In this weekly post, we feature helpful research tools and recent articles of interest to the legislative community.

• Review the draft 2023 Unified Transportation Program and public involvement. (Texas Department of Transportation, July 8, 2022)
• Find the highest performing hospitals in your area. (U.S. News & World Report, ©2022)
• Explore cryptocurrency state legislation. (National Conference of State Legislatures, June 7, 2022)
• Read about the forest carbon cycle in U.S. forests. (Congressional Research Service, updated July 26, 2022)
• Track health information related to extreme heat. (National Integrated Heat Health Information System, accessed July 27, 2022)

Librarians review and select articles from more than 1,000 print and online sources to compile a weekly annotated list of Current Articles of interest to the legislative community. View this week's Current Articles.

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The Library is continually adding new books to its collection. Below are the titles from our July 2022 New & Noteworthy list.

Check out and delivery of New & Noteworthy titles is available to legislative staff in Capitol and District offices. To arrange check out and delivery of any of these items, you can submit an online request through the New & Noteworthy page on our website or contact the library at 512-463-1252.

1. House Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary Shooting, Texas House of Representatives Interim Report, 2022: A Report to the House of Representatives, 88th Texas Legislature
By House Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary Shooting
Reports on the inquiry conducted by the Investigative Committee, established by the Texas House of Representative's Speaker Dade Phelan, on the events relating to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Examines contributing factors to the shooting and details the responses of the various law enforcement agencies, individual officers, and the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. Outlines preliminary conclusions drawn by the committee. The following link is to the English version of the report.
House Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary Shooting, 2022, 77 pages
L1836.87 R631

 

 

2. Comité de Investigación de la Cámara de Representantes de Texas sobre el Tiroteo en la Escuela Robb Elementary Informe Provisional 2022: Un Informe para la Cámara de Representantes, de Texas 88. ª Asamblea Legislativa de Texas
By Comité de Investigación sobre el Tiroteo en la escuela Robb Elementary
Reports on the inquiry conducted by the Investigative Committee, established by the Texas House of Representative's Speaker Dade Phelan, on the events relating to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Examines contributing factors to the shooting and details the responses of the various law enforcement agencies, individual officers, and the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. Outlines preliminary conclusions drawn by the committee. The following link is to the Spanish version of the report.
Comité de Investigación sobre el Tiroteo en la escuela Robb Elementary, 2022, 75 pages
L1836.87 R631 ES

 

 

3. Last Gangster in Austin: Frank Smith, Ronnie Earle, and the End of a Junkyard Mafia
By Jesse Sublett
Examines the true events surrounding one of the biggest criminal trials in Travis County history involving Frank Smith, a bail bondsman and auto salvage yard operator, who tried to put a competitor out of business through arson and an attempted robbery. Discusses the role of newly-elected District Attorney Ronnie Earle who had prior experience with Smith by proxy while working on bail bond reform in the Texas legislature. Highlights the 1970's Austin underworld as the background for the narrative.
University of Texas Press, 2022, 212 pages
976.431063 SU941L 2022

 

 

4. The One Ann Only: Wit and Wisdom from Texas Governor Ann Richards
By Ann Richards Legacy Project
Presents a collection of photographs and quotations showcasing the remarkable life and political career of Ann Richards, Texas' 45th governor. Includes an index of photo credits with brief descriptions of the images.
Ann Richards Legacy Project, 2022, 144 pages
923.2764 B618R 2022

 

 

5. Unsettled Land: From Revolution to Republic, the Struggle for Texas
By Sam W. Haynes
Explores the history of Texas, from the 1830s to the 1850s, through the personal stories and lives of ordinary people. Discusses how the region once had a diverse population, including people of African descent, white Americans, Mexicans, and Native Americans, that was transformed into one of mainly white settlers during that period.
Basic Books, 2022, 446 pages
976.4 H424UN 2022

 

 

