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88_R   HB 3117 Read Bill Morales, Eddie (D) Failed: Referred to State Affairs 2023.03.14 Public Notice Monitor 3 Relating to the type of newspaper required for the publication of notices by governmental entities or representatives in certain counties.

Trying to get notices into the Eagle Pass newspaper. Amends Gov't Code 2051.0441, counties with no newspaper. Allows local government to name newspaper of record. Same bill was filed last session, but didn’t get a hearing.

3/15/23: Discussed HB 3117, a bill to fix the problem with Eagle Pass and Maverick County notices having to run in San Antonio Express-News, 140 miles away. The bill could present unintended consequences. We suggested they amend the bill to the language that Fannin County used to carve out an exception. Aaron will contact Leg. Council to see about amending. Yvonne will be our contact 512-463-2910.

3/21 Follow up with Yvonne, She is waiting on Leg. Council for committee substitute. Chief of Staff Aaron Gibson requested a carve out like Fannin County has.

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

 

88_R   HB 3191 Read Bill Spiller, David (R) Signed by Governor 2023.06.13 Public Notice Monitor 3 Relating to the elections and operations of certain hospital districts.

Contains newspaper notice - Monitor for Amendments

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.

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

88_R   HB 3422 Read Bill Bryant, John (D) Failed: House Calendar for 5/11 2023.05.09 Public Notice Monitor 3 Relating to the correction or removal of certain obsolete provisions of the Property Code.

Contains newspaper notice - monitor

Companion SB 1768 by Creighton

88_R   HB 348 Read Bill Bucy, John (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.

Current language retains existing 1/4-page public notice

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.

 

 

88_R   HB 3570 Read Bill Schatzline, Nate (F) (R) Failed: On House Calendar for 5/11 2023.05.09 First Amendment Monitor 3 Relating to restricting access to sexual material harmful to minors on an Internet website.

Targets sexual materials materials to minors on the Internet. Current language excludes news gathering organizations. 

Identical bill to HB 3585 by Teri Leo-Wilson 

Companion is SB 2164

88_R   HB 3585 Read Bill Leo-Wilson, Terri (F) (R) Failed: Referred to Youth Health & Safety 2023.03.16 First Amendment Monitor 3 Relating to restricting access to sexual material harmful to minors on an Internet website.

Targets sexual materials materials to minors on the Internet. Current language excludes news gathering organizations. 

Identical bill to HB 3570 by Schatzline 

Companion is SB 2164

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.

88_R   HB 38 Read Bill Murr, Andrew (R) Failed: Referred to Ways & Means 2023.02.23 Public Notice Monitor 3 Relating to the elimination of certain property taxes for school district maintenance and operations and the provision of public education funding by increasing the rates of certain state taxes.

Current language retains existing 1/4-page notice provisions

88_R   HB 3881 Read Bill Bell, Cecil (R) Failed: Reported from committee as substituted 2023.03.09 Public Notice Monitor 3 Relating to board of directors meeting locations of certain rural area water districts.

Contains newspaper notice - monitor

88_R   HB 3973 Read Bill Cook, David (R) Failed: Referred to Ways & Means 2023.03.20 Public Notice Monitor 3 Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses.

Contains newspaper notice - monitor

88_R   HB 4012 Read Bill Kitzman, Stan (F) (R) Signed by Governor 2023.05.26 Public Notice Monitor 3 Relating to the administration of the electronic state business daily.

Converts Comptroller's State Business Daily into the Electronic State Business Daily. Watch this one CLOSELY!

88_R   HB 4032 Read Bill Bryant, John (D) Failed: House Calendar for 5/11 2023.05.09 Courts & Judiciary Bills Monitor 3 Relating to the reporting of depositions by court reporters and the deposition transcripts.

"Secure digital original" means an original digital deposition transcript in a readable format that cannot be altered, printed, or saved.

88_R   HB 4484 https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/pdf/HB04484I.pdf#navpanes=0 Bonnen, Greg (R) Failed: Referred to Energy Resources 2023.03.21 Public Notice Monitor 3 Relating to the ownership of the pore space underlying the surface of land and to the use of that space for the geologic storage of carbon dioxide.

Contains newspaper notice - monitor

Companion SB 2107 by Nichols

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

88_R   HB 4611 Read Bill Price, Four (R) Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 4/1/2025 2023.06.12 Public Notice Monitor 3 Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of the health and human services laws governing the Health and Human Services Commission, Medicaid, and other social services.

Contains newspaper notice - monitor

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.