Legislation authored by Chris Harris
Includes legislation with Chris Harris as the primary author for the 69th through 82nd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 82nd Regular Session | |
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| SB 259 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the duty of a peace officer to inquire into the immigration status of persons arrested on other grounds. |
| SB 283 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the appointment of associate judges in child protective services cases. |
| SB 284 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 285 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to exempting certain judicial officers from certain requirements for obtaining or renewing a concealed handgun license and to the authority of certain judicial officers to carry certain weapons. |
| SB 286 |
Last Action: House passage as amended reported Caption: Relating to attorney's fees and other costs in guardianship proceedings. |
| SB 309 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to events to receive funding through a major events trust fund. |
| SB 382 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to an administrative fee for defendants required by a court to perform community service in lieu of serving a term of confinement in county jail. |
| SB 383 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the imposition and use of certain court costs for breath alcohol testing programs. |
| SB 384 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the cancellation of the voter registrations of persons who are not United States citizens. |
| SB 481 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the removal of a guardian of an incapacitated person ordered by a court. |
| SB 482 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to authorization agreements between parents and nonparent relatives of a child. |
| SB 483 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of criminal law magistrates in Tarrant County. |
| SB 582 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to service of process on certain domestic and foreign entities for the collection of delinquent property taxes. |
| SB 715 |
Last Action: Considered in Local & Consent Calendars Caption: Relating to access to a child's medical records by the child's attorney ad litem, guardian ad litem, or amicus attorney. |
| SB 716 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the periodic review of the child support guidelines. |
| SB 717 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the purpose and duties of the Council on Children and Families. |
| SB 785 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the termination of the parent-child relationship and the duty to pay child support in circumstances involving mistaken paternity. |
| SB 786 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to procedures for establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support obligations. |
| SB 787 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements of a child in hearings on an application for a protective order. |
| SB 788 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to certain statutory references to the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
| SB 789 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the duration of a protective order against family violence. |
| SB 790 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to a tenant's failure to pay rent during an appeal of an eviction for nonpayment of rent. |
| SB 817 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the division of community property on dissolution of marriage. |
| SB 818 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to certain temporary orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship during a parent's military deployment. |
| SB 819 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to family violence and protective orders. |
| SB 820 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to a court order for the possession of or access to a child under three years of age. |
| SB 1025 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to service of citation and appointment of an attorney ad litem for an indigent parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 1026 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of an attorney ad litem appointed for a parent or an alleged father in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 1027 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the provision of legal services by a guardian in connection with a guardianship. |
| SB 1028 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent an indigent defendant in a capital case and to the reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by appointed counsel. |
| SB 1029 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the designation of a person as a vexatious litigant. |
| SB 1061 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the requirements for an application for a tax warrant authorizing the seizure of personal property for the payment of ad valorem taxes. |
| SB 1106 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the exchange of confidential information concerning certain juveniles. |
| SB 1359 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the DNA database at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. |
| SB 1360 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to continuing education for physicians and nurses regarding the treatment of tick-borne diseases. |
| SB 1457 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to administrative procedures for title insurance hearings, licensing, and enforcement. |
| SB 1458 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to a study regarding the reenactment of the franchise tax credit for research and development expenditures. |
| SB 1459 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to prohibiting certain private transfer fees and the preservation of private real property rights; providing penalties. |
| SB 1460 |
Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to energy savings performance contracts. |
| SB 1617 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the discretionary transfer from a juvenile court to a criminal court of certain alleged offenses arising out of a single criminal transaction. |
| SB 1738 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to insurance premium and maintenance taxes, and payment of excess losses of the Windstorm Insurance Association. |
| SB 1824 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the regulation of title insurance; providing criminal and administrative penalties. |
| SB 1887 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the appointment of bailiffs in certain county criminal courts of Tarrant County. |
| SCR 47 |
Last Action: Received by the Secretary of the Senate Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 785. |
| SCR 48 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recalling S.B. No. 785 from the governor for clerical correction. |
| SJR 13 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain revenue collected by a public entity from the use of a tolled highway project in this state to be used only for roadways. |
| SR 8 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater on the occasion of its grand opening. |
| SR 10 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: Recognizing the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs football team on the occasion of its victory in the Rose Bowl. |
| SR 29 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: Recognizing Danny F. Vance of Arlington on the occasion of his retirement from the Trinity River Authority of Texas. |
| SR 48 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: Congratulating the Texas Rangers on winning the American League Championship and advancing to the World Series. |
| SR 81 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: Celebrating January 26, 2011, as Arlington to Austin Day. |
| SR 187 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Marcus High School marching band on winning its third consecutive University Interscholastic League Class 5A marching band championship. |
| SR 188 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing The University of Texas at Arlington on the occasion of the dedication of the new Engineering Research Building. |
| SR 189 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Celebrating February 8, 2011, as Mansfield Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 208 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Stan Jaworski on the occasion of his retirement from the Federal Aviation Administration. |
| SR 229 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Lou Spiegel on the occasion of her retirement from the Mansfield Independent School District. |
| SR 286 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Jack Barker of Coppell for being selected as a Distinguished Finalist by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program. |
| SR 300 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Celebrating Tarrant County Days at the State Capitol on March 2 and 3, 2011. |
| SR 301 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Flower Mound on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the town's incorporation. |
| SR 391 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: Congratulating the Hebron High School Girls' Volleyball Team on winning the University Interscholastic League Class 5A state championship title. |
| SR 392 |
Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Tom Vandergriff of Arlington. |
| SR 448 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: Congratulating Maria Zuniga on her advancement to the national finals of the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. |
| SR 624 |
Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Senator Don Kennard of Arlington. |
| SR 625 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Sammy Andrews for his contributions to the sport of rodeo and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. |
| SR 676 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Billy Mills for his 35 years of service as Judge of County Criminal Court Number 3 in Tarrant County. |
| SR 683 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Harmony Science Academy of Grand Prairie for its achievements. |
| SR 694 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 2011, as Scottish Heritage Month and celebrating National Tartan Day on April 6. |
| SR 728 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming the delegation from Furneaux Elementary School in Carrollton to the State Capitol. |
| SR 775 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Scott Snow for his service on the board of trustees of the Mansfield Independent School District. |
| SR 776 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Kimberly Ventura of Irving for being named Outstanding Marketing Student by the Texas Career and Technology Council. |
| SR 856 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Gale Moericke for his service to the Mansfield Independent School District. |
| SR 857 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Patricia Bridges Andrews for her contributions to her community and the state. |
| SR 890 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: Recognizing Six Flags Over Texas on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. |
| SR 891 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Marcus High School Marauders boys' basketball team for winning a state championship. |
| SR 939 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing The University of Texas at Arlington women's tennis team for winning the Southland Conference championship title. |
| SR 952 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Arlington Municipal Airport for receiving the 2011 Reliever Airport of the Year Award. |
| SR 953 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the City of Dalworthington Gardens on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. |
| SR 954 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Steven E. Simmons for his service to the Texas Department of Transportation. |
| SR 976 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Janice McAfee of Arlington on the occasion of her retirement. |
| SR 1229 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Denton County Transportation Authority on its public launch of the first phase of its passenger rail. |
| 81st Regular Session | |
| SB 268 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the cancellation of the voter registrations of persons who are not United States citizens. |
| SB 269 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to use of electronically readable information on a driver's license or personal identification certificate in connection with the over-the-counter sale of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 270 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the reporting of income-producing contracts or programs entered into or operated by school districts. |
| SB 271 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to informal caregiver support services and to the appointment of a successor guardian for certain wards adjudicated as totally incapacitated. |
| SB 272 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Tarrant County. |
| SB 516 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the filing of an affidavit stating that a plaintiff is not a vexatious litigant. |
| SB 517 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the application of the child support guidelines in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 518 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to providing access to certain information relating to the discretionary transfer of a child from a juvenile court to a criminal court. |
| SB 519 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the termination of the parent-child relationship and the duty to pay child support in circumstances involving mistaken paternity. |
| SB 520 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain applicants for a vehicle dealer general distinguishing number complete a dealer education course. |
| SB 863 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to adoption of certain information technology. |
| SB 864 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the qualifications and duties of a parenting coordinator in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 865 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to child support enforcement and disbursement and to health care coverage for children in Title IV-D cases. |
| SB 866 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the rights and liabilities of the parties in a suit for dissolution of a marriage and certain post-dissolution proceedings. |
