Texas Bills and Legislation

Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of certain commercial real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.

Relating to the creation of a Texas Commission on Assessment and Accountability.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the community.

Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability.

Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for taxable items purchased by a totally disabled veteran.

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.

Relating to a study of alternative methods of taxation to replace revenue lost to political subdivisions if ad valorem taxes are abolished.

Relating to a guide on preparing for and responding to a flooding disaster.

Relating to the requirements regarding an election to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds or to approve an increase in an ad valorem tax rate.

Relating to admissibility of certain evidence against employers for employee use of THC.

Relating to the administration of immunizations to children, including required written informed consent to those immunizations and civil liability for failure to obtain the consent; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses.

Relating to a landlord's liability to a tenant for a casualty loss to residential rental premises caused by the landlord.

Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain by a political subdivision to take private property outside the political subdivision's boundaries.

Relating to the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools.

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.

Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas.

Relating to designating certain substances as Schedule IV controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.

Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs and duties of Internet service providers; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a private civil right of action.