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Bills Referred Today for 5/18/2017

BILLS REFERRED TODAY



Thursday

May 18, 2017





Committee referral on the following:


SCR 54 Miles

Expressing support for the creation of the Sam Houston Republic of Texas Presidential Library at Sam Houston State University.

Administration


HJR 73 Burns/ Ashby/ Kacal/ Shine/ Cosper/ et al.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on a municipality or county.

Business & Commerce


HB 34 Smithee/ Moody/ Canales/ et al.

Relating to measures to prevent wrongful convictions.

Criminal Justice


HB 296 Muñoz, Jr.

Relating to a deceptive act or practice related to the sale, marketing, packaging, or advertising of nitrous oxide.

Business & Commerce


HB 477 Collier

Relating to the provision and use of health coverage information to educate consumers purchasing individual health benefit coverage.

Business & Commerce


HB 557 Collier/ Minjarez/ Thompson, Senfronia/ Rose

Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons who are tried for an offense and subsequently acquitted; authorizing a fee.

Administration


HB 578 Turner/ Capriglione/ Bernal

Relating to certain leave policies for state employees.

Business & Commerce


HB 744 Farrar/ Vo

Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases.

State Affairs


HB 849 Murr

Relating to notice to certain lienholders of cancellation of certain automobile insurance coverages.

Business & Commerce


HB 986 Guerra

Relating to an exemption from licensing requirements for physicians associated with certain sports teams.

Health & Human Services


HB 1062 Gooden

Relating to the governing board of the Trinity Valley Community College District.

Higher Education


HB 1258 Clardy/ Price/ Thompson, Senfronia/ Nevárez/ Holland/ et al.

Relating to information publicly available in a state court document database; authorizing a fee.

State Affairs


HB 1290 Roberts/ Button/ Parker/ Kacal/ et al.

Relating to the required repeal of a state agency rule before adoption of a new state agency rule.

Business & Commerce


HB 1414 Cortez/ Arévalo/ Gutierrez/ Perez/ Anderson, Charles "Doc"/ et al.

Relating to voting procedures for certain federal postcard applicants and military personnel serving overseas.

State Affairs


HB 1480 Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to a writ of mandamus by a court of appeals against an associate judge in certain cases.

Administration


HB 1605 Blanco/ Elkins/ Capriglione/ Gonzales, Larry/ Lucio III

Relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Information Resources regarding cybersecurity.

Business & Commerce


HB 1649 Muñoz, Jr.

Relating to the use of extrapolation by a health maintenance organization or an insurer to audit claims.

Business & Commerce


HB 1856 King, Ken

Relating to the creation of a defense under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for persons engaged in certain scrap metal recycling transactions.

Business & Commerce


HB 2057 Oliveira

Relating to liability of certain political subdivisions in certain workers' compensation actions.

Business & Commerce


HB 2122 Clardy

Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.

State Affairs


HB 2484 Nevárez/ Anderson, Charles "Doc"

Relating to the licensing and regulation of animal export-import processing facilities; providing penalties; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees.

Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs


HB 2750 Hinojosa, Gina/ Lozano/ Raney/ Clardy/ et al.

Relating to requiring a public employer to give notice to new employees of the ability of certain employees to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Business & Commerce


HB 2766 Sheffield/ Zerwas/ Miller/ White/ Raymond/ et al.

Relating to the creation and administration of a reinvestment allowance for certain long-term care facilities.

Health & Human Services


HB 3071 Rodriguez, Eddie

Relating to the equalization of the rates of production fees charged on certain wells by the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District; authorizing an increase in the rate of the fee.

Intergovernmental Relations


HB 3226 Phillips

Relating to the creation of a temporary health insurance risk pool.

Business & Commerce


HB 3281 Rodriguez, Eddie

Relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to establish homestead preservation districts and reinvestment zones.

Intergovernmental Relations


HB 3702 Davis, Yvonne

Relating to the notice of rights provided to an injured employee under the Texas workers' compensation system.

Business & Commerce


HB 3969 King, Ken

Relating to a study regarding the feasibility of implementing a central filing system for the filing of financing statements for agricultural liens.

Business & Commerce


HCR 106 Deshotel/ Perez/ Faircloth/ Roberts/ Cain/ et al.

Urging Congress to provide sufficient federal funding for the construction of a storm surge barrier along the Texas coast.

Administration