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SB 678 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 678 would create a fund which the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office would be required to use as the basis for a small business disaster recovery loan program to provide to small businesses to use for payroll purposes.Read More
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SB 1387 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1387 would require that voting system or voting system equipment to be approved for use in elections be manufactured, stored, and held in the United States and sold by a company whose headquarters and parent company's headquarters, if applicable, are located in the US. This requirement would go into effect beginning September 1, 2021. The bill specifies that a voting system is considered manufactured in the US...Read More
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SB 797 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 797 would require each public elementary and secondary school, as well as public institutions of higher education, to display in a conspicuous place in each building of the school a poster or framed copy of the United States national motto "In God we trust."Read More
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SB 64 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 64 would require the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to establish a peer support network for law enforcement officers. Such a network would have to include:peer-to-peer support; training for peer service coordinators and peers that includes suicide prevention training; technical assistance for program development, peer service coordinators, licensed mental health professionals, and peers; and identification, retention,...Read More
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SB 475 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 475 would enact various provisions in the interest of improving state agencies' cybersecurity measures, including establishing a state risk and authorization management program, a volunteer cybersecurity incidence response team, regional network security centers, and a framework for regional cybersecurity working groups. The bill would also allow the Department of Information Resources to create a fee schedule...Read More
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SB 56 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 56 would exempt the home
address, home telephone number, emergency contact information, or
social security number of a current or former assistant U.S. attorney, federal public
defender, deputy federal public defender, or assistant federal
public defender and the spouse or child of the current or former
attorney or public defender from being disclosed in public records. Read More
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SB 1648 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1648 would ensure that Medicaid coverage meets the complex medical needs of patients and ensures that continuity of care applies regardless of whether or not they have a primary health benefit plan coverage in addition to Medicaid coverage. SB 1648 would require a managed care organization to negotiate a single-case agreement with a specialty provider for a recipient who has complex medical needs and who does not have primary health...Read More
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SB 799 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 799 would modify existing contract reporting requirements and spending limits for information resources technology projects that exceed $5 million and other contracts for goods or services of a state hospital operated by a health and human services agency or a state-supported living center and would make provisions for the procurement of professional services of a physician, optometrist or registered nurse.SB 799 would...Read More
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SB 900 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 900 would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to establish a Performance Standards for Safety at Storage Vessels Program to protect water resources from the release of
substances from a storage vessel in the event of an accident or
natural disaster by creating safety standards for storage tanks. Storage vessel owners would be required to register with and report compliance to the TCEQ. The TCEQ would have...Read More
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SB 1602 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1602 would require auto insurers to provide a notice to an insured who has failed or refused to cooperate with an insurer in the investigation, settlement, or defense of a claim or action that failure to cooperate would result in cancellation of their policy. If the named insured refuses or fails to cooperate after receiving the written notice, the insurer would be prohibited from renewing the private passenger automobile...Read More
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SB 2185 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2185 would establish a process for the dissolution of the Hidalgo County Water Improvement District No. 3 and transfer of all assets, obligations and debts of the district to the City of McAllen.Read More
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SB 487 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 487 would prohibit any political subdivision except school districts from taking any action that
prohibits a charter school from operating a school campus, educational support facility, athletic facility, or
administrative office within the political subdivision’s
jurisdiction or on any specific property located within the
jurisdiction of the political subdivision that it could not take
against a school district. A political subdivision...Read More
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SB 1258 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1258 would limit when offset well requirements are mandated, prohibit universities from requiring a lessee to drill an offset well, pay
compensatory royalty, or otherwise protect the leased premises or acreage pooled with
the leased premises from drainage by a horizontal drainhole unless the well is located closer to the leased premises than the distance requirement of the Railroad Commission of Texas
(RRC). This bill would also...Read More
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SB 1444 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1444 would prohibit entities participating in the Texas School Employees Uniform Group Health Coverage from offering an alternative group health coverage plan to employees and their dependents. The bill would also allow participating entities to decide to either continue their participation in the plan or discontinue their participation. This decision would be able to be reconsidered every five years. The bill would require...Read More
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SB 480 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 480 would allow the University of Houston to use an assessed student union fee for the purpose of "providing programming" in addition to existing uses of funds generated by the fee.Read More
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SB 827 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 827 would prevent a health benefit plan from imposing a cost-sharing provision for insulin if the total amount the enrollee is required to pay exceeds $25 for a 30-day supply, regardless of the amount or type of insulin needed to fill the enrollee's prescription. Exemptions are provided for certain types of plans. SB 827 would also require a health benefit plan to include at least one insulin from each therapeutic class in the plan's formulary.Read More
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SB 3 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 3 would do several things to respond to weather
emergencies and power outages in Texas. The bill would create a power outage
alert system and recruit various organizations for the purpose of sending power
outage alerts, establish protocols for issuing such alerts across a variety of
media platforms, require categorization of storms, and create response
protocols for different agencies to prepare for stormsSB 3
would establish the...Read More
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SB 2 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2 would require that board members of the organization charged with managing Texas' power grid be residents of the state of Texas. Five members unaffiliated with any market segment would be approved by the other members and the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house. The bill would make changes to the makeup of the board by increasing representation from multiple markets and would make changes to term lengths. Members...Read More
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SB 1692 |
87(R) - 2021 |
CSSB 1692 would allow dialysis technicians to provide home dialysis care in a nursing facility provided that the facility meets eligibility requirements including licensure as end stage renal disease facilities and: the care is provided under the personal supervision of a qualified registered nurse; and the dialysis technician has complied with all rules regarding training and competency for dialysis technicians from the Health...Read More
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SB 2158 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2158 would require the Texas
Education Agency to provide in all school districts and open-enrollment charter schools inkless, in-home fingerprint and DNA identification kits to be distributed through
the district or school on request to the parent or legal custodian of any kindergarten,
elementary, or middle school student.Read More
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