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HB 1227 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1227 would require a court to notify the office of the Attorney General when the court modifies an existing child support order to require that the child support payments be made to the Department of Family and Protective Services.Read More
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HB 2174 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2174 would require organizations that own Internet websites to institute a mechanism on their website that prevents users from accessing pornographic material on the site unless they verify that they are 13 years of age or older. If the organization does not do so, they could be held liable for damages. HB 2174 would also permit a person who uploads pornographic material onto a website to be held liable for damages if a person younger...Read More
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HB 4243 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4243 would consider a person honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States or the Texas military forces if the person was dishonorably discharged solely on the basis of the person's sexual orientation or gender identity. This would entitle these individuals to all benefits, rights, privileges, and immunities provided by state law to honorably discharged veterans.Read More
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HB 2066 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2066 would allow the governor to order the Department of Information Resources to disconnect a government computer network from the Internet in the event of a cybersecurity event. Read More
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HB 738 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 738 would bring building and residential codes up to date to the International Building and international residential Code for 2012. It would allow local governments to add, modify, or remove requirements set
by the International
Residential Code or the international building code provided that they hold a public hearing prior to amending the code. The provisions of this bill only apply to construction after January 1, 2022.The senate...Read More
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HB 2055 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2055 is intended to overhaul the procedures for adding or removing names from the central registry of child abuse and neglect. The bill provides for a process of categorizing the severity of offenses that get a person's name put into the registry, places statutes of limitations for inclusion in the registry based on the level of severity or the person's age at the time of the offense, and establish an expungement review panel. Many significant...Read More
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HB 2546 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2546 would require the secretary of state to monitor each court clerk and voter registrar for compliance with existing law regarding maintenance of voter rolls. If the secretary of state determines that a court clerk or voter registrar has failed to comply with applicable laws, the secretary of state would, for a first violation, require the clerk or registrar to attend a training, for the second offense, audit the...Read More
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HB 3931 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3931 would create a Texas Competency-Based Education Grant Program for certain students enrolled in competency-based baccalaureate degree programs.Read More
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HB 3611 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3611 would permit any court in the state to conduct a proceeding remotely or allow any participant in the proceeding to participate remotely on the motion of any party or as the court deems appropriate. If a court chooses to conduct a proceeding remotely, they would be required to give adequate notice to each party, allow a party to file an objection, and modify the proceeding if a participant notifies them that they are unable to participate...Read More
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HB 2973 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2973 would require the contract that the Health and Human Services Commission enters into with a statewide nonprofit for a volunteer advocate program to include measurable goals for inactive volunteer advocates in the program. The nonprofit that the Commission contracts with would have to have adopted a grievance procedure for alleged negligence or misconduct on behalf of an advocate and maintain accurate records regarding the number...Read More
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HB 1934 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1934 would prohibit an employee benefit plan or health insurance policy provider or issuer from recovering overpayment made to a dentist unless certain stipulations are met. The bill would also allow dentists to choose not participate in third party access to the contract or enter into a contract directly with the third party that will obtain access to a provider network, if a provider network contract has been entered...Read More
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HB 1572 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1572 would establish that an "Electric generation equipment lessor or
operator" is not considered an "Electric utility" or a "retail electric utility". An "Electric generation equipment lessor or
operator" means a person who rents to or operates for compensation
on behalf of a third party electric generation equipment that is used on a site of the third party where the
third party is unable to obtain sufficient electricity service;...Read More
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HB 2859 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2859 would require the secretary of state to create a database for election information and a database of political candidates and incumbents and post both databases on its website. Read More
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HB 1921 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1921
would require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to conduct a study to
identify potential changes to modernize their correctional facilities. They
would have to consider any change that would decrease maintenance costs,
improve energy efficiency, and increase funds available for officer pay and
programs for inmates. The Department would be required to consult with various
stakeholders when conducting the study. By January...Read More
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HB 2676 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2676 would allow unborn children's parents to request a life certificate for the unborn child before the child's birth. The Department of State Health Services would be able to prescribe the form and content of the certificate. Such a certificate would be required to include the name of the child (if the parents provide it) or the term "baby girl"/"baby boy", the date of the child's life, and the date the unborn child is born. On...Read More
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HB 1875 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1875 would create a statewide business trial court and business appellate court. The business trial court would have concurrent jurisdiction with any district court over civil derivative actions brought on behalf of a business and any civil actions between businesses in which the amount at controversy exceeds $10 million. Judges on the business trial court would be appointed by the Governor for two-year terms and would have to have at...Read More
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HB 1977 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1977 would expand an existing exemption for certain financial institutions from state regulations regarding collection of voiceprints, to all forms of biometric identification, provided they are subject to federal regulation of biometric identification. In effect, this would allow any qualifying financial institution to capture and use biometric identifiers in order to provide improved account security measures for customers. Read More
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HB 3437 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3437 would prevent a taxing unit other than a school district from increasing the ad valorem tax rate on the residence homestead of an individual 65 years of age or older or on the residence homestead of an individual who is disabled.If the homeowner sells the home and buys a new one after the age of 65, the new home would be appraised at the new ad valorem tax rate at the time the new home was purchased.If the homeowner were to pass...Read More
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HB 1854 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1854 would require entities that provide a death benefit payable for the costs of cremation or burial of a child, or a health benefit plan that provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness to provide coverage for the cost of disposition of embryonic and fetal tissue remains with a post-fertilization age of 20 weeks or more.Read More
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HB 1379 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1379 would increase the requisite minimum percent of income that a business must derive from alcohol sales to be required to post a sign prohibiting firearms from 51% to 60%.Read More
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