| SB 873 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to a requirement that certain appraisal districts provide for electronic filing of and electronic communications regarding a protest of appraised value by the owner of a residence homestead. |
| SB 884 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to compensation of certain persons by a domestic insurance company. |
| SB 885 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for certain research and development activities. |
| SB 916 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to exempting certain judicial officers from certain requirements for obtaining or renewing a concealed handgun license and to the authority of certain judicial officers to carry certain weapons. |
| SB 917 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the definition of charitable trust for purposes of court jurisdiction. |
| SB 918 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to attorney general participation in proceedings involving charitable trusts. |
| SB 919 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to an administrative fee for defendants required by a court to perform community service in lieu of serving a term of confinement in county jail. |
| SB 920 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the right to an expunction of records and files relating to a person's arrest. |
| SB 922 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of certain magistrates. |
| SB 923 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to notice of proposed increases in fees charged by the Parks and Wildlife Department for certain permits. |
| SB 1036 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to amendments to the Texas Timeshare Act. |
| SB 1247 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the imposition and use of the municipal hotel occupancy tax by certain eligible central municipalities. |
| SB 1314 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the regulation of the practice of acupuncture. |
| SB 1377 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the administration of the compensation to victims of crime fund and the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund. |
| SB 1579 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the procedure for appointment of counsel for indigent defendants. |
| SB 1580 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the imposition and use of certain court costs for breath alcohol testing programs. |
| SB 1581 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent an indigent defendant in a capital case and to the reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by appointed counsel. |
| SB 1582 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the criminal penalty for capturing, transporting, or transplanting white-tailed or mule deer without a permit. |
| SB 1583 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the trapping and transport of surplus white-tailed deer. |
| SB 1584 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the penalties associated with violations of laws pertaining to a deer breeder permit. |
| SB 1585 |
Last Action: Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the approval of a biologist for a permit to trap, transport, and process deer. |
| SB 1586 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the establishment of a shared database for deer breeder reporting requirements. |
| SB 1639 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to requirements based on dollar amounts regarding payment bonds and change orders for certain public contracts. |
| SB 1640 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to methods and procedures of ad valorem tax valuation of inventory of persons engaged in the business of leasing or renting certain vehicles, machinery, or equipment, and to any collection by those persons of tax escrow payments. |
| SB 1641 |
Last Action: Placed on Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to certain construction liens under the Texas Residential Construction Commission Act; providing civil penalties. |
| SB 1642 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue for certain transportation systems. |
| SB 1660 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of criminal trespass for process servers. |
| SB 1661 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to child support liens on real property. |
| SB 1745 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to certain offenses involving boating safety and the disposition of fines for certain water safety offenses. |
| SB 1746 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to an interim study of recreational boating safety in Texas. |
| SB 1776 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to assessment of certain charges by a commercial landlord that is a governmental entity. |
| SB 1777 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to disbursement of child support payments in Title IV-D cases. |
| SB 1778 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the eligibility of property used in connection with a data center for economic benefits authorized by the Texas Economic Development Act. |
| SB 1965 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the regulation of retail installment contracts for commercial vehicles. |
| SB 1966 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to debt cancellation agreements offered in connection with motor vehicle retail installment contracts. |
| SB 2091 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to adoption of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; providing criminal penalties. |
| SB 2160 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to multidistrict litigation. |
| SB 2172 |
Last Action: Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to proof of title to breeding deer for certain purposes of deer breeding operations. |
| SB 2173 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use hotel occupancy tax revenue for certain venue projects. |
| SB 2174 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to enter into an agreement with a school district to dedicate revenue from a tax increment fund to the district for the acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of an educational facility. |
| SB 2386 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the designation of the Diamond Interchange. |
| SB 2387 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to regulation of certain credit transactions and lenders. |
| SB 2454 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to preferences of certain district courts in Tarrant County. |
| SB 2466 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Cypress Waters Municipal Management District; providing the authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds. |
| SB 2482 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to local regulation of distance requirements for businesses selling alcoholic beverages near certain establishments. |
| SB 2505 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to safety of children who participate in rodeos. |
| SJR 25 |
Last Action: Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain revenue collected by a public entity from the use of a tolled highway project in this state to be used only for transportation projects. |
| SR 67 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing January 28, 2009, as Team Arlington Day. |
| SR 212 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 17, 2009, as Mansfield Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 214 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 17, 2009, as Irving Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 366 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Irving Independent School District on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. |
| SR 484 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce for receiving a 5-Star Accreditation from the United States Chamber of Commerce. |
| SR 548 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Mansfield Summit High School girls' basketball team for winning the University Interscholastic League Class 5A state basketball championship. |
| SR 626 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Vernon Newsom on the occasion of his retirement as superintendent of the Mansfield Independent School District. |
| SR 822 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Coppell High School Cowgirls soccer team for winning the University Interscholastic League Class 5A state championship title. |
| SR 852 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Douglas N. Stover for his service as Mayor of the City of Coppell. |
| SR 969 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the North and East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association on the occasion of its annual conference. |
| SR 1065 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Jack E. Singley on the occasion of his retirement from the Irving Independent School District. |
| SR 1066 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Proclaiming June 2009 as Texas Scottish History Month. |
| SR 1081 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1161. |
| 81st 1st Called Session | |
| SR 28 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Children's Advocacy Center of Denton County on the occasion of the grand opening of its new facility. |
| 80th Regular Session | |
| SB 88 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the proximity of certain sex offenders' residences to premises where children commonly gather. |
| SB 226 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to a computerized map system containing the locations of residences of registered sex offenders and premises where children commonly gather. |
| SB 227 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the perfection of a child support lien on a motor vehicle. |
| SB 228 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including proceedings for the establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support, parentage, and possession of and access to a child; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 229 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the seal of a district court and the signature of the district clerk used on process issued by the court. |
| SB 230 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the notification required when certain school students who engage in certain criminal conduct transfer to a new school. |
| SB 231 |
Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to child support enforcement. |
| SB 232 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the rendition and issuance of an administrative qualified domestic relations order to enforce child support obligations. |
| SB 233 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the authority of certain law enforcement agencies to establish a checkpoint to determine whether persons are boating while intoxicated. |
| SB 234 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the reporting of income-producing contracts or programs entered into or operated by school districts. |
| SB 235 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the composition of a county bail bond board. |
| SB 251 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to parking of a motor vehicle operated by or for the transportation of a veteran with a disability in certain parking spaces; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 302 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to an administrative fee for defendants required by a court to perform community service in lieu of serving a term of confinement in county jail. |
| SB 303 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to health care coverage for a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 304 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the calculation of child support obligations. |
| SB 305 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the impoundment of a motor vehicle on the owner's second or subsequent conviction of operating a motor vehicle without financial responsibility for the vehicle. |
| SB 306 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent an indigent defendant in a capital case and to the reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by appointed counsel. |
| SB 307 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to use of electronically readable information on a driver's license or personal identification certificate in connection with the over-the-counter sale of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 334 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of health benefit plan issuers and dissemination of information to patients, physicians, and other providers. |
| SB 395 |
Last Action: Referred to Law Enforcement Caption: Relating to dismissal of the charge in certain traffic offense cases. |
| SB 396 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the issuance of certain search warrants. |
| SB 397 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the administration of an oath in this state. |
| SB 398 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to dismissal of the charge in certain motor vehicle equipment offenses. |
| SB 399 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to postponement of jury service in certain counties. |
| SB 410 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of certain municipal peace officers on a lake located partly in a municipality. |
| SB 429 |
Last Action: Meeting cancelled Caption: Relating to a child support lien and notice of levy for the enforcement of child support obligations. |
| SB 430 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to a claim for reimbursement in a suit to dissolve a marriage. |
| SB 431 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the authority of an associate judge in certain family law proceedings. |
| SB 432 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the consent to and annulment of certain marriages. |
| SB 433 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to attorney's fees in certain postjudgment proceedings. |
| SB 462 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the allocation of revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax for the arts for certain municipalities. |
| SB 463 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the statute of limitations for misdemeanors. |
| SB 464 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the dismissal of a charge for failure to timely update certain information on a driver's license or personal identification certificate. |
| SB 512 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the attachment of a judgment lien to homestead property. |
| SB 513 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain applicants for a vehicle dealer general distinguishing number complete a dealer education course. |
