a correction in H.B. No. 3699.
SJR 3	Last Action: House appoints conferees-reported Caption: 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 residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.
SJR 4	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment excepting certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.
SJR 80	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the utilities reliability fund and the utilities reliability revenue fund to provide financial support for projects that enhance the reliability and resiliency of the power grid in this state.
SJR 86	Last Action: Placed on intent calendar Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing year-round standard time or daylight saving time and authorizing the legislature to enact legislation that gives effect to the preferred option.
SR 40	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Granting permission for use of the chamber of the Texas Senate by the Texas Lyceum on January 26, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
SR 193	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Clay Walker for his role in the fight against multiple sclerosis.
SR 194	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 22, 2023, as Texas Building Owners and Managers Association Advocacy Day.
SR 363	Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Bryan Taylor Kelting.
SR 520	Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Alan D. Vera.
SR 570	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the inaugural graduating class of the Aggie ACHIEVE program.
SR 715	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Dale Craymer on the occasion of his retirement.
SR 716	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on HB 3697.
SR 717	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3699.
88th 1st Called Session
SB 1	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district and additional state aid for certain school districts impacted by compression, an increase in the amount of certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, an adjustment in the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in the exemption amounts, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue.
SB 26	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, and limitations on taxes and providing franchise tax relief.
SJR 1	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.
SJR 2	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.
SR 16	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the grand opening of the George H. W. Bush Community Center.
88th 2nd Called Session
SB 1	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, and limitations on taxes and providing franchise tax relief.
SB 2	Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating 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.
SB 3	Last Action: Effective on 1/1/24 Caption: Relating 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.
SJR 1	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, to provide supplemental payments to full-time classroom teachers in school districts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.
87th Regular Session
SB 10	Last Action: Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal Caption: Relating to certain requirements applicable to political subdivisions and other entities that engage in lobbying and to the applicability of lobbyist registration requirements to a person who provides legal services to a political subdivision.
SB 28	Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to the approval of open-enrollment charter schools and the applicability of certain state and local laws to open-enrollment charter schools.
SB 208	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the distribution of an application form for an early voting ballot.
SB 215	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency to investigate the administration of public education.
SB 237	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the issuance of a citation for a criminal trespass offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor.
SB 244	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the application of the open meetings law to the board of directors of certain tax reinvestment zones.
SB 252	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to certain criminal offenses, punishments, and procedures; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
SB 532	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the release of certain defendants on personal bond or on bail.
SB 581	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays.
SB 591	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to certain public facilities used to provide affordable housing.
SB 604	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to bonds issued by and the dissolution of municipal management districts.
SB 654	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to protecting the right to free exercise of religion and ensuring access to volunteer and faith-based chaplains and chaplaincy services for inmates.
SB 1110	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to emergency review of election law violations.
SB 1111	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the residence address of a voter for purposes of a response to a confirmation notice sent by the voter registrar.
SB 1112	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to requirements for an early voting ballot voted by mail; creating a criminal offense.
SB 1113	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to a registrar's failure to approve, change, or cancel voter registrations under applicable law.
SB 1114	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to verification of the citizenship status of certain registered voters.
SB 1115	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the time in which early voting is conducted.
SB 1116	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to a county, city, or independent school district posting election notices and results on an Internet website.
SB 1361	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the election of the board of trustees of certain school districts and the powers and duties of the board of trustees of school districts.
SB 1362	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to prohibiting public schools from leasing, owning, or having a business interest in certain entities and real property associated with those entities.
SB 1363	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to governmental entities that may partner with a school district to operate a district campus.
SB 1364	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission.
SB 1365	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to public school organization, accountability, and fiscal management.
SB 1366	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to ad valorem tax sales of personal property seized under a tax warrant.
SB 1419	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to a proposition to approve the issuance of bonds or other debt.
SB 1420	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the sunset review process.
SB 1421	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the correction of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll and to related appraisal records.
