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SB 1834 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1834 would require the Texas Department of Transportation to "establish a system to
track liquidated damages, including road user costs, retained by
the department associated with delayed transportation project
contracts."Read More
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SB 26 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, certain programs and incentives exist to promote the use of vehicles which implement alternative fuels. SB 26 would expand and create more such programs.State agencies would be required to acquire alternative fuel vehicles during replacements, and political subdivisions would be encouraged to do the same. Statewide incentives and grant programs would be created for the purchase or lease of alternative fuel vehicles. Current...Read More
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SB 1090 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, it is prohibited to restrain a dog at certain times and in certain conditions. SB 1090 would create a new chapter in the Health and Safety code dedicated to regulations relating to the restraint of a dog and leaving a dog unattended. Other than as provided in a few exceptions, it would be required to provide adequate shelter, supplies, and implement appropriate restraining systems for dogs. Offenses would be a Class C misdemeanor.Read More
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HB 3872 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would modify the code of criminal procedure to allow certain individuals who have been convicted of a crime to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. If DNA test results from a laboratory that has since been deemed to engage in faulty testing practices was presented as evidence in a convicted person’s trial, they may be granted relief if this bill passes. Read More
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SB 1780 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the commissioners courts of bracketed counties are permitted to set compensation and allowances for a county auditor that exceeds limitations established in state code. SB 1780 would add to this list of exceptions a county with a population of more than 11,000 and less than 11,650.Read More
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SB 1665 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1665 would give the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas the authority to invest in any derivative instrument and any other instrument commonly used by institutional investors. The board may also delegate discretionary investment authority to external investment managers to manage no more than 30 percent of the retirement system’s assets.Read More
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SB 1664 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1664 would establish within the Teacher Retirement System procedures to determine the status of an individual as an employee or independent contractor; due dates for payments of certain services; procedures for the receiving of payment for service credit; and other procedures associated to the administration of contributions and benefits.An annuity payment may not be increased until the retirement system has paid the full cost of the...Read More
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SB 1663 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1663 would establish revised procedures for the change in retirement payment plan from optional annuity to a standard retirement annuity; procedures to reduce the optional retirement annuity regarding the death of active members; rules to determine the employment status of a retiree by a Texas public educational institution; procedures for the maintenance and reporting of assets; a late fee for an employer’s failure to remit all deposits...Read More
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SB 1592 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would change the administrative penalty assessed against freestanding emergency medical care facilities to not more than $25,000 in total. Each day a violation continues or occurs would be a separate violation, but the total amount would not be able to exceed $25,000. This is a change from current law, which sets the limit at $5,000.Read More
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HB 2880 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would modify the penalty for the threat of
exhibiting a firearm in certain circumstances. Under current law, it is a third-degree
felony to threaten to exhibit or use a firearm on or in any school property including a school bus. If this bill passes, a threat to exhibit or use a firearm in
or on certain private and public school property or on a school bus, would be
punishable as a Class A misdemeanor.Read More
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SB 1056 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, venue for a probate proceeding related to a will or letters testamentary is held in the decedent's residential county, county of death, county of principal estate, or the county of the next of kin. If no immediate family member of the decedent resides in the same county in which the decedent resided, SB 1056 would allow a judge to transfer proceedings upon the motion of the executor or administrator to the county...Read More
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SB 810 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill seeks to implement incentives for faculty at universities to use more open educational sources. The bill would require notice to be given to a student if an open education source is required or recommended for a particular class. It would also establish a grant program that would help fund courses that use open source textbooks and literature.Read More
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SB 670 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Currently the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission appoints the commissioners of the Department of State Health
Services and the Department of Family and Protective Services. This bill would would instead vest the governor with authority to make those appointments with the advice and consent of the Senate.Read More
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SB 625 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 625 would require the comptroller to create and make publicly accessible by September 1, 2018, a database that contains information regarding all active special purpose districts of this state that are authorized to impose an ad valorem or sales tax, an assessment, or a fee, and have met other additional conditions. The database will include a required criteria of information on each special purpose district, and the comptroller will...Read More
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SB 498 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, individuals for which a guardian has been appointed are often referred to as a “ward.” SB 498 would require the code and governmental entities to show preference for more respectful terms, such as “person,” “person with guardian,” or “incapacitated person.”Read More
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SB 491 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) is permitted to contract with organizations to operate statewide preceptorship programs for internal medicine and general pediatrics. SB 491 would also allow the THECB to contract with organizations to operate the preceptorship program for family medicine.Read More
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SB 490 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, each school district and open-enrollment charter school is required to submit certain information to the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS). SB 490 would require these schools to include in their PEIMS reporting information regarding the availability of “full-time equivalent counselors” (individuals who spend at least 40 hours a week counseling).Read More
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SB 584 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the Texas Medical Board to adopt guidelines for prescription of opioid antagonists. The bill also has a provision stating that physicians would not be subject to civil or criminal liability for prescribing or failing to prescribe an opioid antagonist or for any resulting outcome if they acted in good faith and with reasonable care. Read More
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SB 468 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 468 would amend Local Government Code by adding a subsection that would allow certain municipalities the option of determining extraterritorial jurisdictions based on the statute governing all counties as opposed to a different set of rules enacted by the 84th Legislature that are bracketed specifically for those municipalities.The issue this bill is intended to address is well explained in the author's statement of intent quoted below:"The...Read More
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SB 455 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission is required to create the Employment-First Task Force to promote competitive employment of individuals with disabilities. SB 455 would make some minor adjustments to where the members of the task force are sourced from; require the task force to provide assistance to state agencies in implementing their policies; require the task force to meet quarterly; and...Read More
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