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HB 4026 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4026 would allow the Department of Public Safety and Department of Transportation Surplus Property to directly donate or sell at a discounted rate surplus traffic and roadwork safety equipment, including lights and safety flags, to a political subdivision of this state.The revenue from any sale of equipment shall be deposited to the credit of the Department of Public Safety or Texas Department of Transportation and may be appropriated...Read More
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HB 4335 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4335 would require the Texas Judicial Council to gather case-level information and data from courts in Texas, rather than simply aggregate data.Read More
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HB 4267 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4267 would make certain changes to antitrust investigations conducted by the Attorney General. It would permit service of a civil investigative demand to be made through e-mail or other electronic means if the person being served has consented. The Attorney General would be permitted to file a petition for enforcement in Travis County in addition to other locations already provided for by law. HB 4267 would also limit disclosure...Read More
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HB 1356 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1356 would require a health benefit plan to provide coverage for hair prostheses for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Read More
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HB 1144 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1144 would require training on suicide prevention, mental health, substance abuse, positive relationships, grief and trauma for educators in district or charter schools be taught at least once every two years.Read More
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HB 478 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 478 would require all polling places to have a parking spot set aside for voters who are unable to enter the polling place and a sign displaying, in large font that is clearly readable from a vehicle, a telephone number that a voter may call or text to request assistance from an election officer at the polling place or with a button or intercom that the voter may use to request assistance from an election officer. The...Read More
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HB 3999 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3999 would grant current powers vested to presiding election judges in Chapter 32, Election Code to alternate presiding election judges as well.Read More
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HB 3334 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3334 would require the Office of Court Administration to create and maintain a criminal sentencing database that includes detailed information for each person convicted of a jailable offense. The Office would have to publish the de-identified sentencing data maintained in the database on their website for the public. Individual information in the database would not be required to be removed if someone has a previous conviction expunged...Read More
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HB 1196 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1196 would require the state registrar, a local registrar, or a county clerk to issue, on request of a homeless individual, without fee, a certified copy of the individual’s birth record or drivers license to
the individual.Read More
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HB 1679 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1679 would allow a person who holds a retainage lien on a property sold due to foreclosure to extend the life of the lien until it can be satisfied by a new owner, provided the person files an affidavit at least five days before the foreclosure sale.Read More
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HB 3515 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3515 would allow TxDOT to purchase materials used in the construction or maintenance of a highway and traffic control or safety materials without submitting for a competitive bid if the contract would involve an amount for which the comptroller has delegated purchasing authority. Lastly, HB 3515 would allow TxDOT to obtain maintenance projects as a purchase of services under their current comptroller limit ($100,000) and would allow TxDOT...Read More
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HB 2420 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2420 would qualify the South by Southwest Conference
and Festivals for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement
Program.Read More
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HB 3761 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3761 would prevent the Health and Human Services Commission from suspending or terminating the eligibility of a recipient for medical assistance benefits if their ineligibility is caused partly or wholly by a technical or clerical error committed by the commission or an agent of the commission during the renewal application or other document required for benefits renewal. HB 3761 would require the commission to coordinate with and...Read More
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HB 2639 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2639 would require The Public Utility Commission of Texas to conduct a study of the impacts of existing and possible future interconnections of
electric transmission service facilities in Texas with
electric transmission service facilities in the United Mexican
States. The report must be submitted to the Texas legislature by September 1, 2022.Read More
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HB 4015 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4015 would establish within the Department of State Health Services the Rita Littlefield Chronic Kidney Disease Centralized Resource Center to serve as a centralized system through which persons may request and obtain information on chronic kidney disease and related illnesses, including each level of kidney disease and end stage renal disease; and register for inclusion for in a kidney health clinical trials registry to receive information...Read More
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HB 831 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 831 would require the basic peace officer training course
required as part of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) peace officer training
program to be no less than 720 hours and to include training on the prohibition against the
intentional use of a choke hold, carotid artery hold, or similar neck restraint by an officer in
searching or arresting a person, unless the officer reasonably believes the restraint is necessary
to...Read More
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HB 487 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 487 would raise the age at which a child may be taken
into law enforcement custody or charged with a school offense from 10 to 12. It
would change the definition of a child for the purposes of juvenile justice to
a person between 10 and 18 years old who committed a felony offense prior to
turning 12 and a person between 12 and 18 who committed any delinquent conduct
or conduct with need for supervision after turning 12. If enacted,...Read More
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HB 687 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 687 would remove the requirement that a person must be seeking a monetary benefit to have committed the criminal offense of smuggling of persons. Instead, seeking a monetary benefit while committing the offense would become grounds for an enhancement from a third-degree felony to a second-degree felony. The possession of a firearm by the actor or an accomplice of the actor and evasion of law enforcement would also become grounds...Read More
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HB 293 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 293 would require a health benefit plan to provide coverage for fertility preservation services to a covered person who will receive a medically necessary treatment that may directly or indirectly cause impaired fertility. This bill would not apply to all health types plans.Read More
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HB 3339 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3339 would add the Ladies Professional Golf Association Championship tournament, the Professional Golfers’ Association Championship, the Ryder Cup, and the Senior Professional Golfers’ Association Championship to the list of programs eligible for funding by the Major Events Reimbursement Program.Read More
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