6. The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
By Jillian Peterson, PhD & James Densley, PhD
Discusses the authors' research on mass shootings, complied in a comprehensive database, which includes the life histories of perpetrators, details from interviews with incarcerated living mass shooters, and the people who knew them. Examines this data to understand the social and mental health factors affecting the perpetrators and communities where mass public shootings take place. Presents strategies to reduce mass gun violence.
Abrams Press, 2021, 240 pages
Online at: https://www.theviolenceproject.org/
364.152 P485V 2021

 

 

7. Owning My S.H.I.T!: Suffering Hardship Internalizing Trauma
By Jolanda "Jo" Jones
Recounts the challenging experiences of Representative Jolanda "Jo" Jones and how she was able to overcome what she details as Suffering of Hardships while Internalizing Trauma (S.H.I.T!). Describes her journey to become a successful attorney, politician, author, and activist. Shares her transformation so that others may have a roadmap to identify, accept, and work through adversities to achieve positive change in their own lives.
Shekinah Publishing Services, 2018, 191 pages
328.764 J76OW 2018

 

 

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Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.

• August 4, 2022
  • House Select Committee on Health Care Reform
• August 5, 2022
  • House Select Committee on Health Care Reform

August 4, 2022
House Select Committee on Health Care Reform
Charge: Study the implications of excessive health care costs on the efficacy of Texas Medicaid and the private health insurance market and the resulting impact on individual Texans, businesses, and state government.

• Examine the interaction of specific factors of health care affordability such as transparency, competition, and patient incentives. Make recommendations to expand access to health care price information to allow consumers to make informed decisions regarding their care;
  • 2020 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report, Health Care Cost Institute, May 2022
  • Addressing Cost Drivers in U.S. Healthcare Through Transparency, Competition, and Value, Texas Public Policy Foundation, March 2021
  • Barriers to Price and Quality Transparency in Health Care Markets, RAND Corporation, 2021
  • Increasing Price Transparency in Health Care: Key Themes and Policy Options from a Technical Expert Panel, RAND Corporation, 2021
  • Frequently Asked Questions, Texas Healthcare Costs
• Examine the impact of government benefit, administrative, and contractual mandates imposed upon private insurance companies and their impact on employer and consumer premiums and out-of-pocket costs, including the effects of specific benefit and any-willing-provider requirements. Make recommendations for state and agency-level mandates and regulations that could be relaxed or repealed to increase the availability and affordability of private health coverage options in the state;
  • Know Your Coverage: EHBs and Mandated Health Benefits, Office of Public Insurance Counsel, October 13, 2021
  • Laws to Curb Surprise Medical Bills Might Be Inflating Health Care Costs, PEW Charitable Trusts, May 20, 2021
  • Stabilizing the Individual Health Care Market, National Conference of State Legislatures, March 2020
  • Texas Mandated Health Benefits, Texas Department of Insurance, updated to reflect laws in effect as of September 1, 2019
• Review access to and affordability of prescription drugs;
  • State Drug Pricing Laws: 2017-2022, National Academy for State Health Policy, updated July 19, 2022
  • House Bill 18 Implementation Update: Texas Cares, Texas Health and Human Services, May 17, 2022
  • Comparison of State Prescription Drug Affordability Review Initiatives, National Academy for State Health Policy, updated March 31, 2022
  • Prescription Drug Price Disclosure Program, Texas Department of State Health Services, last updated January 27, 2022

Charge: Monitor the implementation of, and compliance with, current price transparency requirements and study ways that the state can support patients and increase competition. Make legislative and administrative recommendations, as appropriate;

• Health Facility Compliance Guidance Letter (SB 1137, 87R), Texas Health and Human Services Commission, May 13, 2022
• Are Texas Hospitals Practicing Price Transparency?, Baker Institute for Public Policy, March 21, 2022
• Transparency and Disclosure of Health Care Prices, National Conference of State Legislatures, September 7, 2021
• Semi-Annual Hospital Price Transparency Compliance Report, PatientsRightsAdvocate.org, July 2021
• Hospital Price Transparency, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Charge: Evaluate innovative, fiscally positive options to ensure that Texans have access to affordable, quality and comprehensive health care, with an emphasis on reaching low-income and at-risk populations. The evaluation should include a study of strategies other states and organizations have implemented or proposed to address health care access and affordability. Make recommendations to increase primary health care access points in Texas.

