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88_R | SB 2067 | Read Bill | Bettencourt, Paul (R) | Failed: Referred to Local Government | 2023.03.21 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the public sale of real property taken in execution of a judgment. | Meet with author to amend. Reid's review: There is a notice requirement for these sales in Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 647: The time and place of sale of real estate ... shall be ... published ... three consecutive weeks ...in newspaper. This bill gives commissioners courts authority to set rules for online auctions and might pose a threat to public notice. Have author add a provision that this bill does not trump the requirements of Rule 647. Companion is HB 1382 by Ana Hernandez. 3/21 met with Hernandez chief of staff - bill does not affect public notice.
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88_R | SB 2164 | Read Bill | Hughes, Bryan (R) | Failed: Referred to State Affairs | 2023.03.22 | 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. Companion to HB 3570 by Schatzline and HB 3570 by Leo-Wilson
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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. |
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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 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 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 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 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 | SB 2056 | Read Bill | Hinojosa, Chuy (D) | See companion HB 4844 sent to governor | 2023.05.24 | 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 Companion is HB 4844 |
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88_R | SB 2557 | Read Bill | Middleton, Mayes (F) (R) | Failed: Filed | 03/10/2023 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to infrastructure planning and lot frontages in the unincorporated area of certain counties. | Contains Newspaper Notice - Monitor |
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88_R | SB 2431 | Read Bill | Bettencourt, Paul (R) | Failed: Referred to Senate Local Government | 2023.04.05 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the Harris County Flood Control District. | Contains newspaper notice - Monitor |
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88_R | SB 2370 | Campbell, Donna (R) | Passed: Signed by Governor, effective 9/1/23 | 2023.06.18 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the provision of emergency services in Comal County Water Improvement District No. 3. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor Amendments add bracketing, but retain notice. |
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88_R | SB 2301 | Read Bill | West, Royce (D) | Failed: Referred to Education | 2023.03.22 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. | Contains newspaper notice - monitor |
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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | SB 2053 | Read Bill | Hancock, Kelly (R) | Failed: Passed Local Government, Set on Senate Calendar for 5/3 | 2023.05.02 | Public Notice | Monitor | 3 | 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. We might consider moving to 2+ if the bill gets a hearing. Companion HB 2371 |