The bills are coming! The bills are coming!

Well its that time of year. Now that prefiling has started you can start to
see the bills that are being filed. Some we may support, most we'll oppose,
but we'll need to read them thoroughly first.

HB 23 Author: Brown, Fred

Relating to insurance credit scoring.

USE OF CREDIT INFORMATION PROHIBITED.

(a) An insurer may not:

(1) use an underwriting guideline [a credit score]
that is based, in whole or in part, on the credit information, credit
report, or credit score of an applicant for insurance coverage or any other
person other than the applicant who would be insured under a policy of
personal insurance



HB 50 Author: Smith, Todd SB 25 Author: Zaffirini

Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety and
certain local law enforcement agencies to establish a checkpoint on a
highway or street to determine whether persons are driving while
intoxicated.



HB 54 Author: Branch

Relating to requiring a record vote by each house of the
legislature on Final passage of a bill and to public notice of the record
vote.



HJR6 Author: Chisum

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that marriage in
this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman.



HJR11 Author: Branch

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination
of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives. A majority [strike
out Two-thirds] of the members of each House of the Legislature shall
constitute a quorum to do business



HJR12 Author: Branch

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination
of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives. Sec. 10. Two-thirds
of the members of each House of the Legislature, excluding members who the
presiding officer determines are absent from the state, shall constitute a
quorum



HJR13 Author: Branch SJR6 Author: Carona

Proposing a constitutional amendment to require each house of the
Legislature to take a record vote on final passage of a bill and to Publish
the record vote on the Internet.



HJR14 Author: Naishtat

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to a moratorium on
the execution of persons convicted of capital offenses.

The Governor may issue an order prohibiting the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice from performing executions on and after the effective date of the
order and until the order is revoked, either by the Governor issuing the
order or by a successor to the Governor issuing the order.





SB 46 Author: Nelson

Relating to a universal benefits issuance and identification card
for health and human services programs.

(b) The universal services card or other method may:

(1) incorporate a biometric identifier to enable
personal identity verification at a point of service and reduce fraud;



You can look for yourselft at....



http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/

 

That's a pretty good "heads up" .. Elmer.. Thanks muchly.. I'll be taking a
look at some of these bills ..

Meantime.. what can you tell us about the judge that overturned the
insurance roll back premium costs ?? That one is going to affect all of us
in the state.. All I've heard has been a very brief announcement from one of
the commentators on a local radio station.. Didn't get very much in the way
of details.. Can you enlighten me ?

Your friend in Irving
Bill Walker

 

"Elmer McKeegan"

There is saying that sums up thie mood of the state when the Legistlature is
session.

It was something about men being silent in the fields, women quiet doing the
housework and the children playing silently because the Tex Legislature was
in session.

I know that it was worded a lot better than what I have just posted.

Anyone out there have a copy of it or know how it written??

Harvey

 

I dunno, it sounds like something Ranger Danger might support
heavily...he just gets the creeps hearing about someone dressing up
for halloween and painting their fingernails to match...imagine what
he might do if he saw two dudes kissing? Whoa!

I'm all for spending our tax dollars to good use. That's why I only
support HHS programs for anyone OTHER than someone who voted
republican. If someone votes republican, they should be denied such
services on the spot. I don't like the idea of continued support of
these republican (and this includes you Nurick+Ass) voting assholes
who lay on welfare programs. Cut out all their welfare, make them get
real jobs and pay for insurance, food and housing like the rest of us
have to do. Maybe then in the next election the top priority among
those people won't be "values".