85th Texas Legislature, First Called Session, Senate Bill SB5, Chapter 1 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, First Called Session, Senate Bill SB5, Chapter 1

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the prevention of fraud in the conduct of an election; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties.
Date: August 11, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, First Called Session, Senate Bill SB60, Chapter 3 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, First Called Session, Senate Bill SB60, Chapter 3

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the repeal of certain riders for the Texas Medical Board and the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists from the General Appropriations Act that are contingent upon the approval of certain Acts continuing those agencies during the 85th Regular Session.
Date: August 11, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Final Results of Sunset Reviews: 2016-2017 (open access)

Final Results of Sunset Reviews: 2016-2017

"This report summarizes the actions taken by the Sunset Commission and the 85th Legislature on each of the 24 entities reviewed by the biennium. The individual agency sections in this report list both statutory and management directives adopted for implementation by each agency" (p. 1).
Date: August 2017
Creator: Texas. Sunset Advisory Commission.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Staff Report with Final Results: Health Licensing Consolidation Project (open access)

Staff Report with Final Results: Health Licensing Consolidation Project

Report from the Sunset Commission regarding the Health Licensing Consolidation Project, including background information, issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation.
Date: August 2017
Creator: Levine, Ken; Nash, Carissa; Romig, Robert & Hartley, Cee
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Staff Report with Final Results: Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (open access)

Staff Report with Final Results: Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

Report from the Sunset Commission regarding the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, including background information, issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation.
Date: August 2017
Creator: Romig, Robert; Davis, Julie; Wood, Janet & Jones, Jennifer
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Staff Report with Final Results: Texas State Boards of Examiners of Marriage and Family, Therapists Professional Counselors, and Social Workers (open access)

Staff Report with Final Results: Texas State Boards of Examiners of Marriage and Family, Therapists Professional Counselors, and Social Workers

Report from the Sunset Commission regarding the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists, the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, and the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners, including background information, issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation.
Date: August 2017
Creator: Beverly, Eric; Long, Tim; Wood, Janet & Jones, Jennifer
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunset Commission Staff Report with Final Results: Texas Medical Board (open access)

Sunset Commission Staff Report with Final Results: Texas Medical Board

Final version of a report from the Sunset Commission regarding the Texas Medical Board, including outcomes for legislation and agency management based on recommendations, with the original staff report providing background information, issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation.
Date: August 2017
Creator: Fajardo, Erick; McDivitt, Darren; Ogle, Steven; Wood, Janet & Trost, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsletter of Texas State Representative Ernest Bailes: Volume 1, Issue 10, June 2017 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative Ernest Bailes: Volume 1, Issue 10, June 2017

Newsletter of Ernest Bailes for his constituents in district 18 discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on the legislature being adjourned, and it summarizes the bills passed in the 85th legislature.
Date: June 18, 2017
Creator: Bailes, Ernest James, IV
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 22, Chapter 807 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 22, Chapter 807

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to public school accountability.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 61 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 61

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to consideration under the public school accountability system of performance on assessment instruments by certain students formerly receiving special education services and to the placement and use of video cameras in certain self-contained classrooms or other settings providing special education services.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 150, Chapter 1131 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 150, Chapter 1131

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of, and the deferral or abatement of ad valorem taxes on, certain residence homesteads.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 162, Chapter 1132 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 162, Chapter 1132

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals; authorizing fees.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 210, Chapter 1133 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 210, Chapter 1133

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to designating March 21 as BRAVE Day.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 214, Chapter 1134 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 214, Chapter 1134

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to a recording of certain proceedings of the Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals and the publication of the recordings.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 240, Chapter 1135 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 240, Chapter 1135

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the occurrence on certain premises of certain activities that may constitute a common nuisance.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 245, Chapter 808 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 245, Chapter 808

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to certain reporting requirements for law enforcement agencies and to the creation of a criminal justice web portal by the office of the attorney general; providing a civil penalty.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 249, Chapter 1136 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 249, Chapter 1136

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to investigations of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation and to child protective services functions of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 281, Chapter 1137 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 281, Chapter 1137

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to establishing a statewide electronic tracking system for evidence of a sex offense.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 284, Chapter 1138 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 284, Chapter 1138

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to authorization for certain health care facilities to secure residents with wheelchair self-release seat belts.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 297, Chapter 1139 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 297, Chapter 1139

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of January 9 as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 298 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 298

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to a parent's right to view the body of a deceased child before an autopsy is performed.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 332, Chapter 809 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 332, Chapter 809

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the use of school district buildings as polling place locations.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 337, Chapter 778 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 337, Chapter 778

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the continuation of certain public benefits, including medical assistance benefits, for individuals after release from confinement in a county jail.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 338, Chapter 1140 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 338, Chapter 1140

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to acreage contracts and quantity contracts for the purchase of agricultural products.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History