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HB 3668 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3668 would require the governor's office to establish a grant program for non-profit organizations to distribute to funds to food banks in order for the food banks to prepare for disasters. Grants in this program would be limited to reimbursements for maintaining an inventory of emergency food boxes in preparation for a disaster; purchasing, storing, and transporting food distribution during a disaster; and purchasing capital equipment...Read More
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HB 3511 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3511 would establish the Commission on Texas Workforce of the Future to engage business, state agencies, and local workforce system partners to build the state's workforce talent pipeline. Among other things, the commission would be required to develop recommendations on ways strengthen and support industry-led
public-private partnerships that connect people with careers and
match employers with skilled talent, and to attract, educate,...Read More
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HB 2511 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2511 requires school districts to include bullying prevention and dropout deterrence in their campus turnaround plans. Dropout deterrence programs would be required to include research-based teacher development program that provides teachers continuing education in creating a nurturing classroom environment, developing respectful and caring relationships with students, promoting students' emotional health, and providing empathetic teaching...Read More
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HB 3264 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3264 would direct the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) to analyze and assess current and projected groundwater production and the effects of that production in certain counties in Central Texas. The TWDB must complete a report on data and findings by September 1, 2020, and make copies of the report available to the public.Read More
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HB 2184 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2184 would require school districts to create a transition plan for students transferring from an alternative education program, such as a juvenile justice education program. The alternate education program administrator would be required to give notice of a student's release to the student's parent and provide the campus administrator with notice, an assessment of the student's academic growth, and the results of any tests administered...Read More
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SB 700 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 700 would reclassify the parameters of Class C and Class B utilities and create a new category called Class D utility. A Class D utility would be a public utility that
provides retail water or sewer utility service through fewer than
500 taps or connections. The bill lays out responsibilities and requirements associated with the Public Utility Commission approving the acquisition of a non-functioning retail water or sewer utility
service...Read More
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SB 1575 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1575 would clarify that municipalities are performing a governmental function by granting disaster recovery funds, including state and local sources, and would grant municipalities governmental immunity in connection to a cause of action arising from a disaster recovery contract. Read More
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HB 2053 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2053 would clarify the matter of liability relating to prescribed burns. This bill would authorize a "burn boss" who is responsible for directing a prescribed burn under a written prescription plan to be held liable for property damage, personal injury, or death caused by or resulting from the burn only if the burn boss is otherwise liable under the law. A person, other than the burn boss, subject to certain statutory limitations, would...Read More
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HB 1906 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1906 would allow parents of a student with a significant cognitive disability to request that the student be exempt from taking an alternative assessment instrument. A dismissal committee would determine whether to grant the exemption and whether there is another assessment instrument available to assess the student's progress.Additionally, this bill would require the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency to create an alternative...Read More
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SB 615 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under current law, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Agency (a non-profit entity) provides insurance coverage to individuals along the Texas coast who are not able to obtain insurance from the private market.SB 615 extends the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association's (TWIA) sunset review, creates rules for board members, requires training or prerequisites for a board position, sets mandatory disclosures for conflicts of interest, sets rules and...Read More
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SB 935 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 935 would provide a definition of "federal military treatment facility" and clarify the medical care provided in these facilities is exempt from certain workers' compensation requirements. It would also base the reimbursement rates at these facilities on guidelines provided in federal law. Read More
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SB 68 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 68 would require the Legislative Budget Board to conduct a strategic fiscal review for each state agency subject to review under the Texas Sunset Act. This review would include, among other things: (1) a description of discrete activities, along with justification and evaluation of such activities; (2) a quantitative estimate of the adverse effects of discontinuing the discrete activities; (3) an itemized account of the expenditures necessary...Read More
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HB 1059 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1059 would amend the Water Code to
require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to appoint
a green storm water infrastructure and low impact development report group.
The group would be required to produce a report each biennium on the use
of green storm water infrastructure and low impact development in the
state. The bill outlines the items that are to be included in the report, such as
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HB 1388 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1378 would reenact, with some amendments, school accountability measures addressing student achievement which were enacted by the 85th Legislature. Read More
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HB 974 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 974 would require trustees on the State Board of Education to undergo school safety training. Schools would also be required to require any person entering the school for any reason other than to attend a school-sponsored public event to display the person's driver's license or another form of photo identification. The school would need to verify that the person visiting is not a sex offender. Schools would be able to develop a photo...Read More
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SB 1259 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1259 would expand the definition of "without consent" for purposes of sexual assault, if the actor is a health care services provider who,
in the course of performing an assisted reproduction procedure on
the other person, uses human reproductive material from a donor
knowing that the other person has not expressly consented to the use
of material from that donor. The offense would be a state jail felony. Read More
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SB 1153 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1153 amends the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act to add Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) as member insurers. It would also make several additional changes, such as providing for coverage of HMO enrollees and allocating the assessment of long-term care insolvencies equally between life and health insurers. Read More
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SB 1232 |
86(R) - 2019 |
A wine and beer retailer's permit authorizes the holder to sell on or off the premises beer, ale, malt liquor, or wine not more than 14% or 17%. A local cartage permit authorizes warehouse or transfer companies to transport liquor inside the corporate limits of any city or town. These permits may also be issued to package store and wine-only package store permittees to deliver liquor to customers within the city, and transport liquor within...Read More
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SB 936 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 956 would establish a cyber security monitoring program to be managed by a contractor subject to rule-making authority by the Public Utility Commission. The bill would require the PUC to allow utilities to recover costs for associated with this program. Read More
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SB 1324 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1324 would require students who earn 15 credit hours of dual credit to file a degree plan with the institution of higher education granting the dual credit. It would also require students to undergo advising after having accrued 15 semester credit hours.Read More
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