Texas House Bills

Commending the staff of the Legislative Reference Library for their work during the 89th Legislative Session.

Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 1.

Relating to reporting and auditing requirements for digital asset service providers.

Relating to the criminal offense of disrupting a meeting or procession.

Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.

Relating to prohibiting certain activities by contractors and vendors of state agencies; providing administrative penalties.

Relating to the creation of an organized oilfield theft prevention unit within the Department of Public Safety.

Relating to the elimination of the requirement that a portion of certain retail charge agreement delinquency fees be remitted to the comptroller.

Relating to a screening for the risk of commercial sexual exploitation of certain children.

Relating to the regulation by a property owners' association of the installation of solar roof tiles.

Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system.

Relating to the removal of battery energy storage facilities.

Relating to the prevention, detection, and investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse in programs administered by the Texas Workforce Commission or by the commission's contractors or grantees.

Relating to participation in reemployment services as a condition of eligibility for unemployment benefits.

Relating to the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the right-of-way of a public road.

Relating to the administration of a retirement health care plan for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities.

Relating to the licensing of mental hospitals and mental health facilities and the definition of facility for the purposes of the employee misconduct registry.

Relating to the evaluation and reporting of investment practices and performance of certain public retirement systems.

Relating to the continuing education required in order for a person to renew the person's agreement with the comptroller of public accounts to serve as an arbitrator in an appeal through binding arbitration of an appraisal review board order determining a protest.

Relating to recycling of certain renewable energy components; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the authority of a Type A or Type B general-law municipality to change to a Type C general-law municipality.

Relating to municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes and the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project; authorizing the imposition of taxes.

Relating to water losses reported by certain municipally owned utilities to the Texas Water Development Board; authorizing administrative penalties.

Relating to the development of a state information technology apprenticeship credential offered by public junior colleges or public technical institutes to address shortages in the state information resources workforce.

Relating to the split-payment of ad valorem taxes.

Relating to the San Antonio River Authority.

Relating to the affirmation required to be made by an operator as part of an application to the Railroad Commission of Texas for an extension of the deadline for plugging an inactive well; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to the issuance of certain protective orders for certain burglary offenses.

Relating to contracting with a school district or open-enrollment charter school by a vendor with whom a member of the board of trustees or governing body of the district or school or a related individual has certain business interests; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to vehicle safety inspections of certain travel trailers.

Relating to the authority of the Brazoria County Commissioners Court to execute tax abatement agreements for property within the Port Freeport district.

Relating to provision to the Texas Department of Transportation of information regarding certain high-speed rail projects.

Relating to periodic health screenings for firefighters.

Relating to the consolidated municipal court security and technology fund in certain municipalities.

Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to a limitation on the number of terms a person may serve as a commissioner of Port Freeport.

Relating to the Trinity River Authority of Texas, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors.

Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of invasive visual recording and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense.

Relating to the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general, the review of certain Medicaid claims, and the recovery of certain overpayments under Medicaid.

Relating to the disposition of abandoned or unclaimed property seized by a peace officer.

Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 as the Ernesto Soliz Cantu Memorial Highway.

Relating to the provision of information regarding a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to the parents or guardians of certain special education students.

Relating to liability of a cavern entity for injuries arising from certain activities.

Relating to licensing reciprocity agreements entered into by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Relating to the insurable interest of certain persons providing care to individuals with disabilities in the life of those individuals.

Relating to the course levels offered at Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a condition or disease that is presumed under federal law to have been service-connected.

Designating April as Promise Month for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Relating to certain state hospital names and the management of state hospitals.

Relating to the licensing of certain military veterans as health care providers.

Relating to the authority of the legislature to determine that certain federal directives are unconstitutional and to prohibit certain government officers and employees from enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of the directive.

Relating to the regulation of the practice of pharmacy.

Relating to certificates of title for certain outboard motors.

Relating to the creation of the Llano Historic Railroad Authority; providing authority to impose fees.

Relating to the creation of the Fannin County Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.

Relating to the powers and duties and validating certain acts and proceedings of the Hunter Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County, Texas.

Relating to the powers and duties and validating certain acts and proceedings of the Cole Ranch Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County, Texas.

Relating to the authority of the Wood County Central Hospital District of Wood County, Texas, to provide brain and memory care services to residents of the hospital district through the creation and operation of brain and memory health care services districts.

Relating to a sick leave pool for public school employees.

Relating to the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children and other protections for certain military dependents enrolled in a public school.