Texas Legislature

Author:

Pacheco | White | Dean | Guillen | Collier

05/04/2021 S Referred to Jurisprudence

Relating to access by a hiring law enforcement agency to an applicant's employment records.

Author:

Pacheco

02/25/2021 H Referred to Ways & Means: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM

Relating to the establishment of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that taxing units may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

Author:

Pacheco

02/25/2021 H Referred to Public Education: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM

Relating to eliminating the requirement to use public school assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation.

Author:

Pacheco

02/25/2021 H Referred to International Relations & Economic Development: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM

Relating to the minimum wage.

Author:

Pacheco

03/08/2021 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the period for which a school district's participation in certain tax increment financing reinvestment zones may be taken into account in determining the total taxable value of property in the school district.

Author:

Pacheco | White | Campos | Button | Krause

Hughes

06/16/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21

Relating to conditions of community supervision and procedures applicable to the reduction or termination of a defendant's period of community supervision.

Author:

Pacheco

02/25/2021 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM

Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; creating a criminal offense.

Author:

Pacheco

02/25/2021 H Referred to Ways & Means: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM

Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for child and adult diapers.

Author:

Pacheco

02/25/2021 H Referred to Ways & Means: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM

Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain feminine hygiene products.

Author:

Pacheco

03/01/2021 H Referred to Elections: Mar 1 2021 5:05PM

Relating to electronic voter registration.

Author:

Pacheco

05/10/2021 S Received from the House

Relating to the application of certain programs that support certain occupation-related postsecondary educational programs and students of those programs.

Author:

Pacheco

03/01/2021 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 1 2021 5:05PM

Relating to the scheduling of the first and last days of school for students by school districts.

Author:

Pacheco

03/01/2021 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 1 2021 5:05PM

Relating to drug-free zones under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Author:

Pacheco

03/01/2021 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 1 2021 5:05PM

Relating to the applicability of educator certification requirements and certain educator rights to charter schools.

Author:

Pacheco

03/04/2021 H Referred to Elections: Mar 4 2021 4:17PM

Relating to certain activities near a polling place; changing the elements of certain criminal offenses.

Author:

Pacheco

03/23/2021 H Withdrawn from schedule

Relating to the emergency possession of certain abandoned children.

Author:

Pacheco

03/05/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 5 2021 1:21PM

Relating to requiring state contractors and political subdivisions of this state to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.

Author:

Pacheco

05/12/2021 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the sale of wine and malt beverages on Sundays.

Author:

Pacheco

03/09/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 9 2021 2:21PM

Relating to requiring state contractors and political subdivisions of this state to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.

Author:

Pacheco

04/19/2021 H Left pending in committee

Relating to state recognition of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation.

Author:

Pacheco

03/09/2021 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Mar 9 2021 2:21PM

Relating to state recognition of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation.

Author:

Pacheco

04/14/2021 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the maximum permitted rate of interest, sum of fees, and other amounts that may be charged in connection with deferred presentment transactions.

Author:

Pacheco

03/15/2021 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 15 2021 10:54AM

Relating to the prescription and dispensing of medical cannabis; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee.

Author:

Pacheco

04/26/2021 H No action taken in committee

Relating to persons who are authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony.

Author:

Pacheco

03/17/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 17 2021 11:03AM

Relating to certifying the Railroad Commission of Texas as the independent organization for the ERCOT power region.

Author:

Pacheco

04/15/2021 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the exemption of certain activities from regulation as a structural pest control service.

Author:

Pacheco

03/17/2021 H Referred to Business & Industry: Mar 17 2021 11:03AM

Relating to the regulation of reroofing contractors; providing administrative and civil penalties; authorizing fees; requiring an occupational registration.

Author:

Pacheco

03/17/2021 H Referred to Insurance: Mar 17 2021 11:03AM

Relating to the regulation as a public insurance adjuster of certain persons acting on behalf of an insured for a real or personal property insurance claim.

Author:

Pacheco

03/24/2021 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair

Relating to the transfer of alcoholic beverages between certain permitted premises.

Author:

Pacheco | Middleton | Campos | Cortez | Allison

Creighton

06/16/2021 E Effective immediately

Relating to the number of baccalaureate degree programs certain public junior colleges may offer.

Author:

Pacheco | Middleton | Campos | Cortez | Raney

05/07/2021 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to establishing the Texas Commission on Community College Finance.

Author:

Pacheco

03/22/2021 H Referred to Higher Education: Mar 22 2021 11:25AM

Relating to baccalaureate degree programs offered by certain public junior colleges.

