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SB 1839 |
85(R) - 2017 |
The bill would require TEA to collect and provide data relating to improving the design and
effectiveness of educator preparation programs (EPPs). The bill provides the
commissioner with the authority to exempt individuals certified in
other states working to gain a Texas educator certification from certain examination requirements.The bill creates an early childhood
certification "to
ensure that there are teachers with special training...Read More
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SB 1353 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1353 would give districts, which absorb academically unacceptable school districts, additional state financial aid for five years beginning on the year it was annexed to assist with the costs of facility renovation, repair, and replacement. The amount of aid will be determined by the commissioner each year by dividing the amount of debt service taxes received by the district during the preceding tax year by the number of students enrolled...Read More
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SB 463 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Current law requires that individual graduation committees allow students to graduate if they pass the TSI benchmark for a corresponding Algebra I or English II class, that they previously failed. This requirement has an expiration date of September 1, 2017. This bill would remove expiration date to make the requirement permanent. .SB 463 would also amend the Education code to establish a program that would determine if a student, who enrolled...Read More
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SB 2131 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would mandate that high school counselors inform students about lower division classes that must be taken for certain majors as well as, dual credit programs and other college preparation programs offered.The bill would also establish the Texas guided pathways program to inform and support current and prospective students at institutions of higher education by providing those students clear and efficient pathways to completion...Read More
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SB 292 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would create a new grant program with the purpose of reducing recidivism, arrest, and incarceration among individuals with mental illness by providing grants to county-based community collaboratives. Under this bill a collaborative "may petition the commission
for a grant under the program only if the collaborative includes a
county, a local mental health authority that operates in the
county, and each hospital district, if...Read More
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HB 683 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Current law brackets this bill to the Houston area where it is an offense to use, possess, or wear certain items that would falsely lead others to believe that they are employed with a law enforcement agency throughout the state. This bill expand this prohibition to any municipality in the state. It would also make it illegal to make, provide, or possess a vehicle that bears an insignia of a law enforcement agency that identifies a person...Read More
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HB 2848 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would create new requirements for physician systems and networks in an agreement to assist in investigations of child abuse and neglect including having the ability to have consultation with physicians who specialize in recognizing various diseases and deficiencies in children. The bill would also require physician systems and networks that assist in investigations to use a peer review system to resolve cases in which physicians...Read More
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SB 255 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, training by the comptroller is made available to employees who engage in contract negotiations with vendors. SB 255 would create new procedures and requirements for government workers involved in state contracting. This would include requiring training for personnel directly involved in negotiations for information technology resources; adding new requirements for the training of contract managers; adding a requirement...Read More
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SB 59 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, state agencies and institutions of higher education are required to create long-term plans and strategies with regard to energy and resource conservation, planning, and reporting. SB 59 would remove this requirement. The state energy conservation office, however, would still be required to provide assistance to state agencies and educational institutions in preparing comprehensive energy and water management plans.Read More
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SB 1882 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1882 would allow charter schools to share resources with school districts with the intent of sharing resources, teachers, and lesson strategies. This ability only is reserved only for those schools that received an unacceptable rating.The bill would also entitle the school district that enters into such an agreement to receive, for each
student in average daily attendance, the difference between: 1) the amount of funding provided
under...Read More
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SB 1480 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Requirements under current law mandate the subtraction of any outstanding guaranteed bonds from the total capacity before calculating the percentages available for school districts and charter districts. This bill would amend the Education Code related to the calculation of the capacity of the bond
guarantee program. SB 1480 would apply the available capacity for charter districts to the
total capacity of the bond guarantee program based...Read More
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SB 802 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating board to conduct a study into the best ways to transfer dual credit courses offered by an institution of higher education to other institutions. The study would have to be submitted to the legislature by November 1, 2018.Read More
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HB 104 |
85(R) - 2017 |
If
a defendant had been previously convicted of a serious offense that makes them
ineligible for community supervision, or has been previously convicted of a
crime related to the use or exhibition of a deadly weapon, and if they served a
sentence of imprisonment and were subsequently released, an attorney
representing the state would be required to notify the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice (TDCJ) within 10 days if this individual...Read More
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SB 1649 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would enhance penalties for the act of repeated criminal trespass on institutions of higher learning. If it is shown at trial that an individual has previously been convicted, or received deferred adjudication, as a result of criminal trespass on an institution of higher learning, they would face a Class A misdemeanor charge. That crime is currently considered a Class B misdemeanor. Read More
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SB 1233 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill modifies the power of courts of appeals and the power of a justice. Under current law, any court of appeals may issue a writ of mandamus to a judge in a district or county appeals court, and to certain courts of inquiry under the code of criminal procedure. If this bill passes, they may also issue a writ of mandamus to a judge in a statutory court or statutory probate court, or to an associate judge who is overseeing certain family...Read More
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SB 674 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the Texas Medical Board to create an expedited licensing process (including a fee for the expedited process) for a physician specializing in psychiatry for an applicant that holds an unrestricted license to practice medicine issued by another state, is board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry.Read More
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SB 1599 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the Department of State Health Services to post on their website information on protocol for pregnancy-related death investigations and reporting pregnancy-related deaths to medical examiners and justices of the peace in a county, as appropriate. Read More
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SB 1911 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1911 would require the clerk of each court in the state to post links on the court’s internet website to the State Law Library and self-help resources related to lawyer referral services, the names and locations of local Legal Aid offices, and information about court affiliated self-help centers.Read More
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SB 830 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 830 would require a mortgage servicer to provide to the borrower annual accounting statements for certain home loans. If a servicer fails to provide the statement to the borrower in the established time period, the borrower is not liable for any payment, fees, or other charges not made during the year.Read More
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SB 1679 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance is appropriated to the Texas Veterans Commission. SB 1679 would require the commission to use at least 5% of the money for grants to counties that operate a veterans county service office. The grants would be used to provide direct assistance and services to veterans
residing in the county served by that office.Read More
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