The Closet -- Other Bills of Interest

The Texas Probate Web Site tracks dozens of bills in the 76th Legislature which are of interest
to estate planning, probate and trust attorneys. There are dozens more that
don't make the cut -- bills of some interest but which are not tracked for some reason.
You have found your way to this closet full of goodies.

If you proceed beyond this point, be forewarned -- things can get pretty ugly down there.
What's the old line about legislation and sausage-making?

Bill Number	Caption	The Nitty-Gritty
HB 9	Relating to actions regarding certain computer date failures.
HB 13	Relating to birth records of adopted children.
HB 16	Relating to the recognition of an informal marriage.
HB 18	Relating to death benefit annuities payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
HB 20	Relating to issuance and renewal of a driver's license of an elderly person.
HB 24	Relating to access to a child by certain grandparents.
HB 27	Relating to the medical records of the patient of a physician.
HB 40	Relating to limiting liability for damages arising from failure of a computer to recognize and accurately process the date January 1, 1999, or a later date.
HB 48	Relating to the punishment for theft committed against elderly individuals.
HB 80	Relating to unclaimed property held by attorneys.
HB 110	Relating to public access to certain information regarding medical practitioners.
HB 118	Relating to the punishment for certain offenses committed against elderly individuals.
HB 126	Relating to liability for false disparagement of perishable food products.	Look out, Oprah!
HB 143	Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.
HB 145	Relating to garnishment of wages for the enforcement of court-ordered spousal maintenance.
HB 169	Relating to a waiting period required for the divorce of certain persons on the grounds of insupportability.
HB 173	Relating to requiring a person in the business of selling personal computers to provide certain software with each personal computer sold.
HB 192	Relating to the licensing of certain persons as attorneys.
HB 233	Relating to the seal of a notary public.
HB 264	Relating to a change of beneficiary by a retiree of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
HB 314	Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.
HB 330	Relating to orders for extended mental health services.
HB 350	Relating to creating a covenant marriage.	Please don't tell my wife about this.
HB 383	Relating to the recognition of a same-sex marriage.	This should be captioned: "Relating to the nonrecognition of a same-sex marriage.
HB 401	Relating to group health insurance for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
HB 406	Relating to long-term care for public employees.
HB 410	Relating to home health services.
HB 411	Relating to the regulation of assisted living facilities.
HB 483	Relating to recognizing the date Texas joined the United States of America as Star Day.	Sounds like a Yankee kind of idea to me. What's wrong with Texas Independence Day?
HB 484	Relating to requiring owners of nursing homes to give notice before selling the facility.
HB 583	Relating to certain notification requirements for an employer of a child, a person with mental retardation, or a person who is mentally incapacitated.
HB 638	Relating to providing alimony after the dissolution of certain marriages.
HB 661	Relating to restrictions on driving by persons younger than 18 years of age.
HB 689	Relating to the regulation of unlicensed personal care facilities.
HB 690	Relating to the penalty for cutting a fence used for livestock.	Bring back the range wars!
HB 691	Relating to the regulation of facilities that provide assisted living services.
HB 705	Relating to the creation of the offenses of and providing for recovery of reasonable attorney's fees for falsely identifying a tax-exempt organization with political activity or endangering the tax-exempt status of an organization by unauthorized engaging in political activity in the name of the organization, and creating a private cause of action.
HB 753	Relating to a child's choice of managing conservator in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
HB 768	Relating to the extension of group life insurance to spouses and children.
HB 784	Relating to annuities for certain teachers under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
HB 792	Relating to the regulation of viatical settlement agreements.
HB 803	Relating to the accrual of interest on certain child support payments and money judgments.
HB 805	Relating to a mandatory limitation on premium increases for motor vehicle insurance for certain policyholders and other covered persons who are 65 years of age or older.
HB 806	Relating to the force and effect of a digital signature on certain court documents.
HB 811	Relating to the services included in home health care services.
HB 817	Relating to the regulation of cemeteries and places of burial; providing criminal penalties.
HB 827	Relating to computation of benefits payable by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
HB 828	Relating to reinstatement of certain service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
HB 876	Relating to certain nonprofit entities that provide health or long-term care or health benefit plans.
