Texas Bills

Relating to persons with the authority to donate a body to certain entities for the advancement of medical or forensic science.

Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain tangible personal property used in hydraulic fracturing.

Relating to the procedure for resolving allegations of religious discrimination against a student at a public institution of higher education.

Designating the tomahawk rib-eye steak as the official State Steak of Texas and directing the Texas Department of Agriculture to promote the tomahawk rib-eye steak as part of efforts to support Texas beef and agricultural products.

Relating to the jurisdiction of district and county attorneys to prosecute certain consumer protection violations.

Relating to the enforcement of drought contingency plans by water and sewer utilities and the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Relating to excepting certain fiber-optic cable projects from certain notice requirements for projects on state or local public land.

Relating to a study by the broadband development office on Internet service for multiunit residential properties.

Relating to liability of judges and magistrates for the improper release on personal bond of defendants accused of committing certain felony offenses.

Relating to creation of the groundwater science, research, and innovation fund to be administered by the Texas Water Development Board.

Relating to the Cancer Prevention Research Institute's fiscal responsibilities to the state of Texas.

Relating to the prohibition on water fluoridation; creating a penalty.

Relating to the establishment of a down payment assistance grant program for veterans purchasing manufactured homes and the dedication of certain sales and use tax revenue to finance that program.

Relating to the prohibition of military status discrimination.

Relating to a credit against required recapture payments for certain school districts for the cost of windstorm and hail insurance under the public school finance system.

Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.

Relating to a subpoena to compel the attendance of certain peace officers who are witnesses in a misdemeanor case punishable by fine only.

Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Relating to membership on and the applicability of the open meetings law to the governing board of a children's advocacy center.

Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

Relating to the regulation of platforms for the sale and distribution of software applications for mobile devices.

Relating to the establishment of a down payment assistance grant program for veterans purchasing manufactured homes and the dedication of certain sales and use tax revenue to finance that program.

Relating to workplace heat illness prevention, including the creation of a heat illness prevention advisory board; imposing administrative penalties; providing a private cause of action.

Relating to certain duties of the Texas Board of Nursing and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in relation to the reporting and publication of nursing program clinical site data.

Relating to the licensure and regulation of certain group home facilities; authorizing a fee; creating an offense.

Relating to distribution of state traffic fine revenue received by the comptroller.

Relating to the establishment of a higher education consortium for civic education and a grant program for that consortium.

Relating to the payment of funds under construction contracts.

Relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of certain offenses relating to the possession of marihuana, certain tetrahydrocannabinols, certain synthetic cannabinoids, and drug paraphernalia; imposing a fee.

Relating to the search of certain wireless communications devices by a peace officer.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain assaults committed against employees of primary and secondary schools and to the conditions of community supervision for that offense.

Relating to housing finance corporations.

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment of or disruption to a retail motor fuel pump.

Relating to the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program and authorizing an increase in the assessment on certain insurers that fund the program.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.

Designating the first full week in April as Gifted and Talented Students Week for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.

Relating to establishing a child-care innovation pilot program.

Relating to penalties in certain suits involving a groundwater conservation district; increasing a penalty.

Relating to the review of claims and recovery of overpayments by Medicaid recovery audit contractors.

Relating to requiring county use of the statewide computerized voter registration list.

Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district to require a person allowed an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead to file a new application or confirm the person's current qualification for the exemption.

Relating to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission of Texas over municipally owned utility water and sewer service outside the corporate limits of a municipality.

Relating to the authority and responsibilities of the Texas Historical Commission; authorizing fees.

Relating to certain testing requirements at certain wastewater treatment facilities.

Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit for a year in which a property owner provides notice that the owner intends to appeal an order of an appraisal review board determining a protest by the owner regarding the appraisal of the owner's property.

Recognizing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its contributions to the State of Texas.

Relating to certain requirements applicable to certain public entities that engage in lobbying.

Relating to annulment of a marriage on the grounds of impotency.

Relating to compliance with the public information law by governmental bodies and the imposition of charges for providing copies of public information under that law; providing a civil penalty.

Relating to eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits following certain parental truancy convictions.

Relating to the information a payor of the proceeds of production from an oil and gas well is required to provide a payee.

Relating to the imposition on a payor of proceeds of production from an oil or gas well of a duty to notify a payee when payments to the payee are suspended.

Relating to the abandonment of mineral proceeds for purposes of certain unclaimed property laws.

Relating to trustee settlement of accounts.

Relating to state preemption of and the effect of certain state health and safety laws on certain municipal and county regulations, including a law providing that an elephant is a dangerous wild animal.

Relating to status offenses committed by a child, including the repeal of the status offense of a child voluntarily running away from home.

Relating to the provision by a regional mobility authority of financial assistance for transportation projects of governmental entities located in the area of the authority; providing authority to issue bonds.

Relating to space flight activities.

Relating to the resumption of service by certain judicial officers under the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.