SB 1422	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its location in this state for a temporary period may be located in this state for the purpose of qualifying for the tax exemption.
SB 1423	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the prepayment of ad valorem taxes.
SB 1424	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the date for ordering or holding an election to ratify the ad valorem tax rate of a school district; making conforming changes.
SB 1425	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions.
SB 1426	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds.
SB 1427	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the applicability of the temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster.
SB 1428	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the applicability of the exemptions in the event of a disaster from certain limitations on the ad valorem tax rate of a taxing unit.
SB 1429	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the alternate provisions for ad valorem tax rate notices when the de minimis rate of a taxing unit exceeds the voter-approval tax rate.
SB 1430	Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions and to related procedures and provisions.
SB 1431	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district.
SB 1432	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits of individuals who serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district.
SB 1433	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to tax increment financing.
SB 1434	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to public notice of the availability on the Internet of property-tax-related information.
SB 1435	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the scope of the review of an appraisal district by the comptroller of public accounts.
SB 1436	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the appeal of a determination by the comptroller of public accounts of a protest of the comptroller's findings in a study of school district property values.
SB 1437	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain municipalities and counties conduct an efficiency audit before holding an election to approve the adoption of certain ad valorem tax rates.
SB 1438	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the effect of a disaster on the calculation of certain tax rates and the procedure for adoption of a tax rate by a taxing unit.
SB 1449	Last Action: Effective on 1/1/22 Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount.
SB 1491	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the electronic submission of requests for attorney general decisions under the public information law; authorizing a fee.
SB 1492	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to an expedited response by a governmental body to a request for public information.
SB 1589	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the enforcement of laws relating to elections.
SB 1590	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to rules by the State Board for Educator Certification regarding virtual observation options for field-based experiences and internships required for educator certification.
SB 1591	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to election watchers; increasing a criminal penalty.
SB 1592	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to powers and duties of governmental entities during a public health disaster; providing civil penalties.
SB 1593	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to ensuring system reliability of electricity generation through use of a compliance monitor and an enforcement division of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
SB 1614	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to requiring emergency generators or other power sources in nursing facilities and assisted living facilities.
SB 1615	Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the adult high school charter school program.
SB 1616	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to powers and duties of governmental entities during a public health disaster; providing civil penalties.
SB 1617	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the automatic admission of certain students to general academic teaching institutions in The University of Texas System.
SB 1618	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to in-depth evaluations and reports on certain investments of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
SB 1619	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to municipal control of certain local public retirement systems.
SB 1620	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to voter approval of the issuance of certain obligations by municipalities to pay their unfunded liabilities to a public pension fund.
SB 1621	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the eligibility for a service retirement annuity of certain members and annuitants of a public retirement system convicted of certain felony offenses.
SB 1622	Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to measures to support the alignment of education and workforce development in the state with state workforce needs, including the establishment of the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative.
SB 1623	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to good cause for revoking the tenure of or otherwise disciplining a faculty member of a public institution of higher education in this state.
SB 1656	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the requirements for filing an annual financial statement by a municipality.
SB 1657	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to notice of proposed changes to municipal zoning classifications.
SB 1658	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements for certain districts.
SB 1659	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to clarifying the law regarding municipal voting rights and eligibility for municipal office of residents of areas subject to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements.
SB 1660	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to payroll deductions for state and local government employee organizations.
SB 1661	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the date on which a city may hold a general election.
SB 1662	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the appointment, suspension, and termination of a county elections administrator.
SB 1663	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the administration of the countywide polling place program.
SB 1664	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to ballots voted by mail.
SB 1665	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to courses offered jointly by public junior colleges and independent school districts.
SB 1700	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen.
SB 1764	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the payment of delinquent ad valorem taxes on property subject to a tax sale.
SB 1765	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the procedure for making any change from any voting standard, practice, or procedure authorized by the Election Code.
SB 1819	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to procedures for and the consequences of the dishonorable discharge of certain peace officers; creating a criminal offense.
