Legislation authored by Paul Ragsdale
Includes legislation with Paul Ragsdale as the primary author for the 63rd through 69th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 69th Regular Session | |
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| HB 297 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the authorization of a savings and loan association as a depository for funds of an independent school district. |
| HB 298 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to compensation of trustees of independent school districts. |
| HB 343 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the regulation of substandard handguns and the creation of offenses and penalties involving those weapons. |
| HB 445 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the hours for sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. |
| HB 446 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the amount of performance and payment bonds required for certain public works contractors. |
| HB 509 |
Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to a plan and procedure to provide performance bonds and payment bonds for certain prime contractors. |
| HB 791 |
Last Action: Reported from s/c fav. w/o amdt(s) Caption: Relating to adoption of programs by political subdivisions to increase participation by minority business enterprises in contract awards. |
| HB 857 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the purchase of items by the State Purchasing and General Services Commission or another state agency after publication of a notice inviting bids. |
| HB 949 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the regulation of transaction involving certain handguns; providing penalties. |
| HB 950 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the proper voting unit for a change of status relating to alcoholic beverages by local option election when the original voting unit no longer exists. |
| HB 1016 |
Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to the board of hospital managers of the Dallas County Hospital District. |
| HB 1339 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to public school programs providing compensatory and remedial instruction, alternative education, and tutorial services and to salaries and salary supplements for teachers who participate in those programs. |
| HB 1340 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the posting of information concerning certain state employment opportunities. |
| HB 1341 |
Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to the board of trustees of certain junior college districts. |
| HB 1342 |
Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to the requirements and procedures for the reduction of homeowners insurance premiums and to inspectors involved in providing inspections for the reduction of homeowners insurance premiums. |
| HB 1936 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the purposes for which revenues from leases for parking beneath freeways are used. |
| HB 2135 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to investment of the permanent university fund and assets of the Employees Retirement System of Texas and Teacher Retirement System of Texas in corporations doing business in the Republic of South Africa. |
| HB 2201 |
Last Action: Reported from s/c favorably w/sub. Caption: Relating to state contracts with and purchases from small businesses, including those owned by minority group members. |
| HCR 103 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending Operation Raleigh. |
| HJR 56 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the salary of members of the legislature. |
| HR 203 | Caption: Commending Trailways Corporation and the International Association of Chiefs of Police for "Operation Home-Free." |
| HR 230 | Caption: Commending Bishop Rembert Stokes and Nancy Stokes. |
| HR 231 | Caption: Expressing appreciation for donation of billboards to help locate a missing child. |
| HR 267 | Caption: Commending Israel on its efforts to rescue Ethiopian Jews. |
| HR 365 | Caption: Congratulating the T. L. Marsalis Elementary School of Dallas. |
| HR 476 | Caption: Welcoming Prime Minister, Dr. Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds, and Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations, Dr. William V. Herbert, to the Chamber of the House and to the Speaker's podium. |
| HR 485 | Caption: Instructing the House of Representatives to perform a comprehensive interim study of the laws of the State of Texas and the practices of the state and its political subdivisions pertaining to deposits and investments of public funds. |
| HR 511 | Caption: Expressing appreciation to William Y. and Patty Harvey. |
| 69th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 11 |
Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to a reduction in the salary paid to state officers and employees. |
| HB 12 |
Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to a reduction in the salary paid to state officers and employees. |
| 68th Regular Session | |
| HB 209 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to a plan and procedure to provide performance bonds and payment bonds for certain prime contractors. |
| HB 210 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the designation and service of certain public school officials as deputy voter registrars. |
| HB 211 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the purchase of items by the State Purchasing and General Services Commission or another state agency after publication of a notice inviting bids. |
| HB 213 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to compensation of trustees of independent school districts. |
| HB 264 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to compensation of trustees of independent school districts. |
| HB 292 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to prevention of certain discriminatory employment practices on the basis of race, color, disability, religion, sex, age, or national origin. |
| HB 293 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the discriminatory practices in employment, public accommodations, educational institutions, property transactions, and public contracts on the basis of race, color, disability, religion, sex, age or national origin. |
