89th Legislative Session
88th Legislative Session
Priorities
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HB 8 (Meyer): Delivers immediate property tax relief by providing across-the-board compression.
HB 9 and HJR 1(Meyer): Business personal property tax relief.
SB 2206 (Bettencourt) & HB 4393 (Geren)- Research & Development Tax Credits
Preserving ERISA: TAB strongly supports preserving employer, employee, and health plan benefits of ERISA by opposing any attempt to erode the federal preemption of state law relating to health benefit plans.
HB 2110 (VanDeaver) & SB 1786 (Creighton) - Building on the outcomes-based funding model established by HB 8 (88R).
HB 150 (Capriglione) & SB 2176 (Parker) - Establishing the Texas Cyber Command.
HB 139 (Dean ) - Employer health benefit plans
SB 29 (Hughes) & HB 15 (Meyer)- Streamlining certain legal processes in Business courts and codifying the Business Judgement Rule to offer shareholders and elected directors greater certainty.
SB 30 (Schwertner) & HB 4806 (Bonnen) - Preserving Texas’s legal system to combat nuclear verdicts.
SB 7/SJR 66 (Perry) & HB 16 & HJR 7 (Harris) - Establishing Texas Water Fund.
HB 10 (Capriglione) & SB 14 (King) - Regulatory Reform and Efficiency Act.
HB 14 (Harris) & SB 2060 (Parker) - Deployment of advanced nuclear reactors in Texas
SB 1258 (Nichols) & HB 2762 (Geren) - Carbon Capture
SB 2188 (Hinojosa, A.) & HB 4600 (Lopez, J.)- Making Texas #1 State for Commercial Space Industry
HB 1268 (Button) and SB 209 (West) - Establishing the Texas Technology and Innovation Program.
HB 14 (Harris) & SB 2060 (Parker) - Deployment of advanced nuclear reactors in Texas
SB 779 (Middleton) - Public Nuisance
SB 15 (Bettencourt), SB 840 (Hughes), SB 854 (Middleton), HB 24 (Orr) - Removing barriers for attainable housing for the Texas workforce
SB 2 (Creighton) & HB 3 (Buckley) - Education funding and merit-based teacher pay raises
HB 120 (Bell) - Expansion of career training
HB 3191 (Button) - increases access to childcare, including tri-share match program and franchise tax credits.
HB 105 (Guillen) - Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act.
R 90 (Capriglione) and SCR 24 (King): establishes Texas-Israel office in Jerusalem to facilitate and strengthen economic ties between the state of Texas, Israel, and Abraham Accords countries to promote trade, investment, and cultural exchange.
Activity Tracker - 89th Legislative Session
TAB dropped cards in support of:
SB 5 & SJR 3 (Huffman): Establishes the Dementia Prevention & Research Institute of Texas.
SB 916 (Zaffirini): Strengthening consumer protections against surprise EMS billing.
HB 2 (Buckley): Advancing critical school finance reforms.
HB 120 (Bell, Keith): Expanding career training opportunities across Texas.
SB 1145 (Birdwell): Streamlining permits for treated wastewater reuse.
HB 5 / HJR 3 (Craddick): Establishes the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
SB 14 & HB 10 (King, Phil) (Capriglione): Regulatory consistency for businesses across Texas.
HB 32 (Button): Addresses eviction procedures.
HB 144 (King, Ken): Requires management and inspection plans for distribution poles.
SB 963 (Hughes): Expands Medicaid managed care outreach for private health plan options.
SB 1198 (Birdwell): Supports Texas' defense industry and military readiness.
SB 1146 (Birdwell): Addresses environmental safety by requiring plugging of inactive wells.
SB 1150 (Middleton): Enhances regulatory oversight for inactive well plugging.
SB 1121 (Nichols): Exempts certain fiber-optic projects from specific public land notice requirements.
SB 1555 (Nichols): Funds improvements to local rail grade crossings through grants.
HCR 35 (Ordaz): Urges Congress to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds.
HB 1533 (Button): Relating to appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes.