| SB 521 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the offense of funeral service disruption. |
| SB 562 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to an exemption from jury duty in certain counties. |
| SB 626 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the requirement to complete the boater education course and the deposit of fees from that course. |
| SB 696 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities. |
| SB 734 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to circumstances under which court reporting firms, shorthand reporting firms, and affiliate offices are considered to provide services in this state. |
| SB 777 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the authority of certain judges in criminal cases to modify the amount or conditions of bail set by a justice of the peace or municipal court judge. |
| SB 778 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the use of certain technology to conduct certain mental health proceedings. |
| SB 864 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Relating to offenses involving boating safety. |
| SB 919 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Viridian Municipal Management District; providing the authority to issue bonds and impose taxes. |
| SB 967 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to injurious or disruptive conduct at major venue sporting events; providing penalties. |
| SB 990 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the marital property interest in certain employee benefits and the statute of limitations applicable to certain actions asserting claims under marital property agreements. |
| SB 998 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to a defendant's inability to pay certain expenses during a period of probation provided by a judge in a justice or municipal court. |
| SB 1003 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to areas of an airport where weapons are prohibited; providing a penalty. |
| SB 1171 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of drivers education and driving safety programs by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. |
| SB 1319 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to county development district programs to promote tourism. |
| SB 1320 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the licensing, acquisition, regulation, and taxation of manufactured housing; providing administrative and criminal penalties. |
| SB 1367 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the use of parenting plans and parenting coordinators in suits affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 1617 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the collection of motor vehicle sales taxes on seller-financed sales by dealers and the registration of finance companies related to those dealers. |
| SB 1701 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the appointment of a successor guardian for certain wards adjudicated as totally incapacitated. |
| SB 1702 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the age at which juvenile records may be sealed. |
| SB 1703 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the inspection of registered or listed family homes. |
| SB 1704 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to exempting expenditures for advertising from certain competitive bidding requirements for municipalities. |
| SB 1705 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the requirements of a candidate for certain judicial offices to be placed on the ballot. |
| SB 1706 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the resale by a taxing unit of real property that is sold to the taxing unit at an ad valorem tax sale. |
| SB 1742 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the sale and possession of horsemeat and the sale of equine animals. |
| SB 1921 |
Last Action: Referred to Corrections Caption: Relating to the powers, duties, and composition of the governing board of the Texas Youth Commission. |
| SCR 58 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating Lewisville Lake as the Urban Bass Fishing Capital of Texas. |
| SR 56 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing January 30, 2007, as Dallas County Day at the Capitol. |
| SR 189 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating The University of Texas at Arlington Wheelchair Basketball Team for winning the 2006 National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. |
| SR 198 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Coppell Middle School North Cougar Band for being named the 2006-2007 Texas State Honor Band by the Texas Music Educators Association. |
| SR 324 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Specialist Nathaniel Aaron Aguirre of Carrollton. |
| SR 325 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Major Matthew Wade Worrell of Lewisville. |
| SR 338 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the City of Highland Village for being named the Safest City in North Texas. |
| SR 421 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 8, 2007, as Grand Prairie Day at the Capitol. |
| SR 458 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 20, 2007, as Irving Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 542 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Donald Elementary School in Flower Mound for being named a 2006 No Child Left Behind–Blue Ribbon School. |
| SR 661 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing James W. Callicutt on the occasion of his retirement from The University of Texas at Arlington. |
| SR 815 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. |
| SR 887 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the drumline of Flower Mound High School in Flower Mound for winning a national championship. |
| SR 888 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the marching band of Marcus High School for winning a state championship. |
| SR 895 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the boys soccer team from Marcus High School in Flower Mound for winning the Class 5A state championship. |
| SR 990 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Arbor Creek Middle School in Carrollton for earning Gold Performance Acknowledgements from the Texas Education Agency. |
| SR 1083 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the United States Army Rest and Recuperation program at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. |
| SR 1097 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Christa McAuliffe Elementary School in Lewisville on the occasion of its 20th anniversary. |
| SR 1167 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Charles Emery of Denton County for being named Outstanding Board Member of the Year by the American Public Transportation Association. |
| 79th Regular Session | |
| SB 21 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
| SB 170 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to the designation of the portion of Interstate Highway 20 inside Dallas and Tarrant Counties as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway. |
| SB 171 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to the emergency service fee rate in certain 9-1-1 emergency communication districts. |
| SB 172 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the offense of cruelty to animals. |
| SB 173 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to banning handguns and certain other weapons from parking areas associated with schools or educational institutions; providing criminal penalties. |
| SB 234 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the appointment of grand jury bailiffs in Tarrant County. |
| SB 235 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the qualifications of bailiffs and grand jury bailiffs for certain courts. |
| SB 321 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the 396th District Court. |
| SB 359 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to notice regarding rental car damage waivers. |
| SB 650 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the continuation of the Texas emissions reduction plan, including the funding for the plan. |
| SB 651 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth missing persons DNA database. |
| SB 1006 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to the period of time during which a person may be supervised in a pretrial intervention program and the fee that may be charged for the program. |
| SB 1007 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the placement of a defendant in the state boot camp program as a condition of deferred adjudication community supervision. |
| SB 1008 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to an automobile club membership offered in connection with a loan. |
| SB 1009 |
Last Action: Reported engrossed Caption: Relating to reporting of expenditures by persons registered as lobbyists. |
| SB 1010 |
Last Action: Reported engrossed Caption: Relating to prohibited conflicts of interest of registered lobbyists. |
| SB 1011 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to restrictions on and reporting of certain expenditures by registered lobbyists. |
| SB 1012 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for The University of Texas at Arlington and its engineering facilities. |
| SB 1013 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the use of private legal counsel by certain hospital districts. |
| SB 1014 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to records on appeal in municipal courts of record. |
| SB 1028 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Relating to a nonsubstantive revision of statutes relating to the Texas Department of Insurance, the business of insurance, and certain related businesses, including conforming amendments, repeals, and penalties. |
| SB 1029 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning special districts, including conforming amendments. |
| SB 1147 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the appointment of visiting associate judges. |
| SB 1148 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to protecting the confidentiality of certain identifying personal information contained in court records. |
| SB 1149 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to the electronic transmission of health benefit information between a health benefit plan issuer and a physician or health care provider. |
| SB 1150 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to parental consent for the performance of an abortion; providing penalties. |
| SB 1151 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the use of a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. |
| SB 1152 |
Last Action: Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Caption: Relating to the perfection of a child support lien on a motor vehicle. |
| SB 1153 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including proceedings for the establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 1154 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the appointment of substitute trustees in certain foreclosures. |
| SB 1155 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the notice required for a sale of real property under a contract lien. |
| SB 1156 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to an exemption from The Real Estate License Act for persons who conduct foreclosure sales. |
| SB 1157 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to trusts. |
| SB 1158 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to guardianship matters and proceedings. |
| SB 1159 |
Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Admin. Procedures Caption: Relating to the regulation of persons who repossess motor vehicles; providing penalties. |
| SB 1160 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the civil penalty for late filing of a lobby registration or report that is corrected by the registrant. |
| SB 1161 |
Last Action: Reported engrossed Caption: Relating to corrected reports, registrations, and statements filed with the Texas Ethics Commission. |
| SB 1162 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to notice in certain real property transactions concerning public improvement districts. |
| SB 1276 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Relating to financial disclosure by appointed state officers after leaving office. |
| SB 1277 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to political expenditures made by a corporation to finance the establishment and administration of a political committee. |
| SB 1765 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the management of deer on private property; providing penalties. |
| SB 1766 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to transferring certain responsibilities from the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife to the Texas Department of Agriculture. |
| SB 1767 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to charity care and government-sponsored indigent health care provided at certain for-profit hospitals. |
| SB 1768 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the attachment of a judgment lien to homestead property. |
| SB 1769 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to administrators of certain hospital districts. |
| SB 1770 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to Texas Life, Accident, Health, and Hospital Service Insurance Guaranty Association. |
| SB 1844 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to scholarships for the fifth year of accounting programs at public and private institutions of higher education. |
| SJR 5 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. |
| SR 79 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming the members of the Texas High School Rodeo Association and recognizing February 7, 2005, as THSRA Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 128 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 16, 2005, as Tarrant County Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 455 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming representatives of the Texas Council of Child Welfare Boards to the State Capitol. |
| SR 635 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 20, 2005, as Barnett Shale Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 636 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Shaken Baby Alliance of Fort Worth during Child Abuse Prevention Month. |
| SR 872 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Phillip William Ellis of Grand Prairie. |
| SR 881 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Marcus High School girls' soccer team on winning the Class 5A state championship. |
| SR 988 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 2005 as Elder Abuse Prevention Month. |
