Cecil Bell

Amending the House Rules of Procedure to authorize additional constitutionally compliant, proportional penalties for members absent without leave for purpose of impeding the action of the House that do not unfairly impair members' representative functions.

Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property.

Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence.

Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices.

Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm in Texas.

Relating to medical school admissions, coursework, academic standards, and employment decisions in this state.

Congratulating Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Michael Lee Russell on his retirement from the Texas State Guard.

Amending the permanent rules of the House of Representatives to remove the political party restriction on the vice-chair of a standing committee and to provide that the vice-chair of a committee does not receive a separate budget for that position.

Relating to governmental oversight of youth camps, including youth camp rules, duties, and the advisory committee.

Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions.

Relating to the required provision to campers at youth camps of active radio frequency identification tags.

Congratulating Horace Hodge on his retirement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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

Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.

Relating to contracting with law enforcement agencies in certain counties.

Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the community.

Relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits.

Relating to the authority of the attorney general to investigate violations of law by certain local governments and to take action against those local governments to enforce the law.

Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects.