Legislative Blog

J.B. Williams, J.D.

Overview for link to all 88th Leg Blogs

A Blog about 88th Legislature Laws

A Bit of Background

The following backgrounds help summarize the author's views on both the general topic: Texas and more specifically 88th Legislature Laws as it relates to that topic.

Brief Summary of Texas

Texas is truly a Republic. There are a multitude of items that to modify the state constitution must be modified. So there are times when Constitutional amendments are on the voting ballots. While I sometimes abhor the wording, the concept that all of those legally able to vote in Texas must vote on the change is a good one. And bills in Texas are generally short, making it easier for everyone to understand.

Summary of 88th Legislature Laws

The blogs here will discuss the laws passed by Congress and signed into law, as well as those, passed by Congress and approved by the voters to become law. There are a multitude of laws and each time I post blogs I will notate here the current effective date if it is different from prior blogs. I am currently posting bills that took effect immediately - those bills total 336. I am currently posting regarding larger bills, so each blog covers a single bill.

Blog Summary

Updated on 7/21/24 for all blogs posted on or before 7/20/2024.

Overview for link to all 88th Leg Blogs

Published: 2024-05-05

UPDATED:

The following Blogs, covering 333 different bills, have been posted. These blogs contain information that went into effect immediately, as well as the portions that went into effect on the dates notated.

