FIFTY-THIRD DAY --- FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2019
The house met at 11:02 a.m. and was called to order by the speaker pro tempore.
The roll of the house was called and a quorum was announced present (Record 751).
Present — Mr. Speaker; Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Biedermann; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, K.; King, P.; King, T.; Klick; Krause; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Lang; Larson; Leach; Leman; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Middleton; Miller; Minjarez; Moody(C); Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Neave; Nevárez; Noble; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Schaefer; Shaheen; Sheffield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stickland; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zedler; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE GRANTED
On motion of Representative Morrison and by unanimous consent, all members who were granted leaves of absence on the previous legislative day were granted leaves for this legislative day.
RULES SUSPENDED
Representative Morrison moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time, on third reading and final passage, the bills on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar which were considered on the previous legislative day.
The motion prevailed.
MOTION FOR ONE RECORD VOTE
On motion of Representative Morrison and by unanimous consent, the house agreed to use the first record vote taken for all those bills on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar that require a record vote on third reading and final passage, with the understanding that a member may record an individual vote on any bill with the journal clerk.
LOCAL, CONSENT, AND RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR
THIRD READING
The following bills which were considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed by the following record vote (members registering votes and the results of the vote are shown following the bill number).
(Record 752): 139 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Biedermann; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, K.; King, P.; King, T.; Klick; Krause; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Lang; Larson; Leach; Leman; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Middleton; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Neave; Nevárez; Noble; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Schaefer; Shaheen; Sheffield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stickland; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zedler; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
HB 23
HB 87
HB 137
HB 310
HB 321 (Biedermann, Cain, Capriglione, Dean, Harris, Lang, Schaefer, Stickland, Swanson, and Toth - no) (129 - 10 - 2) (Krause and Sanford requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)
HB 345 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 415 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 504
HB 510 (Biedermann, Cain, Capriglione, Dean, Harris, Lang, Leach, Middleton, Schaefer, Tinderholt, and Toth - no) (128 - 11 - 2) (Krause requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)
HB 519
HB 587
HB 635
HB 679 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 693
HB 696 (Biedermann, Leach, Middleton, and Schaefer - no) (135 - 4 - 2)
HB 700 (Biedermann, Cain, Hefner, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Schaefer, Swanson, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (127 - 12 - 2)
HB 819 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 837 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 1002 (Biedermann, Cain, Capriglione, Dean, Harris, Lang, Leach, Middleton, Schaefer, Stickland, Swanson, Tinderholt, Toth, and Wilson - no) (125 - 14 - 2)
HB 1039
HB 1135 (Biedermann, Cain, Leach, Middleton, Patterson, Schaefer, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (130 - 9 - 2) (Swanson requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)
HB 1249
HB 1379 (Cain, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Lang, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Swanson, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (124 - 15 - 2)
HB 1398 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 1415 (Cain, Hefner, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Schaefer, Swanson, Tinderholt, and Toth - no) (130 - 9 - 2)
HB 1439 (K. Bell, Biedermann, Buckley, Cain, Capriglione, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Landgraf, Lang, Leach, Leman, Middleton, Murr, Noble, Oliverson, Patterson, Springer, Stickland, Tinderholt, Toth, Wilson, and Zedler - no) (115 - 24 - 2) (Shine, Swanson, and Wray requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)
HB 1443 (Leach and Middleton - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 1496 (Biedermann, Leach, Middleton, and Stickland - no) (135 - 4 - 2)
HB 1537 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 1553 (Biedermann and Swanson - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 1593 (Stickland - no) (138 - 1 - 2)
HB 1605
SB 234 (Biedermann - no) (138 - 1 - 2)
HB 1656 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 1694 (Cain, Hefner, Ramos, Stickland, and Toth - no) (134 - 5 - 2)
HB 1725
HB 1742
HB 1760
HB 1769 (Cain, Stickland, and Toth - no) (136 - 3 - 2)
HB 1779
HB 1810
HB 1821
HB 1856
HB 1858
HB 1949 (Cain, Springer, and Toth - no) (136 - 3 - 2)
HB 1969
HB 2167
HB 2190
HB 2203
HB 2214 (Biedermann, Cain, Harris, and Toth - no) (135 - 4 - 2)
HB 2304
HB 2331
HB 2351
HB 2380 (Cain, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Lang, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Toth, and Zedler - no) (128 - 11 - 2) (Swanson requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)
HB 2386
HB 2393
HB 2399
HB 2400 (Biedermann, Leach, Middleton, Schaefer, Stickland, and Tinderholt - no) (133 - 6 - 2) (Krause requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)
HB 2435
HB 2461
HB 2471 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 2530 (Biedermann - no) (138 - 1 - 2)
HB 2565
HB 2571
HB 2577
HB 2597
HB 2615
HB 2643 (Cain, Harris, and Toth - no) (136 - 3 - 2)
HB 2659
HB 2694
HB 2791
HB 2792 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 2805 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 2809
HB 2932 (Capriglione, Dean, Lang, and Swanson - no) (135 - 4 - 2)
HB 2950
HB 3079
HB 3084 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 3099 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 3142 (Hefner and Noble - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 3329
HB 3374 (Cain, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Toth, and Zedler - no) (130 - 9 - 2) (Swanson requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)
HB 3383
HB 3441 (Swanson and Wilson - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 3442 (Cain, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Lang, Noble, Patterson, Swanson, Toth, and Zedler - no) (128 - 11 - 2)
