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HB 993 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 993 would require a landlord to provide to a residential tenant a written notice containing a statement substantially similar to the one provided by the bill regarding the possibility that the dwelling may be located in an area designated by FEMA as susceptible to flooding, regarding FEMA's flood map service center, and regarding insurance policies and appropriate insurance coverage. Notice would be included in a written lease and provided...Read More
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HB 1308 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1308 would allow police officers of the City of Katy to apply for certification to enforce vehicle safety standards. Read More
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HR 1160 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HR 1160 would resolve that the House of Representatives urge the U.S. Congress to unite in bipartisan support for the ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.Read More
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SB 1182 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1182 would give the Attorney General sole authority to review the record of public notices and meetings relating to any bonds for an educational facility for an authorized charter school and may issue an approval.Read More
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SB 911 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 911 would allow the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to request additional information from a water district upon review of the audit report for the district. The district would be required to provide the additional information no later than 60 days after the date the request was received, unless the executive director extends the deadline for good cause. This bill would also allow the executive director...Read More
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SB 968 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 968 would require a municipality to "to consider an open-enrollment charter school a school district
for purposes of zoning, permitting, code compliance, and
development." This bill would also prohibit political subdivisions from enacting a prohibition that restricts where a open-enrollment charter school can operate. Read More
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SB 1543 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1543 would require an investigator to orally notify interviewees at the beginning of an interview for a Department of Family and Protective Services investigation that the interviewee has the right to make an audio recording, and to obtain written verification from the person who is the subject of the interview that the Department employee provided the notice.Read More
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SB 1600 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1600 would create a procedure for school districts in the event of a superintendent resigning, being terminated, or not renewing their contract. School districts would be required to post on their website a notice if the superintendent leaving was for cause and a copy of the agreement between the school district and the superintendent, as well as require such information to be reported to the Texas Education Agency. Contracts between...Read More
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SB 2045 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2045 would amend certain language in the Local Government Code to clarify that counties, cities, and joint airport authorities can sign mutual aid-agreements and form a task force with one another, regardless of whether it is a "neighboring municipality" or "contiguous county." These task force agreements extend the authority of those entities to collaborate across jurisdictional boundaries to make law enforcement of state and federal...Read More
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SB 2248 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2248 would amend the Transportation Code in order to allow any state agency, in addition to all the other already allowed government entities, to make agreements with regional mobility authorities (RMAs). The bill would also allow RMAs to finance, acquire, construct and operate aerial cable car or tramway services. This bill's intent is to allow an RMA to enter into an agreement with the Texas Parks and Wildlife department to perform...Read More
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SB 2046 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2046 would remove the word "color" from the "color photograph" requirement for private security guards' identification cards and a license to carry a handgun. This would allow the state to enhance the security of those licenses by using laser-etching technology that imprints the photograph directly onto the license, as opposed to having a photograph on a separate layer that can be peeled apart. This change was already applied to...Read More
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SB 2136 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2136 would allow, in the prosecution of offenses involving family violence, certain evidence to assist the trier-of-fact in determining the nature of the relationship between the victim and defendant. This bill would expand the prior acts of family violence which the jury could consider, such as sexual assault, burglary of a habitation, and criminal mischief, among other crimes.Read More
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SB 2243 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2243 would require a physician who is to perform an abortion, in addition to informed consent requirements, to certify using a unique identification number that the pregnant woman received pre-abortion counseling at no cost to the pregnant women from a third-party counselor. The counselor must provide the pregnant woman: (1) medically accurate information; (2) an assessment of and offer of assistance in obtaining support services other...Read More
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SB 2254 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2254 would alow the commissioners court in Fort Bend County to authorize the judges of the district courts and statutory county courts in Fort Bend County to appoint one or more magistrates to perform the duties authorized under the bill provisions, including setting and revoking bond, conducting examining trials, determining whether a defendant is indigent and appoint counsel for an indigent defendant, and issuing search and arrest warrants,...Read More
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HB 2255 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2255 would require programs that conduct follow-up
hearing screenings on newborns to obtain a written consent from the child’s
parents before providing the results of the screenings to a resource
established at the Texas School for the Deaf. This bill would also require such a program to refer a newborn or infant to a
program relating to early child intervention services.
Additionally, this bill would require the Department...Read More
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SB 2343 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2343 would allow Blinn College District to enter into agreements with school districts located wholly or partly in the college district's service area in order to offer dual credit courses. Read More
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HB 392 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 392 would allow the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) to establish a long-term care insurance program, rather than a group long-term care insurance program. This may include coverage through ERS individual plans.Read More
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HB 2310 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2310 would direct The Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Division of Emergency
Management to coordinate with the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) to ensure that the department has information necessary to apply a notation for a flood damaged salvage vehicle title as required by Texas law, if the vehicle was repaired or salvaged using money from FEMA. Read More
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HB 2039 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2039 would allow the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to issue specialty license plates for persons awarded the Master Army Aviator Badge. Read More
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HB 1326 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1326 would continue the functions and responsibilities of
the Texas Military Department through 2031. This bill would change the title of Executive Director of the department to the Director of State Administration.
The new requirements would include that the Director of State Administration is
responsible for the oversight of the day to day functions of the department. HB
1326 also redefines the responsibilities of the Adjutant...Read More
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