Texas Bills

Relating to a prohibition on governmental contracts with Chinese companies for certain information and communications technology; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to the collection and reporting of information regarding mental health jail diversion.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a regular session of the legislature.

Designating Mineola as the official Sweets Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035, replacing the city's previous designation as the City of Festivals.

Relating to criminal history record information for certain master, magistrate, referee, associate judge, or other court official applicants appointed or employed to serve in a state court.

Relating to the administration of immunizations to children, including required written informed consent to those immunizations and civil liability for failure to obtain the consent; providing an administrative penalty.

Relating to patient access to prescription drugs for off-label use for COVID-19 treatment.

Relating to limitations on the use of public money under certain economic development agreements or programs adopted by certain political subdivisions.

Relating to renewable energy generation facilities; authorizing fees.

Relating to the display of flags in public schools; providing a civil penalty.

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 transfer of students between public schools.

Relating to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter school campus by certain charter holders and to the expansion of an open-enrollment charter school.

Relating to the legislature's goals for electric generation capacity in this state.

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income and a franchise tax credit for the payment of certain related ad valorem taxes.

Relating to the release of a conservation easement burdening the Nueces County historic courthouse property.

Relating to certain charter school programs and students.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for participating in a riot while wearing a mask or other face covering.

Relating to reports regarding county jail prisoners confined in out-of-state jails.

Relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.

Relating to the recovery and reimbursement of certain expenses by an electric utility or a water and sewer utility in a rate proceeding.

Relating to immunity from certain disciplinary proceedings against a professional employee of a school district for certain actions concerning public school discipline and law and order.

Relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension.

Relating to the expulsion of a public school student for engaging in conduct that constitutes certain offenses.

Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.

Relating to the procedures for modifying the schedules of controlled substances.

Relating to instructional facilities funding for certain open-enrollment charter schools.

Relating to measures to prevent foreign influence, foreign interference, and intellectual property theft at public institutions of higher education.

Relating to the administration of, contributions to, and benefits under the public retirement systems for police and firefighters in certain municipalities.

Relating to testimony or the production of evidence before a house of the legislature or a legislative committee.

Relating to the establishment of the organized oilfield theft prevention unit within the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Relating to a prohibition on certain e-cigarette products.

Relating to parental rights in public education.

Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education and employees of public institutions of higher education and their spouses from soliciting or accepting gifts, grants, donations, or investments from certain foreign entities.

Affirming that fatherhood is essential to the development of all children.

Relating to the dismissal of a criminal case by the attorney representing the state.

Relating to the compensation of directors of the Aliana Management District.

Relating to authorizing out-of-state winery direct shipper's permit holders to conduct sampling or tasting events at certain locations.

Relating to increasing the punishment for certain intoxication offenses and creating the criminal offense of continuous driving while intoxicated.

Relating to requiring school districts ensure that project managers overseeing construction projects are bonded.

Relating to creation and maintenance of an electronic database to provide information to certain members of the United States armed forces regarding the resources and benefits provided to veterans.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for continuous sexual abuse of a child who is younger than 14 years of age.

Relating to jury instructions regarding parole eligibility for certain felony offenses that are not eligible for parole.

Relating to the waiver of jurisdiction by a juvenile court for certain children who are accused of committing certain offenses involving the use or exhibition of a firearm, the mandatory transfer of jurisdiction for those children to a criminal court, and an order of expunction issued with respect to those offenses.

Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the prosecution of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or person with a disability.

Relating to appeals from a justice or municipal court.

Relating to the records, management, and taxation of navigation districts and certain port and harbor facilities.

Relating to the repeal of the prohibition against certain municipal or county regulation of the rental or leasing of housing accommodations.

Relating to the location of and the amount of certain revenue that may be used for state veterans cemeteries.

Relating to processing early voting ballots voted by mail.

Relating to access to a child's health records by the child's parent, managing conservator, or guardian.

Relating to the limitation of liability for certain transportation contractors.

Relating to the operation of vehicles transporting steel; authorizing a fee.

Relating to discovery in a criminal case.

Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 3535 in Camp County as the Camp County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.

Relating to civil asset forfeiture of digital currency or other similar property.

Relating to definitions for purposes of gambling criminal offenses and the prosecution of gambling criminal offenses.

Relating to the eligibility of certain at-risk developments to receive low income housing tax credits.

Relating to including antisemitism in the definition of bullying for the purpose of school discipline policies.

Relating to the punishment for the offense of arson involving a government building.