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- HB 163 (892): Relating to liability of judges and magistrates for the improper release on personal bond of defendants accused of committing certain felony offenses.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Filed - HB 164 (892): Relating to the Texas Flood Recovery, Reimbursement, and Reconstruction Program; authorizing a civil penalty.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Left pending in committee - HB 165 (892): Relating to the management and removal of vegetation and debris by certain electric utilities.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to State Affairs: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM - HB 166 (892): Relating to the elimination of school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the elimination of those taxes.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Ways & Means: Aug 18 2025 12:21PM - HB 167 (892): Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to State Affairs: Aug 18 2025 12:21PM - HB 168 (892): Relating to the issuance of certificates of obligation by certain local governments.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Filed - HB 169 (892): Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, processing, packaging, labeling, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, storage, dispensing, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Public Health: Aug 18 2025 12:21PM - HB 17 (892): Relating to the requirements regarding notice of certain property tax-related information to be provided by taxing units and appraisal districts.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Motion withdrawn - HB 170 (892): Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination; authorizing civil penalties.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Filed - HB 171 (892): Relating to flood risk notice requirements for certain campgrounds; providing a civil penalty.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Left pending in committee - HB 172 (892): Relating to campground emergency safety certification requirements; providing a civil penalty.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding: Aug 18 2025 12:21PM - HB 173 (892): Relating to the use by a school district or a school district employee of public funds for lobbying activities.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to State Affairs: Aug 18 2025 12:21PM - HB 174 (892): Relating to the prohibition of lobbyist representation of both political subdivisions and private entities.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to State Affairs: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM - HB 175 (892): Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Filed - HB 176 (892): Relating to the repeal of provisions providing for the calculation of an unused increment rate and the use of that rate in calculating certain other ad valorem tax rates.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Ways & Means: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM - HB 177 (892): Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate is approved; making conforming changes.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Ways & Means: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM - HB 178 (892): Relating to efficiency audits for certain political subdivisions.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Ways & Means: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM - HB 179 (892): Relating to an alert system for notification of a toxic chemical release by a manufacturing facility.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Filed - HB 180 (892): Relating to a temporary reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district; making an appropriation.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Ways & Means: Aug 18 2025 12:21PM - HB 181 (892): Relating to a limit on municipal and county expenditures.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM - HB 182 (892): Relating to participation by flood prone counties in the National Weather Service StormReady program.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM - HB 183 (892): Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly individuals and their surviving spouses.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Ways & Means: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM - HB 184 (892): Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Ways & Means: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM - HB 2 (892): Relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, including required training for justices of the peace and responding to mass fatality events; requiring a license; authorizing fees.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Laid on the table subject to call - HB 20 (892): Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial i
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - HB 22 (892): Relating to the authority of the comptroller to provide funding for the deployment and operation of certain emergency communication equipment.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select - HB 23 (892): Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Effective on 1/1/26 - HB 24 (892): Relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Left pending in committee - HB 25 (892): Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - HB 3 (892): Relating to the interoperability of emergency communication equipment and infrastructure in this state, including the creation and operation of the Texas Interoperability Council, a grant program administered by the coun
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Meeting cancelled - HB 36 (892): Relating to prohibiting the sale, delivery, or purchase of a consumable hemp product to or by a person younger than 21 years of age, the entry onto the premises of a retailer of consumable hemp products by a person young
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Public Health: Aug 18 2025 12:21PM - HB 37 (892): Relating to the separation of federal elections from state and local elections, and to related practices and procedures.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Filed - HB 38 (892): Relating to the rate at which interest accrues in connection with the deferral or abatement of the collection of ad valorem taxes on certain residence homesteads.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Ways & Means: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM - HB 39 (892): Relating to the provision of funding under the public school finance system on the basis of property values that take into account optional homestead exemptions.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Filed - HB 4 (892): Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - HB 40 (892): Relating to the authority of sheriffs and constables to enter into contracts to provide law enforcement services in certain counties and county financial authority in relation to sheriffs and constables in certain counti
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs: Aug 21 2025 10:15AM - HB 41 (892): Relating to the establishment of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that certain taxing units may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouse
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Ways & Means: Aug 20 2025 6:32PM - HB 42 (892): Relating to the creation of the office of state special prosecutor.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Filed - HB 43 (892): Relating to requiring a warning on the labeling of certain consumable hemp products distributed or sold in this state.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Public Health: Aug 18 2025 12:21PM - HB 44 (892): Relating to the jurisdiction and operation of the County Court at Law in Atascosa County.
TX state bill 2025-08-15 · Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Aug 18 2025 12:21PM
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