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HB 3997 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3997 would transfer the powers and duties of the state auditor relating to leave for state employees to the comptroller of public accounts no later than September 10, 2021.Read More
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HB 2628 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2628 would revise the motor vehicle sales tax due date. Under current law motor vehicle sales taxes are due on the 20th working day after the transaction or other event which creates the tax liability. HB 2628 would extend the due date to the 30th calendar day after the transaction or other event which creates the tax liability.Read More
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HB 2301 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2301 would exempt a person from providing their address when requesting a name change if they are a verified participant in the Address Confidentiality Program run by the Attorney General's office. A person's participation in the Program would create a presumption that their name change is to their benefit and in the interest of the public, as required by law. An order to issue a name change under such a circumstance would have to be kept confidential.Read More
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HB 302 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 302 would include three 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substance such that the person is incapable of appraising the nature of the act; the actor knowing the other person has withdrawn consent and the actor continues to persist afterwards; and the actor is a caregiver hired to assist the other person and causes...Read More
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SB 1629 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1629 would establish a new state jail felony offense for failure to report assault, neglect, or omission of care in a group home. A person would commit an offense if they have reasonable cause to believe that a resident of a group home has suffered bodily injury due to assault, neglect or an omission in care and fails to report that fact to law enforcement or the Department of Family and Protective Services. The bill would define...Read More
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HB 1927 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1927 would abolish the requirement for citizens to obtain a permit in order to open or conceal carry a handgun. Additionally, the bill allows a police officer to temporarily confiscate an individual's firearm he or she believes it's necessary, provided they return the firearm before discharging the person from the scene so long as they are not a threat or the situation ends in an arrest. The bill also changes the level of a criminal...Read More
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SB 2028 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2028 would require the Health and Human Services Commission to study the cost-effectiveness of implementing a nurse-aid program that would allow nurse-aids to provide in-home supports after a Medicaid recipient is released from the hospital. Also, the bill would require the study of the feasibility of developing an online Medicaid waiver request portal.The bill would create a pilot program to provide coordinated care to children...Read More
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SB 1792 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1792 would create a paid leave pool for school district employees.SB 1792 would require that, in addition to all other days of leave provided by statute or by the school district, a school district shall provide one day of personal leave per district employee in a leave
pool established by the district board of trustees. School district employees may choose to voluntarily donate one or more of their leave days to the pool for the benefit...Read More
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SB 1622 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1622 would make provisions for the continuation of collaborative work between the Texas Education
Agency (TEA), the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), and the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board (THECB) with regards to aligning education paths with workforce needs by creating the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative to coordinate and optimize information
and other resources between these agencies. Workforce goals would have...Read More
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SB 1876 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1876 would require each end stage renal disease facility to adopt a written emergency preparedness and contingency operations plan to ensure care is provided during an emergency. Among other things, such an emergency plan must:be updated and approved annually by leadershipinclude procedures to notify the State Department of Health Services, each hospital with a transfer agreement, the trauma service area regional advisory council, and...Read More
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SB 1854 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1854 provides that in the case of a binding arbitration, qualified property owners deferring taxes (under Section 33.06 and Section 33.065, Tax Code) on a property subject to the appeal are not required to pay taxes on the value not in the dispute. The bill further stipulates that taxes are not considered delinquent on property subject to an appeal if the property owner has elected to defer the collection of taxes on the property and...Read More
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SB 1847 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1847 would allow nurse aides who worked or are working under a temporary waiver in a nursing facility that provided services during the coronavirus disease pandemic to substitute certain hours worked for the classroom or clinical training hours required by the Nurse Aide Training programs. Read More
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SB 1530 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1530 would make a significant number of changes to the state judicial system and update various laws regarding the judicial system. Some major provisions, but not an exhaustive list of the bills provisions, are enumerated below.SB 1530 would create new courts of various types. It would create the 474th, 475th, 478th, 480th, 481st, 482nd, 483rd, and 484th judicial district courts, with jurisdiction over different counties, and a new...Read More
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SB 1254 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1254 would permit the governor to execute an interstate compact with other interested states, and to seek Congressional approval for the compact, to secure the Mexico/Texas border and prevent the entrance into this state by illegal aliens. This compact would only take effect if approved by the
United States Congress not later than the 10th anniversary of the
date the compact is executed by the governor.Read More
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SB 1247 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1247 would make certain changes to antitrust investigations conducted by the attorney general. The bill would permit service of a civil investigative demand to be made through e-mail or other electronic means if the person being served has consented. The attorney general would be permitted to file a petition for enforcement in Travis County in addition to other locations already provided for by law.The bill would limit disclosure...Read More
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SB 994 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 994 would create a new tuition assistance grant program for adult learners at public institutions of higher education who meet certain eligibility requirements. Specific parameters of the grant program are specified in the bill. Read More
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SB 932 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 932 would require the Texas Department of Public Safety, in coordination with local law enforcement agencies, to establish and administer a border operations training program for peace officers. Peace officers who elect to take the course would be able to assist other law enforcement agencies in the interdiction, investigation, and prosecution of criminal activity in the Texas-Mexico border region. Peace officers who completed the training...Read More
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SB 704 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 704 would abolish the Texas Racing Commission and transfer its functions to the Comptroller of Public Accounts. The bill would create the Texas Racing Advisory Board to advise the Comptroller with respect to pari-mutuel racing issues. Other conforming provisions would be made, including implementation a number of good government recommendations by the Sunset Advisory Commission.Read More
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HB 2089 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2089 would require the Department of Agriculture to enter into a cooperative agreement with an institution of
higher education that agrees to conduct plant pest and disease
detection and surveillance. An institution of higher
education may apply to enter into a cooperative agreement by
submitting an application to the department. HB 2089 specifies the department is not allowed to consider non-state costs when deciding...Read More
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SB 594 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 594 would authorize the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court to establish a mandatory solid waste disposal program to provide waste services to certain colonias within the county. The bill would allow a service fee to be implemented to fund the program.Read More
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