This podcast is a presentation from the June 22, 2021 Brazos County commission meeting from Kimberly Roach of the county judge's office.

Brazos County has a county employee who monitored this year's regular session of the state legislature.

Kimberly Roach, who reports to the county judge, presented a report during Tuesday's county commission meeting.

Read and download Kimberly Roach's presentation materials from the June 22, 2021 Brazos County commission meeting by copying then pasting the following link: https://wtaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BrCoComm062221xgr.pdf

Her summary included the following laws that were either signed by the governor or were allowed to take affect without his signature:

HB 5: broadband

HB 525: religious organizations considered essential businesses

HB 1071: therapy dogs in courtrooms

HB 1082: blocking personal information of locally elected officials

HB 1698: Brazos County referendum for voters to decide if vehicle registration fees will be increased to fund the county's regional mobility authority

HB 4293: text service reminding criminal defendants of their court appearances

SB 3: preparing and responding to power outages

SB 58: future purchases of cloud based computing

SB 186: future courthouse renovations and restorations require voter approval

SB 230: county commissioner required classes

SB 598: having voting machines that provide a paper trail of voter's choices