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| Session | Bill Number | Sort descending | Read Bill | Author | Bill Status | Updated | Bill Type | Position | Priority | Caption | Body |
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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 | HB 4717 | Read Bill | Cortez, Philip (D) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.22 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to a franchise tax credit for taxable entities that provide child care. | This bill preserves newspaper notice to establish such a tax. The bill requires an election to conform to Section 775.018, which cross-references Elections Code 4.003, and that section requires newspaper notice. This bill would require more disclosure in the notice, but wouldn’t change the newspaper requirement |
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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 4835 | Read Bill | Metcalf, Will (R) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.06.01 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the creation and operations of certain health care provider participation programs. | Creates newspaper notice for hearing Committee sub retains newspaper notice |
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| 88_R | HB 4844 | Read Bill | Herrero, Abel (D) | Passed: Filed without signature by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.06.18 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the use of a broker for the sale of real property by the Nueces County Hospital District. | Contains Newspaper Notice - Monitor |
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| 88_R | hb 4852 | Read Bill | Harrison, Brian (R) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.23 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the form of a notice of public hearing on a proposed ad valorem tax rate. |
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| 88_R | HB 4940 | Read Bill | Martinez Fischer, Trey (D) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.23 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to limitations on the use of public money under certain economic development agreements or programs adopted by certain political subdivisions. | Adds new notice Companion SB 1419 |
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| 88_R | HB 4943 | Read Bill | Kitzman, Stan (F) (R) | Failed: Passed House on Local Calendar | 2023.04.28 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the election of directors in certain special utility districts. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor |
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| 88_R | HB 4991 | Read Bill | Oliverson, Tom (R) | Failed: Referred to Land & Resource Management | 2023.03.23 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the regulation of platting and subdivisions of land by a municipality or county. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor Same as SB 2037 by Bettencourt |
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| 88_R | HB 5134 | Read Bill | Bell, Cecil (R) | Failed: Referred to House Ways and Means | 2023.03.24 | 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. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor Same as HB 215, HJR 196 |
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| 88_R | HB 5266 | Read Bill | Zwiener, Erin (D) | Failed: Referred to Public Education | 2023.03.24 | First Amendment | Monitor | 3 | Relating to speech protections for student media publications in public schools. | Last session HB 422 was filed by Mary Gonzales. We marked it 1-support because there were publishers who wanted to testify in favor, but the bill never got a hearing. |
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| 88_R | HB 5277 | Read Bill | Bucy, John (D) | Failed: Passed House w/ 2 amendments 138-5, Referred to Senate Criminal Justice | 2023.05.10 | Law Enforcement Transparency | Monitor | 3 | Relating to public access to criminal proceedings. | Increases online public access to criminal proceedings. |
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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 | HB 843 | Read Bill | Patterson, Jared (R) | Failed: Referred to State Affairs | 2023.03.01 | Business | Monitor | 3 | Relating to a prohibition on the purchase of periodicals by a state agency. | Prohibits state agencies from purchasing periodicals. Bad public policy. Similar to Springer's bill. |
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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 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 | HJR 13 | Read Bill | Johnson, Jarvis (D) | Filed | 2022.11.14 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total market value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses. | Contains newspaper notice - Monitor Same as SB 215, SB 5124, HJR 196 |
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| 88_R | HJR 196 | Read Bill | Bell, Cecil (R) | Referred to House Ways and Means | 2023.03.24 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total market value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor Same as HB 215, HB 5134, HJR 13 |
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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. |