![]() ![]() House Bill 11: Teacher recruitment and retentionįiled by Rep. Tracy King, D-Batesville, HB 10 would establish the Texas Water Fund to provide state dollars for water development, supply and infrastructure projects. Trent Ashby, R-Lufkin, HB 9 would create the Texas Broadband Infrastructure Fund to appropriate money to expand and ensure access to reliable, high-speed broadband connectivity across the state House Bill 10: Water infrastructure developmentįiled by Rep. Gary VanDeaver, R-New Boston, HB 8 would adjust the funding model for the state’s junior colleges, and create a scholarship program for educationally disadvantaged high school students who enroll in dual credit courses at institutions of higher education House Bill 9: Rural broadband infrastructureįiled by Rep. The bill would also establish a border protection court program that would have jurisdiction over border-related issues, appropriate money to compensate property owners for any damage caused by people crossing the border from Mexico, establish a grant program for institutions of higher education that have programs designed to recruit and train professionals in border-related fields or who conduct research related to border safety or resulting criminal or public health threats, and create a grant program for local governments and community institutions that construct or maintain facilities related to border safety.įiled by Rep. ![]() Ryan Guillen, R-Rio Grande City, HB 7 would create the Legislative Border Safety Oversight committee to provide research analysis and recommendations to inform state border safety policies and oversee the state’s border protection unit. House Bill 7: Legislative Border Safety Oversight committeeįiled by Rep. Craig Goldman, R-Fort Worth, HB 6 would increase the punishments for many fentanyl-related crimes to first-degree felonies. House Bill 6: Increased punishments for fentanyl-related crimesįiled by Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, HB 5 would create economic incentives for companies to base large-scale projects related to manufacturing, national security and energy infrastructure in Texas, to create new high-paying jobs and encourage economic development in the state. House Bill 5: Job creation and economic developmentįiled by Rep. It also would create new responsibilities and restrictions for companies who collect consumers’ personal data. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake, HB 4 would give Texans the right to request a copy of their personal data that have been collected by a company to examine or review, and request the company to delete it. The bill also would require school districts to have a minimum of one armed security officer on each campus during regular school hours, and allocate a minimum of $15,000 to each campus every year for school safety measures.įiled by Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, HB 3 would clarify how the Texas School Safety Center and the Texas Education Agency are responsible for working together to develop and enforce school safety requirements and standards, and conduct safety audits on school campuses. ![]() House Bill 3: School safety and securityįiled by Rep. Patrick has indicated he does not support the measure, pushing instead an increase in the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $70,000. Phelan said that under this proposal, the owner of a $350,000 home would save $461 on their next tax bill, and $590 the following year. It's not Texas, and the Texas House is going to do something about it this session.” “But when their (business property) values go up 200% and there's nothing they can do about it but go hire an attorney to fight it, it's not right. “I have constituents who don't even own a home, they pour it all back into their business because they want their children to inherit that business and move up, go to college, be independent,” said Phelan, R-Beaumont. ![]()
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