SB-811: Relating to sex offender registration and a prohibition on certain registered sex offenders from being in a motor vehicle with a minor who is not a family member.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst
Read First Time on 02/27/2017
You have voted SB-811: Relating to sex offender registration and a prohibition on certain registered sex offenders from being in a motor vehicle with a minor who is not a family member..
HB-1732: Relating to requiring a school district or open-enrollment charter school to report data regarding restraints administered to, complaints filed against, citations issued to, and arrests made of students.
Sponsored by: Rep. Helen Giddings
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 05/03/2017
You have voted HB-1732: Relating to requiring a school district or open-enrollment charter school to report data regarding restraints administered to, complaints filed against, citations issued to, and arrests made of students..
Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action. [SB-1241]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action. Makes it a felony with a punishment of 20 years to life, five of which shall be a mandatory minimum, for any person to knowingly circumcise, excise, or infibulate the labia major, labia minora, or clitoris of a minor. The bill makes it a Class 2 felony for any parent or guardian charged with the care of a minor to consent to such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill also provides a civil cause of action for any person injured by such circumcision, excision, or infibulation.
SB-1241: Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action.
Sponsored by: Sen. Siobhan S. Dunnavant
Incorporated By Courts Of Justice on 01/16/2017
SB-796: Relating to the collection of information concerning the number of juvenile offenders committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department who have been in foster care.
Sponsored by: Sen. Royce West
Read First Time on 02/22/2017
You have voted SB-796: Relating to the collection of information concerning the number of juvenile offenders committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department who have been in foster care..
Child-protective services; complaints involving members of the United States Armed Forces. [HB-2279]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
Child-protective services; complaints involving members of the United States Armed Forces. Requires local departments of social services to transmit information regarding reports, complaints, family assessments, and investigations involving children of active duty members of the United States Armed Forces or members of their household to family advocacy representatives of the United States Armed Forces. Under current law, local departments of social services may transmit such information but are only required to transmit information regarding founded
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HB-2279: Child-protective services; complaints involving members of the United States Armed Forces.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen J. Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0142) on 02/21/2017
Children, trafficking of; guidelines for training school counselors, etc. [HB-2282]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
Board of Education; guidelines for training on the prevention of trafficking of children. Requires the Board of Education to develop guidelines for training school counselors, school nurses, and other relevant school staff on the prevention of trafficking of children.
HB-2282: Children, trafficking of; guidelines for training school counselors, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James A. Leftwich
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0514) on 03/16/2017
HB-1640: Relating to ensuring continuity of education for homeless children and foster care youth and access to higher education, career information, and skills certification for foster care youth and former foster care youth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Hubert Vo
Referred To Education on 05/22/2017
You have voted HB-1640: Relating to ensuring continuity of education for homeless children and foster care youth and access to higher education, career information, and skills certification for foster care youth and former foster care youth..
Custody and visitation agreements; best interests of the child. [HB-2128]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Custody and visitation agreements; best interests of the child. Requires the court to consider any history of abuse of persons other than family members when determining the best interests of the child for the purposes of custody and visitation arrangements.
HB-2128: Custody and visitation agreements; best interests of the child.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen J. Murphy
Failed To Report (defeated) In Courts Of Justice (10-y 10-n) on 02/03/2017
You have voted SB-755: Relating to the authority of a school district to donate food to a nonprofit organization to be served to students of the district..
SB-757: Relating to creating a voluntary program to recognize licensed before-school and after-school programs that promote healthy eating and physical activity.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jose Menendez
Read First Time on 02/22/2017
You have voted SB-757: Relating to creating a voluntary program to recognize licensed before-school and after-school programs that promote healthy eating and physical activity..
You have voted HB-1583: Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on private school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events..
Victims of crime; right to nondisclosure of certain information. [HB-2240]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Rights ]
Crime victim's right to nondisclosure of certain information; murder. Requires that written consent provided by the victim's next of kin to law enforcement is necessary, if the victim is a minor, before a law-enforcement agency may disclose any information that identifies the victim of a crime that resulted in the victim's death.
HB-2240: Victims of crime; right to nondisclosure of certain information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackson Hunter Miller
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0500) on 03/13/2017
HB-1521: Relating to the exchange of certain information between the Department of Family and Protective Services or certain foster care services contractors and a state or local juvenile justice agency.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Whitmire
Effective Immediately on 06/15/2017
You have voted HB-1521: Relating to the exchange of certain information between the Department of Family and Protective Services or certain foster care services contractors and a state or local juvenile justice agency..