SB 1820	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the promotion of off-label uses of certain drugs, biological products, and devices.
SB 1879	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the authorization and reporting of expenditures for lobbying activities by certain political subdivisions and other public entities.
SB 1880	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the renewal of local disaster declarations.
SB 1968	Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Family Educational Relief Program and an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program.
SB 1992	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election.
SB 2005	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to off-campus workforce education or lower-division programs offered by a public institution of higher education at the request of an employer.
SB 2006	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to publication and posting of notice by certain governmental entities and representatives.
SB 2180	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 581; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
SJR 57	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its location in this state for a temporary period may be located in this state for the purpose of qualifying for the tax exemption.
SJR 68	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment exempting this state from daylight saving time.
SR 403	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Jake Kolkhorst for his achievements as a member of the Brenham High School baseball team.
87th 1st Called Session
SB 8	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating 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 the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in revenue.
SB 12	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating 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 preceding tax year in the district's maximum compressed rate.
SB 67	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to a training manual for election watchers.
SJR 4	Last Action: Reported engrossed Caption: Proposing 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 residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.
87th 2nd Called Session
SB 8	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating 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 revenue.
SB 12	Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating 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 preceding tax year in the district's maximum compressed rate and to the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue.
SB 91	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to a temporary reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district and the form of the ballot proposition to be used in an election to approve a tax rate adopted by a school district that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate; making an appropriation.
SB 97	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty.
SJR 2	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Proposing 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 residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.
SR 50	Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Michael Anthony DiTeresa.
87th 3rd Called Session
SB 1	Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue.
SB 47	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty.
SJR 2	Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes.
SR 97	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending the limitations on the conference committee jurisdiction for S.B. 1.
86th Regular Session
SB 2	Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxation; authorizing fees.
SB 5	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district, a reduction in the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect the increased exemption amount, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue.
SB 227	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays.
SB 251	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to courses offered jointly by public junior colleges and independent school districts.
SB 280	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district.
SB 702	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the authorization and reporting of expenditures for lobbying activities by certain political subdivisions and other public entities.
SB 703	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the reporting by local governmental entities of expenditures for lobbying; providing a civil penalty.
SB 933	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency to investigate the administration of public education.
SB 955	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the matters that a taxing unit is entitled to challenge before an appraisal review board.
SB 956	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the correction of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll and related appraisal records.
SB 957	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to voter approval of the issuance of certain obligations by municipalities to pay their unfunded liabilities to a public pension fund.
SB 960	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
SB 961	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the issuance of a citation for a criminal trespass offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor.
SB 966	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the location of certain temporary branch early voting polling places.
SB 1005	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its location in this state for a temporary period may be located in this state for the purpose of qualifying for the tax exemption.
SB 1006	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount.
SB 1007	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the prepayment of ad valorem taxes.
SB 1026	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a proposition to approve the issuance of bonds or other debt.
SB 1133	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to prohibiting public schools from owning, leasing, or having a business interest in certain entities and real property associated with those entities.
SB 1158	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the extension of the expiration date of the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act.
SB 1162	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to student success-based funding for certain public institutions of higher education.
SB 1163	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the student loan program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and to the repeal of a related bond program.
SB 1190	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the residence address of a voter for purposes of a response to a confirmation notice sent by the voter registrar.
SB 1220	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to requiring notices of property located in floodplains, flood pools, or reservoirs to be provided by sellers of real property and on subdivision plats.
SB 1224	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds.
SB 1225	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions.
SB 1227	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the date for ordering or holding an election to ratify the ad valorem tax rate of a school district; making conforming changes.
SB 1228	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the verification of citizenship of an applicant for voter registration.
SB 1229	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to a county, city, or independent school district posting certain election information on an Internet website.
SB 1230	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the reporting of private school educator misconduct.
SB 1231	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to providing certain public and private school administrators with information regarding certain child abuse and neglect investigations and allegations.
SB 1254	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to verification of the citizenship status of certain registered voters.
