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HB 1127 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1127 would permit an applicant for a writ of habeas corpus to serve the required copy to the state attorney through secure electronic means.Read More
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HB 4240 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4240 would permit cities and counties to impose a civil penalty of up to $500 for interference with a child custody order.Read More
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HB 757 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 757 would prohibit the fact that a person was placed on deferred adjudication community supervision from being used as grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking an occupational license under most circumstances. Being placed on deferred adjudication would only be grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking a license related to professional childcare and health services for sex offenders.Read More
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HB 3948 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3948 would require the Department of Agriculture to issue a license to any Texas institution of higher education that requests the
license for hemp research purposes. A Texas institution of higher education may not sell or
transfer hemp to another person unless the institution complies
with the regulatory requirements. Higher education institutions would be exempt from certain license and fee requirements related to...Read More
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HB 3289 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3289 would establish that a person who violates a quarantine against a pest or disease affecting pecans or pecan
trees or violates a rule adopted under this bill for the
protection of pecans or pecan trees is liable to the state for a
civil penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $20,000 for each
violation. Each day a violation continues may be considered a
separate violation for purposes of a civil penalty assessment. A person...Read More
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HCR 61 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HCR 61 would designate the Texas star mushroom as the official State Mushroom of Texas.Read More
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HB 2272 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2272 allows the commissioners court by order to delegate managerial authority to a county chief administrator.Read More
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HB 2027 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2027 would remove the requirement that the Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs provide appropriate housing incentives as determined through the qualified
allocation plan to reward applicants who agree to locate the development in a census tract
in which there are no other existing developments supported by housing tax credits. The bill states that this act would only take place during the year 2022.Read More
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HB 999 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 999 would authorize an individual graduation committee
(IGC) to determine a high school senior's eligibility for graduation without considering the
student's end-of-course test performance for the class of 2021-2022. Additionally, the bill amends current law relating to the use of individual graduation committees for
certain high school students.Read More
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HB 133 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 133 would require the Health and Human Services Commission to transition to a Medicaid managed care model for transition services provided to all recipients under the children and pregnant women program. This program is designed to provide case management services to children who have a health condition or health risk and pregnant women who have a high-risk condition via this new managed care model. This transition would be required to...Read More
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HB 3807 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3807 would require municipalities and counties, state parks, and the Parks and Wildlife Department provide occupied lifeguard towers near structures that protrude into the
Gulf of Mexico and post signs nearby clearly describing the
dangerous water conditions that may occur near the structure.Read More
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HB 3 |
87(R) - 2021 |
CSHB 3 would amend the Government Code to address the powers of the governor and the legislature during a pandemic emergency and clarify what events qualify as disasters under Texas Law. CSHB 3 would prevent the governor, in most circumstances, from extending a disaster declaration for longer than 60 days or declaring a new state of disaster based on the same findings as a proper disaster unless authorized by the legislature. Under...Read More
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HB 1861 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1861 is a bracketed bill which would exempt San Antonio Water Systems (the municipally owned water utility for San Antonio) from a requirement that certain interlocal contracts be approved by the governing bodies of each party to the contract. Read More
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HB 4149 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4140 would allow the Commission on Jail Standards and the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to develop additional training for county jailers serving under permanent appointment to promote health and safety in county jails.Read More
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HB 1520 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1520 provides a method for financing customer rate relief (CRR) bonds authorized by the
Railroad Commission of Texas. This securitization financing can be used to enable gas utilities to recover costs incurred by extreme events instead of billing the consumer, by issuing CRR bonds and using the proceeds from the sale of the bonds to finance or refinance
railroad commission-approved regulatory assets, including
extraordinary costs,...Read More
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HB 4103 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4103 would expand use of the the Hotel Occupancy Tax by allowing more bracketed communities to use the tax for economic development purposes. Read More
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HB 3880 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3880 refines certain regulations regarding special education services in public schools. It replaces the term "special services" with "special education," defined as
specially designed instruction that is provided at no cost to the parent or person standing in
parental relation to meet the unique needs of a student with a disability. The bill also changes the eligibility requirements for a district's special education program....Read More
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HB 3802 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3802 would require a water supply corporation that provides nonsubmetered master metered water utility service to determine their rates for that service on the
same basis they use to
determine the rates for other commercial businesses that serve
transient customers and receive nonsubmetered master metered
utility services. This bill also prohibits a water
supply corporation from charging an administrative fee...Read More
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HB 3660 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3660 would require children alleged to have engaged in
non-traffic, fine-only misdemeanors to be diverted from criminal prosecution.
Diversion could include participation in a program, referral to a child
services provider, or required mediation, drug treatment, or community service.
Each justice and municipal court in the state would be required to adopt a
youth diversion plan outlining their planned implementation of diversion
strategies....Read More
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HB 3597 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3597 would make certain changes to school safety emergency operations plans and require that the plan be shared with the Texas School Safety Center. The bill also grants access to certain criminal history record information to the Texas State University. Read More
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