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SB 1427 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1427 would define "damage" as physical damage for the purposes of qualifying for the temporary property tax exemption for property damaged by a disaster.Read More
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SB 993 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 993 would make some adjustments to the regulation and scope of practice of Optometrists in Texas. The bill creates a process for a therapeutic optometrist to become certified to treat glaucoma, allows therapeutic optometrists to prescribe not more than a three day supply of any Schedule III, IV, or V federal controlled substance, and creates a requirement for a therapeutic optometrist to refer patients to an ophthalmologist if the...Read More
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SB 109 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 109 would add the standard of effective consent to the criminal offense of fraudulently securing document execution. A person will have only committed the offense if they cause another person to sign or execute any document, or cause a public servant to file or record any purported judgment without the other person’s effective consent. A lack of effective consent would be defined as being induced by deception or coercion or being given...Read More
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SB 335 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 335 would make certain changes to laws regarding the preservation of toxicological evidence for intoxication offenses. It would require the relevant governmental entity to preserve such evidence for the greater of two years or the applicable statute of limitations if the indictment has been dismissed without prejudice. If the entity collected the evidence directly from a person, the entity would be required to give them notice of the...Read More
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SB 1679 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1679 would create a new chapter of Local Government Code to regulate the Houston land bank which may acquire, manage, and dispose of vacant, abandoned, deteriorated, non-revenue generating, and non-tax producing property by converting those properties to productive uses. The bill would establish a board to oversee the operations of the land bank. Read More
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SB 2188 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2188 would grant a municipal or county government the ability to adopt and enforce a local ordinance, order, or other regulation necessary to require a residential child detention facility, other than those licensed by the state, to meet the health, safety, and welfare needs of immigrant children in their care. The purpose of this bill is to allow local or county governments the ability to enforce regulations related to health, safety,...Read More
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SB 1164 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1164 would include four new circumstances that qualify as a lack of consent within the criminal offense of sexual assault: the actor knowing the other person is intoxicated by any substance such that the person is incapable of appraising the nature of the act; the actor knowing the other person has withdrawn consent and the actor continues to persist afterwards; the actor is a coach or tutor who causes the other person to participate...Read More
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SB 59 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 59 would give the comptroller of public accounts authority to advertise and promote the purchasing program for local governments to expand its use and achieve greater efficiencies for those the program serves. Read More
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SB 23 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 23 would require a county with more than 1 million people
to hold an election to secure voter approval if the county's proposed budget reduces the appropriation to their
primary law enforcement agency (proportional to the overall budget), reduces
the number of peace officer positions (proportional to the population), or
reallocates funding to a different law enforcement agency. A significant budget
reduction as a result of a natural...Read More
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HB 1284 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1284 would transfer authority over the injection and geologic storage of carbon dioxide from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC). Various conforming changes would be made. The RRC would be given enforcement authority associated with related civil, administrative, and criminal penalties. HB 1284 would prohibit the RRC from issuing a permit for the conversion of...Read More
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HB 4621 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4621 would require that the Nueces County Drainage and Conservation
District Number 2 be governed by a board of three Commissioners serving staggered four-year terms, unless, under a resolution adopted by a vote of a majority of commissioners, the number of commissioners may increase to five. This bill would also increase the maximum monthly compensation limit from $500 to $1600 and clarify that benefits are not included...Read More
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HB 3583 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3583 would prohibit expanding or modifying the scope of certain energy savings performance contracts awarded by local governments to perform work unrelated to the original scope of the contract or in a way that increases the price by more than 25%.Read More
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HB 3533 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3533 would increase from $35,000 to $50,000 the amount of a required surety bond for the issuance or renewal of a motor vehicle dealer general distinguishing number or a wholesale motor vehicle auction general distinguishing number. The bill would also require the visible posting of the surety bond notice and the procedure by which a claimant may recover against the bond.Read More
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HB 3476 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3476 would strike language from the Water Code which allows a municipality to require, as a condition of consent for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for an extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) of the municipality, that all water
and sewer facilities be designed and constructed in accordance with
the municipality’s standards. The bill would require instead that for certain municipal ETJs, such facilities be designed...Read More
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HB 3319 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3319 would require information relating to the requirements and procedures concerning the passing of certain vehicles to be included in driving education courses.The bill would require TxDOT develop and implement a move over or slow down public awareness campaign that consists of online advocacy, issuance of public service announcements, distribution of materials, and posting signage on roadways. The cost of this campaign would be funded...Read More
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HB 1570 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1570 would clarify grounds for the
removal of a member of the board of directors of the Brazos River Authority such as inadequate qualifications, inability to discharge duties, or being absent from more than half of the meetings. Potential members of the board would be required to take a training course before they assume their duties.The Brazos River Authority would also have to maintain a system to promptly and efficiently...Read More
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HB 1062 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1062 would decrease the minimum age from 18 to 17 to serve in the Texas State Guard provided they meet certain eligibility requirements including having been emancipated by marriage, court order, or other operation of law; or who provide to the adjutant general written permission of a qualified parent or guardian.Read More
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HB 963 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 963 would expand the natural gas vehicle grant program to include used natural gas vehicles meeting certain eligibility requirements. Under current law, only new vehicles qualify for the program.Read More
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HB 115 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 115 would revise the bracketing requirements to qualify for an exemption to the the single-campus requirement for a charitable organization to be exempt from ad valorem taxes if they meet certain conditions. The bracketing is primarily designed to apply to a charitable organization providing housing for homeless individuals in the City of Austin.Read More
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SB 505 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 505 would allow hospitals to discharge patients to group homes, boarding home facilities, or similar facilities only if the person who operates the facility holds a license or permit issued in accordance with state law. Hospitals would be prevented from discharging patients to facilities that are not licensed or permitted only if either no facility is operated in the county by a person who holds the applicable license or permit; or the...Read More
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