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SB 1082 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1082 would establish a joint interim committee to study feasibility and desirability of establishing a coastal barrier system. Read More
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SB 26 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 26 would ensure that all funds attributed from the sporting goods sales tax (SGST) to the Historic Commission Account and the Texas Recreation and Parks Account are used only for the purposes of those accounts as specified in tax code. This bill would reenact a dedicated account on behalf of the Texas Historical Commission in order to receive its share of SGST revenue. Additionally, this bill clarifies the purposes...Read More
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SJR 24 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SJR 24 would amend the state constitution to automatically appropriate all net revenue collected from the sporting good sales tax to the Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Historical Commission. Read More
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SB 590 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Due to SB 417 passed by the 85th Legislature, insurance companies can send a conspicuous notice of material change to the policyholder for casualty and property policies if there are material changes or coverage reductions. SB 590 would extend that option for commercial policies.Read More
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SB 254 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 254 would allow a court to appoint as a receiver for the purposes of rehabilitating buildings that are in violation of municipal code, an individual without a demonstrated record of rehabilitating properties if the municipality demonstrates that the individual is competent and able to fulfill the duties of a receiver. The bill is bracketed for El Paso. According to the author's statement of intent, there is a problem in El Paso with...Read More
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SB 2037 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2037 would create a study on the feasibility of developing and implementing a central filing system to be used for the filing of all financing statements that cover farm products being sold and purchased in this state that are subject to an agricultural lien.Read More
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SB 1510 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1510 would seek to prohibit counties from requiring developers to pay the costs of exorbitant infrastructure improvements as a part of a property development project agreement. The bill would require a developer’s portion of the costs to not exceed the amount required
for infrastructure improvements roughly proportionate to
the proposed development as approved by a professionally licensed county engineer. The bill would additionally...Read More
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HB 1595 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1595 would allow certain utilities that are operating outside of ERCOT to adopt an advanced metering network. HB 1595 would allow for any costs incurred by the deployment of an advanced metering network to be recovered by the utility. This deployment would be subject to PUC rules and regulations, including rules related to customer protections, privacy, ownership, and options given consumers to continue to receive service...Read More
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HB 986 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 986 would allow certain non-ERCOT electric utilities that elect to deploy advanced metering and metering information to recover reasonable costs. This deployment would be subject to PUC rules and regulations including rules related to customer protections, privacy, ownership, and options given consumers to continue to receive service through a non-advanced meter.Read More
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HB 1422 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1422 would change the sunset provision for the Texas Historical Commission, which is currently set to sunset in 2019, and move it to 2031. This bill also requires the executive director of the commission to create a training manual and to distribute it to all of the members of the commission. HB 1422 also adds several sites under the commission's jurisdiction. The bill would allow the executive director to perform the duties of the commission....Read More
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SB 2488 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2488 would prohibit a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, order, rule, regulation, or policy that prohibits, limits, or otherwise regulates a private employer's ability to request, consider, or take employment action on the criminal history record information of an applicant or employee.Read More
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SB 2190 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2190 would would strike language which prohibited confining juvenile offenders in facilities that were originally constructed or previously used for the confinement of adult offenders. Read More
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SB 235 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 235 would allow the governing body of a municipality to propose the creation of a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district if the municipality has a population of 19,000 or more, and less than 60,000, and contains a campus of North Central Texas College. This would effectively allow the City of Corinth to dedicate a portion of sales tax revenue collected in the municipality to fund the district, subject to voter approval.Read More
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SB 23 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Section 151.002 states that a living human child born alive after an abortion or premature birth is entitled to the same rights, powers, and privileges as are granted by the laws of this state to any other child born alive after the normal gestation period.SB 23 would amend Section 151.002, Family Code, to create a third degree felony offense for any physician failing to comply with Section 151.002, and allows for any person reporting...Read More
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SB 1574 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1574 would remove the requirement that the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) conduct a Water Conservation Study, the requirement for TWDB to meet annually with the Department of Housing and Community Affairs regarding colonia residents, and the requirement that TWDB report certain best management practices in water conservation plans. These are obsolete requirements which are no longer relevant to the TWDB. Read More
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SB 1037 |
86(R) - 2019 |
This bill is intended to address the issue known as balance billing or surprise billing in which individuals are treated at an in-network facility by an out-of-network specialist who bills the individual for services not covered by insurance. These bills are usually unexpected and can be very expensive. SB 1037 would prohibit consumer reporting agencies from providing a consumer report that includes information on a medical collection...Read More
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SB 1012 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1012 would clarify that a municipally-owned utility or an electric cooperative that owns or operates electric energy storage equipment or facilities are not required to register as a power generation company with the Public Utilities Commission. According to the author's statement of intent the purpose of this bill is to "reaffirm PUC policy that
municipally owned utilities and co-ops may own and operate batteries without having to register
as...Read More
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SB 957 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 957 would require voter approval for a municipality to issue pension fund obligations, in an amount that exceeds $50 million, used to fund all or any part of an unfunded liability.Read More
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SB 1152 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1152 would require a provider that provides telephone and cable over the same line using a municipality's right-of-way to pay a single fee. Currently, such a provider may be charged twice for use of a single right-of-way because the fees are duplicated in separate codes. Read More
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SB 244 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 244 removes regulations on public schools, open-enrollment charter schools, and private schools that limit the amount of school marshals they can have on campus, changing the law to allow one or more on each campus. Current law limits public schools to one marshal per 350 students and private schools to one marshal per 250 students, or one for each building on campus that students regularly use. Read More
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