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| Session | Bill Number | Read Bill | Author | Bill Status | Updated Sort descending | Bill Type | Position | Priority | Caption | Body | |
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| 88_R | HB 1786 | Read Bill | Burns, DeWayne (R) | Failed: Passed House on local calendar, referred to Senate Business & Commerce | 2023.05.11 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to notice to property owners of the adoption or amendment of certain restrictive covenants. | Bill adds a newspaper notice for property owners association. Committee sub takes that notice away. |
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| 88_R | SB 1032 | Read Bill | Kolkhorst, Lois (R) | Signed by Governor | 2023.05.16 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to oyster certificates of location and the closure of oyster beds. | Kolkhorst is carrying Todd Hunter's oyster bed bill, except that it ELIMINATES a newspaper notice in favor of a government website. We met with Hunter to correct the notice problem. Senate and House bills will have committee substitutes with corrected language. Hunter's bill is HB 2475. 3/22/23: Senate passed the corrected bill (restoring public notice in newspaper).
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| 88_R | HB 4498 | Read Bill | Cook, David (R) | Failed: House Passed as amended, referred to Senate Business & Commerce | 2023.05.16 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the transfer and statutory novation of policies from a transferring insurer to an assuming insurer by way of an insurance business transfer. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor |
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| 88_R | HB 4771 | Read Bill | Bhojani, Salman (F) (D) | Failed: Passed House, died in Senate Local Government | 2023.05.16 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the creation of tenant legal services offices by local governments to assist low-income residential tenants in eviction cases and in cases involving discrimination based on the tenants' disabilities. | Go See Author - He agreed to change "or" to "AND."
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| 88_R | HB 1737 | Read Bill | Leach, Jeff (R) | Failed: Passed House, Committee Action pending in Senate State Affairs | 2023.05.18 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to automatic orders of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain misdemeanor defendants following successful completion of a period of deferred adjudication community supervision. | Nondisclosure of criminal history: The tsunami of drug convictions across all socioeconomic groups makes a law like this almost an eventuality. This bill is limited to nonviolent first offenders who keep their noses clean for a defined period afterward. I don’t want TPA to support it, but I don’t want TPA to oppose it either. Companion to SB 499 by Zaffirini |
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| 88_R | SB 818 | Read Bill | Alvarado, Carol (D) | Signed by Governor | 2023.05.19 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the disposition of real property interests by navigation districts and port authorities. | This eliminates notice requirements for sale or gift of small pieces of public property to Navigation Districts and Port Authorities for rights-of-way, etc. Not worth fighting over but let’s monitor. |
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| 88_R | SB 1658 | Read Bill | Hinojosa, Chuy (D) | Failed: Passed Senate, House Calendar 5/23 | 2023.05.21 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the collection and disclosure of certain public information. | This bill would increase access to public information by eliminating some of the privileges that currently allow for withholding. The “basic information” piece would make clear that basic information about an incident (which the press has a right to) is not limited to just arrests and crimes, but would apply to incidents that don’t necessarily result in an arrest. The last section regarding “video” would ensure that audio recordings aren’t subject to the stricter standards for releasing body cams. Companion is HB 3334 by Canales. |
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| 88_R | SB 2021 | Read Bill | Paxton, Angela (R) | Failed: Passed Senate, House Calendar 5/23 | 2023.05.21 | First Amendment | Monitor | 3 | Relating to requirements for certain Internet websites containing sexual material harmful to minors. | Targets sexual materials materials to minors on the Internet. Current language excludes news gathering organizations. Similar to HB 3570 and HB 3585. Substitute retains exception for news gathering organizations
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| 88_R | HB 4700 | Read Bill | Clardy, Travis (R) | Signed by Governor | 2023.05.21 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Nacogdoches County Hospital District. | Includes new newspaper notice. |
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| 88_R | SB 2037 | Read Bill | Bettencourt, Paul (R) | Failed: Bill Pronounced Dead by Procedural Action | 2023.05.22 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the regulation of platting and subdivisions of land by a municipality or county. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor Companion is HB 4991 by Oliverson |
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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 | 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 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 | SB 767 | Read Bill | Parker, Tan (F) (R) | Failed: Passed Senate, Dead by Procedural Action in House | 2023.05.23 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to notice requirements for certain municipal fees and the process to adopt a municipal budget that includes the use of revenue from those fees. | Reid’s comments: “There does not appear to be any requirement for public notice of a municipal fee, so SB 767 would not directly displace any existing notice requirements. There are, of course, newspaper notice requirements for a municipal budget hearing. The bill does not affect those, and actually uses that deadline as the statutory deadline for when email notice must be provided. See proposed Sec. 110.002(d)(3)(A). As Donnis pointed out, the real threat here is that the bill is amended to displace public notice, or that these email notices become commonplace and eventually replace public notice. It’s definitely worth keeping an eye on this one. It might be worth reaching out to Senator Parker too, if you all have an existing relationship with him or think that would be productive.” Committee sub replaces the 18 point type requirement with simply boldface or underline. |
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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 |
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| 88_R | SB 543 | Read Bill | Blanco, Cesar (D) | Filed without Governor’s Signature, effective date 5/24/23 | 2023.05.24 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the conveyance of property by a municipality for the public purpose of economic development. | Adds newspaper notice provision. Monitor for amendments. Same bill as HB 1492 |
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| 88_R | SB 1021 | Read Bill | Nichols, Robert (R) | Signed by Governor, effective immediately | 2023.05.24 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the handling of bids on certain contracts for highway projects. | We oppose increases in the amount of a contract that could be let without bidding. This raises from $300,000 to $1 million for highway improvement. However, the old threshold of $300k won't repair a road these days. Bill by Sen. Nichols, is one of our staunchest supporters and maybe the sponsor of an important notice bill for us. |
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| 88_R | HB 2730 | Read Bill | Rosenthal, Jon (D) | Failed: House Passed, withdrawn from Senate Local Calendar | 2023.05.24 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the adoption and amendment of an annual budget by certain emergency services districts. | Retains current newspaper notice. Need to monitor |
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| 88_R | HB 3184 | Read Bill | Thompson, Senfronia (D) | See companion SB 1457 (passed into law) | 2023.05.24 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to guardianships and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with guardianship proceedings. | Contains newspaper notice language, Companion is SB 1457 by Zaffirini
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| 88_R | SB 1457 | Read Bill | Zaffirini, Judith (D) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.05.24 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to guardianships and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with guardianship proceedings. | Contains Newspaper Notice language Companion is HB 3184 by Senfronia Thompson |