HB 3471
HB 3475 (Biedermann, Cain, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Lang, Leach, Leman, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Schaefer, Stickland, Tinderholt, Toth, Wilson, and Zedler - no) (122 - 17 - 2) (Krause requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)
HB 3599 (Biedermann, Leach, and Middleton - no) (136 - 3 - 2)
HB 3642 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 3671
HB 3706 (Biedermann, Ramos, and Stickland - no) (136 - 3 - 2)
HB 3780
HB 3875
HB 4166 (Cain, Harris, and Toth - no) (136 - 3 - 2)
HB 4173
HB 4174 (Biedermann and Stickland - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 4182 (K. Bell, Biedermann, Buckley, Cain, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Landgraf, Lang, Leach, Leman, Middleton, Murr, Noble, Oliverson, Patterson, Stickland, Tinderholt, Toth, Wilson, and Zedler - no) (118 - 21 - 2) (Shine, Swanson, and Wray requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)
HB 4206
HB 4211
HB 4257 (Ramos - no) (138 - 1 - 2)
HB 4456
HB 4465 (Cain and Toth - no) (137 - 2 - 2)
HB 4628 (K. Bell, Cain, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (126 - 13 - 2) (Swanson requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)
HB 4629 (K. Bell, Cain, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (126 - 13 - 2) (Swanson requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)
HB 4638 (K. Bell, Cain, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Lang, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Swanson, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (124 - 15 - 2)
HB 4639 (K. Bell, Cain, Capriglione, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Lang, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Swanson, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (123 - 16 - 2)
HB 4640 (K. Bell, Cain, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Lang, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Swanson, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (123 - 16 - 2)
HB 4641 (K. Bell, Cain, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Lang, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Swanson, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (123 - 16 - 2)
HB 4649 (K. Bell, Cain, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Lang, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Springer, Tinderholt, and Toth - no) (126 - 13 - 2) (Swanson requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)
HB 4650 (K. Bell, Cain, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Lang, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (124 - 15 - 2)
HB 4651 (K. Bell, Cain, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Lang, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Swanson, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (123 - 16 - 2)
HB 4654 (K. Bell, Cain, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Lang, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (124 - 15 - 2) (Swanson requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.)
HB 4659 (K. Bell, Cain, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Lang, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (124 - 15 - 2)
HB 4660 (K. Bell, Cain, Capriglione, Dean, Harris, Hefner, Holland, Lang, Leach, Middleton, Noble, Patterson, Springer, Swanson, Tinderholt, Toth, and Zedler - no) (122 - 17 - 2)
REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS SUSPENDED
On motion of Representative Morrison and by unanimous consent, the reading and referral of bills was postponed until just prior to adjournment.
MAJOR STATE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS
THIRD READING
The following bills were laid before the house and read third time:
HB 1545 ON THIRD READING
(by Paddie)
HB 1545, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, including the consolidation, repeal, and creation of certain licenses and permits; changing fees.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Raymond offered the following amendment to HB 1545:
Amend HB 1545 on third reading as follows:
(1) Strike the SECTION of the bill amending Section 24.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, and substitute the following:
SECTION 90. (a) Effective September 1, 2019, Section 24.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 24.07. WHEN LICENSE ALSO HELD: HOURS OF SALE, ETC. A holder of a wine only package store permit who also holds a retail dealer's off-premise license for the same location may remain open and sell ale, wine, vinous liquors, and beer, for off-premises consumption only, on any day and during the same hours that the holder of a wine and beer retailer's permit may sell ale, beer, and wine, except that the permittee [he] may not sell wine or vinous liquor containing more than 17 percent alcohol by volume [on a Sunday or] after 10 p.m. on any day.
(b) Effective September 1, 2021, Section 24.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 24.07. [WHEN LICENSE ALSO HELD:] HOURS OF SALE[, ETC]. A holder of a wine only package store permit [who also holds a retail dealer's off-premise license for the same location] may remain open and sell malt beverages [ale], wine, and vinous liquors, [and beer,] for off-premises consumption only, on any day and during the same hours that the holder of a wine and malt beverage [beer] retailer's permit may sell malt beverages [ale, beer,] and wine, except that the permittee [he] may not sell wine or vinous liquor containing more than 17 percent alcohol by volume [on a Sunday or] after 10 p.m. on any day.
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill as appropriate:
SECTION ____. Effective September 1, 2019, Section 105.01, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 105.01. HOURS OF SALE: LIQUOR. (a) Except as provided in Sections 105.02, 105.03, 105.04, and 105.08, no person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver any liquor:
(1) before noon or after 9 p.m. [on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas Day;
[(2)] on Sunday; or
(2) [(3)] before 10 a.m. or after 9 p.m. on any other day.
(b) A person may not sell or offer for sale liquor on more than six days during a week [When Christmas Day or New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, Subsection (a) of this section applies to the following Monday].
SECTION ____. Effective September 1, 2019, Section 105.02, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 105.02. HOURS OF SALE: WHOLESALERS AND LOCAL DISTRIBUTORS TO RETAILERS. (a) A holder of a wholesaler's permit may sell, offer for sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer anytime except a day on which a package store permittee is prohibited from selling liquor [Sunday and Christmas Day].
(b) A local distributor's permittee may sell, offer for sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. on any day except[:
[(1)
Sunday;
[(2)
Christmas Day; or
[(3)] a day on which a package store permittee is prohibited from selling liquor.