• Health Innovations State Law Archive Database | 2015-2021, National Conference of State Legislatures, November 15, 2021
• Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion, National Conference of State Legislatures, October 14, 2021
• The Effects of Medicaid Expansion Under the ACA: Studies from January 2014 to January 2020, Kaiser Family Foundation, March 17, 2020
• Healthcare Affordability State Policy Scorecard, Altarum Healthcare Value Hub

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August 5, 2022
House Committee on Health Care Reform
If the committee does not complete its hearing of all invited testimony scheduled for its August 4th public hearing, it will reconvene after a recess to continue hearing invited testimony only on the posted interim charges.

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In this weekly post, we feature helpful research tools and recent articles of interest to the legislative community.

• Track current wildfire activity in Texas. (Texas A&M Forest Service, accessed July 21, 2022)
• Review federal legislation related to market-based greenhouse gas emission reduction. (Congressional Research Service, updated July 18, 2022)
• Explore introduced and enacted state legislation related to cybersecurity. (National Conference of State Legislatures, July 5, 2022)
• Consider how heat and humidity affect the ability of the human body to cool itself. (The Conversation, July 6, 2022)

Librarians review and select articles from more than 1,000 print and online sources to compile a weekly annotated list of Current Articles of interest to the legislative community. View this week's Current Articles.

Members of the Texas legislative community may request articles by using our online form or by calling 512-463-1252.

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Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.

• July 25, 2022
  • House Committee on Public Education
• July 26, 2022
  • House Committee on Public Education

July 25, 2022
House Committee on Public Education
Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 87th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure the intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following:

• HB 1525 and HB 3 (86R), relating to public school finance and public education;
• HB 4545, relating to assessment of public school students and providing accelerated instruction;
• SB 1365, relating to public school organization, accountability, and fiscal management; and
• SB 1716, relating to supplemental special education services and instructional materials for certain public school students.

Charge: Study the effects of COVID-19 on K-12 learning loss and best practices that exist to address learning loss. Monitor the implementation of state and local plans to address students' achievement gaps. Make recommendations for supporting the state and local efforts to increase academic development.

• Texas Can Do More to Ensure Students Recover from Pandemic Learning Loss, UnidosUS, May 19, 2022
• Interim Hearings – Week of May 23, 2022, May 24 – House Committee on Public Education, Legislative Reference Library, May 18, 2022
• State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, U.S. Department of Education, April 21, 2021
• COVID-19 Learning Loss in Texas, Southern Methodist University, Istation, February 2021

Charge: Examine the causes and contributors for chronic absenteeism in public schools and its impact on student outcomes. Consider techniques and approaches that have been utilized by public schools to identify students who are chronically absent and return these students to classrooms.

• Interim Hearings – Week of May 23, 2022, May 24 – House Committee on Public Education, Legislative Reference Library, May 18, 2022
• Chronic Absenteeism is a Huge School Problem. Can Data Help?, Governing, May 20, 2021
• Spotlight: Chronic Absenteeism, George W. Bush Institute, Spring 2018

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July 26, 2022
House Committee on Public Education
Charge: Identify and examine efforts to ensure that parents have a meaningful role in their children’s education. Recommend necessary changes in both independent school district board and open enrollment charter governing board governance to protect the right of parents to participate in their child’s education.

