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HB 1702 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1702 would require each institution of higher education's liaison for students that currently are in or were in a conservatorship to annually gather the names and information for incoming and current students, rather than just incoming students, that were formerly in a conservatorship. Additionally, the institution of higher education would be required to post the name and contact information of the liaison on their website, on social...Read More
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HB 1597 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1597 would allow for a parent that is in active military service to submit a copy of their orders or transfer to a military base as a proof of residency to admit their children to a public school, provided that they provide proof of residence within ten days after the arrival date on their orders.Read More
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HB 2065 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2065 would allow the legislature to appropriate money from the general revenue fund to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for salaries of employees under the artificial reef program and costs associated with those employees.Read More
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HB 883 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 883 would allow courts to increase the amount of damages up to three times the actual damages in a civil action for Internet fraud if they find that the action adversely affected an elderly individual. Read More
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HB 869 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 869 would add unlawful interception, use, or disclosure of oral, wire or electronic communication and any felony under the Tax Code to the list of offenses which can constitute engaging in organized criminal activity.Read More
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HB 553 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 553 would require the possessory conservator of a child, after receiving notice
from the managing conservator designating the summer weekend during which the managing
conservator is to have possession of the child, to give the managing conservator
written notice of the location at which the managing conservator is
to pick up and return the child at least 15 days prior. Read More
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HB 109 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 109 would prohibit open-enrollment charter schools from holding classes on Memorial Day. In the rare event that an open-enrollment charter school would be required to have classes on Memorial Day, such as making up hours for the loss of time during extreme weather conditions, the Texas Education Commissioner would be required to allow for a shorter than average school day. This policy already exists for public schools.Read More
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HB 80 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Subject to the availability of funds, HB 80 would require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), in coordination with the Texas Health Professions Resource Center, the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies, and the Texas Demographic Center to conduct a study to identify statewide and regional shortages in health professions, with an emphasis on shortages in doctoral-level training in those professions. Using existing...Read More
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HB 1537 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1537 would amend current law to change the Elm Creek Watershed Authority's board elections to staggered, four-year terms to be held on the uniform election date of each odd-numbered year.Read More
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SB 1679 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1679 would provide automatic eligibility for four-year-old children who qualified for free, half-day pre-kindergarten at the age of three. Currently, parents are required to complete paperwork that proves eligibility after the child turns four.Read More
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SB 1211 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1211 would change the condition that triggers the requirement to obtain Public Utility Commission (PUC) approval before closing on a transaction between power generation companies that offer electricity for sale in the same power region to merge, consolidate, or otherwise become affiliated. The bill would make the requirement applicable if the merged, consolidated, or affiliated entity would own or control more than 10 percent of the...Read More
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HB 3227 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3227 would require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to develop and implement policies that increase female inmate's access to programs offered by the department, but would prohibit the department from reducing or limiting a male inmate's access to a program to meet this requirement. It would also require the department to prepare and submit a report that includes: (1) a description of department policies that were created,...Read More
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HB 2481 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2481 would allow a court to transfer responsibility for supervising a defendant placed on deferred adjudication community supervision under a veterans court treatment program to a county nearer to where the defendant lives or works. This is to prevent a person from having to travel a significant distance to comply with supervision requirements if they work or live in a county far from where they committed an offense.Read More
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SB 2445 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2445 would create the New Park Municipal Management District within the corporate limits of the City of Dallas, subject to voter approval, for the purpose of providing certain improvements, projects, and services for public use and benefit.Read More
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HB 1661 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1661 would allow an offense of continuous violence against a family to be prosecuted in any county in which it occurred. This bill would also authorize a jury, in a case related to ongoing violence, to not be required to agree unanimously in the decision of which county jurisdiction the defendant would be prosecuted in.Read More
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HB 1099 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1099 would allow the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to commission peace officers to enforce rules and regulations regarding the practice of veterinary medicine contained in Chapter 801 of the Occupations Code. Read More
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SB 357 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 357 would limit outdoor advertising signs in the state which are regulated by the Texas Department of Transportation to be no higher than 60 feet, excluding cutouts that extend above the borders of the signs. Signs higher than 60 feet and lower than 85 feet on March 1, 2017 would be allowed to keep their current height. The bill would additionally include an exemption for a sign regulated by a
municipality under an agreement with TxDOT.Read More
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SB 1801 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Orders of nondisclosure seal a criminal record from the general public, while permitting law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, and sensitive fields (e.g., health, education, and finance) to see the record.SB 1801 would allow a victim of an offense of trafficking of persons on community supervision for certain offenses, and the conviction is subsequently set aside, to petition the court for an order of nondisclosure on the grounds that the...Read More
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SB 1915 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Currently, the board of pilot commissioners for
the ports of Harris County is composed of the port commissioners of the Port of Houston
Authority of Harris County, Texas. SB 1915 would revise the membership of the board of pilot commissioners to instead be made up of nine commissioners appointed by various local governments and the governor. The governing board created by this legislation would hold exclusive jurisdiction...Read More
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SB 1746 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1746 would change the definition of students who are at risk of dropping out to include students who have been incarcerated or have parents that have been incarcerated within the student's lifetime. If included on the list, these students will be allowed to receive certain benefits that other at-risk students receive, such as counseling and academic enhancement services.Read More
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