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HB 1661 |
84(R) - 2015 |
The bill would require the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules ensuring the same standards that apply to a physician billing Medicaid for services provided by a substitute physician also apply to a dentist billing Medicaid for services provided by a substitute dentist. The bill would require agencies to seek any necessary federal waiver or authorization and allow the agencies to delay...Read More
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HB 1549 |
84(R) - 2015 |
This is a cleanup bill to replace references to the defunct Texas Juvenile Probation Commission and the Texas Youth Commission with the name of the successor agency, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. The second chamber sponsor is Senator Menendez.Read More
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HB 408 |
84(R) - 2015 |
The bill would prevent members of the elected class of the Texas Employee Retirement System (ERS), excluding district attorneys and criminal district attorneys, from transferring service to the employee class, or from retiring from the employee class while still in elected office.Read More
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HB 1151 |
84(R) - 2015 |
This bill makes sexual harassment of an unpaid intern an unlawful employment practice if the employer or the employer's agents or supervisors know or should have known the conduct constituting sexual harassment was occurring and failed to take immediate and appropriate corrective action. Read More
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HB 32 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 32 would amend Chapter 171 of the Tax Code related to the Franchise Tax.It would decrease the rate of the franchise tax by 25 percent, from 0.5 percent to 0.375 percent of taxable margin for taxable entities primarily engaged in retail or wholesale trade, and from 1 percent to 0.75 percent for taxable entities not primarily engaged in retail or wholesale trade.Following the 83rd Legislature, the franchise tax rates were already...Read More
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HB 1804 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 1804 would make a clarifying change to the code to require open-enrollment charter schools and campuses, in addition to school districts, to provide notifications to a foster child's decision maker regarding events that affect the education of the child. The second chamber sponsor is Senator West. Read More
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HB 642 |
84(R) - 2015 |
There is nothing substantial for us to add to the description provided in the fiscal note which accurately describes HB 642. The second chamber sponsor is Senator Hinojosa.Read More
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HB 1101 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 1101 would delay the elimination of the system benefit fund to September 1, 2017, as opposed to September 1, 2016 currently.It would also expand the use of the remaining balance from the system benefit fund for the low-income discount program through the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2016.Read More
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HB 1155 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 1155 would amend the Labor Code to create an new program within the Texas Workforce Commission (TWF) called the "Recruit Texas Program."The program's purpose would be to provide an "intensive and rapid response" to help support employers looking to expand in or relocate to Texas, with a focus on employers who will provide complex or high-skilled employment opportunities.The TWC would serve as linkage between out-of-state...Read More
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SB 2075 |
84(R) - 2015 |
SB 2075 seeks to remove the eminent domain and annexation authority of Needmore Ranch
Municipal Utility District No. 1. SB 2075 would take effect September 1, 2015, but only
if H.B. 3405, S.B. 1440, or similar legislation of the 84th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, that enlarges the territory of
the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District to
include the territory of the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility
District...Read More
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HB 1841 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 1841 would amend Chapter 151 of the Tax Code (related to the state sales tax) to change the definition of "insurance service" to exclude from the tax a service performed on behalf of an insured by a person licensed under Chapter 4102 of the Insurance Code.Read More
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HB 2712 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 2712 would amend Subchapter H, Chapter 151 of the Tax Code related to sales and use tax exemption to provide for a temporary exemption for certain property used in certain large data center projects.The bill would exempt from the sales and use tax certain tangible personal property that is necessary and essential to the operation of a qualifying large data center project if the property is purchased for installation at, incorporation...Read More
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HB 2851 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 2851 would amend Section 53.351(b) the Education Code related to bonds for open-enrollment charter school facilities in order to require that the appointment by the Texas Public Finance Authority of the directors of the corporation established under the section be subject to the approval of the governor.House Bill 2851 would also limit the liability of directors, officers, or employees of the nonprofit corporation and make them...Read More
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HCR 78 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HCR 78 would designate “the Lone Star State” as the official
nickname of Texas. Read More
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HB 3230 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 3230 would amend chapter 171 of the Tax Code related to the franchise tax to change the definition of "eligible costs and expenses." It would make an exception to qualified rehabilitation expenditures as defined by Section 47(c)(2), Internal Revenue to specify that the depreciation and tax-exempt use provisions of that section do not apply to costs and expenses incurred by an entity exempt from the tax imposed under this chapter...Read More
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SB 197 |
84(R) - 2015 |
The legislation would amend Chapter 102 of the Health and Safety Code to
require the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to
develop a plan that specifies how the institute will become financially
self-sufficient and continue to operate without primarily state funds other
than patent royalties and license revenues realized as a result of projects
undertaken with money awarded through the cancer prevention and research...Read More
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HB 3402 |
84(R) - 2015 |
House Bill 3402 would amend Chapter 335 of the Local Government Code related to sports and community venue districts to allow that a venue district located in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more may act, and have the same powers as an endorsing municipality or endorsing county under Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon ’s Texas Civil Statutes), related to the different...Read More
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HB 2524 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 2524 would amend the Government Code to authorize a county or
precinct official to request, in writing, the interpretation of a
statute relating to the official duties from the district or county
attorney. A district or county attorney would be required to take action
not later than the 30th day after the written request is submitted. The bill would provide that a
county or precinct official, including a county auditor,...Read More
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HB 2835 |
84(R) - 2015 |
The bill would amend Chapter 35, Health and Safety Code, to change the name of the Children with Special Health Care Needs Program to the Texas Special Health Care Needs Program. The bill would require that, to the extent allowed by federal law, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) give priority to persons on the program's waiting list who can provide proof of U.S. citizenship. The name change reflects that a small number...Read More
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HB 1072 |
84(R) - 2015 |
HB 1072 seeks to allow individuals convicted of a felony or crime of moral turpitude to serve as a board member of a property owners' association if its been 20 years since they've been convicted. Currently individuals convicted of a felony or crime of moral turpitude are not allowed to serve as a board member.Read More
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