SB 266 (Perry): Relating to certain tax and fee collection procedures.
SB 2188 (Hinojosa): Relating to space flight activities.
HB 1400 (Harris): Relating to groundwater science, research, and innovation fund.
HJR 7 (Harris): Constitutional amendment for dedicated water fund.
HB 1093 (Lambert): Requirements for notice advertising.
HB 14 (Harris): Advanced nuclear reactors.
HB 27 (King): Financial literacy.
HB 123 (Dutton): Early readiness, literacy, and numeracy skills for students.
SB 493 (Kolkhorst): Certain protected disclosure by pharmacists regarding amount charged.
SB 1098 (Blanco): Relating to disclosure to patient by pharmacy of certain price information.
SB 1332 (Hancock): Eligibility to pay premiums once group coverage plan terminates.
SB 1029 (Nichols): Advertising of certain used motor vehicles.
SB 1008 (Middleton): Preemption of state and local authority to regulate food industry.
SB 924 (Hancock): Relating to entities that provide cable or video services.
HB 879 (Frank): Licensing for certain military veterans.
HB 296 (Harris Davila): License to practice medicine; licensing.
HB 1352 (Hinojosa): Exemption and calculations for certain ad valorem tax filings.
SB 1535 (Zaffirini): Establishing a nuclear workforce program within THECB.
SB 472 (Sparks): Right of chief appraiser district and certain claims.
SB 462 (Kolkhorst): Childcare access for childcare workers.
SB 229 (Middleton): Public nuisance.
SB 1202 (King): Third-party oversight of development plans and inspections.
SB 38 (Bettencourt): Eviction of unauthorized occupants.
HB 48 (Darby): Creation of oilfield theft prevention unit.
HB 49 (Darby): Relating to fluid oil and gas waste and products and byproducts of that waste.
HB 1971 (Darby): Exemption for closed-loop geothermal well operators.
HB 2890 (Patterson): Relating to an interstate compact for the liquefied natural gas industry.
HB 2584 (Landgraf): TCEQ authority to permit land application of water from mining and oil and gas operations.
HB 2043 (Lambert): Relating to the regulation of earned wage access services.
SB 1265 (Alvarado): Relating to certain duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to child-care resources.
SB 1592 (Blanco): Relating to the collection of state, municipal, and county hotel occupancy taxes.
HB 1731 (Campos): Relating to the physician assistant licensure compact; authorizing a fee.
HB 1080 (Curry): Relating to the publication of required notice by a political subdivision by alternative media.
SB 1762 (Blanco): Relating to geothermal energy conservation wells.
HB 2488 (Bell, Keith): Relating to virtual contested hearings under Texas' Workers Compensation.
HB 1959 (Frank): Regulation of health plans' use of provider incentives and physician ranking practices.
HB 2254 (Hull): Value-Based Care.
HB 3260 (Bell, Keith): Relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Grant Program.
HB 2768 (Capriglione): Creation of state IT apprenticeship credential.
HB 1500 (Bell, Keith): DIR Sunset.
SB 1786 (Creighton): Community College.
SB 24 (Sparks): Wildfire Prevention.
SB 1698 (Parker): E-cigarette regulation.
HB 3125 (Guerra): Geothermal workforce training initiative.
HB 2612 (Zwiener): Carbon sequestration policy council.
HB 3240 (Guerra): Geothermal energy production policy council.
HB 541 (Shaheen): Direct patient care by physicians and practitioners.
HB 1314 (Hickland): Health care facility pricing.
HB 4127 (Davis, Aicha): Limits local regulation of child-care facilities.
SB 1962 (Bettencourt): Public school accountability & career readiness.
SB 2253 (Creighton): Educator certification and school funding allotments.
SB 2254 (Creighton): Educator certification and funding adjustments.
SB 390 (Middleton): Includes veteran-owned businesses in HUBs.
SB 2330 (Parker): Government Accountability & Transparency Act.
HB 3747 (Manuel): Medicaid coverage information.
