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Bill Tracking Report

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03-29-2017 – 16:25:35

 

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  HB 42   Romero, Ramon(D) Relating to a franchise tax credit for certain taxable entities offering postsecondary tuition assistance.
Bill History: 03-08-17 H Committee action pending House Ways and Means

 

  HB 44   Keough, Mark(R) Relating to a limitation on the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes of 105 percent of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.
Companions:
HB 1884 Pena, Gilbert (F) (Refiled from 84R Session)
HB 2041 Bell, Cecil (Refiled from 84R Session)
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Ways and Means

 

  HB 47   Guillen, Ryan(D) Relating to the status of powdered alcohol as an alcoholic beverage for purposes of the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
Companions:
HB 133 Alvarado, Carol (Identical)
  3-27-17 H Committee action pending Licensing and Administrative Procedures
SB 896 Seliger, Kel (Identical)
  3-28-17 S Committee action pending Senate Business and Commerce
Bill History: 03-27-17 H Committee action pending Licensing and Administrative Procedures

 

  HB 78   Guillen, Ryan(D) Relating to credits to certain accounts of the Parks and Wildlife Department resulting from the allocation of the proceeds from taxes imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods.
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations

 

  HB 85   Keough, Mark(R) Relating to the selection of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district.
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Ways and Means

 

  HB 86   Guillen, Ryan(D) Relating to providing a sales and use tax refund or franchise tax credit for businesses that employ former offenders.
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Ways and Means

 

  HB 88   Martinez, Armando(D) Relating to an unlawful employment practice by an employer whose leave policy does not permit an employee to use leave to care for the employee's foster child.
Companions:
HB 58 Martinez, Armando (Refiled from 84R Session)
Bill History: 03-16-17 H Recommended for Local and Consent Calendar

 

  HB 96   Moody, Joe(D) Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct.
Companions:
HB 553 Moody, Joe (Refiled from 84R Session)
HB 1523 Farrar, Jessica (Refiled from 84R Session)
HB 2057 Coleman, Garnet (Refiled from 84R Session)
SB 148 Rodriguez, Jose (Refiled from 84R Session)
HB 1848 Coleman, Garnet (Identical)
  3-27-17 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence
SB 166 Rodriguez, Jose (Identical)
  1-25-17 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence

 

  HB 100   Paddie, Chris(R) Relating to the regulation of transportation network companies.
Bill History: 03-16-17 H Committee action pending House Transportation

 

  HB 102   Guillen, Ryan(D) Relating to exemptions from ad valorem taxes, the sales and use tax, and the franchise tax for certain businesses during an initial period of operation in this state.
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Ways and Means

 

  HB 133   Alvarado, Carol(D) Relating to the status of powdered alcohol as an alcoholic beverage for purposes of the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
Companions:
HB 47 Guillen, Ryan (Identical)
  3-27-17 H Committee action pending Licensing and Administrative Procedures
SB 896 Seliger, Kel (Identical)
  3-28-17 S Committee action pending Senate Business and Commerce
Bill History: 03-27-17 H Committee action pending Licensing and Administrative Procedures

 

  HB 139   Bell, Cecil(R) Relating to the authority of a property owner to request that notice of a protest hearing before the appraisal review board be delivered by certified mail.
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Ways and Means

 

  HB 149   Simmons, Ron(R) Relating to the enforcement by certain governmental entities of state and federal laws governing immigration.
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs

 

  HB 167   Bell, Cecil(R) Relating to a limitation on the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes of 105 percent of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.
Companions:
HB 1884 Pena, Gilbert (F) (Refiled from 84R Session)
HB 2041 Bell, Cecil (Refiled from 84R Session)
Bill History: 02-14-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Ways and Means

 

  HB 182   Bernal, Diego(D) Relating to a study of the economic impact of requiring the disclosure of the sales price of real property.
Bill History: 02-14-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Ways and Means

 

  HB 191   Bernal, Diego(D) Relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting a handgun license holder from carrying a handgun on certain property.
Bill History: 02-14-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety

 

  HB 192   Bernal, Diego(D) Relating to the prohibition of housing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression and to the enforcement of that prohibition.
Companions:
HB 2860 Bernal, Diego (F) (Refiled from 84R Session)
Bill History: 02-21-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Business and Industry

 

  HB 225   Johnson, Eric(D) Relating to the prohibition of employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
Bill History: 02-20-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Business and Industry

 

  HB 228   Thompson, Senfronia(D) Relating to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination in payment of compensation.
Companions:
HB 187 Thompson, Senfronia (Refiled from 84R Session)
SB 65 Ellis, Rodney (Refiled from 84R Session)
Bill History: 03-06-17 H Committee action pending House Business and Industry

 

  HB 234   Anchia, Rafael(D) Relating to wrongful exclusion of handgun license holders from property owned by or leased to a governmental entity and to certain offenses relating to the carrying of handguns on that property.
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety

 

  HB 246   Anchia, Rafael(D) Relating to the notice given by a property owner prohibiting a handgun license holder from carrying a handgun on the property.
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety

 

  HB 252   Hernandez, Ana(D) Relating to the requirement that certain employers provide advance notice of employee work schedules.
Bill History: 03-27-17 H Committee action pending House Business and Industry

