Legislation authored by Borris Miles

Includes legislation with Borris Miles as the primary author for the 80th through 87th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System. Author information is not available for the 87th Legislature.

87th Regular Session
SB 65	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty prescribed for certain acts of official oppression.
SB 66	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the retention of and the required disclosure under the public information law of certain complaints alleging official oppression.
SB 67	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to municipal civilian complaint review boards in certain municipalities.
SB 68	Last Action: House passage as amended reported Caption: Relating to a duty for peace officers to intervene and make a report when a peace officer uses excessive force.
SB 69	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the use of force by peace officers.
SB 70	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to use of force reporting by peace officers.
SB 71	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to law enforcement policies regarding the use of force by peace officers.
SB 72	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt a policy regarding the discharge of a firearm by a peace officer at or in the direction of a moving vehicle.
SB 73	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to providing access to local public health entities and certain health service regional offices under Medicaid.
SB 74	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the contract terms of certain grants awarded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
SB 75	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the office of minority statistics and engagement in the Department of Family and Protective Services.
SB 76	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to a limit on cost-sharing requirements imposed by a health benefit plan for certain prescription insulin.
SB 77	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race.
SB 78	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.
SB 79	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a report by a school authority of a communicable disease during a declared state of disaster.
SB 80	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability.
SB 81	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to making certain false alarms or reports because of bias or prejudice; increasing a criminal penalty.
SB 82	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to job interview restrictions for releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
SB 83	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the timely processing of certain requests relating to the employment of a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision.
SB 84	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to lethal violence protective orders; creating criminal offenses.
SB 85	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the age of a child at which a juvenile court may exercise jurisdiction over the child and to the minimum age of criminal responsibility.
SB 86	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to reporting requirements for bank loans made to African American-owned businesses.
SB 87	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the consideration of the cumulative effects of air contaminant emissions in the emissions permitting process.
SB 172	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to electronic voter registration.
SB 173	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation of the African American Family Commission.
SB 174	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the inclusion of American principles, including social injustice and civil rights concepts, in the public school curriculum and instructional materials and in training materials and resources for use by school districts.
SB 175	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the issuance of a warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer.
SB 349	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to including certain demographic information in federal incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning offenses committed in this state.
SB 350	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to liability of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for certain claims.
SB 351	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for certain offenses involving family violence.
SB 352	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the suspension of the license of a dishonorably discharged law enforcement officer.
SB 353	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to allowing justice and municipal courts to access the financial responsibility verification program.
SB 354	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to access to postsecondary courses or programs for inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
SB 355	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the right-of-way of a public road.
SB 356	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the facilities that may be financed by a public facilities corporation.
SB 357	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the financing of certain grocery stores by a public facilities corporation.
SB 358	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert.
SB 359	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to provision of a verified accounting for actions involving foreclosure of a lien on residential real property or recovery on a consumer credit account.
SB 360	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the release of a deed of trust or other contract lien securing a home loan after direct payoff by mortgagor.
SB 361	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the continuation of a limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes if the property is acquired by and qualifies as the homestead of an heir of the owner or the owner's spouse or surviving spouse.
SB 362	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the satisfaction of a reverse mortgage loan after the death of the last surviving borrower.
SB 363	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to prohibiting daily simple interest home loans.
SB 364	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to affirmative defenses for a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality enforcement action for unauthorized emission or opacity events.
SB 365	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to applications for permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain new or expanded facilities in certain low-income and minority communities.
SB 366	Last Action: Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the minimum amount of an administrative penalty assessed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a violation of certain laws under the jurisdiction of, or rules adopted or orders or permits issued by, the commission.
SB 367	Last Action: House passage as amended reported Caption: Relating to the requirements for an application for a permit to drill an oil or gas well at a site adjacent to a well blowout site.
SB 368	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the issuance of air quality permits for concrete plants located in certain areas.
SB 392	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the continuation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District.
SB 393	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the consideration of certain student differentials based on sex under the public school accountability system.
SB 416	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to clarification of the law regarding the regulation of historic or culturally significant structures by certain municipalities.
SB 417	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to reports to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System on certain cases filed in justice and municipal courts.
SB 418	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to disclosure to legislators of certain attorney grievance information.
SB 419	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of county and justice courts in civil matters.
SB 420	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the participation of the medical school at the University of Houston and the college of osteopathic medicine at Sam Houston State University in the Joint Admission Medical Program.
SB 421	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the compensation and professional representation of student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain public and private institutions of higher education.
SB 425	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the power of certain counties to enact certain park use rules.
SB 426	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the return of certain ballots.
SB 427	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to preliminary examination periods for mental health protective custody.
SB 428	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the Healthy Texas Women program.
SB 429	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the adoption and implementation of a surgical smoke evacuation system policy at certain health care facilities.
SB 480	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the student union fee at the University of Houston.
SB 500	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to creating the criminal offense of operating a boarding home facility without a permit and to a study regarding the regulation of group homes.
SB 501	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to regulation of certain group homes and other residential facilities for children, elderly individuals, and individuals with disabilities; creating a criminal offense.