SB 1255	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the location of countywide polling places within a county.
SB 1256	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to employing, terminating, and reporting the misconduct of public school personnel and related entity personnel, including creating a registry of persons ineligible for hire; creating criminal offenses.
SB 1261	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve as the chief appraiser for an appraisal district.
SB 1273	Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to the sales and use tax exemption for certain amusement services.
SB 1285	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the procedure for the sale by auction of real property pursuant to foreclosure of a tax lien.
SB 1300	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to clarifying the law regarding municipal voting rights and eligibility for municipal office of residents in areas subject to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements.
SB 1301	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements for certain districts.
SB 1302	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to certain areas exempt from municipal annexation.
SB 1303	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to maps of the actual or proposed boundaries and extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality and certain notices related to expanding the boundaries.
SB 1304	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to notice of proposed changes to municipal zoning classifications.
SB 1309	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district.
SB 1311	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the electronic transmission of an invoice or notice of toll nonpayment by a toll project entity.
SB 1315	Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions.
SB 1316	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the sunset review process.
SB 1328	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the application of the open meetings law to the board of directors of certain tax reinvestment zones.
SB 1329	Last Action: Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Caption: Relating to bonds issued by and the dissolution of municipal management districts.
SB 1334	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the requirements for filing an annual financial statement by a municipality.
SB 1335	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to municipal control of certain local public retirement systems.
SB 1361	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the public resale by means of a public auction using online bidding and sale of property purchased by a taxing unit at an ad valorem tax sale.
SB 1362	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the performance of administrative support services functions for the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general.
SB 1385	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district and the election of trustees of certain school districts.
SB 1476	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the requirement for certain administrators of certain educational entities to report certain educator misconduct to the State Board for Educator Certification.
SB 1477	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to eliminating the requirement that certain top high school graduates be granted automatic admission to certain universities and eliminating the scholarship program for those graduates to attend certain institutions.
SB 1478	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the fixed tuition price plan offered by certain general academic teaching institutions.
SB 1765	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the administration and oversight of investigational adult stem cell treatments administered to certain patients.
SB 1770	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Competency-Based Education Grant Program for certain students enrolled in competency-based baccalaureate degree programs and to formula funding and dropped and repeated course restrictions for students enrolled in those degree programs at public institutions of higher education.
SB 1771	Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the ad valorem taxation of a leasehold or other possessory interest in certain property owned by a municipality.
SB 1772	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster.
SB 1773	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the provision of alarm system services by certain municipalities.
SB 1774	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to uncollectible fees and costs in criminal actions and proceedings.
SB 1775	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
SB 2016	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to voter registration on issuance or change of a driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public Safety.
SB 2017	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the countywide polling place program.
SB 2117	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to approval of school district and charter school partnerships to operate school district campuses and programs and to eligibility for state funding.
SB 2118	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to governmental entities that may partner with a school district to operate a district campus.
SB 2219	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the notice required before the issuance of certain debt obligations by political subdivisions.
SB 2220	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to fees collected by the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority.
SB 2290	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the allocation of certain general revenues to the economic stabilization fund, the state highway fund, and the education enrichment fund.
SB 2311	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards of county school trustees, and offices of county school superintendent.
SB 2312	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission.
SB 2337	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the treatment of captured appraised value and tax increment in the calculation of ad valorem tax rates for a taxing unit.
SB 2338	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to student success-based funding for certain public institutions of higher education.
SB 2427	Last Action: Referred to Property Tax Caption: Relating to the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes.
SB 2428	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to authorizing the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to establish defined contribution plans or hybrid retirement plans to provide retirement benefits to certain employees.
SB 2429	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to establish defined contribution plans to provide retirement benefits to certain employees.
SB 2430	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the dissolution of a municipal management district by landowner petition.
SB 2503	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the calculation of the rollback tax rate of a school district.
SB 2520	Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Senate Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Cy-Champ Public Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax.
SB 2521	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 248; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes.
