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HB 3612 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3612 would require the Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct a study on the best practices for assisting students with an autism spectrum disorder enrolled at an institution of higher education. The board would be required to submit a report by December 1, 2021. Read More
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HB 332 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 332 would change the qualifications for former or retired judges to be eligible to be assigned by the Chief of Justice of the Texas Supreme Court to an assignment. The bill would require the a former or retired judge to have not been reprimanded or censured within the past 10 years, convicted of a felony, or been charged with a domestic violence crime. In addition, the bill would additionally alter the time that the judge must...Read More
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SB 1557 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1557 would establish Purple Star campuses for certain campuses that apply and qualify. To qualify, the school must have a designated staff member as military liaison, maintain on their website resources for military connected students, maintain a transition program led by students, and offer professional development for staff members in relation to military-connected students. Read More
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SB 522 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 522 would replace the term "functionally blind" with language that more closely mirrors federal law. A visually impaired student would not need to take braille lessons if their admission, review, and dismissal committee determined that braille is not needed for the student. That determination would need to be backed by an evaluation of the student's appropriate literacy media and literacy skills, as well as the student's current and future...Read More
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HB 4306 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4306 would create a new special fund in the state treasury outside of general revenue to be administered by the governor for the purpose of preventing human trafficking and illegal entry into the United States by foreign persons. The fund could be used for planning, designing, constructing, or maintaining a variety of types of infrastructure to achieve these purposes. The governor would have broad authority to enter into contracts and waive...Read More
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HB 4008 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4008 would require a site selection organization for a major event or the organization hosting the event to submit their plan to prevent human trafficking to the human trafficking prevention task force. They are currently required to submit a plan to the office of the Attorney General and the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management. If an event fails to submit a plan in a timely manner and loses funding, the event could still...Read More
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HB 4003 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4003 would require the Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct a study on methods to mitigate or prevent a shortage in the number of primary care physicians. The coordinating board would submit a report on the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative action no later than December 1, 2020.Read More
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SJR 57 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SJR 57 proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from taxation for a portion of the appraised value of certain qualified property. Qualified property would consist of personal property used for production of income, or an improvement on real property, located in a disaster area which was at least 15% damaged from a disaster as determined by the chief appraiser.Read More
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SB 1006 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1006 would raise the exemption from ad valorem property taxation, from $500 to $2500, for income producing property. Read More
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SB 956 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 956 would authorize the appraisal review board, on motion of the chief appraiser or property owner, to correct the appraisal roll for the current tax year and either of the preceding two tax years that is the result of an error or omission in a rendition statement or property report. However, the roll may not be changed if the property owner failed to timely file the rendition statement, the property was the subject of a protest which...Read More
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SB 955 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 955 would eliminate the authority of a taxing unit to contest the appraisal of an entire category in the district to the appraisal review board. Read More
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HB 3838 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3838 would require a mineral or royalty interest conveyance instrument to include certain conspicuous statements relating to the fact that the instrument is not an oil and gas lease and that the owner is selling all or a portion of the owner's mineral or royalty interests in the property. The bill also specifies the language and placement of the required statement. If the conveyance did not include the required statement, then the conveyance...Read More
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HB 3721 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3721 would require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to contract with an independent review organization (IRO) to make determinations with respect to disputes at issue in a request for appeal, submitted to HHSC challenging a medical necessity determination of a managed care organization (MCO) that contracts with HHSC under Medicaid. Additionally, HB 3721 would require the Executive Commissioner of...Read More
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HB 3647 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3647 would make confidential and prohibit public disclosure of all records, files, and information relating to a child who is charged with or convicted of a fine-only misdemeanor, other than a traffic offense, or whose conviction for such offense is appealed, except as otherwise authorized.Read More
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HB 4498 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4498 would direct the Texas Department of Transportation to reimburse a grant recipient for costs incurred by the recipient that exceed the amount of the grant
awarded by the department, if the grant is awarded for the construction of a transportation project
in a county or municipality with a population of less than 15,000.Read More
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HB 3044 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3044 would allow a corporation to make political expenditures, including fully or partially matching contributions to a 501(c)(3) organization, to finance the solicitation of political contributions to a general-purpose committee. A general-purpose committee receives contributions to use for political purposes, such as making contributions or independent expenditures to support or oppose candidates and ballot measures, or making...Read More
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SB 1213 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1213 would provide for a land swap agreement between the Public Safety Commission and an industrial company in Orange County, as long as the exchangeable
property is within ten miles of the existing property and has a facility that the commission
determines is comparable to the existing property. Read More
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HB 2003 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2003 would prevent a public agency with the power to own or operate waste collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal facilities or systems, from entering into a contingency fee contract for legal services without review and approval by the attorney general. This would not apply to (1) a contingent fee contract to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes, and court fines and fees, accounts receivable; (2) a contingent fee contract for...Read More
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SB 1221 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1221 would rename a portion of Ranch-to-Market Road 150 in Hays County as "The William B. Travis Heritage Trail". Read More
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SB 688 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under current law, the maximum height of a vehicle and its load can be no higher than 14 feet. However, there are exceptions, including single motor vehicles transporting certain agricultural products or processing equipment, which may operate up to 14 feet 6 inches. SB 688 would add to this exception a truck-tractor operated in combination with a semitrailer that is used to transport seed cotton or cotton.Read More
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