Bill Analysis

BILL NAME SESSION ANALYSIS
HB 4277 87(R) - 2021 HB 4277 would amend Finance Code to update the procedures governing the refund process when an early contract termination results in termination of a debt cancellation agreement for certain retail vehicle installment sales.Read More
HB 561 87(R) - 2021 HB 561 would prohibit a city or county from adopting or enforcing juvenile curfew ordinances except as authorized during a declared disaster.Read More
HB 4276 87(R) - 2021 HB 4276 would allow Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to establish a maximum number of temporary tags that a dealer or converter may obtain. The bill outlines parameters which must be followed in establishing a maximum number of temporary tags, including allowing the DMV to authorize additional tags if appropriate.Read More
HB 2825 87(R) - 2021 HB 2825 would require financial institutions and title insurance companies to identify, before approving loans for the purchase, lease, development, or renovation of real property or insurance policy, applicants whose real property is located within 25 nautical miles of the boundaries of a military base in Texas, and is not zoned or intended to be used for residential use only. Financial institutions providing such a loan would be required...Read More
HB 4266 87(R) - 2021 HB 4266 would require a credit repair organization to provide a consumer with a disclosure detailing the inaccurate or obsolete adverse information appearing on the consumer’s credit report as well as the cost and basis for removing the information before entering into a contract with a consumer.HB 4266 would also prohibit various activities such as the deletion of accurate credit information, even it is adverse, communications...Read More
HB 4473 87(R) - 2021 HB 4473 seeks to align state and federal law on public employers providing for employees space, other than a bathroom, to express breast milk.Read More
HB 4174 87(R) - 2021 HB 4174 would allow the disclosure of video evidence of a crime that resulted in the death of a person to the deceased person’s family. This disclosure to the family is not considered a voluntary disclosure which would make it available to the public, and does not waive the right to assert in the future that the information is excepted from required disclosure.Read More
HB 4141 87(R) - 2021 HB 4141 would require the 40-hour statewide education and training program for peace officers on de-escalation and crisis intervention to include instruction on interacting with persons with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, including instruction on techniques for recognizing symptoms, communicating effectively, employing alternatives to physical restraints, and identifying signs of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.Read More
HB 2856 87(R) - 2021 HB 2856 would prevent a provider who participates in Medicaid or the child health plan program, from refusing to provide healthcare services to a Medicaid recipient or child health plan program enrollee based on the recipient's or enrollee's refusal or failure to obtain or vaccine or immunization for a particular infectious or communicable disease. HB 2856 would prevent the Health and Human Services Commission from providing reimbursement...Read More
HB 3624 87(R) - 2021 HB 3624 would allow an owner or operator of distributed renewable generation or distributed energy storage device that is installed on the retail electric customer’s side of the meter to sell their electricity at wholesale prices consistent with the law. The owner or operator would not be required to register as a power generation company. This bill would allow an electric utility to allow an owner or operator to use...Read More
HB 4119 87(R) - 2021 HB 4119 would create the Texas small and rural community success fund to make loans to economic development corporations for eligible projects, pay the Economic Development bank’s necessary and reasonable costs of administering the program, pay the principal of and interest on bonds, pay reasonable fees and other costs incurred by the Economic Development bank of Texas in administering the fund and for...Read More
HB 392 87(R) - 2021 HB 392 would prohibit a public school or public institution of higher education and an employer, labor union, or employment agency from adopting a student dress code or grooming code that discriminates against a hair texture or protective hairstyle that is associated with race.Read More
HB 3303 87(R) - 2021 HB 3303 would prohibit an election official of the state or of a political subdivision from creating, altering or suspending any voting standard, practice, or procedure in a manner not expressly authorized by existing law.Read More
HB 3743 87(R) - 2021 HB 3743 would require school districts that contract with an outside provider (for the provision of web services to facilitate distance learning) to maintain a contractual agreement with the provider that ensures an industry-standard base level of cybersecurity and privacy protection for students and educators. Additionally, a school district would be prohibited from retaining a recording of distance learning instruction for more than...Read More
HB 1950 87(R) - 2021 HB 1950 create a designation for a defunding municipality which, based on certain criteria is determined to have improperly defunded its police department. HB 1950 would permit the Governor to create a public safety zone in an area of a qualified municipality that the Criminal Justice Division of the Governor's office designates as a defunding municipality. This provision is bracketed to the City of Austin.The Governor...Read More
HB 1147 87(R) - 2021 HB 1147 would include enlisting in the Texas National Guard as an indicator of college readiness to be used in evaluating campus performance by which schools may be awarded bonuses under the Foundation School Program. Read More
HB 3493 87(R) - 2021 HB 3493 would require the Department of Family and Protective Services to develop a request for information to assist the department in developing a strategic plan for prevention and early intervention services; send the request to a diverse set of stakeholders; and in collaboration with the Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Office of Attorney General: develop an inventory...Read More
HB 3529 87(R) - 2021 HB 3529 would add coerced debt to the definition of identity theft in Business and Commerce Code, as the legislature did to Penal Code last session.Read More
HB 1399 87(R) - 2021 HB 1399 would prohibit physicians or health care providers from transitioning a child's biological sex, as biologically determined, or affirming the child's perception of the child's sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child's biological sex. These physicians would not be allowed to perform surgery; mastectomy; provide, administer, or dispense prescription drugs that induce transient or permanent infertility; or remove any otherwise...Read More
HB 4447 87(R) - 2021 HB 4447 would prohibit a municipal planning commission or the governing body of the municipality from requiring a person to submit or obtain approval of a required planning document or fulfill any other prerequisites or conditions before the person files a copy of the land development application unless the requirement is adopted by ordinance and the municipality made required documents publicly available. An individual may submit...Read More