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SB 1313 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1313 would enumerate an individual's right to choose and make decisions regarding the medical treatment provided to them or their child and the right to refuse a control measure. Control measures are implemented by a state or local health authority to control the spread of disease in the exercise of its power to protect public health. In order to issue such a control measure, the State Department of health or a local health authority...Read More
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HB 17 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 17 would prohibit any regulatory authority, planning authority, or political subdivision of the state of Texas from implementing policies and regulations that discriminate against any energy utility service or infrastructure supporting that service based on the type or source of energy delivered to the end user. Read More
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HB 1024 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1024 would allow third-party foodservice delivery personnel to transport and deliver closed-container alcoholic beverages included with food orders to consumers for off-premise consumption as long as the delivery location is not a separate premise holding a TABC license. Both the person transporting and the person accepting delivery must be over the age of 21 and the transporter may not carry alcoholic beverages in the passenger compartment...Read More
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HB 4136 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4136 would permit a person placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for certain misdemeanors to automatically receive a criminal history non-disclosure order regardless of whether or not they have been previously convicted of another offense.Read More
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HB 1635 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1635 would require the workers' compensation research and evaluation group to conduct a study on workers' compensation claims by first responders. The reports would be required to include an analysis of medical costs, return-to-work outcomes, access to and utilization of care, satisfaction with care, and health-related functional outcomes.Read More
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HB 978 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 978 would require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under certain circumstances to file an unclaimed property claim on behalf of a victim of a crime if the owner of the unclaimed property was finally convicted of the crime, ordered to pay restitution to the victim, and is currently confined in a state prison.Read More
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HB 8 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 8 would require law enforcement agencies to create an electronic copy of an applicant's employment records for another law enforcement agency seeking to hire the individual. The bill would require the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to determine the manner in which a law enforcement agency shall make a person's employment records electronically available to a hiring law enforcement agency.Read More
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SB 1677 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1677 would limit certain data collection and reporting requirements for institutions of higher education in Texas. If it is determined that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has access to this information from alternative means, the board would be able to eliminate the reporting requirement for that data or information.Additionally, the bill would repeal a provision of education code requiring certain school districts with...Read More
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SB 1814 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1814 would make changes to the delivery of reports of certain overweight vehicles by establishing a database with a searchable and downloadable list by county of each permit issued. The database would include the following information for each permit, the name and address of the person for whom the permit was issued, the vehicle identification number and license plate number of the vehicle, the permit number, and the effective date of...Read More
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SB 1818 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1818 would limit the liability for certain persons engaged in metal recycling from claims of polluting the ground with scrap metal. To limit liability, a set of specific criteria must have been met at the time of the transaction, including requiring the person to take "reasonable care to determine
that the consuming facility was in compliance with the substantive
provisions" of federal and state law and environmental...Read More
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SB 1963 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1963 would require that, not later than March 1 of each year, an institution of
higher education post on the institution’s Internet website a transferability report card that indicates for the preceding
academic year the total number of semester credit hours for which undergraduate students transferring to the
institution applied for transfer credit, and the percentage of the semester credit hours for which students received
transfer credit.Read More
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SB 1502 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1502 would clarify that specialty physicians are considered board-certified specialists in Texas based on their initial board certification, not the maintenance of the certification. Read More
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SB 1295 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1295 would make comprehensive regional universities eligible for additional grant funds through performance-based incentives.Read More
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SB 1439 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1439 would prevent a physician, intern, or resident of an educational institution from being scheduled for or assigned to duties involving directly or indirectly performing or participating in an elective abortion unless they first consent in writing to perform or participate in the elective abortion.Read More
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SB 1158 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1158 would prohibit certain state retirement systems and the public school fund from investing in a social media company that
censors political speech and would require the attorney general to create and maintain such a list of companies. Additionally, SB 1158 would require a state governmental agency to withdraw all publicly traded securities of a listed company within one year. The state would have to, without regard to whether...Read More
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HB 119 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 119 would prevent healthcare providers from discriminating solely on an individual's disability in determining eligibility for organ transplant services. The bill proscribes the considerations which must be taken into account when determining a disabled individual's eligibility for an organ transplant. Read More
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SB 474 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 474 would replace the current section of code regulating the unlawful restraint of a dog. The new language would expand the definition of “properly fitted” to a collar or harness that does not choke the dog and does not cause pain or injury to the dog. It would require an owner to provide the dog adequate shelter, enough space to avoid standing water, shade from direct sunlight, and potable water if they are to leave it outside and...Read More
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SB 609 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 609 would use taxes from the mixed beverage gross receipts and sales tax receipts attributable to the sale of beer and wine to fund the establishment and operations of a Texas music incubator rebate program. This program would fund the full or partial rebates of the mixed beverage gross receipts taxes and sales tax receipts collected at eligible music venues and music festival events. Read More
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SB 503 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 503 would make it a Class A misdemeanor criminal offense for a person who owns a boarding home to have knowledge of the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of the residents and fail to report it to the Department of Family and Protective Services.Read More
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SB 885 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 885 would nullify the question of the good faith of a subsequent purchaser or creditor of a quitclaim deed on a real property 4 years after the quitclaim deed is recorded. The bill would also remove the notice to a subsequent purchaser or creditor of any unrecorded conveyance of, transfer of, or encumbrance on the real property.Read More
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