• Parental Rights Bills Have Been Introduced in Most States. Teachers are Pushing Back, The 19th, March 25, 2022
• Connected Through Our Schools: The 2022 Poll on Texans' Attitudes Toward Public Education, Charles Butt Foundation, 2022
• Education Legislation: Bill Tracking (Topic: Parental Involvement), National Conference of State Legislatures, December 13, 2021

Charge: Examine partnerships between K-12, higher education institutions, and employers that promote postsecondary and career readiness and identify current obstacles that public schools,higher education institutions, and employers face. Make recommendations to ensure career and technical education programs, internships, apprenticeships, and other opportunities are more accessible.

• Using Guided Pathways to Build Cross-Sector Pathways Partnerships, Community College Research Center, October 2021
• Critical Comeback: The Value of a Trades Education in the Age of Uncertainty, Texas Builder, September/October 2020
• 50-State Comparison: Secondary Career and Technical Education (State Profile - Texas), Education Commission of the States, April 1, 2020
• Tracking and the Future of Career and Technical Education: How Efforts to Connect School and Work Can Avoid the Past Mistakes of Vocational Education, National Education Policy Center, February 2020
• We Need a Systemic Approach to Career Pathways, Phi Delta Kappan, November 25, 2019
• Advance Together, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Texas College and Career Readiness School Models, Texas Education Agency

Charge: Monitor and analyze the state policy on curriculum and instructional materials used in public schools.

• Instructional Materials and Library Books in Texas Public Schools – What You Need to Know, Texas Association of School Boards, 2022
• 87th Legislative Session Final Bill Report 2021 (Curriculum and Instruction), Texas Association of School Administrators, 2021
• Curriculum Division, Instructional Materials, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, Texas Education Agency

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In this weekly post, we feature helpful research tools and recent articles of interest to the legislative community.

• Explore crime statistics and information by location or topic with the FBI's Crime Data Explorer. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, accessed July 13, 2022)
• Review housing conditions across the U.S. (Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, 2022)
• Read about how cities are planning for heat. (Environmental Research Letters, June 10, 2022)
• Track grid and market conditions dashboards. (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), accessed July 13, 2022)

Librarians review and select articles from more than 1,000 print and online sources to compile a weekly annotated list of Current Articles of interest to the legislative community. View this week's Current Articles.

Members of the Texas legislative community may request articles by using our online form or by calling 512-463-1252.

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Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.

• July 19, 2022
  • House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism CANCELED
• July 20, 2022
  • House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

July 19, 2022
House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism (Canyon) CANCELED
Charge #3: Review state efforts to preserve and develop Texas state parks and open spaces to ensure affordable public access to outdoor recreational and educational opportunities.

• Natural Agenda: A Strategic Plan for Texas Parks and Wildlife, Fiscal Years 2023-2027, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, June 1, 2022
• Staff Report with Final Results: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Sunset Advisory Commission, June 2021
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Self-Evaluation Report, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, August 2019
• Land and Water Resources Conservation and Recreation Plan, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, January 2015
• Education, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• Future Parks, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

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July 20, 2022
House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Charge: Examine programs and funding streams connected to services that improve mental health outcomes for servicemen and women suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

• Association of Traumatic Brain Injury With Mortality Among Military Veterans Serving After September 11, 2001, Journal of the American Medical Association, February 11, 2022
• UTSA Collaborative Study with DoD and VA Aims to Heighten Awareness, Improve Care for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury, The University of Texas at San Antonio, February 11, 2021
• The National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study: A Narrative Review and Future Directions (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder), Frontiers in Psychiatry, December 9, 2020
• Veterans Recovery Pilot Program Evaluation Report, As Required by Texas Health and Safety Code Section 49.008, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, October 2020
• Treating PTSD: A Review of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Interventions, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, November 2, 2018
• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Adults, American Psychological Association, 2017
• Overview of VA Research on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• VA Research on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Topic: Update on Military Equipment available to local governments through the Texas Law Enforcement Support Office.

• Texas LESO Program, Texas Department of Public Safety

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Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.