The chair recognized Representative Raymond who addressed the house, speaking as follows:
Yesterday, I filed two amendments to the sunset bill, two amendments, regarding Sunday sales of liquor. And in working with Mr. Paddie––and I did. I try to work with folks. I worked with Mr. Paddie. He said, "Please, can you pull them down or can you scale it back?" And I did. I pulled down one of the amendments in good faith. And when I brought the other amendment up, all of a sudden there was a point of order on the other amendment. We all do things differently. If it had been me carrying the bill and one of you all working in good faith with me, I would have said to the person offering that point of order, "Look, let him have his vote. He worked with us. He pulled down one of his amendments." That didn't happen, so you all didn't get to vote on it. So I'm bringing back the amendment that I had pulled down so that we have a chance to talk a little bit about this.
It does matter––if you've been here 25 years like I have and you believe, after you've heard from so many people in your constituency and other parts of Texas on an issue and you feel like, "I'm going to introduce this bill; I'm going to bring it to my colleagues"––I'd like to have a hearing on it. I've been here 25 years, and I couldn't get a hearing on the bill. Couldn't even get a hearing. And no, that isn't right. And I say this especially for the freshmen and the sophomores and the people that have been here three terms. You all are going to be running this place. Deal with each other in good faith, okay? If somebody's been here 25 years, they do a bill, they feel strongly enough, and they ask for a hearing, just give them a hearing. Let the people come up and talk about it. I'm a democrat. I am a proud democrat. I said yesterday that the Republican Party has their platform supporting my legislation. That matters. It shows you that there are some things that are not partisan, and this is one of them.
This amendment, it doesn't change that you have to be closed one day of the week if you're a liquor store. You're still going to have to be closed one day of the week. But what this amendment says is you get to decide which day of the week you want to be closed. I'd like it to be where you decide if you want to be open all seven days or just two days or three. But no, we're going to have some government regulation here, more than I think that we should have. But fine, I'm willing to compromise. This amendment simply says you've still got to be closed one day, but you get to decide which day you want to be closed. I look at these two guys over here––they're sophomores. Mr. Stucky and Mr. Lambert, 22 years from now when you've been here 25 years––old Stucky's chair of State Affairs or something and old Lambert after 25 years feels like he's got a bill he cares enough about to introduce. And Lambert says, "Hey, buddy, we've been here 25 years together, can I just have a hearing?" I'm pretty sure he's going to give him a hearing. But when that doesn't happen and if there's a sunset bill that's on the floor and the rules allow––the rules that we all voted for––allow us then to bring that issue before you, then we're going to do it. And yes, it's a harder bar I've got to deal with today because now it's two-thirds. Vote however you think is the right way to vote, that's all I ask of you, but look at the merits of it.
Amendment No. 1 failed of adoption.
The chair recognized Representative T. King who addressed the house, speaking as follows:
I wanted to talk a little bit about the process and about the bill, and I want to thank all of the committee members that worked hard on the TABC sunset bill and the Sunset members that worked hard on it over the last few years. I just wanted to take this opportunity to talk a little bit about several things––the three-tier system, the sunset process, and a little bit about a chairman's responsibility sometimes. It's no secret to a lot of my friends that I've served with that I'm not a big fan of the sunset process in general. Not because I don't think they do good work. It's just because of the way that it ends up playing out on the floor here at the house because you have an author that comes to the floor with a bill that he basically has to pass or an agency gets sunsetted. So he's at an unfair advantage to begin with. Yet you can't tell the members that they can't bring up an amendment to a bill, because that's a sacred right here in this particular body to bring up an amendment. You can make them file it early; you can make them prefile it; you can make it be germane––you can do all of these types of things. But at the end of the day, that author is burdened with the load of having to pass that bill. I don't know the answer to that, but it's been something that has bothered me for a long time on the sunset process, and there ought to be a better way to look at an agency and decide whether it needs to live or die without subjecting the author to all of the situations that come along.
If it was a regular piece of legislation, they could come up here and if it got loaded up with amendments, they could just kill their own bill. This particular bill had a sustainable point of order on it that was good on second reading. It's not good anymore because it's not a constitutional point of order. But even if you hated some of the stuff that went on it, you're not going to call it. Because in all likelihood we have to govern in this state, and we know what's going to happen with this bill like it does with many. It's going to go to the senate, and they're going to do whatever they're going to do with it. Then it's going to go to the conference committee, and they're going to do whatever they're going to do with it. And then it's going to come back to both bodies, and they're going to vote on it and decide whether TABC lives or dies. At the end of the day, that's the way it all happens. So you go through a pretty tough process. Now, when it's the Nueces River Authority sunset bill nobody really gets all excited about that, but TABC is something that's really, really important to us.
That being said, Representative Rodriguez yesterday did a magnificent job on his bill. He is a dear, dear friend of mine, and I have a great deal of respect for Eddie. So you say, "Well, where does Eddie get his hearing if he can't do it on a sunset bill?" Well, Eddie came to me early in the session––I'm chairman of that committee––and he says, "What do you think?" And I said, "Well, Representative Rodriguez, how many votes you got on this committee?" There's 11 members on the committee. And he said, "Well, I'll be honest with you, Chairman. I've got four on my best day." And I said, "Well, I appreciate your candor." And I would never expect anything else from Eddie because that's the reputation that he has garnered and that's why he's a great author. If you've got an amendment or a bill, Eddie is your guy because he has a great deal of trust in this body.