| SR 1102 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the staff of the Engrossing and Enrolling Department for their service to the Texas Senate and congratulating them on being named the 2005 administrative recipients of the Betty King Public Service Award. |
| SR 1103 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Detta Haffelder for her Senate service and congratulating her on being named the 2005 legislative recipient of the Betty King Public Service Award. |
| 79th 1st Called Session | |
| SB 12 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
| SJR 11 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. |
| 79th 2nd Called Session | |
| SB 11 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
| SB 23 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for The University of Texas at Arlington. |
| SJR 3 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. |
| 79th 3rd Called Session | |
| SR 58 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May, 2006, as Elder Abuse Prevention Month. |
| SR 173 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Girl Scouts of the United States of America on the occasion of the organization's 94th anniversary. |
| 78th Regular Session | |
| SB 9 |
Last Action: Received by the Secretary of the Senate Caption: Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. |
| SB 208 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the contents of physician profiles created by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners. |
| SB 220 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
| SB 256 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to contingent payment clauses in certain construction contracts. |
| SB 312 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to civil liability of and liability insurance for certain nursing institutions. |
| SB 313 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to collection of civil damages awarded against certain nonprofit institutions. |
| SB 351 |
Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Admin. Procedures Caption: Relating to the regulation of persons who repossess motor vehicles; providing penalties. |
| SB 354 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of certain district courts and criminal district courts of Tarrant County. |
| SB 391 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the operation of a jail commissary by a sheriff in certain counties. |
| SB 416 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the regulation of boilers. |
| SB 417 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to interest rate ceilings on certain commercial loans. |
| SB 441 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the transportation by motor vehicle of persons within the boundaries of certain airports; providing criminal penalties. |
| SB 551 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the priority of a construction lender's lien over a mechanic's lien. |
| SB 552 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the period for which a court may order temporary inpatient mental health services for certain persons. |
| SB 572 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the euthanasia of an animal by an animal shelter; providing criminal penalties. |
| SB 573 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to adoption of the Uniform Principal and Income Act. |
| SB 574 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the duties and removal of a trustee. |
| SB 575 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to adoption of the Uniform Prudent Investor Act. |
| SB 576 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the exercise of powers of appointment. |
| SB 577 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to probate matters. |
| SB 631 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the suspension of sentence and the deferral of adjudication in cases involving certain misdemeanor traffic offenses. |
| SB 702 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to information regarding certain complaints filed with the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and related settlements. |
| SB 752 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to joint negotiation by physicians and health benefit plans. |
| SB 753 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the allowable operating expenses of certain 9-1-1 emergency communication districts. |
| SB 809 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the application of the public information law to information pertaining to the security or vulnerability of the infrastructure, buildings, or operations of an airport. |
| SB 810 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the regulation of social workers; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 922 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the appointments and duties of Tarrant County criminal magistrates. |
| SB 952 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the penalty group classification of 3,4-methylenedioxy methamphetamine (MDMA, MDM) and related criminal offenses. |
| SB 1130 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the office of public interest counsel. |
| SB 1131 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to funding of certain emergency medical services, trauma facilities, and trauma care systems. |
| SB 1174 |
Last Action: Considered in Local & Consent Calendars Caption: Relating to salary payments to municipal and county employees called to active military duty. |
| SB 1175 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the regulation of tow trucks and to the authority of a political subdivision of this state to regulate tow trucks; providing penalties. |
| SB 1176 |
Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Admin. Procedures Caption: Relating to the regulation of roofing contractors; providing penalties. |
| SB 1177 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to deferred presentment transactions. |
| SB 1178 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to guardianships of incapacitated persons; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 1220 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan. |
| SB 1321 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Relating to renumbering or relettering certain provisions of enacted codes. |
| SB 1322 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 77th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature. |
| SB 1323 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Relating to the adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of local laws concerning special districts, including conforming amendments. |
| SB 1324 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Relating to a nonsubstantive revision of statutes relating to the Texas Department of Insurance, the business of insurance, and certain related businesses, including conforming amendments, repeals, and penalties. |
| SB 1449 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to conflicts of interest involving lobbyists. |
| SB 1450 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of a guardian of the person of a ward to transport the ward to an inpatient mental health facility and file for emergency detention under certain circumstances and to consent to the administration of certain medication. |
| SB 1452 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to an offense for certain communications between an appraisal review board member and a chief appraiser or appraisal district employee concerning a matter related to an ad valorem tax protest. |
| SB 1502 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to certain local option elections for certain cities located in more than one county. |
| SB 1503 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to certain local option elections for certain cities located in more than one county. |
| SB 1504 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the regulation of motor vehicle sales and the powers and duties of the Motor Vehicle Board of the Texas Department of Transportation. |
| SB 1505 |
Last Action: Referred to Infrastructure Dev & Security Caption: Relating to the enforcement of fares imposed for the use of certain public transportation systems; providing penalties. |
| SB 1506 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c by chair Caption: Relating to the issuance of Texas County Child Welfare Boards special license plates. |
| SB 1507 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the use of powers of attorney in certain motor vehicle transfers; providing a penalty. |
| SB 1804 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to certain health care treatment plans and pharmaceutical services and to medical necessity reviews. |
| SB 1805 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the enforcement of child support obligations, including interstate enforcement. |
| SB 1806 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to notice to an employer of a court order requiring an employee to provide medical support for the employee's child; providing penalties. |
| SB 1807 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the establishment and adjudication of certain parent-child relationships. |
| SB 1808 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the establishment of paternity and the establishment and enforcement of child support and medical support for a child. |
| SB 1919 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the punishment for assaults committed against certain sports participants. |
| SB 1949 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the cancer registry. |
| SJR 15 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. |
| SJR 22 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to define rates of interest for commercial loans. |
| SR 79 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 3, 2003, as Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging Day at the Capitol. |
| SR 129 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 11, 2003, as Kidney Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 182 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the cheerleaders of Hebron High School in Hebron for winning a national competition. |
| SR 211 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 26, 2003, as Tarrant County Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 570 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Diana Rhein for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 571 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Gloria Rubio for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 572 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Jean Stevens for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 573 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Mary Patricia Taylor for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 574 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Shawntalez Tezeno for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 575 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Debbie Yarger for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 576 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Paul Chapinduka for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 577 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Helen Christine Alderman for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 578 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Kathryn Anthony for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 579 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Basilia Delgado for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 580 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Vania Folegatti for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 581 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Stefanie Gerron for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 582 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Tara L. Harris for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 583 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Tiffany Hawkins for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 584 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Marissa Hellawell Maier for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 585 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Lidia Morris for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 586 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Hanah McElroy for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 587 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Dave Perry for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 588 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Suzanne Puckett for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 589 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Elizabeth Worling for contributing to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 624 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the athletes participating in the Special Olympics World Summer Games. |
| SR 711 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the Texas High School Rodeo Association. |
| SR 818 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the drill team of Coppell High School in Coppell for winning a national competition. |
| SR 953 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: In memory of Charles P. Schulze, Jr., of Irving. |
| SR 1015 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1493. |
| SR 1045 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1365. |
| 78th 1st Called Session | |
| SB 7 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
| SB 25 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. |
| SJR 3 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. |
| 78th 3rd Called Session | |
| SB 19 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to liability in civil actions against municipal hospital authority contractors. |
| SCR 2 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing the General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. |
| SR 15 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending James K. Burnett for his service to the state. |
| SR 30 |
Last Action: Record vote Caption: Amending the Rules of the Senate, 78th Legislature. |
| SR 83 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Steve Robinson on his retirement as executive director of the Texas Youth Commission. |
| 78th 4th Called Session | |
| SB 7 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
| SJR 4 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. |
| SR 10 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the boys soccer team of Coppell High School in Coppell for winning the Class 5A state championship. |
| SR 11 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the girls soccer team of Creekview High School in Carrollton for winning the Class 5A state championship. |
| SR 27 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing C. B. Berry Elementary School in Arlington on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. |
