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HB 1237 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1237 would require the Commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services to analyze the adverse disproportionality in the child protective services system, including at each stage of the CPS investigations. Upon identifying an adverse disproportionality the commissioner shall establish a team to address this disproportionality and notify the legislature. Read More
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HB 2331 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2331 would require the Department of Criminal Justice to
develop an emergency response plan to be relied upon under a future state of
declared disaster. The plan would have to include procedures for evacuating
inmates and employees of correctional facilities and ensuring that inmates
retain access to programs and medical care, among other items. HB 2331 would
establish an advisory board to provide the Department with recommendations...Read More
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HB 3175 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3175 would make comprehensive regional universities eligible for additional grant funds through performance-based incentives.Read More
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HB 3270 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3270 makes 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.Among other things the bill would: Create a "Not rated" designation to apply to a school district under a disaster declaration or for causes of loss of data integrity due to breaches or other failures,...Read More
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HB 3963 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3963 would allow state agencies that control state property to enter into an agreement authorizing a
charging provider to place and maintain electric vehicle charging
equipment on the property. A charging provider would be required to install a metering device to determine the cost of electricity transferred to another person through the electric vehicle charging equipment.Read More
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HB 359 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 359 would modify existing law regarding settlement claims during motor vehicle accidents with uninsured or underinsured drivers by allowing an insured driver to begin recovery action without a judgement or other legal determination establishing the other motorist's liability or the extent of the insured's damages as a prerequisite.The bill would also allow an insured to provide notice of a claim for uninsured or underinsured...Read More
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HB 2149 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2149 would allow the authorities of a temporary branch polling place serving one or more counties with a collective population of less than 100,000 to authorize non-standard hours for in-person early voting at the temporary branch polling place.Read More
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HB 2485 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2485 would permit permanently employed police officers and firefighters to establish an exemption from jury service on the basis of their employment.Read More
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HB 6 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 6 would enact a comprehensive set of election reforms. Highlights include improved poll watcher protections, increased penalties for election-related offenses, and prohibitions on unsolicited mail-in ballots or mail-in ballot applications.Read More
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HB 2525 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2525 would create the Lake Houston Dredging and
Maintenance District to form voluntary interlocal agreements with political
subdivisions, corporate entities, or other persons perform dredging and maintenance operations on Lake Houston. The boundaries of the district would extend to all of Harris county. The district would have the authority to issue bonds payable from and secured by district
revenue to carry out their...Read More
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SB 1193 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1193 would require any general academic teaching institution that offers a
fixed tuition rate program, and an institution that offers a flat rate program, to provide
information explaining the effect of the program on the calculation
of a student’s cost per credit hour, clearly describing the amount of
tuition a student would pay for varying course loads covered by the
program.Read More
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SB 1227 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1227 would require that College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) scoring for certain lower division courses match the minimum score recommended by the American Council on Education unless the institution's chief
academic officer "determines, based on evidence, that a higher score
on the examination is necessary to indicate that a student is
sufficiently prepared to be successful in a related, more advanced
course for which the lower-division...Read More
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HB 3474 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3474 would update a number of statutory definitions involving the taxation of motor fuels and add provisions clarifying upon whom motor fuel taxes are imposed and who is liable for the payment of backup taxes.HB 3474 makes changes by stipulating that in each sale of gasoline or diesel fuel on which tax has been paid, the amount of the tax is added to the selling price so that the tax is paid by each person receiving the motor fuel until...Read More
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HB 1824 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1824 would allow the Health and Human Services commission to establish a pilot program to provide for temporary transfers of residents from originating residential care facilities to alternate residential care facilities to provide behavioral health or psychiatric services for those residents. This program would have to include: one alternate residential care facility for psychiatric services; and one or two alternate residential...Read More
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HB 3520 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3520 would prohibit a sexually oriented business from allowing persons younger than 18 years old on the premises, or from employing persons younger than 21 years old. It would create administrative penalties for sexually oriented businesses that knowingly or recklessly allow persons younger than 18 on their premises, and attach a criminal penalty to sexually oriented businesses employing an individual under 21 years old. Read More
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HB 2954 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2954 would require the Texas Education Agency to develop a program for suicide intervention, prevention, and postvention for optional implementation at an elementary campus of a district school or open-enrollment charter school. Read More
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HB 2306 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2306 would require the Texas DMV to develop a real-time online database through which all counties could update their scofflaw information. If the DMV determines, based on information in the database, that a county tax assessor-collector is authorized to refuse to register a vehicle due to the owner's delinquent status in paying certain fines, fees, or taxes, the DMV would be required to refuse to register the vehicle through its online...Read More
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HB 2059 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2059 would mandate that the date of a runoff election be held on the first Saturday after the 27th day following a general election. The purpose of this bill is to standardize runoff election dates following May and November general elections.Read More
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HB 674 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 674 would require the Attorney General and State Bar of Texas to develop information to provide to the public about potential provisions in a protective order, including the ability of a court to prohibit someone from removing a pet from the applicant's possession. Prosecuting attorneys would be required to make the information developed readily available at their offices for people who wish to apply for a protective order.Read More
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HB 1447 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1447 would permit probate and guardianship proceedings to be conducted through remote technology, including teleconference and videoconference. A court that conducts a probate or guardianship proceeding through remote technology would have to ensure that the public maintains access and provide conduct guidelines to the parties. Read More
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