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HB 2673 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2673 would require the Texas Department of Transportation to reimburse the recipient of a grant awarded by the TxDOT for the construction of a transportation project in a county with a population of less than 25,000 or a municipality with a population of less than 15,000 for costs incurred by the recipient that exceed that grant amount if the construction is managed by TxDOT.Read More
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SB 1046 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1046 would ban the disposal or storage of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel in the state of Texas except only for on-site storage by operating nuclear reactors and operating nuclear test reactors located on university campuses.The bill would update regulations regarding low-level radioactive waste to make the regulations more consistent with current needs and to modernize the regulations to make them more...Read More
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SB 818 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 818 would prohibit benefits computed on benefit wage credits from being charged to employers if the cause of the employee's separation was due to being called up into military service, unless the employer is found to have violated reemployment provisions required by law. Additionally, the bill would ensure that individuals called into military service are not disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits.Read More
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SB 111 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 111 would require law enforcement agencies to submit a written statement when filing a criminal case with a state attorney acknowledging that they have transmitted all items to the state attorney that are required by law to be disclosed to the defendant. If any such item is discovered after the case has been filed, the agency would be required to promptly transmit it to the state attorney.Read More
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SB 456 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 456 would allow jurors to designate all or a portion of their jury service compensation to a veterans court treatment program or a veterans county service office in addition to other programs. Read More
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HB 457 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 457 would authorize a county commissioners court to create a tax exemption, not to exceed 50% of the appraised value, for a licensed physician's homestead residence for a physician who provides health care services without seeking payment from any source, including the Medicaid, to county residents who are indigent or who are Medicaid recipients. A county commissioners court opting to participate in this opportunity would create...Read More
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HJR 25 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HJR 25 proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing a county commissioners court to create a tax exemption, not to exceed 50% of the appraised value, for a licensed physician's homestead residence for a physician who provides health care services without seeking payment from any source,
including the Medicaid, to county residents who are indigent or who are
Medicaid recipients. The purpose of this bill is to create incentive for physicians...Read More
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HB 199 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 199 would allow the governing
board of a university system to establish and operate, as a
professional school of the system, a school of law in El Paso County
as the governing board considers appropriate. Read More
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HB 404 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 404 would modify the continuing education requirements for maintaining a license to practice cosmetology. If this bill passes, the continuing education programs would have to include information on identifying sexual assault and domestic violence. Read More
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HB 695 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 695 would allow the governing board of a university system to establish and operate,
as a professional school of the system, The Rio Grande Valley School Of Law in Cameron
County or Hidalgo County as the governing board considers
appropriate. Requires a feasibility study to determine what actions the system must take to obtain accreditation of the law school.Read More
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HB 2941 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2941 would update the tax code relating to appointment of members of appraisal review boards (ARB) and creating a uniform system throughout the state. The bill would require that all ARB members be appointed by the local administrative district judge. Furthermore, HB 2941 would no longer allow removal of a board member by majority vote of the board of directors, but instead make the local administrative judge or the judge's designee the...Read More
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HB 379 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 379 would make a defendant convicted of online sexual solicitation of a minor (to meet with another person including the defendant) ineligible for parole until the defendant has served the lesser of half of their sentence or 30 years in prison.Read More
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HB 1796 |
87(R) - 2021 |
Under current law, certain bracketed fresh water districts have road district authority. HB 1796 would remove the bracketing parameters to allow all fresh water districts to have road district authority contingent on voter approval. HB 1796 would also allow debt free districts not levying ad valorem taxes to be divided into two
new districts.Read More
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HB 1856 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1856 would prohibit hotels from banning the possession of firearms or ammunition by a guest when in transit from their vehicle to their hotel room or while in their hotel room.Read More
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SB 763 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 763 would establish an Urban Air Mobility advisory council to assess current state law and any changes that may be needed to state law to facilitate the development of urban air mobility infrastructure and operations in the state. The committee would be comprised of members from the diverse geographic regions of the state, local and state law enforcement, transportation experts, local governments, urban air mobility industry,...Read More
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HB 465 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 465 would make a defendant convicted of the continuous trafficking of persons involving children ineligible for parole. A defendant convicted of various other child trafficking offenses would only be eligible for parole if the state attorney, defendant, and defendant's attorney make a written agreement that they ought to be eligible and the defendant serves the lesser of one-half of their sentence or 30 years in prison.Read More
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HB 816 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 816 would create a commission to study all penal laws of
the state located outside of the Penal Code and unrelated to the operation of a
motor vehicle. The commission would make recommendations to the Legislature
regarding the repeal or amendment of all such penal laws they deem unnecessary,
duplicative, overly broad, or insufficient to achieve their purpose. HB 816
outlines requirements for appointments to the commission and for...Read More
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HB 3810 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 3810 would prohibit the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association from raising premium rates on association policies filed under existing law above the rate in effect on the date on which the filing is made unless two-thirds of the board of directors votes to approve the increased rate. This is an increase from a simple majority vote required to make such a change.Read More
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SB 858 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 858 would add to the confidential information that a transportation authority cannot disclose; certain trip data, including the time, date, origin, and destination of a trip, as well as demographic information collected when a person purchases a ticket or schedules a trip. The bill would allow certain trip data to be shared with a governmental agency or an institution of higher education for the purposes of research or analysis;...Read More
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HB 2039 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 2039 would add Muslim imams to the list of religious officials in the code permitted to authorize a marriage ceremony.Read More
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