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SB 815 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 815 would no longer require a record of the communication between an arrested person and the magistrate to be preserved until the earlier of the date when the pretrial hearing ends; or the 91 days after the
date when the record is made for a
misdemeanor or the 120th day after the date on which the record is
made for a felony. The bill would require the record to be retained in compliance
with the records retention schedule prepared...Read More
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SB 212 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 212 would require employees to report allegations of certain crimes to the Title IX office of a public or private institution of higher education, creating a crime if they fail to do so. If employees become aware of alleged incidences of sexual harassment, sexual assault, family violence, or stalking committed by or against a student, they would be required to report these allegations. Failure to report promptly would result in termination...Read More
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SB 772 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 772 would stipulate that the fact that a 30.06 or 30.07 card, sign, or other document is not posted on the property of a business is not admissible as evidence in a trial against a person or entity who owns, controls, or manages the property and in which the cause of action arises from an injury sustained on the property. Effectively, this means that business owners who choose not to prohibit the lawful carry of firearms on their property...Read More
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SB 535 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 535 would codify an attorney general opinion that it is not unlawful for person with a license to carry to possess a handgun in a place of worship unless notice was given under Section 30.006 or 30.07 that it is prohibited.SB 535 would reduce the penalty for the offense of unlawful carrying of a firearm by a license holder in a established place of religious worship to a Class C misdemeanor (from Class A) punishable by a fine not to exceed...Read More
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SB 988 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 988 would prohibit a court from awarding costs and attorney's fees, in certain actions under public information laws, to a plaintiff or defendant who substantially prevails or to whom the governmental body voluntarily releases the requested information after the suit is filed unless the court finds the action or defense of the action was groundless in fact or law.Read More
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SB 194 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 194 would create the offense of indecent assault. The bill defines this new
offense as touching the anus, breast, or any part of the genitals of another
person; touching another person with their own anus, breast or genitals; exposing or attempting to expose another person's genitals, pubic area, anus, buttocks, or female areola; or causing another person to contact blood, seminal fluid, vaginal fluid, saliva, urine, or feces of any...Read More
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SB 719 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 719 would increase the age of a victim for which a defendant can be prosecuted for a capital felony from under the age of 10 to under the age of 15. The House committee substitute added a provision stating that a defendant who is found guilty of this offense may not be sentenced to death, and the state may not seek the death penalty, in any case based solely on an offense under this subdivision. Read More
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SB 24 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 24 would prohibit information required by the Department of State Health Services for pregnant women seeking an abortion to be given over audio or video recording. It would also require the information to be provided at least 24 hours before the abortion is to be performed, including in a private telephone call or in-person in a private setting. The bill would additionally set out specific days and times in which the materials are to...Read More
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SB 295 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 295 would prohibit an owner from restraining a dog outside unless the owner provides the dog access to adequate shelter, an area that allows the dog to avoid standing water, shade from direct sunlight, and potable water. It also prohibits a restraint that is a chain, has weights attached, is shorter than the greater of five times the length of the dog or ten feet, is not attached to a properly fitted collar or harness, or cases pain or...Read More
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SB 1804 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1804 would require a magistrate to send a copy of an order that imposes, modifies, or removes a condition of bond to the municipal chief of police or county sheriff, depending on whether the victim resides in a municipality. The clerk of the court would be required to send a copy of the order to the victim. If the order prohibits the defendant from going to or near a child care facility or school, the magistrate would be required to send...Read More
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SB 2293 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2293 would consider a member of the governing body of a charter holder, a member of the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school, and an officer of an open-enrollment charter school to be an officials of a political subdivision, and would consider employees of an open-enrollment charter school to be employees of a political subdivision for the purposes of applying state collective bargaining laws. This bill would also provide...Read More
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SB 583 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Currently, courts are required to give priority in appointing a public defender's office unless "the court has reason to appoint other counsel." However, courts tend to favor appointing private attorneys to represent indigent defendants at the expense of county taxpayers.SB 583 would require priority appointment of a public defender for a defendant in criminal proceedings, including capital murder cases. The court is not required to appoint...Read More
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SB 2182 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2182 would ensure that the Texas Motor Speedway continues to be eligible for the Texas Major Events Reimbursement Fund, and would include the National Hot Rod Association Fall Nationals among those events eligible for funding.Read More
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SB 667 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 667 would require notice to the potential beneficiary of a management trust, the beneficiary's guardian, and family member when an application for the creation of a management trust is filed. It would also allow management trusts to last until the removal of an incapacity or until the beneficiary dies.SB 667 would also allow county courts-at-law to hear trust cases when the person under guardianship is also a trust's beneficiary. Currently,...Read More
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SB 25 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 25 would require each general academic teaching institution to provide to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) and the legislature, by March 1 of each year, a report describing any courses in the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual adopted by THECB for which a student who transfers to the institution is not granted academic credit at the receiving institution. The report must include the course name and type,...Read More
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HB 4699 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4699 would authorize the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 21 to undertake certain road projects. Read More
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HB 4698 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4698 would authorize the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 28 to undertake certain road projects.Read More
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HB 4697 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4697 would allow the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 29 to undertake certain road projects.Read More
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HB 4195 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4195 would remove the requirement that a license to carry a firearm has to include a color photograph of the card holder. This would allow the state to enhance the security of those licenses by using laser-etching technology that imprints the photograph directly onto the license, as opposed to having a photograph on a separate layer that can be peeled apart. This change was already applied to driver's licenses and other identification...Read More
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HB 3689 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3689 would allow the Department of Juvenile Justice to provide hazardous duty pay to people who are investigators, inspector generals, security
officers, or apprehension specialists employed by the Office of Inspector General. It would also update the current duties and purpose of the OIG.Read More
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