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HB 3632 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 3632 would extend the timeline instituted for a due process hearing for the parent of a student who is a servicemember; as according to federal law that protects the guaranteed due process rights of servicemembers in education.Read More
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HB 3453 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, certain regulations on game rooms apply only to bracketed counties. HB 3453 is a bracketed bill that would also apply these regulations to Harrison, Smith, and Tarrant county as well as a county that is located in the Permian Basin within 25 miles of this state’s border with another state of the United States and has a population of more than 130,000.Read More
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HB 867 |
85(R) - 2017 |
There is no provision in current law allowing private schools to hire a school marshal. This bill would permit private schools to hire a school marshal at a ratio of one marshal per 200 students. This bill would also set boundaries on the way private schools can hire school marshals; including the requirement that if private schools hire marshals, than they must be able to conceal carry on grounds, in a way that the school's governing board sees fit.Read More
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HB 674 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 674 would establish a Positive Behavior program that provides for alternative discipline for children in the third grade or younger who violate their school's code of conduct. HB 674 would require that the program not rely on the use of in school or out of school suspension for discipline. This bill would also not allow school districts to suspend children lower than the third grade unless there are issues with drug and weapons offenses.Read More
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HB 1036 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 1036 would amend the Insurance Code to require a health benefit plan that provides coverage to a female who is at least 35 years old must include coverage for digital mammography and breast tomosynthesis. Read More
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HB 2904 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would add the Texas Education Agency to the agencies that are part of the memorandum of understanding to coordinate services for person needing multiagency services, and appoint the division within the Health and Human Services Commission that coordinates policy and delivery of mental health services to oversee the implementation of the joint memorandum of understanding. The bill also clarifies that the memorandum must clarify...Read More
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HB 2886 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would limit the liability of healthcare providers who do not administer prophylaxis to an infant due to the objection of the child’s parents. Read More
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HB 2818 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill further defines what “marriage and family therapy" constitutes. It would also specify that the
practice of marriage and family therapy does not constitute the
practice of medicine and does not include prescribing medication,
treating a physical disease, or providing any service outside the
scope of practice of a licensed marriage and family therapist or a
licensed marriage and family therapist associate.Read More
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HB 1549 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the Department of Family & Protective Services to designate caseworkers to conduct investigations on child fatalities, require the department in certain regions to "use data collected by the department on foster care
capacity needs and availability of each type of foster care and
kinship placement in the region to create a plan to address the
substitute care capacity needs in the region." The bill would require...Read More
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HB 2157 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require that a candidate’s application or petition for a place on the ballot be sworn to or executed by a person authorized to administer oaths in this state. Read More
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HB 3879 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, any party of an eviction suit may represent themselves or may be represented by authorized agents who do not need to be attorneys. This bill would allow parties in an appeal of an eviction suit in a county or district court to be represented by the party’s authorized agent, or by an employee, owner, officer, or partner, none of whom would need to be an attorney.Read More
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HB 2985 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 2985 is a local bill which would modify existing requirements for publishing public notices in newspapers in certain counties.Read More
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HB 214 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 214 would amend the Government Code to require the supreme court and the court of criminal appeals to make a video and audio recording of each oral argument and public meeting of the court available on the court’s website if funds are made available.Read More
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HB 1111 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would specify that individuals released on parole or mandatory supervision who otherwise may not be in a child safety zone, are allowed to be in, or within, the distance decided by the parole board as long as they in or going immediately to or from a parole office, premises of a program the individual is required to attend, a residential facility or residence the individual is required to reside in, or any other authorized facility or residence.Read More
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HB 1542 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require that the Department of Family and Protective Services place a child who needs basic or moderate services in the least restrictive setting and is in the best interest of the child. The department would be required to take into consideration if the placement is the placement with the closest proximity to the child's home, is the most able to meet the needs of the child, and satisfies any expressed interests of the child...Read More
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HB 1151 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow ballots by mail to be accepted until the day after election day not later than 5 pm if the envelope was placed for delivery before election day and bears the cancellation mark of a common or contract carrier or a courier indicating a time not later than 7 pm on election day. Read More
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HB 922 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This is a local bill. HB 922 would create the Southwestern Travis County Groundwater Conversation District, allowing it to collect fees on well construction, permit renewals, service connection, production, and administrative management. The district would not have tax authority. Read More
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HB 714 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 714 would amend Local Government Code related to parking violations on
private property within certain cities. This
bill is a bracketed bill that would only pertain to larger cities. These cities
would be authorized to create a civil offense for parking an unattended vehicle
in the front or side yard of a single family residence in a residential area.
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HB 3690 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would modify provisions related to the Texas Crime
Stoppers Council. Under current law, the executive director of the criminal
justice division of the governor’s office and the Texas Crime Stoppers Council
designate a person to serve as the director. The director must then be approved
by the governor. If this bill passes, the executive director would merely have
to seek input from the council and the director would not have...Read More
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HB 2565 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This is a local bill. HB 2565 would grant the Big Sky Municipal Utility District of Denton County certain powers to implement and finance road projects and firefighter services. This includes the authority to issue bonds and other obligations.Read More
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