Author:
Burkett | Raymond | Frank | Klick | Davis, Sarah
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Bell | Biedermann | et al.
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
05/31/2017 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the relative or other designated caregiver placement program and to monetary assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain relative or designated caregivers; creating a criminal offense; creating a civil penalty.
Author:
Wu | Raymond | Davis, Sarah | Rose | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | et al.
Sponsor:
Uresti
Last Action:
05/31/2017 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to child protective services suits, motions, and services by the Department of Family and Protective Services and to the licensing of certain facilities, homes, and agencies that provide child-care services.
Author:
Capriglione | Elkins | Parker | Dale | Dean
Coauthor:
Bohac | Button | Canales | Fallon | Goldman | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/12/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to cybersecurity for state agency information resources.
Author:
Capriglione | Elkins | Blanco
Coauthor:
Cain | Canales | Dean | Goldman | Krause | et al.
Sponsor:
Taylor, Van
Last Action:
06/12/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to cybercrime; creating criminal offenses.
Author:
Price | Turner | White | Clardy | Moody
Coauthor:
Canales | Guerra | Holland | Miller | Wu
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
06/14/2017 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a matching grant program to support community mental health programs for individuals experiencing mental illness and the coordination of certain behavioral health grants.
Author:
Huberty | Zerwas | Turner | King, Ken | Dutton
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Bohac | Canales | Capriglione | et al.
Sponsor:
Taylor, Larry
Last Action:
05/27/2017 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to the funding of primary and secondary education.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Huberty | Collier | Cook | Frullo
Coauthor:
Arévalo | Blanco | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | Burkett | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/12/2017 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to prostitution and the trafficking of persons, civil racketeering related to trafficking, the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of and punishment for certain sexual offenses and offenses involving or related to trafficking, reimbursement of certain costs for criminal victims who are children, and the release and reporting of certain information relating to a child; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.
Author:
Moody | Isaac | Dutton | White | Minjarez
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Arévalo | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2017 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the civil and criminal penalties for possession of certain small amounts of marihuana and an exception to prosecution for possession of associated drug paraphernalia; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Paddie | Thompson, Senfronia | Nevárez | Kuempel | Morrison, Geanie W.
Coauthor:
Anderson, Rodney | Ashby | Bailes | Bell | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
05/29/2017 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of transportation network companies; requiring an occupational permit; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Bell | Koop | Johnson, Jarvis | Israel | Villalba
Coauthor:
Blanco | Canales | Dean | Fallon | Schaefer | et al.
Sponsor:
Uresti
Last Action:
06/01/2017 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to inclusion of career and technology education in the mission of public education.
Author:
Israel
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchia | Arévalo | Ashby | Bernal | et al.
Last Action:
02/13/2017 H Referred to Elections: Feb 13 2017 3:06PM
Caption:
Relating to electronic voter registration.
Author:
Bernal | VanDeaver | Price | Thompson, Senfronia | Minjarez
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Arévalo | et al.
Sponsor:
Miles
Last Action:
05/23/2017 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to donation and distribution of surplus food at public schools and grace period policies for public school students with insufficient balances on prepaid meal cards.
Author:
Miller
Coauthor:
Canales
Last Action:
04/28/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the compensatory time and overtime pay for commissioned officers of the Department of Public Safety.
Author:
Geren | Johnson, Eric | Howard | King, Phil | Davis, Sarah
Coauthor:
Anderson, Rodney | Bailes | Bohac | Burns | Button | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2017 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the effect of certain felony convictions of public elected officers.
Author:
Button | Springer | Murphy | Gutierrez | Goldman
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Arévalo | Bernal | et al.
Last Action:
02/16/2017 H Referred to Ways & Means: Feb 16 2017 4:31PM
Caption:
Relating to a deduction under the franchise tax for certain contracts with the federal government.
Author:
White | Coleman | Johnson, Jarvis | Minjarez | Rinaldi
Coauthor:
Canales | Gervin-Hawkins | Miller | Stickland
Last Action:
03/21/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of a citation or notice to appear for certain misdemeanors punishable by a fine only.