SB 502	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to registration of certain establishments providing assisted living services.
SB 503	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to creating the criminal offense of failing to report abuse, neglect, or exploitation in boarding home facilities by certain persons.
SB 504	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to authority of certain county fire marshals to inspect group homes; authorizing a fee; creating a criminal offense.
SB 505	Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to the prohibited discharge of a patient to certain unlicensed or unpermitted group-centered facilities.
SB 561	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to notice of and standing to protest certain alcoholic beverage permit and license applications.
SB 577	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a study by Texas A&M University--Commerce regarding the cultural appropriateness of state-administered public school assessment instruments.
SB 658	Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the offense of failure to comply with an order from a fire marshal and the authority of certain county employees to issue citations for certain violations; changing a criminal penalty.
SB 746	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to requiring the parent of a student enrolled in a school district to provide and update a parent's contact information.
SB 747	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to law enforcement policies prohibiting a peace officer from using a chemical device against a minor.
SB 748	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to requiring law enforcement agencies to make certain radio communications available to the public.
SB 749	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the foreclosure of property owners' association assessment liens on certain boarding home facilities.
SB 750	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to prohibiting the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises of certain sexually oriented businesses; creating a criminal offense; providing a criminal penalty.
SB 751	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to notice to state legislators of alcoholic beverage permit and license applications.
SB 752	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to standing to protest certain alcoholic beverage permit and license applications.
SB 753	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to a limitation on the amount of a fee charged by a public institution of higher education for late payment of student housing costs.
SB 754	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the amendment of a dedicatory instrument to remove a discriminatory provision.
SB 755	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to protection of a client's money and property by an attorney representing the client; creating civil liability.
SB 1251	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to authorizing certain joint graduate degree programs between The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
SB 1350	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the issuance of air quality permits for concrete plants located in certain areas.
SB 1351	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the donation of food by public school campuses.
SB 1352	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to ensure the independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region has adequate reserve power to prevent blackout conditions.
SB 1353	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the content of certain immunization records and of certain biennial legislative reports on immunizations issued by the Department of State Health Services.
SB 1354	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
SB 1396	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to end stage renal disease center response to natural and manmade disasters and other emergency conditions.
SB 1460	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent indigent defendants.
SB 1473	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to emergency services districts.
SB 1624	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the governing body of the independent organization certified to manage the ERCOT power region.
SB 1625	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to minimum standards for end stage renal disease facilities regarding treatment provided during certain disasters.
SB 1626	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to law enforcement policies regarding the issuance of citations for misdemeanors punishable by fine only and to a limitation on the authority to arrest a person for certain fine-only misdemeanors.
SB 1627	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the deadline to begin a county fire code inspection in certain counties.
SB 1628	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the authority of the Health and Human Services Commission's office of the ombudsman to resolve complaints against the Department of Family and Protective Services.
SB 1629	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to failure to report assault, neglect, or omission of care in certain group homes; creating a criminal offense.
SB 1630	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to criminal history record information checks for applicants for employment and employees of group homes; creating a criminal offense.
SB 1631	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the documentation of child abuse; creating a criminal offense.
SB 1632	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information.
SB 1633	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the eligibility requirements for a public elective office.
SB 1634	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to requiring female representation on the boards of directors of certain publicly traded corporations; authorizing administrative penalties.
SB 1635	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the feasibility of establishing a divinity program at Texas Southern University.
SB 1636	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas African American Heritage Commission.
SB 1637	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the delivery of a deed to a grantee and to the recording of a deed.
SB 1638	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of justice courts.
SB 1639	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to remedies for fraud and duress in the conveyance of real property.
SB 1640	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to requiring witnesses to sign an instrument conveying real property interest.
SB 1680	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital projects at certain public institutions of higher education.
SB 1691	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to civil and criminal liability for doxing; creating an offense.
SB 1692	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the provision of home dialysis care by a dialysis technician.
SB 1868	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to prohibiting discrimination against living organ donors by certain insurers.
SB 1869	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts.
SB 1870	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the date on which an election for trustees of certain school districts must be held.
SB 1871	Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to penalties for violating certain county and municipal regulations regarding the operation of a boarding home facility; imposing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
SB 1872	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain past misdemeanors and felonies.
SB 1874	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the duty of a county clerk to send a copy of a recorded deed to the grantor.
SB 1875	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to a requirement for a deed to include a statement regarding certain fraudulent conveyances or recordings.
SB 1876	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to emergency planning for the continued treatment and safety of end stage renal disease facility patients.
SB 1893	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the release on bail of a person charged with a violation of parole or mandatory supervision.
SB 1976	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the dissemination of information about historically underutilized businesses and the expansion of the small business development center network.
SB 1977	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to voting while confined in jail.
SB 1978	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the criminal offense of unlawfully prohibiting an employee from voting.
SB 1979	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to reporting and disseminating information regarding public school disciplinary actions.
SB 1980	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the creation of the office of independent oversight ombudsman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
SB 1981	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the carcinogenic risk level used in the development of certain environmental remediation benchmarks.
SB 1982	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the regulation of referral agencies for senior living communities; providing a civil penalty.