1. Deals with public higher education - HB00008 also in effect 9/1/23
2. Securing children online through Parental empowerment - HB00018 also effect 9/1/24
3. Education Code Modifications - HB01605 also in effect 9/1/23
4. Creating/abolishing fund accounts galore - HB03461 also in effect other and effect 9/1/23
5. Judicial branch modifications - HB3474 also in effect 9/1/23, 10/1/23, 9/1/24, 10/1/24, 1/1/25, and 10/1/25
6. Utility Districts created - HB5344 also in effect 9/1/23
7. Property Tax Relief - SB2 also in effect 10/12/23, 1/1/24, 7/1/24, 1/1/25, 1/1/27
8. Catalytic Converter theft - SB224 also in effect 7/1/23
9. San Antonio River Authority - HB1535 also in effect 1/1/25
10. University Funding and Re-organizing the System - SB1055 also in effect 9/1/23
11. 13 bills affecting the Education Act
    • HB 473 - Threat assessment of student conduct
    • HB 699 - Interscholastic League activities
    • HB 1002 - Public school concussion oversight team
    • HB 1114 - Service area of Blinn Junior College District
    • HB 1212 - Excused absences from public school for religious holidays
    • HB 1225 - Administering required assessments in paper format
    • HB 1361 - Liaison officers for certain students at public institutes of higher education
    • HB 1416 - Accelerated instruction for students who fail satisfactory performance on assessments
    • HB 1590 - Texas Leadership Scholars Program
    • HB 1707 - Open-enrollment charter schools
    • HB 1794 - Funding for University of Texas at Tyler's school of pharmacy
    • HB 1883 - Assessments administered on religious holy days
    • HB 1959 - Transfers for certain public school students who are children of peace officers
12. 9 bills affecting the Education Act
    • HB 2012 - Display of national motto in public school and institutions of higher education
    • HB 2026 - Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program
    • HB 2177 - Digital course materials pilot program
    • HB 2209 - Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership Program also 9/1/23
    • HB 2285 - Authority of certain ISD to change terms for Board of trustees
    • HB 2484 - Safety of referee, judges, or other officials at some public school extracurricular activities
    • HB 2495 - Requirements for an athletic trainer license
    • HB 2892 - Transfer of public students who are children of military servicemembers
    • HB 2929 - Continuing education and training for classroom teachers and public school counselors
13. 9 more bill affecting the Education Act
    • HB 3287 - Locations of Texas State Technical College System
    • HB 3623 - Permitting a school marshal to act for another school at a joint event
    • HB 3803 - Parents allowed to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade
    • HB 3908 - Fentanyl abuse prevention
    • HB 3928 - Dyslexia evaluations and services
    • HB 3991 - Texas Fruit and Vegetable Day in public schools
    • HB 4005 - Texas Competency-Based Education Grant Program
    • HB 4363 - Future Teachers Scholarship Program
    • HB 4997 - Texas State Technical College System in Comal County and Guadalupe County
14. 8 bills affecting the Education Act
    • SB 25 - Nursing-related postsecondary education
    • SB 55 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
    • SB 133 - Prohibitions on physical restraint and use of chemical irritants/tasers on public school students
    • SB 336 - Compliance programs
    • SB 427 - Higher education offering undergraduate courses in Texas History
    • SB 629 - Maintenance, administration, and disposal of opioids
    • SB 646 - Funding for non-resident students enrolled at Lamar State College--Orange
    • SB 838 - Silent panic alert technology in classrooms
15. 7 bill affecting the Education Act
    • SB 1008 - Nursing-related postsecondary education
    • SB 1047 - Funding and activities of the Texas Produce Water Consortium
    • SB 1471 - Access by the Texas Education Agency and private schools to certain criminal history records
    • SB 1506 - Seizure management and treatment plan for care of a student with a seizure disorder
    • SB 1563 - Eligibility of Sam Houston State University to receive funding for Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
    • SB 1720 - Confidentiality of the identity of an employee who reports a potential threat to the school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team.
    • SB 1887 - Requirements of early college education program and the transfer of the credit to public institutions of higher learning.
16. 7 more bills affecting the Education Act
    • SB 2032 - Adult high school charter school programs
    • SB 2123 - Participation of the medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler in the Joint Admission Medical Program
    • SB 2124 - Advanced mathematics program in public school students in middle school
    • SB 2139 - Establishment of the Opportunity High School Diploma program
    • SB 2158 - Establishment of adult education pilot program by Windham School District
    • SB 2304 - Regulation of driver education courses and driving safety courses
    • SB 2538 - Limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions
17. Schools buying epinephrine auto-injectors and respiratory medications - SB294
18. Access and use of certain criminal history record information - HB4123
19. 3 bills affecting the Alcoholic Beverage Code
    • HB 4417 - Court-ordered programs regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
    • HB 5183 - Educational program for those whose driver's license is suspended due to conviction of certain drug offenses
20. 2 bills affecting the Family Law Act
    • HB 422 - Remotely conducting detention hearings in juvenile cases
