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HB 557 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would modify certain procedures related to the expunction of certain arrest records. This bill would allow an acquitted person, or an attorney for the state with the consent of an acquitted person, to request an order of expunction. This bill specifies under which conditions the attorney for the state or for the acquitted individual would be required to prepare the petition for expunction.Additionally, this bill would authorize...Read More
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HCR 137 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HCR 137 would have the legislature commemorate the 25th anniversary of the ratification of the 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Read More
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HB 4349 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 4349 would create the Alamo Management District, granting it the authority to issue bonds and other obligations. This district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.Read More
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HB 4347 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 4347 would create the Midlothian Municipal Management District No. 3 to conduct improvement projects. The district would have the authority of a water and road district as well as the authority to impose taxes and issue bonds. The district would not have authority for eminent domain and procedures are included for the district’s dissolution.Read More
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HB 4303 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 4303 would create the Prairie Ridge Municipal Management District No. 1, granting it certain powers to implement and finance improvement projects and services. This includes the authority to issue bonds and other obligations, and to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain if it does not receive a two-thirds vote from all members of each house. Compliance standards and other requirements...Read More
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HB 4187 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Municipalities which collect a hotel occupancy tax and use a portion of that tax for "the promotion of tourism by the enhancement and upgrading of existing sports facilities or fields" are required to report annually on "events held at the facility or field, the number of hotel room nights attributable to events held at the facility or field, and the amount of hotel revenue and municipal tax revenue attributable to the sports events...Read More
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HB 4034 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require that an early voting clerk notify the voter registrar if an application provides a date of birth, driver’s license number, or social security number on the applicant’s application for an early voting ballot by mail or federal postcard application different from the information maintained by the voter registrar, and would require the voter registrar to update the voter’s record with the new information. This...Read More
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HB 3292 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would authorize temporary continuation of medical assistance for some individuals eligible for TANF or SSI who experience an increase in income of a duration of one month or less. The Health and Human Services Commission would recertify an individual that was determined ineligible for assistance due to a temporary increase in income of a month or less not later than the 90th day after the date on which the individual is deemed...Read More
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HB 3254 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 3254 would modify the regulatory process for registration of motor carrier
companies. The Department of Public
Safety would be authorized to suspend, deny, or renew a registration to motor
carrier entities that do not pass federal safety compliance or has unpaid administrative
penalties. Motor carrier companies may not renew a registration that has been
expired for more than 180 days. The
Texas Department of Public Safety would...Read More
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HB 967 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This is a local bill. HB 967 would allow the Texamericas Center to promote regional economic development and job creation inside and outside of the district's boundaries in Bowie County and adjacent counties. Additionally, it would allow them to create a nonprofit corporation to undertake special projects, but the corporation would have no eminent domain powers. Read More
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HCR 70 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HCR 70 would designate Dripping Springs as the official Wedding Capital of Texas for 10 years.Read More
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HB 3270 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require that public works companies that contract with school districts must do background checks on their employees, specifically for any offense against a minor under the age of 18 and was enrolled in a policy. This bill also mandates that these contractors adopt policies in which they must not interact with children while on the various campuses. Read More
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HB 4334 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This is a local bill. HB 4334 would create the Liberty County Municipal Utility District No. 1, granting it certain powers to implement and finance road projects. This includes the authority to issue bonds and other obligations, and to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain if it does not receive a two-thirds vote from all members of each house. Compliance standards and other requirements...Read More
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HB 4276 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 4276 would allow the board of the Paris Junior College District to provide by resolution or order for the election of nine board members (eight from respective commissioners precincts and one at large). In addition, this bill would allow the board to change their election date to the November uniform election date.Read More
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HB 3771 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would add to the definition of abortion, “the act or procedure to remove an ectopic pregnancy," as well as the provision that an act is not considered an abortion if the intent is to save the life or preserve the health of the unborn child or remove a dead, unborn child whose death was cause by spontaneous abortion. Read More
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HB 3767 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 3767 would have the board of trustees of each independent school district annually certify to the Texas Education Agency in that the board has established
the required district and campus-level committees.Read More
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HB 3675 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill clarifies that a patient under the Medicaid program should have access to an ophthalmologist or therapeutic optometrist without a referral from a primary care physician. The bill also would prohibit the Health and Human Services Commission from preventing an eye health care provider or institution of higher education from enrolling as a Medicaid provider if they are eligible to be one. The bill lastly would require a Medicaid managed...Read More
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HB 3173 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This is a local bill. HB 3173 would create the East Lake Houston Management District, granting it certain powers to implement and finance economic development activities. This includes the authority to issue bonds or other obligations and impose taxes. Compliance standards and other requirements would be instituted. This district will have no eminent domain power, and would be eligible for inclusion in tax increment reinvestment zones.Read More
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HB 3136 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This is a local bill. HB 3136 would create the Windsor Hills Municipal Management District No. 1, granting it certain powers to implement and finance improvement projects and parking facilities. This includes the authority to issue bonds and impose assessments. Compliance standards and other requirements would be instituted. This district will have no eminent domain power, and would be eligible for inclusion in tax increment reinvestment zones.Read More
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HB 3042 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 798 would establish July 7 as Fallen Law Enforcement Officer Day in recognition of the ultimate sacrifice made by Texas law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.Read More
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