HB Bills

Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention.

Relating to the applicability of certain safety provisions and regulatory fees administered by the Railroad Commission of Texas to gas distribution pipelines.

Relating to water rights placed in the Texas Water Trust and the Texas Water Bank.

Relating to health benefit plan coverage of telemedicine, teledentistry, and telehealth appointments with an originating site or distant site located outside this state.

Relating to the release of certain defendants detained in jail pending trial.

Relating to the control by lethal means of white-tailed deer in certain areas.

Relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.

Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit media using deep fake technology.

Relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.

Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee.

Relating to court-ordered counseling in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Relating to developing a strategic plan for the improvement and expansion of early learning and educational opportunities for young children with disabilities.

Relating to judicial review of a Texas Workforce Commission decision in an unemployment compensation proceeding.

Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and a workgroup on nursing career pathways and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council.

Relating to supplemental benefits for retired firefighters and peace officers diagnosed with certain diseases or illnesses.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization that is engaged in providing housing and related facilities and services to persons who are at least 62 years of age.

Relating to the timely billing of health care services related to a personal injury claim.

Relating to prohibiting the investment of state money in certain countries and in certain private business entities in those countries.

Relating to the electronic posting of notices and agendas for meetings of the commissioners court of a county.

Relating to the information included on an identification card issued to certain retired peace and law enforcement officers.

Relating to daylight saving time.

Relating to the powers, duties, and authority to issue bonds of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 12 related to roads.

Relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding firearms in agency foster homes; creating a civil penalty.

Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 521 in Brazoria County as the Clarence "BB" Sasser Medal of Honor Highway.

Relating to the authority of this state to implement a motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program.

Relating to the treatment and beneficial use of fluid oil and gas waste and related material, including a limitation on liability for that treatment or use.

Relating to modernization of state agency Internet websites and digital services.

Relating to the regulation of money services businesses.

Relating to certain governmental operations affecting the border region.

Relating to support for the development of the nuclear energy industry.

Relating to the creation of the Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District; providing the authority to issue bonds.

Relating to volunteer firefighter compensation limits.

Relating to the ad valorem taxation of certain dealer's heavy equipment inventory.

Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program.

Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.

Relating to the authority of a state agency or the state's air quality state implementation plan to impose certain restrictions with respect to a motor vehicle, including a motor vehicle powered by an engine.

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 259; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to human trafficking prevention, including training for first responders, disclosure of human trafficking information by certain health care facilities, and protection for facility employees who report human trafficking.

Relating to risk mitigation planning and associated liability for providers of electric service; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the operations of municipal hospital authorities.

Relating to the applicability of premium and maintenance taxes to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and Texas FAIR Plan Association.

Relating to the issuance of a single license for a hospital and a mobile stroke unit of the hospital.

Relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors in certain counties.

Relating to the carrying of handguns by tactical medical professionals while on duty providing support to tactical units of law enforcement agencies.

Relating to an emergency preparedness and contingency operations plan, including temperature regulation, for assisted living facility residents during an emergency; providing penalties.

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information.

Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to test years used for ratemaking purposes by certain water and sewer utilities.