SB 1983	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to notifying an alleged perpetrator of child abuse or neglect of the person's right to record an investigative interview.
SB 1988	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or leases.
SB 1989	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the prosecution of and penalties for possession of one ounce or less of marihuana.
SB 1990	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts.
SB 2002	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the state historically underutilized business program; creating a criminal offense.
SB 2166	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 580; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
SB 2167	Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Senate Caption: Relating to the creation of the Northeast Houston Redevelopment District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments or fees.
SCR 29	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Expressing commitment to eliminating racially offensive place names and urging the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to approve requests to change racially offensive names of geographic features.
SJR 26	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for the continuation of a limitation on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes if the property is acquired by and qualifies as the homestead of an heir of the owner or the owner's spouse or surviving spouse.
SJR 40	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit additional uses of certain dedicated general revenue transferred each fiscal year to the state highway fund.
SJR 66	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude.
SR 268	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing 100 Black Men of America for its history of service to African American youth.
SR 447	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Tracy Senf for being honored as part of Curriculum Associates' Extraordinary Educators program.
SR 456	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the 2021 Hobby Fellows from the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs.
SR 458	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.
SR 517	Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Keith Watson Wade.
87th 1st Called Session
SB 47	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the criminal offense of unlawfully prohibiting an employee from voting.
SB 48	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to voter registration application forms in high schools.
SB 49	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the return of certain ballots.
SB 71	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to temporary branch polling places.
SR 15	Last Action: Received by the Secretary of the Senate Caption: Commemorating the first anniversary of the death of Congressman John Lewis.
87th 2nd Called Session
SB 46	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to temporary branch polling places.
SB 47	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to voter registration application forms in high schools.
SB 48	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the return of certain ballots.
SB 49	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the criminal offense of unlawfully prohibiting an employee from voting.
SR 41	Last Action: Received by the Secretary of the Senate Caption: Commemorating the first anniversary of the death of U.S. Congressman John Lewis.
87th 3rd Called Session
SR 83	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Manuel Valdes "Manny" Lafont Jr.
86th Regular Session
SB 178	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to electronic voter registration.
SB 179	Last Action: Referred to Water & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the establishment of a task force to conduct a comprehensive study on flood control infrastructure for Harris County.
SB 180	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to applications for permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain new or expanded facilities in certain low-income and minority communities.
SB 181	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the use of certain border security funding to secure Gulf of Mexico ports.
SB 182	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the threat or pursuit of criminal charges against a consumer in association with certain extensions of consumer credit.
SB 183	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of theft of service.
SB 184	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for school supplies purchased by certain teachers for a limited period.
SB 185	Last Action: Referred to Energy Resources Caption: Relating to disclosure requirements regarding certain oil or gas well accidents.
SB 186	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the maximum permitted rate of interest, sum of fees, and other amounts due during a natural disaster declaration.
SB 187	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to making certain false alarms or reports because of bias or prejudice; increasing a criminal penalty.
SB 188	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the creation of the office of independent oversight ombudsman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
SB 189	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the Healthy Texas Women program.
SB 191	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the amount and allocation of state traffic fine funds; temporarily increasing a criminal fine.
SB 285	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to information, outreach, and other actions regarding hurricane preparedness and mitigation.
SB 286	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the power of certain counties to enact certain park use rules.
SB 287	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the availability of free prekindergarten programs in public schools.
SB 288	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the authority of a county assistance district to impose a sales and use tax.
SB 298	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the dissemination of information about historically underutilized businesses and the expansion of the small business development center network.
SB 299	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.
SB 300	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to indefinite quantity contracts for the provision of certain services to declared disaster areas following a natural disaster.
SB 301	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to limits on the size of prekindergarten classes in public schools.
SB 302	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to a sales tax exemption for certain items sold during a limited period.
SB 303	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to providing free access to telephone services for persons confined in county jail pending trial.
SB 304	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to reporting and disseminating information regarding public school disciplinary actions.
SB 359	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to straight-party voting.
SB 390	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the creation of the Northeast Houston Redevelopment District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments or fees.
SB 391	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the procedures for challenging the registration of a voter on the ground of residence.
SB 392	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to discretionary disciplinary action by public school districts regarding nonviolent offenses and the adjudication of a child who engages in conduct that constitutes a nonviolent offense on school property.
SB 417	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to concrete batching and concrete crushing facilities.
SB 418	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability.
SB 419	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the inclusion of American principles, including social injustice and civil rights concepts, in the public school curriculum and instructional materials and in training materials and resources for use by school districts.
SB 507	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to authorizing a wellness and success center fee at the University of Houston-Downtown.
SB 508	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the development of a statewide online education and career advising tool and the establishment of a grant program to reimburse private employers for paid internships provided to certain public school students in career and technology education programs.
SB 509	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts.
SB 559	Last Action: House passage as amended reported Caption: Relating to patient records regarding maternal death.
SB 573	Last Action: Referred to Water & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the definition of "affected person" for purposes of a contested case hearing held by or for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding certain environmental permit applications.
SB 574	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert.
SB 835	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the authority of pharmacists to furnish certain medications.