HB 2402 (Rose): Excludes discount fees from Medicaid rates.
HB 2464 (Hefner): Limits city regulation of home-based businesses.
SB 331 (Kolkhorst): Requires health care facilities to disclose costs.
SB 926 (Hancock): Regulates health plan provider rankings and incentives.
SB 1270 (Hughes): Itemized billing for health care services.
SB 2330 (Parker): Limits payroll deductions for public employee groups.
HB 3809 (Darby): Removal of battery energy storage facilities.
HB 3824 (King): Emergency operations plans for battery energy storage.
HCR 9 (Morales): First Saturday of every month as Small Business Saturday.
HB 2679 (Ordaz): Allows closed meetings on military and defense issues.
HB 3512 (Capriglione): AI training programs for state agencies.
HB 3963 (Capriglione): Early childhood integrated data system.
HB 3520 (Spiller): Insurance requirements for ride-share drivers.
HB 2189 (Howard): Expands health career and dual credit programs.
HB 3727 (Patterson): Funds railroad grade separation projects.
HB 3134 (Cook): Advanced Air Mobility.
HB 514 (Lalani): Maternal Health Workforce Campaign.
HB 3249 (Darby): Certifies environmental issues in contested TCEQ cases.
HB 2304 (Dean): Third-party review of development plans and inspections.
TAB drops cards in opposition of:
SB 878 (Birdwell): Relating to limitations on the use of public money under certain economic development agreements or programs adopted by certain political subdivisions.
SB 1122 (Schwertner): Relating to applicability of certain prescription drug insurance laws to health benefit plans and pharmacy benefit managers.
HB 1803 (Harless): Dental Hygienist Compact.
HB 3415 (Bhojani): Regulation of certain health professionals.
SB 1236 (Hughes): Regulates pharmacy-PBM contracts.
SB 668 (Hughes): Disclosure of information with regard to AI.
SB 819 (Kolkhorst): Relating to renewable energy generation facilities; authorizing fees.
HB 1564 (Hernandez): Relating to the maximum length of a train.
Testimony
TAB testified in support of:
SB 29 (Hughes): Relating to business entities.
SB 15 (Bettencourt): Housing - Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.
SB 840 (Hughes): Housing - Aiming municipal and county regulation of certain multifamily and mixed-use residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.
SB 854 (Middleton): Housing - Relating to municipal regulation of multifamily and mixed-use development on religious land.
SB 599 (West): Creates regulatory consistency for home-based childcare.
HB 10 (Capriglione): Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings.
SB 1202 (King): Relating to third-party review of property development documents and inspections of improvements related to those documents, including home backup power installations.
HB 138 (Dean): Relating to the establishment of the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program; authorizing a fee.
HB 1268 (Button): Relating to the creation of the Texas technology and innovation program.
SB 7 (Perry): Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.
HCR 90 (Capriglione): Expressing support for the strengthening of our partnership with Israel and for the creation of a Texas Trade and Investment Office in Israel.
SB 209 (West): Relating to the creation of the Texas technology and innovation program.
HB 2110 (VanDeaver): Relating to public higher education.
HB 11 (Phelan): Relating to occupational licensing.
HB 139 (Dean): Employer Benefit Plans with No State Mandates.
HB 149 (Capriglione): Relating to the regulation of the use of artificial intelligence systems in this state; providing civil penalties.
HB 24 (Orr): Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary.
HB 3172 (Gates): Relating to municipal regulation of multifamily and mixed-use development on religious land.
SB 30 (Schwertner): Relating to recovery of damages in civil action.
SB 1197 (Birdwell): Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over a spaceport; creating a criminal offense.
HB 3807 (Harris-Davila): Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.
HB 16 (Harris): Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.
HB 346 (Harris-Davila): Relating to support for new businesses.
HB 3272 (Geren): Relating to unmanned aircraft over spaceports.
HB 2767 (Landgraf): Regulation of online marketplaces.
HB 112 (Button): Relating to the creation and operation of a science park district in certain counties that may impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
HB 2919 (Gates): Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.