• July 11, 2022
  • House Investigative Committee on The Robb Elementary Shooting
  • Senate Committee on Finance
• July 12, 2022
  • House Committee on Appropriations
  • Senate Committee on Finance
• July 14, 2022
  • House Committee on Urban Affairs
• July 17, 2022
  • House Investigative Committee on The Robb Elementary Shooting

July 11, 2022
House Investigative Committee on The Robb Elementary Shooting
The committee will meet to hear invited testimony from law enforcement authorities and other affected parties related to the facts and circumstances of the events relating to the violent acts, shootings, and murders at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. Because of the quasi-judicial nature of the committee's investigation and pursuant to House Rule 4, Section 12, witnesses may be examined in executive session.

Senate Committee on Finance
Charge: Federal Funds: Report on the state use of federal COVID-19 relief funds provided under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, the American Rescue Plan Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Acts, and similar federal legislation. Examine local use of federal relief funding, including funding provided to school districts through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund. Evaluate the overall fiscal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on state agencies, including costs incurred due to federal mandates. Identify barriers to the effective utilization of funds and make recommendations on the expenditure of unappropriated funds. In addition, evaluate and report on the spending by state agencies that have been utilizing "one-time" federal funding (temporary enhancements, e.g. FMAP and ESSER) sources, where federal funding will likely be significantly reduced in future biennia.

• Resources for Tracking Federal COVID-19 Spending, Congressional Research Service, updated May 3, 2022
• Federal Funds Watch: Federal Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Bill, Legislative Budget Board, April 2022
• State Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, submitted by the Texas Education Agency to the U.S. Department of Education, April 21 2021
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Support and Guidance (District Waivers, Finance & Grants), Texas Education Agency
• COVID-19 Reporting, Legislative Budget Board
• Education Stabilization Fund: Texas, U.S. Department of Education
• Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Grant Programs, Texas Education Agency

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July 12, 2022
House Committee on Appropriations
Update on the Texas Economy

• Outlook for the Texas Economy, Texas Real Estate Research Center, June 22, 2022
• Texas Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Key Economic Indicators, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Uvalde Response: Mental Health and School Safety

• Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick, Speaker Phelan, Senate Finance, House Appropriations Committee Chairs Announce Additional $105.5 Million For School Safety, Mental Health Initiatives (Budget Execution Order), Office of the Governor, June 28, 2022

Interim Charge #3: Evaluate the history of appropriations and revenues for GR-D Accounts 5010 (Sexual Assault Fund) and 0469 (Crime Victims Compensation Fund).

• Fiscal Size-Up 2022-23 Biennium (Crime Victims' Services), Legislative Budget Board, March 2022
• Crime Victim Services: 2021 Annual Report, Office of the Attorney General, December 9, 2021
• Summary of Budget Recommendations - House (Victims Assistance), Office of the Attorney General, February 17, 2021

Interim Charge #5: Review the information technology supporting the Texas Medicaid Program.

• Technology Innovation in Medicaid: What to Expect in the Next Decade, California Health Care Foundation, February 2021
• HHS Information Technology and Data Services Modernization Plan, As Required by 2020-21 General Appropriations Act, House Bill 1, 86th Legislature, Regular Session (Article II, Health and Human Services Commission, Rider 175), Texas Health and Human Services, October 2020
• Medicaid Information Technology: Effective CMS Oversight and States' Sharing of Claims Processing and Information Retrieval Systems Can Reduce Costs, United States Government Accountability Office, September 2020

Interim Charge #7: Make funding recommendations for the phased installation of climate control equipment in state correctional facilities.

• Agency Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2023-2027, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, June 1, 2022
• TDCJ Units with Full, Partial, or No Air-Conditioning, Texas Prisons Community Advocates, April 2022
• Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2022, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, December 1, 2021
• Humane Temperatures Potential Cost Savings Report, Texas Prisons Community Advocates, February 4, 2021
• Tougher Than the Rest: No Criminal Justice Reform "Miracle" in Texas, Prison Legal News, January 1, 2021
• Unit Directory, Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Interim Charge #8: Examine the long-term capital needs of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, including deferred maintenance and planned land acquisitions for new state park land.

