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HB 1371 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1371 would extend until 2025 the Trade Agricultural Inspection Grant Program which would otherwise expire September 1, 2021. The purpose of this program is to help expedite cross-border agricultural trade to more efficiently get agricultural goods from Mexico to market in the United States through Texas ports of entry. The Senate Committee Substitute amended the bill to specify that the Texas Department of Agriculture is only required...Read More
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SJR 35 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SJR 35 proposes a constitutional amendment to expand an existing exemption which would entitle spouses of veterans who died in the line of duty, but not necessarily in combat action, to an exemption from ad valorem taxation on all or a part of the market value of the surviving spouse's residence, if the surviving spouse has not remarried since the death of the service member. This would take effect January 1, 2022 and would apply only...Read More
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HB 3069 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3069 would tighten the statute of limitations for certain suits by a governmental entity against architects, engineers, interior designers, and persons involved in real property improvements generally from ten years to eight years. The new limitation period would not apply to a contract entered into by the Texas Department of Transportation, a project that receives funding from the state highway fund or federal transportation fund, or...Read More
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HB 3046 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3046 would require the Attorney General to submit a written report each month to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and each member of the Legislature that identifies any rule adopted by a federal agency on certain issues in response to an executive order by the President that violates rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. The listed issues include health emergencies, natural resource regulation, gun control,...Read More
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SB 1365 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1365 would make a number of changes to the school
accountability system in order to keep the public school accountability and
campus turnaround system intact while complying with a Third Court of Appeals
decision that nullified parts of the law. Some major provisions (but not an exhaustive list) are enumerated below.Among
other things, the bill would create a "Not rated" designation to
apply to a school district under a disaster...Read More
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HB 2926 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2926 would create a path to reinstatement of parental rights after a court has terminated the parent-child relationship.HB 2926 would authorize petitions to reinstate the parental
rights of a person who had their parent-child relationship terminated by a
suit filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services. The Department, the child’s single
source continuum contractor or attorney, or a parent of the child would be able
to...Read More
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SB 766 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 766 would require sexually oriented businesses to
participate in the federal E-verify program and verify the information of all
of their employees and contractors.SB 766 would prohibit a sexually oriented business from employing, or for contracting for certain purposes, anyone under 21 years of age rather than under 18 years of age. This would prohibit adults age 18-20 from working in these businesses.The state and any law enforcement
agency...Read More
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HB 1788 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1788 would make public and private schools immune from liability for any reasonable action taken by a security officer or an employee with written permission to carry a firearm to maintain the safety of campus. Security officers themselves would also be immune from such liability.Read More
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HB 458 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 458 would make wages from a transportation network
company and wages from a person that operates a technology platform used to
make deliveries to customers count as “Earnings” in family lawsuits, thus
subjecting them to being withheld for child support purposes. The bill would also
define those two types of workers as “Employees”, regardless of whether they
are independent contractors, and their employers as “Employers”...Read More
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HB 1600 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1600 would change the date for expiration under sunset review for a variety of agencies, departments, foundations boards, and commissions from September 1, 2021 to September 1, 2023. The bill would apply to the following: Department of Agriculture, the board of directors of the official Cotton Grrowers' Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Texas Animal Health Commission, Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board, Credit...Read More
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SB 611 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 611 would expand an existing exemption from ad valorem taxes on the total appraised value of a residence homestead to include the surviving spouse of a member of the armed services who was died in the line of duty but not necessarily in combat action. Read More
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SB 1385 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1385 would create a framework to allow student athletes to earn compensation for the use of their name, image or likeness. Some significant provisions of the bill (but not an exhaustive list) are described below.The bill would prohibit a public or private institution of higher education from restricting a student athlete's ability to earn compensation for the use of their name, image, or likeness when the student-athlete
is not engaged...Read More
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SB 918 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 918 would amend existing law to require insurance company boards to have at least 5 members instead of at least 7 members. The bill would change the shareholder meeting requirement to simply be annually, rather than the current requirement that meetings be held annually before May 1st. Additionally, the bill would expand certain statutory language regarding staggered terms for large boards of directors to include all boards of directors...Read More
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SB 481 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 481 would allow students in a district only offering virtual classes for more than one grading period during a school year to transfer to a different school district that is offering in-person classes. The new district would be prohibited from charging the student for tuition and the student would be included in the average daily attendance in the district where the student is attending. Read More
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SB 2054 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2054 would require the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to pay the fees associated with obtaining a driving and traffic safety course or driver's license examination for a person who is:eligible for a driver's license fee exemption based on their status as a foster child or youth, or homeless child or youth or who is,younger than 26 years of age and was in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services...Read More
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SB 1578 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1578 would allow the court, when determining whether the child is or has been a victim of abuse or neglect, to consider the opinion of a medical professional obtained by an individual against whom a protective order is sought. In addition, SB 1578 would not allow a determination that there is an immediate danger to the physical health or safety of a child based solely on the opinion of a medical professional under contract with DFPS...Read More
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SB 877 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 877 would require cities to accept independent third-party inspections by qualified professionals (other than a professional who is the owner of the building or whose work is the subject of the inspection) during a declared disaster. Qualified individuals would include a person who is: certified to inspect buildings by the International Code Council, employed as a building inspector by the municipality in which the...Read More
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SB 2154 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2154 would make changes to the requirements to become a commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas. It would increase the number of commissioners from three to five and require commissioners to be residents of Texas. At least two commissioners would be required to be well informed and
qualified in the field of public utilities and utility regulation.SB 2154 would prohibit anyone who served as an executive state officer...Read More
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SB 713 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 713 would modify the sunset review schedule for numerous agencies, offices, and authorities. The bill would require a special-purpose review of the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners for the 88th Legislature. Texas A&M Forest Service would be removed from sunset review. Certain limited reviews would be eliminated from sunset review including the Health and Human Services Commission, Department of State Health Services, Department...Read More
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SB 705 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 705 extends the sunset for the Texas Animal Health commission for 12 years. The bill requires the executive director of the commission to ensure members understand the laws governing the operation of the commission and allows a committee member to be removed if an illness or disability impairs them from doing their job.SB 705 gives the committee more discretion on identifying animal diseases and creating rules to stop the spread of animal...Read More
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