Author:
White | Bernal
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Canales | Stickland
Last Action:
02/22/2017 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Feb 22 2017 4:25PM
Caption:
Relating to the amount of a fine or cost imposed in a criminal case by a justice or municipal court and to the court's authority to order a defendant confined in jail for failure to pay a fine or cost or for contempt.
Author:
Clardy | Price | Thompson, Senfronia | Nevárez | Holland
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Last Action:
05/18/2017 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to information publicly available in a state court document database; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Cain | Deshotel | Dutton
Coauthor:
Bernal | Canales | Gervin-Hawkins | Reynolds | Stickland | et al.
Last Action:
02/27/2017 H Referred to Transportation: Feb 27 2017 3:38PM
Caption:
Relating to pedestrian use of a sidewalk.
Author:
Thierry | Coleman
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchia | Arévalo | Canales | Collier | et al.
Last Action:
03/09/2017 H Referred to Transportation: Mar 9 2017 4:13PM
Caption:
Relating to providing certain election information on the highway changeable message sign system.
Author:
Hefner | Miller | Blanco | Flynn | Gutierrez
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Arévalo | Biedermann | Bohac | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2017 H Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to disabled veterans.
Author:
Raymond | Price | Zerwas | Longoria | Davis, Sarah
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Arévalo | et al.
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to contract requirements for prescription drug benefits provided by Medicaid managed care organizations.
Author:
Frullo | Dutton | Kuempel | Moody | Springer
Coauthor:
Canales | Lambert
Sponsor:
Whitmire
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the carrying of certain knives; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Wray | Martinez, "Mando" | Phillips | Guerra | Geren
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Ashby | Bohac | Burns | Button | et al.
Sponsor:
Whitmire
Last Action:
06/01/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of a first responder for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Author:
Lucio III | Isaac | White | Simmons | Sheffield
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Arévalo | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, distribution, transportation, and delivery of medical cannabis for medical use by patients with certain debilitating medical conditions and the licensing of dispensing organizations and cannabis testing facilities; authorizing fees.
Author:
Raney | González, Mary | Simmons | Shine | Romero, Jr.
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2017 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Caption:
Relating to wage requirements for community rehabilitation programs participating in the purchasing from people with disabilities program.
Author:
Fallon | Button | Turner | Raymond | Geren
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Bailes | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a first responder who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.
Author:
Gutierrez | Flynn | Lozano | Blanco | Clardy
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2017 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a trauma affected veterans clinical care and research center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Author:
Burns | Ashby | Kacal | Holland
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Bailes | Bell | Burrows | Canales | et al.
Last Action:
04/12/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition of property by an entity with eminent domain authority; waiving certain sovereign and governmental immunity.
Author:
Stucky | González, Mary | Ashby | Springer | Cyrier
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson, Rodney | et al.
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
05/08/2017 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the study and approval of lethal pesticides for feral hog control.
Author:
Guerra | Longoria | Zerwas | Lozano | Sheffield
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Blanco | Canales | Hernandez | et al.
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the investigation of, and release of information concerning, communicable disease, including the Zika virus and other high consequence communicable diseases.
Author:
Wilson | VanDeaver | Oliverson | Lucio III | Meyer
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Arévalo | Ashby | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2017 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a report regarding certain health and safety information prepared by the Texas Education Agency.
Author:
Morrison, Geanie W. | Martinez, "Mando" | Paddie | Bonnen, Dennis | Deshotel
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Burkett | Canales | Faircloth | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2017 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container; authorizing a fee; creating an offense.
Author:
Schubert | Ashby | Nevárez | Springer | Clardy
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Bernal | Burns | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2017 H Returned to Calendars Committee
Caption:
Relating to the automatic admission to general academic teaching institutions and eligibility for certain scholarships of a student who is the valedictorian of the student's high school graduating class.
Author:
Howard
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Arévalo | Bernal | et al.
Last Action:
02/28/2017 H Reported enrolled: Feb 28 2017 11:01PM
Caption:
Commemorating the 30th anniversary of Texas Democratic Women.
Author:
Lucio III | Martinez, "Mando" | Guillen | Oliveira | Guerra
Coauthor:
Canales | Longoria
Last Action:
05/19/2017 H Reported enrolled: May 19 2017 12:21PM
Caption:
Honoring the participants in the 2017 Rio Grande Valley Legislative Internship Program.