• Natural Agenda: A Strategic Plan for Texas Parks and Wildlife, Fiscal Years 2023-2027, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, June 1, 2022
• Fiscal Size-Up 2022-23 Biennium (Texas Parks and Wildlife – Capital Improvements), Legislative Budget Board, March 2022
• Future Parks, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Interim Charge #9: Monitor the use of appropriated funds by the Texas Water Development Board from the Flood Infrastructure Fund.

• Staff Report with Commission Decisions (Texas Water Development Board), Sunset Advisory Commission, July 2022
• Fiscal Size-Up 2022-23 Biennium (Texas Water Development Board), Legislative Budget Board, March 2022
• Flood Infrastructure Fund (FIF), Project Reporting Dashboard, Texas Water Development Board

Update on Operation Lone Star

• Border Security: Appropriations and Reporting Requirements (Presented to House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety), Legislative Budget Board, May 3, 2022
• Operation Lone Star, Texas Tribune

Senate Committee on Finance
Charge: Operation Lone Star: Monitor appropriations and spending supporting Operation Lone Star. Evaluate and report on the effectiveness of spending to secure the southern border. Identify and report on resources needed to ensure support for the State National Guard, as well as overall resources necessary for border security for future legislative consideration.

• How Federal Pandemic Aid Helped Texas Pay for Greg Abbott's Border Mission, Texas Tribune, May 9, 2022
• Border Security: Appropriations and Reporting Requirements (Presented to House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety), Legislative Budget Board, May 3, 2022
• Operation Lone Star, Texas Tribune

Charge: Bail Bond Reform: Monitor the implementation of recent bail bond reform legislation along with its economic impact on the judicial and correctional system. Assess any barriers to implementation, the law’s effect on pretrial release and jail populations, and ways to further promote public safety and efficiency.

• Monitoring Pretrial Reform in Harris County: Fourth Report of the Court-Appointed Monitor, O'Donnell Monitor, April 18, 2022
• Bail, Crime & Public Safety, Harris County District Attorney's Office, September 2, 2021
• 2021 Legislative Analysis Report (Criminal Procedure), Texas Association of Counties, August 2021
• Current Population Report, Texas Commission on Jail Standards 
• Official Website of the Independent Monitor for the O'Donnell v. Harris County Consent Decree Regarding Misdemeanor Bail Practices, O'Donnell Monitor

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July 14, 2022
House Committee on Urban Affairs (Houston)
Charge #2: Evaluate the availability of workforce housing to support the dynamic economic growth of the state. Study the use of public-private partnerships and other tools to incentivize the development of housing that meets Texas’ expanding workforce demands. Develop and include measures to ensure accountability and transparency associated with these tools.

• Texas Housing Insight, Texas Real Estate Research Center, July 1, 2022
• The State of The Nation's Housing 2022, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, June 22, 2022
• The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, National Low Income Housing Coalition, April 2022
• Here's One Way States Are Boosting Affordable Housing, Stateline, March 2, 2022
• Paycheck to Paycheck Database, National Housing Conference

Charge #3: Review the Municipal Management District Legislative Template with respect to representation and accountability. Make recommendations for improving the template.

• Economic Development Handbook (Municipal Management Districts), Texas Municipal League, updated January 2020
• Interim Report to the 86th Texas Legislature (Charge 4 – MMD Template Language), House Committee on Special Purpose Districts, December 2018
• Interim Report to the 86th Legislature (Charge 4 – Municipal Management District Uniformity), Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, November 2018

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July 17, 2022
House Investigative Committee on The Robb Elementary Shooting (Uvalde)
The committee will meet to consider a preliminary report.

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