84th Legislature Filed Senate Bills (Final) Texas
legislature online
resource: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Reports/General.aspx Note: There are seven bill stages.
Priority Area Issue Bill Author Caption
Bill Stage (May 8,2015)
Access to Care
medical graduate student
tracking through residency SB 295 Schwertner
Relating to tracking career information for graduates of Texas medical schools and
persons completing medical residency programs in Texas.
Stage 3
Access to Care
Increasing the health care workforce by regulating dental care professionals in
the state
SB 787
Rodríguez | Eltife
Relating to the improvement of oral health care access through the regulation
of dental hygiene practitioners, dental
hygienists, and dentists in this state. Stage 1
Anti-Human
Trafficking human trafficking penalties SB 446 Hall
Relating to increased penalties for the offense of trafficking of persons that involves a child victim or the death of any
victim. Stage 1
Anti-Human
Trafficking smuggling of persons SB 171 Huffman
Relating to the addition of an offense for
the continuous smuggling of persons. Stage 1 Anti-Human
Trafficking
human trafficking
testimonies SB 493 Huffman
Relating to evidence or testimony given by certain witnesses in a criminal case based
on the trafficking of persons. Stage 1
Anti-Human Trafficking
Establishing a task force to uniformly report information
related to human trafficking,
etc. SB 944 Rodríguez
Relating to the establishment of a task force to promote uniformity in the collection and reporting of information relating to family violence, sexual assault,
stalking, and human trafficking. Stage 1
Anti-Human Trafficking
Requiring sexually oriented businesses and related businesses to have a license
to operate. Requirements for license include 18 years of
SB 1653 Taylor, Van
Relating to the regulation of owners, operators, employees, and independent
contractors of sexually oriented
age, fingerprinting (criminal records), and human trafficking education
occupational health and to prevent human trafficking; requiring an occupational license; imposing fees; providing civil penalties; creating a criminal offense.
Anti-Human Trafficking
Program will provide victims with housing, mental health
treatment, etc. SB 1708 Huffman
Relating to the creation of a governor's
program for victims of child sex trafficking. Stage 3
Immunization Immunization SB 29 Zaffirini
Relating to the immunization data included in and excluded from the
immunization registry. Stage 1
Immunization Vaccinations SB 298 Watson
Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of public school
students. Stage 1
Immunization Vaccinations SB 480 Perry
Relating to the administration of a medication, immunization, or vaccination
by a pharmacist.
Stage 1
Mental Health
Loan repayment assistance for mental health
professionals
SB 239
Schwetner et al.
Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health
professionals. Stage 3
Mental Health
To report suicide prevention
recommendations SB 388 Rodriguez
Relating to the establishment of the Advisory Committee on Suicide
Prevention. Stage 1
Mental Health
community health programs for veterans with mental
illness SB 55 Nelson
Relating to the creation of a grant program to support community mental health programs for veterans with mental
illness. Stage 3
Mental Health
mental health first aid
training SB 133 Schwertner
Relating to mental health first aid training for school district employees and school
resource officers. Stage 3
Mental Health mental health of criminals SB 359 West
Relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and the authority of certain facilities to temporarily detain a person
Mental Health
Including mental health into existing health efforts at
schools
SB 518 Uresti
Relating to inclusion of mental health
concerns in existing school health efforts. Stage 1
Mental Health
Requires that educators receive training on mental health, substance abuse and
youth suicide and pass with
certificate SB 674 Campbell
Relating to instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, and youth
suicide in educator training programs. Stage 1
Mental Health
Provides women with coverage for PPD screening
and treatment 12 months after giving birth to child
enrolled in CHIP
SB 1698 Huffman
Relating to coverage for certain services relating to postpartum depression under the medical assistance and CHIP perinatal
programs. Stage 1
Other
Allowing breast-feeding at worksites
SB 26 Zaffirini
Relating to state government worksite
breast-feeding policies. Stage 1
Other
Develop new first year residency positions
SB 18 Nelson et al.
Relating to measures to support or enhance graduate medical education in this state, including the transfer of certain
assets from the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association to the
permanent fund supporting graduate medical education and the authority of
the association to issue new policies. Stage 3
Other resident physician expansion SB 56 Nelson
Relating to the resident physician
expansion grant program. Stage 1
Other
epinephrine auto-injectors in
public schools SB 66 Hinojosa
Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on public and open-enrollment
charter school campuses and at
off-campus school-sanctioned events. Stage 3
Other e-cigarettes SB 96 Hinojosa
Relating to a prohibition on the use and possession of vapor products on school
property. Stage 3
Other e-cigarettes SB 97 Hinojosa
Relating to regulation of the sale, distribution, possession, use, and
a fee; creating offenses.
Other full day pre-K SB 23 Zaffirini
Relating to providing free full-day
prekindergarten for certain children. Stage 1
Other communicable disease SB 355 Nelson
Relating to control measures for an individual exposed to a communicable
disease. Stage 1
Other grants for nursing programs SB 448 Hinojosa
Relating to the use of money from the permanent fund for health-related programs to provide grants to nursing
education programs. Stage 1
Other
State will fund pre-k for eligible children
SB 623 Hancock
Relating to state funding for certain children to attend certain private
prekindergarten programs. Stage 1
Other
Develops standards for high quality and free pre-k for
eligible students
SB 801
Zaffirini | Campbell
Relating to a high quality prekindergarten program provided by public school
districts. Stage 1
Other
Limiting pre-K classroom size to 18 students or less
SB 73 Ellis
Relating to limits on the size of
prekindergarten classes in public schools. Stage 1
Other Free pre-K SB 72 Ellis
Relating to the availability of free prekindergarten programs in public
schools. Stage 1
Other
Tracking relevant information of graduates of Texas medical
schools
SB 295 West et al.
Relating to tracking career information for graduates of Texas medical schools and
persons completing medical residency
programs in Texas. Stage 3
Preventing Obesity and
Promoting Wellness
supplemental nutrition
assistance program SB 470 Rodriguez
Relating to the eligibility of certain persons for the supplemental nutrition assistance
Preventing Obesity and
Promoting Wellness
Development of individual wellness plans for each
student with parental notification requirement
SB 952 West
Relating to parental notification of physical fitness assessment results and development of wellness plans for certain
public school students. Stage 1
Preventing Obesity and
Promoting Wellness
Marketing of food products on school property will be reviewed and regulated to
benefit wellness of students SB 954 Lucio
Relating to the establishment of school district policies regarding the marketing
and commercial advertising of food
products on school property. Stage 1 Preventing
Obesity and Promoting
Wellness
Aims to increase access to nutritious foods in the state
and raise awareness about food and nutrition programs
SB 1476 Garcia
Relating to strategic plan goals to address hunger, food, nutrition, physical activity,