HB 943	Relating to regulation of the use of laser pointers; providing a criminal penalty.
HB 968	Relating to the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation.
HB 971	Relating to regulation of nursing homes.
HB 974	Relating to creating a recognition day on February 19 in honor of Texas joining the Union.	Sounds like a regular Yankee conspiracy.
HB 991	Relating to limiting the liability of certain professionals for damages arising from providing pro bono services.
HB 994	Relating to an offense of using a telephone while operating a motor vehicle.	Isn't talking on the phone while driving one of those inalienable rights?
HB 1004	Relating to affixing the seal of a notary public.
HB 1175	Relating to the participation of a proxy in certain marriage ceremonies.
HB 1225	Relating to the number of nurse aides on duty in a convalescent or nursing home or related institution in which elderly persons reside.
HB 1270	Relating to surrogate decision-making for an adult patient in a hospital or nursing home.
HB 1305	Relating to electronic filing of financing statements and certain other filings with the secretary of state.
HB 1306	Relating to filing of financing statements and certain other filings with the secretary of state.
HB 1307	Relating to the fee for the electronic filing of a financing statement with the secretary of state.
HB 1338	Relating to a grandparent's access to a grandchild.
HB 1344	Relating to the premium tax on certain life, health, and accident insurance policies.
HB 1389	Relating to the creation of the offense of fighting between a dog and a hog.	No fooling! This bill prohibits dog and hog fights. For more information, see The Dog and Hog Fight Page.
HB 1397	Relating to the validity of an unrecorded instrument conveying an interest in real property.
HB 1423	Relating to the abolition of the office of inspector of hides and animals in each county in the state.	Maybe the displaced hides and animals inspectors can be hired to police the dog and hog fights.
HB 1427	Relating to the limitations period for filing a suit for unpaid court-ordered child support.
HB 1456	Relating to child support payments that exceed the court-ordered amount.
HB 1462	Relating to the notification of certain persons of the marriage of the person's former spouse.	The family lawyers have it all over the probate lawyers in interesting bill topics.
HB 1474	Relating to public access to the names and addresses of parties in civil actions.
HB 1525	Relating to jurisdiction over the Alamo.
HB 1575	Relating to double parking in a central business district.
HB 1579	Relating to a change of name and vital statistics information.	Transgender birth certificates.
HB 1586	Relating to the coverage by long-term care insurance policies of the parents of an insured or the parents of the spouse of an insured.
HB 1635	Relating to disclosure in a contract for prepaid funeral benefits.
HB 1649	Relating to procedures for retirement of the Texas flag.
HB 1668	Relating to fraudulent claims for medical or health care benefits submitted under certain state programs.
HB 1677	Relating to immunizations for elderly residents of nursing homes.
HB 1709	Relating to the establishment of an advisory committee on standards of care for mental health care.
HB 1710	Relating to fraud control procedures for the Medicaid managed care program.
HB 1750	Relating to certain mental health services provided under a health benefit plan.
HB 1769	Relating to a going out of business sale.	The dog and hog fight industry and the county hides and animal inspectors are keeping a close eye on this one.
HB 1773	Relating to unsolicited electronic mail; providing civil penalties.
HB 1853	Relating to the fee charged by a county for holding and investing noncounty funds.
HB 1871	Relating to continued commercial air service at municipal airports.	Rep. Wilson, of dog and hog fighting fame, doesn't live in Austin, but he doesn't want Austin to be able to close its airport
HB 1894	Relating to Medicaid third-party recoveries; providing a penalty.
HB 1928	Relating to limitations on disclosure of certain patient health care information; providing a criminal penalty.
HB 1936	Relating to prohibiting persons convicted of certain drug-related offenses from receiving TANF benefits.
HB 1954	Relating to limitations on repetitive awards of exemplary damages.
HB 1962	Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to obtain a driver's license.
HB 1978	Relating to exempting property owned by organizations that provide support to elderly persons from ad valorem taxation.
HB 1995	Relating to contributing to the delinquency of a narcotic addict.
HB 1998	Relating to the deferred retirement option plan in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
HB 2058	Relating to interest on judgments in certain civil actions.
