Texas Bills and Legislation

Relating to the authority of the board of trustees of certain small school districts to decrease the number of trustees on the board.

Relating to the conduct of early voting by certain political subdivisions.

Relating to prevention of and safety requirements regarding sudden cardiac arrest affecting public school students participating in interscholastic athletics.

Relating to the offense of invasive visual recording of a minor, including the statute of limitations for that offense and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions; increasing criminal penalties for certain sexual offenses.

Relating to prohibiting consideration of certain factors regarding student financial assistance by public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the criminal penalties for possession or delivery of marihuana concentrate.

Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in solving violent and sexual offenses.

Relating to the establishment of a donation registry by the Department of Family and Protective Services for providing personal items to children in the department's conservatorship.

Relating to the prosecution of an offense committed by a peace officer acting in the course and scope of the officer's official duties.

Relating to prohibiting contracts between certain state agencies and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects.

Relating to a private civil cause of action against a public school for the violation of certain student or parental rights.

Relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of obligation.

Relating to definition of abuse of a child, the reporting of child abuse and neglect, and certain required notifications about reports of child abuse and neglect.

Relating to the number of unexcused absences from school that constitute truant conduct or parental contribution to nonattendance of school and a school district's discretion to refer a student to truancy court.

Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving an anatomically correct doll, mannequin, or robot that has the features of a child.

Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general for education at the Texas Education Agency to investigate the administration of public education and required reporting on misconduct by employees of certain educational entities; creating a criminal offense; increasing an administrative penalty; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Relating to certain prohibited considerations in contracting by governmental entities and the elimination of the state's historically underutilized business program.

Relating to creating the criminal offense of operating a premises for unlawful controlled substance consumption.

Relating to the collection and reporting of data regarding race and ethnicity by the Texas Education Agency.

Relating to the regulation of veterinary professionals and facilities by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the temporary administration of the board by the Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Relating to repealing the Texas green job skills development fund and the green job skills grant program.

Relating to the licensing of real estate inspectors.

Relating to the eligibility of municipal solid waste personnel for the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program.