Texas House Bills

Relating to the verification of the veteran status of inmates and prisoners.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of lottery couriers by the Texas Lottery Commission; requiring an occupational license; authorizing a fee.

Relating to a grant program for living expenses for certain students enrolled at public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of child swim instruction operators; requiring an occupational license; imposing an administrative penalty; authorizing fees.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment of electric vehicle supply equipment.

Relating to the administration of the homeless housing and services program by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of real property that arises from the use of xeriscape on the property.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the commissioners court of a county to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation by the county of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the appraised value of an individual's residence homestead.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a one-time credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed by a political subdivision on the first property that a person purchases and qualifies as the person's residence homestead and to provide for the reimbursement of political subdivisions for the revenue loss incurred as a result of the credit.

Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Health Care Workforce Education Fund to provide funding to eligible institutions of higher education to address Texas' health care workforce needs and drive the state economy.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to lengthen the period for redeeming the residence homestead of an elderly person sold at an ad valorem tax sale.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the market value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such a veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran.

Designating Newton County as the official Forest Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Relating to the electronic identification and tracking of early voting ballots voted by mail.

Relating to the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.

Relating to the execution of a waiver of citation by digitized signature in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage.

Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.

Relating to the provision of certain co-navigation services to individuals who are deaf-blind.

Relating to the disclosure of information regarding a transfer on death deed in certain residential real property transactions.

Relating to the best interest of the child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

Relating to the maximum amount of penalties that may be imposed for delinquent taxes and tax reports and the application of taxpayer payments to taxes, penalties, and interest.

Relating to the Texas Health Care Workforce Education Fund.

Relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans and surviving spouses of certain armed services members.

Relating to a legal justification for the use of force with a less-lethal force weapon by a correctional facility guard or a peace officer.

Relating to participation by certain municipal retirement systems in the proportionate retirement program.

Relating to certain services and interventions ordered in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship and to certain judicial training requirements.

Relating to the authority of an emergency services district to impose a sales tax on gas and electricity sold for residential use.

Relating to a refundable adoption fee for the sterilization of dogs and cats; authorizing a fee.

Relating to the operation of off-highway vehicles.

Relating to the regulation of aquatic vegetation management by the Parks and Wildlife Department; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to a pilot program to assist service members and veterans in achieving self-reliance after separation from the military.

Relating to the authority of certain taxing units to enter into an agreement to abate ad valorem taxes imposed on an individual's residence homestead that is located in a reinvestment zone.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to employ a county purchasing agent.

Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar.

Relating to fees on and grants for fuel ethanol, renewable methane, biodiesel, and renewable diesel.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate noise levels in residential areas; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the timely return of a ballot by mail.

Relating to the period for redeeming the residence homestead of an elderly person sold at an ad valorem tax sale.

Relating to the period within which the Texas Juvenile Justice Department must accept custody of a person committed to the department and to the consequences for the failure of the department to accept custody of the person within that period.

Relating to civil liability for removing certain individuals or animals from a motor vehicle.

Relating to the authority of certain counties to adopt noise regulations; creating a criminal offense; authorizing fees.

Relating to charitable raffles conducted by the professional sports team charitable foundations of rodeo organizations sanctioned by certain professional associations or hosting a Professional Rodeo Event at rodeo venues.

Relating to construction contract trust funds.

Relating to discriminatory practices by a health benefit plan issuer, pharmacy benefit manager, and third-party payor and certain prescription drug manufacturers, distributors, and related persons with respect to certain entities participating in a federal drug discount program; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the imposition of a county housing first initiatives fee in certain counties.

Relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's departments in certain rural counties.

Relating to requiring debt collectors to provide certain disclosures to consumers.

Relating to the regulation by a property owners' association of food production on single-family residential lots.

Relating to the establishment of a work group to conduct a study on the feasibility of implementing an acute psychiatric bed registry.

Relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health facility or residential care facility.

Relating to the consequences of a criminal conviction on a person's eligibility for an occupational license.

Relating to the treatment of military service credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas as law enforcement or custodial officer service.

Relating to parking lots and parking garages adjacent or near to certain county courthouses.

Relating to the authority of certain peace officers to arrest a person without a warrant while outside the officer's jurisdiction.

Relating to the use of a universal data exchange format by appraisal districts and taxing units.

Relating to a one-time credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed by a taxing unit on the first property that a person purchases and qualifies as the person's residence homestead and to the effect of the credit on the determination of the taxable value of a school district.

Relating to the rural sheriff's office and rural constable's office salary assistance grant programs.

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such a veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran.

Relating to limitation of certain liability of owners, lessees, and occupants of nonagricultural land.

Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.