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HB 2105 |
86(R) - 2019 |
The Bell County Water Control and Improvement District 1 (WCID 1) is a wholesale water entity found in Killeen that sells water to Bell County, as well as some surrounding areas. HB 2105 would expand representation on the board to the total area served, rather than just residents of the City of Killeen, among other board changes.Read More
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HB 1516 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Currently, Texas Southern University is one of two public universities that must obtain legislative re-authorization every five years to charge students an intercollegiate athletics fee. HB 1516 would repeal certain provisions relating to prohibiting Texas Southern University from imposing an athletics fee for more than five academic years unless certain conditions are met.Read More
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HB 737 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 737 would require the creation of specialty license plates for public school teachers. One set of plates would be made available for teachers with 15 or more years of experience while another would be made for retired teachers with at least 20 years of experience. Teachers choosing the license plates would be exempt from the typical registration fee for one set of plates, but would have to pay a $10 issuance fee for the Texas Teacher...Read More
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HB 1142 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1142 would allow certain counties (counties with a population between 125,000 and 140,000 which are not served by a public hospital or hospital district and are not adjacent to a population with one million+ population) to create a Local Provider Participation Fund (LPPF) to collect mandatory payments based on paying hospital net patient revenue to provide the non-federal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program.Under this...Read More
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HB 545 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 545 would add to the offense of unlawful transfer of a firearm: knowingly selling, renting or giving a
firearm to a person who the actor knows, or has reasonable cause to
believe, is receiving inpatient mental health
services because of a court order, a person who has been acquitted in a criminal
case by reason of insanity or lack of mental responsibility (regardless of whether they were ordered by a court to receive
inpatient treatment...Read More
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HB 3303 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3303 would require the court to consider whether a defendant is the sole
caretaker of a child when deciding, for certain violations of the terms of community supervision, whether to revoke, continue, or modify a defendant's
community supervision. The bill would also require the state's attorney to include a statement regarding whether the defendant is a sole caretaker of a child in any
motion to revoke, continue, or modify...Read More
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HB 917 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under existing statute, certain municipalities are permitted to certify peace officers to enforce vehicle safety standards. HB 917 would expand this authority to additional bracketed municipalities.Read More
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HB 145 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 145 would provide that the fees for services by the offices of the sheriff and constables, if the commissioners court does not set the fees, would remain the same as the fees set for the preceding fiscal year, rather than the fees in effect on August 31, 1981 as current law requires.Read More
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SB 1119 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1119 would require the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to develop an initiative to reduce the adverse health impacts of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity for adults and children in border counties. This would include promoting educational resources, screening persons at risk for those conditions, and referrals to and treatment by health care providers for those conditions. DSHS would also be required to conduct an outreach...Read More
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HB 1325 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1325 would create the Hemp Farming Act which concerns the production and
regulation of low-THC hemp and products made from hemp. This bill would allow the development of new
commercial markets for farmers and businesses through the sale of hemp-related products and promote the expansion of this state’s hemp industry to the
maximum extent permitted by law. The bill would allow farmers and businesses to cultivate, handle,...Read More
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HB 2912 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2912 would authorize images to be taken by unmanned aircraft for the purposes of disaster preparedness and maintenance of public infrastructure by a certain county (Fort Bend County).Read More
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SB 2286 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2322 would allow Wichita County to create a Local Provider Participation Fund (LPPF) in order to collect mandatory payments based on paying hospital net patient revenue to provide the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program. Under this bill, money deposited to the fund may only be used to: Fund intergovernmental transfers from the municipality to the state to provide the nonfederal share of a Medicaid...Read More
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HB 2101 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2101 would create a mandatory registration requirement for reroofers. Reroofing is the repair or remodel of an existing roof, as opposed to the construction of a roof on a new build. Certain exemptions would apply.The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) would be required to administer and enforce the provisions of the bill. The Commission on Licensing and Regulation (commission) would be required to establish the requirements...Read More
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HB 1477 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1477 would create the emergency medical services assistance program account as a dedicated account in the general revenue fund, and limit the appropriation of money in the account to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to provide grants to: (1) emergency medical services (EMS) providers applying for assistance under the program; (2) trauma service area regional advisory councils; (3) provide funding to a general academic teaching...Read More
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HB 3397 |
86(R) - 2019 |
According to the author's statement, almost a decade ago, the Legislature established the emergency radio infrastructure account to speed development and operation of an interoperable statewide emergency radio infrastructure. After Hurricane Harvey, the Department of Public Safety indicated that there remain unappropriated funds for radio infrastructure.HB 3397 would appropriate $23 million from the emergency radio account in the general...Read More
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HB 3424 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3424 would define "exculpatory results" to include DNA test results that indicate a match between an unidentified DNA profile on the evidence tested and another individual's DNA profile contained in a DNA database or otherwise in the possession of a law enforcement agency. In other words, DNA evidence that does not match the defendant, but matches with another DNA profile in the agency's database, would be considered exculpatory...Read More
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HB 975 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 975 would mandate that the State Board of Education require school board members to complete training on school safety. The SBOE would be required to coordinate with the Texas School Safety Center to create the training curriculum. Read More
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HB 2642 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2642 would require school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to annually report through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) the number of reported incidents of bullying that have occurred on campus. Schools would be required to specify the number of incidents of bullying that included cyberbullying. Read More
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HB 2884 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2884 would authorize state agencies to contract with a cloud computing service provider for certain information resources technology and software application services, or to use a statewide technology center for those services (as is currently required).Read More
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HB 1320 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1320 would stipulate that a person who has been placed under a custodial or
noncustodial arrest for commission of certain crimes is entitled to have all records and files relating to
the arrest expunged if they complete a mental
health court program and meet other qualifying conditions. Offenders would be eligible for an expunction of arrest records and files only
if they have not previously received an
expunction for completing...Read More
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