Bill Analysis

BILL NAME SESSION ANALYSIS
HB 3923 87(R) - 2021 HB 3923 would allow small businesses, including owner/operator businesses, to band together to leverage their combined purchasing power to negotiate better rates for employee insurance plans. Read More
HB 2 87(R) - 2021 HB 2 would make a supplemental appropriation to fund unfunded state obligations from the prior biennium.Read More
HB 4272 87(R) - 2021 Under current law the Department of State Health Services operates an immunization registry. HB 4272 would update numerous requirements for this registry, including the method of verifying consent to participate in the registry, method for disclosing registry information to the family members of participating first responders, and provision of notice for eligible individuals to continue to be included in the registry, among other things....Read More
HB 3400 87(R) - 2021 HB 3400 would require that, by request of a peace officer who is a parent or guardian of a student and who reasonably fears for the student’s safety, the board of trustees of a school district or the board’s designee transfer the student to another district campus or to another school district.Read More
HB 3287 87(R) - 2021 HB 3287 would require the Health and Human Services Commission to operate a statewide co-navigation services program through which deaf-blind services that assist a person to access their environment and make informed decisions via co-navigators who would be reimbursed for their services by the commission. The executive commissioner would establish reimbursement rates for co-navigators. These rates would have to be tiered and based...Read More
HB 3215 87(R) - 2021 HB 3215 would revise the energy efficiency compliance standards for certain buildings by substituting "Standard 301 of the American National Standard for the Calculation and Labeling of the Energy Performance of Dwelling and Sleeping Units using an Energy Rating Index" in place of the current "Energy Rating Index Compliance Alternative". This bill would also outline how Standard 301 should be used to measure compliance in certain climate zones. Read More
HB 3107 87(R) - 2021 HB 3107 would enact a wide variety of procedural and administrative updates to the process of conducting elections in Texas. Read More
HB 3097 87(R) - 2021 HB 3097 would extend the deadline from September 2023 to September 2027 for certain municipalities to initiate a project qualified to receive funding derived from sales tax revenue and mixed beverage tax revenue. Read More
HB 3006 87(R) - 2021 HB 3006 would create the Trinity Bay Special Utility District to supply water and handle communal waste. The district would have the authority to adopt and enforce reasonable rules and regulations to prevent waste or the unauthorized use of water controlled by the District and regulate privileges on any land or any easement owned or controlled by the District. The district would have the authority to issue bonds and impose...Read More
HB 2357 87(R) - 2021 HB 2357 would create an exception to public disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act any information that identifies a person as the victim of various violent offenses or the victim of any criminal offense if they were a minor when the offense was committed. Read More
HB 3135 87(R) - 2021 HB 3135 would allow the SH130 Municipal Management District No. 1 to define areas or designate certain property of the district to pay for improvements, facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area and do not generally and directly benefit the district as a whole.Read More
HB 3114 87(R) - 2021 HB 3114 would clarify that certain county jails undergoing renovation or expansion are not required to accommodate in-person visitation during the time they are expanding or renovating their facilities.Read More
HB 2295 87(R) - 2021 HB 2295 would permit the Commissioners Court of a county with at least 3.3 million people to hold an election to cease the operation of their juvenile justice alternative education program because it is no longer necessary or cost-effective. The bill is bracketed to Harris County.Read More
HB 2203 87(R) - 2021 HB 2203 would allow Trinity Metro in Fort Worth to enter into public-private partnerships just like their counterparts at Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Read More
HB 3298 87(R) - 2021 HB 3298 would create a grant program by which the commission of education would encourage teachers to obtain computer science certification, professional development, and distribute grants to providers that are working to advance computer science and technology in the teaching profession. The bill would also create a permanent computer science strategic advisory committee with the purpose of providing recommendations for increasing computer...Read More
HB 2036 87(R) - 2021 HB 2036 would expand the definition of a close relative of a deceased crime victim in the context of parole hearings, clarifying that it includes close relatives of the victim regardless of whether the victim's death was related to the crime or not.Read More
HB 1863 87(R) - 2021 HB 1863 would require the Department of Transportation to issue a specialty license plate that includes the words "Make-A-Wish" and the blue Make-A-Wish logo. The department would consult with the Central and South Texas Chapter of Make-A-Wish to design the plate. After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee will be deposited to the credit of an account that may only be used by the Health and Human...Read More
HB 4124 87(R) - 2021 HB 4124 would allow certain special purpose school districts to prioritize military-connected students when enrolling students or creating a waitlist for enrollment.Read More
HB 3898 87(R) - 2021 HB 3898 would require a public retirement system, and its governmental entity if it is not a statewide system, to develop a written funding policy detailing a plan to achieve full funding and to revise the policy in a timely fashion to reflect any significant changes in the plan resulting from implementing a funding soundness plan, including a revised funding soundness plan.HB 3898 would require a public retirement system to notify its corresponding...Read More
HB 3819 87(R) - 2021 HB 3819 would allow school nurses to administer, with parental consent, asthma medicine to students who have a clinical presentation of asthma with signs and symptoms which may include respiratory distress, dyspnea, labored breathing, audible wheezing, tightness of chest, or persistent cough and the student has notification from the parent or guardian. If a student is given prescription asthma medication without consent of their parent...Read More