HB 2072	Relating to the detection of fraud, waste, and abuse in the state Medicaid program.
HB 2092	Relating to certain requirements pertaining to the receipt of child support.
HB 2093	Relating to the requirement that child support payments be used for the benefit of the child.
HB 2148	Relating to certain federally funded long-term care Medicaid programs.
HB 2152	Relating to a partial lump-sum distribution on retirement from the Texas County and District Retirement System.
HB 2161	Relating to standards and other requirements for long-term care insurance coverage.
HB 2170	Relating to investigations and protective services for elderly and disabled persons.
HB 2184	Relating to a parent's right to discipline a child.
HB 2185	Relating to a parent's right to discipline a child and a parent's liability for failure to control a child.
HB 2186	Relating to summary judgments issued by a court.
HB 2217	Relating to the liability of an officer of a nonprofit corporation.
HB 2255	Relating to the regulation of the sale of certain items used in funerals.
HB 2262	Relating to electronic filing of records with a county clerk.	Real estate filings, maybe more.
HB 2277	Relating to donation of organs.
HB 2288	Relating to the consent to ownership or beneficiary of certain life insurance policies.
HB 2309	Relating to paramilitary training organizations; providing a criminal penalty.
HB 2315	Relating to the investigation and prosecution of fraud in certain benefit programs operated by the state; providing administrative penalties.
HB 2355	Relating to the adoption, protection, and placement of children.	Disclosure of adoption information.
HB 2404	Relating to the punishment for assaults committed against certain sports officials.	Refs are people too.
HB 2424	Relating to application of certain coverage requirements for serious mental illness.
HB 2425	Relating to the provision of inpatient mental health services to certain incapacitated persons.
HB 2442	Relating to the administration and funding of certain marital education courses, including courses required to obtain a marriage license.
HB 2448	Relating to the administration of psychoactive medication to minors.
HB 2471	Relating to eligibility for support services for persons with disabilities.
HB 2489	Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination based on sexual orientation; providing penalties.
HB 2496	Relating to allowing a county to set a fee for the search and retrieval of records stored electronically.
HB 2550	Relating to life insurance coverage for spouses under certain group life insurance policies.
HB 2577	Relating to the payment of certain professional fees and taxes by persons holding more than one professional license.
HB 2581	Relating to appeals of certain interlocutory orders.
HB 2652	Relating to liability for damages arising from failure of computer software to recognize and accurately process certain dates.
HB 2653	Relating to the law that applies to a contract made over the Internet.
HB 2691	Relating to the sale, assignment or transfer of structured settlements.
HB 2723	Relating to the prohibition against the collection of certain information.	Collection of information regarding racial or ethnic background prohibited.
HB 2756	Relating to the abolition of the Funeral Services Commission and the transfer of the duties of that commission to the Texas Board of Health; establishing an advisory committee to the Texas Department of Health on funeral services issues.
HB 2821	Relating to property tax exemptions for charitable organizations.
HB 2827	Relating to the validity of an authorization to disclose health care information.
HB 2841	Relating to the liability of certain charitable organizations and their employees for certain acts.
HB 2873	Relating to the operation of certain Medicaid waiver programs for children with disabilities or special health care needs.
HB 2886	Relating to benefits payable by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
HB 2892	Relating to the release of information regarding a person absent without permission from a state mental health or mental retardation facility.
HB 2896	Relating to the administration and operation of the Medicaid program.
HB 2911	Relating to venue in certain actions regarding intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded.
HB 2933	Relating to the liability of clergy members for damages arising from certain counseling, teaching, and instruction.	Preachers are people too.
HB 2934	Relating to the liability of certain persons performing volunteer or charitable services.	Volunteers are people too.
HB 2938	Relating to the verification of an applicant's social security number and lawful presence in the United States.
HB 2939	Relating to the requirements for the owner of, and to the disposition of, a dangerous dog.	Send in the hogs.
HB 2952	Relating to the participation of certain inmates and former inmates in certain pilot programs for mental health care.
HB 2964	Relating to limitations on the transfer of a school district ad valorem tax freeze on the residence homestead of an elderly person.