SB 836	Last Action: Referred to Property Tax Caption: Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of a housing unit that the owner or a predecessor of the owner acquired from a community land trust.
SB 1196	Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to automatic employee participation in and administration of a deferred compensation plan provided by certain hospital districts.
SB 1197	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to requiring female representation on the boards of directors of certain publicly traded corporations; authorizing administrative penalties.
SB 1198	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas Southern University; authorizing the continued imposition of a fee.
SB 1199	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to settlement and disposition of complaints against attorneys filed with the state bar.
SB 1201	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the waiver of certain driver responsibility program surcharges on proof of commitment to enlist in the armed forces.
SB 1202	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to voting while confined in jail.
SB 1203	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the establishment and use of performance standards for certain secondary-level alternate assessment instruments administered to public school students.
SB 1204	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to disclosure regarding the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
SB 1241	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to students eligible to receive compensatory, intensive, and accelerated instructional services.
SB 1242	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the location of hearings relating to contested cases before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
SB 1243	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the consideration of the cumulative effects of air contaminant emissions in the emissions permitting process.
SB 1244	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.
SB 1245	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to conditions of community supervision prohibiting contact with certain persons.
SB 1246	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the criminal offense of unlawfully prohibiting an employee from voting.
SB 1247	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to who may request a public hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant.
SB 1248	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a community supervision and corrections department policy regarding supervision officer meetings and visits.
SB 1249	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to permit application requirements for solid waste facilities.
SB 1283	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the availability under Medicaid of certain drugs used to treat human immunodeficiency virus or prevent acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
SB 1284	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to a competitive grant program to fund promotion of early literacy programs in certain communities in this state.
SB 1320	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information.
SB 1321	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to a "Texas solution" to reforming and addressing issues related to the Medicaid program, including the creation of an alternative program designed to ensure health benefit plan coverage to certain low-income individuals through the private marketplace; requiring a fee.
SB 1641	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Rare Disease Advisory Council.
SB 1642	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of an owner of real property sold at a tax sale to transfer the owner's right of redemption to another person.
SB 1643	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the deceptive trade practice of charging exorbitant or excessive prices for necessities during a declared disaster.
SB 1644	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the unlawful interception, use, or disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications.
SB 1645	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the donation and distribution of food at public schools.
SB 1646	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the controlled substances listed in Penalty Groups 1, 2, and 2-A under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
SB 1746	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the inclusion of certain students as students at risk of dropping out of school.
SB 1747	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation of the African American Family Commission.
SB 1748	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to a pilot program for providing services to certain children under the Medicaid medical transportation program.
SB 1767	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the use of a biometric identity verification device to comply with certain alcohol related laws.
SB 1844	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the amendment of the dedicatory instruments of certain mixed-use real estate developments.
SB 1845	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the amendment of the dedicatory instruments of certain mixed-use real estate developments.
SB 1846	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the use of restraints on a pregnant woman in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
SB 1847	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the prosecution of and penalties for possession of one ounce or less of marihuana.
SB 1848	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to certain contract and notice requirements applicable to certain facilities used to house inmates or releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
SB 1849	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to public school safety measures, access to mental health professionals in public schools and during certain emergencies, access to criminal history and mental health records, and access to firearms; requiring a certificate for employment as a school behavioral counselor; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
SB 2019	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to requiring female representation on the governing authorities of certain business entities; authorizing an administrative penalty.
SB 2020	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the use of certain health risk information; authorizing administrative penalties and other sanctions.
SB 2021	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to providing access to local health departments and certain health service regional offices under Medicaid.
SB 2022	Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District.
SB 2171	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the facilities that may be financed by a public facilities corporation.
SB 2172	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the financing of certain grocery stores by a public facilities corporation.
SB 2173	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to establishing a program to assist small businesses by increasing access to capital.
SB 2174	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to prosecutorial transparency.
SB 2175	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to affirmative defenses for a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality enforcement action for unauthorized emission or opacity events.
SB 2176	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to qualifications of licensed court interpreters.
SB 2249	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to create sports and community venue districts and to authorize and finance certain sports and community venue projects; authorizing a tax.
SB 2253	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to fees on persons who sell or purchase e-cigarettes, vapor products, or cannibidiol products to benefit the designated trauma facility and emergency medical services account; imposing fees; requiring occupational permits.
SB 2254	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to creation of magistrates in Fort Bend County.
SB 2255	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to health coverage for employees of a municipal school district.
SB 2269	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to preliminary examination periods for mental health protective custody.
SB 2270	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to employment policies for certain health care providers employed by medical and dental units.
SB 2271	Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to compensation under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act for certain expenses.
SB 2385	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the carcinogenic risk level used in the development of certain environmental remediation benchmarks.
SB 2424	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation of the Missouri City Redevelopment District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
SB 2437	Last Action: Referred to Water & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to establish, operate, and, through the issuance of general obligation bonds, finance a grant program to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions and the state for projects related to disaster recovery; disaster mitigation; or construct, repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct state or local infrastructure.
