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| 88_R | HB 3699 | Read Bill | Wilson, Terry (R) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.06.18 | Public Notice | Monitor | 0 | Relating to municipal regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats. | 3/15/23 Reviewed HB 3699 again. We concluded that the bill does not remove any current newspaper notice, but rather increases transparency in municipal approval of subdivision plans by putting certain documentation online. We removed bill from our list. |
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| 88_R | HB 1765 | Read Bill | Burns, DeWayne (R) | Failed: Passed House on local calendar, referred to Senate Business and Commerce | 2023.05.05 | Open Records | Monitor | 0 | Relating to the redaction of certain information from a document posted on the Internet by a county clerk or district clerk on request of a person to whom the information relates. | Can a clerk just modify a record because someone asks? Reid: "I do think that's what it means. It would have to be someone who fits the definition in 552.114 and would have to be the kind of information that's described there. But if it fits the bill, the this bill would require the clerk to redact at their request. Might be worth having a conversation with the author. 3/15/23 We further reviewed the bill and concluded that the bill did no harm and removed it from our list. |
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| 88_R | HB 3492 | Read Bill | Stucky, Lynn (R) | Sent to Governor | 2023.05.24 | Public Notice | Monitor | 0 | Relating to county and municipal authority to impose certain value-based fees and require disclosure of certain information related to subdivision construction. | 3/15/23: Reviewed HB 3492 again. The bill requires counties and municipalities to disclose information related to subdivision construction online. If no website, then publish it in the newspaper. The requirement is new, no newspaper notice is removed in the bill. The bill actually increases transparency. We removed the bill from our list.
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| 88_R | HB 4710 | Read Bill | Kacal, Kyle (R) | Failed: Removed from hearing | 2023.03.31 | Open Records | Opposed | 1 | Relating to allowing a governmental body to combine multiple requests submitted by separate individuals on behalf of an organization for purposes of computing charges under the public information law. | Bill allows government to lump different people's requests and treat them as one. It is not the government's privilege to declare that a person is part of a particular group, nor to know why people are seeking information. Each individual has a right to request. Donnis talked to Kacal by phone to get more info about the bill. 3/24 Donnis and Kelley Shannon meeting with Bryan (city of) folks about the bill. They are having a problem with vexatious requestors. Our opponents must have convinced Kacal that existing law cannot protect them and this bill must be set for hearing.
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| 88_R | SB 1670 | Read Bill | Lamantia, Morgan (F) (D) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.06.18 | Open Records | Support | 2 | Relating to required boating incident reports. | Bill increases transparency and allows newspapers access to boating incident reports. Signed card of support |
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| 88_R | HB 2371 | Read Bill | Turner, Chris (D) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.05.23 | Public Notice | Support | 2 | Relating to the disposition of burial spaces and abandoned plots in certain cemeteries in the possession and control of a municipality. | Good newspaper notice language introduced. TPA registered card of support for bill on 3/2823 |
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| 88_R | HB 582 | Read Bill | Raymond, Richard (D) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.02.23 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation by certain taxing units of a portion of the appraised value of the residence homestead of the parent or guardian of a person who is disabled. | Current language retains existing 1/4-page public notice |
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| 88_R | HB 785 | Read Bill | Swanson, Valoree (R) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.05.23 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with guardianship proceedings. | Retains current newspaper notice provisions. |
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| 88_R | SB 263 | Read Bill | Johnson, Nathan (D) | Failed: referred to Senate Education | 2023.02.15 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. | Retains current language - 1/4 page legal notice Same as HB 31, HB 1376 and 2841 |
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| 88_R | HB 962 | Read Bill | Jetton, Jacey (R) | Failed: Referred to Public Education | 2023.03.02 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the inclusion of certain information about classroom and student expenditures in the notice of the budget and proposed tax rate meeting of the board of trustees of a school district. | Current language retains existing 1/4-page notice provisions |
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| 88_R | HB 845 | Read Bill | Patterson, Jared (R) | Failed: Referred to Higher Education | 2023.03.01 | Business | Monitor | 3 | Relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education from providing financial support to nonprofit media organizations. | Texas Tribune Bill - would limit colleges from donating to non-profit media (Tx Tribune, Texas Newspaper Foundation, Denton Record Chroncile) |
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| 88_R | HB 1093 | Read Bill | Cunningham, Charles (F) (R) | Failed: Referred to Natural Resources | 2023.03.02 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to planning and financial responsibility requirements for certain aggregate production operations. | Bill contains new public notice language. Watch for amendments. |
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| 88_R | HB 1185 | Read Bill | Dean, Jay (R) | Failed: Hearing 8:00 am, E2.030 House Human Services 03/28 | 2023.03.23 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the creation and operation of pediatric long-term care access assurance programs in certain counties. | Adds a public notice - watch for amendments Companion is SB 746 by Hughes |
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| 88_R | SB 372 | Read Bill | Huffman, Joan (R) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.06.18 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to creating a criminal offense for the unauthorized disclosure of non-public judicial opinions and judicial work product. | We need to monitor this one. It would make leaking a court document a misdemeanor. Companion is HB 1741 by Leach |
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| 88_R | SB 461 | Read Bill | Parker, Tan (F) (R) | Failed: Referred to Criminal Justice | 2023.02.17 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the confidentiality of home address information for victims of child abduction. | Home address confidentiality - child abduction |
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| 88_R | HB 1360 | Read Bill | Morales Shaw, Penny (D) | Failed: Referred to Environmental Regulation | 2023.03.03 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to a required online posting of certain environmental and water use permit applications. | Reid's comments: "The bill doesn’t outright harm any of the existing public notice requirements in the Water Code. Those are all left intact. The internet posting looks like it’s designed to supplement the public notice, with a requirement that the newspaper notice include a link to the online materials. That said, it’s obviously a move in the direction of online posting (on a governmental site), which could endanger newspaper notice in the future. The bill could also be amended, relatively easily, to dispense with newspaper notice and replace it with online posting. So I think it’s worth keeping an eye on."
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| 88_R | HB 1376 | Read Bill | Lozano, Jose (R) | Failed: Referred to Public Education | 2023.03.03 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. | Retains current language - 1/4 page legal notice Same as HB 31, HB 2841 and SB 263 |
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| 88_R | HB 1382 | Read Bill | Hernandez, Ana (D) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.05.23 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the public sale of real property taken in execution of a judgment | Meet with author to amend. Reid's review: There is a notice requirement for these sales in Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 647: The time and place of sale of real estate ... shall be ... published ... three consecutive weeks ...in newspaper. This bill gives commissioners courts authority to set rules for online auctions and might pose a threat to public notice. Have author add a provision that this bill does not trump the requirements of Rule 647. Companion is SB 2067 by Bettencourt Met with Hernadez Chief of Staff. Bill does not affect public notice. |
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| 88_R | HB 1383 | Read Bill | Rose, Toni (D) | Failed: Passed House, referred to Senate Criminal Justice | 2023.05.05 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to procedures in a criminal case after a defendant is found competent to stand trial and to consequences arising from certain violations of those procedures. | Monitor. If bill gets hearing, file a card of support |
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| 88_R | HB 1492 | Read Bill | Ordaz Perez, Claudia (F) (D) | See companion SB 543 (signed by governor) | 2023.05.24 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the conveyance of property by a municipality for the public purpose of economic development. | Includes a new newspaper notice provision. Watch for amendments. Same Bill as SB 543 |