    • HB 2070 - Continuation of spousal maintenance ordered under certain circumstances
21. 2 bill that modify the Business and Commerce Code
    • SB 761 - Photo identification for certain debit or credit card transactions
    • SB 2013 - Access to and security of critical infrastructure
22. 3 bill that modify the Criminal Procedure or Penal Code
    • HB 1161 - Confidentiality of home address information for victims of child abduction
    • HB 3660 - Defense to prosecution of cruelty to nonlivestock animals
    • SB 48 - Issuance and effectiveness of protective orders, magistrate orders for emergency protection, and temporary ex parte orders
23. 5 bills that modify the Civil Practices and Remedies Code
    • HB 1255 - Limitations period in arbitration proceedings
    • HB 2025 - Limitation and repose for certain claims arising out of residential construction
    • HB 2636 - Liability of a recreational vehicle park or campground entity for injuries arising from certain activities
    • HB 3949 - Arbitration of certain controversies involving members of certain nonprofit entities
    • SB 1180 - Civil actions by a civilly committed individual
24. 3 bills that modify the Election Code
    • HB 87 - Presidential electors of Texas
    • SB 477 - Accommodating voters with disability
    • SB 1131 - The authority of certain independent school districts to change the date of the general election for officers
25. 3 bills that modify the Finance Code
    • HB 3574 - Regulation of state banks
    • SB 1645 - Hearings officer of the Texas Department of Banking
    • SB 1646 - Regulation of state trust companies
26. 4 bills that modify the Insurance Code
    • HB 711 - Contract provisions and conduct affecting health care provider networks
    • HB 1587 - Use by insurance companies of separate accounts in connection with life insurance and annuities and other benefits
    • HB 3414 - statewide all payor claims database
    • SB 785 - Ownership of and certain insurance policy provisions regarding geothermal energy and associated resources below the surface of land
27. 2 bills that modify the Labor Code
    • HB 2314 - Filing death benefits claims under the workers' compensation system
    • HB 3335 - Employment activities of certain police officers responding to emergency call for purposes of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act
28. 3 bills that modify the Agriculture Code
    • HB 2271 - Protection of aquaculture operations
    • HB 2947 - Definition of agricultural operations
    • SB 811 - Disclosure of certain information by the Parks and Wildlife Department or the Texas Animal Health Commission
29. 3 bills that modify the Human Resources Code
    • HB 12 - Duration of services provided under Medicaid to women following pregnancy
    • HB 1357 - Medicaid reimbursement for certain medication-assisted treatments for opioids or substance use disorder
    • HB 1743 - Regarding certain inmates eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits on discharge or release from confinement
30. 2 bills that modify the Human Resources Code
    • HB 4169 - Providing prevocational or similar services under Medicaid waiver programs
    • SB 593 - An independent assessment of the Health and Human Services Commission's and the Department of Family and Protective Services' rule, minimum standards, and contract requirements that apply to certain residential child-care providers
31. Notice given to certain victims of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat - SB 1325
32. 4 bills that modify the Utilities Code
    • HB 2263 - Authority of a natural gas local distribution company to offer energy conservation programs
    • HB 2555 - Transmission and distribution system resiliency planning by and cost recovery for electric utilities
    • HB 2664 - Disclosure of customer information by government-operated utilities
    • HB 3390 - Provision of information regarding distributed generation and certain electrical loads
33. 5 bills that modify the Utilities Code
    • HB 5066 - Electricity service in areas of Texas with a need for transmission projects
    • SB 1015 - Periodic rate adjustments by electric utilities
    • SB 1016 - Consideration of employee compensation and benefits in establishing the rates of electric utilities
    • SB 1076 - Deadline for approving a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain transmission projects
    • SB 1093 - Facilities included in the electricity supply chain
34. Another 5 bills that modify the Utilities Code
    • SB 1170 - Initiation of customer choice by municipally owned utilities that provide electric service
    • SB 1290 - Study of the effects of installation, operation, removal, and disposal of solar, wind turbine, and energy storage equipment
    • SB 1425 - Disbursements form the universal service fund for certain small and rural companies
    • SB 1710 - Universal service fund
    • SB 1866 - Use of customer-sited distributed generation facilities owned by certain non-ERCOT utilities
35. 2 bill that modify the Government Code
    1. HB 139 - Notice of proposed rules, Government Code, Section 2001.023 & .024
    2. SB 10 - Teacher Retirement System of Texas under Government Code, Chapter 824
36. 5 bills that modify the Water Code
    1. HB 1699 - Authority of the Evergreen Underground Water Conservation district to impose certain fees
    2. HB 1971 - Procedures for acting on a permit or an amendment application by a groundwater district and disqualification of board members
    3. HB 2109 - Construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and removal of dams by the Lower Brushy Creek Water Control and Improvement District
    4. HB 2373 - Authority of a water or sewer utility to consolidate more than 1 system under a single tariff
