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HB 3789 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3789 would remove the statute of limitations for the offense of tampering with physical evidence if the evidence tampered with is a human corpse or the investigation shows that a reasonable person in the position of the defendant would have cause to believe that the evidence tampered with is related to a criminal homicide.Read More
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HB 3333 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3333 would prohibit a party to an arbitration proceeding from asserting a claim if they could not bring suit for that claim in court due to its expiration. A party would only be permitted to assert an expired claim in an arbitration proceeding if they brought a timely suit in court for it or the parties agreed to arbitrate or were ordered to arbitrate the claim.Read More
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HJR 72 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HJR 72 proposes a constitutional amendment to prohibit the state or any political subdivision of the state from enacting any law or order that prohibits or limits religious services by a religious organization intended to support and serve the propagation of a sincerely held religious belief.Read More
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HB 3546 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3546 would clarify the requirements necessary for the governing body of a municipality to include new property in a Tourism Public Improvement District after the establishment of the district. Read More
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HB 2558 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2558 would prohibit any government entity from entering into a contract with a private business which discriminates against the firearms industry.Read More
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HB 2344 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2344 would authorize a public school district to use a
writing portfolio assessment to assess writing performance for students enrolled in the district
as an alternative to administering the written portion of a statewide standardized reading test.Read More
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HB 2664 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2664 would allow the board of trustees of a school district to adopt a resolution changing the length of the terms of its
trustees to provide for staggered terms of either
three or four years and to specify the manner in which the transition
from the length of the former term to the modified term is made. The bill would also allow for ISD elections to be moved to the November uniform election date if it does not already hold elections on that date.Read More
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HB 1686 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1686 would limit property owners associations and municipalities ability to ban and regulate the growing of fruits and vegetables and the keeping of various animals such as chickens, rabbits, and bees. HB 1686 would allow property owners associations and municipalities to impose regulations for fruits and vegetables that are located on a single family residential lot that does not ban the growing of fruits and vegetables.HB 1686...Read More
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HB 1838 |
87(R) - 2021 |
Under current law, the Texas Department of Public Safety operates a centralized database of people known or suspected to be gang members. The database is known as TXGANG or the Texas Gang Intelligence Index. As with any centralized government database, TXGANG lacks transparency and due process protections and can result in unintended collateral consequences for people placed in the database, especially people who don't belong in it in the...Read More
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HB 1504 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1504 would and
ethnic studies, including Mexican American and African American
studies to the required public school social studies curriculumRead More
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HB 1984 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1984 would set a minimum of seven consecutive days for a special open season provided by the Parks and Wildlife
Commission for youth hunting. HB 1984 excludes migratory game birds and waterfowl.Read More
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HB 1885 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1885 would limit the ability of a municipality to regulate an activity or structure in an extraterritorial jurisdiction area in which the residents are ineligible or have only limited eligibility to vote in municipal elections.Read More
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HB 144 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 144 would require a written Individualized Education Program Supplement for public school students who received special education services during the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 school year.The report would include information pertaining to the creation and completion of a child's Individualized Education Program (IEP), including information on whether special services related to the child's IEP during the school year were...Read More
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HB 2950 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2950 would permit the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to consist of former or retired Court of Appeals justices. It would also authorize the Panel to transfer cases in different courts dealing with the same questions of law, rather than only fact, to a single district court. The Panel would be barred from transferring any action brought by the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's office.Read More
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HB 3984 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3984 would create timing requirements for the service of an expert report by a claimant in a health care liability claim. Claimants would be permitted to file a motion for a court to make a preliminary determination as to whether or not they are required to serve the expert reports. If the court does not make this determination within 90 days of the motion being filed, it would have to automatically determine that the claim is a health...Read More
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HB 3221 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3221 would make the government’s cause of action in construction liability claims accrue on the date the required report on their contract with the other party is postmarked by the United States Postal Service.Read More
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HB 225 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 225 would permit a court to approve an inmate’s application for a writ of habeas corpus if the application details that evidence material to their conviction not available to them at the time of their trial has become available and the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the inmate would not have been convicted if that evidence had been available at their trial.Read More
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HB 2641 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2641 would require the Executive Commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to adjust for inflation the maximum amount of the fair market value of the highest valued motor vehicle that would be excluded from the resources of an applicant's household for the purposes of determining eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.Read More
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HB 2014 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2014 would exclude members of an appraisal review board from being considered employees of a political subdivision and would stipulate the process for notices to be given with respect to a determination of change of land use for certain land owners.HB 2014 would allow a taxing unit in a disaster area to extend the time which personal property may remain in one place and still be considered "in transit" for tax purposes from the current...Read More
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HB 170 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 170 would add unlicensed and unpermitted places (in addition to licensed and permitted places) to the definition of a public place for the purpose of prohibiting alcoholic beverage consumption on Sundays between 1:15am and 12 noon or on any other day between 12:15am and 7am. The a violation of this prohibition is a Class C misdemeanor.Read More
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