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SB 248 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 248 would allow the board of directors of a special utility district to dissolve the district under certain circumstances. In order to dissolve the district, its assets, liabilities, and certificate of convenience and necessity must have previously been transferred to, or assumed by, another political subdivision. A two-thirds vote of the members of the board would be required and pending litigation must be resolved for dissolution to occur. Read More
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SB 196 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require all public schools, including charter schools, to mail parents or post on their website, a report that informs if it is the case that the school does not employ a full time nurse, counselor, or librarian. A school district qualifies as having a full time nurse, librarian, or school counselor if they employ more than one of either and regular student instruction is covered by the assignment of at least one at each position.Read More
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SB 1215 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1215 would amend the Business & Commerce Code to add that a contractor is not responsible for the defects in and can not warranty the accuracy of plans provided to the contractor by the person with whom the contractor has entered the contract. An amendment was adopted on the Senate Floor that would require a contractor to disclose to the owner a condition discovered during construction that was not known or could not have reasonably...Read More
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SB 1138 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would codify into statute Governor Rick Perry’s 2008 executive order dealing with the process for apprehending a person suspected of killing or seriously injuring a police officer. The Blue Alert program established an alert system to notify participating media outlets and law enforcement agencies throughout the state of a missing suspect who has either killed or caused serious bodily injury to a police officer. This bill establishes...Read More
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SB 132 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, state agencies are permitted to keep one-fourth of financial savings that does not exceed one percent of nonfederal funding, the remainder of any financial savings go back in to the state's general revenue fund. SB 132 would change this to allow state agencies to keep one-half of savings, half of which would be applied to principal bond payments or employee bonuses. Bonuses would be capped and upper management would be...Read More
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SB 801 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require that all instructional and supplementary materials, that are in use by teachers, be suitable for the subject and grade level for which the material was submitted and be reviewed by academic experts in the subject and grade level for which the instructional material was submitted. Read More
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SB 679 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, licensed doctors, osteopathy, and podiatrists can form a jointly owned corporation to perform health care services. SB 679 would allow licensed chiropractors to also form a jointly owned corporation. Read More
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SB 1553 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would mandate school districts have clear policies when it comes to rules regarding when and how people can be ejected from district property. More specifically it would only allow a district to refuse entry or eject a parent from the district's property under very specific conditions, with verbal warnings, and would require the district notify the parent of behavior they consider inappropriate as well as an appeals process.The...Read More
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SB 15 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 15 would entitle the surviving
spouse of a first responder who is killed or fatally injured in the line of
duty to an exemption from taxation of the total appraised value of
the surviving spouse’s residence homestead if the surviving spouse is determined to be eligible by the Employees Retirement System and if the spouse has not
re-married.Read More
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SB 1148 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1148 would amend the Occupations Code to prohibit a managed care plan issuer from differentiating between physicians based solely on a physician's Maintenance of Certification (MOC) with the American Board of Medical
Specialties (ABMS) or the American Osteopathic Board (AOB). Certain medical facilities and mental health facilities would also be prohibited, with certain exceptions, from discriminating based on a physician's maintenance...Read More
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SB 1481 |
85(R) - 2017 |
The bill would require the State Board of Education to consider a school district's need for technology as well as
instructional materials in reviewing and adopting instructional materials,and would allow the agency to limit the adoption of instructional materials to provide sufficient resources to purchase
technology resources.. This bill would also establish the open education resource that would utilize teaching and learning materials...Read More
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SB 2270 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Currently, the state runs a pilot program that institutes pre-kindergarten in a county that borders the US-Mexico border. SB 2270 would expand the pre-kindergarten pilot program by having it apply to the entire Region One education service area, which is much of the Rio Grande valley and South Texas.Read More
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SB 2188 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 2188 would make those who are over 18 years of age, and are taught in an off campus instructional facility, considered full time students if they receive 20 hours of classroom contact a week, and part time, if they receive less than 20 but 10 or more hours of contact. The Texas Education Agency is not required to implement the legislation in the absence of an appropriation. Read More
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SB 1854 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1854 would direct each campus level committee, at least once every school year, to evaluate the paper work that is required from teachers and determine how to efficiently transfer these paperwork and reporting duties to non-instructional staff. Read More
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SJR 34 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SJR 34 seeks to update the way appointed, senate confirmed positions are handled after the expiration of a term of office. Currently office holders in appointed positions sometimes stay as "holdovers" after the expiration of their term to prevent a vacancy before their replacement is appointed and confirmed. This may be beneficial for continuance of governance but the practice lends itself to having too many people continuing to conduct...Read More
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SB 1091 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would place limits on what will count toward dual credit in Chapter 28 of the Education code. The courses that can be offered in dual credit must be a part of the core curriculum of the university, a career and technical education course or a foreign language course; unless it is an early college education program established under Chapter 29 of the Education Code which deals with Special Education Programs.Read More
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SJR 1 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SJR 1 proposes a constitutional amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a first responder killed or fatally injured in the line of duty to receive exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of their residence homestead if the surviving spouse has not remarried since the death of their spouse. The surviving spouse may subsequently qualify a different property as their residence homestead to exemption of an equal...Read More
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SB 1929 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the Health and Human Services Commission to submit a report summarizing their efforts to reduce maternal mortality and for treating postpartum depression in economically disadvantaged women. The bill would also change the sunset provision of the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force to December 31, 2023. Read More
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SB 224 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, unless renewed in sunset review, will be abolished on September 1, 2021 and the CPRIT oversight committee may not award money after August 31, 2020. SB 224 would delay the sunset review of the CPRIT by two years (2023) and allow money to be awarded for two years beyond the current deadline (2022).Read More
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SB 1525 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1525 would require the Texas Water Development Board to conduct a study related to water availability (including availability through desalinated seawater and brackish groundwater) and create a comprehensive water resources map. Results of the study would be sent to relevant legislative committees by December, 2018.Read More
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