Bill Analysis

BILL NAME SESSION ANALYSIS
HB 298 85(R) - 2017 This bill would allow the parents of a deceased child to view the body of the child before the body is examined by a justice of the peace or medical examiner. If the child did not die at a hospital or other institution, the bill would require that the that the parent first obtain consent by the justice of the peace or medical examiner to see the body of the child.    Read More
HB 1823 85(R) - 2017 This bill would ensure the inclusion of certain diacritical are added appropriately to people's names on driver's licenses and, other personal identification documents for linguistic purposes.Read More
HB 245 85(R) - 2017 HB 245 would require the attorney general to conduct an investigation after receiving a report or other information that a law enforcement agency failed to submit the report required following an officer related death or injury. Failure to submit the required report on or before the seventh day after the date of receiving that notice liable for a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for each day after the seventh day that the agency...Read More
HCR 59 85(R) - 2017 This resolution would urge Congress to pass a budget bill. Read More
HB 4104 85(R) - 2017 HB 4104 would amend the Local Government Code to require the commissioners court when preparing the county budget for a fiscal year to determine the number of any additional employment positions to be included in the budget and the maximum compensation for those positions. Read More
HB 61 85(R) - 2017 HB 61 amends the Education Code to add to the fourth domain of indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system for evaluating the performance of middle and junior high school and elementary school campuses and public school districts that include those campuses; the percentage of students formerly receiving special education services who achieved satisfactory academic performance for those students, as determined...Read More
HB 4007 85(R) - 2017 This bill would modify various parts of the code relating to occupational licensure. It would reduce some of the burdens of occupational licensure for the following occupations: Midwives, Speech Pathologists and Audiologists, Dyslexia Practitioners and Therapists, Hearing Instrument Fitter and Dispensers, Orthotists and Prosthetists, Dietitians, Licensing and Code Enforcement Officers, Sanitarians, Mold Assessors and Remediators.This...Read More
HB 1787 85(R) - 2017 This bill would require that a declaration for mental health treatment be notarized.Read More
HB 3964 85(R) - 2017 HB 3964 amends current Transportation Code by adding a section the designates a portion of State Highway 289 in Dallas County as the Harold C. Simmons Memorial Highway.Read More
HB 14 85(R) - 2017 HB 14 would allow state hospitals to bar licensed handgun holders from carrying their weapons on the premises of state hospitals.Read More
HB 3526 85(R) - 2017 This bill would rename the instructional materials allotment the "technology and instructional materials allotment" and stipulate that the fund may be used by teachers to purchase technology for the classroom.Read More
HB 3052 85(R) - 2017 This bill would allow a nonparent relative of a child in an authorization agreement with a parent to obtain copies of state-issued personal identification documents for the child and copies of federally issued identification documents such as the child’s social security care to the extent allowed under federal law. The bill would also require that a copy of the authorization agreement be mailed to a parent not party to the agreement not...Read More
HB 91 85(R) - 2017 This bill would require licensing authorities to review the eligibility requirements that relate to an applicant’s criminal history. The licensing authorities would be required to make a recommendation regarding whether they think the requirement should be retained, modified, or repealed by December of 2018. In addition, this bill would prevent political subdivisions from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or other local regulation...Read More
HB 3046 85(R) - 2017 This bill would allow a municipality to raise and lower any municipal sales tax by combined ballot proposition. Read More
HB 4094 85(R) - 2017 Under current law, DFPS is granted the authority to conduct background checks on persons who the department determines is necessary to "ensure the safety or welfare of a child, elderly person, or person with a disability." This bill would limit the pool of individuals for whom DFPS must conduct a background check to those individuals specifically enumerated in the bill. After a routine review of...Read More
HB 2445 85(R) - 2017 HB 2445 is a bracketed bill that would authorize counties with at least one municipality located at the intersection of both State Highways 71 and 95, intersection of interstates 35E and 35W, and at least two public universities the ability to impose a hotel occupancy tax.Read More
HB 4042 85(R) - 2017 HB 4042 would change the title of a charitable auction permit to a temporary auction permit. This bill would also allow a person or group who are subject to certain recordkeeping requirements to be issued a permit. The TABC would be prohibited from imposing a surcharge for a temporary auction permit. Lastly, the restriction on a holder of a permit to conduct only one auction a year would be removed.Read More
HB 2304 85(R) - 2017 Under current law, barber and cosmetology schools are required to provide a minimum number of hours of education in order for students to be licensed by the state. HB 2304 would allow the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation to authorize such a school to count any hours (clock or credit hours) and institute conversion standards. This bill would also decrease the school term and number of hours required to be eligible for a license.Read More
HB 3992 85(R) - 2017 Under current law, a farmers' cooperative society incorporated under the Agricultural Code is exempted from the franchise tax. HB 3992 would clarify that this provision includes a cooperative whose single member is a farmers’ cooperative described in certain provisions of federal code that has at least 500 farmer-fruit grower members.Read More
HB 928 85(R) - 2017 This bill would require that a Department of Family and Protective Services employee that is a member of a community resource coordination group inform the group of tuition and fee waivers for higher education available to children in foster care and collaborate with the superintendent of each school district in the area served by the group to identify children eligible for tuition and fee waivers. The bill would require each school district...Read More