88th Legislature 1st Special SessionSpecial

In memory of Norma Rocha Valles.

Sponsor: Royce West

Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, and limitations on taxes and providing franchise tax relief.

Sponsor: Paul Bettencourt

Recognizing Marc Nigliazzo on the occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Peter Flores

Recognizing Peter Thomas Scarborough on the occasion of his high school graduation.

Sponsor: Roland Gutierrez

Recognizing students of Mathis Intermediate School for their showing at the Future Problem Solving Program International Conference.

Sponsor: Morgan LaMantia

Recognizing the Jack and Jill of America South Central Region 69th Annual Teen Conference.

Sponsor: Royce West

Recognizing Donald Thompson for his career in the United States Air Force.

Sponsor: Morgan LaMantia

Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

Sponsor: Phil King

In memory of Tonja Geanice Fields.

Sponsor: Bryan Hughes

Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty.

Sponsor: Tan Parker

In memory of William Elbert Box.

Sponsor: Bryan Hughes

Recognizing the James Madison High School Cowboy Smokers barbecue team for winning a national title.

Sponsor: Donna Campbell

Recognizing Bobby Waddle on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

Sponsor: Royce West

In memory of Linda E. Hughes.

Sponsor: Bryan Hughes

In memory of Andy Frank McPherson.

Sponsor: Bryan Hughes

In memory of James C. Gilbert.

Sponsor: Bryan Hughes

In memory of Jason Austin Fricks.

Sponsor: Bryan Hughes

Relating to special appointments in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Sponsor: Judith Zaffirini

Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

Sponsor: Judith Zaffirini

Recognizing the members of the McAfee family on the occasion of their 2023 family reunion.

Sponsor: Royce West

Recognizing the grand opening of the George H. W. Bush Community Center.

Sponsor: Paul Bettencourt

In memory of Karen Murphy Fouse.

Sponsor: Peter Flores

Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house; increasing criminal penalties.

Sponsor: Ryan Guillen

Recognizing Lawrence B. Harkless on his induction into the Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Sponsor: Bryan Hughes

In memory of Rita Lou McCreary.

Sponsor: Drew Springer

Recognizing Tiffany Millender on the occasion of her retirement.

Sponsor: Peter Flores

Recognizing Christopher D. Gonzalez on the occasion of his retirement.

Sponsor: Morgan LaMantia

Relating to measures to address public safety threats in this state presented by transnational criminal activity, including by establishing a Texas Border Force and making funds available to certain governmental entities.

Sponsor: Brian Birdwell

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.

Sponsor: Mayes Middleton

Recognizing the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport for receiving a 2022 ASQ award.

Sponsor: Nathan Johnson

Recognizing Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.

Sponsor: Nathan Johnson

Providing for adjournment sine die of the 88th Legislature, 1st Called Session.

Sponsor: Charlie Geren

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.

Sponsor: Morgan Meyer

Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of operation of a stash house; increasing a criminal penalty.

Sponsor: David Cook

Relating to reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue.

Sponsor: Steve Toth

Relating to electronic voter registration.

Sponsor: John Bucy

Relating to extreme risk protective orders; creating criminal offenses.

Sponsor: Ron Reynolds

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain persons under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Sponsor: John Bucy

Relating to prohibiting the transfer of semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; increasing a criminal penalty.

Sponsor: Shawn Thierry

Declaring an invasion of the State of Texas by transnational cartel terrorists; urging the Governor to accelerate construction of a wall along the southern border; urging the U.S. Congress to deploy military forces.

Sponsor: Charles Creighton

Relating to a temporary exemption for a residence homestead rendered uninhabitable.

Sponsor: John Bucy

Relating to the creation of the Climate Change Impact Assessment Council.

Sponsor: Ron Reynolds

Relating to implementation of an express lane option for determining eligibility and enrolling certain individuals in Medicaid or the child health plan program.

Sponsor: John Bucy

Relating to the vote required in an election to approve an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds a taxing unit's voter-approval tax rate; making conforming changes.

Sponsor: Brian Harrison

Relating to a cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Employees Retirement System of Texas and a biennial study on providing additional adjustments based on the effects of increased inflation.

Sponsor: John Bucy

Relating to the abolition of ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the abolition of those taxes.

Sponsor: Brian Harrison

Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house; increasing criminal penalties.

Sponsor: David Cook

Relating to the separation of federal elections from state and local elections, and to related practices and procedures.

Sponsor: Mike Schofield

Relating to the postponement of the delinquency date for a payment of ad valorem taxes imposed by a taxing unit if the office of the collector for the taxing unit is closed on the delinquency date.

Sponsor: John Bucy

Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Sponsor: Cody Vasut

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

Sponsor: Carl Tepper

Relating to a "Texas Way" to reforming and addressing issues related to the Medicaid program, including the creation of an alternative program designed to ensure health benefit plan coverage to certain low-income individuals through the private marketplace.

Sponsor: Ron Reynolds

Relating to the authority of a county commissioners court to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation by each taxing unit that taxes the property of the portion of the appraised value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of certain water conservation systems.

Sponsor: Erin Zwiener

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the commissioners court of a county to exempt from ad valorem taxation by each political subdivision that taxes the property the portion of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of a rainwater harvesting or graywater system.

Sponsor: Erin Zwiener

Relating to the elimination of ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the elimination of those taxes.

Sponsor: Cody Vasut

Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate is approved; making conforming changes.

Sponsor: Brian Harrison

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Environmental Justice Advisory Council.

Sponsor: Ron Reynolds

Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Sponsor: John Bucy

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.

Sponsor: Paul Bettencourt

In memory of Norma Rocha Valles.

Recognizing Marc Nigliazzo on the occasion of his retirement.

Recognizing Peter Thomas Scarborough on the occasion of his high school graduation.

Recognizing students of Mathis Intermediate School for their showing at the Future Problem Solving Program International Conference.

Recognizing the Jack and Jill of America South Central Region 69th Annual Teen Conference.

Ordering Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr., Attorney General of the State of Texas, to appear before the Texas Senate at or before 9:00 a.m. on September 5, 2023.

In memory of Andy Frank McPherson.

In memory of Linda E. Hughes.

In memory of Colton O'Neil Stults.

In memory of Tonja Geanice Fields.

In memory of Dorothy Joe Woods.

In memory of Tina Marie Foster.

In memory of Billy Bates Hedges.

Recognizing the Houston Chapter of the Asian Real Estate Association of America for its contributions to the community.

In memory of Kathy Rae Knight.

In memory of Karen Murphy Fouse.

In memory of Ramon Vasquez y Sanchez.

Recognizing James E. Smith on the occasion of his retirement.

Recognizing Saul Hinojosa on the occasion of his retirement.

Recognizing Tiffany Millender on the occasion of her retirement.

Amending the Permanent Rules of the Senate of the 88th Legislature.

Recognizing Resource Center on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.

Recognizing Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.