38 Days Left Bill Holda Chair, Texas Association of Community Colleges President, Kilgore College TWHE Conference April 19, 2013

Context We are ¾ of the way through the session – now the work really begins. House rules limit the movement of bills in the last 3 weeks of session Conference Committee to deliberate differences in budget

What are the Deadlines? Monday, May 6, 2013 (119th day – 21 days left) Last day for House committees to report House bills and House joint resolutions Tuesday, May 7, 2013 (120th day – 20 days left) Deadline for House to distribute last House Daily Calendar with House bills and joint resolutions Wednesday, May 8, 2013 (121st day – 19 days left) Deadline for House to distribute last House Local and Consent Calendar with consent House bills  Thursday, May 9, 2013 (122nd day – 18 days left) Last day for House to consider House bills and joint resolutions on second reading on Daily or Supplemental Calendar

What are the Deadlines? Friday, May 10, 2013 (123rd day – 17 days left) Last day for House to consider consent House bills on second and third reading and all third reading House bills or joint resolutions on Supplemental Calendar  Wednesday, May 15, 2013 (128th day – 12 days left) Deadline for House to distribute last House Local and Consent Calendar with local House bills  Friday, May 17, 2013 (130th day – 10 days left) Last day for House to consider local House bills on second and third reading. First day Senate can consider bills and resolutions the first day they are posted on the Intent Calendar Saturday, May 18, 2013 (131st day – 9 days left) Last day for House committees to report Senate bills and Senate joint resolutions

What are the Deadlines? Sunday, May 19, 2013 (132nd day – 8 days left) Deadline for House to distribute last House Daily Calendar with Senate bills and joint resolutions  Monday, May 20, 2013 (133rd day – 7 days left) Deadline for House to distribute last House Local and Consent Calendar with Senate bills  Tuesday, May 21, 2013 (134th day – 6 days left) Last day for House to consider Senate bills and joint resolutions, other than local and consent, on second reading on Daily or Supplemental Calendar Wednesday, May 22, 2013 (135th day – 5 days left) Last day for House to consider local and consent Senate bills on second and third reading and all Senate bills or joint resolutions on third reading on Supplemental Calendar Last day for Senate to consider all bills and joint resolutions on second or third reading

What are the Deadlines? Thursday, May 23, 2013 (136th day – 4 days left) Midnight deadline for House to print and distribute Senate amendments Friday, May 24, 2013 (137th day – 3 days left) -Last day for House to act on Senate amendments -Midnight deadline for Senate to print and distribute Senate copies of conference committee reports on tax, general appropriations, and reapportionment bills -Last day for Senate committees to report all bills and joint resolutions  Saturday, May 25, 2013 (138th day – 2 days left) Midnight deadline for House to distribute house copies of all conference committee reports  Sunday, May 26, 2013 (139th day – 1 day left) Last day for House to adopt conference committee reports or discharge House conferees and concurring Senate Amendments  

What are the Deadlines? Monday, May 27, 2013 (140th day – last day of session) Corrections only in House and Senate Regular Session Ends – Sine Die   Sunday, June 16, 2013 (20th day following final adjournment of Regular Session) Last day Governor can sign or veto bills passed during the regular session

Legislative Statistics   83rd (2013) 82nd (2011) 81st (2009) Filed +/- Bill Type Filed Passed % 83rd/82nd 83rd/81st House Bills 3,932 3,865 797 20.6% 4,836 867 17.9% 67 -904 Senate Bills 1,886 1,931 582 30.1% 2,583 592 22.9% -45 -697 House Joint Resolutions 130 154 3 1.9% 140 9 6.4% -24 -10 Senate Joint Resolutions 63 53 8 15.1% 50 0.0% 10 13 H Concurrent Resolutions 88 173 101 58.4% 285 203 71.2% -85 -197 S Concurrent Resolutions 31 60 41 68.3% 86 55 64.0% -29 -55 TOTALS 6,130 6,236 1,532 25% 7,980 1,726 22% -106 -1,850

Legislative Statistics   83rd 82nd HOUSE ACTION Total Bills and JRs passed by house 130 362 HBs and HJRs passed by house 127 331 SBs and SJRs passed by house 3 31 Total Bills and JRs passed by house on regular calendar 43 144 HBs and HJRs passed by house on regular calendar 41 125 SBs and SJRs passed by house on regular calendar 2 19 SENATE ACTION Total Bills and JRs passed by senate 545 535 SBs and SJRs passed by Senate 543 HBs and HJRs passed by Senate Total Bills and JRs passed by senate on Intent Calendar 200 274 SBs and SJRs passed by senate on Intent Calendar 199 HBs and HJRs passed by senate on Intent Calendar 1 SENT TO GOVERNOR Total Bills sent to governor 4 22 HBs sent to governor SBs sent to governor

Big Picture More Harmony More Money Less Tea Party More consideration of infrastructure Less Social Conservative Agenda Governor Perry’s Future

The State Budget: Big Picture Senate Version: $195.5 billion Emphasis on Health & Human Services - $2 billion over base bill. Public Education - $1.5 billion over base bill. House Version: $193.8 billion Emphasis on Public Education - $2.5 billion over base bill (plus $500 million in supplemental appropriations bill). Health & Human Services - $875 million

The State Budget: Higher Education The Senate appropriated more than $600 million more for higher education in its final version of SB 1 than the House. The Senate emphasized significant increases in formula funding for institutions (more than $570 million) and added money to student financial aid in the form of the Texas Grants program. The House increased higher education formula funding 3%; yield is significantly less than the Senate increase. The House also provided considerable increases in research funding for emerging research institutions. For community college instructional funding the difference in increases was significant: the Senate added $147 million to SB1, while the House added $48.5 million.

Policy Areas Outcomes Based Funding Financial Aid Carrying of Concealed Handguns on Campus

Specific Bills HB 774 & SB 498: Reverse Transfer HB30: Regional Articulation HB972: Concealed Carry (Fletcher) HB5: Public School Curriculum Testing Medicaid Late push on social agenda

The 5-Point Plan Workforce and Skills Alignment Measuring and Funding Success College Readiness Transfer and Articulation Texans in Community Colleges

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