As chairmen, we use a lot of factors to decide what we're going to hear and what we're not going to hear, what we're going to pass and what we're not going to pass. I've served on several committees, and yes, a lot of it has to do with your personal philosophical belief or what the committee thinks about a bill. It has to do with scheduling. How many bills do we have to hear, how many days do we have to hear them, and those types of things, as well as a myriad of other things that come into play. So I knew that this bill wasn't going to get out of committee. We had a lot of legislation to consider, and so we didn't hear it. I also knew that whether that bill got out of my committee or not––our committee, I should say––that Representative Rodriguez was going to bring it to the floor, as he well should given the process.
Somebody said, "Well, you don't vote any alcohol bills." Well, this last time we moved 19 bills that made changes to the Alcoholic Beverage Code in some form or fashion. We moved Ms. Morrison's bill that allowed folks to sell beer at schools. Not during school activities and not to schoolchildren––somebody else had a bill that did that, there you go. We had a number of different bills that do it, but none of them are fundamental changes in the TABC code, no. The last time that was done was several sessions ago in 2013, I think––not sure of the year. But that's when we created a lot of the craft beer legislation that they're operating under now, which brings us to the three-tier system. Yes, it's been around for a long time, but there's a lot of institutions that have been around in our country for a long, long time, and that doesn't make them outdated. If you didn't have the three-tier system in the United States today––and every state has some form of tier system, I am told by TABC. None of them are exactly like ours, but we're proud to be unique in Texas. But the three-tier system, what it does is if you didn't have something like the three-tier system in nearly every state in the United States, the manufacturers––or the brewers or whatever title you give them––would control every single facet. They would control all the distribution. They would control all the retail. And they would have a virtual monopoly over the sales of alcohol in the United States.
So the three-tier is the very thing that allows craft brewers with an average 1,000 or 1,500 or 2,000 barrels a day to be able to do what they do and be the wonderful thing they are. And I love craft beer––too much a lot of times––and the men and women that are brewing craft beer are some of the greatest entrepreneurs we have in this country. And the people that represent them are certainly some of the most tenacious that I have ever run across, and they do a great job. But I'll just read one thing to you from the Texas Legislative Study Group, which I happen to think does a pretty good job most of the time. It's run by our good friend Garnet Coleman, and he's got a great staff that works on it. And on this particular amendment that Representative Rodriguez had, I'll just read the last part. It said, "this amendment would disrupt the three-tier system that has been working well and has allowed craft breweries, distributors, and retailers to all grow in the State of Texas." And so yes, sometimes regulations don't work the way we want them to because they're inconvenient. I serve on the Natural Resources Committee. And Chairman Larson's heard me say many times when somebody complains about a groundwater district being unreasonable––I say, "Well, that's just because they didn't tell you want you wanted to hear."
The three-tier system has a valuable purpose in the State of Texas. Over the years there's been amendments made. Now we have the brew pub provision that's in there which does allow, if you want to go through the paperwork––and Representative Rodriguez is right; it should not take 16 months to get a brew pub permit, and that's something that needs to be worked on. But if you have a brew pub license, you can brew the beer, you can distribute the beer, and you can sell some beer to go up to a 10,000 barrel limit. And then you kick into another category that goes to 225,000 barrels where you can't sell beer to go anymore but you can self-distribute. And after you get past that, you're one of the big boys, and you go into the conventional three-tier system where you can brew it, and somebody else distributes it, and somebody else gets the opportunity to retail it. So that's just a few things that I wanted to visit about on third reading. I'm for the bill, speaking on it here. I respect your attention, and I appreciate the work that Chris Paddie put on this. And with that, I appreciate your time.
HB 1545 was passed by (Record 753): 137 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Biedermann; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, K.; King, P.; King, T.; Klick; Krause; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Lang; Larson; Leach; Leman; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Middleton; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Neave; Nevárez; Noble; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Schaefer; Shaheen; Sheffield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zedler; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Nays — Stickland.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
Absent — Dutton.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 753 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Stickland
HB 274 ON THIRD READING
(by S. Davis, Howard, and Wu)
HB 274, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the establishment of the disaster reinvestment and infrastructure planning board and the creation of the disaster reinvestment and infrastructure planning revolving fund; making an appropriation.
HB 274 was passed by (Record 754): 115 Yeas, 23 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, K.; King, P.; King, T.; Klick; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Larson; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Neave; Nevárez; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Sheffield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Stephenson; Stickland; Stucky; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wray; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Nays — Biedermann; Cyrier; Dean; Harris; Hefner; Holland; Krause; Lang; Leach; Leman; Metcalf; Middleton; Murr; Noble; Patterson; Schaefer; Shaheen; Springer; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Wilson; Zedler.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
Absent — Johnson, J.D.
The chair stated that HB 274 was passed subject to the provisions of Article III, Section 49a, of the Texas Constitution.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 754 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Cain
When Record No. 754 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Stickland
REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED
Representative Goldman moved to print remarks by Representative T. King on HB 1545.
The motion prevailed.
MAJOR STATE CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS
THIRD READING
The following bills were laid before the house and read third time:
SB 606 ON THIRD READING
(Nevárez - House Sponsor)
SB 606, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Lower Colorado River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
SB 606 was passed by (Record 755): 137 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Biedermann; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, K.; King, P.; King, T.; Klick; Krause; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Lang; Larson; Leach; Leman; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Middleton; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Neave; Nevárez; Noble; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Schaefer; Shaheen; Sheffield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stickland; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zedler; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
Absent — Harless; Hinojosa.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 755 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Harless
SB 612 ON THIRD READING
(Nevárez - House Sponsor)
SB 612, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the continuation and functions of the State Office of Risk Management.
