Texas State Representative

Diego Bernal 2017 - 85th Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)

Legislative Session

Joint Author of Legislation

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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB578

Filed
12/13/16  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain leave policies for state employees.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB671

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the operation of the capital access program and to transfers to and from the capital access fund.
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Texas House Bill HB713

Filed
12/21/16  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a prohibition of a monitoring system performance indicator based solely on the number or percentage of students receiving special education services.
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Texas House Bill HB73

Filed
11/14/16  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a defense to prosecution for certain offenses involving possession of small amounts of controlled substances and other prohibited drugs, substances, or paraphernalia for defendants seeking assistance for a suspected overdose.
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Texas House Bill HB743

Filed
12/27/16  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to social work services in public schools.
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Texas House Bill HB750

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a court's jurisdiction in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship over certain young people seeking special immigrant juvenile status and to child protective services caseworkers assigned to those young people.
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Texas House Bill HB761

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to protections under civil and criminal law for certain young victims of trafficking; increasing the penalty for trafficking of persons.
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Texas House Bill HB777

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to the eligibility of land owned by certain members of the armed services of the United States for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land.

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB657

Filed
12/20/16  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to procedures for a student enrolled in a special education program who fails to perform satisfactorily on certain assessment instruments.
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Texas House Bill HB658

Filed
12/20/16  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to voting by voters with certain disabilities or voters who reside at a residential care facility.
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Texas House Bill HB741

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the affordability of extension of consumer credit.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB816

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a school district assigning a mentor teacher to a new classroom teacher.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB860

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the compensation of public school district employees for additional workdays.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Texas House Bill HB7

Relating to child protective services suits, motions, and services by the Department of Family and Protective Services and to the licensing of certain facilities, homes, and agencies that provide child-care services.

Co-Author of Legislation

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Texas House Bill HB81

Filed
11/14/16  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the civil and criminal penalties for possession of certain small amounts of marihuana and an exception to prosecution for possession of associated drug paraphernalia; creating a criminal offense.