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SB 196 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 196 would amend the Alcoholic Beverage Code to rescind the nebulous term "excessive discount" as it relates to discounts offered by manufacturers to mixed beverage permit holders. The bill would also establish that an alcohol manufacturer may offer retailers transportation to an educational program at the manufacturer's facility without the offer of transportation being considered "an inducement" unless acceptance of the offer is contingent...Read More
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SB 1173 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1173 is known as the Preborn Nondiscrimination Act. SB 1173
mandates the Health and Human Services commission to develop informational
materials and post those materials on the commission's website for perinatal
palliative care, which must include a description of the services offered by
perinatal palliative care and information about medical assistance benefits
that may be available for prenatal, childbirth, and perinatal palliative...Read More
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SB 394 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 394 adds "adverse event" to the meaning of any harmful event or adverse outcome with respect to a patient related to an abortion performed or induced on the patient. These events must be reported by a physician who performs or induces at an abortion facility, diagnoses or treats a complication from an abortion performed or induced by another physician or a healthcare facility. These events now include blood clots, failure to actually...Read More
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SB 1647 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 1647 represents a combination of the Heartbeat bill and the the Preborn Nondiscrimination Act. SB 1647 requires the establishment of informational materials, services, and documentation surrounding perinatal palliative care including provider information and types of services. Doctors must provide this documentation and place it in the medical record of the woman seeking an abortion. SB 1647 then restricts abortion providers, pregnant...Read More
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SB 270 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 270 would grant a nursing home facility the ability to sue the responsible party of a resident at a nursing home for payment of fees if the responsible party is found to have misappropriated the resident's funds. The nursing home facility will not be able to sue for more than the amount the responsible party has misappropriated and that is owed to the nursing facility. The nursing home facility may only sue if, before being admitted the...Read More
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SJR 27 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SJR 27 is a constitutional amendment that would prohibit the state or any local government from taking any action that would limit or prohibit religious services in this state. Should the amendment be passed by the legislature, it would be submitted to voters for consideration in the November 2, 2021 election. Read More
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HB 1070 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 1070 would allow an unlicensed person to perform certain pest control work if that person operates under the direct supervision of someone who is appropriately licensed.Read More
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SB 45 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 45 would establish that an employer, defined as a person who employs one or more employees or acts directly in the interests of an employer in relation to an employee, commits an unlawful employment practice if sexual harassment of an employee occurs and the employer, employer's agents, or supervisors know or should have known that the conduct constituting sexual harassment was occurring and fail to take immediate and appropriate corrective action.Read More
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SB 26 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 26 would prohibit a government agency or public official from issuing an order that closes or has the effect of closing a place of worship. The bill also provides a defense for individuals whose free exercise of religion has been infringed in violation of the bill's prohibition.Read More
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SB 863 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 863 would allow the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to authorize a residential child-care facility to temporarily relocate to a new location or provide care to one or more children at an additional location that is not stated in the facility's license application in the event of a declared state of disaster.Read More
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SB 156 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 156 would permit a court to transfer a probate proceeding to the county in which the executor or administrator of the estate resides if no immediate family member of the deceased person resides in the same county as the deceased person did.Read More
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SB 155 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 155 would establish a process for reviewing county voter rolls to check for nonresidents and noncitizens who may be registered to vote in a county of which they are not a citizen or resident. SB 155 would require the Secretary of State to compare with the statewide computerized voter registration list, on a quarterly basis, the list of individuals disqualified from jury service because they are no longer residents of a county. If...Read More
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SB 9 |
87(R) - 2021 |
SB 9 would prohibit abortion unless a licensed physician makes a reasonable medical judgment that not performing the abortion would put the pregnant mother at a serious risk of death or substantial impairment due to a life-threatening physical condition. The physician would have to perform the abortion in a manner that provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive unless doing so poses a greater risk of the mother’s death...Read More
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HB 13 |
87(R) - 2021 |
HB 13 would establish the Texas Energy Disaster Reliability Council to help prepare for and respond to state emergencies and disasters. They would take on the following duties to accomplish this:(1) prevent an extended power outage caused by a disaster; (2) implement procedures to manage emergencies caused by a disaster; (3) maintain records of critical infrastructure facilities to maintain service in a disaster; (4) coordinate the...Read More
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HB 4258 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under current law, an open-enrollment charter school must give public notice of a bond to be issued to finance the construction or purchase of an educational facility. The notice must be approved by the municipal government where the facility will be located. Some municipal governments are trying to refuse to approve these notices as a means to prevent expansion of charter schools in their jurisdictions. HB 4258 would vest sole authority...Read More
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HB 3871 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3871 would allow counties to declare slower speed limits of 20 miles per hour on county roads or highway located within 500 feet of an elementary, secondary, or open-enrollment charter school, college, or university. The bill would additionally allow the schools to request annual public hearings to consider speed limits on highways in the county or municipality near the school and would prevent local governments from rejecting requests...Read More
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HJR 5 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HJR 5 proposes a constitutional amendment that would establish the Texas mental and behavioral health research fund in the state treasury. The account would be funded by money transferred or deposited to the fund, appropriations made to the fund by the legislature, and all interest, dividends, and other income of the fund. Money may be used to fund programs to research behavioral health issues, public health trends, and strategies regarding...Read More
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HB 2384 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2384 would entitle an associate judge to 90 percent of the pay of a district judge. The bill would have the state compensate counties for 60% of the district judges' base salaries under the General Appropriations Act. A county judge would be entitled to a supplement from the state equal to 18% of the base pay for district judges as set by the General Appropriations Act. The salary of judges serving outside their county would be determined...Read More
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HB 3496 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3496 would impose certain financial disclosure and surety bond requirements on non-publicly traded pharmacies. More specifically, it would require an applicant for a pharmacy license to submit a sworn disclosure statement a prescribed by this bill unless the pharmacy for which the application is made is operated by a publicly traded company or retail grocery store chain, or the applicant is applying for a Class B or C pharmacy license....Read More
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HB 2817 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2817 would prohibit a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager from reducing the amount of a claim payment to a pharmacist or pharmacy after adjudication of the claim through the use of an aggregated effective rate, a quality assurance program, other direct or indirect remuneration fee, or otherwise, except under certain provided circumstances.This bill would require a pharmacy benefit network contract to specify or reference...Read More
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