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- HB 1599 (89R): Relating to a handgun safety course required for the transfer of a handgun.
TX state bill 2024-12-12 · Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 12 2025 11 - HB 1601 (89R): Relating to the prohibition, prevention, and remedying of certain discrimination.
TX state bill 2024-12-12 · Referred to State Affairs: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1602 (89R): Relating to the prosecution and punishment of a criminal offense relating to making false statements or reports of child abuse or neglect.
TX state bill 2024-12-12 · Referred to Human Services: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1603 (89R): Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to ensure the independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region has adequate reserve power to prevent blackout conditions.
TX state bill 2024-12-12 · Referred to State Affairs: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1604 (89R): Relating to public access to criminal proceedings.
TX state bill 2024-12-12 · Committee report sent to Calendars - HB 1606 (89R): Relating to notice provided to a retail electric customer of the procedure for requesting vegetation management near a transmission or distribution line.
TX state bill 2024-12-12 · Effective on 9/1/25 - HB 1607 (89R): Relating to license plates and license plate windshield insignia issued for and displayed on a vehicle; authorizing a fee; creating a criminal offense.
TX state bill 2024-12-12 · Left pending in committee - HB 1608 (89R): Relating to the adoption of a veterans' land bank program by the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation.
TX state bill 2024-12-12 · Left pending in subcommittee - HB 1571 (89R): Relating to access to, disclosure of, and notification of protective order registry information, judicial sanctions regarding improper disclosure of or misleading information, and a study on the registry.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Placed on General State Calendar - HB 1572 (89R): Relating to mail theft and certain criminal offenses committed against an employee or contractor of a common carrier or delivery service delivering mail; increasing criminal penalties.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Placed on General State Calendar - HB 1573 (89R): Relating to a school district policy regarding custodian workloads.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Failed to pass to engrossment - HB 1574 (89R): Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with certain medical conditions.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Referred to s/c on Dis Prev & Women's & Children's Health by Speaker: Mar 12 202 - HB 1576 (89R): Relating to a grant program for hurricane and windstorm loss mitigation for single-family residential property.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Referred to Business & Commerce - HB 1577 (89R): Relating to eligibility for the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of certain first responders.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1578 (89R): Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Referred to Public Health: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1579 (89R): Relating to establishing the Texas Seal of Biliteracy for public high school students.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Referred to Education K-16 - HB 1581 (89R): Relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Received from the House - HB 1582 (89R): Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated sexual assault.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Referred directly to subcommittee by chair - HB 1583 (89R): Relating to the peace officer's notification of emergency detention form for persons evidencing mental illness and retention of that form.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Referred to Criminal Justice - HB 1584 (89R): Relating to the creation of a list of priority facilities by electric utilities.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Effective on 9/1/25 - HB 1586 (89R): Relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Effective on 9/1/25 - HB 1587 (89R): Relating to the sales tax exemption period for clothing, footwear, and certain school-related items.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Laid on the table subject to call - HB 1588 (89R): Relating to training requirements for certain public officials and candidates for public office.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Referred to State Affairs: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1589 (89R): Relating to requiring voter approval for the construction of a new toll project by a toll project entity.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Left pending in subcommittee - HB 1591 (89R): Relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students by school districts.
TX state bill 2024-12-11 · Referred to Public Education: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1554 (89R): Relating to a political subdivision's authority to use public money in the provision of legal services for individuals unlawfully present in the United States.
TX state bill 2024-12-10 · Committee report sent to Calendars - HB 1556 (89R): Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
TX state bill 2024-12-10 · Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 12 2025 11 - HB 1557 (89R): Relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll project entities.
TX state bill 2024-12-10 · Referred to Transportation - HB 1558 (89R): Relating to the expression of breast milk in public buildings and providing leave for state employees to donate breast milk.
TX state bill 2024-12-10 · Referred to State Affairs: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1559 (89R): Relating to prohibited nonconsensual medical procedures and treatment on certain minors with intersex traits.
TX state bill 2024-12-10 · Referred to Public Health: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1561 (89R): Relating to the licensing of legal permanent residents as county jailers by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those legal permanent residents by political subdivisions.
TX state bill 2024-12-10 · Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 12 2025 11 - HB 1562 (89R): Relating to massage student permits.
TX state bill 2024-12-10 · Effective on 9/1/25 - HB 1563 (89R): Relating to the release of a tier two form listing hazardous chemicals that is in the possession of a political subdivision of this state.
TX state bill 2024-12-10 · Referred to Environmental Regulation: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1564 (89R): Relating to the maximum length of a train.
TX state bill 2024-12-10 · Left pending in committee - HB 1566 (89R): Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain foreign entities.
TX state bill 2024-12-10 · Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 12 2025 11 - HB 1567 (89R): Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation of certain employees who leave the workplace to care for a minor child.
TX state bill 2024-12-10 · Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1568 (89R): Relating to the placement and use of video recording equipment in certain child-care facilities.
TX state bill 2024-12-10 · Referred to Human Services: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1569 (89R): Relating to the eligibility of certain children of classroom teachers for enrollment in a free prekindergarten program.
TX state bill 2024-12-10 · Referred to Public Education: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1542 (89R): Relating to funding under the transportation allotment for certain special education students.
TX state bill 2024-12-09 · Referred to Public Education: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM - HB 1543 (89R): Relating to the recovery by the attorney general from the federal government of certain border security expenditures.
TX state bill 2024-12-09 · Referred to State Affairs: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM
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