| SR 66 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Saeed Jones of Lewisville for winning the state championship of the American Legion's National High School Oratorical Contest. |
| SR 70 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Sandra Sellers for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 71 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Dolores Gardner for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 72 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Kelly Alipour for contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 73 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Nancy Garcia for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 74 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Mija Hood for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 75 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Lisa Baker for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 76 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Kathryn Anthony for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 77 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Basilia Delgado for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 78 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Tiffany Hawkins for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 79 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Gloria Rubio for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 80 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Denise Gordon for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 81 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Jennifer Halbrook for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 82 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Melanie Jefferis for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 83 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Jackie Lindsey for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 84 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Debbie Repp for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 85 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Janet Shull for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 86 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Jean Stevens for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 87 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Stefanie Gerron for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 88 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Carol Brown for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 89 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Dave Perry for his contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 90 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Theresa Stewart for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 91 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Sue Puckett for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 92 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Tara Harris for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| SR 93 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Debbie Yarger for her contributions to the educational system of Texas. |
| 77th Regular Session | |
| SB 229 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the date for holding elections in certain cities. |
| SB 230 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the transfer of funds to optional retirement programs for certain employees of public schools. |
| SB 231 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the liability of a governmental unit for an act or omission of an off-duty law enforcement officer. |
| SB 232 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 30 between Dallas and Fort Worth as the Tom Landry Highway. |
| SB 233 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to parental liability for the conduct of a child. |
| SB 234 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the date of the primary election and related procedures. |
| SB 235 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of dangerous wild animals; imposing civil and criminal penalties. |
| SB 236 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to court-ordered medical support and the funding of certain health benefit programs for certain children. |
| SB 243 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to financing capital improvements and facility expansions through the assessment of impact fees; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 250 |
Last Action: Considered in Local & Consent Calendars Caption: Relating to the persons who are eligible for appointment as a temporary justice of the peace. |
| SB 251 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the forfeiture of proceeds and certain property to a county law enforcement agency under criminal asset forfeiture laws. |
| SB 252 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to notice of the appointment of a receiver in a suit for dissolution of a marriage. |
| SB 277 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to the transfer, sale, or assignment of structured settlements. |
| SB 278 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to rates, forms, and maintenance taxes for commercial automobile insurance. |
| SB 305 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Parks and Wildlife Department. |
| SB 306 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Securities Board; providing penalties. |
| SB 309 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the application of the sunset review process to certain governmental entities. |
| SB 310 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Railroad Commission of Texas. |
| SB 318 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. |
| SB 434 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the expunction of certain arrest records. |
| SB 448 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to removal of an unauthorized vehicle; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 488 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the recognition of a same-sex marriage or civil union. |
| SB 594 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to retrospective reviews of health care services by utilization review agents. |
| SB 595 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to information regarding certain complaints filed with the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and related settlements. |
| SB 615 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the definition of security services for purposes of the application of the sales tax. |
| SB 679 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the enactment of the Texas Economic Development Act, authorizing certain ad valorem tax incentives for economic development, including authorizing school districts to provide tax relief for certain corporations and limited liability companies that make large investments that create or maintain jobs in this state, and to continuing the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act. |
| SB 730 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the issuance of citations to persons arrested for certain misdemeanors and to the suspension of sentence and the deferral of adjudication in cases involving certain misdemeanor traffic offenses. |
| SB 769 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain information be provided in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 770 |
Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to availability of health benefit plan coverage for certain dependents of an enrollee. |
| SB 771 |
Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to a consumers' guide for employers regarding health benefit plans. |
| SB 772 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Human Services to establish criteria for designating nursing facility operators with excellent operating records as eligible to acquire a license to operate another existing nursing facility on an expedited basis. |
| SB 773 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the general power of the Texas Department of Transportation to contract. |
| SB 774 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to the composition of the third and eighth administrative judicial regions. |
| SB 775 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to requiring the seller of residential real property to disclose to the purchaser the location of certain commercial enterprises. |
| SB 776 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to child support, including the accrual of interest on child support and the treatment of overpayments. |
| SB 852 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to public school teachers. |
| SB 853 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to service of citation and publication of certain notices required by law. |
| SB 854 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to public school accountability. |
| SB 955 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the delegation of certain functions by health maintenance organizations. |
| SB 1067 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to certain agreements for the payment of subcontractors. |
| SB 1082 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to licensing, inspecting, surveying, and investigating certain nursing institutions. |
| SB 1083 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain nursing institutions. |
| SB 1084 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to requiring hepatitis A vaccines for food service employees. |
| SB 1085 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the continuation of the advisory committee on inpatient mental health services. |
| SB 1086 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the minimum qualifications of certain persons conducting a social study in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 1087 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the membership of the Public Safety Commission. |
| SB 1088 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to designating the Texas Rangers as a separate law enforcement division under the authority of the Public Safety Commission. |
| SB 1111 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c by chair Caption: Relating to permissible activities of certain short-term state employees. |
| SB 1188 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of an office of inspector general. |
| SB 1224 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to occupations regulated by the Texas Commission on Private Security. |
| SB 1304 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to the creation of a missing persons DNA database at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth; providing a penalty. |
| SB 1305 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to incorporating services for children with special health care needs into the state child health plan for certain low-income children. |
| SB 1306 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the use of pre-existing surveys by title insurance agents and companies. |
| SB 1307 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to uniform closing and settlement statements. |
| SB 1498 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to authorizing a recreational facility fee at The University of Texas at Arlington. |
| SB 1567 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the creation of the Emerging University excellence fund to promote research and excellence at certain institutions of higher education. |
| SB 1568 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the licensing of national and state banks to underwrite certain credit insurance products as principal. |
| SB 1719 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the authority of a guardian of the person of a ward to consent to the voluntary admission of the ward to an inpatient psychiatric facility. |
| SCR 75 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 310. |
| SJR 36 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the 1997 school property tax relief for homesteads and dedicate the additional tax revenue to fund health care coverage for public school teachers. |
| SJR 46 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to transfer to the economic stabilization fund certain excess earnings on investments of money in the general revenue fund. |
| SR 14 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Captain Joey J. Ziemian of Euless. |
| SR 15 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Matilda Meador of Arlington. |
| SR 178 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 5, 2001, as Court Reporter Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 292 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: Recognizing February 21, 2001, as Mansfield Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 522 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the girls basketball team of Mansfield High School in Mansfield. |
| SR 849 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Dee Ann Wooldridge. |
| SR 850 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Terri Barnes. |
| SR 851 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Rose Elliott. |
| SR 852 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Karena Williams. |
| SR 853 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Liz Lawler. |
| SR 854 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Ralph Houy. |
| SR 855 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Steven Jagielski. |
| SR 856 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Holly Franz. |
| SR 857 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Tina Lyons. |
| SR 858 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Melvia Ehrhart. |
| SR 859 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Dave Perry. |
| SR 860 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Greg White. |
| SR 861 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Rebecca Spaulding. |
| SR 862 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Cynthia Cadena. |
| SR 863 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Deborah Flynn. |
| SR 864 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Barbara D. Frazier. |
| SR 865 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Diana Kucera. |
| SR 866 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Brenda McGeorge. |
| SR 867 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Walter Keasler. |
| SR 868 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Catherine Farrah. |
| SR 869 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Emily Holt. |
| SR 870 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Katie Goodspeed. |
| SR 871 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Amelia Harden. |
| SR 872 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Joyce Hill. |
