Bills Referred Today for 4/19/2021

BILLS REFERRED TODAY



Monday

April 19, 2021





Committee referral on the following:


SB 2192 West

Relating to the powers and duties of the Lancaster Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Dallas County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes.

Local Government


SB 2209 Powell/ Springer

Relating to the creation of the Veale Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes; granting the power of eminent domain.

Local Government


SB 2210 West

Relating to the creation of the Lancaster Logistics District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government


SB 2211 Nichols

Relating to the dissolution of the Angelina County Water Control and Improvement District No. 4.

Local Government


SB 2214 Eckhardt

Relating to the creation of the Moore's Crossing Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government


SB 2215 Kolkhorst

Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 253; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government


SB 2216 Creighton

Relating to the powers and duties of the East Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 14; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government


SB 2217 Creighton

Relating to the powers and duties of the East Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 13; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government


SB 2218 Creighton

Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 203; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government


SB 2219 Springer

Relating to the creation of the Heritage Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Grayson County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Local Government


HJR 25 Shaheen

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing 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.

Local Government


HB 4 Price/ Oliverson/ Coleman/ Ashby/ Guillen/ et al.

Relating to the provision and delivery of health care services under Medicaid and other public benefits programs using telecommunications or information technology and to reimbursement for some of those services.

Health & Human Services


HB 54 Talarico/ White/ Israel/ Bucy/ Patterson/ et al.

Relating to accompanying and filming peace officers of state and local law enforcement agencies for producing reality television programs.

Criminal Justice


HB 67 Toth/ Goodwin/ et al.

Relating to restrictive covenants related to swimming pool enclosures.

Business & Commerce


HB 133 Rose/ Thompson, Senfronia/ Walle/ Thierry/ Reynolds/ et al.

Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women after a pregnancy.

Health & Human Services


HB 180 González, Mary

Relating to the transfer of vacation leave time to a sick leave pool in certain counties.

Local Government


HB 376 Smith/ Ramos

Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of improper sexual activity with a person in custody; increasing a criminal penalty.

Jurisprudence


HB 379 Smith

Relating to changing the eligibility for parole of certain inmates serving a sentence for the offense of online solicitation of a minor.

Criminal Justice


HB 457 Shaheen/ Klick/ Pacheco/ Price/ Lopez

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.

Local Government


HB 465 Shaheen/ Leach/ Hull/ Thierry/ Bowers

Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving one or more child victims.

Criminal Justice


HB 531 Walle/ Coleman/ Morales Shaw/ Hernandez/ et al.

Relating to notice requirements for a leased dwelling located in a floodplain.

Business & Commerce


HB 569 Sanford/ Rose/ Krause/ White/ Crockett/ et al.

Relating to credit toward payment of a fine and costs for certain misdemeanants confined in jail or prison before sentencing.

Criminal Justice


HB 695 Martinez/ Canales/ Muñoz, Jr./ Lucio III/ Guerra/ et al.

Relating to the establishment of a public law school in the Rio Grande Valley.

Higher Education


HB 773 VanDeaver/ Ashby/ Rogers

Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system.

Education


HB 787 Allen/ Murr/ Rodriguez/ White/ Sherman, Sr./ et al.

Relating to conditions of community supervision prohibiting contact with certain persons.

Criminal Justice


HB 788 Geren

Relating to the eligibility of emergency service dispatchers to participate in a public safety employees treatment court program.

Criminal Justice


HB 789 Geren/ Murr/ Johnson, Ann/ Collier/ Crockett/ et al.

Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.

Criminal Justice


HB 914 Hernandez

Relating to the authority of certain municipal employees to request the removal and storage of certain abandoned or illegally parked vehicles.

Business & Commerce


HB 918 Leman/ White/ Slawson/ Hefner/ Schaefer/ et al.

Relating to a license to carry a handgun for certain young adults who are protected under certain court orders related to family violence.

State Affairs


HB 1011 Turner, John/ Oliverson/ Guerra

Relating to expedited death certificates for religious purposes in certain counties.

Health & Human Services


HB 1012 Dutton/ Collier

Relating to access to a residence or former residence to retrieve certain personal property.

Criminal Justice


HB 1013 Dutton

Relating to a requirement that a decree of divorce include the date of the marriage.

Jurisprudence


HB 1049 Harless/ et al.

Relating to the requirement for a deputy sheriff, reserve deputy sheriff, deputy constable, or reserve deputy constable to take an official oath.

Criminal Justice


HB 1057 Oliverson/ Shaheen/ Parker/ Hefner/ Bell, Cecil/ et al.

Relating to designating November 7 as Victims of Communism Day.