| HB 421 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Liquor Regulation Caption: Relating to the proper voting unit for a change of status relating to alcoholic beverages by local option election when the original voting unit no longer exists. |
| HB 434 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to adoption of programs by political subdivisions to increase participation by minority business enterprises in contract awards. |
| HB 562 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the election of all or some of the trustees of certain school districts from single-member trustee districts. |
| HB 626 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the hours for sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. |
| HB 643 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to state contracts with and purchases from small businesses, including those owned by minority group members. |
| HB 892 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Law Enforcement Caption: Relating to the regulation of substandard handguns and the creation of offenses and penalties involving those weapons. |
| HB 902 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation of transactions involving certain handguns; providing penalties. |
| HB 1112 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the amount of performance and payment bonds required for certain public works contractors. |
| HB 1296 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the board of hospital managers of the Dallas County Hospital District. |
| HB 1646 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the requirements and procedures for the reduction of homeowners insurance premiums and to inspectors involved in providing inspections for the reduction of homeowners insurance premiums. |
| HB 1647 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to prevention of certain discriminatory employment practices on the basis of race, color, disability, religion, sex, age, or national origin. |
| HB 1656 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to public school finance. |
| HB 1848 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to authorizing the governing body of any independent school district to sell surplus real property of such district and, additionally, at its option, to issue revenue obligations payable from the proceeds of any such sale; enacting other provisions relating to the subject; and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 2100 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to a system for the gathering and posting of State job opportunities; providing a process to assure compliance with such system; providing certain sanctions for non-compliance. |
| HB 2101 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the criminal offense of possession, manufacture, transportation, repair, or sale of a specialized handgun bullet. |
| HR 46 | Caption: Congratulating the D. W. Carter High School football team of Dallas. |
| 68th 2nd Called Session | |
| HR 76 | Caption: Congratulating Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Starling on their 50th wedding anniversary. |
| 67th Regular Session | |
| HB 327 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to prevention of certain discriminatory practices in employment and creating a Texas Human Relations Commission. |
| HB 328 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee with substitute Caption: Relating to prevention of certain discriminatory practices in employment and creating the Equal Employment Opportunity Division of the Department of Labor and Standards. |
| HB 329 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to an assigned risk procedure to provide performance and payment bonds for prime contractors making contracts with the state or a political subdividion. |
| HB 330 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Removing the prohibition against compensation for trustees of independent school districts. |
| HB 331 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Relating to an assigned risk procedure to provide performance and payment bonds for prime contractors making contracts with the state of a political subdivision. |
| HB 332 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to a state agency's publication of notice of an invitation for bids. |
| HB 333 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee unfavorably Caption: Relating to the delivery of handguns. |
| HB 334 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to prevention of certain discriminatory practices in employment and creating a Human Relations Division of the Department of Labor and Standards. |
| HB 335 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the designation of certain public school administrators as deputy voter registrars. |
| HB 336 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to state contracts with and purchases from small businesses, including those owned by minority group members. |
| HB 337 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to hours when alcoholic beverages may be sold and consumed in public in certain counties. |
| HB 338 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the election of the board of trustees of certain school districts. |
| HB 374 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Caption: Relating to actions to partition real property. |
| HB 1635 |
Last Action: Comm. report printed & sent to Comm. on Local & Consent Cal. Caption: Relating to adoption of programs by home rule cities to increase participation by minority business enterprises in contract awards. |
| HR 22 | Caption: Relating to designation of the "Price Daniel, Jr., Committee Room." |
| HR 61 | Caption: Suspending the rules permitting the conference committee on SB 143 to make certain changes. |
| HR 141 | Caption: Expressing concern for the tragic murder of children in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 67th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 125 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Regions, Compacts, and Districts Caption: Relating to apportionment of the state into congressional districts. |
| 67th 3rd Called Session | |
| HR 3 | Caption: Congratulating Charles Lawrence Reeb. |
| HR 4 | Caption: Congratulating Jeanette and William Forrest Kennedy. |
| 66th Regular Session | |