| SR 873 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Suann Claunch. |
| SR 1010 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the AsiaTech@Austin 2001 Expo. |
| SR 1042 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Buckley family. |
| SR 1043 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: Congratulating Estelle Teague. |
| SR 1092 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Joshua D. Stewart of Arlington. |
| SR 1190 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2255. |
| SR 1216 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1831. |
| 76th Regular Session | |
| SB 56 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to abatement of common nuisances. |
| SB 57 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the exception from required disclosure under the public information law of information relating to litigation. |
| SB 66 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to exempting gun safes from the sales tax. |
| SB 69 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
| SB 83 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to informed consent to the performance of an abortion; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 91 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from calendar Caption: Relating to authorizing title auditors to audit and review escrow and trust accounts of title insurance companies. |
| SB 92 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the voluntary surrender or automatic forfeiture of a license of a title insurance agent, direct operation, escrow officer, or title attorney. |
| SB 97 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to long-term care for public employees. |
| SB 105 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to reports of an audit by a title insurance agent or direct operation of a title insurance company. |
| SB 118 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the payment or transfer of certain restitution or other money to a local registry or the Title IV-D agency. |
| SB 126 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to suits to establish county boundaries. |
| SB 136 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to donations of juror reimbursements. |
| SB 147 |
Last Action: Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Caption: Relating to the designation of the primary physical residence of a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 149 |
Last Action: Effective with Fall Semester 1999 Caption: Relating to student intercollegiate athletic fees at The University of Texas at Arlington. |
| SB 150 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to appeal of certain decisions of a county civil service commission. |
| SB 153 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the payment of costs in a proceeding for court-ordered mental health services. |
| SB 172 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to a qualified commercial loan. |
| SB 293 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the statutory terminology used to describe certain disadvantaged public school students. |
| SB 294 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the appointment of probate masters for certain courts. |
| SB 328 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of driver's training courses and the issuance of certain driver's licenses. |
| SB 346 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to health and human services regions. |
| SB 347 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to liability for injury or property damage arising from a motor vehicle accident and related effects on motor vehicle insurance. |
| SB 355 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Incentive and Productivity Commission. |
| SB 359 |
Last Action: Referred to Health Services Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. |
| SB 360 |
Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention. |
| SB 368 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to court-ordered child support, including the child support enforcement functions of the office of the attorney general and the sunset review of those functions and the implementation of the child support enforcement provisions of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; providing civil and criminal penalties. |
| SB 373 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies; providing a penalty. |
| SB 391 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the enforcement of a child support order by a domestic relations office and to requests for related information. |
| SB 422 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the sealing of juvenile records. |
| SB 423 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the operation, funding, and administration of certain workforce development programs. |
| SB 468 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to licensing requirements for certain persons providing abortion services. |
| SB 469 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the retention of certain appellate court records. |
| SB 470 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to state financial assistance for juvenile justice alternative education programs that provide student transportation. |
| SB 481 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the purchase of library materials by certain institutions of higher education with constitutional funds. |
| SB 494 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to preserving the history and heritage of the state by establishing the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and by prescribing certain operations, powers, and duties of the State Preservation Board. |
| SB 496 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to increasing the maximum size of an urban homestead to 10 acres, prescribing permissible uses of rural and urban homesteads, and permitting an existing lien upon part of a homestead to extend to another part of the homestead. |
| SB 506 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to suits to recover damages resulting from construction defects; providing for recovery of a penalty from certain contractors. |
| SB 547 |
Last Action: Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Caption: Relating to the classification of certain child support claims against the estate of a decedent. |
| SB 548 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed of Tarrant County. |
| SB 580 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of an offense for violating a court order regarding the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 581 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the liability of certain employers who are required to withhold child support from an employee's earnings. |
| SB 617 |
Last Action: Referred to Health Services Caption: Relating to the penalty for practicing chiropractic without a license. |
| SB 618 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Infrastructure by Chair Caption: Relating to removal of an unauthorized vehicle; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 619 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to county expenses paid from the interest on certain court registry funds. |
| SB 620 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the eligibility of a delinquent child support obligor to receive state grants or loans or receive payment on state contracts. |
| SB 624 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to certain crime control and prevention districts. |
| SB 716 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the power of a court to defer adjudication in cases involving misdemeanors punishable by fine only and payment of all court costs. |
| SB 731 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to structured settlements in certain personal injury actions. |
| SB 732 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to authorizing certain governmental entities located in certain municipalities with a development corporation to assess fees with the approval of the municipality. |
| SB 771 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the legal representation of county officials and employees by district and county attorneys. |
| SB 772 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to exempting certain persons from requirements related to the sale, exchange, or lease-purchase of a manufactured home. |
| SB 786 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the Texas State History Museum. |
| SB 787 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the administrative adjudication of parking offenses in certain municipalities and at certain airports operated jointly by two municipalities. |
| SB 788 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to claims against, including motions for the recusal or disqualification of, certain judges. |
| SB 789 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to a local option election for the sale of mixed beverages in restaurants. |
| SB 820 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the compensatory education allotment. |
| SB 841 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of municipal courts in certain criminal cases, punishable only by a fine, that arise under the rules, orders, and resolutions of a joint airport board. |
| SB 886 |
Last Action: Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Caption: Relating to fees assessed in a child support case. |
| SB 887 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to certain payments to the state disbursement unit and the transfer of certain child support information from the state case registry and disbursement unit to a local registry. |
| SB 888 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to electronic filing of records with a county clerk. |
| SB 889 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to air quality standards for certain airports. |
| SB 890 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the delegation of certain functions by health maintenance organizations. |
| SB 891 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the regulation of credit unions. |
| SB 1083 |
Last Action: Referred to Health Services Caption: Relating to forming a professional association for the practice of dentistry. |
| SB 1084 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the assignment of benefits for dental care services. |
| SB 1085 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to forming a professional association for the practice of dentistry. |
| SB 1106 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to a statement of facts concerning the identity of heirs. |
| SB 1180 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99 Caption: Relating to certain duties of county bail bond boards. |
| SB 1181 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the authority of a magistrate to impose certain reasonable conditions of bond. |
| SB 1182 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to certain requirements of certain county jails. |
| SB 1190 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the availability of injunctive relief to prohibit use of state water without a permit and in violation of a permit exemption. |
| SB 1191 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to the repair of a motor vehicle under an insurance policy; providing penalties. |
| SB 1192 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to providing notice of a violation before filing certain suits relating to interference with a possessory interest in a child. |
| SB 1359 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the rendition and appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes. |
| SB 1360 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to commercial automobile insurance. |
| SB 1361 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the use of a declaration for mental health treatment. |
| SB 1362 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain municipal planning professionals by the Texas Real Estate Commission; providing penalties. |
| SB 1363 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the acquisition of library materials by a junior college district. |
| SB 1364 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to out-of-state political committees. |
| SB 1365 |
Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to abolishing the Texas Department of Human Services and transferring its functions to other state agencies. |
| SB 1366 |
Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to court reporting. |
| SB 1367 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to legislative access to information. |
| SB 1368 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, including the nonsubstantive codification of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 75th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature. |
| SB 1369 |
Last Action: Printing rule suspended Caption: Relating to the adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of statutes relating to the licensing and regulation of certain professions and business practices, including conforming amendments, repeals, and penalties. |
| SB 1370 |
Last Action: Printing rule suspended Caption: Relating to the adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of statutes relating to public securities, including conforming amendments, repeals, and penalties. |
| SB 1467 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to a nonsubstantive revision of statutes relating to the Texas Department of Insurance, the business of insurance, and certain related businesses, including conforming amendments, repeals, and penalties. |
| SB 1468 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the regulation of physician joint negotiation. |
| SB 1469 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the ad valorem tax records pertaining to the appraised value of property that is located in more than one appraisal district. |
| SB 1736 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to management and investment of trust assets. |
| SB 1737 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to guardianships and management trusts for incapacitated persons. |
| SB 1738 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the standard order for possession of or access to a child. |
| SB 1739 |
Last Action: Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Caption: Relating to income withholding for child support arrearages. |
| SB 1740 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the transfer of structured settlements. |
| SB 1741 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to removal of the disabilities of minority. |
| SB 1742 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to certain proceedings in a foreclosure action. |
| SB 1743 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Tech & Business by Pres. Caption: Relating to the enhanced availability of broadband Internet access. |
