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SB 1037 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Senate Bill 1037 amends current Transportation Code by adding a section that designates a bridge on State Highway 6 in Eastland County adjacent to Lake Cisco connecting the north and south banks of Sandy Creek as the Bedford-Carmichael Bridge.Read More
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SB 722 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 722 would amend the Parks and Wildlife Code to create the Managed Lands Deer Program participation fee. The Parks and Wildlife Commission would establish the amount for the fee.Read More
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SCR 33 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This resolution would approve the amended 2009 settlement agreement regarding state supported living centers between Texas and the Department of Justice. Read More
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SB 1223 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Current law grants legislative consent for the University of Texas at Tyler to be sued. This legislation would remove legislative consent for the university to be sued, thereby strengthening its sovereign immunity.Read More
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HB 106 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill amends Government code by allowing drones to take pictures of telecommunication sites, for the purpose of maintaining those sites for maintenance and reports. HB 106 also strikes out the provision of the law that says drones can take pictures of real property 25 miles from the border. Read More
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SB 2105 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the Texas Workforce Commission is required to provide information to secondary school students regarding employment opportunities in Texas. SB 2105 would also require the commission to include information about education partnership opportunities in business and industry, professional development opportunities for
teachers, and learning opportunities for students.Read More
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SB 1192 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law there is a “silver alert” for missing senior citizens. The Texas Department of Transportation cooperates with various law enforcement agencies throughout the state, and with certain media outlets to inform law enforcement and the public in cases where an elderly person has gone missing. If this bill passes, the silver alert would be used also in connection with individuals who have Alzheimer’s disease and have been...Read More
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HB 1187 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, a captive insurance company may provide reinsurance to an insurer covering the operational risks of the company's affiliates, or risks of a controlled unaffiliated business. The insurance company may also provide: employee benefit plans offered by affiliates, liability insurance an affiliate must maintain as a prerequisite for obtaining a license or permit, and workers' compensation insurance and employer liability policies....Read More
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SB 1085 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow certified unopposed candidates for the board of directors of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority to be declared elected and listed separately on the ballot as declared elected and have no votes cast in connection with them. Read More
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SB 1015 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, certain political subdivisions are permitted to enter into regional participation agreements with municipalities. SB 1015 would put in place procedures and policies for holding an election in which residents of such a political subdivision may decide to be incorporated into the municipality or adopt a
specific alternate form of local government.Read More
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SB 1014 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1014 is a local bill that would allow for the incorporation of the Woodlands Township if approved by voters. If the area is incorporated, procedures for the transfer of authority, responsibilities, assets, liabilities, and the dissolution of the district would be established. Read More
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SB 632 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 632 would abolish the procedure of the awarding of a contract from the comptroller with a value of $100,000 or more over the life of the contract. Also, the Statewide Procurement Advisory Council would be abolished.Read More
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SB 515 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, there are no provisions which explicitly facilitate a process for certain government officials to access confidential information. SB 515 would allow state officials and certain local government officials access to public information. This would include confidential information, as bound under a confidentiality agreement, and would introduce a process for request and appeal that certain information be deemed not confidential...Read More
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SB 544 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, an appointed veterans county service officer and assistant veterans county service officer must complete a course of initial training. To maintain certification, the offices must complete continuing training required by the Texas Veterans Commission.SB 544 would allow initial and continuing training to be provided by the commission or a public or private entity approved by the commission.Read More
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HB 947 |
85(R) - 2017 |
House Bill 947 amends current Transportation Code by adding a section the designates a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1462 in Brazoria County as the Lieutenant colonel Roy Lin Tisdale Memorial Highway.Read More
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HB 279 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law the women's health advisory committee expires on September 1, 2017. This bill changes the expiration date to September 1, 2019.Read More
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HB 152 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, an individual convicted of a federal offense or convicted under the laws of another nation, who has completed their sentence for a conviction not related to violence, drugs, and/or firearms may apply for the restoration of the civil rights they forfeited because of their crime. If it was a federal offense they must wait three years before submitting an application to restore their rights; if the offense is an offense under...Read More
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HB 2770 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would add to the list of offenses considered a common nuisance. If this bill passes, and if a computer network or a web address is used to commit certain offenses related to prostitution, compelling prostitution, and/or human trafficking, then the person operating a web address or computer network could be declared to be maintaining a common nuisance. This bill would establish a process for an individual, the attorney general,...Read More
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HB 53 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would prohibit a unit of government from entering into a settlement of equal to or more than $30,000 where a condition of the settlement requires a nondisclosure agreement. Read More
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HB 2071 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would modify the process for people who, at the time of their sentencing to confinement or community supervision, did not have the financial means to pay the costs associated with the court-appointed council. If this bill passes, a judge could order an individual to pay any time during the individual’s sentence, but only after providing a written notice to the defendant to either pay or present information relevant to why the...Read More
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