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SB 1103 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1103 would make administrative updates with respect to already required certification and listing of nurse aides in the Nurse Aide Registry. The executive commissioner of HHSC would adopt rules for the issuance and renewal of a certificate of registration and the regulation of nurse aides as necessary to protect the public health and safety. Read More
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HB 323 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 323 would establish a grant program under the Criminal Justice Division to issue grants to law enforcement agencies for the purpose of obtaining or maintaining recognition through the Texas Police Chiefs Association Law
Enforcement Best Practices Recognition Program, or by the Commission on Accreditation
for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., or other such agencies.Read More
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HB 834 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 834 would prohibit a defendant from being convicted of a drug offense on the sole testimony of any person acting undercover, rather than only non-police officers, unless that testimony is corroborated by other evidence.Read More
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SB 1815 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1815 would update Transportation Code to ensure compliance with federal standards in terms of lengths of loads, length exceptions, and weight limitations. Under SB 1815, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles would issue a permit to allow the operation on a state highway of equipment that exceeds the weight and size limits provided by law.Read More
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SB 1351 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1351 would alter the process by which a public school may donate surplus food to a nonprofit organization for redistribution on the school's campus. Rather than food being donated through an official of the nonprofit organization, it would be donated through an official affiliated with the campus or parent of a student of the campus. Additionally, the bill would revise the types and source of food which may be donated. Requirements...Read More
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SB 1353 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1353 would require the biennial legislative immunization report to include additional information if, within the prior two years, a disaster had been declared under the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act. The additional information would be accessibility to immunization by county with non-identifiable demographics information such as age, race, and geographic information. The report would have to identify and assess...Read More
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SB 1200 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1200 would require the Department of Family and Protective Services to coordinate with the Health and Human Services Commission, to promote the use of the nurse-family partnership competitive grant program for pregnant women receiving services through a public benefits program administered by the HHSC or DFPS. SB 1200 would require the Parenting Education Program report to include information on the sources from which pregnant women...Read More
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SB 866 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 866 is intended to help curb fraudulent use of public benefits provided by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) by adding a photo identification component to the Lone Star Card which is used like a debit card for beneficiaries to access their cash benefits to make eligible purchases. In addition to the photo, the Lone Star Card would have information on reporting fraud...Read More
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SB 28 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 28 would require that public charter schools be treated the same as local district schools under zoning and land use ordinances, regulations, and fees. The bill would prevent local entities from
prohibiting charter schools from being built on certain municipal properties. It would also
eliminate the State Board of Education (SBOE) veto power over qualified charter school applications, while providing SBOE
with additional power to petition...Read More
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SB 1772 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1772 would require that the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service create the Texas Pollinator-Smart program to
encourage the creation and conservation of habitats for pollinators around solar energy sites. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service would also be required to create educational materials that cover the benefits to solar energy producers for providing pollinator habitats at solar
energy sites, the benefits...Read More
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SB 1538 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1538 would require a motor vehicle insurer to require that a part, product, or repair process used to repair a vehicle that was purchased new and is under three years old, is the manufacturer’s or distributor’s original equipment and would prohibit the insurer from requiring the beneficiary of a motor vehicle insurance policy use a specific person or facility to repair the damage. The bill would also allow the...Read More
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SB 2044 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2044 would establish the State Advisory Council on Educational
Opportunity for Military Children to provide for coordination among
state agencies, school districts, and military installations
concerning the state’s participation in and compliance with the
Interstate Compact on Educational
Opportunity for Military Children.Read More
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SB 1089 |
87(R) - 2021 |
Current law regulates traditional installment lenders in a variety of ways, including by setting a reference base amount which helps serve as a benchmark to set the maximum loan amount. The current reference base amount is $200. SB 1089 would increase the reference base amount to $300 for the purposes of calculating maximum loan amounts. This will impact the overall maximum amount traditional installment lenders can loan. Read More
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HB 390 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 390 would require that hotels, motels, inns and other similar businesses annually train their employees in human trafficking prevention. The training must be at least 20 minutes long and be approved by the attorney general, or come from a list of preapproved trainings issued by the attorney general. These businesses must maintain sufficient records to prove their employees have undergone this training. HB 390 would also allow...Read More
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SB 315 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 315 would prohibit a sexually oriented business from
allowing persons younger than 18 years old on the premises, or from employing
persons younger than 21 years old. It would create administrative penalties for
sexually oriented businesses that knowingly or recklessly allow persons younger
than 18 on their premises, and attach a criminal penalty to sexually oriented
businesses employing an individual under 21 years old.Read More
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SCR 4 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SCR 4 would resolve the 87th Legislature to expresses its support for the Future Vertical Lift Program, including the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, as part of the U.S. Army modernization plan and to expresses the support for fully funding this program. It would further resolve that the Texas Secretary of State forward official copies of this resolution to the members of the Texas delegation...Read More
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HB 1219 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1219 lowers the required percentage of property owners needed to petition to dissolve a municipal management district created before September 1, 2017, from two-thirds to 55 percent. Read More
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HB 3111 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3111 would expand the criminal offense of online solicitation of a minor to include the electronic solicitation of another adult with the intent of causing a minor to meet another person to engage in sexual contact. The penalty for this offense would be a second-degree felony. A person who pleads guilty to or is convicted of online solicitation relating to a minor would become ineligible for community supervision.Read More
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HB 1757 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1757 would create a third degree felony offense for a peace officer
or other employee of a law enforcement agency who alters, destroys, or conceals another
person's audio, visual, or photographic recording of a peace officer's performance of official
duties without obtaining that other person's written consent.Read More
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HB 1472 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1472 would allow the Confederation of North, Central America
and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) Gold Cup event to receive funding from the Major Events Reimbursement Program.Read More
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