 

  HB 253   Hernandez, Ana(D) Relating to the period during which an employee may file a claim for unpaid wages with the Texas Workforce Commission.
Companions:
HB 492 Hernandez, Ana (Refiled from 84R Session)
Bill History: 02-14-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Business and Industry

 

  HB 255   Anchia, Rafael(D) Relating to the offense involving the carrying of handguns by license holders on the premises or property of certain recreational facilities.
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety

 

  HB 258   Anchia, Rafael(D) Relating to a prohibition on the award of a state agency contract to a person in a state with laws allowing or requiring discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs

 

  HB 272   Thompson, Senfronia(D) Relating to a required training course on human trafficking for commercial driver's license applicants.
Companions:
SB 128 Garcia, Sylvia (Identical)
  3-30-17 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Transportation

 

  HB 285   Alonzo, Roberto(D) Relating to the minimum wage.
Companions:
HB 475 Reynolds, Ron (Identical)
  3-20-17 H Committee action pending House Business and Industry
Bill History: 03-20-17 H Committee action pending House Business and Industry

 

  HB 290   Johnson, Eric(D) Relating to a prohibition on sex discrimination in compensation.
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Business and Industry

 

  HB 291   Johnson, Eric(D) Relating to limiting the locations in which a license holder may openly carry a handgun.
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland Security and Public Safety

 

  HB 299   Larson, Lyle(R) Relating to municipal annexation.
Bill History: 02-13-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Land and Resource Management

 

  HB 301   Larson, Lyle(R) Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to increase the appraised value of property for ad valorem tax purposes in the tax year following a year in which the appraised value of the property is lowered as a result of an.
Bill History: 02-15-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Ways and Means

 

  HB 317   Canales, Terry(D) Relating to the consideration by certain employers of the consumer credit reports of certain employees and applicants for employment.
Bill History: 03-13-17 H Committee action pending House Business and Industry

 

  HB 326   Canales, Terry(D) Relating to the payment of gratuities to certain employees.
Bill History: 03-27-17 H Voted favorably from committee on House Business and Industry

 

  HB 327   Canales, Terry(D) Relating to the sale of wine and beer on Sundays.
Companions:
HB 3669 Canales, Terry (Refiled from 84R Session)
Bill History: 02-15-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures

 

  HB 329   Gonzalez, Mary(D) Relating to breast-feeding policies of state agency worksites.
Bill History: 03-06-17 H Committee action pending House Business and Industry

 

  HB 334   Collier, Nicole(D) Relating to the consideration by employers of the consumer credit reports or other credit information of employees and applicants for employment.
Bill History: 02-15-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Business and Industry

 

  HB 340   Goldman, Craig(R) Relating to abolishing shampoo apprentice permits and shampoo specialty certificates.
Bill History: 02-16-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures

 

  HB 345   Canales, Terry(D) Relating to the calculation of the ad valorem rollback tax rate of a taxing unit.
Bill History: 02-15-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Ways and Means

 

  HB 349   Canales, Terry(D) Relating to the disclosure under the public information law of certain information related to parades, concerts, or other events open to the general public that are paid for with public funds.
Bill History: 02-21-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Government Transparency and Operation

 

  HB 373   Romero, Ramon(D) Relating to administrative penalties assessed by the Texas Workforce Commission against certain employers for failure to pay wages.
Companions:
HB 162 Gonzalez, Mary (Refiled from 84R Session)
SB 152 Rodriguez, Jose (Refiled from 84R Session)
Bill History: 03-24-17 H Reported favorably from committee on House Business and Industry

 

  HB 379   Bernal, Diego(D) Relating to mandatory sales price disclosure in real property sales.
Bill History: 02-23-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Business and Industry

 

  HB 388   Murphy, Jim(R) Relating to the phaseout and repeal of the franchise tax.
Bill History: 03-29-17 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E2.012 – House Ways and Means

 

  HB 390   Howard, Donna(D) Relating to school district ad valorem tax rates.
Companions:
HB 486 VanDeaver, Gary (Identical)
  3-22-17 H Committee action pending House Ways and Means
SB 1267 Taylor, Larry (Identical)
  3-13-17 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Education
Bill History: 03-22-17 H Committee action pending House Ways and Means

 

  HB 408   Springer, Drew(R) Relating to the creation of a distillery festival permit.
Bill History: 02-16-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures

 

  HB 411   Longoria, Oscar(D) Relating to requiring photo identification for certain purchases paid with a credit card or debit card.
Bill History: 02-20-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Investments and Financial Services

 

  HB 437   Hernandez, Ana(D) Relating to applications for certain alcoholic beverage permits and licenses.
Bill History: 02-16-17 H Introduced and referred to committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures

 

  HB 441   Martinez, Armando(D) Relating to operation of public schools on Memorial Day.
Companions:
HB 1850 Martinez, Armando (Refiled from 84R Session)
Bill History: 03-14-17 H Committee action pending House Public Education

 

  HB 443   Walle, Amando(D) Relating to the places a public employer may provide for employees to express breast milk.
Bill History: 03-06-17 H Committee action pending House Business and Industry

 

  HB 446   Bell, Cecil(R) Relating to refunds of certain bingo licensing and registration fee

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