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SB 2094 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2094 would require a school district to establish a committee to address accelerated instruction for each student who fails to achieve satisfactory performance on certain
assessment instruments. Accelerated learning could be provided by allowing a student to be assigned to an exemplary teacher or through supplemental instruction. The bill provides guidelines for how a school district must address students who fail the assessment...Read More
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SB 1921 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1921 would require the Health and Human Services Commission to provide to a public or private provider of behavioral health services medical assistance reimbursement through a free-for-service delivery model for behavioral health or physical health services. Such services would have been provided to a recipient before that recipient's enrollment with and receipt of medical assistance services through a managed care organization. SB 1921...Read More
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SB 1020 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1020 would allow a state agency to reimburse a state employee for groceries purchased within the employee’s designated headquarters if the employee buys the groceries the day before or the day when they travel for state business and consumes the groceries while away from their designated headquarters on state business.Read More
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SB 518 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 518 would allow projects in counties with a population of not more than one million to use data compiled by the Texas Workforce Commission’s Labor Market and Career Information Department to determine the prevailing wages of public work contracts. This state data would only be able to be used if there was no data available through the Office of Management and Budget in the Standard
Occupational Classification system. Read More
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SB 1936 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1936 would require a court in a child custody case, notwithstanding specific exceptions, to alter the beginning and ending times of a standard possession order to provide that the possessory conservator has access to the child if they live within 50 miles of the child's primary residence and have made the elections for certain alternative beginning and ending possession times. If enacted, the Attorney General's office would have...Read More
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SB 1901 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1901 would expand existing law allowing the secretary of state to order an official administering the state’s electoral processes to correct offending conduct if the secretary of state determines that the action of the election official causes a delay or cancels an election which they do not have the authority to delay or cancel, unless they are acting under an order of a court. Read More
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SB 734 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 734 would add to the list of eligible organizations that may qualify for an ad valorem tax exemption, a charitable organization that provides services related to the placement of a child in a foster or adoptive home or that provides relief to women who are pregnant and are considering placing their child up for adoption.Read More
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SB 598 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 598 would require that all electronic voting systems have a paper record of votes or produces a paper receipt by which a voter can verify that the voter’s ballot will be counted accurately. The electronic vote would serve as the official record of the ballot unless there is a recount, in which case the paper record of the vote would be used. The auditable voting systems would be required for elections beginning September...Read More
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SB 452 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 452 would revise and update certain requirements for early intervention parent education programs. Specifically, the bill would require the state to provide evidence-based care for early intervention parent education programs and for at-risk families. SB 452 would define evidence-based practice as a practice as an evidence-based program or practice is associated with a national organization, institution of higher education, or national...Read More
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SB 507 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 507 would grant broadband-only providers the ability to install, repair, and maintain broadband installations in TxDot rights-of-way. Read More
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SB 321 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 321 would establish a new cash balance retirement plan for new state employees starting on or after September 1, 2022. The bill would also require the state to make annual amortization payments to the ERS trust fund in order to start paying down the existing unfunded liability.Read More
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SB 912 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 912 would increase the penalty for knowingly participating in a riot from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony if the offender knowingly assaults or attempts to assault someone they know to be a first responder in the performance of their duties. A first responder wearing their distinctive uniform or badge would create a rebuttable presumption that the offender knew of their status. SB 912 would also require a court to order a...Read More
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HR 253 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HR 253 would designate November 2021 as Ukrainian Genocide Remembrance Month.Read More
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SB 68 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 68 would create a duty for a peace officer to intervene when another officer uses excessive force against a suspect and the officer should know that the use of force violates the law, puts the suspect at risk of unnecessary bodily injury, and is not required to apprehend the suspect. If enacted, a peace officer who witnesses excessive force would be required to make a report of the incident and deliver it to their supervisor.Read More
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SB 1865 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1865 would create an oversize/overweight permit for vehicles used to paint highways stripes. The permit would be required to be renewed annually.An application for the permit would be subject to a fee established by the board of TxDMV, in consultation with the Texas Transportation Commission, not to exceed $7,000. The first $1,000 of the fee would be to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the general revenue fund; and any amount...Read More
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SB 334 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 334 would allow an arbitrator, at appraisal review board's order detemering the protest on a property owner's appeal of the appraised value of a property, to have access to certain confidential information that was used in determining the value of the property. Read More
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SB 1171 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1171 would require that all assessment instruments required in grades three through eight, end-of-course assessments, and assessment instruments given in
Spanish, be administered electronically unless otherwise provided by commissioner rule. The bill also allows the instructional materials and technology allotment given to school districts be used to pay for adequate internet connectivity and training of personnel on the electronic...Read More
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SB 149 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 149 would expand the current law regarding the operation of an unmanned aircraft over a correctional facility, detention facility, or critical infrastructure facility to now include a public or private airport
depicted in any current aeronautical chart published by the Federal
Aviation Administration and a military installation owned or
operated by or for the federal government, the state, or another governmental entity. The bill...Read More
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SB 415 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 415 would provide guidance regarding the ownership and deployment of battery storage devices in the ERCOT market. This bill would allow a transmission and distribution utility, with PUC approval, to contract with a power generation company to provide electric energy from an electric energy storage facility to ensure reliable service to distribution customers, contingent on the use of such a facility being more cost-effective than construction...Read More
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SB 1114 |
87(R) - 2021 |
Under current law, if a registrar is notified that a registered voter has been excused from jury service due to citizenship status, the registrar is required to contact the voter and require proof of citizenship. SB 1114 would amend the statute to add that a registrar must also require proof of citizenship upon notification that a registered voter has indicated a lack of citizenship status in connection with a motor vehicle or Department...Read More
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