Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

House Government Transparency & Operation Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB462

Filed
11/29/16  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the provision of notice of proposed rules by state agencies.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB347

Filed
12/16/16  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to the applicability of open meetings and public information laws to regional water planning groups and their committees.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB630

Filed
12/16/16  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to the Internet broadcast and archiving of open meetings of the Health and Human Services Commission, health and human services agencies, and related advisory entities.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB526

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain persons' entitlement to public information.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB523

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to the requirement that certain elected school district boards make audio and video recordings of certain work sessions and special called meetings available on the Internet.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB624

Filed
12/16/16  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a district clerk to post official and legal notices by electronic display.
TX

Texas 2017 - 85th 1st C.S.

Texas House Bill HB347

Relating to government transparency and operations.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB760

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to excepting the date of birth of a living person from required disclosure under the public information law.
TX

Texas 2017 - 85th 1st C.S.

Texas House Bill HB357

Relating to requiring a school district to give notice to new classroom teachers of the ability to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB906

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of research technology corporations for the development and commercialization of technologies owned by institutions of higher education or by certain medical centers with members that are institutions of higher education; providing for tax exemptions; providing a penalty.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HJR54

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by or leased to or by a university research technology corporation.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB200

Filed
11/14/16  
Out of Senate Committee
5/8/17  
Voted on by Senate
5/10/17  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to public access to boundary, financial, and tax rate information of certain political subdivisions.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB347

Filed
11/15/16  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program for the issuance of digital identification.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB79

Filed
11/14/16  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to the production of public information available on a publicly accessible website.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB233

Filed
11/14/16  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the exception of certain information related to the humane disposition by a municipality or county of an animal from required disclosure under the public information law.