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HB 2120 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2120 would revise the process by which school districts must resolve complaints of constituents. The bill would stipulate that the process must include an initial administrative hearing, allow an opportunity to appeal the administrative decision following the initial hearing, and provide resolution of the complaint within 120 days.Read More
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HB 4544 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4544 would require the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, when discharging a child under their supervision, to verify whether they have a driver’s license or personal identification card. If they do not have one, the Department would have to submit a request for a personal ID card to the Department of Public Safety on behalf of the child. If enacted, the Juvenile Justice Department would be permitted to charge the child’s guardian...Read More
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HB 4158 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4158 would permit the Texas Juvenile Justice Department to disclose criminal history record information contained in the juvenile justice information system to the Health and Human Services Commission.Read More
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HB 3600 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3600 would establish an advisory board to advise all departments which have regulatory authority over the commercial oyster
mariculture industry. The membership of the board would be comprised of four members from the commercial oyster mariculture
industry, seafood industry, or related industries, and three members from the scientific and conservation community in this state.Read More
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HB 911 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 911 would require the Department of Public Safety to create an online application process for veterans and disabled veterans to obtain or renew a personal identification document or driver's license with a veteran designation on it. Read More
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HB 3932 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3932 would establish the State Advisory Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to provide for coordination among state agencies, school districts, and military installations concerning the state’s participation in and compliance with the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.Read More
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HJR 4 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HJR 4 proposes an amendment to the Texas Constitution to modify the the circumstances under which certain defendants may be denied pretrial release on bail. HJR 4 would allow magistrates to deny bail to any person accused of a violent or sexual offense or of committing continuous trafficking of persons if the magistrate determines that releasing the person on bail is insufficient to ensure their appearance in court or the safety of...Read More
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HB 547 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 547 would allow homeschooled students, or other students not otherwise enrolled in a public school, to participate in their local school's University Interscholastic League activities provided that the students meet the standard eligibility requirements of the school and other specified criteria including demonstration of grade level performance on certain standardized assessments.Read More
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HB 1522 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1522 would transfer Midwestern State University to the Texas Tech University System and make relevant conforming changes.Read More
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HB 1258 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1258 would require financial institutions to exchange data with the Comptroller every quarter to facilitate matching the names of delinquent taxpayers with the names of their account holders. They would be required to either submit a list of all of their open accounts or a list of accounts matched with an inquiry by the Comptroller. If enacted, the Comptroller would be permitted to contract with a third party to facilitate the data match...Read More
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HB 4383 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4383 would require any general academic teaching institution that offers a fixed tuition rate program to provide information explaining the effect of the program on the calculation of a student’s cost per credit hour, clearly describing the amount of tuition a student would pay for varying course loads covered by the program.Read More
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HB 900 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 900 would prohibit landlords from being held liable for any damages to personal property resulting from a police officer’s execution of a writ of possession.Read More
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HB 4202 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4202 would grant work colleges access to the
TexShare library consortium.Read More
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HB 1259 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1259 moves oversight of the rural veterinarian incentive program from Texas A&M and places it under the administration of the Texas Animal Health Commission (a new commission to be created), which shall provide assistance in the repayment of student loans to qualified individuals. HB 1259 expands eligibility for the program and would require the rural veteran incentive program committee consist of the dean of each accredited...Read More
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HJR 165 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HJR 165 would submit a constitutional amendment to voters that would expand the authority of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, permitting them to accept complaints, conduct investigations, and take any other action for a candidate for judicial office in the same manner that they are currently authorized to with an officeholder.Read More
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HB 3481 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3481 would designate December 1 as Rosa Parks
Day.Read More
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SB 179 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 179 would require school districts to use 80% of a school counselor's work time in counseling-related work. The bill would allow a process by which the school district's trustees may change this requirement if they believe their situation is exceptional. The bill also would require an annual assessment by the school district of their compliance with this policy.Read More
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SB 69 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 69 would prohibit a peace officer from intentionally using a choke hold or other similar neck restraint on a person in the execution of a search or arrest, unless the restraint is necessary to prevent serious bodily injury to the officer or another person.Read More
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SB 1728 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1728 would require owners of alternatively fueled vehicles to pay an equalization consumption fee of $200-250 and owners of hybrid vehicles to pay an equalization consumption fee of $30-40 at the time of registration and a $10 electric vehicle registration surcharge. Additionally, owners of natural gas vehicles would be charged a fee which would be the average annual amount of taxes that a conventionally fueled vehicle in that class would...Read More
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SB 2038 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2038 would prohibit certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities from charging an "unconscionable price", a price of more than 200% of the average price for the same or a substantially similar product or service, for a product or service during a declared disaster.The bill would impose massive penalties, starting at $10,000, for violations of this bill and ending in permanent license revocation.SB 2038 would...Read More
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