    5. HB 2508 - Disbursement of money by a levee improvement district
37. 5 more bills that modify the Water Code
    1. HB 3007 - Authority of the Benbrook Water Authority to issue bonds
    2. HB 4256 - Establishment of a grant program to plug leaking water wells in certain communities
    3. HB 4856 - Jurisdiction of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality over certain recharge injection wells
    4. SB 317 - Appellate jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission regarding certain water or sewer service fees
    5. SB 818 - Disposition of real property interests by navigation districts and port authorities
38. 5 additional bills that modify the Water Code
    1. HB 3278 - Joint planning of desired future conditions in groundwater management areas
    2. SB 893 - Correction of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for providing water or sewer service
    3. SB 1186 - Regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of brine mining
    4. SB 1289 - Disposal of reclaimed wastewater
    5. SB 1500 - Powers and duties of navigation districts and the board of trustees of municipal port facilities
39. 5 bills that modify the Government Code
    1. HB 113 - Use of community health workers in Medicaid managed care
    2. HB 387 - Texas State Guard uniform and insignia fund
    3. HB 430 - Criteria and qualifications for distributions under the rural volunteer fire department assistance program
    4. HB 1766 - Issuance of private activity bonds for qualified residential rental projects
    5. HB 1817 - Validity of a contract for which a disclosure of interested parties is required
40. A bill that modifies the Government Code
    • HB 2060 - Creation of the artificial intelligence advisory council
41. 4 bills that modify the Government Code
    1. HB 2154 - Adoption of physical fitness programs and standards for law enforcement officers employed by the office of the attorney general
    2. HB 2464 - Optional annuity increases for certain retirees and beneficiaries of the Texas Municipal Retirement System
    3. HB 2499 - Designating June 28 as Special Forces Day
    4. HB 2620 - Confinement in a county jail of a person pending a transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justices and to compensation to a county for certain costs of confinement
42. 2 bills that modify the Government Code
    1. HB 2727 - Provisions of home telemonitoring services under Medicaid
    2. HB 3097 - Issuance of anticipation notes or other obligations by issuer located along the Gulf Coast in an emergency
43. Another bill that modifies the Government Code
    • HB 3462 - Consolidation of ombudsman program administered by the Health and Human Services Commission
44. 7 bills that modify the Government Code
    1. HB 3556 - Local area activation of the alert system for certain missing children
    2. HB 4012 - Administration of the electronic state business daily
    3. HB 4141 - Study by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas on the feasibility of alternate retirement benefits to peace officers who are members of the retirement system
    4. HB 4333 - Extension of a family violence pretrial diversion pilot program in Bexar County
    5. HB 4443 - Allocation of certain federal money provided under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
    6. HB 4964 - Sale, possession, or consumption of alcoholic beverages at the Texas State History Museum
    7. HB 4990 - Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative and governing board and advisory council
45. 4 more bills that modify the Government Code
    1. HB 5174 - Establishment and administration of the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium
    2. HB 5202 - Central database containing information about offenders who have committed certain violent offenses
    3. SB 63 - Instruction guide for family members and caregivers of veterans who have mental health disorders
    4. SB 380 - Payment of certain court costs associated with interpreters
46. 7 more bills that modify the Government Code
    1. SB 423 - Use of unmanned aircraft by the Texas miliary forces
    2. SB 435 - Disclosure under the public information law of certain evidence of a crime that resulted in the death of a person
    3. SB 493 - Qualifications for certain individuals for veterans benefits
    4. SB 538 - Use of appropriated money by the Texas State Guard for recruiting and retention purposes
    5. SB 729 - Cash balance benefit under the Employees Retirement System of Texas
    6. SB 1192 - Access to criminal history record information for certain employees, volunteers, and contractors, and for applicants for positions, by the Health and Human Services Commission
    7. SB 1238 - Broadband development
47. 5 more bills that modify the Government Code
    1. SB 1245 - Contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two
    2. SB 1246 - Authorized investments of public money by certain government entities and the confidentiality of certain information related to those investments
    3. SB 1305 - Transfer of the ownership rights of the City of Nacogdoches in the Central Heights Water System to the Angelina and Neches River Authority
    4. SB 1509 - Service retirement eligibility and benefits of certain members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas
    5. SB 1520 - Authority of the Texas Historical Commission to take certain actions relating to the Republic of Texas Granite Boundary Marker
48. 4 final bills that modify the Government Code
    1. SB 1659 - Sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process
    2. SB 1831 - Purchase of certain goods and services by the Employees Retirement System of Texas
