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SB 920 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Current law allows a person to apply for and obtain a writ authorizing them to enter their residence or former residence accompanied by a peace officer to obtain personal property items if entrance to that residence is denied by the current occupant. SB 920 would also allow an individual to apply for a writ authorizing the applicant to enter, in the company of a peace officer, their residence or former residence if a judge finds that the...Read More
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SB 440 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 440 would allow the city of Marfa to use hotel occupancy tax revenue to improve or expand a nearby county-owned airport.Read More
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SB 1291 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1291 would amend Transportation Code by authorizing permits for oversize and overweight vehicles to transport cargo on a portion of State Highway 99 in Chambers County, including the frontage road of State Highway 99 but excluding any
portion of the highway for which payment of a toll is required.Read More
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SB 2117 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 2117 would authorize the board of the City of Amarillo Hospital District to facilitate a health care provider participation program.Read More
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SB 1743 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would transfer the Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities to the University of Texas at Austin rather than the Health and Human Services Commission and would rename it the Office For Healthy Children. Read More
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SB 1264 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law a commissioners court may provide up to 10 hours of psychological counseling to a juror who served on a criminal trial involving graphic evidence or testimony and who requests the counseling within 180 days after the jury is dismissed. SB 1264 would allow a commissioners court to provide the same counseling for grand jurors after grand jury investigations under the same circumstances as is provided for jurors after jury dismissal. Read More
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HB 490 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 490 would amend the Insurance Code to require a health benefit plan to provide coverage for the cost of a medically necessary hearing aid or cochlear implant for a covered individual 18 years or younger. Read More
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SB 613 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require that a committed person who has been determined to be mentally unable to effectively participate in sex offender treatment be provided by the Health and Human Services Commission inpatient mental health services until the person is able to participate effectively in the treatment program. Read More
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SB 964 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 964 would add a new chapter to the Special District Local Laws Code that clarifies the purpose, board composition, and authority of the Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation District. It would also authorize the district to assess fees but not impose taxes.Read More
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SB 2205 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 2205 would require the Department of Public Safety to govern the operation of automated motor vehicles and prohibit political subdivisions and state agencies from regulating the operation of such vehicles. This bill would also clarify the application of laws by considering the owner of an automated motor vehicle to be its operator for the purposes of enforcing traffic laws, regardless of whether the owner is present in the vehicle during...Read More
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SB 1001 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law a trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile home with a gross or registered weight of 4,500 pounds or less is exempt from the state safety inspection requirements. This bill would raise the weight threshold to 7,500 pounds. For those exempted vehicles weighing more than 4,500 pounds a fee of $7.50 would be imposed. Read More
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SB 1430 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1430 would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to expedite the consideration of an application for an amended water right if the applicant is using desalinated seawater, provided that the amendment proposes additional diversion points and does not increase the amount of desalinated seawater used by the applicant.Read More
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SB 1021 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the executive commissioner of HHSC to submit to the Health and Human Services Transition Legislative Oversight Committee a report on the latest information available on the commission’s progress in transferring the administrative support services functions and recommendations on whether to abolish statutory advisory committees that consider issues related to health and human services system, and whether to permanently...Read More
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SB 725 |
85(R) - 2017 |
If enacted, this bill would allow schools to efficiently donate excess food to non-profit organizations, for redistribution on campus.This also requires that school districts establish a grace period determined by the board of trustees of the district for a student whose meal account becomes exhausted, and to make at least one attempt each week of the grace period to obtain overdue payment from parents or guardians of the student. After...Read More
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SB 969 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, institutions of higher education are required to create a policy on campus sexual assault that includes procedures for reporting and responding to allegations. SB 969 would require amnesty from any disciplinary action for a student that reports such an incident (as a victim or witness).Read More
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SB 968 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, institutions of higher education are required to create a policy on campus sexual assault that includes procedures for reporting and responding to allegations. SB 968 would also require institutions of higher education to facilitate an electronic reporting system for any allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence,
or stalking committed against or witnessed by a student or employee, regardless of...Read More
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SB 30 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would establish curriculum and instruction modules to teach high school students proper interaction with peace officers during traffic stops and other encounters. Topics of instruction would include proper behavior for civilians and police officers, laws regarding questioning and detention by police officers, consequences for a person's failure to comply with the law, how and where to file a complaint against an officer, and a...Read More
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SB 1260 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1260 is a local bill that would grant the Chambers County Improvement District No. 2 authority to convey and implement authorized road projects. The district would also be given wider authority to impose assessments.Read More
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SB 1538 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the Texas Water Development Board is authorized to use the floodplain management account to assist political subdivisions endeavoring to qualify for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. SB 1538 would also authorize the board to use the fund to the study and create programs to educate the public regarding flood-related information as well as perform other activities related to flood planning, protection,...Read More
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SB 1187 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, a peace officer who has access to the insurance verification program may not issue a citation to a driver of a motor vehicle for operating the vehicle without complete financial responsibility, which includes a valid liability insurance policy, if financial responsibility has been verified through the verification program. SB 1187 would prohibit a peace officer from issuing a citation for failure to maintain...Read More
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