| SB 1813 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the regulation of pawnbrokers and pawnshop employees. |
| SB 1814 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the payment of certain health care expenses as additional child support. |
| SB 1815 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the designation of the primary residence of certain children in an order for possession of and access to a child. |
| SB 1816 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to terms of community supervision for violation of an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 1817 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to prohibiting the sale or purchase of toner cartridges with restrictions on the recycling or remanufacturing. |
| SB 1865 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to regulating and reporting certain political contributions and political expenditures; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 1883 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to certain rates charged by a gas utility or municipally owned utility to a state agency. |
| SB 1900 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to issuance of special "Choose Life" license plates. |
| SCR 6 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house to establish a Blue Ribbon Task Force to study the uninsured issue. |
| SJR 13 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. |
| SJR 15 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to transactions by an incapacitated person in connection with a homestead. |
| SJR 22 |
Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the maximum size of an urban homestead to 10 acres, prescribing permissible uses of urban homesteads, and preventing the overburdening of a homestead. |
| SJR 37 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the application of equity loan law to cooperative membership fees and certificates. |
| SR 23 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Texas Recreational Vehicle Association. |
| SR 90 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the cities of Benbrook, Texas, and Bled, Slovenia. |
| SR 350 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Tillie Burgin of Arlington. |
| SR 364 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring police officer David S. Llewellyn of Dallas. |
| SR 460 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Mansfield High School Lady Tigers basketball team. |
| SR 608 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Barbara Cabbil. |
| SR 609 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Jennifer Celone. |
| SR 610 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Jennifer Dollar. |
| SR 611 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Melissa Gibbons. |
| SR 612 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Charlee Hagan. |
| SR 613 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Vicki Hicks. |
| SR 614 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Jeff Johnson. |
| SR 615 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Lori Lane. |
| SR 616 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Liz Lawler. |
| SR 617 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Dave Perry. |
| SR 618 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Kristi Phillips. |
| SR 619 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Linda Ramsey. |
| SR 620 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Heidi Richardson. |
| SR 621 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Sheryl Schickedanz. |
| SR 622 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Shelly Rapp. |
| SR 623 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Liz Schmidt. |
| SR 624 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Janice Stalling. |
| SR 625 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Johnny Stephens. |
| SR 626 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Peggy Strybosch. |
| SR 627 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Barbara Taylor. |
| SR 628 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Ellen Thames. |
| SR 629 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Kim Turner. |
| SR 630 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Carma Whitney. |
| SR 754 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Calvin Hammons of Parker County. |
| SR 1077 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of L. T. "Tolly" Wilson of Fort Worth. |
| 75th Regular Session | |
| SB 14 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to long-term care for public employees. |
| SB 27 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the regulation of persons that provide consumer credit information to third parties; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 142 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to death of a viable fetus; providing penalties. |
| SB 143 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of cruelty to animals. |
| SB 144 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain sex offenders for deferred adjudication. |
| SB 166 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to deferral of proceedings for certain traffic offenses for completion of a driving safety course. |
| SB 167 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the offense of failing to pay the wages of an employee. |
| SB 195 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
| SB 201 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the disposition of freshwater trout stamp fees. |
| SB 202 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to hospital liens on certain recoveries in civil actions. |
| SB 210 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a voluntary consensual encumbrance on homestead property for the purpose of an equity loan. |
| SB 243 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to liability of a parent for property damage to a hotel caused by a child. |
| SB 244 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain military veterans and the children of certain military personnel from certain fees. |
| SB 245 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to implementation of a school uniform policy at a public school. |
| SB 255 |
Last Action: Point of order sustained Caption: Relating to the regulation of driver's training courses and to certificates issued on completion of such courses. |
| SB 286 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed of Tarrant County. |
| SB 311 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the disposition of beneficial interests in insurance. |
| SB 312 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the use of certain information in appraising a public school teacher. |
| SB 319 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the waiver of certain rights by a child. |
| SB 333 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the payments of insurance benefits for a child to the possessory or managing conservator of the child. |
| SB 334 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the recodification of statutes relating to the marriage relationship. |
| SB 341 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the punishment for and the jurisdiction over certain traffic offenses committed by minors. |
| SB 343 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to speed limits for certain vehicles on public roads and highways. |
| SB 344 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property acquired for use for a school. |
| SB 345 |
Last Action: Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Caption: Relating to suits and investigations concerning the parent-child relationship that involve children born addicted to certain substances. |
| SB 347 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to enforcement by political subdivisions of the National Flood Insurance Program; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 348 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to costs in certain family law cases. |
| SB 387 |
Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to the use of a rating system and consumer report cards to compare certain health benefit plans. |
| SB 402 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the appointment of probate masters for certain courts. |
| SB 405 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to exempting certain reserve peace officers from the application of the Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies Act. |
| SB 407 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to minimum standards, records, suspension or revocation of a license, and administrative penalties for abortion facilities. |
| SB 408 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to illegal fireworks and certain offenses relating to fireworks. |
| SB 416 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the enforcement and collection of child support payments. |
| SB 426 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the revision of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to comply with federal law. |
| SB 434 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the provision and coordination of certain mental health services provided in certain facilities. |
| SB 435 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to standard orders for the possession of a child. |
| SB 439 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to audit working papers and draft audit reports under the open records law. |
| SB 440 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to licensing records requested from a state agency by another state agency for purposes of state contracting. |
| SB 441 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the offense of theft when committed by a government contractor. |
| SB 442 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to requiring that contractors and subcontractors disclose the status of their licenses, permits, and certificates to certain state agencies. |
| SB 464 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to providing fairness and choice to certain patients and providers under managed care health benefit plans. |
| SB 465 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the authority of a school district to charge a fee for transporting certain students. |
| SB 466 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the state's procurement of goods and services and to the state's contract management activities. |
| SB 497 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to certain persons having custody of an adult disabled child. |
| SB 504 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act. |
| SB 505 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the characterization of a transaction as a sale of accounts or chattel paper. |
| SB 506 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the administration of decedents' estates. |
| SB 534 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the collection of claims for recovery of money under subrogation and third-party reimbursement rights arising from medical payments by health and human services agencies. |
| SB 578 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to standing for certain stepparents and stepgrandparents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 579 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of manufactured housing; providing penalties. |
| SB 600 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the collection and use of certain information by cancer registries. |
| SB 612 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to a defense to prosecution for endangering a child. |
| SB 619 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to the expenses of the Court of Appeals for the Second Court of Appeals District. |
| SB 620 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to durable powers of attorney. |
| SB 622 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of certain school districts by detachment. |
| SB 641 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to a physician who accepts a financial incentive; imposing penalties. |
| SB 642 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to abatement of common nuisances. |
| SB 677 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards in certain counties; providing a penalty. |
| SB 680 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the termination of the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 711 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Dalworthington Gardens. |
| SB 712 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to certain duties regarding family law proceedings performed by clerks of the court and certain law enforcement officers and parties to the suit. |
| SB 753 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the liability of the operator of a railroad. |
| SB 754 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the statute of limitations applying to a lien on real property. |
| SB 791 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the authority of a juvenile probation department to obtain certain information from a court relating to a child under the department's supervision. |
| SB 792 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to requirements for providers of substitute-care services for children. |
| SB 793 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the purchase of substitute care services. |
| SB 794 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to certain state agencies to use of assessment centers and developing standards and licensing procedures for assessment centers. |
| SB 795 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the regulation of substitute care for children and the provision of child protective services. |
| SB 796 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the establishment of a pilot program administered by the Office of Court Administration to improve the efficiency of court processing of family law cases. |
| SB 797 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the recodification of statutes relating to protective orders and family violence. |
| SB 798 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to alternative dispute resolution in certain family-related suits. |
| SB 799 |
Last Action: Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Caption: Relating to jury submissions in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 800 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 Caption: Relating to an appeal of a decision made by certain county civil service commissions. |
| SB 883 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to structured settlement offers in certain personal injury suits. |
| SB 884 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to rules of statutory construction. |
| SB 887 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the transfer of certain property to a custodian under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. |
