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HB2001 increases punishment for misuse of official information when the offender's net financial gain reaches specified thresholds.
Official caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain misuse of official information, including misuse of official information that results in certain net pecuniary gains.
Regular session · Source-checked explanation published
HB2003 requires an entity proposing a high-speed rail project to give the Texas Department of Transportation financial and project information each y…
Official caption: Relating to provision to the Texas Department of Transportation of information regarding certain high-speed rail projects.
Regular session · Source-checked explanation published
HB2011 adds unpaid property taxes as a reason a former owner may buy back property taken through eminent domain.
Official caption: Relating to the right to repurchase from a condemning entity certain real property for which ad valorem taxes are delinquent.
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HB2012 lets additional counties regulate roadside and parking-lot vendors and people soliciting money.
Official caption: Relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking lot vendors and solicitors.
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HB2014 establishes a seven-member elected board with staggered four-year terms for the Somervell County Hospital District.
Official caption: Relating to the election of the board of directors of the Somervell County Hospital District.
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HB2017 makes intoxication manslaughter a first-degree felony in an additional, specifically defined circumstance.
Official caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.
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HB2018 makes agricultural or timber use and productivity explicit considerations in the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.
Official caption: Relating to the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.
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HB2025 removes an extra tax-document requirement for recording subdivision and condominium plats after September 1 of a year.
Official caption: Relating to the filing for record of a plat, replat, or amended plat or replat of a subdivision of real property or a condominium.
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HB2026 designates part of State Highway 25 as the “U.S.
Official caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 25 in Archer County as the U.S. Army Gary C. and U.S.M.C. Gary S. Johnston Memorial Highway.
Regular session · Source-checked explanation published
HB2027 expressly authorizes county tax-abatement agreements for certain interests and property in Port Freeport reinvestment zones.
Official caption: Relating to the authority of the Brazoria County Commissioners Court to execute tax abatement agreements for property within the Port Freeport district.
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HB2029 repeals the travel-trailer owner self-inspection provision and reconciles the inspection-replacement fee language left by two 2023 laws.
Official caption: Relating to vehicle safety inspections of certain travel trailers.
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HB2035 requires a chemical-dependency treatment facility that refuses a minor's voluntary admission to give written notice to the parent, managing co…
Official caption: Relating to notice provided by a chemical dependency treatment facility to the parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a minor refused admission to the facility.
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HB2037 removes an outdated print-advertising requirement for repair providers and permits qualifying security-deposit communications by email.
Official caption: Relating to repairs made pursuant to a residential or manufactured home tenant's notice of intent to repair and the provision of notice regarding a residential or manufactured home tenant's security deposit.
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The DOCTOR Act creates a provisional-license route for qualifying foreign-licensed physicians and a separate, supervised limited license for physicia…
Official caption: Relating to the issuance by the Texas Medical Board of certain licenses to practice medicine and the authority of an insured to select certain license holders under the insured's health policy; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees.
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HB2061 names the structure carrying State Highway 242 over Interstate 69 in Montgomery County the Lance Corporal Armando Hernandez Memorial Bridge.
Official caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 242 in Montgomery County as the Lance Corporal Armando Hernandez Memorial Bridge.
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HB2067 requires insurers covered by its provisions to explain a rejected completed application, cancellation or nonrenewal without waiting for the cu…
Official caption: Relating to declination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of insurance policies.
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HB2071 strengthens family access to medical information and limits conflicts of interest in certain medical assessments during child-abuse or neglect…
Official caption: Relating to certain policies and procedures for health care specialty consultations in certain child abuse or neglect investigations and assessments.
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HB2073 increases penalties when someone commits specified protective-order or bond-condition violations while possessing a deadly weapon.
Official caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking.
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HB2078 requires clearer explanations of groundwater goals, progress and changes, with interim checkpoints for long-term planning. “Desired future con…
Official caption: Relating to the joint planning of desired future conditions in groundwater management areas.
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HB2080 changes how a review panel helps the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) investigate a groundwater district's performance of its …
Official caption: Relating to the review of the duties of a groundwater conservation district by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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HB2081 establishes the Building Better Futures Program to support inclusive college-based education, occupational skills training and services for st…
Official caption: Relating to the establishment of the Building Better Futures Program to support educational and occupational skills training opportunities and support services for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at public and private institutions of higher education.
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HB2128 directs the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service to compare rural firefighting and technical-rescue capabilities with those of urban munici…
Official caption: Relating to a study of rural firefighting and technical rescue service capabilities.
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HB2143 designates the portion of FM1097 in Montgomery County between I-45 and Lake Conroe Hills Drive as the Army Specialist Joey Lenz Memorial Highw…
Official caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1097 in Montgomery County as the Army Specialist Joey Lenz Memorial Highway.
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HB2187 adds accountability and complaint procedures to existing hospital nurse-staffing and mandatory-overtime laws.
Official caption: Relating to hospital staffing report and complaint processes and to retaliation and mandatory overtime protections for nurses.
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HB2193 directs the Texas Veterans Commission to study how many veterans need benefits assistance, where they live and where claims benefit advisers s…
Official caption: Relating to a study by the Texas Veterans Commission regarding the provision of veterans benefits in this state.
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HB2198 designates the portion of State Highway 34 in Kaufman County between Kings Creek Drive and North Frances Street as the Officer Jacob Candanoza…
Official caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 34 in Kaufman County as the Officer Jacob Candanoza Memorial Highway.
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HB2213 changes who qualifies for seats on the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association's nine-member board.
Official caption: Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.
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HB2217 requires the governor’s Criminal Justice Division to establish a grant program helping state and local law-enforcement agencies equip vehicles…
Official caption: Relating to establishing a grant program to equip motor vehicles used by peace officers with certain bullet-resistant components.
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HB2221 creates Insurance Code Chapter 1702, reorganizing rules for life insurance, annuities, accident and health insurance, and health maintenance o…
Official caption: Relating to certain trade practices related to life insurance, annuity contracts, and accident and health coverage.
Regular session · Source-checked explanation published
Texas already treated a marriage as void if either person was still married to someone else.
Official caption: Relating to certain void marriages.