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HB 3063 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 3063 would clarify and extend the applicability of laws regarding the creation and priority of certain agricultural liens with regard to open storage crops and warehouses. This bill would also clarify the applicability of various protections related to agricultural liens by expanding protections for the producers of agricultural products.Read More
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HB 2783 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, in an action related to a suit for a writ of mandamus or suites for a declaratory judgement or injunctive relief, the court is required to assess the costs of litigation and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by a plaintiff who prevails in the suit. If this bill passes, the courts may assess the costs of litigation and reasonable attorney fees incurred by a plaintiff to whom the government body voluntarily released...Read More
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HB 2359 |
85(R) - 2017 |
The bill attempts to address a problem involving vacant lots and abandoned buildings that attract certain criminal behavior or pose as fire hazards. Local governments sometimes do not have the ability to deal appropriately with these issues. HB 2359 would include possession of an item in violation of the Controlled Substances Act, trespassing, arson, and graffiti, criminal mischief that causes a loss of $500 or more, and disorderly conduct into...Read More
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HB 2285 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 2285 would establish the Texas Institute for Coastal Prairie Research and Education at the University of Houston. The institute would conduct environmental research and education, collaborate, and become an authority on coastal prairie and prairie restoration. The institute would also be permitted to solicit, accept, and administer gifts and grants from any public or private source.Read More
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SB 922 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the commission to ensure that Medicaid reimbursement is provided for a school district or charter school for telehealth services even if the health professional is not the patient’s primary care physician and if the school is an authorized health care provider under Medicaid and the parent of the child provides consent to the service beforehand. Read More
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SB 790 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law the women's health advisory committee expires on September 1, 2017. This bill changes the expiration date to September 1, 2019. Read More
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HB 2019 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 2019 would require the Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs to provide to the public online information regarding manufactured home ownership records, lien records, installation records, license holder records, and other related information.The Manufactured Housing Board would be mandated to conduct a cost benefit analysis for any rule, process, or policy change that would increase a fee or other incurred cost by more than...Read More
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HB 51 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 51 would authorize the Parks and Wildlife Commission to create a vessel monitoring system for the purpose of monitoring commercial oyster boats. This bill would also require the Parks and Wildlife Department to implement an oyster license buyback program for licenses. The commission would be required to develop criteria "for the department's use in selecting licenses to be purchased" and the department would be required to retire the...Read More
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HB 1978 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would make physician’s assistants immune from liability when performing as a volunteer for a charitable organization at a public or private event or during a natural disaster and allow them to work regardless of supervision and delegation requirements that normally apply under the section. Read More
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HB 1891 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the hunting, fishing, and possession of certain animals and at certain times is prohibited under the Wildlife Conservation Act of 1983. HB 1891 would create an exemption allowing members of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas to hunt antlerless white-tailed deer for religious ceremonial purposes, as subject to certain conditions.Read More
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HB 1810 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the possession and promotion child pornography is prohibited, however there is not an explicit ban on the possession or promotion of obscene visual material depicting a child. This bill would specifically prohibit the access with intent to view, or the possession or promotion of obscene visual material depicting the lewd exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of a child who is younger than 18 years old, and who is either...Read More
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HB 804 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would change the rules pertaining to
the obligation of certain landlords to notify their lessees of any changes in the
appraised value. Under current law, a property owner has to “timely” notify the
people leasing the property who are contractually obligated to pay the property taxes that the property has been reappraised. This is somewhat vague because "timely" is not statutorily defined.If this
bill passes, the landlord...Read More
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HB 1469 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would open the door for people to teach non-core level subjects at charter schools without a 4 year degree, as long as it is in an open-enrollment charter school that serves youth
referred to or placed in a residential trade center by a local or
state agency, and they have a certificate in whatever industry they would be teaching and has received 30 hours of training from the governing board of directors. Read More
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HB 1410 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow a foster parent who had a child placed in their home for at least 12 months to intervene in a pending suit affecting the parent-child relationship if there is satisfactory proof that the court’s appointment of the child’s parent or parents as managing conservator would impair the child’s physical health or emotional development. Read More
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HB 1083 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, rates charged by utilities are required to be just and reasonable (without showing preference or prejudice). HB 1083 would allow utilities to establish reduced rates for certain classes of elderly citizens and allow utilities to establish a donation fund to recover the costs.Read More
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HB 1076 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, students in grades six through nine must get spinal checks for scoliosis. This bill would, effectively, mandate that all grades may have the opportunity to have that check.Read More
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HB 651 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the election date for directors for the Rusk County Groundwater Conservation District is on the first Saturday in May of each even-numbered year. HB 651 would set the election date of the board of directors to be in the November of each even-numbered year.Read More
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SB 2118 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 2118 would authorize the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to allow public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate programs. A junior college would only be allowed to offer three baccalaureate programs at one time, and the board would determine whether a public junior college may offer baccalaureate degree programs and what degree programs may be offered based on certain factors. These degree programs would be funded solely by...Read More
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HB 2095 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, certain persons who hold an unexpired plumbers license, and has held it continuously for the past 50 years, may transfer their license upon their retirement or death to certain qualified individuals. HB 2095 would shorten the license holding requirement to 35 years.Read More
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SB 95 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, raw milk and raw milk products can only be sold at the point of production (the farm). SB 95 would allow the sale of raw milk and raw milk products at farmers’ markets, the seller’s place of business, and through direct-to-consumer distribution.SB 95 would require the executive commissioner to adopt rules for safe handling and would maintain the authority of municipalities to only allow the sale of pasteurized products...Read More
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