Administration


HB 1105 Paddie/ Canales

Relating to the vehicles authorized to be equipped with a digital license plate.

Transportation


HB 1158 Metcalf

Relating to the inclusion of a nonprofit attraction on a specific information logo sign.

Transportation


HB 1172 Howard/ Tinderholt/ Harless/ Neave/ White/ et al.

Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault or other prohibited sexual conduct.

Criminal Justice


HB 1182 Middleton

Relating to proof of eligibility for medical priority boarding of ferries operated by the Texas Department of Transportation; creating a criminal offense.

Transportation


HB 1197 Metcalf

Relating to the period for which certain land owned by a religious organization for the purpose of expanding a place of religious worship or constructing a new place of religious worship may be exempted from ad valorem taxation.

Finance


HB 1257 Ashby

Relating to the definition of personal property for purposes of removing personal property from a roadway or right-of-way.

Transportation


HB 1296 Metcalf

Relating to the provision of certain notices in guardianship proceedings.

Jurisprudence


HB 1297 Metcalf

Relating to service of process on institutions and organizations in certain probate proceedings.

Jurisprudence


HB 1322 Shaheen/ Ellzey/ Jetton/ Crockett/ Ordaz Perez

Relating to a summary of a rule proposed by a state agency.

Business & Commerce


HB 1372 Guerra/ Ramos/ Wu/ et al.

Relating to authorizing a petitioner for a protective order to separate the petitioner's wireless telephone number from the respondent's wireless telephone service account.

Jurisprudence


HB 1407 Schaefer/ Metcalf/ Patterson/ Hefner/ Cain/ et al.

Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a license holder in a motor vehicle.

State Affairs


HB 1410 Murphy/ Israel

Relating to the issuance of bonds by certain conservation and reclamation districts.

Local Government


HB 1472 Bucy/ Krause/ Rodriguez/ Moody/ et al.

Relating to the eligibility of the Concacaf Gold Cup for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program.

Natural Resources & Economic Development


HB 1522 Frank/ Burrows/ Frullo/ Parker/ Spiller

Relating to the transfer of Midwestern State University to the Texas Tech University System, to certain fees charged by that system's governing board, and to mandatory venue for actions brought against that system or its institutions, officers, or employees.

Higher Education


HB 1540 Thompson, Senfronia/ Parker/ Burrows/ Bell, Keith/ Morales, Christina/ et al.

Relating to regulation of certain facilities and establishments with respect to, civil remedies for certain criminal activities affecting, and certain criminal offenses involving health, safety, and welfare; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties.

Jurisprudence


HB 1585 Lambert/ Canales/ Paddie/ Goldman/ Cyrier/ et al.

Relating to the operations and functions of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Administration


HB 1600 Canales

Relating to the review date for certain governmental entities subject to the sunset review process.

Administration


HB 1616 Bonnen/ Johnson, Ann/ Shaheen

Relating to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.

Health & Human Services


HB 1675 Allison/ Middleton/ Pacheco

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

Jurisprudence


HB 1728 Smithee/ Buckley

Relating to partnerships between the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and nonprofit entities to promote hunting and fishing by certain veterans.

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs


HB 1792 Button/ Talarico/ Raney/ Thompson, Senfronia/ Frank/ et al.

Relating to the evaluation of child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.

Health & Human Services


HB 1796 Harris

Relating to the division of and assumption of road district authority by fresh water supply districts.

Local Government


HB 1856 Hefner/ White/ Metcalf/ Raymond/ Slawson/ et al.

Relating to carrying and storing a firearm or firearm ammunition by a hotel guest.

State Affairs


HB 2039 Talarico/ Ramos/ Turner, Chris/ Beckley/ et al.

Relating to persons authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony.

State Affairs


HB 2080 Leman/ Meyer/ Thierry/ Jetton/ Hefner/ et al.

Relating to taxpayers' suits.

Finance


HB 2090 Burrows/ Oliverson/ Frank/ Bonnen/ Middleton/ et al.

Relating to health care cost disclosures by health benefit plan issuers and third-party administrators.

Business & Commerce


HB 2225 King, Tracy O./ Guillen/ Zwiener

Relating to the powers and duties of the Parks and Wildlife Department regarding the Texas Water Trust.

Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs


HB 2723 Meyer/ Shine/ Button

Relating to public notice of the availability on the Internet of property-tax-related information.

Local Government


HB 2941 Burns

Relating to the appointment of appraisal review board members.

Local Government


HB 3810 Hunter/ Canales/ Morrison/ Lucio III/ Middleton/ et al.

Relating to the authority of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to raise premium rates on association policies.

Business & Commerce