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Local, Consent, and Resolutions Calendar

Wednesday, August 7, 2024
8:00 AM

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********** SENATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS **********

SB 22               Springer / et al.

Relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's offices and prosecutor's offices in rural counties.

SB 23               Huffman

Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole for certain felony offenses in which a firearm is used or exhibited.

SCR 23              Kolkhorst

Urging the federal government to declare foreign drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

SCR 24              Parker / et al.

Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve the construction of a replica of the National Life Monument at the State Capitol Complex.


********** HOUSE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS **********

HB 26               Ordaz

Relating to the permitting of medical waste facilities by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

HB 27               Goodwin

Relating to protection of employers from liability and certain other penalties in connection with the provision of employee benefits.

HCR 11              Lozano

Urging the president of the United States to keep Title 42 in place.

HCR 12              Lopez, Ray

Designating September 30 as Texas Veterans Suicide Prevention Day for a 10-year period ending in 2033.