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HB 2909 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2909 would make numerous changes to the Election Code, including among other things: requiring the second election, occurring after a tie vote, to be held not earlier than the
20th day or later than the 45th day after the date the automatic recount is completed; authorizing tied candidates, if the recount does not resolve the tie, to (1) cast lots not later than the day before the date the authority is required to order
the second...Read More
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HB 2659 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2659 would prohibit public insurance adjusters from using a name different from the name under which the license holder is currently licensed in an advertisement, solicitation, or contract for business unless the name is used under a valid assumed name certificate.Read More
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HB 2587 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2587 would authorize travel insurance that provides coverage for sickness, accident,
disability, or death occurring during travel, exclusively or in conjunction with
related coverage for emergency evacuation, repatriation of remains, or incidental
limited property and casualty benefits to
be filed by an authorized insurer under an accident and health line of insurance or
an inland marine line of insurance.This bill would require...Read More
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HB 170 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 170 would require certain health insurance plans for state employees and Medicaid programs that provide coverage for screening mammograms to also provide coverage for a diagnostic mammogram that is no less favorable than the coverage for a screening mammogram.Read More
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HB 637 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 637 would remove statutory restrictions on how much the school boards for the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf can pay their respective superintendents. Under the Education Code, current law states that the superintendent for either school cannot be paid more than 120 percent more than the annual salary of the highest paid instructional administrator at the school. Abolishing the...Read More
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HB 616 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 616 would require the attorney general to compensate a health care facility a reasonable amount of the cost for providing a forensic medical examination to a sexual assault survivor and for an evidence collection kit. HB 616 would also increase the amount of time someone could report a sexual assault and retain the right to a forensic medical exam from 96 to 120 hours. The bill also proscribes related procedural and documentation...Read More
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HB 3222 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3222 would create nonresident brewer and nonresident manufacturer agent permits, to be applied for by current holders of a nonresident sellers permit. The permit would allow permit holders to represent nonresident brewers or nonresident
manufacturers located outside the United States, would allow them to perform any activity that the nonresident brewer or
nonresident manufacturer could perform in the state, including for any permit,...Read More
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HB 2399 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2399 would provide that a person who sells alcohol to a minor does not commit an offense if the person relies on a verification by a biometric identity verification device as proof of identification and that the minor is 21 years of age or older.Read More
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HB 2059 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2059 would require a health care practitioner (other than a physician or nurse) to complete a training course approved the the Health and Human Services Commission on identifying and assisting victims of human trafficking. Also, a physician who submits an application for renewal of a registration permit and who designates a direct patient care practice would be required to complete, as part of the hours of continuing medical education,...Read More
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HB 613 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 613 is a bracketed bill which would allow an independent school district located wholly in a county with a population of less than 20,000 to hold its board of trustees election on a uniform election date even if no other political subdivision with which the district may have held a joint election is conducting an election. Read More
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HB 1725 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1725 would authorize the governor to place on retired status an officer or enlisted service member of the Texas State Guard (TSG) who on separation from TSG: (1) is physically disabled as a result of service; or (2) has served the federal or state military satisfactorily for at least 20 years, with at least 5 years of service in TSG. The governor would be authorized to advance the service member one grade or rank at the time of the transfer...Read More
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HB 3754 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3754 would allow the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission to suspend a permit or license (in addition to cancelling the license, as they already have the power to do) if the Commission finds that the permittee/licensee has not paid the fee within 180 days of the fee being levied. The bill would also allow local governments to enter into contracts or interlocal agreements with other entities to collect unpaid fees. Contracted entities would...Read More
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HB 410 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 410 would exempt low-volume livestock processors who process fewer than 500 domestic rabbits annually from certain state inspections if they are exempt from federal inspections. The Senate committee substitute also adds statutory definitions for beef, chicken, lamb, meat, pork, rabbit, and turkey and stipulates that a food product is misbranded if the food product is misrepresented as harvested meat through the use of false or misleading...Read More
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HB 1634 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1634 would allow Guadalupe County to impose a hotel occupancy tax. Read More
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HB 475 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 475 would require the Department of Family and Protective Services to provide children in a conservatorship who are pregnant or are minor parents information on and support in providing safe environments for children.Read More
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HB 808 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 808 would amend the third domain of indicators of achievement used for school accountability purposes to provide that certain data from different racial and ethnic groups, disaggregated
by sex, may not be used for school accountability purposes for before the accountability
ratings assigned for the 2022-2023 school year. This subsection would expire September 1, 2023.Read More
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SB 30 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 30 would require ballot language for propositions submitted to voters to be in plain language, and must include the single specific purpose for which bonds are to be authorized if approved. Under this bill, each single specific purpose which bonds requiring voter approval are to be issued must be printed on the ballot as a separate proposition. SB 30 would also require that bonds for the the construction, improvement, or renovation of...Read More
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SB 11 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 11 is this session's omnibus school safety bill and attempts to accomplish two tasks in regard to school safety: (1) promoting school safety and (2) promoting student mental health. This bill would require the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to create rules to ensure building standards for school facilities promote a safe and secure environment. This would need to include design and construction for new facilities as well as improvement,...Read More
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SB 1454 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1454 would create a process for managing assets and property of an open-enrollment charter school that has ceased operation. The bill prescribes the method of transferring a charter holder's remaining funds to either the TEA or under certain circumstances another charter holder. The bill prescribes requirements for a charter holder to disclose transactions with related parties and defines the term "related parties" for the purposes...Read More
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SB 1303 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1303 would require a municipality to maintain a copy of their boundaries and extraterritorial jurisdiction that is easily accessible to the public, including on the municipality's website, without charge. If no digital map is ready, a home-rule municipality would create, or contract, for the creation of one. The bill would also require a tier 1 home-rule municipalities to give written notice to property owners in an area that would...Read More
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