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HB 3439 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 3439 would allow resource sharing between certain open-enrollment charter schools and school districts. The intent is to allow for sharing resources, teachers, and lesson strategies. This ability only is reserved only for those charter schools that received an unacceptable rating.The bill would entitle the school district that enters into such an agreement to receive, for each student in average daily attendance, the difference between:...Read More
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HJR 36 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HJR 36 would put a constitutional amendment on the November 7th ballot providing for the issuance of up to $200 million in additional bonds for the Economically Distressed Areas Program.Read More
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HB 3819 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, it is an offense if an individual in a correctional facility contacts, by any means, the victim or the victim’s family if the victim was under the age of 17 at the time of a sexual offense. This bill would prohibit the contacting of any victim of an offense punishable by registration as a sex offender, or of victims of crimes with a deadly weapon and/or firearm. This bill would also establish an opportunity for victims,...Read More
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HB 2483 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would modify the portion of the code related to the piracy of music. It would update the definition of “recording” to include memory cards, flash drives, hard drives, data storage device. This bill would also clarify some language in relation to the consequences of improper labeling. HB 2483 would also authorize the court ordered restitution to an owner or lawful producer of a recording that has suffered financial loss...Read More
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HB 2996 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would create the Rural Resident Physician grant program to help establish graduate medical education programs in rural and non-metropolitan areas.Read More
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HB 3476 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, children wanting to participate in athletics are not obligated to receive an electrocardiogram as part of their physical before engaging in athletic activity. This bill would require that this happens as a precursor to playing UIL sponsored sports.The bill would stipulate hardship circumstances under which a school district could delay a
required electrocardiogram or echo cardiogram. A school district could waive electrocardiogram
or...Read More
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HB 722 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow individuals who have been convicted of a state jail felony to submit a motion to amend their record of conviction, after completing two-thirds of their sentence of community supervision. Except for certain serious criminal offenses, a judge could decide to amend the record of conviction from a state jail felony to a Class A misdemeanor. If passed, a defendant who qualifies under this law would have to fulfill the process...Read More
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HB 2777 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 2777 would allow a Class A utility to apply to the commission for an amendment of a municipal utility district's certificate of convenience and necessity. This would allow the utility to have the same rights and powers under the certificate as the municipal utility district. Criteria for the application and other related procedures regarding review and approval would be established. A utility that has applied applied for or been granted...Read More
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HB 3721 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to address the access problem that some people have in participating in clinical trials. Under this bill CPRIT would be allowed to provide reimbursement for some eligible patients to help them gain access to participate in clinical trials. Read More
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HB 3663 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, certain perfected agricultural liens have priority over a conflicting security interest on another lien that favors a third party. HB 3663 would clarify the applicability of this provision so as not to affect the validity or priority of an interest or lien made directly with the producer, a cotton ginner's lien, and certain contract purchasers.Read More
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HB 3302 |
85(R) - 2017 |
HB 3302
would update Sunset review for a series of entities:The Bandera County River Authority and
Groundwater District, Lavaca-Navidad River Authority, and Upper Guadalupe River
Authority would be given a 2019 Sunset Date.The Commission of Licensing and
Regulation and Department of Licensing and Regulation, State Board of Plumbing
Examiners, Nueces River Authority, San Antonio River Authority, and Trinity
River Authority would be...Read More
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HB 3236 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, a manufacturer must provide an investigational drug, biological product, or device to an eligible patient without receiving compensation. This bill would allow a manufacturer to require an eligible patient to pay the costs of or associated with the manufacture of the investigational drugs, biological product, or device.Read More
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HB 306 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would expand the definition of bullying to include a single significant act, or a pattern of acts, by one or more students directed at another student that exploits an imbalance of power and involves written, verbal, physical conduct, and that occurs at the site of a school-sponsored or school-related activity, on or of school property. The bullying would have to interfere with a student’s educational opportunities or substantially...Read More
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HB 1708 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, a single bingo prize is prohibited from having a value over $750 and it is prohibited to offer more than $2,500 on a single bingo occasion, with a few exceptions. HB 1708 would make an exception of this rule for carryover pull-tab bingo, where there are multiple rounds and a jackpot, and would limit the value of the jackpot to $10,000.Read More
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HB 3768 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would establish the Texas Guided Pathways
Program which would have the state facilitate a common course numbering system between lower division institutions and institutions of higher education; for the purposes of making it easier for students to transfer credits from a public junior college to an institute of higher education. Institutions that did not use the common course
numbering system would also be required to annually...Read More
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HB 1421 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would modify the portion of the government code relating to the welfare of inmates, and the procedure governing the inmate grievance system. If this bill passes, The Texas Department of Criminal Justice would be required to submit a quarterly report regarding inmate grievances. The report would require the number and types of inmate grievances received by the department, aggregated and dis-aggregated by individual facility. The...Read More
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HB 1540 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would have school counselors emphasize the importance of not waiting to choose a major for post-secondary education before enrollment and the consequences of doing so.Read More
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SJR 42 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This amendment would authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation real property leased to certain schools organized and operated primarily for the purpose of engaging in educational functions.Read More
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SB 1083 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1083 would exclude from the definition of an "Insurance service" and taxability, a service performed by a certified public accountancy firm, or on the behalf of the firm by an owner, employee, or affiliate of the firm, if less than one percent of the firm's revenue in the calendar year is from services in this state that would otherwise constitute insurance service Read More
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SB 1030 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Current law allows for property tax exemptions for a vast number of specialized property uses, including real property used for a variety of types of schools. SB 1030 would extend that property tax exemption to the owners of real property who lease to an open-enrollment charter school, and meets a number of specific conditions.This bill is enabling legislation for SJR 42.Read More
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