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HB 1240 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1240 would reduce the misdemeanor classification for a person failing to comply with an order from an inspection conducted by a fire marshal from a Class B misdemeanor to Class C misdemeanor. However, a Class A misdemeanor would be issued if the outcome of the offense resulted in bodily injury or death. If, on trial of the offense, it is shown that the defendant had been previously convicted for a similar offense that did not...Read More
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HB 1281 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1281 would allow golf cart operators to drive on roads with a posted speed limit of not more than 35mph in certain residential subdivisions without having a golf cart license plate. The Texas Department of Transportation would be able to prohibit the operation of golf carts on certain roads if it is deemed necessary in the interest of public safety.Read More
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HB 3897 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3897 would limit the amount of a fee which the governing body of an incorporated city or town may levy or collect for a brewer's license or brewer’s self-distribution license to no more than 50% of the state fee for such a license.Read More
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HB 1172 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1172 would prohibit the use of a polygraph examination in certain instances and would also require a peace officer to offer to have an advocate from a sexual assault
program be present for an interview with an individual reporting sexual abuse. If no advocate is available, the peace officer is required to offer to
have a crime victim liaison from the law enforcement agency present instead.Read More
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HB 466 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 466 would extend the days on which firework retailers would be able to offer fireworks for sale to the public to include five days before the first day of Diwali and ending at midnight on the last day of Diwali.Read More
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HB 3927 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3927 aims to curb the illegal sale of temporary motor vehicle tags on the black market by entities with no intention of running a legitimate business. To accomplish this, HB 3972 would designate temporary tags as a governmental record and authorize the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to deny access to the dealer's and converter's temporary tag database. Presumably only suspected or confirmed bad actors would be denied access.Read More
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HB 4048 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4048 would expand the authority of an advance practice registered nurse or physician assistant to complete death certificates in certain circumstances. Read More
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HB 4068 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4068 allow employees of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System to participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System. Read More
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HB 4279 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4279 would make the Windham School District eligible for grants under the Jobs and Education for Texans grant program.Read More
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HB 4454 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4454 would revise the statutory authority of the Willacy County Drainage District No. 2 to reflect the actual duties of the district. The bill would strike the district's power to conserve, transport, and distribute fresh water which, according to the background statement for this bill, the district does not do. Read More
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HB 4477 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4477 would modify the definition of vulnerable adult and modify the expiration date of a hold placed on the account of vulnerable adult from 10 days after a report of financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult is submitted to Adult Protective Services, to 10 days after the hold is placed on the account. The bill would also revise procedures for various types of financial institutions to place a hold on a transaction related to the account...Read More
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HB 2658 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2658 would require the Health and Human Services Commission to develop and implement a program to improve the quality of care and lower costs in Medicaid by reducing avoidable hospitalizations, encouraging transports to alternative care settings; and providing greater flexibility to ambulance care. This program would be substantively similar to the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport model. HB 2658 would require the Commission...Read More
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HB 4568 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4568 would revise a statutory reference to The Rockwall County Juvenile Board to reflect that members of the board include the "judges of the county courts at law in Rockwall
County" rather than "the judge of the County Court at Law of Rockwall County" in view of the fact that Rockwall County now has more than one county court at law. Read More
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HCR 5 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HCR 5 would direct the Texas Facilities Commission to name the building
being constructed on the east side of North Congress Avenue between
16th and 17th Streets the Barbara Jordan BuildingRead More
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HCR 62 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HCR 62 would designate the second week in October as Indigenous Peoples’
Week.Read More
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HB 9 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 9 would increase the penalty for obstructing a highway or passageway from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony if the person knowingly blocks an emergency vehicle that is operating its lights or blocks access to a hospital or emergency medical care facility. A community supervision order for a person convicted of this state jail felony would have to require the person to spend at least 10 days in county jail.Read More
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HB 3459 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3459 would prohibit a health maintenance organization or insurer from requiring a physician or provider to obtain preauthorization for a particular health care service if, in the preceding calendar year the physician or provider submitted 5 or more preauthorization requests for the particular health care service and at least 80% of the preauthorization requests for the particular health service were approved.The...Read More
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HB 4346 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4346 would require that an instrument granting an access easement or
appurtenant easement not restrict or prohibit an easement
holder or holder's guest from having a firearm or alcoholic beverage while using the easement. Additionally, the bill would require the owner of a servient estate not enforce a
restrictive covenant in an instrument granting an easement on the
servient estate that restricts or prohibits the easement holder...Read More
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HB 3979 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3979 would require the State Board of Education to adopt
essential knowledge and skills for students' civic
knowledge, including an understanding of the fundamental moral, political, and
intellectual foundations of the American experiment in
self-government; the history, qualities, traditions, and
features of civic engagement in the United States; the structure, function, and processes of
government institutions at the federal,...Read More
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HB 4 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4 would require the Health and Human Services Commission to ensure that Medicaid recipients, child health plan program enrollees, and other individuals receiving public benefits administered by the commission have the option to receive services as telemedicine medical services, telehealth services, or otherwise using telecommunication for: preventative health and wellness services;case management services;behavioral health services...Read More
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