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SB 962 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 962 would require a person to receive informed consent before obtaining genetic material or genetic information, performing a genetic test or any other analysis or test of the individual which requires their genetic material, retainining an individual's genetic material or information, or disclosing the individual's material or information. SB 962 would outline what information the informed consent form must disclose. The bill...Read More
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HB 2130 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2130 would prohibit issuers of unemployment insurance from making a person who refuses work at a workplace that presents an unreasonable risk of exposure to infectious diseases, including Covid-19, as being ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits. Under current law, a person is usually made ineligible for said benefits if they refuse work barring a few select circumstances, this bill would expand...Read More
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HB 3934 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3934 would create a new penalty enhancement under the offense of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. If the victim suffers a traumatic brain or spine injury that results in a vegetative state or irreversible paralysis, the offense would be raised from a second-degree felony to first-degree felony.Read More
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HB 3269 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3269 would require the early voting clerk to deliver each request for cancellation to the early voting ballot board to ensure a canceled ballot is not counted. The early voting clerk and presiding election judge would also be required to keep a log of each ballot returned and shall provide a copy of the log to the early voting ballot board to ensure that the canceled ballot is not counted in the election....Read More
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HB 4181 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4181 would make it a state jail felony to practice veterinary medicine without a license and falsely
represent yourself as being a veterinarian.Read More
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HB 59 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 59 would prohibit school districts from imposing maintenance & operations taxes beginning in 2024 and would establish a Joint Interim Committee on the Elimination of School District Maintenance and Operations Ad Valorem Taxes to evaluate using consumption tax revenue to meet the state's constitutional duty to fund public education. The school districts would still be allowed to impose an enrichment tax at a rate not to exceed...Read More
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HB 2860 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2860 would require a county, city, or independent school district that holds an election and maintains a website to publicly post the results of each election, including the total number of votes cast, and the total number of votes cast for each candidate or for or against each measure. HB 2860 would also require a county, city, or independent school district that holds an election and maintains a website to publicly post the...Read More
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HB 1178 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1178 would repeal the criminal offense of possession of drug paraphernalia.Read More
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HB 2997 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2997 would allow municipalities to define and classify developments to determine whether specific developments of
tracts of land are required to be platted. This bill would also raise a municipal population requirement cap for exemption to prepare a plat from 5,000 to 65,000.Read More
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HB 1363 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1363 would allow a certified physical therapist with a doctoral degree, who has either completed a residency or is certified by an entity approved by the board, to treat a patient for not more than 15 consecutive business days. Read More
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HB 2919 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2919 would permit a court judgment to be renewed if a receiver is appointed to collect the judgment within 10 years of it being issued or a subsequent receiver is appointed within 10 years of the first receiver being appointed.Read More
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HB 2127 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2127 is bracketed to EpicCentral which is a large entertainment development with a water park, restaurants, and other entertainment amenities. HB 2127 would allow people at the park to take alcoholic beverages from dinner at one of the restaurants to other areas of the park. Read More
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HB 631 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 631 restricts the power of local governments to interfere with the granting of permits or the regulation of municipal solid waste facilities. This bill makes it so applicants for a permit for siting, construction, or
operation of a municipal solid waste facility don't need to seek permits from local governments and local governments can't make a rule or ordinance that conflicts with or is
inconsistent with some state polices...Read More
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HB 2602 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2602 would remove the requirement that a poll watcher must serve for 5 continuous hours at a polling place, for the poll watcher to work whatever hours the poll watcher chooses.Read More
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HB 4071 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4071 would have the Department of Information Resources (DIR) compile a list of endpoint devices, a personal computing goods and multi-functional devices, that are approved for purchase by a state. Such approved device must meet specified federal guidelines, best practices, and cybersecurity framework with a requirement that the device meet cybersecurity industry-recognized standards and best practices established by the DIR.Read More
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HB 1019 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1019 would implement a simplified certification and recertification of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for people at least 60 years old or those with a disability. This simplification would utilize a shortened application form, making the certification easier, and would allow individuals to remain eligible for benefits for 36 months. Individuals would be required to submit a change reporting...Read More
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HB 1226 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1226 would create a "text-to-give" program that would allow individuals to text to donate to a government collection intended to combat homelessness. The bill also says the Texas Department of Housing
and Community Affairs may assign personnel to coordinate the
administration and implementation of the program.Read More
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HB 2713 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2713 would revise provisions relating to the removal,
relocation, or alteration of a monument or memorial located on state property. The bill would 1) only allow certain monuments or memorials to be altered by approval of a
concurrent resolution authorizing the removal, relocation, or alteration, including
alteration to maintain historical accuracy, by a two-thirds vote of the members of each
house of the legislature, 2) only...Read More
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HB 744 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 744 would require law enforcement agencies to submit a written statement when filing a criminal case with a state attorney acknowledging that they have transmitted all items that the state attorney is required by law to disclose to the defendant. If any such item is discovered after the case has been filed, the law enforcement agency would be required to promptly transmit it to the state attorney.Read More
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HB 3994 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3994 would prohibit a court in most circumstances from transferring a juvenile from probation into a juvenile prison if their violation of their probation did not break a criminal law. A court would only be permitted to do so if the juvenile’s conduct indicates that they are dangerous to themselves or the public or the placement in a facility is specifically to treat a diagnosed condition.Read More
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