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HB 13 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would require physicians who perform abortions to report to the Health and Human Services Commission certain information pertaining to complications arising from an abortion. The commission would be required to create a form for the submission of such reports. The commission would be required to publish aggregate abortion complication data on its website annually. Physicians or health care facilities would be subject to a $500...Read More
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SB 13 |
85(1) - 2017 |
SB 13 would streamline the process of applying for local building permits. Among other things, the bill would place tighter deadlines on local governments and regulatory bodies to act on permit applications, require opportunities for applicants to fix any deficiencies which may cause an application to be denied, create more certainty in the application process by requiring timely disclosure of any reasons for preliminary denial of an application,...Read More
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SB 15 |
85(1) - 2017 |
SB 15 would preempt existing local laws regarding use of a mobile device while operating a motor vehicle, effectively leaving in place one uniform statewide law as enacted during the regular session of the 85th legislature.Read More
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SB 14 |
85(1) - 2017 |
SB 14 would, with limited exceptions, prohibit local governments and other political subdivisions from regulating and prohibiting the removal of trees and vegetation from private property by the property owner. Read More
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HB 1 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would extend until September 1, 2019 the sunset date of the occupational licensing boards of several licensed professions including the Texas Medical Board, Texas State
Board of Examiners of Psychologists, Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family
Therapists, Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, and Texas State Board of
Social Worker Examiners. If not extended, these licensing boards would expire...Read More
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SB 18 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would enact a cap on the rate of growth of municipal spending. The spending growth rate would be capped at population growth times inflation. A local government would be permitted to exceed the spending cap if approved by local voters at an election called for that purpose. Funds from voter approved bonds, as well as gifts, grants, and donations would not be included in the amount of total spending for the purposes of the cap.Read More
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SB 6 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This legislation would reform the municipal annexation process to make it more difficult for local governments to increase their tax base through annexation without the buy-in and agreement of those who would be annexed. This bill would create a system that is more open and transparent and that protects the property rights of affected landowners. Read More
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SB 7 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would prohibit, with some exceptions, public employers from deducting union or professional association dues from the paychecks of public employees. Read More
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SB 3 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would require that each "multiple-occupancy restroom, shower, and
changing facility of a political subdivision, including a public
school district, or an open-enrollment charter school must be
designated for and used only by persons of the same sex as stated on
a person ’s birth certificate."This bill would prohibit a political subdivision from creating a protected class with respect to participation in extracurricular athletics...Read More
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SB 9 |
85(1) - 2017 |
SB 9 would stipulate that the rate of growth of consolidated general revenue appropriations in a fiscal biennium may not exceed the estimated rate of growth of the state's economy as calculated by the average population growth during the preceding biennium multiplied by the average biennial rate of inflation.Read More
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SB 8 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would stipulate that, subject to certain conditions, a health benefit plan may provide coverage for elective abortions only if that coverage is provided separately from other health benefit plan coverage, the enrollee pays the premium coverage for elective abortion separately and in addition to the premium for other health benefit plan coverage, and the enrollee agrees in writing separately to the elective abortion coverage. The...Read More
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SB 73 |
85(1) - 2017 |
Under current law a person may not perform an abortion during the third trimester except under certain circumstances, including the presence of a "severe and irreversible abnormality, identified by reliable diagnostic procedures". This bill would require that for any third trimester abortion performed under the physical abnormality exemption, the physician certify in writing the fetal abnormality identified by the physician. The...Read More
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SB 10 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would require physicians who perform abortions to report to the Health and Human Services Commission certain information pertaining to complications arising from an abortion. The commission would be required to create a form for the submission of such reports. The commission would be required to publish aggregate abortion complication data on its website annually. Physicians or health care facilities would be subject to a $500...Read More
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SB 4 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This bill would prohibit units of government from entering into a "taxpayer
resource transaction or contract with an abortion provider or an
affiliate of an abortion provider." The purpose of this bill is to prevent taxpayer funds or resources at any level of government from being used to support abortion. Read More
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SB 2 |
85(1) - 2017 |
This legislation would add up to $60 million in new facilities funding for open-enrollment charter schools. This bill would create a Financial Hardship Transition Program to help ease financial hardships for school districts affected by expiration of the Additional State Aid for Tax Reduction program. Funds under this program would be distributed by grants which would be available to charter schools in addition to independent school...Read More
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HB 810 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow patients with severe chronic illnesses (as designated by the executive commissioner of Health and Human Services) or terminal illness to have access investigational stem cell treatment with the recommendation of the patient's physician and written informed consent. This bill would not create a new cause of action, and prohibits action against a physician's license based on their recommendation to a patient regarding...Read More
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HCR 101 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would urge Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security act. Read More
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HB 2875 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would authorize the clerk of a court in Willacy County and Starr County to collect a filing fee of not more than $20 in civil cases. The proceeds would be deposited into a special account in the county treasury, and would used for the construction, renovation, or improvement of the facilities that house Willacy County civil courts. It may also be used to pay the principal and interest of bonds issued for the construction, renovation,...Read More
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HB 2766 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the Health and Human Services Commission to collect funds to impose a reinvestment allowance on long term care facilities, excluding those facilities that provide a combination of services on a single campus which may include services covered by this bill, and would prohibit the facility from using the reinvestment allowance as a separate charge on a resident’s billing statement or attempting to charge the reinvestment...Read More
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HB 2442 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow school districts to either report their classroom times in minutes or days, redefining Average Daily Attendance to include students who are in school for at least 240 minutes per day. It provides that a district or charter school is eligible to earn full ADA if the district or school provides at least 43,200 minutes of instructional time to certain students and provides that a district or charter school operating that...Read More
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