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HomeMy WebLinkAbout87th Legislative End of Session Report2021 END OF REGULAR SESSION, FIRST AND SECOND CALLED SESSION REPORT T.J. Patterson, Jr. Governmental Relations August 10, 2021 REP. GIOVANNI CAPRIGLIONE REP. JEFF CASON REP. NICOLE COLLIER REP. DAVID COOK FORT WORTH HOUSE DELEGATION REP. CHARLIE GEREN REP. CRAIG GOLDMAN REP. PHIL KING REP. STEPHANIE KLICK FORT WORTH HOUSE DELEGATION REP. MATT KRAUSE REP. TAN PARKER REP. RAMON ROMERO, JR. REP. TONY TINDERHOLT FORT WORTH HOUSE DELEGATION FORT WORTH SENATE DELEGATION SEN. KELLY HANCOCK SEN. JANE NELSON SEN. BEVERLY POWELL SEN. DREW SPRINGER GENERAL LEGISLATIVE POLICY 6 As a general policy, the City of Fort Worth seeks to Preserve its authority to responsibly govern the city, its citizens, and its property. The City Supports any legislation viewed as advancing the City’s Comprehensive Plan or the City’s Strategic Goals; or that improves the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens; or that reduces the cost of governing the City. In addition, the City will Oppose any legislation viewed as detrimental to its Comprehensive Plan or its Strategic Goals; or that is contrary to the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens; or that mandates increased costs or decreased revenues; or that would diminish the fundamental authority of the City. 2022-2023 State Budget $248.55 Billion PUBLIC EDUCATION •Fully funds the state’s commitment to the public education investments •Provides $60 million for supplemental special education services. •Increases the state’s contribution rates at the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) from 7.5% in 2020-21 to 7.75% in FY 2022 and 8.0% in FY 2023. •Provides $897.6 million, an increase of $39.5 million, to maintain current health insurance premiums and benefits for our retired teachers through TRS-Care. •Provides $464 million for increases to FSP formula funding and various student allotments. SB1 provides $664 million for targeted programs to help students and schools affected by the pandemic. 7 HIGHER EDUCATION $8.6 billion, is a $486 million increase •$4.1 billion to General Academic Institutions •$2.6 billion to Health Related Institutions •$1.8 billion to Community Colleges Bolsters Texas’ healthcare workforce: •$199 million for graduate medical education to maintain a 1.1 to 1.0 ratio for residency slots; and •$118.5 million for the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium. $1.25 billion for financial aid programs: •$178.6 million for Tuition Equalization Grants program •$88.5 million for Texas Educational Opportunity Grants (TEOG) –Public Community Colleges, •$7.5 million for TEOG –State and Technical Colleges •$110 million for Student Financial Aid to be allocated to TEXAS Grants, Tuition Equalization Grants, TEOG Public Community Colleges and TEOG Public State and Technical Colleges. 8 HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 9 •$8.4 billion in behavioral health funding across 25 state agencies; •$30.0 million for new rural and urban community mental health beds and increase of $19.5 million for the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium; •$86.0 million in General Revenue for new state mental health hospital beds. •$352.6 million in All Funds for women's health programs, an increase of $10.2 million over current spending. •Additional $76.9 million, to decrease the community waiver interest list for individuals with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities. •$164.2 million to provide additional resources to lower CPS caseworker workloads PUBLIC SAFETY •$139.2 million for salary increases at DPS, TPWD, TABC and other state commissioned law enforcement personnel. •Funding for 100 new troopers along the border and 74 additional DPS troopers and staff throughout the Capitol complex. •$34.1 million for a 3% pay increase for correctional officers at the TDCJ at maximum correctional facilities. •$57.6 million to combat human trafficking. 