38 Days LeftBill Holda

Chair, Texas Association of Community Colleges

President, Kilgore CollegeTWHE Conference

April 19, 2013

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

Context

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 CalendarLast 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

What are the Deadlines?

Legislative Statistics

 83rd 

(2013) 82nd (2011) 81st (2009) Filed +/-

Bill Type Filed Filed Passed % 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 0.0% 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

  83rd 82nd

HOUSE ACTION    Total Bills and JRs passed by house 130 362HBs and HJRs passed by house 127 331SBs and SJRs passed by house 3 31     Total Bills and JRs passed by house on regular calendar 43 144HBs and HJRs passed by house on regular calendar 41 125SBs and SJRs passed by house on regular calendar 2 19     SENATE ACTION    Total Bills and JRs passed by senate 545 535SBs and SJRs passed by Senate 543 535HBs and HJRs passed by Senate 2 0     Total Bills and JRs passed by senate on Intent Calendar 200 274SBs and SJRs passed by senate on Intent Calendar 199 274HBs and HJRs passed by senate on Intent Calendar 1 0     SENT TO GOVERNOR    Total Bills sent to governor 4 22HBs sent to governor 2 0SBs sent to governor 2 22   

Legislative Statistics

More HarmonyMore Money Less Tea PartyMore consideration of

infrastructure Less Social Conservative AgendaGovernor Perry’s Future

Big Picture

Senate Version: $195.5 billionEmphasis on Health & Human Services - $2

billion over base bill.Public Education - $1.5 billion over base bill.

House Version: $193.8 billionEmphasis on Public Education - $2.5 billion

over base bill (plus $500 million in supplemental appropriations bill).

Health & Human Services - $875 million

The State Budget: Big Picture

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.

The State Budget: Higher Education

Outcomes Based FundingFinancial AidCarrying of Concealed Handguns on Campus

Policy Areas

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

Specific Bills

The 5-Point PlanWorkforce and Skills AlignmentMeasuring and Funding SuccessCollege ReadinessTransfer and ArticulationTexans in Community Colleges

Questions?