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HB 102 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 102 would modify the teacher mentor program which is provided for under the Education Code. This bill would add certain requirements for teacher mentors in order to make the program more effective. The bill establishes qualifications for mentors and establishes a framework for what methods to use to be an effective mentor. The bill would establish minimum meeting time per semester and topics which must be included in the meetings. The...Read More
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HB 1188 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1188 would allow land that is appraised as qualified open-space land to continue being appraised under that criteria in the event that the land's ownership is transferred to a family member (defined as related to the
former owner within the second degree by affinity or third degree by
consanguinity). The appraisal office must be notified of transfer within 180 days of the transfer or the owner of the property will face a penalty.Read More
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HB 1180 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1180 would require the Texas Armed Forces Scholarship Program to allow students to complete a graduate or post-graduate degree relevant to their military service after finishing their undergraduate degree and before the student begins military serviceRead More
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HB 359 |
86(R) - 2019 |
This bill would prohibit police officers, jailers, and firefighters from being discharged, suspended, or terminated based on the person's ability to perform the job because of injury sustained on the job until the person is certified as reaching maximum medical improvement unless the report from a doctor indicates the person is unable to return to work. Employers in violation would be subject to reasonable damages up to $100,000. A person...Read More
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HB 1915 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1915 would amend Subtitle D, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, by adding Chapter 99 for the creation of a state plan for education on and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. The bill would require the Department of State Health Services to seek comments from interested parties, review and modify the state plan at least once every five years, and submit a report to the legislature no later than September...Read More
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HB 770 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 770 would establish a settlement agreement database that would require the Office of Court Administration (OCA) to maintain records of personal injury or wrongful death suits concerning minors who are beneficiaries. These would specifically involve certain minors who have become incapacitated, or certain minors in on-going suits. The bill would authorize next of kin or legal guardians to access copies of any records that...Read More
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HB 1579 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1579 would include uninsured members of the state military forces within the definition of "first responder" for purposes of statutory provisions relating to immunizations provided by the Department of State Health Services. This would allow uninsured members of the state military forces to be provided free immunizations by DSHS as they do for other first responders. Read More
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HB 1483 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1483 would create a pilot program to test waiving eligibility requirements based on income or assets for continuation of certain public benefits. Instead, continuation of benefits would be based on a slow reduction scale. The pilot program would involve at most 500 eligible families with the stated goal of families or individuals no longer requiring financial assistance, supplemental nutrition assistance, or other means-tested...Read More
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HB 1558 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1558 would make the two-year inactive well severance tax exemption permanent. The bill would reduce the length of the exemption from ten years to five years and narrow the definition of two-year inactive well. The bill would additionally repeal the severance tax exemption for hydrocarbons produced from three-year inactive wells.Read More
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HB 360 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 360 would extend the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act, which provides certain taxing units with the ability to provide tax abatement agreements to property owners, for another ten years. Read More
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HB 1556 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1556 would allow school districts to not have to purchase goods or services in the aggregate. This bill would also allow for school districts to purchase proprietary maintenance services without going through a bidding process if there is only one source of that service in the district. The commissioner of the Texas Education Agency would be able to create a list of goods and services for which school districts would not need to hold...Read More
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HB 596 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 596 would require two of the three elected members of the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas to be members who are not with an agency or department with which another trustee holds a position. It would also require the third elected member of the board to meet those same requirements or to be a retiree.Read More
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HB 1175 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Currently, state-chartered banks are allowed to invest up to 10 percent of their unimpaired capital and surplus in public welfare projects such as housing, services, or "jobs promoting the welfare of low-income and moderate-income communities or families." For the purposes of this 10 percent cap, loans are considered to be investments.HB 1175 would rename "Investments For Public Welfare" as "Investments To Promote Community Development",...Read More
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HB 747 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 747 would allow governing bodies of municipalities with a population of between 19,000 and 60,000, and a campus of North Central Texas College, to create a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district. Read More
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HB 1588 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1588 would change the date for economic development corporations to send their report to the comptroller from February 1 to April 1 of each year. Read More
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HB 1380 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1380 would raise the limit for the amount in controversy for which a county court has concurrent jurisdiction with the justice court from $10,000 to $20,000. The same increase would apply to the amount in controversy for which a justice court has jurisdiction. The bill would also increase the court fees for a justice court from $25 to $50 and dispose of the fee for small claims court. Read More
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SB 424 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 424 would require school districts to consider whether the student is homeless or in a conservatorship when considering suspension, removal to a disciplinary alternative education program, expulsion, or placement in a juvenile justice alternative education program. Read More
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SB 2132 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2132 would direct the Health and Human Services Commission to provide certain information to women who are automatically enrolled in the Healthy Texas Women program. HHSC would provide information regarding services provided by the program and information about local health care providers that participate in Healthy Texas Women.Read More
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SB 851 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 851 would require that the losing party, in a case in which a groundwater conservation district is a party, pay attorney's fees of the prevailing party not to exceed $250,000.Read More
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SB 1891 |
86(R) - 2019 |
This bill places a spending cap on dedicated funds and other "consolidated general revenue appropriations" defined in the bill. Biennial growth would be limited to the estimated average biennial rate of growth of population preceding the biennium for which appropriations are made, and during the state fiscal biennium for which appropriations are made, adjusted by the estimated average biennial rate of monetary inflation during the same period. Read More
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