10 2022-2023 State Budget •$30.2 billion to the Department of Transportation •$4.2 million to enhance the Public Utility Commission and other regulatory response •$69.2 million to the Compensation to Victims of Crime Account and the Sexual Assault Program •$34 million for reimbursements to counties for the retrofitting or purchase of new auditable voting machines and an increase of $1.4 million for the training of county election officials. •$1.4 million to add healthcare advocates at VA clinics across the state.11 2022-2023 State Budget 12 •$3.0 billion in Federal Funds for disaster recovery related to Hurricane Harvey, $1.4 billion for short-term and community housing projects and $1.6 billion for infrastructure and mitigation projects; •Maintains 2020-21 funding levels for Texans Feeding Texans Programs, which includes $19.7 million for the Home Delivered Meals program and $10.2 million for the Surplus Agricultural Products Grant Program. •Provides $316.9 million from Sporting Goods Sales Tax allocations for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, increase of $100.6 million; •Texas Historical Commission provides $6.8 million in additional General Revenue State Budget Support Items 13 Budget Items Amounts Business Assistance Center $3,000,000 Military Communities (DEEAG)$30,000,000 MH Collaborations $25,000,000 Libraries: Resource Sharing $47,952,879 Arts Organization Grants $8,001,852 Local Parks $38,725,996 Mixed Beverage Tax 483,264,000 Grants for Bullet Proof Vests $10,000,000 Movie Image Industry Incentive $45,000,000 Criminal Justice Grants $554,452,747 Anti-Gang Programs $15,800,000 87th Regular Session by the Numbers 87th 86th CATERGORIES OF BILLS AND ACTIONS 6,927 7,324 Bills Filed 179 217 Constitutional Amendments Filed 1,052 1,429 Bills Passed 86 10 Const. Amendments Passed 947 1,229 Bills Signed into law 105 144 Bills Passed without signature 20 58 Bills Vetoed 14 BY THE NUMERS Year Total Bills Introduced Total Bills Passed City-Related bills introduced City-Related bills passed 77th-2001 5,612 1,601 1,200+150+ 78th-2003 5,633 1,384 1,200+110+ 79th-2005 5,512 1,389 1,200+105+ 80th-2007 6,241 1,481 1,200+120+ 81st-2009 7,464 1,459 1,500+120+ 82nd-2011 5,938 1,379 1,500+160+ 83rd-2013 5,950 1,437 1,900+220+ 84th-2015 6,476 1,329 1,900+220+ 86th-2019 7,500 1,400 2,000+300+ 87th-2021 7,106 1,138 1,500+249 15 WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHAT PASSED --BIG ISSUES HB 4 -Telehealth/Telemedicine HB 5 -Broadband Expansion/State Broadband Development Office SB 2 -ERCOT restructuring SB 3 -Energy Weatherization -Requires power generators, weatherize their facilities for extreme weather HB 4492 -Energy Securitization -Loans ERCOT $800 million from the Rainy Day Fund for debts owed to the grid operator SB 6 -COVID-19 limited liability protection SB 23 -Preventing cities from defunding police 16 WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHAT PASSED --BIG ISSUES HB 29 -Temporary Weapon Storage HB 133 -Medicaid coverage for new moms HB 525 -Religious Organizations: this bill: provides that a religious organization is an essential business at all times HB 1239 -Religious Freedom: government may not issue an order that closes places of worship. HB 1900 -Law Enforcement Funding HB 1927 -Unlicensed carry of handguns HB 1925 -Prohibition of camping in public places SB 2154 -Increase the PUC board members from 3 to 5 17 WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHAT PASSED –KEY SUPPORTIVE BILLS HB 1082 -Exempted elected public officer information: from public availability under the Public Information Act HB 3756 -DFW Airport Police Commission HB 1920 -DFW Airport: Guns on airport property HB 1495 -Street Racing; Criminal offense and increased criminal penalty HB 2315 -Forfeiture of contraband relating to street racing HB 3212 -Street racing information in curriculum of driver education courses and driving safety courses SB 952 -Concrete Batch Plants 18 WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHAT PASSED –KEY SUPPORTIVE BILLS HB 103 -Active Shooter Alert System: DPS to create HB 738 -Makes 2012 version of the International Residential Code is the residential building code in this state HB 763 -Seized Alcoholic Beverages HB 1869 -Debt Financing: modifies the definition of “Debt” SB 709 -Texas