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SB 18 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 18 would require public higher education institutions to ensure that common outdoor areas are deemed to be traditional public forums and permit any individual to engage in expressive activities in those areas freely. Also, public institutions would adopt a policy detailing students' rights and responsibilities regarding expressive activities. Higher education institutions would still be able to adopt reasonable restrictions on the time,...Read More
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SB 916 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 916 would define "supportive palliative care" as physician-assisted interdisciplinary patient- and family-centered care provided to a patient with a serious illness without regard to age or terminal prognosis that (1) may be provided concurrently with methods of treatment that seek to cure or minimize effects of the illness, and (2) seeks to optimize the quality of life for a patient with a life-threatening or life-limiting illness and...Read More
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HB 3934 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3934 would define a "rural hospital" as a licensed hospital with 75 beds or fewer that is located in a county with a population of 50,000 or less; or has been designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a critical access hospital, rural referral center, or community hospital. Also, these hospitals would be added to the current statutory definition of a "health care collaborative." According to the bill author, the...Read More
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HB 1552 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Current law allows retired law enforcement officers who meet certain qualifications to carry a handgun. HB 1552 would make updates to these qualification requirements to match the requirements set forth under federal law. Read More
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HB 1306 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1306 would remove certain regulations that relate to the amount of flood insurance that certain surplus lines insurers are able to provide to insurers. According to the author, the purpose of this bill is to allow insurers to obtain additional flood insurance coverage from surplus lines insurers and give more flood insurance options to consumers. Read More
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HB 872 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 872 would add surviving spouses of jailers and county jailers and guards to those eligible to receive benefits by the state. These benefits are paid to survivors of certain law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty who had not worked long enough to qualify for an annuity under an employees' retirement plan. The benefits include funeral expenses related to the deceased person and certain monthly financial assistance payments. ...Read More
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HB 345 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 345 would require the automatic issuance of a personal identification card certificate to a person who is 60 years or older upon the surrender or revocation of their driver's license. Read More
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HB 207 |
86(R) - 2019 |
A "non-guaranteed charge" means the scale or schedule of charges in a life insurance policy provision at the time the policy was issued that may be changed at the insurer's discretion without the consent or request of the policy owner.
HB 207 would require certain insurers, if they increase a non-guaranteed charge, to provide annually a written notice to the policy owner disclosing: (1) each non-guaranteed charge; (2) the new scale of...Read More
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HB 191 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 191 would establish a safe pesticide disposal department. The new pesticide disposal fund would be created outside of general revenue. Furthermore, the
bill would create certain guidelines for the program's oversight to be under the authority of the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service and the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). HB 191 would also require the Texas Department of Agriculture...Read More
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HB 3656 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3656 would make changes to the transfer of water rights in certain circumstances within the Edwards Aquifer Authority. This bill would allow the owner of historically irrigated land to sever all or a portion of the remaining water rights in proportion to developed or undeveloped land that is no longer suitable for farming and thus no longer needing to be irrigated. Water rights severed may change in purpose or place of use. The Edwards...Read More
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HB 3361 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3361 would require a court that serves a county with a population of 750,000 or more and is located on the Texas-Mexico border, to collect a court reporter service fee of $30 as a
court cost in each civil case filed with the clerk to maintain a
court reporter who is available for assignment in the court. The current fee is $15. Read More
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HB 2955 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under current law, a specialty court may not operate until the judge, magistrate, or coordinator provides certain information to the criminal justice division of the governor's office and receives from that office written verification of the information having been provided. HB 2955 would substitute the Office of Court Administration in place of the criminal justice division of the governor's office for these purposes.The bill would also...Read More
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HB 2914 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2914 would amend the Water Code to authorize the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to adopt a dissolution order for certain districts without conducting a hearing if it receives a petition for dissolution from either a majority of owners in value of the land in the district or from the district board of directors, provided certain conditions are met.The bill would also allow TCEQ to convert a conservation and reclamation...Read More
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HB 2730 |
86(R) - 2019 |
In 2011, the legislature passed the Texas Citizens
Participation Act. This statute was designed to protect the right of citizens
to speak without fear of malicious and meritless lawsuits draining their
finances and stifling their speech. These Strategic Lawsuits Against Public
Participation (SLAPP) are filed for the sole purpose of silencing speech that
the plaintiff doesn’t like but which is not in fact defamatory. At its core, the...Read More
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HB 888 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 888 would make it a Class B misdemeanor to knowingly misrepresent a child as a family member at a port of entry into the state. Read More
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HB 2422 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2422 would require the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to provide notice on its website of ongoing and planned highway construction projects for which TxDOT will provide voluntary joint trenching opportunities in the state's right-of-way for broadband providers. Providers may collaborate with TxDOT to deploy broadband conduit or other facilities in those rights-of-way. TxDOT would be required to give special consideration to...Read More
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HB 1896 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Current law prohibits, with some exceptions, state agencies from adopting a rule which would impose a cost on regulated persons unless the agency first abolishes or amends a regulation to reduce an imposed cost that is equal or greater than the new imposed cost. Essentially this law prohibits state agencies from using the bureaucratic rulemaking process to add net new costs to regulated persons. HB 1896 would exempt the Parks and Wildlife...Read More
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HB 1048 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1048 would require a political subdivision to designate as an early voting polling place for the election an eligible county polling place, and would prohibit any other designation unless each eligible county polling place is designated as an early voting polling place by the political subdivision. In other words, this bill would prohibit a political subdivision from designating an early voting polling place other than the one established by the county.Read More
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HB 123 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 123 would make it easier for foster children and homeless
and unaccompanied youths to apply for and obtain state IDs. The bill would
allow children who fall into the category of "homeless child or
youth" to provide a birth certificate and
proof of U.S. citizenship as a valid proof of identity rather than providing a proof
of residence during their application process. HB 123 would also allow the use
of school...Read More
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HB 2643 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2643 would require The Department of Transportation to issue a specialty license plate for individuals who have received the Combat Infantryman Badge. Read More
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