Texas Bills and Legislation

Relating to the composition of districts 45 and 73 for the Texas House of Representatives.

Relating to the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities.

Relating to the provision of certain mental and behavioral health services under Medicaid, Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for those services, and the regulation of psychiatric residential treatment facilities; requiring an occupational license.

Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.

Relating to the collection and disclosure of a consumer's driving and precise geolocation data.

Relating to driving off the roadway.

Relating to the ownership of deer in this state.

Relating to the operation of certain vehicles preceding, during, and following disasters.

Relating to disclosures of preauthorization requirements and explanations of benefits for medical and health care services and supplies covered by health maintenance organizations and preferred provider benefit plans; imposing administrative penalties.

Relating to the carrying of certain weapons on the premises of a public library; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the issuance of certificates of obligation by local governments.

Relating to membership of the Texas opioid abatement fund council.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of barber instructors and cosmetology instructors by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and to the composition of the Barbering and Cosmetology Advisory Board.

Relating to allowing a therapy or facility dog to accompany a child or a person with a disability during testimony in certain criminal cases.

Relating to mental health care and mental health assessment programs for first responders.

Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for the costs of cognitive assessment and care planning services provided to certain patients.

Relating to reducing the criminal penalty for the offense of cockfighting.

Relating to the regulation of art therapy, including the establishment of the Texas Art Therapy Board and the duties of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a fee.

Relating to creating the criminal offenses of transnational repression and unauthorized enforcement of foreign law and to a study and law enforcement training regarding transnational repression.

Relating to eligibility for a general permit to discharge waste into or adjacent to waters in this state.

Relating to the investigation and reporting of certain motor vehicle collisions.

Relating to permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.

Relating to the spacing and density requirements applicable to certain oil and gas wells.

Relating to the use of artificial intelligence by health care providers.