Texas Bills and Legislation

Relating to the Managed Care Consumer Choice Program.

Relating to cooperation by economic development program participants with local workforce development boards.

Relating to recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America in public schools and in open-enrollment charter schools; providing exemptions.

Relating to the allocation, use, and transfer of federal education block grants.

Relating to the minimum wage and a requirement for a biennial study and report on the living wage in this state.

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to propose for voter approval the issuance of general obligation bonds for a purpose rejected by voters at a bond election held during the preceding five years.

Relating to the operation of Texas backup power packages.

Relating to the role of a jury in a criminal case.

Relating to membership in and fees collected by the State Bar of Texas and to disciplinary procedures for licensed attorneys.

Relating to a one-time cash payment to certain residents of this state.

Relating to measures to ensure public school transparency and accountability, including school district board of trustees meeting requirements, posting of certain information on a public school's Internet website, the creation of a grievance portal, and the inclusion of a transparency and accountability domain in the public school accountability system.

Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products and the local regulation of cannabis establishments; providing for expunction of records relating to certain decriminalized conduct; authorizing the imposition of fees; requiring an occupational license; creating a criminal offense; imposing a tax.

Relating to the relationship between a pharmacy benefit manager and a pharmacist or pharmacy.

Relating to electioneering near a polling place; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the diversion and discharge of water for desalination.

Relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees.

Relating to the provision of family protection services by the Texas Indigent Defense Commission.

Relating to emergency detention of certain persons evidencing mental illness and to court-ordered inpatient and extended mental health services.

Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was victimized by a public school employee to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school.

Relating to waivers permitting non-certified drivers to operate in partnership with state-certified emergency medical personnel.

Relating to a landlord's duty to provide an accounting statement to a residential tenant.

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.

Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.

Relating to the creation of the Texas Adoption Is an Option Education and Awareness Program and to required adoption-related curriculum and information.