Bills Referred Today for 4/13/2021

BILLS REFERRED TODAY



Tuesday

April 13, 2021





Committee referral on the following:


SR 5 Hall

Recognizing that all businesses are essential and all Texans who want to work should be free to earn a living free from government interference.

Business & Commerce


SB 2203 Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 38; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government


SB 2204 Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 250; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government


HB 39 Neave/ Cook/ Moody/ Morales Shaw

Relating to protective orders; making conforming changes.

Criminal Justice


HB 79 Murr

Relating to associate judges for guardianship proceedings and protective services proceedings in certain courts.

Jurisprudence


HB 115 Rodriguez/ Craddick/ Cole/ Hinojosa/ Goodwin/ et al.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization and used in providing housing and related services to certain homeless individuals.

Finance


HB 135 Minjarez/ Canales/ Sherman, Sr.

Relating to notifying an alleged perpetrator of child abuse or neglect of the person's right to record an investigative interview.

Health & Human Services


HB 187 Thompson, Senfronia

Relating to the consideration of a subsequent writ of habeas corpus in certain felony cases.

Criminal Justice


HB 317 Murr/ Buckley/ Guillen

Relating to prohibiting discrimination against living organ donors by certain insurers.

Business & Commerce


HB 362 Sherman, Sr.

Relating to the authority of a county to require electronic bids or proposals for competitive bidding.

Local Government


HB 375 Smith/ Guillen/ Minjarez

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of continuous sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual; creating a criminal offense.

Criminal Justice


HB 428 King, Ken/ Leach/ Kacal/ Canales/ et al.

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for ovarian cancer testing and screening.

Business & Commerce


HB 454 Metcalf

Relating to the creation of a specialty treatment court for certain individuals residing with a child who is the subject of a juvenile court case.

Criminal Justice


HB 626 Rosenthal/ Tinderholt

Relating to the expansion of the Texas Innovative Adult Career Education (ACE) Grant Program to include certain nonprofit organizations providing job training to veterans.

Veteran Affairs & Border Security


HB 719 White/ Collier

Relating to Texas Department of Criminal Justice transfer facilities.

Criminal Justice


HB 723 Patterson/ Button/ Johnson, Julie/ Turner, John/ Shaheen/ et al.

Relating to notice of a modification to the medical certification information on certain death certificates.

Health & Human Services


HB 735 Minjarez

Relating to service contracts for leased or purchased motor vehicles.

Business & Commerce


HB 780 Oliverson/ Zwiener/ Howard/ Klick/ Collier/ et al.

Relating to the establishment of a bone marrow donor recruitment program.

Health & Human Services


HB 786 Oliverson/ Tinderholt/ Morales, Eddie/ Canales

Relating to required cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for telecommunicators.

Health & Human Services


HB 840 Moody

Relating to the selection of public members to serve on a county's salary grievance committee.

Local Government


HB 876 Craddick

Relating to fees charged by certain persons for the method used for payments made under an agreement.

Business & Commerce


HB 917 Hernandez/ Anchia/ Rogers/ et al.

Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

Finance


HB 976 Price/ Leach/ Ashby/ Martinez/ Moody/ et al.

Relating to the appointment of a judge or magistrate to preside over a regional specialty court program and the authority of that judge or magistrate in cases referred to the program.

Jurisprudence


HB 977 Metcalf/ Toth

Relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot for the board of directors for the Montgomery County Hospital District.

Local Government


HB 1081 Kuempel/ Guillen

Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor recipients of the Presidential Service Badge.

Transportation


HB 1116 Thompson, Ed/ Oliverson/ Allen/ Perez

Relating to toll collection and enforcement on state highway toll lanes by entities other than the Texas Department of Transportation.

Transportation


HB 1147 Huberty/ Guillen

Relating to military readiness for purposes of the college, career, or military readiness outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program.

Education


HB 1228 Leman

Relating to the membership of the board of managers for certain emergency communication districts.

Local Government


HB 1264 Bell, Keith/ Cain/ Harless/ et al.

Relating to the time for making required reports of deceased residents of this state to a voter registrar and to the secretary of state.

State Affairs


HB 1419 Hull/ White/ Patterson/ Morales, Eddie/ Price/ et al.

Relating to the duties of a law enforcement agency regarding missing children and missing persons and to the duties of a justice of the peace or other investigator regarding unidentified bodies.

Criminal Justice


HB 1428 Huberty

Relating to procurement by a political subdivision of a contingent fee contract for legal services.

Jurisprudence


HB 1571 Muñoz, Jr.

Relating to an exemption for certain cemeteries from cemetery location restrictions.

Business & Commerce


HB 1603 Huberty/ Spiller

Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements.

Education


HB 1916 Turner, Chris/ Pacheco/ Patterson/ Anchia/ et al.

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

Business & Commerce


HB 2005 Meyer

Relating to an exemption for certain cemeteries from cemetery location restrictions.

Business & Commerce


HB 2089 Burrows

Relating to the detection and mitigation of plant pests and diseases.

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs


HB 2167 Morrison

Relating to the designation of the portion of U.S. Highway 77 in Refugio County as the Second Lieutenant Lloyd "Pete" Hughes Medal of Honor Memorial Highway.

Transportation


HB 2305 Thompson, Senfronia/ Darby/ Hernandez/ Guillen/ Kuempel/ et al.

Relating to the Texas Real Estate Research Center, the Real Estate Research Advisory Committee, and the Texas Real Estate Commission; increasing a fee.

Business & Commerce


HB 2429 Meyer/ Shine

Relating to the alternate provisions for ad valorem tax rate notices when the de minimis rate of a taxing unit exceeds the voter-approval tax rate.

Local Government


HB 2533 Darby

Relating to the performance of a real property evaluation for use by certain financial institutions.

Business & Commerce


HB 2536 Krause/ Cook/ Swanson/ Neave/ et al.

Relating to neglect of a child and the grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship and possession of a child by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

State Affairs


HB 2586 Thierry/ Paddie/ Harless/ Button/ Goldman/ et al.

Relating to an annual audit of the independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region.

Jurisprudence


HB 2678 Bonnen

Relating to the designation of the portion of State Highway 3 in Dickinson as the Sergeant Andrew James Creighton Memorial Highway.

Transportation