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| Session | Bill Number | Read Bill | Author | Bill Status | Updated | Bill Type | Position Sort descending | Priority | Caption | Body | |
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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 | 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 | 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 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 | SB 1044 | Read Bill | Johnson, Nathan (D) | Failed: Passed Senate on local calendar, referred to House Elections | 2023.04.28 | Ethics, Lobbying | Monitor | 3 | Relating to criminal offenses for the creation or distribution of certain misleading images and videos. | Increases penalty for images/video distributed with intent to alter an election outcome |
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| 88_R | SB 1056 | Read Bill | Hinojosa, Chuy (D) | Passed: Filed without signature by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.06.18 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the directors and administration of the Hidalgo County Water Improvement District No. 3; creating a criminal offense. | Contains new newspaper notice language. Watch for amendments |
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| 88_R | SB 1067 | Read Bill | Middleton, Mayes (F) (R) | Failed: Referred to Criminal Justice | 2023.03.03 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | 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 HB 2805 |
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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 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 | SB 1116 | Read Bill | Perry, Charles (R) | Failed: Referred to Local Government | 2023.03.09 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the election of the board of directors of the Terry Memorial Hospital District. | Current language retains existing newspaper 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 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 | SB 1397 | Read Bill | Schwertner, Charles (R) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.06.18 | Business | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | Senate version of Sunset bill for TCEQ. Monitor. Companion is HB 1505 by Keith Bell |
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| 88_R | HB 1505 | Read Bill | Bell, Keith (R) | See SB 1397 | 2023.03.23 | Business | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | Sunset Bill for TCEQ Companion is SB 1397 by Schwertner |
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| 88_R | SB 1487 | Read Bill | Bettencourt, Paul (R) | Failed: Passed Senate, referred to House Ways & Means | 2023.04.25 | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the electronic delivery of certain communications required or permitted under the Property Tax Code. | Need to monitor, includes a committee substitute Companion is HB 1609 by Hugh Shine |
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| 88_R | HB 1609 | Read Bill | Shine, Hugh (R) | Failed: Referred to Ways & Means | 2023.03.07 | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the electronic delivery of certain communications required or permitted under the Property Tax Code. | Need to monitor. Companion is SB 1487 by Bettencourt Donnis: On its face, it appears to be simply a measure to give individual taxpayers a right to choose electronic communications with the tax office rather than written communication. I wonder, though, if the wording is loose enough to encourage a rogue tax official to maintain that it provides cover for using e-notices rather than public notices in a newspaper. Reid's response: I see your concern here, but I think it would be very difficult to argue that public notice falls under these provisions. The bill defines “communication” as something “required or permitted to be delivered” to a property owner. That “delivered” language appears several times throughout the bill. I suppose a rogue official could argue that a newspaper (containing public notices) gets delivered, but I think that would be a real stretch, since public notice is typically discussed in the context of publication, not delivery. And certainly not in the context of delivery to an individual, who could choose to receive that delivery electronically.
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| 88_R | HB 3334 | Read Bill | Canales, Terry (D) | Failed: Referred to State Affairs | 2023.03.14 | 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 SB 1658 by Chuy Hinojosa |
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| 88_R | HB 3273 | Read Bill | Thierry, Shawn (D) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.06.18 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to public notice of the availability on the Internet of property-tax-related information. | Contains public notice language. Amended committee sub retains public notice language. |