SB 2522	Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Senate Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 571; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
SB 2523	Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Senate Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 572; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
SB 2524	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 375; providing authority to issue bonds.
SB 2525	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 376; providing authority to issue bonds.
SB 2526	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 379; providing authority to issue bonds.
SB 2534	Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Senate Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 441; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax.
SJR 43	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its location in this state for a temporary period may be located in this state for the purpose of qualifying for the tax exemption.
SJR 57	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster.
SJR 59	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment abolishing daylight saving time in Texas.
SJR 71	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to use revenue attributable to oil and gas production taxes to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and reduce the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect the increased exemption amount.
SJR 72	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of and use of money in the education enrichment fund; allocating certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the state highway fund.
SR 17	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming Mayor James Collins and a delegation from Limerick, Ireland.
SR 129	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Texas A&M University System Chancellor's Student Advisory Council.
SR 221	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 20, 2019, as Texas BOMA Advocacy Day.
SR 480	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
SR 535	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Declaring the crisis at the Texas-Mexico International Border an emergency and requesting Congress to adopt a budget that fully funds all means necessary to fully secure the Texas-Mexico International Border.
SR 628	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Be An Angel for its work on behalf of disabled children.
85th Regular Session
SB 2	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the administration of the ad valorem tax system.
SB 7	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to improper relationships between educators and students and reporting of educator misconduct; creating a criminal offense and expanding the applicability of an existing offense; authorizing an administrative penalty.
SB 151	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to voter approval of obligations for certain municipal liabilities to a public pension fund.
SB 152	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to municipal control of certain public retirement systems established for the benefit of municipal employees.
SB 153	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for certain persons.
SB 412	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to requiring a presidential elector to vote for the candidates for president and vice president who won the popular vote in this state for those offices.
SB 488	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions.
SB 542	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations.
SB 598	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs.
SB 641	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions.
SB 642	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to required disclosures in and to the length of ballot proposition language authorizing political subdivisions to issue bonds or impose or change a tax.
SB 646	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the elimination of the taxing authority of certain county boards of education and boards of county school trustees.
SB 650	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to tax increment financing.
SB 655	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to certain notice of the extent of a municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction.
SB 716	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the sheriff's department civil service system in certain counties.
SB 730	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount.
SB 731	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the appeal through binding arbitration of certain appraisal review board orders.
SB 870	Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the scheduling by an appraisal review board of a hearing on a protest.
SB 871	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to municipal voting rights and eligibility for municipal office of residents in areas subject to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements.
SB 898	Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the ownership and local regulation of trees and timber.
SB 939	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the regulatory analysis of rules proposed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
SB 945	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district to correct an ad valorem tax appraisal roll.
SB 946	Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to deadlines for performing various functions in connection with the ad valorem tax system.
SB 1085	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the certification of unopposed candidates for the board of directors of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority.
SB 1106	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the issuance of a citation for criminal trespass punishable as a Class B misdemeanor.
SB 1166	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission.
SB 1167	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards of county school trustees, and offices of county school superintendent.
SB 1230	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen.
SB 1259	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of and municipal annexation by certain municipalities.
SB 1286	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the system for protesting or appealing certain ad valorem tax determinations.
SB 1609	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays.
SB 1661	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to voting rights and eligibility for office of residents of certain districts subject to a strategic partnership agreement.
SB 1662	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements for certain districts.
SB 1702	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the requirements for filing an annual financial statement by a municipality.
SB 1703	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the requirements for filing an annual financial statement by a municipality.
SB 1750	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to a study of the cost-effectiveness and feasibility of implementing a hybrid retirement plan for newly hired state employees and teachers.
SB 1751	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to authorizing the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to establish defined contribution plans or hybrid retirement plans to provide retirement benefits to certain employees.
SB 1752	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to establish defined contribution plans to provide retirement benefits to certain employees.
SB 1846	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the authority of municipalities to replat a subdivision without vacating the preceding plat.