    3. SB 1893 - Prohibiting the use of certain social media applications and services on devices owned or leased by governmental entities
    4. SB 2057 - Operation and management of the Iwo Jima monument and museum by the Texas Historical Commission
49. 6 bills that modify the Local Government Code
    1. HB 471 - Entitlement to and claim for benefits for certain first responders and other employees related to illness and injury
    2. HB 586 - Municipal annexation of certain rights-of-way
    3. HB 995 - Sheriff's department disability leave in certain counties
    4. HB 1195 - Authority of certain county and district clerks to obtain and retain information that identifies a person filing a document or requesting services
    5. HB 1330 - Grant program for public improvement projects for unincorporated communities in certain counties
    6. HB 1434 - Staggering of terms of aldermen of the governing body of a Type A general-law municipality
50. 2 bills that modify the Local Government Code
    1. HB 1526 - Parkland dedication for multifamily, hotel, and motel property development by certain municipalities, authorizing a fee
    2. HB 2071 - Certain public facilities, including public facilities used to provide affordable housing
51. 3 bills that modify the Local Government Code
    1. HB 2815 - Relating to certain conservation and reclamation districts and the related rules, including notice to prospective purchaser of property therein
    2. HB 4057 - Inclusion of a property in a conservation district by certain municipalities
    3. HB 4217 - Powers of certain public utility agencies, granting the power of eminent domain
52. 6 more bills that modify the Local Government Code
    1. SB 158 - Location of a bank that is eligible to deposit of county public money
    2. SB 349 - County and municipal housing authority pet policies
    3. SB 543 - Conveyance of property by a municipality for the public purpose of economic development
    4. SB 736 - Mandatory arbitration for certain fire departments and employee bargaining agents
    5. SB 929 - Notice and compensation a municipality must provide before re-zoning
    6. SB 1226 - Term of office for a director of the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District
53. 5 bills that modify the Special District Local Law
    1. HB 2867 - Date of dissolution of the Save Historic Muny District
    2. HB 3301 - Dissolution of the Green Tree Park Municipal Utility District
    3. HB 5304 - Creation of Williamson County Municipal Utility District No 46
    4. HB 5310 - Creation of Tarrant County Municipal Utility District No 2
    5. HB 5312 - Powers and duties of Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No 147
54. 5 more bills that modify the Special District Local Law
    1. HB 5314 - Creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No 56
    2. HB 5315 - Creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 219
    3. HB 5316 - Creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 235
    4. HB 5318 - Creation of the Montgomery County Water Control and Improvement District No. 6
    5. HB 5320 - Creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 227
55. 5 additional bills that modify the Special District Local Law
    1. HB 5322 - Administration, powers, territory, and financing of the Garfield Municipal Utility District No. 1
    2. HB 5325 - Boundaries of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 144
    3. HB 5326 - Creation of the Orchard Municipal Utility District No. 2
    4. HB 5329 - Creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 262
    5. HB 5333 - Creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 252
56. 6 bills that modify the Special District Local Law
    1. HB 5334 - Creation of the Cypress Creek Drainage Improvement District
    2. HB 5336 - Powers and duties of Port Freeport
    3. HB 5339 - Creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 223
    4. HB 5343 - Creation of the Wharton County Municipal Utility District No. 1
    5. HB 5345 - Creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 237
    6. HB 5347 - Creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 597
57. 4 bills that modify the Special District Local Law
    1. HB 5348 - Creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 49
    2. HB 5349 - Creation of the Austin County Municipal Utility District No. 4
    3. HB 5350 - Creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 48
    4. HB 5355 - Creation of the Prairie View Municipal Management District No. 1
58. 7 bills that modify the Special District Local Law
    1. HB 5357 - Creation of the Liberty Hill Municipal Utility District
    2. HB 5362 - Creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No 57
    3. HB 5365 - Creation of the Austin County Municipal Utility District No 3
    4. HB 5367 - Creation of the Solana Ranch Municipal Utility District No 1
    5. HB 5369 - Creation of the Sandow Municipal Utility District No 1
    6. HB 5372 - Creation of the Grand Prairie Management District
    7. HB 5373 - Powers and duties of the Hidalgo County Drainage District No 1
59. 7 more bills that modify the Special District Local Law
    1. HB 5374 - Creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District, No 226
    2. HB 5375 - Creation of the Montgomery County Management District, No 2
    3. HB 5377 - Creation of Fannin Farms Municipal Utility District of Fannin County
    4. HB 5379 - Creation of the Williamson and Bell Counties Municipal Utility District No 1
    5. HB 5384 - Creation of the Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No 9
    6. HB 5385 - Creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No 582
    7. HB 5386 - Creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No 589
60. 7 additional bills that modify the Special District Local Law
