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HB 1618 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1618 would require a county judge to receive the greater of at least three percent of the registered voters or 100 registered voters of the territory of the proposed district to sign a petition before the creation of certain hospital districts. Read More
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HB 1338 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1338 would continue the Harris County Hospital District health care provider participation program for two years, setting the new expiration date to December 31, 2023. The bill would also raise the limit of the aggregate amount of mandatory payments required of all paying providers in the district from 4% to 6%.Read More
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SB 2244 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2244 would create the Lorena Municipal Management District No.1 to "promote,
develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
welfare in the district." The district would not have eminent domain authority but would have the authority to impose an operation and maintenance tax if approved by the voters of the district...Read More
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SB 2214 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2214 would create the Moore's Crossing Municipal Management District to "promote,
develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce,
transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
welfare in the district." If authorized by a majority of voters of the district in an election, the district would be able to assess an operation and maintenance tax. The district...Read More
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SCR 31 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SCR 31 would approve an already agreed-upon settlement in a civil suit involving the Health and Human Services Commission. The settlement would require the Commission to change its standards for evaluating the treatment of chronic Hepatitis C patients and approving Medicaid enrollees.Read More
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SB 2242 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4668 would create the Medina County Water Control and Improvement District No. 4 to undertake duties related to collection, transportation, processing, disposal, and control of domestic, industrial, or communal waste and the gathering, conducting, diverting, and control of local stormwater or other harmful excesses of water. The district would have 5 elected board members. The district would have the power to design, acquire,...Read More
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HB 2242 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2242 would impose new state mandates related to illness or injury leave of absence for county and municipal firefighters and police officers. Under the provisions of HB 2242, a county or municipality must provide a firefighter or police officer a leave of absence for an illness or injury related to the person's line of duty. Such leave would be with full pay for a period commensurate with the nature of the line of duty illness or...Read More
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HB 1925 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1925 would create a Class C misdemeanor offense of prohibited camping. This bill is an attempt to gain control over the chaos caused by homeless camping in certain Texas cities. HB 1925 would establish that a person who intentionally or knowingly camps in a public place without the consent of the officer or agency having the legal duty or authority to manage the public place is subject to a Class C misdemeanor. The bill...Read More
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SB 1022 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1022 would require the Public Utility Commission to ensure that every appealed water and sewer rate charged by a
municipally-owned utility to its outside-the-city-limits customers is just, reasonable and fair. The bill would narrow the scope of the Public Utility Commission's jurisdiction over rates charged by retail municipal utilities for water or sewer service such that their jurisdiction over an appealed rate...Read More
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HB 3689 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3689 would require the Public Utility Commission to ensure that every appealed water and sewer rate charged by a municipally-owned utility to its outside-the-city-limits customers is just, reasonable and fair. The bill would narrow the scope of the Public Utility Commission's jurisdiction over rates charged by retail municipal utilities for water or sewer service such that their jurisdiction over an appealed rate...Read More
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HB 159 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 159 would require that public school teacher certification training programs include instruction on how to interact with and teach students with disabilities, have limited English proficiency, and who come from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The bill details specific areas of knowledge and competency which would have to be demonstrated to earn or renew a teacher certification.Read More
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SB 911 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 911 would create a regulatory framework for third-party food delivery services (such as Uber Eats, Door Dash, and others) that deliver food and beverages from restaurants to customers. This is a negotiated bill with support from industry stakeholders on both the restaurant side and the delivery side.The bill would allow restaurants which are also holders of a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit, a mixed beverage permit, a private...Read More
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SB 1987 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1987 would create the River Farm Municipal Utility District No. 1 in Bell County to assist conservation and development of the natural resources of this state. The district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm...Read More
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SB 312 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 312 would make all engagement in sexual contact with an individual in custody by a correctional facility employee or peace officer a second-degree felony, regardless of whether the person in custody is a juvenile or not. This change would effectively raise engagement in sexual contact with an adult in custody from a state jail felony to a second-degree felony.Read More
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SB 197 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 197 would make the sale of an animal by a nonprofit animal welfare organization exempt from taxation.Read More
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SB 760 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 760 would require that a solar power facility agreement between a landowner and a solar power facility operator must include a provision that
the person who leases the property for the installation of a solar power facility would be responsible for removing the solar power devices from the landowner's property, clear the land of such devices and related equipment, and restore the land to its previous condition. The bill also makes provision...Read More
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SB 586 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 586 would require that each off-highway vehicle distributor, in addition to the current requirement placed on manufacturers, file a report with the comptroller no later than March 1st of each year listing each warranty issued for a new off-highway vehicle that was sold to a resident of Texas by a retailer outside of Texas.SB 586 would place an emphasis on including off-highway vehicle distributors (such as ATV and dirt bike...Read More
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SB 281 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 281 would make statements made during a hypnosis session inadmissible against a defendant in a criminal trial.SB 281 was amended on the floor of the Senate to make any evidence derived from a hypnosis session that corroborates a crime admissible in a criminal trial. This change does not affect our vote recommendation.Read More
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SB 709 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 709 is sunset review bill which would continue the Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) for 12 years making moderate changes to the composition of the advisory committee by requiring members serve a six-year, staggered terms. Members would be prohibited from being appointed to more than two consecutive terms. SB 709 would require the executive director to create a training manual and distribute a copy of the training manual...Read More
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HB 448 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 448 would allow property owners additional rights and protections from eminent domain such as the ability to file a complaint with the ombudsman office, to be established by the Texas Real Estate Commission, regarding alleged misconduct by a representative of the entity while exercising the entity’s eminent
domain authority. Misconduct means criminal trespassing or an intentional action that misrepresents to the landowner the...Read More
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