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SB 520 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 520 would amend the Insurance Code to add that the department of insurance may now issue a provisional permit for a life agent upon receipt of an application, fee, and certificate signed by the appointing agent, insurer, or health maintenance organization.Read More
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SCR 41 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SCR 41 would urge the U.S. Congress to direct the Department of Defense to relocate the U.S. Africa Command to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston.Read More
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SB 329 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require that birth parents of adopted children indicate if they wish to be contacted by the child and fill out a supplemental medical history form. It would also allow the state registrar to provide to a person who was adopted or their immediate family a noncertified copy of the person's original birth certificate upon written request. Read More
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SB 612 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 612 would update many of the procedures related to complaints and filings submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission. Most significantly, this bill would require the commission to propose an agreement with the respondent or dismiss the compaint within 120 days after the filing of a complaint. If the agreement is rejected, a preliminary review hearing would be held. This bill would also introduce protections against double jeopardy for the same complaint.Read More
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SB 1576 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would make several changes pertaining to the Texas Civil Commitment Office(TCCO). If this bill passes, personal information of employees of TCCO would not be subject to discovery by a person committed in the facility, they would also have the same confidentiality protections as peace officers and other employees of state agencies. This bill would also add TCCO to the list of agencies that may have certain information revealed,...Read More
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SB 460 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, a political subdivision holding a bond election is required to show notice of the election, and the contents of the proposition on their website. SB 460 would require a political subdivision to include any sample ballot prepared for the election on the subdivision's website. This would also prohibit a political subdivision from holding an election for voter approval to issue general obligation bonds at polling places...Read More
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SB 293 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, it is up to the discretion of the commission to decide what constitutes as a significant financial risk to the state with regards to alleged Medicaid fraud. This bill mandates that the executive commissioner make and adopt rules regarding what constitutes an ongoing significant financial risk to the state and a threat to the integrity of Medicaid. It would also statutorily state that a payment may be held in cases of suspected...Read More
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SB 1390 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1390 would change the date from January to February, when the comptroller shall compute the rate of the applicable cigarette fees. Cigarettes would be exempt from the tax imposed by the cigarette tax trust fund if they are used exclusively for research according to specified criteria.Read More
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SB 1923 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1923 would create the state hospital fund account in the state treasury. Funds in this account would be used to provide funding for the infrastructure needs of state hospitals and other facilities. Read More
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HB 1697 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would create a grant program to help connect rural health facilities with pediatric specialists that provide telemedicine services. The bill would also establish a work group to develop and implement the program and report on the outcomes of the program to the governor and the legislature. The program would be funded by grants, donations, and public funds other than state funds (presumably federal funds).Read More
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SB 1327 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1327 would allow a district engineer, without approval of from the Transportation Commission, to temporarily lower a prima facie
speed limit for a highway or part of a highway in a district if the
district engineer determines that the prima facie speed limit for
the highway or part of highway is unreasonable or unsafe because of
a hazard such as wet or inclement weather; construction; or any other hazardous condition. Under this bill...Read More
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SB 1120 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, the taxes related to fuel imposed by state law stand in the place of any excise or occupational taxes imposed by political subdivisions on gasoline, diesel fuel, or liquefied gas. SB 1120 would also apply this provision to compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas. Read More
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SB 1620 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1620 would block a political subdivision from imposing a local-level regulation on the keeping of chickens which prohibits an individual from keeping six or fewer chickens in the subdivision. This bill would permit a subdivision to set a cap greater than six, regulate the distance between coops and residential dwellings, prohibit roosters, and prohibit breeding.Read More
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SB 1081 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would allow a physician, nurse, midwife, or other person in attendance at childbirth to not administer prophylaxis to an infant whose parent or guardian does not consent to prophylaxis and be free from liability for following the parents wishes. The bill would require that they ensure the objection of the parent, managing conservator, or guardian is entered into the medical record of the infant. Read More
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SB 797 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This is a local bill. Under current law, certain municipalities are allowed to pledge tax revenue from the hotel occupancy tax to pay for bonds related to hotel projects. SB 797 would include the City of Lubbock as a municipality eligible for this action. Read More
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SB 467 |
85(R) - 2017 |
This bill would require ballot propositions to definitively and clearly identify the propositions' chief features so that voters are not confused. Read More
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SB 1046 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, several sections of code that are related to the Texas emissions reduction plan expire in August of 2019. SB 1046 would extend this deadline to be after the state reaches the national ambient air quality standard for ozone. This bill would also prioritize the Texas emissions reduction plan fund over the Texas Mobility Fund to receive funds from certain transportation related fees such as those for a vehicle title application.Read More
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SB 737 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, municipalities are authorized to create fees for a privilege, service, authorization, permit, license, registration, certification, filing, or other municipal action. SB 737 would require more clear reporting about changes to fees or the introduction of new fees in budget proposals; require separate approval for the appropriations of revenue from new or changed fees; and would require the creation of an email notification...Read More
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SB 522 |
85(R) - 2017 |
Under current law, only certain individuals have the authority to legally administer a marriage. SB 522 would expand this authority to officially designated “certifying officials.” This bill would do so specifically to enable county clerks who are unwilling to perform a marriage ceremony for religious reasons to delegate the authority to a willing certifying official. This would not apply in cases where the objection is based on race,...Read More
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SB 1249 |
85(R) - 2017 |
SB 1249 would amend the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to allow one or more cotenant heirs of property to acquire the interests of another heir in the property by adverse possession based on a series of 10 year requirements such as one heir not paying property taxes or acting to preserve interest in the property by filing notice of claimed interest in the deed records of the county.Read More
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