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HB 70 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB
70 would require the Department of Agriculture to include in its strategic plan a goal to prevent crop diseases and plant pests in this state. A number of methods to achieve the goal are specified. Read More
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HB 274 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 274 is enabling legislation to implement in statute the provisions of HJR 145 which proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize the disaster reinvestment and infrastructure planning board to issue general obligation bonds to help fund recovery efforts for political subdivisions located in a disaster area. The amount of the bonds would be capped at $500 million dollars.HB 274 would create a disaster reinvestment and...Read More
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SB 627 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 627 is the sunset review bill for the Red River Authority. The bill extends the authority's operations to 2031 and institutes a host of recommendations from the Sunset Commission, including changes to required training.The bill would add a number of grounds for removal from the board and update certain processes related to removing a board member. A person appointed to the board would be entitled to reimbursement of travel expenses...Read More
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SB 626 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 626 is the sunset review bill for the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority. The bill would extend the authority's operations to 2031 and would institute a host of recommendations from the Sunset Commission. The bill would stipulate that the presiding officer of the board who is appointed by the governor serves at the pleasure of the governor, meaning the governor could replace the board president prior to the expiration of the board president's...Read More
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SB 625 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 625 is the sunset review bill for the Nueces River Authority. The bill would extended the authority's operations until 2031 and would institute a number of recommendations put forth by the Sunset Commission, such as making the president of the board appointed by the Governor as opposed to elected by the board, and creating new policies regarding required training, dispute resolution, and hearings. Read More
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SB 614 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 614 would continue the Finance Commission of Texas, the Texas Department of Banking, and the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending until 2031 and adopt several procedural changes in an attempt to increase efficiency and remove unnecessary regulation as recommended by the Sunset Commission. This includes creating training manuals, advisory committees, developing a complaint filing system, and reducing registration and occupational...Read More
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SB 612 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 612 would continue the State Office of Risk Management (SORM), which is subject to abolition under the Sunset Act this year. It would also adopt some recommendations made by the Sunset Advisory Commission to maximize resources and reduce costs.Read More
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SB 607 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 607 would continue the responsibilities and functions of the Veteran's Land Board, and create training manuals for each member of the commission. The board would be required to develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policy-making responsibilities of the board and management responsibilities of the executive secretary, assistant executive secretary, and staff of the board. As a constitutionally-created board, the...Read More
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SB 606 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 606 would provide that a person who is
appointed to and qualifies for office as a director of the Lower Colorado River Authority may not vote,
deliberate, or be counted as a director in attendance at a board
meeting until the person completes a training program. People appointed to the board would be entitled to travel reimbursement. The bill would require the board to develop and implement a policy that provides a structure for...Read More
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SB 645 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 645 would repeal sections of the Alcoholic Beverage Code which prohibit any person from holding an interest, directly or indirectly, in more than five package (liquor) stores, and which would allow one or two persons who are related and have a majority of the ownership of two or more package store permits to consolidate the package store businesses into a single legal entity.Read More
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SB 2381 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2381 would remove a prohibition on having a knife with a blade of over 5.5 inches in establishments which have more than 51% of their sales consist of alcohol for consumption on the premises, amusement parks, and places of religious worship. Read More
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SB 1899 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under current law, a civil action related to Medicaid fraud brought by a private person may be dismissed before the end of the period in which the petition remains under seal only if the court and the attorney general consent in writing to the dismissal and state their reasons for consenting. SB 1899 would allow the court and attorney general to consent to a dismissal at any time, not only during the period during which...Read More
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SB 2114 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 2114 would require a law enforcement agency that files a case with the attorney
representing the state to submit to the prosecutor a written statement from an officer employed
by the agency that attests that all exculpatory, impeaching, or mitigating evidence in possession
of the investigating agency has been released to the state's attorney.
The bill also requires that any of this evidence collected after the
investigating agency...Read More
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SB 1803 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1834 would prohibit a person that was charged with continuous trafficking of persons or aggravated promotion of prostitution to be placed on deferred adjudication with community supervision. In addition, offenders charged with indecency with a child above 14 years of age, sexual assault, or aggravated sexual assault would not be allowed to be placed on community supervision. Read More
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SB 1780 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1780 would authorize the Health and Human Services Commission to enter into certain value-based arrangements for the Medicaid vendor drug program by written agreement with a manufacturer based on outcome data or other metrics to which the state and manufacturer agree in writing. The value-based arrangement may include a rebate, a discount, a price reduction, a contribution, risk sharing, reimbursement, payment deferral or installment...Read More
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SB 1672 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1672 would establish an early plant pest detection and surveillance system through cooperative agreements with the Texas Department of Agriculture and universities in the state. Universities that apply and are accepted to enter into this agreement shall use any money received under a cooperative agreement to carry out early pest detection and surveillance approved by the department. Duties would include detecting invasive pests before...Read More
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SB 1164 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1164 would require the court to order any item bearing a counterfeit trademark seized in connection with Counterfeit Trademarking be forfeited to the owner of the protected mark, or destroyed after the final conviction or placement on deferred
adjudication community supervision. Read More
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SB 1691 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1691 would require the Department of Public Safety to expedite an application for a license to carry a handgun if the applicant submits an active protective order or emergency order of protection with the application materials. Also, this bill would waive any fee required for the issuance of an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license if the applicant submits a copy of the protective order or emergency order of protection.The...Read More
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SB 1370 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1370 would require an invoice submitted to a state agency under a contract for legal services to be submitted to the attorney general by the agency’s office of general counsel within 25 days of the date the agency receives the invoice. The attorney general must review the invoice to determine that the legal services for which the agency is billed are within the terms and scope of the legal services authorized by the contract. The bill...Read More
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SB 1313 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1313 would direct the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to develop and implement a school-based demonstration program focusing on childhood obesity, as well as a chronic disease prevention demonstration program for adults in certain border counties. It also provides for DSHS to work with the appropriate medical and health education experts, as well as with state agencies. Read More
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