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SB 537 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would compel institutions of higher education to disclose special fees associated with a course in a course catalog, including an online access fee or lab fee. Read More
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SB 1660 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1660 would change the term of a school year to be based on either 75,600 minutes of instruction or 180 days of instruction, at the discretion of the district or charter to determine. It would also change the average daily attendance calculation used for Foundation School Program payments and allow them to be based on the number of minutes or days of instructions. This bill would also direct the commissioner to adopt rules necessary to...Read More
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SB 315 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow the Texas Medical Board through the attorney general to file a suit to enforce a subpoena if a person does not comply with the subpoena. The bill also adds a legislative finding stating that deaths from misuse of opioids and controlled substances constitute a public health crisis and that the Medical Board should closely regulate the prescribing of opioids and controlled substances. The bill would lastly allow the board...Read More
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SB 744 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, a municipality is authorized to impose a tree mitigation fee. SB 744 would require, in the case of a fee imposed as necessary for development or construction on a person’s property, the municipality must also allow that person to apply for a partial credit for tree planting to offset the mitigation fee.Read More
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SB 869 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow the owner of a motor vehicle to transfer it to a designated beneficiary upon the owner's death. If there is joint ownership on the vehicle, all joint owners must designate the beneficiary. The designated beneficiary will be subject to all encumbrances, assignments, contracts, liens, and other interests related to the vehicle. This bill would specify the designation and transfer process. Read More
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SB 1912 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would adjust filing requirements in mental health cases including that if a paper is filed by use of copied, reproduced, or electronically transmitted paper the person would be required to maintain the original copy and provide it to parties or the court upon request. This bill would also allow a court to create a mental health public defender’s office and have attorneys from that office appointed by the court in lieu of...Read More
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SB 1009 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, groundwater conservation districts require certain information to be included in applications for permits (such as the applicant’s address and the purpose and amount of water use) in order for it to be considered “administratively complete.” SB 1009 would require that any additional information a district requires for a permit application be included in a district rule and reasonably related to the permit.Read More
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SB 1625 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would make various changes to the licensing requirements for physician assistants, including the requirement that they submit a full set of fingerprints for a criminal background check for issuance and renewal. The bill would allow licences to be valid for a term of up to two years at the discretion of the Texas Physician Assistant Board. This bill would prohibit the suspension, termination, or discipline of a physician assistant...Read More
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SB 1005 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow students who repeated the ninth grade in 2011-2012 to take the SAT or the ACT as a secondary exit-level examination, in place of the TAKS test, to meet graduation requirements. The bill author's statement of intent provides useful background information as to the purpose of this legislation:"A certain subset of students is unable to use the SAT or the ACT
as a secondary exit-level test to receive a high school diploma,...Read More
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SB 2144 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would create a commission that would make recommendations to the legislature for the improvement of public school finance in the state. Read More
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SB 2065 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would overhaul numerous regulations and occupational licensure requirements. SB 2065 would make it a deceptive act for a warrantor of a vehicle protection product warranty to use a name that includes “casualty,” “surety,” “insurance,” “mutual,” or any other word descriptive of an insurance business. The bill would prohibit a retailor from requiring the purchase of a vehicle protection product as a condition of a...Read More
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HB 2014 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 2014 would set up a grant program for certain school districts to institute innovative mathematics lesson plans in order to improve math scores and standards at the district. School districts with this distinction are free from interventions from the state, allowing school districts to not have the state assign them an accountability standard. This bill would also amend Education Code to allow the Commissioner to structure and approve...Read More
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SB 1318 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1318 would authorize the state to designate certain school districts and open-enrollment charter schools as mathematics innovation zones and award public and private grants to such institutions for the implementation of innovative mathematics instruction. Private gifts, grants, and donations for designated zones may be facilitated by “pay for success” programs that provide financing on the basis of measurable achievement of the innovation...Read More
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SB 1404 |
85(R) - 2017 |
The bill would amend the Education Code to require school districts and open-enrollment charter
schools to report each
campus of the district that makes expanded learning opportunities available and, the
number of students participating in each of the categories of expanded learning opportunities.Read More
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SB 762 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This
bill would modify the portion of the penal code related to cruelty to
nonlivestock animals. Under current law, a person commits an offense if they intentionally,
knowingly, or recklessly fail to
provide necessary food, water, care, or shelter for an animal in the person's
custody; or if they reasonably abandon an
animal in the person's custody; or if they transport or confine an animal in a
cruel manner; or without the owner's...Read More
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SB 1066 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require an institution of higher education that completes preliminary planning for a new doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine degree program to provide the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board with a plan regarding the addition of first year residency positions that when combined with the total number of existing residency positions in the state, will be sufficient to accommodate the anticipated number...Read More
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SB 840 |
85(R) - 2017 |
It is currently lawful for law enforcement to capture an image using a drone of real property or a person on real property that is within 25 miles of the United States border. This House committee substitute would would revoke that authority entirely. This is very different from the bill passed by the Senate which would have limited the scope of law enforcement authority to use a drone to capture an image of real property or a person on...Read More
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SB 589 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 589 would amend the Occupations Code adding a new subchapter to create the Texas Board of Behavior Analyst Examiners consisting of nine members appointed by the Commission of Licensing and Regulation. The Department of Licensing and Regulation would administer a license program for behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts and collect fees for administrative costs. An applicant would have to undergo a state criminal background...Read More
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SB 1465 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, state senators and state representatives are ex officio board members of their local tax increment reinvestment zones (if there is one in their district). SB 1465 would require the board of directors of a tax increment reinvestment zone to present a notice to each member of the senate and house who is an ex officio member of the zone’s board. This notice would inform the state senator or state representative of their...Read More
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SB 1710 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would amend the Estates Code to say that a written letter from a physician is not required before the appointment of a court investigator or guardian ad litem regarding an application for the restoration of a ward’s capacity or modification of a guardianship. The court would be required to send acknowledgement of an informal letter from a ward not later than 30 days after they receive it and advise the ward of the date on which...Read More
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