SB 612 was passed by (Record 756): 138 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Biedermann; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, K.; King, P.; King, T.; Klick; Krause; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Lang; Larson; Leach; Leman; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Middleton; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Neave; Nevárez; Noble; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Schaefer; Shaheen; Sheffield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stickland; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zedler; Zerwas.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C); Zwiener.
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED
Representative Romero moved to print remarks by Representative Raymond on HB 1545.
The motion prevailed.
SB 614 ON THIRD READING
(Lambert - House Sponsor)
SB 614, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the continuation and functions of the Finance Commission of Texas, the Texas Department of Banking, and the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, to the training requirements applicable to the agencies overseen by the Finance Commission of Texas, and to the regulation of certain financial institutions and businesses.
SB 614 was passed by (Record 757): 138 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Biedermann; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, K.; King, P.; King, T.; Klick; Krause; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Lang; Larson; Leach; Leman; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Middleton; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Neave; Nevárez; Noble; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Schaefer; Shaheen; Sheffield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zedler; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
Absent — Stickland.
SB 625 ON THIRD READING
(S. Thompson - House Sponsor)
SB 625, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Nueces River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
SB 625 was passed by (Record 758): 138 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Biedermann; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, K.; King, P.; King, T.; Klick; Krause; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Lang; Larson; Leach; Leman; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Middleton; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Neave; Nevárez; Noble; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Schaefer; Shaheen; Sheffield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stickland; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zedler; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
Absent — Ashby.
SB 626 ON THIRD READING
(Flynn - House Sponsor)
SB 626, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; following the recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
SB 626 was passed by (Record 759): 139 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Biedermann; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, K.; King, P.; King, T.; Klick; Krause; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Lang; Larson; Leach; Leman; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Middleton; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Neave; Nevárez; Noble; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Schaefer; Shaheen; Sheffield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stickland; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zedler; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
SB 627 ON THIRD READING
(Nevárez - House Sponsor)
SB 627, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Red River Authority, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
SB 627 was passed by (Record 760): 137 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Biedermann; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, K.; King, P.; King, T.; Krause; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Lang; Larson; Leach; Leman; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Middleton; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Neave; Nevárez; Noble; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Schaefer; Shaheen; Sheffield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zedler; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C); Stickland.
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
Absent — Klick.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS
THIRD READING
The following resolutions were laid before the house and read third time:
HJR 145 ON THIRD READING
(by S. Davis, et al.)
HJR 145, A joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions located in areas of the state affected by a disaster.
HJR 145 - STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
REPRESENTATIVE SHINE: We spoke about the confusion yesterday because I think the dollar amount got people's attention. What's actually happening is we're looking at general obligation bonds for an issue with this HJR. This money can be used for any kind of disaster across the state not just for Harvey, is that correct?
REPRESENTATIVE S. DAVIS: Right. DRIP is a disaster response bill. It is not specific to flooding. So access to these funds will be for anyone in this state. Any of your districts that experiences a disaster that's declared by the governor––whether that's a hurricane, a tornado, a wildfire, any type of disaster––these funds are available.
SHINE: And these bonds are going to be issued as general obligation bonds for the State of Texas which will carry a AAA rating.
S. DAVIS: Correct.
SHINE: And that AAA rating means that we're going to receive the lowest interest rate that we can possibly get in the current market if these bonds are approved by the voters and they're actually issued?
S. DAVIS: Yes, sir.
SHINE: So we're striking the $4 billion. We're not going to be paying this out of the rainy day fund or the ESF. And we're going to go for $750 million, which is what your amendment does. And all this is really a perfecting amendment to make this legislation what you really intended for it to be in the first place.
S. DAVIS: That's correct.
SHINE: So it removes the language from the debt service for the ESF and actually puts it where the DRIP service is. And then a lot of this can be serviced by FEMA and other monies that are coming back to the state as well. Is that correct?
S. DAVIS: Yes, correct.
SHINE: So just to make it clear, that's $750 million. We're not looking at $4 billion, and we're not taking money for this out of the rainy day fund or ESF.
S. DAVIS: We are not servicing the bonds with ESF money.
SHINE: And a lot of this money is probably going to come back to service these bonds anyway from FEMA and other sources as well.
S. DAVIS: I believe so, yes.
REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED
Representative Shine moved to print remarks between Representative S. Davis and Representative Shine on HJR 145.
The motion prevailed.
Amendment No. 1
Representative S. Davis offered the following amendment to HJR 145:
Amend HJR 145 (second reading engrossment) on third reading as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 11, strike "$4 billion" and substitute "$750 million".
(2) On page 2, line 10, strike "out of the economic stabilization fund".
A record vote was requested by Representative Stickland.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted by (Record 761): 120 Yeas, 15 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bernal; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, K.; King, P.; King, T.; Klick; Krause; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Larson; Leach; Longoria; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Neave; Nevárez; Noble; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stucky; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zedler; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Nays — Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Biedermann; Cain; Harris; Lang; Leman; Metcalf; Middleton; Patterson; Schaefer; Stickland; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
Absent — Harless; Johnson, J.D.; Lopez; Sheffield.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 761 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Leman
When Record No. 761 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Middleton
When Record No. 761 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Schaefer
When Record No. 761 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Sheffield
When Record No. 761 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Stickland
HJR 145, as amended, was adopted by (Record 762): 102 Yeas, 20 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bernal; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Calanni; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Israel; Kacal; King, K.; King, P.; King, T.; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Larson; Leach; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Neave; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Paul; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Springer; Stephenson; Stucky; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Walle; White; Wray; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Nays — Bell, K.; Biedermann; Cain; Harris; Hefner; Krause; Lang; Leman; Metcalf; Middleton; Murr; Noble; Patterson; Schaefer; Stickland; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Wilson; Zedler.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
Absent — Canales; Dutton; Geren; González, M.; Hernandez; Huberty; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Johnson, J.E.; Klick; Longoria; Martinez; Nevárez; Perez; Sheffield; Smithee; Vo.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 762 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Martinez
When Record No. 762 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Sheffield
GENERAL STATE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS
THIRD READING
The following bills were laid before the house and read third time:
HB 2298 ON THIRD READING
(by Parker, Button, Shaheen, Leach, Meyer, et al.)
