Texas Bills and Legislation

Relating to extending the Hazlewood Exemption Act to active-duty members.

Relating to immunity from liability and suit for a public school or public school professional employee for and the prosecution of certain criminal conduct involving a student.

Relating to prohibiting certain nondisclosure or non-disparagement agreements by employers; creating a civil cause of action.

Relating to limitations on the information reported by consumer reporting agencies.

Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.

Relating to a pilot program awarding grants for the provision of personalized treatment protocols for homeless veterans diagnosed with substance use disorders.

Relating to the criminal penalty for practicing chiropractic without a license; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the cancellation of all voter registrations following each presidential election; making conforming changes to voter registration and maintenance procedures; imposing a civil penalty.

Relating to the appointment of counsel for indigent defendants or juveniles in certain capital felony cases.

Relating to the election for which an application for a ballot to be voted by mail is requested.

Relating to the Texas Commission on the Arts; the composition and qualifications of its governing board, expenditures for certain fine arts projects, and the distribution of grants.

Relating to reporting on students not lawfully present in the United States enrolled in a public school; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the requirement that certain reports be filed electronically.

Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole for certain felony offenses in which a firearm is used or exhibited and to certain consequences on conviction of certain offenses.

Relating to the development and implementation of the Texas Plan demonstration program to fund the purchase by and provision to certain eligible individuals of health care services.

Relating to a temporary local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit of the total appraised value of surplus real property a person purchases from the El Paso Independent School District.

Relating to information relied on by the Railroad Commission of Texas for purposes of rules involving rainfall estimates.

Relating to instructional materials developed for police chiefs by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement on issues specific to women in law enforcement.

Relating to the authority of the Department of State Health Services to lease certain real property.

Relating to the creation of an oversight advisory council on foster care placement.

Relating to a prohibition on the dissemination of certain personal identifying information by a state agency to the federal government.

Relating to the eligibility of ratepayers to file an appeal regarding water, drainage, or sewer rates with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 13; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the period for which land must be devoted to certain uses to qualify for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land.