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SB 1732 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1732 would require a water district that serves a population of 50,000 or more to make the audio and video recordings of their open meetings available on the Internet. Read More
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HB 897 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 897 would require an amusement ride attendant to be at least 16 years old and trained in the proper use and operation of the ride. The bill would prohibit such an attendant from directly operating an amusement rise while the attendant is directly and simultaneously operating another ride, or if operation by the attendant constitutes the offense of assembling or operating an amusement ride while intoxicated.Read More
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HB 3348 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3348 would continue the agricultural or open-space land tax exemption for qualified land while it is under temporary quarantine for tick eradication.Read More
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HB 2137 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2137 would exempt honorably retired peace officers from fees when obtaining a new or renewing a license to carry a handgun. It would also exempt them from the range instruction portion and the classroom instruction portion of the proficiency course.Read More
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HB 2004 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under current law, a civil action related to Medicaid fraud brought by a private person may be dismissed before the end of the period in which the petition remains under seal only if the court and the attorney general consent in writing to the dismissal and state their reasons for consenting. HB 2004 would allow the court and attorney general to consent to a dismissal at any time, not only during the period during which the petition...Read More
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HB 1067 |
86(R) - 2019 |
If a candidate for an elected office dies on or before the deadline for filing an application for a place on the ballot, HB 1067 would allow the authority responsible for preparing the ballots to choose to omit the candidate from the ballot. If the authority does omit the candidate's name, then the filing deadline for an application for a place on the ballot for the same office would be extended until the fifth day after the filing deadline.Read More
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HB 1385 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1385 would remove height restrictions from industrialized residential housing and industrialized commercial structures. Current law caps both of these categories of industrialized housing at not more than four stories or 60 feet high. Industrialized structures are modular, prefabricated buildings. Read More
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HB 3091 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3091 would make information that relates to the location or physical
layout of a family violence shelter center or victims of
trafficking shelter center confidential. If an individual violated confidentiality, an offense would be a Class A misdemeanor.Read More
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SB 2334 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2334 would require the office of the Governor to establish a grant program for non-profit food banks in order for the food banks to prepare for disasters. Grants in this program could only be reimbursements for the food bank maintaining an inventory of emergency food boxes or purchasing food or equipment in preparation or in response to a disaster. Read More
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HB 12 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 12 would seek to provide additional support for providers of early childhood intervention (ECI) services by requiring the Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) to, among other things: (1) designate an ombudsman for providers of services; (2) seek guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on reimbursement methodology; and (3) seek guidance from applicable federal partners regarding...Read More
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HCR 135 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HCR 135 would require that after the final passage of the bill, the director assign the bill a Texas Legislative Act number. The bill would then be enrolled as a Legislative Act number on the face of the enrolled bill, and the originating house's bill number would be removed. The bill expressly does not prohibit including the originating house's bill number in the certification of the bill's passage. All future references to the enrolled...Read More
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HB 831 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 831 would allow persons running for public office in Texas to satisfy the residency requirement (must live in Texas and live in the district) during a temporary absence as long as they show that they have made a reasonable and substantive attempt to put into force their intent to return and have the legal right and practical ability to return to their residence.Read More
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HB 2802 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2802 would update references to the 85th Legislature in statutory provisions governing the use of dedicated revenue to reflect the application of those provisions to the current legislature, and to change from August 31, 2019, to August 31, 2021, the date on which dedicated revenues estimated to exceed the amount appropriated are considered available for general governmental purposes, and for purposes of certifying available funds for...Read More
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HB 1469 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under current law, certain workforce development training programs are funded by the skills development fund. HB 1469 would expand the pool of program providers by authorizing school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to offer workforce development training programs funded by the skills development fund. Read More
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SB 1788 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1788 would allow for funds appropriated for student education at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) to be used to pay for costs associated with the educational programs for the campus's university-level students attending the Laredo Regional Campus and receiving clinical training in Webb County and the surrounding communities, including ground or air transportation, lodging, and related expenses.Despite...Read More
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HB 4448 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4448 would revise the conduct constituting an offense of operating an unmanned aircraft over certain facilities to include operating an aircraft over a sports venue, and would repeal the statutory provision that established the separate offense regarding a sports venue. This bill would expand the lawful capture of images from a drone to include images captured for the purpose of delivery of commercial goods and images captured by state...Read More
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HB 1914 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1914 would update Insurance Code to specify the rules for calculating the penalty if an insurance company fails to promptly pay a claim by a physician or provider. The bill stipulates that for calculating a penalty rate would be "the contracted rate for the health care service provided by the physician or provider is the usual and customary
rate for the service in the geographic area in which the service is
provided."Read More
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HB 1215 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1215 would allow the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) to require as part of the threshold criteria under a qualified allocation plan for the low-income housing tax credit program that a proposed development satisfy certain criteria relating to educational quality.Read More
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HB 1116 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1116 would place limitations on a cause of action in certain appraisal cases by requiring that a person must bring suit for damages or other relief
arising from an appraisal or appraisal review conducted by a real
estate appraiser or appraisal firm within the the later of two years after the day the person knew or should
have known the facts on which the action is based or five years after the day the appraisal or
appraisal review...Read More
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HB 4183 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Adverse childhood experiences are traumatic events that can disrupt neurodevelopment and increase the likelihood of negative health, behavioral, educational, and economic outcomes.HB 4138 would require the Health and Human Services Commission, in collaboration with various other state agencies and institutions, to analyze data related to the causes and effects of adverse childhood experiences; evaluate prevention needs and gaps in services...Read More
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