Texas Bills and Legislation

Relating to the creation of a family violence criminal homicide prevention task force.

Relating to the verification of the veteran status of inmates and prisoners.

Relating to the use of in-custody informant testimony in a criminal trial.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment of electric vehicle supply equipment.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of lottery couriers by the Texas Lottery Commission; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with severe mental illness.

Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program.

Relating to the governing board of certain junior college districts.

Relating to the combination of certain election precincts.

Relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order.

Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 11 in Morris County as the Army Staff Sergeant Samuel T. Castle Memorial Highway.

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

Relating to the confidentiality of fraud detection and deterrence information under the public information law.

Relating to certificates of number and certificates of title issued by and records kept by the Parks and Wildlife Department; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the review and updating by the Texas Water Development Board of guidance principles and rules related to certain plans adopted or approved by the board.

Relating to the punishment for certain criminal offenses involving illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien; increasing criminal penalties.

Relating to the disclosure of information regarding a transfer on death deed in certain residential real property transactions.

Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to employ a county purchasing agent.

Relating to the authority of certain taxing units to enter into an agreement to abate ad valorem taxes imposed on an individual's residence homestead that is located in a reinvestment zone.

Relating to a limitation on civil suits against persons reporting suspicious activity in good faith.

Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.

Relating to requiring political subdivisions to provide funding for communications from opponents of bond measures of the political subdivision.

Relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans and surviving spouses of certain armed services members.