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HB 654 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 654 would increase the rule against perpetuities for trusts. Beginning on the effective date of the bill, any interest in a non-charitable trust would have to vest within 300 years of the date the trust becomes effective, rather than the existing 21 years.Read More
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HB 217 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 217 would include DNA test results that indicate a match between an unidentified DNA profile on the evidence and another person's DNA profile in a database under the term "exculpatory results" in the context of post-conviction DNA testing. Exculpatory evidence is evidence favorable to the defendant in a criminal trial that exonerates or tends to exonerate the defendant of guilt.Read More
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HB 2446 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2446 would require an attorney appointed to represent a defendant in a noncapital case to be reimbursed for travel expenses or remote interview expenses if the defendant is housed at a correctional facility more than 50 miles away from the presiding court.Read More
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HB 4422 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 4422 would permit an attorney who serves as the head of a county civil legal department to seek a written opinion from the Attorney General on an action to which the state is a party.Read More
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HB 193 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 193 would require a juvenile court, when the minor becomes 18 years of age, to destroy the records of a person charged with prostitution and referred to a juvenile probation department if the person was trafficked for sexual purposes or forced into the prostitution. Whether or not the person’s charge has been adjudicated would not matter.Read More
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HJR 2 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HJR 2 proposes a constitutional amendment to create the State Utilities Reliability Fund (SURF) and the State Utilities Reliability Revenue Fund (SURRF). These funds are intended to serve as a utility infrastructure bank in order to enhance the financing capabilities of power generation companies, water, electricity, natural gas and broadband utilities under a constitutionally created program and a revenue bond program. Money in...Read More
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HB 2000 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2000 creates the state
utilities reliability fund (SURF) and the state utilities reliability revenue fund (SURRF) . These funds are intended to serve as a
utility infrastructure bank in order to enhance the financing
capabilities of power generation companies, water, electricity, natural gas and broadband
utilities under a
constitutionally created program and a revenue bond program. Money
in the fund will be available...Read More
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HB 1783 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1783 would raise the age of a child eligible for the juvenile justice system from 10 to 13. It would also raise the age for juvenile justice purposes from 18 to 19 for individuals who committed certain offenses before turning 18 and who are under the continuing jurisdiction of a juvenile court. All mentions of the existing ages in provisions of the code related to criminal procedure would be updated to reflect the new ages.Read More
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SB 289 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 289 would allow a school district to excuse students from one day of school for the purpose of obtaining a driver's license or learner's permit.Read More
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SB 886 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 886 would require the Texas Veterans Commission to, on request, evaluate the veteran's citizenship status in order to educate and direct the veteran in becoming a US citizen, and facilitate the veteran's naturalization process. Read More
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SB 1534 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1534 would allow the State Board of Dental Examiners to remove from their public website any information regarding a remedial plan for a dentist or dental hygienist on or after the fifth anniversary of the date the remedial plan was issued unless the complaint was related to the delivery of health care or more than one remedial plan had been issued to resolve the same complaint and was not related to the...Read More
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HJR 125 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HJR 125 proposes a constitutional amendment mandating tax collectors to take into account changes made by Acts of the 86th Legislature, which entitled certain individuals to receive a limitation on school district taxes, and to issue refunds to those that were overcharged during the 2020 and 2021 tax years. Read More
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SB 1761 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1761 would remove a provision in Election Code allowing certain required political contribution and expenditure reports to be filed by telegram. Read More
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SB 275 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 275 would permit a governmental unit to seek an injunction against a person's use of an entity name that might falsely imply affiliation with the governmental unit. If a court finds that the person willfully intended to imply governmental affiliation, the court would be permitted to order an award to the governmental unit of up to three times the entity’s profits and the governmental unit’s damages and award reasonable attorney’s...Read More
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SB 1 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1 would appropriate approximately $240.8 billion for the upcoming 2022-2023 biennium. Read More
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SB 2194 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 2194 would ban the use of variable rate electric products for residential and small commercial customers. For all other customers, the electric provider would have to obtain a written acknowledgment that the customer accepts the potential price risks associated with a wholesale indexed product.Read More
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SB 1829 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1829 would require the Health and Human Services Commission to maintain an accurate electronic directory of contact information for recipients enrolled in Medicaid, including their home, work, and mobile phone numbers, their email, and their home address, and to ensure that each managed care organization and enrollment broker participating in the Medicaid Managed Care Program update this electronic directory in real-time and...Read More
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SJR 51 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SJR 51 proposes a constitutional amendment to prohibit an officer or employee of this state or of a political subdivision of this state from sending out unsolicited absentee ballot applications.Read More
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SB 1646 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1646 would add critera to the definition of child abuse. Under this definition a person who administers, supplies, consents to, or assists in the administering or supplying of a puberty suppression prescription drug or hormone to a child, or performs certain surgeries or medical procedures on a child other than an intersex child would be guilty of child abuse. Intersex children are considered children who either have a birth defect...Read More
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SB 184 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 184 would require the Department of State Health Services, jointly with the Health and Human Services Commission, to prepare a report on the prevalence of eating disorders and eating disorder-related deaths in this state. Such a report would have to include regional and statewide statistics, an overview of national trends, and an overview of state-funded behavioral health treatment options. This report, and any recommendations, would...Read More
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