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HB 3643 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3643 would establish a Texas Commission on Virtual
Education to "develop recommendations to address issues related to the delivery
of and funding for virtual education, including alternative
instructional delivery methods and alternative methods of funding."Read More
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HB 3261 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3261 would require that all assessment instruments required in grades three through eight, end-of-course assessments, and assessment instruments given in Spanish, be administered electronically unless otherwise provided by commissioner rule. The bill also allows the instructional materials and technology allotment given to school districts be used to pay for adequate internet connectivity and training of personnel on the...Read More
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HB 2893 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2893 would establish a Colonia self help center in Nueces county. The statutory purpose of colonia self help centers is to "assist individuals and families of low income and very low income to finance, refinance, construct, improve, or maintain a safe, suitable home in the colonias' designated service area or in another area the department has determined is suitable." Colonia self help centers are operated by local nonprofit...Read More
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HB 2728 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2728 would designate January 27 as International
Holocaust Remembrance Day.Read More
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HB 2822 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2822 would allow patients in the Medicaid Managed Care Program to get antipsychotic drugs that are nonpreferred to manage their mental health issue if preferred drugs do not work, the patient has been previously prescribed the nonpreferred antipsychotic drug, or the dosage limits are modified subject to federal law or Health and Human Services Commission rules. HB 2822 would not affect the authority of a pharmacist to: dispense the...Read More
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HB 2622 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2622 would prohibit any Texas agency or employee of an agency, employees of political subdivisions, and law enforcement officers from contracting with or in any other manner providing assistance to a
federal agency which imposes a prohibition, restriction, or other
regulation of a firearm or ammunition that does not exist under current state law. Additionally, political subdivisions would not be able to receive
state...Read More
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SB 1430 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1430 would require a ballot proposition to substantially submit the question with such definiteness and certainty that the voters are not misled. The bill would allow a person to seek from a court a writ of mandamus to compel the governing body of a city to comply with the requirement.SB 1430 would also prohibit signature illegibility from disqualifying a signature for a petition.Read More
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HB 18 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 18 would require the Health and Human Services Commission to develop and design a prescription drug savings program that partners with a pharmacy benefit manager to make prescription drugs available at a discounted rate to uninsured individuals.Read More
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HB 1802 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1802 would require the Health and Human Services Commission, with Baylor College of Medicine, and in partnership with a military veterans hospital or a
medical center that provides medical care to veterans, to conduct a study of the efficacy of using alternative therapies to treat post traumatic stress. This would include studying the use of MDMA and psilocybin (both Schedule 1 controlled substances), as well as ketamine, in treating...Read More
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HB 686 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 686 would require a parole panel, when making a decision
on an inmate who committed the offense before they turned 17, to consider the
growth of the inmate, the diminished culpability of juveniles, and the greater
capacity for juveniles to change. The Board of Pardons and Paroles would have
to adopt a policy requiring parole panels to consider the age of the inmate
when the offense was committed as a mitigating factor, permit individuals...Read More
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HB 2283 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2283 would prohibit the joint elections commission, county election commission, and county election board from accepting contributions or making expenditures using funds not appropriated by the governing body of the relevant political subdivision or subdivisions.The joint elections commission, county election commission, and county election board would be allowed to accept a contribution of less than $1,000...Read More
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HB 2366 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2366 creates a felony of the third degree if an individual directing a laser pointer at a peace officer causes bodily injury to the officer, or a felony of the first degree if the individual causes
serious bodily injury to the officer. Additionally, the bill states that person
commits an offense if the person explodes or ignites fireworks with
the intent to interfere with the official duty by a law enforcement officer or flee from...Read More
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HB 1496 |
87(R) - 2021 |
Current law requires school districts that enter into a purchasing contract valued at $25,000 or more under certain cooperative purchasing programs to document any contract-related fee under the contract and the purpose of each fee. HB 1496 would stipulate that the reporting requirement specifically pertains to management fees paid by or to the district. Read More
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HB 671 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 671 would allow a person to elect
to participate in the disaster identification system activated in an area subject to a state of disaster declaration. The system must authorize the use of an illuminated
display to communicate with disaster relief personnel. Requirements for participation are outlined. Read More
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HB 2924 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2924 would prohibit a court from terminating a parent-child relationship on the basis of the parent having had a different parent-child relationship terminated for certain Family Code violations.Read More
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HB 1156 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1156 would make the knowing financial abuse of an elderly individual a criminal offense. Financial abuse would be defined as the wrongful taking, retention, or use of money or property of the elderly person. The offense would be punishable by any category from a Class B misdemeanor to a first-degree felony depending on the total value of the misused property.Read More
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HB 80 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 80 would prohibit a judge from requiring a criminal defendant who is under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services or in extended foster care to pay any amount of the fines and costs of their conviction. Instead of imposing fines and costs, the judge would be able to require the defendant to perform community service.Read More
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HB 1128 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1128 would codify which individuals can be present when an election judge has arrived at a polling place, during an early voting ballot board meeting, or in a central counting station while ballots are being counted.The stipulations on who can be present vary slightly depending on the situation but always include the relevant election officials, watchers, voting machine technicians, the county election officer and individuals authorized...Read More
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HJR 143 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HJR 143 proposes a constitutional amendment to allow an organization sanctioned by the Professional
Rodeo Cowboys Association or the Women’s Professional Rodeo
Association, to conduct charitable raffles at rodeo events.Read More
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HB 428 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 428 would expand the minimum coverage requirements for insurance to include any test or screening approved by the United
States Food and Drug Administration for the detection of ovarian
cancer.Read More
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