| HB 120 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Employment Practices Caption: Relating to prevention of certain discriminatory practices in the employment of persons because of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin. |
| HB 121 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Employment Practices Caption: Promoting and protecting the welfare of the people of Texas by prevention and elimination of certain unreasonable practices and policies, including discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin; providing remedies and penalties; creating a Texas Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and defining the functions, powers and duties of the Commission; regulation the relation between the Commission and local commissions. |
| HB 122 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Promoting and protecting the welfare of the people of Texas by prevention and elimination of certain unreasonable practices and policies, including discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin; providing for remedies and penalties; creating a Texas Human Relations Commission, and defining the functions, powers, and duties of the commission; regulating the relation between the commission and local commissions. |
| HB 123 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Employment Practices Caption: Relating to prevention of certain discriminatory practices in employment, places of public accommodation, educational institutions, real property transactions, and awarding of public contrats on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin. |
| HB 138 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the delivery of handguns. |
| HB 139 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Relating to an assigned risk procedure to provide performance and payment bonds for certain contractors making contracts with the state of a political subdivision. |
| HB 140 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Removing the prohibition against compensation for trustees of independent school districts. |
| HB 141 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to state contracts with and purchases from small businesses, including those owned by minority group members. |
| HB 206 |
Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to a state agency's publication of notice of an invitation for bids. |
| HB 222 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Employment Practices Caption: Relating to prevention of certain discriminatory practices in employment, places of public accommodation, educational institutions, real property transactions, and awarding of public contracts on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin. |
| HB 237 |
Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on State Employees Caption: Relating to the maximum length of time for payment of supplies and services purchased by contract with the State Board of Control. |
| HB 238 |
Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Agencies and Licensing Caption: Relating to a change of the name of the State Board of Control. |
| HB 703 |
Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the election of the board of trustees of certain school districts. |
| HB 1969 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to access and copying of public information. |
| HB 2272 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Elections Caption: Relating to the designation of certain public school administrators as deputy voter registrars. |
| HR 75 | Caption: Challenging the Louisiana House of Representatives to a game of basketball. |
| HR 76 | Caption: Challenging the Arkansas House of Representatives to a game of basketball. |
| HR 77 | Caption: Challenging the New Mexico House of Representatives to a game of basketball. |
| HR 152 | Caption: In memory of A. Philip Randolph. |
| 65th Regular Session | |
| HB 353 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Removing the prohibition against compensation for trustees of independent school districts. |
| HB 354 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the establishment of a policy of full employment in Texas; providing for the designation by the governor of certain areas as economic emergency areas; providing for the preparation and selection of contingency plans; providing for the appointment of a coordination officer to assist the governor in implementing economic emergency assitance programs for the area; establishing an Economic Emergency Assistance Fund; and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 1223 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Promoting and protecting the welfare of the people of Texas by prevention and elimination of certain unreasonable practices and policies, including discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin; providing for remedies and penalties; creating a Texas Human Relations Commission, and defining the functions, powers, and duties of the commission; regulating the relation between the commission and local commissions. |
| HB 1224 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Promoting and protecting the welfare of the people of Texas by prevention and elimination of certain unreasonable practices and policies, including discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin; providing for remedies and penalties; creating a Texas Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and defining the functions, powers and duties of the Commission; regulation the relation between the Commission and local commissions. |
| HB 1225 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to an assigned risk procedure to provide performance bonds and payment bonds for certain prime contractors entering into certain contracts with the state or a political subdivision of the state. |
| HB 1226 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to creating the Minority Business Enterprise Division of the Texas Industrial Commission and to abolishing the Office of Minority Business Enterprise. |
| HB 1227 |
Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to prevention of certain discriminatory practices in employment, places of public accommodation, educational institutions, and real property transactions and awarding of public contracts on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin. |
