Lara Keel Texas Lobbyist Update: SB 1 Senate Bill No. 1 is a redistricting plan that is aiming to redraft Texas’s current district map. There are some concerns that the most recent Legislative maps, drawn in 2011, are not entirely politically fair and/or unbiased. Although this is uncertain and widely debated, it is a problem […]
Lara Keel 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 897
Lara Keel 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 897 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/billtext/html/HB00897F.htm House Bill No. 897 was passed on May 20th 2013. When enacted, the bill will require that all students in grades 7 through 12 be instructed in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This instruction may be implemented into any course. Schools are required to use evidence based, nationally recognized […]
Lara Keel 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 2781
Lara Keel 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 2781 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/billtext/html/HB02781F.htm House Bill No. 2781 is requiring a change in procedure regarding water conservation initiatives and rainwater harvesting. It passed on May 22nd of 2013. The idea is that all on-site reclaimed system technologies fit under new specifications, and be implemented under appropriate and specified circumstances. Henceforth, […]
Texas 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 535
Texas 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 535 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/billtext/html/HB00535F.htm House Bill No. 535 is proposing that state bidders promote the purchase of and give preference to specifically cited local venders, including all agricultural product purchases. The bill is advocating for preference of goods that are from service-disabled veterans who are Texas citizens. This is only if […]
Lara Keel Texas Lobbyist 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 139
Lara Keel Texas Lobbyist 83rd Legislative Session Update: HB 139 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/analysis/html/HB00139E.htm House Bill No. 139 is proposing that “revitalization efforts” for various urban areas suffering social, physical, and economic problems be improved upon and increased. This bill plans to provide benefits to these areas by adjusting population criteria and to exercise “urban renewal powers” in […]