Texas Bills and Legislation

Relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate junkyards, automotive wrecking and salvage yards, and recycling businesses.

Relating to the conduct that constitutes the use of a deadly weapon for purposes of the prosecution of the offense of aggravated assault or aggravated sexual assault.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of burglary of a vehicle and to grants of community supervision to persons who commit that offense.

Relating to parking lots and parking garages adjacent or near to certain county courthouses.

Relating to contracts with and the acceptance of money from certain foreign entities by public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the inclusion of a person's sex on certain government documents and identification cards.

Relating to liability limits for noneconomic damages for personal injury and wrongful death claims.

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 regulation of a transportation protection agreement as a prepaid funeral benefit.

Relating to the efficient operations of agencies in the legislative branch of state government and the repeal of certain obsolete provisions involving those agencies.

Relating to the participation of community-based organizations in workforce training programs funded by the skills development fund.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for making certain false reports and to restitution for emergency response costs associated with those false reports.

Relating to employment practices of governmental entities, state contractors, and private employers in this state regarding the legal status of employees, including requiring participation in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify program, and authorizing the suspension of certain licenses held by private employers for certain conduct in relation to the employment of persons not lawfully present; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the establishment of an electronic registry of livestock marks and brands.

In memory of Ronald Charles Crossman.

Relating to the prohibited retail sale and provision to minors of certain over-the-counter weight loss drugs and dietary supplements; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the requirement of a school district to notify a parent of curriculum or instructional material containing religion or religious values.

Congratulating the Monterey High School girls' basketball team on winning the state championship.

Relating to an expedited response by a governmental body to a request for public information.

Relating to the rural sheriff's office salary assistance grant program.

Relating to limiting the duration of employment of certain state employees.

Relating to the protection of expressive activities at public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional materials by public schools.

Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.