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| Session | Bill Number | Read Bill | Author Sort descending | Bill Status | Updated | Bill Type | Position | Priority | Caption | Body | |
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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 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 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 461 | Read Bill | Parker, Tan (F) (R) | Failed: Referred to Criminal Justice | 2023.02.17 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the confidentiality of home address information for victims of child abduction. | Home address confidentiality - child abduction |
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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 | SB 2206 | Read Bill | Parker, Tan (F) (R) | Failed: Referred to Local Government | 2023.03.22 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the sale of bonds by certain special purpose districts. | Contains Newspaper Notice - monitor Companion HB 2436 |
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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 1509 | Read Bill | Patterson, Jared (R) | Failed: Committee Action Pending House Higher Education | 2023.04.24 | Business | Monitor | 3 | Relating to an annual report on financial support provided by public institutions of higher education to nonprofit media organizations. | See HB 845. This bill requires colleges/universities to report expenditures to non-profit media (Texas Tribune). |
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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 | SB 985 | Read Bill | Paxton, Angela (R) | Failed: Referred to Local Government Committee | 2023.03.03 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the method of providing notice for certain municipal zoning changes. | Reid’s input: It looks like SB 985 does eliminate some newspaper notice regarding zoning changes. As Mike pointed out, this notice is currently required when a zoning change occurs within 200 feet of annexed property that doesn’t appear on a municipality’s tax roll. Instead of newspaper notice, a municipality could just send written notice to the most recent address on the tax roll. I’m not sure how often that comes into play. This bill does not change the underlying newspaper notice requirement for zoning regulations and district boundaries in Sec. 211.006(a): Sec. 211.006. PROCEDURES GOVERNING ADOPTION OF ZONING REGULATIONS AND DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. (a) The governing body of a municipality wishing to exercise the authority relating to zoning regulations and zoning district boundaries shall establish procedures for adopting and enforcing the regulations and boundaries. A regulation or boundary is not effective until after a public hearing on the matter at which parties in interest and citizens have an opportunity to be heard. Before the 15th day before the date of the hearing, notice of the time and place of the hearing must be published in an official newspaper or a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. There is already some leeway given to municipalities in Sec. 211.007, regarding the manner of public notice when a zoning commission is involved: (d) The governing body of a home-rule municipality may, by a two-thirds vote, prescribe the type of notice to be given of the time and place of a public hearing held jointly by the governing body and the zoning commission. If notice requirements are prescribed under this subsection, the notice requirements prescribed by Subsections (b) and (c) and by Section 211.006(a) do not apply. |
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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 1511 | Read Bill | Perez, Mary Ann (D) | Failed: Placed on House Calendar for 5/5 | 2023.05.03 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the disposition of real property interests by navigation districts and port authorities. | Allows port authorities/nav. districts to dispose of slivers of land from survey discrepancies without notice requirements. Perez friendly, don't endanger relationship. Probably not a bill to engage on due to its very limited scale, but definitely need to monitor. |
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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 | SB 1714 | Read Bill | Perry, Charles (R) | Failed: Referred to Business & Commerce | 2023.03.16 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the consequences of a criminal conviction on a person's eligibility for an occupational license. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor |
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| 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 |
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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 1720 | Read Bill | Raymond, Richard (D) | Failed: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety | 2023.03.07 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the dissemination of criminal history record information by the Department of Public Safety concerning certain intoxication offenses. | Nondisclosure intoxication record |
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| 88_R | HB 1719 | Read Bill | Raymond, Richard (D) | Failed: Referred to State Affairs | 2023.03.07 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to local option elections to legalize or prohibit the operation of eight-liners. | Local elections to legalize 8-liners, requires newspaper notice |
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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 1383 | Read Bill | Rose, Toni (D) | Failed: Passed House, referred to Senate Criminal Justice | 2023.05.05 | Open Records | Monitor | 3 | Relating to procedures in a criminal case after a defendant is found competent to stand trial and to consequences arising from certain violations of those procedures. | Monitor. If bill gets hearing, file a card of support |