Commission on Fire Protection SB 374 -Municipal annexation of certain rights-of-way 19 WHAT PASSED –SUPPORTIVE ISSUES HB 2127 Public Entertainment Zones public entertainment zone” means: (a) is owned by a city with a population of 175,000 or more; (b) is designated as a public entertainment zone by the governing body of a city SB 149 Unmanned Aircraft: prosecution for operating an unmanned aircraft over certain facilities, “critical infrastructure facility” (1) public or private airports; and (2) military installation 20 BILLS THAT DID NOT PASS Bill Number Author Description Status HB 610 Swanson Allows individuals with occupational licensees to sue against local laws FAILED HB 664 Landgraf Requires all bond elections to be in November FAILED HB 782 Swanson Ballot proposition wording FAILED HB 1089 Reynolds Local law enforcement liability FAILED HB 1878 Gates Require cities to allow immediate repairs of a damaged residential building without acquiring a permit first FAILED HB 1879 Schofield Repurchasing property from a condemning entity FAILED HB 1803 Wilson Schwertner Prohibits a municipality from purchasing or converting property to house homeless individuals without consent from commissioner’s court FAILED 21 Bill Number Author Description Status HB 1885 Harris Lucio Prohibits a municipality from regulating some parts of ETJs FAILED HB 2869 Longoria Fire fighter arbitration FAILED HB 3519 Deshotel Bettencourt Release of an area from ETJ FAILED HB 4121 Guillen Review of land development applications FAILED HB 4447 Oliverson Land Development Application FAILED SB 10 Bettencourt Paddie Anti-Lobbying Bill–prohibits political subdivisions from hiring external lobbyist FAILED SB 796 Schwertner Prohibits a municipality from regulating some parts of ETJs FAILED 22 Bill Number Author Description Status HB 1348 Deshotel Relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools FAILED HB 2776 Deshotel Relating to municipal release of extraterritorial jurisdiction and disannexation involving certain areas. FAILED HB 1556 Murphy Relating to the Texas Economic Development Act.FAILED HB 3813 Harris Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to impose regulations on amplified sound from certain venues. FAILED 23 BILLS THAT DID NOT PASS LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT ITEMS Support legislative efforts to address and eliminate Human Trafficking HB 390 Human Trafficking:imposes requirements for human trafficking awareness and prevention in commercial lodging establishments HB 402 Asset Forfeiture in Human Trafficking Cases:provides that the head of a law enforcement agency may cover the costs of a contract with a city or county program toprovideservicestodomesticvictimsoftrafficking 24 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION ITEMS 1. Bail Reform 2. Election Integrity 3. Border Security 4. Social Media Censorship 5. Article X Funding 6. Family Violence Prevention 7. Youth Sports 8. Abortion-Inducing Drugs 9. Thirteenth Check 10. Critical Race Theory 11. Appropriations 25 SECOND SPECIAL SESSION ITEMS 1. BAIL REFORM 2. ELECTION INTEGRITY 3. FEDERAL RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS 4. EDUCATION 5. BORDER SECURITY 6. SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP 7. ARTICLE X FUNDING 8. FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION 9. YOUTH SPORTS 10. ABORTION-INDUCING DRUGS 11. THIRTEENTH CHECK 12. CRITICAL RACE THEORY 13. APPROPRIATIONS 14. PRIMARY ELECTIONS 15. RADIOACTIVE WASTE 16. EMPLOYMENT 17. STATE LEGISLATURE 26 LOOKING AHEAD Special Sessions •August 7, 2021 •Governor Abbott Called the legislature for the Second Special Session on August 7 •Fall 2021 •We anticipate the Governor will Call a Redistricting Special Session October Elections •2022 Primary •March 1, 2022 •2022 General Election –Midterm •November 8, 2022 27 NEXT STEPS Prepare Mayor, Council, CMO and Staff for the upcoming Special Sessions •Redistricting •Local government Anti- lobbying •Governor calls the Special 28 THANK YOU! MAYOR AND COUNCIL CITY MANAGERS OFFICE DEPARTMENTS CITY STAFF TARRANT COUNTY DELEGATION DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS?