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HB 558 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 558 would allow courts to designate special needs trusts as recipients of child support for a special needs child. This bill would require the involvement of both parents and would not apply to a Title IV-D case.The purpose of this bill is to prevent child support payments for special needs children who are recipients of certain disability benefits such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) which is conditioned in part on the recipient...Read More
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HB 389 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Currently, law enforcement in certain specified counties have the authority to enforce gambling statutes against game rooms.HB 389 would give Liberty County the power to regulate game rooms within the county, including instituting licenses for operation, instituting fees and conducting inspections. Read More
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HB 71 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 71 would allow for the creation of Regional Transit Authorities (RTAs) in counties contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico as well as in counties bordering said counties (particularly, certain areas of the Rio Grande Valley). RTAs would have the power to construct and own/operate public transportation systems within their counties, would have the power to relocate or reroute the property of others, with written permission, and would also...Read More
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HB 1357 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Currently, the Class A misdemeanor offense of failure to stop or report aggravated sexual assault of a child involves observing the commission or attempted commission of continuous sexual abuse or aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than 14 years of age, and failing to assist the child or report the commission of the offense.HB 1357 would replace this offense with the state fail felony offense of failure to report certain sexual...Read More
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HJR 12 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HJR 12 proposes an amendment to the Texas Constitution to allow an additional $3 billion in general obligation bonds to be issued on behalf of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).Read More
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HB 1348 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1348 would amend the Texas Insurance Code, that concerns the “Limitation on Parts, Products, or Repair Persons or Facilities Prohibited.” The bill would prohibit an automobile insurer from limiting coverage under a policy covering damage to a motor vehicle based on the use of a particular repair person or facility. This would also apply to settling a liability claim by a third party against an insured for property damage. Read More
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HB 1476 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Currently, only certain counties are authorized to regulate game rooms. HB 1476 would allow a county with a population of more than 200,000
and less than 250,000 (McClennan County) to regulate game rooms. A "game room" means a for-profit business located in a building or place that contains six or more (1) amusement redemption machines or (2) electronic, electromechanical, or mechanical contrivances that, for consideration, afford...Read More
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HB 937 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 937 would require certain health insurance plans, including public benefit plans, that cover
prescription contraceptive drugs to allow a woman to obtain up to a twelve month
supply of the drug.Read More
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HB 380 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 380 would allow property owners to appeal appraisal review board orders that say that the board lacks jurisdiction to determine a protest. If the court in an appeal finds that the property owner did not exhaust all of their administrative remedies, the court may return the protest to the board with instructions to allow the property owner to exhaust all of their administrative remedies. Read More
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HB 1335 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1335 would allow a public school district to establish school-based behavioral health center to: (1) provide accessible behavioral health services to students and their families; (2) improve the emotional well-being and academic performance of medically underserved students and their families; and (3) integrate behavioral health services in the school environment. A school-based behavioral...Read More
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HB 3807 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3807 would abolish the office of county attorney in Cooke County, and create the elected office of criminal district attorney. The bill would also set out the powers and duties of the criminal district attorney, and provides that the criminal district attorney would exclusively represent the state in all criminal matters before the courts in Cooke County.Read More
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HB 3473 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3473 would alter the amounts of revenue raised from permit applications for movement of intermodal shipping container permits that are deposited to different state accounts. The bill would reduce the amount deposited to the State Highway Fund from 50% to 32%, and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles from 4% to 2%. Lastly, the bill would raise the amount equally divided among and
distributed to each county designated in the permit...Read More
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HB 2302 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2302 would expand a prohibition against the enforcement by a property owners' association of a restrictive covenant that prohibits a property owner or resident from displaying or affixing certain religious items on the entry of a dwelling to apply to a provision in any dedicatory instrument, and to include items displayed or affixed on the owner or resident's property. However, this bill would authorize a property owners' association...Read More
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HB 3633 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3633 would revise the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) by: (1) changing the entity that appoints the members to the governor, rather than the commissioner of insurance; (2) increasing from nine to 11 the number of members so appointed; and (3) increasing from three to five the number of members required to reside in the first tier coastal counties as of the date of the appointment....Read More
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HB 3679 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3679 would allow Wichita County to participate in a health care provider participation program, the purpose of which is to generate revenue by collecting from institutional health care providers a mandatory payment to be used to provide the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program.Read More
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HB 4153 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4153 would authorize the spouse and dependents of a person entitled to compensation for wrongful imprisonment to be included in the group health plan coverage for which the person qualifies on the basis of entitlement to that compensation as if the spouse and dependents were employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).This bill would also authorize a person entitled to such compensation to elect to receive reduced alternative...Read More
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HB 3589 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3589 would require a notice to be sent to a defendant before a judge or justice may issue an arrest warrant for the defendant's failure to appear at an initial court setting. The notice must state that the defendant may be entitled to a credit toward any fine or costs owed by the defendant if he or she was confined in jail or prison after the commission of the offense. The bill would require a judge, in imposing a fine and costs in a...Read More
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HB 3174 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3174 would repeal a section of the Alcoholic Beverage Commission which prohibits alcoholic retailers from installing or maintaining a blind or barrier in the opening or door, painting the windows in a certain manner, or installing or maintaining an obstruction that prevents a clear view of the interior of a package store or wine-only package store. Read More
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HB 252 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 252 would include among the required contents of the resource pamphlet that a hospital, birthing center, physician, or midwife provides to the parents of a newborn information from reputable sources regarding the dangers of exposing a child to secondhand smoke, and available resources to assist a person who wants to stop smoking. This bill would also require the Department of State Health Services to make the required information materials...Read More
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HB 3249 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3249 would provide funding capped at $250,000 from certain money appropriated to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to be used for programs under the Texas emissions reduction plan to contract with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute to study the relationship between traffic congestion and its effect on the environment.Read More
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