Recent Texas regulations affecting small businesses

Texas Department of Public Safety requires ignition interlock device vendors to verify owner and partner eligibility through DHS SAVE program documentation for new and renewal authorizations.

Texas Department of Public Safety requires handgun instructor certification renewals to verify federal eligibility through SAVE program documentation including birth certificates, passports, or driver's licenses.

Texas Groundwater Protection Committee amendments to Rules 31 TAC §§601.1-601.3, 601.5 clarify contamination reporting duties, public file maintenance, and annual joint monitoring report publication requirements under Senate Bill 2124.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department updates permit rules for wildlife rehabilitation, scientific research, and educational display, requiring veterinary consultation for medical treatment and allowing requirement waivers during wildlife health emerg…

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department requires hunters to report mountain lion harvests within 24 hours via website or app and submit biological samples for population monitoring at no cost.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission rule designates child care records on open investigations, reporter identities, and background checks as confidential and exempt from public release under state and federal privacy laws.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission requires administrator's license applicants to pass both licensing and operational background checks, with certain criminal convictions and child abuse findings resulting in disqualification or conditional …

Texas Health and Human Services Commission rule establishes risk evaluation criteria for individuals with criminal convictions or child abuse findings seeking positions at childcare facilities, considering offense severity, time elapsed, work histor…

Texas Health and Human Services Commission rule establishes which criminal history and registry findings automatically bar workers from child care operations versus those allowing case-by-case risk evaluation.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission rules clarify procedures for child care regulators to impose conditions on individuals' presence at facilities and allow challenges to inaccurate background check information.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission background check rules for child care operations clarify criminal history, sex offender registry, central registry, and SEMARC screening requirements across facility types with exemptions for listed family …

HHS Commission repeals redundant child care licensing definitions in 26 TAC §745.601, consolidating them into the main definitions rule §745.21 to streamline regulatory requirements.

Texas Department of State Health Services removes mobile food unit inspection fees from standard food establishment requirements, directing mobile food vendors to follow separate inspection and fee procedures under new regulatory provisions.

Texas Department of State Health Services consolidates mobile food vendor oversight under updated regulations in a single framework, repealing outdated mobile food unit rules per House Bill 2844.

Texas Education Agency Foundation School Program provides additional state facilities funding to open-enrollment charter schools meeting academic performance thresholds and financial accountability standards, with annual insider profit-transaction c…