SJR 75	Last Action: Referred to Water & Rural Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds to be paid out of the economic stabilization fund by the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions for projects related to disaster recovery; disaster mitigation; disaster response; or construct, repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct state or local infrastructure.
SR 111	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 5, 2019, as Urban Leagues of Greater Texas Day.
SR 144	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating James P. Allison on being awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
SR 145	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 12, 2019, as University of Houston Day.
SR 220	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 46th anniversary of the year Mickey Leland was sworn in as a member of the Texas House of Representatives.
SR 269	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Vanessa E. Wyche for her service as deputy director of the NASA Johnson Space Center.
SR 270	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 26, 2019, as Greater Houston Black Chamber Legislative Day.
SR 271	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 26, 2019, as The Links, Incorporated, Day.
SR 272	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 26, 2019, as Grammy Texas Music Advocacy Day.
SR 273	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 26, 2019, as University of Houston-Downtown Day.
SR 317	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 14, 2019, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day.
SR 387	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Essence Duplechain on being awarded the Bridging the Dream Scholarship.
SR 453	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing September 2019 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
SR 454	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 20, 2019, as HIV Advocacy Day.
SR 476	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Micheal Brown for earning scholarships to 20 universities.
SR 655	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 1, 2019, as Asian Real Estate Association of America Day.
SR 783	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Waun Ki Hong.
85th Regular Session
SB 482	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the creation of a program to assist foster care youth and former foster care youth in accessing higher education, career information, and skills certifications.
SB 483	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the retention of and the required disclosure under the public information law of certain complaints alleging official oppression.
SB 484	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the availability of free prekindergarten programs in public schools.
SB 485	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the creation of the office of independent oversight ombudsman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
SB 486	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to municipal civilian complaint review boards in certain municipalities.
SB 487	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty prescribed for certain acts of official oppression.
SB 518	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that employ certain students in certain paid internship or similar programs.
SB 574	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the expansion of applied workforce learning opportunities in this state, including through the establishment of the Texas Industry Internship Challenge.
SB 673	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to a notification requirement if a public school campus or open-enrollment charter school does not have a nurse assigned to the campus during all instructional hours.
SB 677	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the creation of a task force to identify opportunities for academic credit and industry recognition for inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
SB 723	Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the establishment of a community development grocery store and healthy corner store revolving loan fund program.
SB 724	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to limits on the size of prekindergarten classes in public schools.
SB 725	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the donation and distribution of food at public schools.
SB 790	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the continuation of the women's health advisory committee.
SB 791	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the financial abuse of elderly persons, including requiring financial institutions to report suspected financial abuse of elderly persons; providing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses.
SB 792	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to requiring financial institutions to report the suspected financial abuse of elderly persons; providing a civil and criminal penalty.
SB 793	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to restrictions on the location and operation of concrete crushing facilities.
SB 794	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the biennial report to the legislature on grants made to entities under the Texas Enterprise Fund.
SB 795	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to use of the money from the Texas Enterprise Fund to benefit certain historically underutilized businesses.
SB 808	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to coverage for certain services related to maternal depression under the Medicaid and child health plan programs.
SB 809	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the Texas women's health program.
SB 1158	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to food managers in food establishments in certain counties.
SB 1218	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to transitional child-care services in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
SB 1219	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to a requirement that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board conduct an annual comprehensive evaluation of the impact of the top 10 percent automatic admissions law.
SB 1220	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to ensuring continuity of education and access to higher education, career information, and skills certification for foster care youth and former foster care youth.
SB 1224	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the establishment of a statewide system for stroke response and treatment.
SB 1225	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to eligibility requirements for the repayment of certain physician education loans.
SB 1258	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to discretionary disciplinary action by public school districts regarding nonviolent offenses and the adjudication of a child who engages in conduct that constitutes a nonviolent offense on school property.
SB 1265	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to HIV and AIDS tests and to health benefit plan coverage of HIV and AIDS tests.
SB 1269	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the establishment of a task force to conduct a comprehensive study on flood control infrastructure for Harris and Galveston Counties.
SB 1270	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the allocation and use of certain border security funding to secure Gulf of Mexico ports.
SB 1271	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the development of a statewide online education and career advising tool and to a study and report on certain courses offered for college credit to public school students.
SB 1272	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to an annual proclamation related to hurricane preparedness.
SB 1312	Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the deadline for adoption of desired future conditions in groundwater conservation districts.
SB 1364	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the dissemination of information about historically underutilized businesses and the expansion of the small business development center network.
SB 1365	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.
SB 1453	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the definition of regular eligible student used in determining the transportation allotment under the school finance system for a municipal school district.
SB 1598	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to applications for permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain new or expanded facilities in certain low-income and minority communities.
SB 1599	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to maternal mortality reporting and investigation information.
SB 1600	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the issuance of standard permits for certain concrete plants.
SB 1601	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the establishment by certain counties and municipalities of disease control programs to reduce the risk of certain infectious and communicable diseases; authorizing fees.
SB 1737	Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the enforcement of conciliation agreements entered into under the Texas Fair Housing Act.
SB 1738	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to historically underutilized businesses.
SB 1739	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the suspension, termination, and reinstatement of certain services provided to military service members who are serving on active duty.