    1. HB 5389 - Creation of the Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District, No 8
    2. HB 5337 - Creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No 204
    3. HB 5390 - Creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No 52
    4. HB 5391 - Creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 218
    5. HB 5393 - Creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No 55
    6. HB 5395 - Creation of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 11
    7. HB 5396 - Powers and duties of the Stanley Lake Municipal Utility District
61. 6 additional bills that modify the Special District Local Law
    1. HB 5398 - Creation of the West Lake Ranch Municipal Management District
    2. HB 5399 - Creation of the Jones Avenue Municipal Management District
    3. HB 5405 - Conversion of the Legacy Water Control and Improvement District to the Legacy Municipal Management District
    4. HB 5407 - Creation of the Blanton Creek Estates Municipal District of Fannin County
    5. HB 5409 - Gulf Coast Protection District
    6. HB 5411 - Board of directors and the powers and duties of the Twinwood Municipal Utility District No 1
62. 8 bills that modify the Special District Local Law
    1. HB 5412 - Powers and duties of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No 3
    2. HB 5413 - Powers and duties of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No 2
    3. HB 5418 - Powers and duties of the Karis Municipal Management District of Tarrant County
    4. SB 887 - Creation of the Maxwell Municipal Utility District, No 1
    5. SB 1056 - Directors and administration of the Hidalgo County Water Improvement District No 3
    6. SB 1088 - Eligibility to serve as a member of the board of directors of the West Central Texas Municipal Water District
    7. SB 1187 - Authority of the TexAmericans Center
    8. SB 1250 - Powers of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No 110
63. 8 more bills that modify the Special District Local Law
    1. SB 1745 - Equalization of the rates of production fees charged on wells by Barton Springs-Edward Aquifer Conservation District
    2. SB 1914 - Improvement projects of the Sabine-Neches Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas
    3. SB 2370 - Division of certain emergency services districts
    4. SB 2566 - Dissolution of the McMullen County Water Control and Improvement District No 1
    5. SB 2571 - Creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No 225
    6. SB 2576 - Open R Fresh Water Supply District of Caldwell County
    7. SB 2577 - Creation of the Atascosa County Municipal Utility District No 2
    8. SB 2579 - Creation of the Guadalupe County Municipal Utility District No 8
64. 6 more bills that modify the Special District Local Law
    1. SB 2580 - Creation of the Liberty County Municipal Utility District No 12
    2. SB 2583 - Repeal of the Crosby Municipal Utility District
    3. SB 2588 - Creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No 264
    4. SB 2595 - Creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No 204
    5. SB 2599 - Creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No 594
    6. SB 2600 - Creation of the Firefly Municipal Utility District No 1
65. 6 bills that modify the Health and Safety Code
    1. HB 1598 - Local government and political subdivision regulation of certain solid waste facilities
    2. HB 1890 - Operation of a hospital at home program by certain hospitals
    3. HB 1925 - Continuation of a health care provider participation program by Harris County Hospital District
    4. HB 3060 - Regulation of recycling and recycled products
    5. HB 3456 - Continuation of certain health care provider participation programs in Texas
    6. HB 4700 - Creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by Nacogdoches County Hospital District
66. 6 more bills that modify the Health and Safety Code
    1. HB 4844 - Use of a broker for the sale of real property by Nueces County Hospital District
    2. HB 4928 - Continuation of health care provider participation programs in certain counties
    3. HB 4932 - Amount of foreign emissions of air contaminants in nonattainment areas
    4. SB 565 - Release of a reversionary interest in certain real property by the Health and Human Services Commission
    5. SB 773 - Access to certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices used in clinical trials by patients with severe chronic diseases
    6. SB 849 - Continuation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the El Paso County Hospital District
67. 6 additional bills that modify the Health and Safety Code
    1. SB 867 - Recipients of opioid antagonists under the opioid antagonist program
    2. SB 888 - Fire escape exemptions for certain courthouses
    3. SB 1097 - Liability of certain municipal hospital authorities under a contract for the sale of a hospital
    4. SB 1155 - Continuation and operations of health care provider participation program by the Bexar County Hospital District
    5. SB 1592 - Composition of the radiation advisory board
    6. SB 2193 - Programs established and operated by federally qualified health centers to provide primary care access to certain employees
68. 7 bills that modify the Occupations Code
    1. HB 2217 - Regulation of the practice of public accountancy
    2. SB 483 - Regulation of massage therapy
    3. SB 604 - Land services performed by a landman
    4. SB 1001 - Regulation of electric vehicle supply equipment
    5. SB 1213 - Establishment of the Mold Assessment and Remediation Advisory Board
    6. SB 1732 - Standards for certain electric vehicle charging stations
    7. SB 2017 - Regulation of hearing aids