Author:

Pacheco | Patterson | Campos

Paxton

06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21

Relating to the requirement to compare and verify signatures when renting a motor vehicle.

Author:

Pacheco | Campos

05/12/2021 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the appointment of a deputy clerk to certain county courts at law.

Author:

Pacheco | Campos

05/13/2021 H Postponed

Relating to the deputy clerks appointed to certain statutory probate courts.

Author:

Pacheco

03/01/2021 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 1 2021 5:05PM

Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that political subdivisions may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.

Author:

Swanson | Pacheco | White

02/25/2021 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM

Relating to the governor's power to control the sale, transportation, and use of weapons and ammunition during a declared state of disaster or state of emergency.

Author:

Cortez | Pacheco | Guillen

05/10/2021 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

Relating to waivers for entrance fees to state parks and certain hunting and fishing license fees for resident first responders.

Author:

Shaheen | Klick | Pacheco | Price | Lopez

04/19/2021 S Referred to Local Government

Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides health care services for which the physician agrees not to seek payment from any source, including the Medicaid program or otherwise from this state or the federal government, to county residents who are indigent or who are Medicaid recipients.

Author:

Middleton | Morales, Eddie | Cain | White | Pacheco

04/26/2021 H Left pending in committee

Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Author:

Collier | Pacheco | Shaheen | Stucky | Ordaz Perez

05/13/2021 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog; creating a criminal offense.

Author:

Geren | Holland | Thompson, Senfronia | Parker | Pacheco

Hancock

05/12/2021 E Effective immediately

Relating to the pickup and delivery of alcoholic beverages from certain premises for off-premises consumption.

Author:

Swanson | Dominguez | Pacheco

Bettencourt

06/09/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault or aggravated assault of a process server.

Author:

Leach | Pacheco | Cortez | Guillen

05/04/2021 S Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

Relating to waivers for entrance fees to state parks for resident first responders, military service members, and veterans.

Author:

Swanson | Tinderholt | Pacheco | Dominguez

Bettencourt

06/15/2021 E Effective on 9/1/21

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a private investigator.

Author:

Guillen | Pacheco

Zaffirini

06/18/2021 E Vetoed by the Governor

Relating to the eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land if the land is temporarily used for sand mining operations; authorizing a fee.

Author:

Allison | Middleton | Pacheco

Kolkhorst

05/13/2021 S Left pending in committee

Relating to guardianships of the person of wards with profound intellectual disabilities who are minors or were minors when their guardianship proceedings commenced.

Author:

Turner, Chris | Pacheco | Patterson | Anchia

04/13/2021 S Referred to Business & Commerce

Relating to prohibiting certain telemarketing calls by a credit access business.

Author:

Burrows | Pacheco

04/27/2021 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to the regulation of restaurants and third-party food delivery services, including the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage certificates to restaurants.

Author:

Metcalf | Pacheco

Paxton

05/26/2021 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar

Relating to the salary of certain employees who transfer within a state agency.

Author:

Turner, Chris | Pacheco

04/14/2021 H Left pending in committee

Relating to a restriction on total charges charged for extensions of consumer credit that a credit services organization obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining.

Author:

Morrison | Ashby | Pacheco | Wilson | Coleman

05/11/2021 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to financial support and incentives for comprehensive regional universities.

Author:

Kuempel | Pacheco

04/26/2021 H Left pending in committee

Relating to a restriction on the use of money in the tax increment fund for a tax increment financing reinvestment zone created by certain home-rule municipalities.

Author:

Turner, Chris | Pacheco

04/14/2021 H Left pending in committee

Relating to fees paid to a third party in connection with certain extensions of consumer credit.

Author:

King, Ken | Pacheco

05/17/2021 S Referred to Education

Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade.

Author:

Talarico | Pacheco | Guillen | Reynolds | Herrero

03/22/2021 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 22 2021 11:25AM

Relating to the salary paid to certain public school teachers.

Author:

Turner, Chris | Pacheco

04/14/2021 H Left pending in committee

Relating to credit services organizations and extensions of consumer credit facilitated by credit services organizations.

Author:

Hunter | Pacheco

West

06/18/2021 E Signed by the Governor

Designating the second week in October as Indigenous Peoples' Week for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

Author:

Ellzey | Guillen | Pacheco

Birdwell

05/18/2021 E Filed with the Secretary of State

Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a person who is disabled to receive a limitation on the school district ad valorem taxes on the spouse's residence homestead if the spouse is 55 years of age or older at the time of the person's death.