HB 2298, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to designating January 28 as Sexual Assault Survivors Day.
HB 2298 was passed by (Record 763): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Biedermann; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, P.; King, T.; Krause; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Lang; Larson; Leach; Leman; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Middleton; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Nevárez; Noble; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Schaefer; Shaheen; Sheffield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stickland; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zedler; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C); Neave.
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
Absent — Dutton; King, K.; Klick.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 763 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes.
Neave
HB 2496 ON THIRD READING
(by Cyrier, Cole, Gervin-Hawkins, J.D. Johnson, et al.)
HB 2496, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the designation of a property as a historic landmark by a municipality.
HB 2496 was passed by (Record 764): 124 Yeas, 11 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Biedermann; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Kacal; King, P.; King, T.; Krause; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Lang; Larson; Leach; Leman; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Middleton; Miller; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Neave; Nevárez; Noble; Oliverson; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Schaefer; Shaheen; Sheffield; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stickland; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner, C.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zedler; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Nays — Beckley; Calanni; Hinojosa; Johnson, J.E.; Meza; Minjarez; Ortega; Ramos; Sherman; Thierry; Turner, J.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Israel; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
Absent — Dutton; King, K.; Klick.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 764 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Bernal
When Record No. 764 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Howard
When Record No. 764 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Neave
When Record No. 764 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Zwiener
GENERAL STATE CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS
THIRD READING
The following bills were laid before the house and read third time:
SB 658 ON THIRD READING
(Clardy, Ashby, Lambert, and White - House Sponsors)
SB 658, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to making permanent the former temporary increases in records archive fees and records management and preservation fees charged by district and county clerks.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Clardy offered the following amendment to SB 658:
Amend SB 658 on third reading as follows:
(1) Strike Amendment No. 1 by Clardy adding a SECTION to the bill amending Section 118.025(g), Local Government Code.
(2) Renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
SB 658, as amended, was passed by (Record 765): 120 Yeas, 17 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Biedermann; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Fierro; Flynn; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Klick; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Larson; Leach; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Neave; Nevárez; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Schaefer; Sheffield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stucky; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Frank; Harris; Hefner; King, P.; Krause; Lang; Leman; Middleton; Noble; Patterson; Shaheen; Stickland; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Zedler.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
Absent — Dutton; Harless.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 765 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
C. Bell
When Record No. 765 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Harris
When Record No. 765 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Leman
SB 812 ON THIRD READING
(S. Thompson, Coleman, Allen, J.D. Johnson, Morales, et al. - House Sponsors)
SB 812, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the application of the limit on appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to an improvement that is a replacement structure for a structure that was rendered uninhabitable or unusable by a casualty or by wind or water damage.
SB 812 was passed by (Record 766): 137 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Beckley; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Biedermann; Blanco; Bohac; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Calanni; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Coleman; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cyrier; Davis, S.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Fierro; Flynn; Frank; Frullo; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Huberty; Israel; Johnson, E.; Johnson, J.D.; Johnson, J.E.; Kacal; King, K.; King, P.; King, T.; Klick; Krause; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Lang; Leach; Leman; Longoria; Lopez; Lozano; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Miller; Minjarez; Morales; Morrison; Muñoz; Murphy; Murr; Neave; Nevárez; Noble; Oliverson; Ortega; Pacheco; Paddie; Parker; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Phelan; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez; Romero; Rose; Sanford; Schaefer; Shaheen; Sheffield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Springer; Stephenson; Stickland; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner, C.; Turner, J.; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; White; Wilson; Wray; Zedler; Zerwas; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Anchia; Darby; Deshotel; Dominguez; Farrar; Gutierrez; Hunter; Rosenthal; Wu.
Absent — Larson; Middleton.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 766 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Middleton
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
A message from the senate was received at this time (see the addendum to the daily journal, Messages from the Senate, Message No. 1).
POSTPONED BUSINESS
The following bills were laid before the house as postponed business:
SB 872 ON SECOND READING
(Springer and Frank - House Sponsors)
SB 872, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Gateway Groundwater Conservation District.
SB 872 was considered in lieu of HB 925.
SB 872 was read second time and was passed to third reading.
HB 925 - LAID ON THE TABLE SUBJECT TO CALL
Representative Springer moved to lay HB 925 on the table subject to call.
The motion prevailed.
SB 325 ON SECOND READING
(Landgraf - House Sponsor)
SB 325, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to establishing a protective order registry and the duties of court personnel and other persons and entities in regard to the registry.
SB 325 was considered in lieu of CSHB 629.
SB 325 was read second time and was passed to third reading.
CSHB 629 - LAID ON THE TABLE SUBJECT TO CALL
Representative Landgraf moved to lay CSHB 629 on the table subject to call.
The motion prevailed.
HB 1209 ON SECOND READING
(by Rodriguez, Morrison, Moody, Minjarez, and Herrero)
HB 1209, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the right to vacate and avoid residential lease liability following the occurrence of family violence.