SB 1740	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability.
SB 1741	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to attorneys in certain counties who are qualified for appointment to represent a defendant with a mental illness.
SB 1742	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to county approval for the locations at which a junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard may be operated.
SB 1769	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to a pilot program for providing services to certain children under the Medicaid medical transportation program.
SB 1770	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the regulation of licensed specialists in school psychology.
SB 1771	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts.
SB 1772	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to vote; creating a criminal offense.
SB 1773	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to a sales tax exemption for certain items sold during a limited period.
SB 1774	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the use of certain controlled substances by women who are pregnant or may become pregnant and the designation of neonatal abstinence syndrome from substance use as a reportable condition.
SB 1801	Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to reporting and disseminating information regarding public school disciplinary actions.
SB 1802	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to petty cash funds for county welfare departments in certain populous counties.
SB 1803	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the financial security requirements for operators of oil and gas wells.
SB 1867	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants.
SB 1983	Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Urban Agricultural Innovation Authority.
SB 1984	Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation and funding of the urban farming pilot program and the creation of the Select Committee on Urban Farming.
SB 1985	Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the revocation or amendment of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for water utilities in a service area.
SB 2034	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to creation of a task force to study the health effects of concrete and rock crushing.
SB 2105	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the requirement that the Texas Workforce Commission provide certain employment information for secondary school students.
SB 2184	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to new capital investment in the state.
SB 2185	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the amount and allocation of state traffic fine funds; authorizing and increasing criminal fines.
SB 2266	Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Senate Caption: Relating to the creation of the Stadium Park Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
SCR 54	Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Expressing support for the creation of the Sam Houston Republic of Texas Presidential Library at Sam Houston State University.
SJR 48	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit additional uses of certain dedicated general revenue transferred each fiscal year to the state highway fund.
SR 20	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing January 24, 2017, as Texas Southern University Day.
SR 82	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 2, 2017, as Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Salute to Excellence Day.
SR 279	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 27, 2017, as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Day.
SR 305	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 1, 2017, as University of Houston Day.
SR 529	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the United Health Foundation and the University of Houston for their commitment to improved health outcomes.
SR 542	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 30, 2017, as Vietnamese American Day.
SR 631	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing 100 Black Men of America for its service to African American youth.
SR 714	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 3, 2017, as Asian Real Estate Association of America Day.
SR 893	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the 2017 Fellows from the University of Houston Hobby School Public Affairs.
SR 894	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science.
SR 951	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Elouise Jacquelyn Clark McLemore.
85th 1st Called Session
SB 26	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the use of certain controlled substances by women who are pregnant or may become pregnant and the designation of neonatal abstinence syndrome from substance use as a reportable condition.
SB 27	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the Texas women's health program.
SB 34	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to an opportunity to correct a defect in an early voting ballot voted by mail and to the use of an application for an early voting ballot to change a voter's registration address within the county.
SB 35	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to an appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund for classroom teacher salary increases.
SB 59	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to pregnancy-related deaths and maternal morbidity and the creation of a maternal health care quality improvement program.
SB 99	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to cybersecurity for voting systems.
84th Regular Session
HB 258	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the provision of the reason for rejecting a voter registration application.
HB 259	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to forfeiture of property used in the commission of certain littering offenses.
HB 260	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the provision of the reason for rejecting a voter registration application.
HB 261	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to municipal civilian complaint review boards in certain municipalities.
HB 262	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to liability of an owner, lessee, or occupant of land that allows land to be used as a community garden.
HB 263	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to the sealing of certain juvenile records.
HB 264	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to procedures for asserting taking claims against certain governmental entities.
HB 265	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to enhancing the penalty prescribed for certain acts of official oppression.
HB 266	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to offenses involving violating the civil rights of a person in custody and engaging in improper sexual activity with a person in custody; providing certain enhanced penalties.
HB 267	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants.
HB 268	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the prompt issuance of an order of nondisclosure for certain defendants; authorizing a fee.
HB 269	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the establishment of a community development grocery store and healthy corner store revolving loan fund program.
HB 270	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the retention of and the required disclosure under the public information law of certain complaints alleging official oppression.
HB 271	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain offenses involving the possession of a controlled substance.
HB 272	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain inmates sentenced following violation of a condition of community supervision.
HB 273	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the minimum term of confinement for an offense of illegal dumping in a municipality.
HB 274	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to the enforcement of municipal rules, ordinances, or police regulations prohibiting illegal dumping; increasing a penalty.
HB 1410	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business by public junior college districts in awarding certain contracts.
HB 1723	Last Action: House appoints conferees-reported Caption: Relating to the territory included in, the composition of the board of directors of, and the method of assessment of the Harris County Improvement District No. 10 and to clarifying the law to reflect the prior division of the district.
HB 2923	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the conditions of confinement of children prior to certain judicial proceedings.
HB 3090	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the regulation of for-profit legal service contract companies, administrators, and sales representatives; providing an administrative penalty; authorizing a fee; requiring an occupational registration.
HB 3091	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the standards for boiler inspection agencies.