69. 5 bills that modify the Parks and Wildlife Code
    1. HB 1809 - Establishment of the commercial oyster mariculture advisory board
    2. HB 2777 - Contracting authority of the Parks and Wildlife Department
    3. HB 3497 - Requirement that certain persons taking oysters on a licensed commercial oyster boat obtain a commercial fisherman's license
    4. SB 1372 - Costs associated with the destruction of certain deer
    5. SB 1758 - Use of certain land by the University of Texas System
70. 4 bills that modify the Property Code
    1. HB 1558 - Extension or amendment of deed restrictions in certain older subdivisions
    2. HB 2196 - Relating to trusts
    3. HB 2333 - Noncharitable trusts without an ascertainable beneficiary
    4. SB 1768 - Correction or removal of certain obsolete provisions of the Property Code
71. 3 bills that modify the Education Code
    1. HB 2920 - Distribution, posting, or provision of information regarding postsecondary education
    2. HB 4375 - Instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator in public schools
    3. SB 68 - Excused absences from public school students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day
72. 5 bills that modify the Transportation Code
    1. HB 2899 - Impoundment of a vehicle used in the commission of the offence of racing on a highway
    2. HB 4422 - Study on enhancing border security outcomes
    3. SB 280 - Issuance of specialty license plates for members of the military who served in Operation Freedom's Sentinel
    4. SB 1021 - Handling of bids on certain contracts for highway projects
    5. SB 1023 - Establishment and posting of the maximum loads permitted on certain bridges
73. 8 bills that modify the Transportation Code
    1. SB 1260 - Certain contracts regarding airports operated by or on behalf of the government
    2. SB 1364 - Weight limitations for certain natural gas or electric vehicles
    3. SB 1413 - Authority of a fire department to remove certain personal property from the roadway or right-of-way
    4. SB 1524 - Authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to provide department services on federal military property
    5. SB 1869 - Disposition of surplus real property no longer needed for state highway purposes
    6. SB 2200 - Public acknowledgement of donations made to the Texas Department of Transportation
    7. SB 2221 - Issuance of specialty license plates to honor personnel of sheriff's offices
    8. SB 2601 - Payment of costs related to the relocation of certain utility facilities for state highway projects
74. 3 bills that modify the Tax Code
    1. HB 1689 - Use of county hotel occupancy tax revenue for electronic tax administration system
    2. HB 1911 - Confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records
    3. HB 2497 - Use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities
75. 2 bills that modify the Tax Code
    1. HB 3235 - Authority of certain counties to impose a county hotel occupancy tax
    2. HB 3727 - Municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes
76. 6 bills that modify the Tax Code
    1. HB 4494 - Eligible coastal municipalities for purposes of the municipal hotel occupancy tax
    2. HB 4660 - Use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue
    3. HB 4704 - Taxing authority of Jackson County County-Wide Drainage District
    4. SB 617 - Confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records
    5. SB 627 - Entitlement of certain municipalities to certain tax revenue
    6. SB 1122 - Exclusion of certain medical services performed to determine workers' compensation benefits from sales and use taxes
77. 6 more bills that modify the Tax Code
    1. SB 1191 - Late applications for the appraisal of land for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following the death of the owner
    2. SB 1243 - Franchise tax treatment of certain broadband grants
    3. SB 1420 - Municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes
    4. SB 1525 - Confidentiality of certain home address information in property tax appraisal records
    5. SB 1809 - Authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax
    6. SB 2350 - Voter-approval tax rate used to calculate the unused increment rate of a taxing unit for ad valorem tax purposes
78. SB 30 - A supplemental appropriations bill - Part 1 for General Government, including historic sites
79. SB 30 - A supplemental appropriations bill - Part 2 for Health and Human Services
80. SB 30 - A supplemental appropriations bill - Part 3 for Education
81. SB 30 - A supplemental appropriations bill - Part 4 for Public Safety and Criminal Justice; and Natural Resources; and Business and Economic Development
82. SB 30 - A supplemental appropriations bill - Part 5 for Unexpended and Unobligated Balances
83. SB 30 - A supplemental appropriations bill - Part 6 - for Miscellaneous
84. SB 938 - Conservation and reclamation district of bonds for development and maintenance of recreational facilities
85. SB 2627 - Grants and loans for electric facilities that are considered dispatchable. In other words, ones that can be increased or decreased in capacity by human control.
86. SB 2804 - Limits what an institution may or may not due regarding student athletes.
87. HB 5 - Waiving portions of ad valorem if other taxes will bring in money
88. HB 299 Alcohol or drug abuse recovery houses
89. HB 4835 - Affecting certain counties bordering the Neches River
90. SB 28 - Loans to cities and such for new water sources
91. Short bills that assist in tidying up - HB 3469, HB 3929, SB 1333
92. SB 478 Rules for operator training and issuance of a driver's license

 

J.B. Williams, J.D.

4,312 federal laws were passed from 1995 through December 2016.
Along with 88,819 federal rules and regulations.