Visit the Texas Legislature's online bill search to see the full list of bills that could be considered in the coming months.
District 126 state Rep. Sam Harless, R-Spring, has filed nine bills as of March 18, including:
- House Bill 759 would amend the Texas Education Code to require threat-assessment teams in public schools to begin their assessments within 10 days of a student posing a serious risk of violence to themselves or others and complete assessments within 30 days. The bill would also create a database of student threat assessments conducted for students who pose a serious risk of violence.
- Filed: Dec. 8
- Status: left pending in Public Education Committee on March 16
- House Bill 1681 would prevent assisted-living facilities from being constructed in a 500-year flood plain—the area subject to flooding by a 500-year flood, which has a 0.2% chance of occurring in any given year.
- Filed: Feb. 8
- Status: referred to Human Services Committee on March 9
- House Bill 515 would require health insurance providers to reimburse physicians and mental health professionals for telemedicine visits at least as much as they would for in-person visits.
- Filed: Nov. 10
- Status: referred to Insurance Committee on March 1
- House Bill 1434 would make it illegal for a health care practitioner to perform or delegate a pelvic examination on a patient who is anesthetized or unconscious unless the pelvic examination is immediately necessary or within the standard scope of the scheduled procedure.
- Filed: Jan. 27
- Status: referred to Public Health Committee on March 5
- House Bill 36 would abolish Confederate Heroes Day, a state holiday currently observed on Jan. 19 in honor of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and other Confederate heroes.
- Filed: Nov. 9
- Status: referred to State Affairs Committee on Feb. 25
- House Bill 2506 would give the Public Utility Commission of Texas the authority to ensure the independent organization certified for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas power region has adequate reserve power to prevent blackout conditions.
- Filed: March 1
- Status: referred to State Affairs Committee on March 17
- House Bill 831 would prohibit the use of force or deadly force against a person to make an arrest or search if the force or deadly force is used in a manner that impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of the person by applying pressure to the person's throat or neck or by blocking the person's nose or mouth.
- Filed: Dec. 15
- Status: referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee on March 1
- House Bill 2954 would establish a suicide prevention, intervention and "postvention" program for optional implementation at an elementary school campus. Postvention would include activities that promote healing necessary to reduce the risk of suicide by a person affected by the suicide of another.
- Filed: March 5
- Status: N/A
- House Bill 55 would authorize a school marshal to carry a concealed handgun on or about the marshal's person and not require a school marshal to store the handgun in a locked and secured safe or other location while on duty.
- Filed: Nov. 9
- Status: referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee on Feb. 25
- House Bill 1458 would separate athletics teams sponsored by public schools or institutions of higher education based on the biological sex of the student.
- Filed: Jan. 28
- Status: referred to State Affairs Committee on March 5
- Senate Bill 208 would prohibit officers and employees of the state or of political subdivisions of the state from distributing official application forms for early-voting ballots.
- Filed: Nov. 18
- Status: referred to State Affairs Committee on March 3
- Senate Bill 215 would create the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency. The commissioner of education would appoint a director of the office who would be responsible for the investigation, prevention and detection of wrongdoing, fraud, waste and abuse in the administration of public education.
- Filed: Nov. 23
- Status: referred to Education Committee on March 3
- Senate Bill 223 would prohibit law enforcement departments from contracting with television crews to create reality shows.
- Filed: Dec. 2
- Status: referred to Criminal Justice Committee on March 3
- Senate Bill 233 would prohibit certain discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression and provide an administrative penalty.
- Filed: Dec. 7
- Status: referred to State Affairs Committee on March 3
