Texas House Bills

Relating to certain criminal conduct involving agricultural land, including the justified use of force or deadly force to protect agricultural land from that conduct, and to civil liability arising out of certain justified threats to use force or deadly force; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to utilization of certain highways designated by metropolitan planning organizations.

Relating to the determination of whether a person is intoxicated for purposes of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.

Relating to responsibility in tort for the treatment of fluid oil and gas waste for beneficial use.

Relating to the role of advocacy and support groups in the juvenile justice system.

Relating to General Land Office and Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs reviews of real property owned by the state.

Relating to restrictions on residential leasing in property owners' associations.

Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general, appointed by the State Board of Education, with jurisdiction to investigate allegations of public school employee misconduct.

Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by a municipality for which competitive bidding is required.

Relating to overtime compensation for certain state employees.

Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to certain felonies based on the offense initially charged in the case.

Relating to certain criminal offenses concerning the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons; increasing a criminal penalty.

Relating to the establishment of the Cross-Agency Employment Resource Initiative to coordinate and optimize certain employment services and resources in this state.

Relating to the reporting and investigation of misconduct by public and private school employees; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to the installation of bollards or another safety barrier adjacent to certain hospital emergency rooms.

Relating to design considerations of transportation projects by the Texas Department of Transportation.

Relating to cooperation by economic development program participants with local workforce development boards.

Relating to the establishment of a grant program to support the disposition of deceased paupers' bodies.

Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential watering restriction.

Relating to allowing pregnant individuals to vote by mail if they will be in the second or third trimester on election day.

Relating to aquifer storage and recovery projects that transect a portion of the Edwards Aquifer.

Relating to a classroom teacher's right to appeal to the commissioner of education regarding the teacher's designation under a local optional teacher designation system.

Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities.

Relating to the notice of certain food additives in meals provided by a public school.

Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system.

Relating to the prohibition of caste-based discrimination.

Relating to the notice required for an election held by certain political subdivisions.

Relating to reporting on students not lawfully present in the United States enrolled in a public school; creating a criminal offense.

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

Relating to the amount of an expenditure that is exempt from the provisions of the Texas Engineering Practice Act.

Relating to the minimum wage.

Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices.

Relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to groundwater production restrictions imposed by certain conservation and reclamation districts for wells used wholly or partly for cemetery irrigation.

Relating to the receivership of a single-source continuum contractor providing child welfare services.

Relating to establishing the Historic Texas Freedmen's Cemetery Designation Program; authorizing a fee.

Relating to certain requirements regarding a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Relating to the requirement for a motor vehicle emissions test on resale of certain vehicles.

Relating to the issuance of a disabled parking sticker by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Relating to the period for which land must be devoted to certain uses to qualify for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land.

Relating to the permissible uses of the allotment for students with dyslexia or related disorders under the Foundation School Program.

Relating to the administration of certain assessment instruments and the accountability rating system for assessing campus and district performance.

Relating to the establishment of the State Blockchain Technology Pilot Program by the Department of Information Resources.

Relating to the election for which an application for a ballot to be voted by mail is requested.

Relating to notice and opportunity for public comment for certain policies adopted or implemented by a state agency.

Relating to a quality assurance audit of the provision of health care to inmates by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Relating to the regulation of metal recycling entities.

Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to provide services as an employee, volunteer, or contractor for certain agencies, including public school contractors, and access to the registry of persons who are not eligible for employment at public schools.

Relating to the reimbursement and payment of claims by certain health benefit plan issuers for telemedicine medical services, teledentistry dental services, and telehealth services.

Relating to the issuance by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of permits to authorize the diversion of state water from the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or arm of the Gulf of Mexico for desalination and use for industrial purposes.

Relating to regulation of vehicle storage facilities and the approval and regulation by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles of Internet websites for the public sale of certain abandoned vehicles by vehicle storage facility operators.

Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was victimized by a public school employee to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school.

Relating to minimum staffing standards and policies for assisted living facilities that provide care to persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders and to the disclosure of those standards and policies.

Relating to a seller's notice regarding the connection of water utilities to certain tracts of land.

Relating to the notice required before the issuance of certain debt obligations by political subdivisions.

Relating to the definition of tobacco product for the purposes of the cigars and tobacco products tax.

Relating to design build contracts.

Relating to the installation of advanced x-ray inspection technology systems at certain Texas-Mexico border crossings.

Relating to placement of a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services with an adoptive parent of the child's sibling.

Relating to family and medical leave.