| HB 1228 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to prevention of certain discriminatory practices in the employment of persons because of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin. |
| HB 1417 |
Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Changing the name of the State Board of Control. |
| HB 1418 |
Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to assistance to small businesses. |
| HB 1419 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the maximum length of time for payment of supplies and services purchased by contract with the State Board of Control. |
| HB 1842 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to a state agency's publication of notice of an invitation for bids or a request for proposals for professional or general services. |
| HB 1843 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the delivery of handguns; providing penalties. |
| HCR 49 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Providing that pictorial exhibit of black citizens who served in Texas Legislature and Constitutional Convention before 1900 be given a place in Capitol for permanent display. |
| 64th Regular Session | |
| HB 527 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Removing the prohibition against compensation for trustees of independent school districts. |
| HB 1080 |
Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the creation, powers, duties, and procedure of the Texas Public Utilities Commission. |
| HB 1692 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to superintendents of state hospitals. |
| HB 2087 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain presumptions in State courts. |
| HB 2088 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Promoting and protecting the welfare of the people of Texas by prevention and elimination of certain unreasonable practices and policies, including discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin; providing for remedies and penalties; creating a Texas Human Relations Commission, and defining the functions, powers, and duties of the commission; regulating the relation between the commission and local commissions. |
| HB 2089 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Regulating, licensing, and registering handguns; setting forth handgun license and registration requirements; making unlawful the possession, control, manufacture, assembly, importation, transportation or transfer of substandard handguns; providing penalties for violations; authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Safety and the Public Safety Commission to adopt rules and regulations to these effects. |
| HB 2090 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the establishment of a policy of full employment in Texas; providing for the designation by the governor of certain areas as economic emergency areas; providing for the preparation and selection of contingency plans; providing for the appointment of a coordinating officer to assist the governor in implementing economic emergency assistance programs for the area; establishing an Economic Emergency Assistance Fund. |
| HB 2125 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Promoting and protecting the welfare of the people of Texas by prevention and elimination of certain unreasonable practices and policies, including discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin; providing for remedies and penalties; creating a Texas Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and defining the functions, powers and duties of the Commission; regulating the relation between the Commission and local commissions. |
| HCR 36 |
Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Designating the second week in February as Texas Black History Week. |
| HCR 45 |
Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Congratulating Mrs. Velma Brooks. |
| HCR 47 |
Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Congratulating Walter F. Cotton. |
| 63rd Regular Session | |
| HB 206 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the method and manner of electing members of the board of education or board of trustees of certain school districts; providing for the creation of single member trustee districts for such certain school districts; providing the time and method of apportionment and redistricting; providing for terms of office; providing for joint elections to be held with certain city elections; providing residency requirements and filling of vacancies; providing election procedures; providing a time for the first election hereunder. |
| HB 1054 |
Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Declaring a state policy as to an alternate method of electing the governing bodies of certain municipalities and making findings with respect thereto; providing methods for the adoption of this act by optional and anticipatory referendum elections as to cities under and over 150,000 population and for mandatory and anticipatory referendum elections for cities over 600,000 population; providing procedures for the conduct of elections to adopt this act; stating the method by which by ordinance cities adopting this act may implement a plan of single-member district elections, or combination plans therewith; providing statutory standards and limitations as to the content of said ordinances; providing that certain matters shall continue to be controlled by the charters of cities adopting this Act; specifying the consequences of failure to pass necessary ordinances implementing this Act after its adoption by the voters; specifying the qualifications of candidates desiring to be elected from single-member districts; providing for elections for at large places; providing for compliance by any referendum election; providing for subsequent elections hereunder including provisions for repealing the action of a prior election; providing for severability. |
| HB 1099 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation, powers, duties, and procedure of the Texas Public Utilities Commission. |
| HB 1523 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation, powers, and duties of the Texas Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity; and declaring an emergency. |
| HR 31 | Caption: Creating a special committee to investigate all aspects of the administration of Prairie View A&M College. |