HB 1209 was read second time on April 16, postponed until April 23, postponed until April 25, and was again postponed until 10 a.m. today.
Representative Rodriguez moved to postpone consideration of HB 1209 until 10 a.m. Monday, July 1.
The motion prevailed.
CSSB 607 ON SECOND READING
(Flynn - House Sponsor)
CSSB 607, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the operations and functions of the Veterans' Land Board and the sunset review date for and programs administered by the board.
CSSB 607 was read second time on April 25, postponed until 3 p.m. April 25, and was again postponed until 10 a.m. today. Amendment No. 1 was pending at the time of postponement.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
CSSB 607, as amended, was passed to third reading.
FIVE-DAY POSTING RULE SUSPENDED
Representative Collier moved to suspend the five-day posting rule to allow the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence to consider HB 4106 at 2 p.m., or upon final adjournment/recess or during bill referral, if permission granted, Monday, April 29 in E2.012.
The motion prevailed.
COMMITTEES GRANTED PERMISSION TO MEET
Representative Collier moved that the house grant permission for all committees and subcommittees to meet while the house is in session, during bill referral today, pursuant to their committee postings or recess motions.
Permission to meet was granted.
COMMITTEE MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
The following committee meetings were announced:
Criminal Jurisprudence, upon final adjournment today, Desk 54, for a formal meeting, to consider pending business.
Appropriations, upon final adjournment or during bill referral, if permission granted, today, 3W.15, for a formal meeting, to consider pending business.
Calendars, upon final adjournment or during bill referral, if permission granted, today, 3W.9, for a formal meeting, to consider pending business.
PROVIDING FOR ADJOURNMENT
At 12:25 p.m., Representative K. Bell moved that, at the conclusion of the reading of bills and resolutions on first reading and referral to committees, the house adjourn until 10 a.m. Monday, April 29.
The motion prevailed.
BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
AND REFERRAL TO COMMITTEES
Bills and joint resolutions were at this time laid before the house, read first time, and referred to committees. (See the addendum to the daily journal, Referred to Committees, List No. 1.)
(White in the chair)
ADJOURNMENT
In accordance with a previous motion, the house, at 12:31 p.m., adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday, April 29.
ADDENDUM
REFERRED TO COMMITTEES
The following bills and joint resolutions were today laid before the house, read first time, and referred to committees, and the following resolutions were today laid before the house and referred to committees. If indicated, the chair today corrected the referral of the following measures:
List No. 1
HB 4761 (By Paul), Relating to the board of directors of the Clear Lake City Water Authority.
To Natural Resources.
SB 24 to Public Health.
SB 37 to Higher Education.
SB 536 to Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence.
SB 542 to Urban Affairs.
SB 572 to Public Health.
SB 649 to Environmental Regulation.
SB 666 to Homeland Security and Public Safety.
SB 705 to Human Services.
SB 750 to Public Health.
SB 787 to Licensing and Administrative Procedures.
SB 966 to Elections.
SB 1034 to Licensing and Administrative Procedures.
SB 1184 to Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services.
SB 1209 to Licensing and Administrative Procedures.
SB 1256 to Public Education.
SB 1293 to Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence.
SB 1414 to Business and Industry.
SB 1415 to Licensing and Administrative Procedures.
SB 1569 to Elections.
SB 1577 to State Affairs.
SB 1638 to Elections.
SB 1680 to Higher Education.
SB 1682 to Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services.
SB 1801 to Criminal Jurisprudence.
SB 1915 to Transportation.
SB 1950 to County Affairs.
SB 1995 to State Affairs.
SB 2038 to International Relations and Economic Development.
SB 2042 to Public Education.
SB 2194 to Ways and Means.
SB 2315 to County Affairs.
SB 2409 to Business and Industry.
SB 2486 to State Affairs.
SB 2502 to County Affairs.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The following messages from the senate were today received by the house:
Message No. 1
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
SENATE CHAMBER
Austin, Texas
Friday, April 26, 2019
The Honorable Speaker of the House
House Chamber
Austin, Texas
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has taken the following action:
THE SENATE HAS PASSED THE FOLLOWING MEASURES:
LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of leased motor vehicles that are not held primarily for the production of income by the lessee.
Relating to cybersecurity for information resources.
Relating to the creation of the Northeast Houston Redevelopment District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
Relating to prohibited practices by a life insurance company relating to an individual's prescription for or obtainment of an opioid antagonist.
Relating to requiring a public employer to give notice to new employees of the ability of certain employees to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Relating to certain duties of county child welfare boards and of the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding county child welfare boards.
Relating to the requirement that certain participating institutions under the student loan program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board provide loan debt information to students.
Relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to issue reports on the transferability of credit.
Relating to the creation of the Brickston Municipal Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Relating to the availability of personal information of a statewide elected official or member of the legislature.
Relating to state agency electronic information and processes.
Relating to a requirement that a school district develop and maintain a cybersecurity framework.
Relating to the preservation, maintenance, and improvement of the Republic of Texas Granite Boundary Marker.
Relating to release sites for breeder deer.
Relating to the eligibility of a person for appointment as an arbitrator in a binding arbitration of an appraisal review board order.
Relating to the creation of the Brazoria-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 3; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Relating to the authority of physicians to delegate to certain pharmacists the implementation and modification of a patient's drug therapy.
Relating to compensation to be paid to an emergency services district for a municipality's annexation of the district's territory.
Relating to the consolidation of ombudsman programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.
