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HB 1776 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1776 would require any district and charter school to permit and encourage the open display of America's founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, Federalist Papers, and other writings from the Founding Fathers. Additionally, it would require all district and charter schools to provide a one-half elective credit on the founding principles of the United States. Read More
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HB 2705 |
87(R) - 2021 |
Currently, Texas Woman's University is based in Denton with satellite campuses in Dallas and Houston.HB 2705 would update Texas Woman’s University to become a university system with three separate institutions; Texas Women's University, Texas Woman's University at Dallas, and Texas Woman's University at Houston. Each campus in the system would be governed by the same board of regents.Read More
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HB 2199 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2199 would create a work group required to develop recommendations for the use of digital identity in this state and identify optimal policies and state investments related to digital identity technology. The group's duties would include; assessing existing digital identity practices in this state, identifying areas of concern in current digital identity applications or the lack of applications, identifying...Read More
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HB 2044 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2044 would raise the bar for an entity exercising eminent domain to establish actual progress by requiring the completion of three prescribed actions rather than two and removing certain possible prescribed actions that can be taken into account for this purpose. HB 2044 would make it easier for the original owners to repurchase property that was taken via eminent domain and for which insufficient actual progress has been made by the...Read More
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SB 1838 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1838 would grant the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority the subsurface strata below the surface of the property leased to the City of Austin for a period of 99 years. The lease for subsurface and access rights would be in addition to and separate from the existing lease to operate a public park on the surface of the property.The Metro would be able to use this subsurface for the use of a public transportation subway, railway,...Read More
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HB 1616 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1616 would bring Texas into an interstate medical licensure compact. This compact would develop a comprehensive process that complements the existing licensing and regulatory authority of state medical boards and provides a streamlined process that allows physicians to become licensed in multiple states. In order to accomplish this the compact has the ability to determine eligibility, qualifications, and form an interstate commission....Read More
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HB 1973 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1973 would prohibit municipalities from taking punitive action against fire department employees unless certain investigations have first taken place.Read More
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SB 2195 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2195 would prevent pharmacy benefits managers from causing a claim payment to a pharmacist or pharmacy to be reduced after adjudication. The bill would make several other modifications to the relationships between pharmacists, pharmacy benefit managers, and health insurance providers. Read More
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SB 930 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 930 would stipulate that certain information about residents of specific nursing homes, continuing care, or assisted living facilities, unless made confidential by another law, is subject to disclosure to state and local health agencies under the Texas Public Information Act. The information would include the name and location of a facility in which residents have been diagnosed with a communicable disease or the number of residents in...Read More
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SB 642 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 642 would prevent the Health and Human Services Commission from requiring the Department of Family and Protective Services to conduct a child abuse or neglect investigation before allowing a child to participate in the relinquishment avoidance program unless there is an allegation of abuse or neglect of the child. Local mental health authorities would be allowed to refer a child directly to the relinquishment avoidance program without...Read More
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HB 2261 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2261 would expand the purposes of municipal management districts by allowing them to allocate funds to public school facilities and public education related supplemental services.Read More
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SB 460 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 460 would designate the 11th day of each month as Buddy Check Day to encourage veterans to reach out to other veterans who may need assistance. The bill would also allow the Texas Veterans Commission to promote assistance and other services available to veterans while promoting education and awareness of veterans issues on Buddy Check Day. The purpose of this bill is to help promote veteran connectedness and reduce rates of veteran suicide. Read More
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HB 3367 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3367 would modify existing law regarding certain HOAs in a variety of ways such as enacting restrictions on who can serve on an architectural control committee, requiring HOAs to file management certificates with the the Texas Real Estate Commission to create a database of HOAs and removing an HOA's lien authority if it failed to file a management certificate.Read More
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HB 3697 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3697 would expand access to unemployment benefits by allowing a person to qualify for the benefits if they leave the workplace to care for their child due to an unexpected illness, accident, or other unforeseeable event. The bill specifies that this only applies if the child is a minor and if no other reasonable option to care for the child is available.Read More
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HB 2169 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2169 would rescind the statutory prohibition on issuing a license to carry a handgun to a person who has been found to be delinquent on their taxes.Read More
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HB 1416 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1416 would define the term "business day" for the purpose of the public information law. This would clarify and standardize the business day requirements for handling and processing public information requests. Read More
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SB 1065 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1065 would expand the minimum requirement imposed on certain health benefit plans with coverage of mammograms to also include "diagnostic imaging" which this bill defines as an imaging examination using mammography, ultrasound imaging, or magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate breast tissue for cancer. The bill would require that a health benefit plan provides coverage for diagnostic imaging that is no less favorable than for a screening mammogram.Read More
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HB 1225 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1225 would require the housing and health services coordination council to submit to the department an evaluation of the 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network by August 1 of each year. This evaluation must consider data collection, the database of the Texas Information and Referral Network, 2-1-1 user interviews and recommendations, referral outcome statistics, and 2-1-1 Texas leadership interviews and...Read More
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HB 3502 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3502 would allow condominium unit owners' associations and property owners' associations to meet electronically or by phone, and vote electronically in accordance with existing law.Read More
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SB 1776 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1776 would require any district and charter school to permit and encourage the open display of America's founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, Federalist Papers, and other writings from the Founding Fathers. Additionally, it would require all district and charter schools to provide a one-half elective credit on the founding principles of the United States. Read More
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