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HB 394 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 394 would allow the Texas Lottery Commission to adopt rules permitting a lottery game drawing to be held on a Sunday. Read More
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SB 1650 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1650 would allow electric utilities to lease their excess fiber capacity on existing or future middle mile infrastructure to internet service providers, without penalty should they choose not to do so. Electric utilities would be able to submit a written plan to the PUC with their rates, terms, and conditions of allowing the use of their middle mile infrastructure and the PUC would be able to accept or deny the plan. Electric utility...Read More
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HB 1105 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1105 would expand current law to allow passenger vehicles to use digital license plates (screens attached to vehicles that display a license plate). Under the bill, drivers would be allowed to place a digital license plate on the rear of the vehicle instead of a physical one. Drivers would still be required to attach a physical license plate to the front of the vehicle unless the vehicle is exempt from displaying two plates. The...Read More
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SCR 17 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SCR 17 is a resolution by the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas to respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to
repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination
Provision of the Social Security Act which are considered to unfairly
penalize recipients of public pensions by prohibiting some government retirees from collecting both their own pension
and the full Social Security benefits as a surviving...Read More
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SB 725 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 725 would stipulate that a portion of land is not diverted for non-agriculture use if it is a right of way less than 200 feet wide and was taken by condemnation and the remainder of the parcel of land qualifies for agricultural use.If additional taxes are due because the land had been diverted to a nonagricultural use as a result of condemnation, SB 725 would make those additional taxes and interest the obligation of the condemning entity...Read More
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SB 513 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 513 would prohibit state and local governments from
enforcing any new federal law or regulation on firearms that does not exist
under state law. If a state agency or local government enforces such a federal
law, they would be barred from receiving state grant funds. Any citizen subject
to the jurisdiction of the state or a local government, if either is enforcing such
a federal law, would be able to file a complaint with the Attorney...Read More
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SB 985 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 985 would increase the Public Utility Commission's (PUC) oversight of electric
utilities, power generation companies, municipally owned utilities, and electric cooperatives by
requiring the PUC to annually review the emergency preparedness plans of these providers, determine what updates need to be made, and report these findings to the legislature on a yearly basis. Read More
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SB 19 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 19 would prohibit any government entity from entering into a contract with a private business which discriminates against the firearm industry.Read More
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SB 1678 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1678 is designed to protect the privacy of donors, members, and volunteers of nonprofit organizations. To that end SB 1678 would prevent a public agency or an officer or employee of a public agency from: requiring an individual to provide donor information or compel its release; requiring an entity exempt from federal income tax to provide donor information to the agency or otherwise compel the release of donor information; releasing,...Read More
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SB 355 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 355 would increase the penalty for a person who places, commissions the placement of,
or whose commercial advertisement is placed on a sign on the
right-of-way of a public road and who did not receive prior authorization for the placement of the sign. The first offense would be $1000, the second, $5000, and the third offense would be $10,000. Read More
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HB 7 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 7 would bar the unemployment commission from including the amount of benefits paid to be charged to an employer if the Governor declares at least 50% of the counties in Texas to be in a state of disaster or emergency.Read More
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HB 2415 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2415 would require a marketplace rental provider to collect and report applicable tax on a car rental from the individual renting the car and to submit those taxes to the county or municipality. HB 2415 would create an offense if the owner or provider required to file a report fails to make and retain complete records for four years. The bill also would provide clarification on the collection, record, and payment of taxes on rental cars...Read More
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HB 1575 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1575 would establish the uniform applicability of certain general good government provisions to each state agency subject to review by the Sunset Commission under the Texas Sunset Act. These provisions would include restrictions on who may serve as a public member of the agency's policymaking body, establish conflict of interest prohibitions, require the governor to designate a member of the policymaking body as the body's presiding...Read More
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HB 376 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 376 would make all engagement in sexual contact with an individual in custody by a correctional facility employee or peace officer a second-degree felony, regardless of whether the person in custody is a juvenile or not. Currently the penalty for improper sexual contact in these circumstances is a state jail felony.Read More
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HB 67 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 67 would prohibit HOAs from imposing or enforcing a mandate that prevents property owners from installing swimming pool enclosures on their own property. The bill would however allow an HOA to prohibit a pool enclosure from being any color other than black.Read More
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HB 1410 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1410 would allow certain obligations, that are funded by property taxes and issued by certain water districts for financing a recreational facility, to exceed 1% of the value of the taxable
property in the district if it meets certain criteria such as a ratio of debt to valuation of 10% or less and an approved credit rating and a contract with a political subdivision among other things.HB 1410 would also amend the law to loosen restrictions...Read More
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HB 1325 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1325 would add the medical school at the
University of Houston and the college of osteopathic medicine at
Sam Houston State University to the list of participants in the Joint Admission Medical Program.Read More
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HB 544 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 544 would charge the Health and Human Services Commission to
adopt minimum certifications for recovery homes that are consistent with
standards from the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. Municipalities and counties would be restricted from
adopting or enforcing ordinances, orders, or other regulations that prevent a
recovery house from operating in a residential community. Recovery homes that do not become certified...Read More
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HB 3889 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3889 would require that, if the
agency establishes a program that provides broadband Internet
access to public school students, the agency may not require a
student who is educationally disadvantaged to pay any fees or costs
for the program.Read More
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SB 21 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 21 would make certain changes to the bail system. If a
defendant is charged with an offense while released on bail for a previous
offense, only the court before whom the case for the previous offense is
pending would be able to release the defendant on bail. It would prohibit
personal bonds for defendants charged with committing an offense while released
on bail for a previous violent offense or who have been convicted of a previous
violent...Read More
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