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HB 435 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 435 would allow a clerk of court the ability to make a
recording decision in certain cases where fees have been deemed noncollectable. The clerk of a court would be
allowed to document the uncollected fee by attaching it to the case file. In
addition, HB 435 amends the time that is required to pass for the collection
from 20 years to 15 years. The bill would repeal a section in the Code of
Criminal Procedure where this action...Read More
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HB 724 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 724 would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to grant the authorization to discharge groundwater and then subsequently divert and reuse water if it is brackish groundwater or
return flows derived from treated brackish groundwater and the person is authorized to discharge water into the watercourse or stream.Read More
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HB 329 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 329 would provide for concurrent jurisdiction between the state and federal governments of Big Bend National Park and Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River if agreed to by the National Park Service.Read More
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HJR 117 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HJR 117 proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to hold a statewide referendum to allow voters to indicate whether they would prefer to exempt Texas from daylight saving time or observe daylight saving time year-round.Read More
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SB 395 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 395 would remove the timeline requirement for a person with a mental illness to submit original signed copies of reproduced, photocopied, or electronically transmitted paper filed with the county clerk as part of a court proceeding, and provides that a person must maintain possession of the original signed copies, and make them available for inspection, on request of the court. This bill would also require that notice may be given by...Read More
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HB 20 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 20 is enabling legislation for the constitutional amendment proposed by HJR 10 and would only be effective if HJR 10 is approved by the voters in an election. Our bill page for HJR 10 is here. HB 20 would establish guidelines for the management and investment of the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF), the Texas Legacy Fund, and the Texas Legacy Distribution Fund. (The latter two funds do not yet exist but would be created contingent...Read More
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HJR 10 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HJR 10 proposes a constitutional amendment to create two new funds in the state treasury - the Texas Legacy Fund (TLF) and the Texas Legacy Distribution Fund (TLDF). The TLF would initially be funded by a $500 million transfer from the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF).This constitutional amendment would require the comptroller to transfer to the TLF unencumbered funds from General Revenue at the end of each biennium which would normally...Read More
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SB 1458 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1458 would require the Health and Human Services Commission's Office of the Inspector General and HHSC's medical and utilization review appeals unit to comply with the federal coding guidelines adopted by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Privacy Act of 1996.Read More
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HB 2476 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2476 would allow state agencies greater discretion regarding the medium by which they transmit and receive state documents, including through the Internet. The agencies would be required to include cost savings or other efficiencies achieved in their next Legislative Appropriations Request.The bill would additionally require The Texas State Library and Archives Commission to submit a biennial report to the Legislature and the Legislative...Read More
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HB 282 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 282 would revise requirements for law enforcement training schools to include information to assist officers in: recognizing cases that involve child abuse and neglect, family violence, and sexual
assault and the use of best practices to effectively
recognize, investigate, and document those cases. The bill would establish minimum requirements for the
training, testing, and certification of special officers for
responding to allegations...Read More
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HB 3042 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3042 establishes an internship program in that would provide jobs and financial assistance to certain college students. Under the Texas Working Off-Campus Internship Program, the Higher Education Coordinating Board would be required to partner with for-profit and nonprofit entities to provide certain jobs, while also requiring the program to provide a living wage to its participating students. HB 3042 provides...Read More
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HB 390 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 390 would make counties and municipalities automatically eligible to be designated as a defense economic readjustment zone (DERZ) if it is adjacent to or encompasses any part of a federally-owned or operated military installation. This bill also removes the seven-year cap on the period of designation, and allows a municipality to claim the designation as long as the municipality continues to qualify for it. HB 390 also removes restrictions...Read More
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HB 2779 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under the Property Code, current law exempts a number of types of property, income, and investments from being subject to attachment or execution of a lien or other seizure for a creditor's claim. HB 2779 would add to those exemptions certain health and education savings accounts that are exempt from federal income tax or are tax deferred until a benefit is paid out, as well as certain retirement plans.Read More
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HB 2300 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB
2300 would allow eligible political subdivisions to apply for loans for certain
disaster recovery projects. The bill would establish the disaster recovery loan
account in the general revenue fund under the Department of Emergency
Management (TDEM) and would appropriate $60 million through the biennium. Read More
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HB 695 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 695 would allow police officers of the city of Jacksonville to apply for certification to enforce vehicle safety standards. Read More
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HB 925 |
86(R) - 2019 |
This bill would change the number of directors on the board for the Gateway Groundwater Conservation District to no more than two per county in the district. The bill also authorizes the board to change that number in the future in the event of the district annexing territory. Read More
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HB 1618 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1618 would make surviving family members of a member of the Texas Military Forces who is killed while on state active duty eligible for state death benefits which are currently payable to the surviving spouse, children, or parents of a number of other public servants killed in the line of duty. The state death benefit would only be payable if the surviving family member is not otherwise eligible for a federal death benefit.Read More
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HB 1455 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1455 would prohibit a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager that audits wholesale invoices from auditing the pharmacy claims of another health benefit plan or pharmacy benefit manager. It would also require that a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager reverse a finding of a discrepancy if certain conditions are met. This bill is intended to prevent abusive auditing practices arising from legitimate differences...Read More
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HB 3786 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3786 would create a Family Drug Court Fund in general revenue to offer grants to counties for the creation of family drug courts. The bill would additionally require all counties that have not established family drug courts to study what effect the creation of one would have in the county. Counties which have completed the study and have submitted a detailed proposal on establishing a county family drug court would then be granted funds...Read More
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HB 1784 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1784 would make a variety of updates to promote state records and data storage management. Among other things, the bill would create a State Information Governance Coordinator in The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) to improve and assist with the records management programs of state agencies. The bill would also rename the Statewide Data Coordinator position in the Department of Information Resources to Chief Data...Read More
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