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HB 803 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 803 would require toll project entities to publish an annual financial report on its website detailing the entity’s annual financial data, including the final maturity of all bonds issued, toll revenue for each project, an accounting of total revenue collected and expenses incurred, and a capital improvement plan with proposed or expected capital expenditures. The toll project entity would also be required to report any money deposited...Read More
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HB 3435 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3435 would designate March 1st as Texas Girls in STEM Day. School districts would be allowed to adopt appropriate instruction, activities and programs throughout the month of March. Read More
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HB 2778 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under current law, a school district is required to only provide funds for a joint election proportional to the amount of voters that they are responsible for if the school district has territory in at least four counties that has a population of 46,100 and no part of which is located in a municipality. HB 2778 would increase the population requirement to 55,000.Read More
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HB 771 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 771 would shift the burden of having to place signs in school zones warning of the prohibition on cell phone usage from the county/municipality to a local authority that has jurisdiction to enforce the prohibition. Effectively this transfers the responsibility to place these signs in school zones, or to approve the posting of signs by a school or school district, to local law enforcement. Read More
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HB 2617 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2617 would require political subdivisions created after September 1, 2019 with taxing authority to have the same fiscal year as the county in which it is primarily located. Read More
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HB 769 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 769 would prohibit a school board from giving a
superintendent a severance payment in the event that superintendent was terminated for cause or for a financial exigency that requires a reduction in personnel, or who was not renewed for cause, or if the superintendent resigned in lieu of termination or nonrenewal for cause. Read More
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HB 766 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 766 would exempt firefighters from paying tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education if they were permanently disabled while performing duties of a firefighters. This exemption currently exists for peace officers. Read More
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HB 720 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 720 would authorize unappropriated water, including storm water and floodwater, to be appropriated for recharge into certain aquifers in Texas. This would allow for storage of this water in aquifers and for the water to later be appropriated for beneficial use. Additionally, HB 720 would authorize the application for amendment to a water right to request an increase in the amount of water that may be diverted...Read More
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HB 2214 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2214 would require the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) to review each type of license issued by TDLR to an individual to identify the types for which a significant number of military service members, military veterans, or military spouses submit applications. The purpose of this review would be to reduce bureaucratic delays in the issuance of these licenses.Read More
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HB 548 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 548 would require school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to report truancy numbers to the Public Education Information Management System. School districts would be required to include the number of students required to attend but fail to attend school for 10 consecutive days without excuse within a six month period, the number of students a school district initiates a truancy prevention measure, and the number of parents...Read More
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HB 496 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 496 would require every public school campus and open-enrollment charter school campus to have a bleeding control kit and have them easily accessible on campuses. Each kit must have a tourniquet, two compressed gauze dressings, one trauma dressing, nitrile gloves, scissors, and instructional documents. The kits would be required to be inspected once annually. Employees and volunteers using the kits would be given immunity from civil prosecution...Read More
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HB 2199 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2199 would allow the City of Carrizo Springs to use revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax to fund the the construction, enlarging, equipping, improvement, maintenance, repairing, and operation of an arena used for rodeos, livestock shows, and agricultural expositions to substantially enhance hotel activity and encourage tourism.Read More
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HB 1901 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1901 would require, to the extent permitted by federal law, a professional
to disclose confidential information to the descendant of a state hospital patient if they have been deceased for at least 50
years and the professional does not have information
indicating that releasing the medical record is against any prior expressed preference of the deceased patient or personal
representatives of their estate. A person who receives information...Read More
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HB 448 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 448 would create an offense for driving with a child younger than two years old who is not secured in a rear-facing safety seat unless the child is taller than three feet, four inches or weighs more than 40 pounds.A peace officer would be prohibited from stopping a motor vehicle or detaining the operator of a vehicle solely to enforce this offense. Nor would an officer be able to issue a citation for this offense without first determining...Read More
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HB 1742 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under current law, there is a mediation system for patients who receive certain "surprise" medical bills.HB 1742 would allow enrollees to use the mediation system for certain bills from out-of-network laboratories. This would apply to a laboratory service if: (1) the specimen evaluated by the laboratory is collected at the office of a health care practitioner who is a preferred provider or has a contract with the administrator, or at a facility...Read More
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HB 76 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 76 would require schools to provide information regarding the risks of sudden cardiac arrest, electrocardiogram testing, and the option to take an electrocardiogram along with a physical to students who are participating in a UIL sport. Students would be able to request an electrocardiogram from a licensed health care provider. Schools, school districts, an employee, or the UIL would not be liable in the instance of a student's injury...Read More
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HB 1694 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1694 would prohibit the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) or a local government authority from requiring a person to obtain a permit to provide samples of food at a farm or farmers' market. It would also prohibit a local government authority from regulating the provision of samples at a farm or farmers' market except as provided by these bill's provisions. This bill would also prohibit the Health and Human Services Commission,...Read More
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HB 8 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 8 would require an audit of all of the rape kits in the state that have contents that have not been submitted for laboratory analysis. The Department of Public Safety would be required to submit a report to the Governor and standing committees of the senate and the house containing the projected timeline for completion of laboratory analyses, a request of additional funding to finish the analyses, and whether the department determines...Read More
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HB 1351 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1351 would require all information provided to the Texas Veterans Commission by veterans to be confidential and not subject to disclosure under public information law. It would also except certain personal identifying information of current or former members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps, an auxiliary service of one of those branches of the armed forces, or the Texas military forces.Read More
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HB 1130 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1130 would create a "Register to Vote" specialty license plate, and after deduction of administrative costs, require the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates to be used only by the secretary of state for Project V.O.T.E. or a successor voter education program.Read More
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