SB 1847	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the correction of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll and related appraisal records.
SB 1848	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the award of attorney's fees in a judicial appeal of certain ad valorem tax determinations.
SB 1884	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district.
SB 1885	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the location of certain temporary branch early voting polling places.
SB 1886	Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to the oversight of public education, including the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency.
SB 1887	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to performance-based supplemental funding for school districts.
SB 1888	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of students to general academic teaching institutions and on the admission of nonresident students to The University of Texas at Austin.
SB 1889	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to insurance premium tax and alcoholic beverage tax credits for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations.
SB 1890	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to employing, terminating, and reporting misconduct of public school personnel and related entity personnel, including creating a registry of persons ineligible for hire; creating a criminal offense.
SB 1891	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a general employment review of persons who apply to school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and certain independent contractors for employment involving direct contact with students or children; providing a civil penalty.
SB 1892	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to student success-based funding for certain public institutions of higher education.
SB 1905	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to information provided by a voter to an election officer.
SB 1906	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the matters that a taxing unit is entitled to challenge before an appraisal review board.
SB 1907	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the selection of the officers of an appraisal review board.
SB 1908	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the selection of an arbitrator for purposes of an appeal through binding arbitration of certain appraisal review board orders.
SB 2032	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas State Technical College System to offer technical-vocational courses or programs.
SB 2033	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the fixed tuition price plan offered by certain general academic teaching institutions.
SB 2043	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its location in this state for a temporary period may be located in this state for the purpose of qualifying for the tax exemption.
SB 2044	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the use of tax proceeds for lobbying activities or lobbyists.
SB 2045	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the reporting by local governmental entities of expenditures for lobbying.
SB 2046	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to voting by the qualified voters of a water or sewer district wholly or partly annexed by a municipality.
SB 2047	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation, territory, and operation of municipal management districts and public improvement districts.
SB 2048	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the student loan program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and to the repeal of a related bond program.
SB 2197	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to documentation of proof of identification for voting.
SB 2239	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxation.
SJR 45	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual income tax.
SR 58	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 2017 as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month.
SR 257	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 23, 2017, as La Belle Day.
SR 258	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 22, 2017, as Texas BOMA Advocacy Day.
SR 314	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 28, 2017, as Texas Anesthesiologists Day.
SR 340	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating Texas Independence Day 2017.
SR 467	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of William Dowling.
SR 608	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing James and Leeshan Chuang Birney for their service to the Houston community.
SR 655	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Rita Polland on the occasion of her 90th birthday.
85th 1st Called Session
SB 1	Last Action: Senate appoints conferees-reported Caption: Relating to the calculation of the ad valorem rollback tax rate of a taxing unit and voter approval of a proposed tax rate that exceeds the rollback tax rate.
SB 83	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to certain notice of the extent of a municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction.
SB 84	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the oversight of public education, including the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency.
SB 89	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities.
SB 90	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of and municipal annexation by certain municipalities.
SB 93	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxation.
SB 96	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxation.
SR 159	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Republican Party of Texas.
84th Regular Session
SB 182	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the calculation of the ad valorem rollback tax rates of certain taxing units.
SB 449	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle.
SB 515	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to an increase in the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district, a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue.
SB 516	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to increasing the period of time for exempting freeport goods from ad valorem taxation.
SB 567	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits by the clerk of a district court; authorizing a fee.
SB 568	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a classroom visual aid stipend for public school classroom teachers.
SB 576	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to an individual's eligibility to receive unemployment compensation benefits on the individual's waiting period claim.
SB 642	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations.
SB 694	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to authorizing patients with certain terminal illnesses to access certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices that are in clinical trials.
SB 752	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to the repeal of the inheritance tax.
SB 758	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property used by the owner of the property to manufacture, process, or fabricate tangible personal property for ultimate sale.
SB 762	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount.
SB 763	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain income-producing tangible personal property.
SB 766	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit.
SB 767	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the procedure for the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate.
