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HB 932 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require that the Texas Juvenile Justice Department record whether a child being committed to the department is currently in foster care and the number of times the child has previously been placed in foster care. The bill would also require the department to submit a report to the governor and legislature not later than January 31 of each even numbered year containing statistical information concerning the total number and...Read More
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HB 834 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would make the unregulated custody transfer of an adopted child a third degree felony or second degree felony if the person intended to commit an offense. The section would not apply to placement by a licensed child placing agency or the Department of Family and Protective Services, placement of a child with a stepparent, adult relative, DFPS, or a child placing agency, or other adult with a significant or longstanding relationship...Read More
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SB 999 |
85(R) - 2017 |
The bill would require that a suit filed by the government entity after taking possession of a child be supported by an affidavit stating that there was immediate danger to the safety of the child in the form of sexual abuse/trafficking, parental use of controlled substances, or the parent taking the child on the premises of a place used for the manufacture of methamphetamine, and that continuation of the child in the home would be contrary...Read More
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HB 791 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow individuals appointed by the governor who are required to file financial statements with the commission to file their statements by certified mail.Read More
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HB 655 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require public junior colleges to have their students fill out degree plans no later than the end of the second regular semester or term
immediately following the semester or term in which the student
earned a cumulative total of 30 or more semester credit hours of
course credit for courses.Read More
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HB 1819 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, a person commits an offense if they knowingly create, possess, transport, repair, or sell a firearm silencer that is not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record or classified as a curio or relic. HB 1819 would remove the requirement that silencers be registered in the federal record and would only require that they be handled in a way that is compliant with federal law. Violation of this provision...Read More
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HB 1501 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would grant a child custody evaluator access to any records that relate to any person residing in a residence that is subject to a child custody evaluation. If this bill passes, they may seek information from local law enforcement, a criminal justice agency, a juvenile justice agency, and/or any other government entity. The information that that evaluator seeks in not subject to the state’s open records laws, and they may disclose...Read More
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HB 263 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would authorize the issuance of certain license plates that are designed with a thin blue line and the words, "Back the Blue" written across it. Funds collected above the administrative costs would be deposited to the Employee Retirement System account that provides support to surviving families of first responders in the system.Read More
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SB 313 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would extend the sunset date of the State Board of Dental Examiners until 2029, and changes the board to consist of 11 people instead of 15 as under current law. The bill would prohibit a person from being a board member if they or their spouse are employees of a Texas trade association in the field of healthcare, or if they are required to register as a lobbyist. The executive director of the board would be required to create...Read More
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SB 304 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would extend the sunset date of the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners until 2029, and also add “diagnose” to the definition of what a chiropractor does. The executive director of the board would be required to create a training manual and distribute it annually to each board member. Any complaint, adverse report, investigation file, and investigational report would be confidential, and the board would be prohibited from...Read More
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SB 1117 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, a county fire marshall can inspect structures for fire hazards and issue orders for corrections of such hazards. Failure to comply with an order is a Class B misdemeanor. SB 1117 would make failure to comply a Class C misdemeanor and a Class B misdemeanor if failure to comply results in a certain amount of property damage or causes harm to an individual.Read More
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SB 462 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, an employer that acts in bad faith, fails to pay wages, or commits service theft is subject to administrative penalties and compulsory wage payment. SB 462 would require the Texas Workforce Commission to publish, on its public website, a database containing the company names, owner names, and violations of all businesses that have been subject to the aforementioned charges in the past three years. Employers would...Read More
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SB 2053 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, after an individual has been convicted of a crime, they are required to pay certain court costs. Those court costs are ultimately allocated to certain accounts. If this bill passes, the comptroller will no longer distribute these funds to abused children’s counseling, or to comprehensive rehabilitation. Instead the money that would have gone into those accounts will be deposited into the fair defense account in addition...Read More
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SB 2027 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the Health and Human Services and the Texas Workforce Commission to conduct a study on occupational training programs and employment available in this state for persons with intellectual disabilities. Read More
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SB 1758 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require the court in a permanency hearing before a final order is rendered to ask all parties present whether the child or child’s family has Native American heritage and identify any Native American tribe with which the child may be associated, and to determine whether the department has conducted an independent living skills assessment and whether the department has addressed the goals identified in the child’s permanency...Read More
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SB 1300 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would designate the San Angelo State Supported Living Center as a forensic state supported living center. Read More
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HB 3593 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 3593 would allow school districts to offer a course for graduation in computer coding and create a program dedicated to teaching the fundamentals of cyber security.Read More
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SB 826 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Currently, advanced English can only be taken by a student after they successfully complete English I, II, & III and an advanced mathematics course can only be taken after completing Algebra I and Geometry. This bill would remove the requirements that these prerequisites be taken before a student can take an advanced course in English or Mathematics.Read More
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SB 1305 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would repeal statutory authority for the creation of County Energy Transportation Reinvestment Zones.
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SB 312 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 312 would make many procedural changes to the laws which control the Department of Transportation. In addition, this bill would postpone sunset review to 2029; require training for members of the Transportation Commission before full duties can be assumed; require more stringent evaluation of transportation projects, including the impact on current and future roads; and would require more reports related to department activities to be...Read More
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