Session | Bill Number | Sort descending | Read Bill | Author | Bill Status | Updated | Bill Type | Position | Priority | Caption | Body |
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88_R | HB 18 | Read Bill | Slawson, Shelby (R) | Passed: Signed by Governor 6/13/23 | 2023.05.30 | Business | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services. |
Committee sub reported favorably from committee |
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88_R | HB 1964 | Read Bill | Hernandez, Ana (D) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.06.01 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report to an employee or authorized representative of a vehicle storage facility. |
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88_R | HB 2043 | Read Bill | Bowers, Rhetta (D) | Failed: Bill Pronounced Dead by Procedural Action | 2023.05.10 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to a criminal justice system pretrial and sentencing database established by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System. | Need more info. This sets up a public database, but “deidentifies suspects on the database. Companion is SB 875 by West 3/21 met with Natoya who suggests we set up meeting w/ Andre Treiber, chief of staff to get better understanding of bill. Need to set appointment soon.
3/23 Met with folks from the Bail Project and the Texas ACLU. They explained that this bill will be useful for investigative reporters who are doing statistical analyses of bail practices, and that the aggregated “deidentified” data doesn’t endanger public access to identities of suspects through the usual normal channels. We do not need to take a position |
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88_R | HB 215 | Read Bill | Johnson, Jarvis (D) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.02.23 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses. | Current language retains existing 1/4-page public notice |
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88_R | HB 2165 | Read Bill | Guerra, Bobby (D) | Failed: Committee Action Pending in Business & Industry | 2023.04.24 | Business | Monitor | 3 | Relating to requirements for subscription service contracts. | Affects newspaper subscriptions that are on auto-renew. May want to oppose. |
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88_R | HB 2220 | Read Bill | Harrison, Brian (R) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.09 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate is approved. | Per Reid Pillifant: HB 220 Tweaks the text of the notice that’s required, but doesn’t alter where notice appears. Worth monitoring |
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88_R | HB 2221 | Read Bill | Harrison, Brian (R) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.09 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the vote required in an election to approve an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds a taxing unit's voter-approval tax rate. | Per Reid Pillifant: HB 2221 just changes the percentage required to approve a tax rate (from a majority to 60 percent). Suggests we monitor. |
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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 2436 | Read Bill | Frazier, Frederick (F) (R) | Failed: House Calendar for 5/11 | 2023.05.09 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the sale of bonds by certain special purpose districts. | Adds a newspaper notice. Monitor for amendments |
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88_R | HB 2457 | Read Bill | Lozano, Jose (R) | Failed: Referred to Urban Affairs | 2023.03.13 | 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. | Go see author and see if we can add Newspaper Notice to the bill. Note that he is calling for a website notice with email notification which our statewide site can provide. |
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88_R | HB 2475 | Read Bill | Hunter, Todd (R) | See SB 1032 by Kolkhorst (Passed) | 2023.03.13 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to oyster certificates of location and the closure of oyster beds. | A Todd Hunter bill that ELIMINATES a newspaper notice in favor of placing a news release on a governmental agency’s website. Need to take up the issue with him - could be a drafting mistake. Companion is SB 1032 by Kolkhorst. Talk to her after Hunter. 2/28: Per Hunter’s suggestion Donnis spoke with David Eichler with TPWD and he’s fine with a committee sub on HB 2475 maintaining the existing newspaper notice requirement AND the press release they wanted to add on oyster bed closures. Eichler is going to notify Kolkhorst’s office. We will continue to monitor. |
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88_R | HB 2519 | Read Bill | Thompson, Senfronia (D) | Failed: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety | 2023.03.13 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to law enforcement misconduct and law enforcement interactions with certain detained or arrested individuals and other members of the public, to public entity liability. | Pro-transparency section, but for the most part this will be seen as an anti-law enforcement bill. We shouldn't be associated with it. Let's monitor. |
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88_R | HB 2666 | Read Bill | Campos, Liz (D) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.13 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a school district may impose on the residence homestead of an individual and the surviving spouse. | Current language retains existing 1/4-page notice provisions |
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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 2805 | Read Bill | Leo-Wilson, Terri (F) (R) | Failed: Committee Action Pending in House Corrections | 2023.04.24 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Failed: Relating to the consideration of certain information by a parole panel in determining whether to release an inmate on parole. | Contains new newspaper notice language. Watch for amendments Companion is SB 1067 |
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88_R | HB 2841 | Read Bill | Rogers, Glenn (R) | Failed: Referred to Public Education | 2023.03.14 | 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 SB 263 |
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88_R | HB 2863 | Read Bill | Leo-Wilson, Terri (F) (R) | Failed: Referred to State Affairs | 2023.03.14 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to publication of certain notices on the Internet website of a newspaper. | 3/5/23 We met with Saul Mendoza in Leo-Wilson’s office. Reminded him of our previous meeting regarding HB 2863 and that he was supposed to encourage Leo-Wilson to visit with Hunter about the statewide notice bill (HB 2178). |
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88_R | hb 2911 | Read Bill | Metcalf, Will (R) | Failed: Referred to Natural Resources | 2023.03.14 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to approval by voters prior to the issuance of revenue bonds by the San Jacinto River Authority. | Refiled from last session (HB 4576). Adds a newspaper notice. |
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88_R | HB 31 | Read Bill | Hinojosa, Gina (D) | Failed: Referred to Public Education | 2023.02.23 | 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 1376, 2841 and SB 263
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88_R | HB 3109 | Read Bill | Hernandez, Ana (D) | Failed: Licensing and Administrative Procedures | 2023.03.17 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to provision of notice by a vehicle storage facility through a Texas Department of Motor Vehicles electronic system. | Changes some notifications - monitor |