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4265 SENATE JOURNAL Ð REGULAR SESSION 4265 AUTHORS OF SENATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS BETTENCOURT, PAUL SBi2,iiRelating to the administration of the ad valorem tax system. SBi3,iiRelating to the establishment of an education savings account program and a tax credit scholarship and educational expense assistance program. SBi4,iiRelating to the enforcement by campus police departments and certain local governmental entities of state and federal laws governing immigration and to related duties and liability of certain persons in the criminal justice system; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. SBi5,iiRelating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification; providing a criminal penalty and increasing a criminal penalty. SBi6,iiRelating to regulations and policies for entering or using a bathroom or changing facility; authorizing a civil penalty. SBi7,iiRelating 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. SBi8,iiRelating to certain prohibited abortions and the treatment and disposition of a human fetus, human fetal tissue, and embryonic and fetal tissue remains; creating a civil cause of action; imposing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses. SBi9,iiRelating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations. SBi10,iiRelating to actions on and liability associated with certain insurance claims. SBi11,iiRelating to the provision of child protective services and other health and human services by certain state agencies or under contract with a state agency, including foster care, child protective, relative and kinship caregiver support, prevention and early intervention health care, and adoption services. SBi12,iiRelating to the creation of a grant program to assist law enforcement agencies with the purchase of bulletproof vests and body armor. SBi13,iiRelating to payroll deductions for state and local government employee organizations. SBi14,iiRelating to the ethics of public officers and related requirements; creating criminal offenses. SBi15,iiRelating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a first responder who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty. SBi16,iiRelating to decreasing the fee for the issuance of an original or renewed license to carry a handgun. SBi17,iiRelating to the decrease of the rates of the franchise tax under certain circumstances and the expiration of that tax. 4266 AUTHORS OF SENATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 4266 BETTENCOURT, PAULi Ð i(Continued) SBi18,iiRelating to public institutions of higher education setting aside portions of designated tuition for student financial assistance. SBi20,iiRelating to health plan and health benefit plan coverage for abortions. SBi21,iiRelating to the qualifications, duties, and limitations of Texas delegates to a convention called under Article V of the United States Constitution. SBi22,iiRelating to the establishment of a Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program and to the repeal of the tech-prep program. SBi23,iiRelating to requiring state contractors to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. SBi25,iiRelating to eliminating the wrongful birth cause of action. SBi29,iiRelating to state contracts with and investments in companies that boycott Israel. SBi49,iiRelating to the appointment by certain elected officials of students to receive a Texas Armed Services Scholarship. SBi73,iiRelating to leave policy and procedures for state employees. SBi83,iiRelating to protection of energy critical infrastructure from electromagnetic, geomagnetic, physical, and cyber-attack threats. SBi88,iiRelating to the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems. SBi132,iiRelating to the savings incentive program for state agencies. SBi151,iiRelating to voter approval of obligations for certain municipal liabilities to a public pension fund. SBi152,iiRelating to municipal control of certain public retirement systems established for the benefit of municipal employees. SBi153,iiRelating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for certain persons. SBi176,iiRelating to the regulation of transportation network companies; requiring an occupational permit; authorizing a fee. SBi179,iiRelating to harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying of a public school student or minor and certain mental health programs for public school students; increasing a criminal penalty. SBi210,iiRelating to the required repeal or amendment of two state agency rules before adoption of a new state agency rule that increases costs to regulated persons. SBi253,iiRelating to investment prohibitions and divestment requirements for certain investments of public money. SBi258,iiRelating to the disposition of embryonic and fetal tissue remains; imposing a civil penalty. SBi272,iiRelating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the sunset review process. SBi329,iiRelating to birth records of adopted persons. 4267 SENATE JOURNAL Ð REGULAR SESSION 4267 BETTENCOURT, PAULi Ð i(Continued) SBi349,iiRelating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or postsecondary educational institutions. SBi412,iiRelating 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. SBi415,iiRelating to a prohibition on the performance of dismemberment abortions; providing penalties; creating a criminal offense. SBi444,iiRelating to school marshals for private schools. SBi445,iiRelating to the authorization and reporting of expenditures for lobbying activities by certain political subdivisions and other public entities. SBi457,iiRelating to funding for an open-enrollment charter school and to the guaranteed level of state and local funds provided to school districts through the existing debt allotment. SBi460,iiRelating to general obligation bonds issued by political subdivisions. SBi461,iiRelating to the notice required before the issuance of certain debt obligations by political subdivisions. SBi488,iiRelating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions. SBi500,iiRelating to the effect of certain felony convictions of public elected officers. SBi501,iiRelating to the disclosure of certain contracts, services, and compensation in personal financial statements filed by public officers and candidates. SBi502,iiRelating to the content of detailed reports filed by lobbyists and to monetary limits on expenditures by lobbyists. SBi503,iiRelating to the prohibition on lobbying by certain elected officers. SBi504,iiRelating to lobbying by former members of the legislature; creating an offense. SBi505,iiRelating to restrictions on lobbyist expenditures from certain political contributions. SBi509,iiRelating to the evaluation and reporting of investment practices and performance of certain public retirement systems. SBi542,iiRelating to an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations. SBi543,iiRelating to performance-based tuition limitations for certain public institutions of higher education and a temporary tuition limitation for those institutions. SBi576,iiRelating to a reporting requirement for certain incidents of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking at certain public and private institutions of higher education; creating a criminal offense; authorizing administrative penalties. SBi598,iiRelating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs. SBi626,iiRelating to the acquisition of certain real property in conjunction with the acquisition of real property for a public use through eminent domain procedures. 4268 AUTHORS OF SENATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 4268 BETTENCOURT, PAULi Ð i(Continued) SBi629,iiRelating to liability for interest if land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land is sold or diverted to a different use. SBi631,iiRelating to venue for the disposition of stolen property. SBi641,iiRelating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions. SBi642,iiRelating to required disclosures in and to the length of ballot proposition language authorizing political subdivisions to issue bonds or impose or change a tax. SBi646,iiRelating to the elimination of the taxing authority of certain county boards of education and boards of county school trustees. SBi650,iiRelating to tax increment financing. SBi655,iiRelating to certain notice of the extent of a municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction. SBi669,iiRelating to the system for protesting or appealing certain ad valorem tax determinations; authorizing a fee. SBi715,iiRelating to municipal annexation. SBi716,iiRelating to the sheriff s' department civil service system in certain counties. SBi730,iiRelating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount. SBi731,iiRelating to the appeal through binding arbitration of certain appraisal review board orders. SBi737,iiRelating to requirements for new or increased municipal fees. SBi798,iiRelating to designating July 7 as Fallen Law Enforcement Officer