Bill Analysis

BILL NAME SESSION ANALYSIS
HB 4765 86(R) - 2019 HB 4765 would create the Harris County Improvement District No. 27 to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district via improvements and projects.Read More
HB 555 86(R) - 2019 HB 555 would clarify that the sole managing conservator's role includes applying for, maintaining, and possessing the child's passport.Read More
HB 510 86(R) - 2019 HB 510 would allow certain counties with jurisdiction over a park to create "reasonable rules" concerning the use of the park, and would allow them to enforce those rules with a Class C misdemeanor penalty. This may include hours of operation, glass bottle use, preserving vegetation, and/or protection of historical monuments, among other things.Read More
HB 91 86(R) - 2019 HB 91 would establish a color-coded identification system for identifying individuals and their needs in a declared state of disaster. If a person elects to participate in the disaster identification system, they would affix to each individual and domesticated animal in the person's household an illuminated display of certain colors.Read More
HCR 140 86(R) - 2019 HCR 140 would designate the year 2020 as "The Year to Embrace the Gulf."Read More
HB 4730 86(R) - 2019 HB 4730 would create a Municipal Management District (MMD) in El Paso "to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district," among other things.Read More
HB 4429 86(R) - 2019 HB 4429 would require the Texas Veterans Commission to contract with local mental health authorities to provide veterans and immediate family members mental health first aid training as part of the current mental health program for veterans. The Department of State Health Services would also be required to include such training in their mental health intervention program for veterans.Read More
HB 3950 86(R) - 2019 HB 3950 would establish a joint committee on child welfare in order to address a statewide plan for the continued implementation of community-based care that relates to family preservation and other related prevention services that are under the authority of the Department of Family Services (DFPS) and the Health and Human Service Commission (HHSC).Read More
HB 4390 86(R) - 2019 Under current law, businesses in this state which own or license computerized data that includes sensitive personal information are required to make certain notifications in the event of a data breach. HB 4390 would add some specificity to the notice requirements and add a requirement to notify the attorney general if the breach involves at least 250 residents of this state. Specific requirements for the AG notice are prescribed.HB 4390...Read More
HB 4372 86(R) - 2019 HB 4372 would require the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), in making a determination on issuance, renewal, or revocation of a youth camp operator's license, to consider whether the youth camp employs or formerly employed an individual who was convicted of an act of sexual abuse arising from the individual's employment with the camp. It would also establish a procedure for DSHS to forward a report of alleged abuse of...Read More
HB 4347 86(R) - 2019 HB 4347 would allow certain municipalities to use hotel occupancy tax revenue for funding a variety hotel and convention center projects, among other things.Read More
HB 4749 86(R) - 2019 HB 4749 seeks to create a Municipal Utility District (MUD) that would focus on road construction, drainage, wastewater, and other fundamental needs. The bill would also allow the district to issue bonds and levy ad valorem taxes. This district may be split up if it does not issue bonds or impose taxes. The first five members of the board of directors are appointed and temporary. The district is located in Smith County. The bill would prohibit...Read More
HB 4181 86(R) - 2019 HB 4181 would make a variety of noncontroversial procedural and administrative changes in the legislature, including updates to procedures for the first day of a legislative session, oath of office ceremonies etc. The bill would also make major changes including codifying vast new legislative privilege exempting a wide array of legislative communications from being subject to disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act. The bill...Read More
HB 4706 86(R) - 2019 HB 4706 would create the North Celina Municipal Management District No. 3 in Collin County.Read More
HB 4703 86(R) - 2019 HB 4703 would create the Harris County Improvement District No. 28 to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district via improvements and projects.Read More
HB 4130 86(R) - 2019 HB 4130 would amend current election law to allow certain certified electronic devices to be utilized to accept voters at a polling place. Relevant standards would be prescribed and rules would be adopted by the Secretary of State. This bill specifies requirements that must be met, and capabilities that must be deliverable, by the device.Read More
HB 4032 86(R) - 2019 HB 4032 would introduce a sales tax exemption for boats or motors if they are sold in the state for use in another state or country and are removed from the state within a certain number of days from purchase. It would also provide for a tax exemption for a boat or boat motor used in or brought into Texas for use if the boat or motor: (1) has a current certificate number issued under federal law, (2) displays an applicable temporary use...Read More
HB 3910 86(R) - 2019 HB 3910 would authorize the county commissioners court with a population of more than two million that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than one million, and in which a county civil service system has been created, to establish one or more supplemental commissions to assist the county civil service commission in administering the system.Read More
HB 3906 86(R) - 2019 HB 3906 would give schools flexibility in administering standardized assessment instruments, requiring that schools allow for 120 minutes per test for each test in 3rd grade through 5th grade and 180 minutes per test in 6th grade through 8th grade. This would allow schools to administer the STAAR test in in multiple shorter segments over more than one day, giving students more overall time to complete the assessment. Additionally, the...Read More
HB 3809 86(R) - 2019 HB 3809 would increase the statute of limitations for bringing a civil action related to sexual assault of a child, aggravated sexual assault of a child or continuous sexual abuse of a child from 15 to 30 years. Read More