HB 3303	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of the Office of the Independent Oversight Ombudsman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
HB 3869	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the appointment of commissioners of public housing authorities.
HB 4135	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to requiring the Port of Houston Authority to comply with historically underutilized business provisions.
HB 4150	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the powers and the board of the Harris County Improvement District No. 12.
HR 230	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Dr. Leonard L. Favorite of Houston on the occasion of his 60th birthday and his 40 years in the ministry.
HR 391	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Andrew Lee Higgins of Houston.
HR 473	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Rev. James E. Nash of Houston for his decades of leadership at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in the Sunnyside Community.
HR 474	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Howard N. Sacks for his leadership and service to the citizens of Houston as the first president of the Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy.
HR 476	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Willie Belle Boone of Houston for her longtime dedication to the State of Texas and the community in District 146.
HR 477	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Becky Edmondson of Houston for her community service to the citizens of District 146.
HR 478	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Judge A. Robert Hinojosa of Houston for his years of community leadership and service to Texas.
HR 511	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 10th annual Membership Conference of the Tri-County Black Chamber of Commerce.
HR 865	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Alana Danielle Smith of Houston for her role in foiling a burglary attempt.
HR 866	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Kendahl Ross of Tomball on his participation in the DMAXX Sports Youth All American Bowl.
HR 2198	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Avi Passy on attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.
HR 2270	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the installation of the Reverend Roland E. Mouton Jr. as the senior pastor of Christian Faith Missionary Baptist Church/God With Us Ministries.
HR 2546	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Houston Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction.
HR 2974	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the dedication of the William R. Powell Student Health and Counseling Center at Sam Houston State University.
HR 3213	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Dr. Egbert "Bert" Rulloda Borja.
HR 3525	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring State Representative Sylvester Turner for his service.
83rd Regular Session
HB 254	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to an exemption for farms from payment for wastewater service.
HB 255	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain offenses involving the possession of a controlled substance.
HB 256	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain inmates sentenced following violation of a condition of community supervision.
HB 261	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants.
HB 262	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to offenses involving violating the civil rights of a person in custody and engaging in improper sexual activity with a person in custody; providing certain enhanced penalties.
HB 266	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to enhancing the penalty prescribed for certain acts of official oppression.
HB 267	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to municipal civilian complaint review boards.
HB 268	Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to the retention of and the required disclosure under the public information law of certain complaints alleging official oppression.
HB 1221	Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to the establishment of a community development grocery store revolving loan fund program.
HB 1652	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to liability of an owner, lessee, or occupant of land that allows land to be used as a community garden.
HB 2569	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the methods by which a registrar must provide notice to an applicant of a rejected application for voter registration.
HB 2570	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to voter registration; creating an offense.
HB 2658	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to a limitation on the authority to cancel a voter's registration.
HB 2682	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to restrictions on activities a poll watcher may perform while on duty.
HB 2854	Last Action: Reported favorably as substituted Caption: Relating to the automatic sealing in certain cases of juvenile records of adjudications of delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision.
HB 2855	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the prompt issuance of an order of nondisclosure for certain defendants; authorizing a fee.
HB 2930	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to procedures for asserting taking claims against certain governmental entities.
HB 2936	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the number of poll watchers who may be appointed and who may serve at a particular location during an election.
HB 3354	Last Action: Referred to Government Efficiency & Reform Caption: Relating to the retention of and the required disclosure under the public information law of certain complaints alleging official oppression.
HCR 117	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Expressing support for the Voting Rights Act and urging the United States Congress to protect every citizen's right to participate in the political process by making permanent the provisions of Section 5 of that legislation.
HR 638	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Jack and Jill of America for its work on behalf of youth.
HR 800	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Dr. Edith Irby Jones for her contributions to medicine and the advancement of racial equality.
HR 1059	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring nurse practitioner Tim Flynn for his 20 years of service to the Capitol Complex community.
HR 1557	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Miller Outdoor Theatre in Houston.
HR 1902	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring DaNae Couch, Miss Texas 2012, for her accomplishments and for her service to others.
HR 1903	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Reverend Max A. Miller, Jr., of Mount Hebron Missionary Baptist Church in Houston for serving as Pastor of the Day on April 12, 2013.
HR 1994	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring civil and labor rights activist John W. Bland of Houston.
HR 2785	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Oliver Brown, a longtime coach in the Houston ISD.
HR 2843	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Alexandra Rosales for her service as a McClendon Scholar in the office of State Representative Borris L. Miles.
HR 2844	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Jeremiah Bailey for his service as a legislative intern in the office of State Representative Borris L. Miles.
HR 2845	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Arthur Huggins, Jr., for his service in the office of State Representative Borris Miles as a participant in the Texas Legislative Internship Program.
83rd 1st Called Session
HCR 4	Last Action: Filed Caption: Expressing support for the Voting Rights Act and urging the United States Congress to protect every citizen's right to participate in the political process by making permanent the provisions of Section 5 of that legislation.
82nd Regular Session
HB 1216	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to required attendance at a dropout prevention seminar by a student older than the age of compulsory school attendance who intends to drop out of school.