HB 2988	Relating to the disqualification of a school's extracurricular team based on an ineligible team member's participation in an extracurricular activity.
HB 2993	Relating to the award of prejudgment interest in certain civil cases.
HB 3076	Relating to the assignment of lottery winnings for the payment of reasonable attorney's fees.
HB 3077	Relating to the District of Travis.	Another of Rep. Wilson's bills. You know, like the District of Columbia! (There's a model worth emulating.)
HB 3081	Relating to preventing the seizure of a work of fine art when en route to or from or in an exhibition.
HB 3093	Relating to standing to file suit to change the parent-child relationship.
HB 3141	Relating to maintenance awarded to a spouse in a suit for dissolution of a marriage.
HB 3231	Relating to the consent of a person on psychoactive medication to the use of electroconvulsive therapy.
HB 3235	Relating to the prohibition of electroconvulsive therapy; providing a penalty.
HB 3243	Relating to authorizing the owner of livestock to protect that livestock from certain dangerous animals.	Hog farmers, unite!
HB 3254	Relating to the privacy of public health information.
HB 3268	Relating to best interest of the child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
HB 3305	Relating to money paid into the registry of courts in certain populous counties.
HB 3357	Relating to action by a court in an appeal.
HB 3424	Relating to the regulation of the use of restraints, seclusion and emergency medication in psychiatric hospitals and other entities providing long term care services.
HB 3516	Relating to the regulation of funeral directing and embalming.
HB 3549	Relating to procedural and technical corrections of the Texas Property Tax Code and the Texas Finance Code, and relating to notices of sale, orders of sale, proceeds of sale, excess proceeds of sale, redemptions in delinquent tax suits, collection of taxes on sale of business, additional penalty on taxes with delayed delinquency dates and on delinquent standby fees, notices of delinquency, subrogation of purchasers at void or defective tax resales, taxes to be included in judgements, jurisdictional provisions for tax claims against certain estates in probate, service of process on corporations following forfeiture of corporate privileges, and repeals of overlapping and duplicate provisions in the Tax Code.
HB 3604	Relating to the imposition of sanctions by a court on a person who signs a pleading or motion.
HB 3625	Relating to requiring certain convalescent and nursing homes to execute a surety bond.
HB 3638	Relating to judicial review of certain decisions about medical assistance.
HB 3669	Relating to the regulation of the use of laser pointers; providing criminal penalties.
HB 3691	Relating to the acquisition by the state of a municipal airport in the city of Austin that is no longer operated as a municipal airport.	Rep. Wilson really loves that airport.
HB 3694	Relating to abandoned burial plots.
HB 3758	Relating to the approval of doctors who provide medical treatment.
HB 3780	Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Nueces County.
SB 11	Relating to the mental state applicable to certain violations under the state Medicaid program.
SB 862	Relating to donation of organs.
SB 864	Relating to immunizations for elderly residents of nursing homes.
SB 888	Relating to electronic filing of records with a county clerk.
SB 1049	Relating to venue for certain judicial actions involving intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded.
SB 1077	Relating to the regulation of funeral directing and embalming.
SB 1116	Relating to an exception to the offense of contributing to the delinquency of a narcotic addict.
SB 1123	Relating to the punishment for assaults committed against certain sports officials.
SB 1226	Relating to the deferred retirement option plan in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
SB 1344	Relating to the liability of an officer of a nonprofit corporation.
SB 1436	Relating to the authority of a judge to hear pretrial matters in a county other than the one in which the suit is filed.
SB 1439	Relating to the timeliness of medical examinations for mental illness for certain court-ordered mental health services.
SB 1559	Relating to the administration and operation of the Medicaid program.
SB 1587	Relating to the detection of fraud, waste, and abuse in the state Medicaid program.
SB 1589	Relating to fraudulent claims for medical or health care benefits submitted under certain state programs.
SB 1597	Relating to the creation and operation of the Texas Commission on Men.
SB 1706	Relating to money paid into the registry of courts in certain populous counties.
SB 1740	Relating to the transfer of structured settlements.
SB 1741	Relating to certain provisions of disabilities of minority.
SB 1758	Relating to the preliminary investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect.