Highlights 77th Texas Legislature - Senate

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77 th Texas Legislature
Texas Strategic Military Planning Commission - H.B. 2908 ........................................................................................317
General Obligation Bonds for Veterans’ Home Loans and Cemeteries - H.J.R. 82....................................................317
Workforce Developement
Providing for Hardship Exemptions from Federal Welfare Regulations - S.B. 45 .......................................................319
Transitional Support Services to Former Recipients of TANF Benefits - S.B. 161 (Vetoed) .....................................319
Texas Workforce and Economic Competitiveness Funding - S.B. 429.......................................................................319
Texas Career Opportunity Grant Program - S.B. 554 .................................................................................................320
Better Jobs Act - S.B. 607 ...........................................................................................................................................320
Exit Interviews for State Employees - S.B. 799...........................................................................................................321
Veteran Representative on Local Workforce Development Boards - H.B. 218...........................................................321
Increase in State Minimum Wage - H.B. 533 ..............................................................................................................321
Work or Employment Activities Required Under TANF - H.B. 1004 (Vetoed) ...........................................................322
Creation of a State Program to Provide TANF Services - H.B. 1005 ..........................................................................322
Exemptions from Work Activity Requirements Under TANF - H.B. 1006 (Vetoed) ...................................................323
Unemployment Insurance Paid Annually for Domestic Service Workers - H.B. 1109.................................................323
Parents as Scholars Pilot Program for Certain Recipients of TANF - H.B. 1187 ........................................................323
Employment History Tracking of Former Recipients of Assistance - H.B. 1243 .........................................................324
Establishment of a Child-Care Resource and Referral Network - H.B. 1307 ..............................................................324
Texas Workforce Commission and Liens Against Employers - H.B. 2028..................................................................324
Indian Tribes and Unemployment Benefits - H.B. 2029 ..............................................................................................324
Grandparents May Receive TANF Benefits on Behalf of Grandchildren - H.B. 2103 .................................................325
Overhaul of Worker’s Compensation System - H.B. 2600 ..........................................................................................325
Child Care and Development Block Grant Funds - H.B. 2673 ....................................................................................326
Texas Workforce Commission and “About Face” for Teenagers - H.B. 2786 (Vetoed).............................................326
No Job Termination for Reporting Child Abuse - H.B. 3473........................................................................................326
Senate Research Center
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