Relating to the operation of certain urban land bank demonstration programs.
Relating to security instruments entered into by the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company.
Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve as the chief appraiser for an appraisal district.
Relating to bonds issued by and the dissolution of municipal management districts.
Relating to the workers' compensation classification system and rate filings.
Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to consider certain financial matters in a closed meeting.
Relating to the regulation of companies that prearrange barbering and cosmetology services outside of certain facilities.
Relating to repeal of the waiver of the right to judicial review of a wage claim.
Relating to the application of the sales and use tax to certain property and services.
Relating to satisfaction of continuing education requirements for certain insurance adjusters.
Relating to the authority of an owner of real property sold at a tax sale to transfer the owner's right of redemption to another person.
Relating to the threshold contract amount at which a county is required to engage in a competitive purchasing procedure for certain purchases.
Relating to physician and health care provider directories for certain health benefit plans.
Relating to the status of certain medical residents and fellows as governmental employees for purposes of the Texas Tort Claims Act.
Relating to changing the eligibility of persons charged with certain offenses to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.
Relating to egg grading.
Relating to the exclusion from total revenue of certain payments made by a performing rights society for purposes of computing the franchise tax.
Relating to the amendment of the dedicatory instruments of certain mixed-use real estate developments.
Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds.
Relating to the creation of an urban land bank by certain municipalities; granting authority to issue bonds.
Relating to a certificate of merit in certain actions against certain licensed or registered professionals.
Relating to the administration of a temporary health insurance risk pool.
Relating to the maritime port plans, reports, and programs prepared by the Port Authority Advisory Committee.
Relating to a report regarding Medicaid reimbursement rates and access to care.
Relating to the creation of the aviation development account.
Relating to a redetermination of a preliminary wage determination order by the Texas Workforce Commission.
Relating to wage claim data.
Relating to the designation of the portion of Interstate Highway 14 in Bell County as the First Cavalry Veterans Highway.
Relating to metering and billing requirements for certain apartment houses, manufactured homes, and recreational vehicles.
Relating to the 1st Multicounty Court at Law.
Relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations on a public road that is owned, operated, and maintained by a special district.
Relating to employment policies for certain health care providers employed by medical and dental units.
Relating to the collection of certain judgments through court proceeding.
Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 568; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 76; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 164; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax.
Relating to the powers, duties, and governance of the Westwood Magnolia Parkway Improvement District; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
Relating to the powers and authorities of municipal utility districts.
Relating to the conversion of the May Public Utility District to the Harris-Liberty Counties Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
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.
Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 375; providing authority to issue bonds.
Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 376; providing authority to issue bonds.
Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 379; providing authority to issue bonds.
Relating to the conversion of the Liberty Public Utility District to the Liberty County Municipal Utility District No. 7; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
Relating to the disposition of an ad valorem tax protest by means of an agreed order.
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.
Recognizing the game wardens of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as the "Texas Navy" and commending them for their service to the Lone Star State.
Respectfully,
Patsy Spaw
Secretary of the Senate
APPENDIX
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
Favorable reports have been filed by committees as follows:
April 25
Agriculture and Livestock - HB 2155
Business and Industry - HB 1396, HB 1658, HB 2503, HB 2685, HB 3608, SB 935
County Affairs - HB 2311, HB 2712, HB 3679, SB 319
Criminal Jurisprudence - HB 261, HB 324, HB 464, HB 691, HB 1223, HB 1240, HB 1320, HB 1357, HB 1456, HB 1457, HB 1499, HB 1686, HB 1761, HB 2131, HB 2874, HB 2875, HB 2973, HB 3206, HB 3500, HB 3554, HB 3587, HB 3845, HB 3979, HB 4157, SB 415
Culture, Recreation, and Tourism - HB 1561, HB 3213, HB 4595
Defense and Veterans' Affairs - HB 4230, SB 1597, SB 1598
Environmental Regulation - HB 798, HB 907, HB 4568, HB 4584, SB 1850
Higher Education - HB 645, HB 1749, HB 1933, HB 2206, HB 2980, HB 3003, HB 3312, HB 4165, SB 479, SB 1378
Human Services - HB 12, HB 1808, HB 3614
Insurance - HB 1648, HB 2507, HB 3737, HB 4534
International Relations and Economic Development - SB 753
Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence - HB 2901
Land and Resource Management - HB 2497, HB 2590, HB 3653, HB 4702, HB 4719, HB 4720, HB 4725
Natural Resources - HB 4246, HB 4642, HB 4705
Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services - HB 2178, HB 4388
Public Education - HB 636, HB 769, HB 873, HB 2013, HB 2019, HB 2487, HB 2776, HB 3013, HB 3220, HB 3235, HB 3263, HB 4186, HB 4480, HCR 134, HR 1108
Public Health - HB 1365, HB 3337, HB 3388
State Affairs - HB 2677, HB 3752, HB 4074, HB 4541, SB 72, SB 1012, SB 1640
Transportation - HB 148, HB 487, HB 585, HB 1287, HB 2163, HB 2449, HB 3163, HB 3394, HB 4398, SB 1066
Urban Affairs - HB 681, HB 984, HB 2446, HB 2564, HB 3347, HB 4637, HB 4706
Ways and Means - HB 827, HB 1195, HB 1197, HB 1313, HB 1526, HB 1652, HB 2159, HB 2441, HB 3579, HB 4032
ENGROSSED
April 25 - HB 3175, HJR 151
ENROLLED
April 25 - HB 1254
SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
April 25 - HB 1101, HCR 139, HCR 141, HCR 146