HB 1217	Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to a residential tenant's right to vacate a dwelling and avoid liability for rent following the declaration of a state of disaster; providing a civil penalty.
HB 1218	Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to foreclosure sales of residential real property occupied by a tenant.
HB 1219	Last Action: Referred to Economic & Small Business Development Caption: Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work if the employee or the employee's child is a victim of family violence or a violent felony offense.
HB 1220	Last Action: Referred to Corrections Caption: Relating to the restoration of certain inmates' good conduct time that is forfeited during a term of imprisonment.
HB 1221	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to providing financial assistance to certain kinship caregivers.
HB 1470	Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas State Civilian Complaint Review Board to investigate certain allegations of peace officer misconduct.
HB 1471	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to enhancing the penalty prescribed for certain acts of official oppression.
HB 1472	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the retention of and the required disclosure under the public information law of certain complaints alleging official oppression.
HB 2198	Last Action: Referred to Environmental Regulation Caption: Relating to administrative penalties for air quality violations.
HB 2199	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to nutrition and physical activity policies, standards, and requirements for child-care facilities and programs for children under the age of six.
HB 2200	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants.
HB 2201	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to a fixed tuition rate provided by general academic teaching institutions to certain undergraduate students.
HB 2202	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to public school class sizes.
HB 2410	Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to mortgage loans.
HB 2411	Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to a residential tenant's right to vacate a dwelling and avoid liability for rent under certain circumstances following the declaration of a state of disaster; providing a civil penalty.
HB 2412	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain drug possession offenses.
HB 2413	Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Caption: Relating to eligibility of commercial driver's license holders for dismissal of certain charges on completion of a driving safety course.
HB 2414	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the continuation of the Healthy Food Advisory Committee.
HB 2667	Last Action: Referred to Environmental Regulation Caption: Relating to operating permit fees for air pollutant emissions.
HB 2668	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to administrative penalties imposed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
HB 2669	Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to study urban farming.
HB 2670	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to validating certain acts and proceedings of Harris County Improvement District No. 5 and to the boundaries of the district.
HB 2671	Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the disclosure of personal information under the Motor Vehicle Records Disclosure Act.
HB 2992	Last Action: Referred to Government Efficiency & Reform Caption: Relating to planning and administration of the state's historically underutilized business program.
HB 2993	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to offenses involving violating the civil rights of a person in custody and engaging in improper sexual activity with a person in custody; providing certain enhanced penalties.
HB 2994	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the creation, operation, and funding of the urban farm microenterprise support program.
HB 2995	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to an exemption for urban farms from payment for wastewater service.
HB 2996	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Urban Agricultural Innovation Authority.
HB 2997	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the creation and funding of the urban farming pilot program and the creation of the Select Committee on Urban Farming.
HB 2998	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to ad valorem tax relief for urban farms and green roofs.
HB 3356	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the state's historically underutilized business program, including the establishment of a contractor point system.
HB 3357	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to municipal civilian complaint review boards.
HB 3358	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to information on the number of calories in certain foods offered by public schools to students.
HB 3359	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain inmates sentenced following violation of a condition of community supervision.
HR 744	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Paula Harris on being elected president of the Houston Independent School District Board of Education.
HR 1510	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Glenda Purham-Brown of Houston.
82nd 1st Called Session
HR 233	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Yolanda Evette Williams.
80th Regular Session
HB 1095	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to eligibility for and the administration of the child health plan program.
HB 1383	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to territory included in, and the validation of acts of, the Greater Southeast Management District.
HB 2059	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work if the employee or the employee's child is a victim of family violence or a violent felony offense.
HB 2594	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the authority of law-enforcement officers to escort a child to a school campus to ensure the child's compliance with compulsory school attendance requirements.
HB 2595	Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to providing financial assistance to certain kinship caregivers.
HB 2604	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to planning and administration of the state's historically underutilized business program.
HB 3119	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the approval of direct recording electronic voting machines that use publicly disclosed program codes.
HB 3120	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to automatic admission to institutions of higher education for children of certain public servants killed in the line of duty.
HB 3121	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to health coverage or health services for Texans.
HB 3122	Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Admin. Procedures Caption: Relating to labeling and other designations for certain malt beverages.
HB 3123	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to involvement in charitable events by holders of alcoholic beverage licenses and permits.
HB 3124	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the quantity of beer or malt liquor a distributor or wholesaler may withdraw from a retailer.
HB 3700	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to investment by the holder of a manufacturer's license in certain businesses that hold a general distributor's license.
HB 3701	Last Action: Reported favorably as substituted Caption: Relating to the office of independent ombudsman of the Texas Youth Commission.
HB 3702	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain drug possession offenses.
HB 4092	Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Speaker Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 8; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
HB 4123	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to territory included in, and the validation of acts of, the Greater Southeast Management District.
HB 4134	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 10; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
HCR 259	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Bardoli Global for helping students of color to study abroad.
HCR 275	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Herriford "John" Williams of New Waverly.
HR 173	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing January 30, 2007, as Farmers Insurance Group Day at the State Capitol.
HR 572	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Riva Kremer of Houston on her 100th birthday.
HR 573	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Christopher Aaron Pichon II of Houston.