SB 849	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to access to and fees associated with binding arbitration of appraisal review board orders.
SB 965	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the release of an accused person on personal bond.
SB 966	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the recording of the presentment of an indictment by a grand jury.
SB 967	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of a district clerk to collect certain fees for providing electronic copies of court records.
SB 982	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for certain persons.
SB 983	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to restrictions on the assessment of the fee charged for issuance of certain birth records.
SB 984	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of registration under the Election Code.
SB 985	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the acceptance of a voter at a polling place.
SB 986	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to information obtained by a guardian ad litem representing a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
SB 1003	Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to the issuance of school district teaching permits to persons who teach career and technical education.
SB 1004	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to courses and programs offered jointly by certain public junior colleges and independent school districts.
SB 1013	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions.
SB 1015	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to limiting the amount of assistance a person may provide a voter; creating a criminal offense.
SB 1041	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to required disclosures in and to the length of ballot proposition language authorizing political subdivisions to issue bonds or impose or change a tax.
SB 1042	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to fiscal transparency and accountability of certain political subdivisions.
SB 1062	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the registration and certification of county tax assessor-collectors and their employees.
SB 1215	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a study of the feasibility and benefits to this state of abolishing the property tax assistance division of the office of the comptroller of public accounts and transferring its powers and duties to an independent agency.
SB 1216	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission.
SB 1217	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem appointed for a child to meet with the child before court hearings.
SB 1218	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to filing requirements applicable to administrative writs of withholding for child support.
SB 1219	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to a combined online application for persons applying for certain state and local economic development incentives.
SB 1220	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . Caption: Relating to tax increment financing.
SB 1221	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to public school class size limits.
SB 1222	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the authority of the commissioner of education to issue subpoenas during an investigation of educator misconduct.
SB 1223	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to requiring the consent of all parties to legally intercept certain communications.
SB 1335	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the period after which a governmental entity must execute an expunction order.
SB 1452	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the power of a commissioners court to authorize ad valorem tax sales of real property to be conducted by means of online auctions.
SB 1459	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority.
SB 1460	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the evaluation and ranking of similar offers submitted to a governmental entity for certain construction-related contracts.
SB 1680	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the procedure for the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate by a taxing unit.
SB 1692	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the establishment of a limit on the maximum ad valorem tax rate of a county or municipality for a tax year based on inflation and the rate of population growth.
SB 1693	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain inventory from ad valorem taxation by a school district.
SB 1694	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation.
SB 1782	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the status of separate legal entities for purposes of the sales and use tax on aircraft.
SB 1783	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to apportionment of certain receipts of a broadcaster under the franchise tax.
SB 1807	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes; authorizing a fee.
SB 1808	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the confidentiality and use of information related to a taxpayer subject to audit by the comptroller.
SB 1809	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to ad valorem tax protests and appeals.
SB 1981	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the eligibility of persons to participate in an ad valorem tax sale of real property.
SB 1994	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to municipal control of certain public retirement systems established for the benefit of municipal employees.
SB 2051	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the study of public education performance.
SB 2053	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Pine Forest Municipal Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds and impose a tax.
SB 2056	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 148; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
SB 2059	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the composition of the governing body of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
SCR 32	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Urging Congress to expedite natural gas exports.
SJR 28	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount.
SJR 29	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the number of days that certain tangible personal property to be transported outside of this state is exempt from ad valorem taxation.
SJR 35	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions tangible personal property used by the owner of the property to manufacture, process, or fabricate tangible personal property for ultimate sale.
SJR 36	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation income-producing tangible personal property valued at less than $50,000.
SJR 56	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions of this state a person's inventory.
SJR 57	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes, providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, and extending the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its temporary location in this state may remain located in this state before forfeiting the right to the exemption.
SR 16	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the investiture of Jane Cummins as President of the Texas Lyceum.
SR 17	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Cheryl Lynn McIntyre.
SR 309	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the work of the KK125 Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.