| SB 888 |
Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Admin. Procedures Caption: Relating to a local option election to prohibit or permit the sale of alcoholic beverages in certain cities or towns located in more than one county. |
| SB 898 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, including the nonsubstantive codification of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 74th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature. |
| SB 937 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. |
| SB 972 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 Caption: Relating to mental health treatment decisions made on behalf of an incapacitated individual and authorizing a declaration for mental health treatment. |
| SB 994 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to the protection and use of certain products, information, and technology of the Texas Department of Health. |
| SB 995 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to retired Texas Rangers, special rangers, and special department of public safety officers. |
| SB 996 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the donation of certain surplus or salvage state property. |
| SB 997 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the procedures for and administration of guardianships. |
| SB 998 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the administration and operation of certain trusts. |
| SB 1033 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the ad valorem taxation of property and to the appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes. |
| SB 1052 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the certification, operation, powers, and duties of certain integrated health plans. |
| SB 1068 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the sharing of tax revenue generated in certain airports. |
| SB 1119 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to appellate review of a summary judgment regarding certain civil matters. |
| SB 1154 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to adopting and amending a student code of conduct in public schools. |
| SB 1155 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to business practices in the writing of title insurance. |
| SB 1301 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to parking, vehicle traffic, and security in the Capitol Complex. |
| SB 1381 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to continuation of certain crime control and prevention districts. |
| SB 1382 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to certain fees under the Family Code. |
| SB 1383 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to criminal law magistrates in Tarrant County. |
| SB 1444 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the substitution of certain drugs by a pharmacist. |
| SB 1445 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to birth records of adopted children. |
| SB 1446 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the terms under which insurers may engage in the business of reinsurance in this state. |
| SB 1447 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the conversion of mutual insurance companies to stock insurance companies. |
| SB 1613 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the administration of property taxation. |
| SB 1614 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to certain unauthorized practice of law. |
| SB 1615 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the composition of the governing board of certain airport authorities. |
| SB 1616 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to parking fees imposed by a governmental authority. |
| SB 1617 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the prohibition of minors on premises where alcoholic beverages are sold. |
| SB 1839 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the registration program for and prosecution of juvenile sexual offenders. |
| SB 1840 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to prohibiting certain prosecuting attorneys from running for an elected judicial office. |
| SB 1841 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to increasing the number of Texas children covered by health insurance; providing penalties. |
| SB 1842 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to rates and forms for certain commercial lines of insurance. |
| SB 1843 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to authorizing certain public entities to join together to finance, construct, acquire, operate, and maintain public facilities; authorizing the issuance of bonds and granting the power of eminent domain. |
| SB 1844 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the criminal penalty for the aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 years of age. |
| SB 1845 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the donation of land to the Texas Department of Transportation for the purpose of construction and maintenance of certain roadways. |
| SB 1846 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, the protection of children from abuse and neglect, and the conservatorship of children. |
| SB 1847 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to local court processing for child support cases and to enforcement of child support orders. |
| SCR 27 |
Last Action: Posting rule suspended Caption: Recognizing the Devil's Cigar Fungus as the Official State Fungus of Texas. |
| SJR 13 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a voluntary consensual encumbrance on homestead property for the purpose of an equity loan. |
| SJR 15 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. |
| SJR 22 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for transferring the school tax freeze on the homestead of an elderly person to a new homestead in certain circumstances. |
| SJR 48 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the denial of bail to certain persons charged with committing certain sexual offenses. |
| SR 136 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Directing the Health and Human Services Commission to immediately take steps to provide support and information services to persons enrolled in Medicaid managed care organizations. |
| SR 138 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Brian McCleery of Arlington. |
| SR 139 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming the Mansfield High School Gold Dusters Drill Team. |
| SR 307 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Dorothy Estes of Arlington. |
| SR 473 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 9, 1997, as Lockheed Martin Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 536 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Ottis "Bo" Lewis. |
| SR 574 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the 136th Medical Squadron of the United States Air Force. |
| SR 926 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Richard Greene of Arlington. |
| 74th Regular Session | |
| SB 6 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the juvenile justice system, including the adjudication and disposition of children; providing for civil and criminal penalties. |
| SB 7 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the parent-child relationship, suits affecting the parent-child relationship, and the protection of children. |
| SB 35 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to an exemption from the application of certain requirements related to the practice of cosmetology for persons who provide services at a fashion photography studio. |
| SB 115 |
Last Action: Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Caption: Relating to the suspension of certain licenses for failure to pay child support. |
| SB 116 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the method of selection of municipal court of record judges in Arlington. |
| SB 117 |
Last Action: Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Caption: Relating to the suspension of certain licenses for failure to pay child support. |
| SB 118 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to a municipality's access to criminal history record information about applicants for employment. |
| SB 119 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes and to the boundaries of an appraisal district. |
| SB 120 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of causing injury to a pregnant woman. |
| SB 121 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to voluntary establishment of paternity. |
| SB 122 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the collection of certain fees related to the probate of a will. |
| SB 140 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to bail, the forfeiture of bail, and the licensing and regulation of bail bondsmen; providing civil and criminal penalties. |
| SB 171 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
| SB 309 |
Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to certain acts of public accountants. |
| SB 310 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to enhancement of the penalty for offenders who deliver controlled substances or drug paraphernalia to pregnant women. |
| SB 311 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to informed consent to the performance of an abortion; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 352 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to authorizing a school district to require students to wear uniforms. |
| SB 375 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Pantego. |
| SB 389 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to excavation operations that may damage underground facilities; providing civil penalties. |
| SB 390 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to the disclosure of property valuation information to the owner of property to be acquired for public use. |
| SB 391 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to recovery from certain insureds of payments made by the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association. |
| SB 430 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the selection of health care providers. |
| SB 512 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to payment for a statement of facts in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 514 |
Last Action: Reported favorably as substituted Caption: Relating to the availability of health insurance for certain children the subject of a child support order. |
| SB 515 |
Last Action: Subcommittee meeting cancelled Caption: Relating to the protection of children from controlled substances. |
| SB 538 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to the right of a holder or employee of a holder of an alcoholic beverage license or permit to possess a firearm on the licensed or permitted premises. |
| SB 551 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Pantego. |
| SB 621 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain licensing agencies share certain background information with regard to license applicants and license holders. |
| SB 622 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of a domestic relations office; providing a penalty. |
| SB 623 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to enforcement by political subdivisions of the National Flood Insurance Program; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 624 |
Last Action: Placed on Reg. Order of Business Calendar Caption: Relating to the appointment of bailiffs for the 371st District Court. |
| SB 625 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the filing of a notice of protest with an appraisal review board by an undesignated agent. |
| SB 662 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to certain agreements for the payment of subcontractors. |
| SB 788 |
Last Action: Laid on table subject to call in subcommittee Caption: Relating to registration for notice of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship by a man who suspects that he is the child's father. |
| SB 789 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to possession and delivery of a child in an emergency without a court order. |
| SB 790 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to registration and certification of a private entity engaged in child support enforcement. |
| SB 791 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to transferring the authority to design and construct buildings and improvements at Texas Youth Commission facilities from the youth commission to the General Services Commission. |
| SB 792 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to certain contracts of the Trinity River Authority. |
| SB 793 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to the enforcement of certain child support and medical support obligations; appropriating certain federal funds. |
| SB 794 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to the effective date of a county sales and use tax for the purpose of financing the operation of a crime control and prevention district. |
| SB 795 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record and the appointment of magistrates in Mansfield. |
| SB 796 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Burleson. |
| SB 797 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Family Support Agency and the administration of a statewide plan for child support. |
| SB 802 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Crowley. |
| SB 803 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Kennedale. |
| SB 804 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to preparation of certain secondary loan documents by an attorney. |
| SB 944 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to an exemption from certain testing and remedial coursework for a student with dyslexia or a related disorder who enters a public institution of higher education. |
| SB 958 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to the adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of statutes relating to state purchasing and general services, including conforming amendments, repealers, and penalties. |
| SB 959 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, including the nonsubstantive codification of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 73rd Legislature to other Acts of that legislature. |
| SB 964 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to the regulation of driver training; providing a penalty. |
| SB 1032 |
Last Action: Effective on adoption of const. amendment Caption: Relating to encumbrances that may be fixed on homestead property. |
| SB 1033 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to the protection of the rights and health of women; providing penalties. |
| SB 1059 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to the training of licensed or certified individuals providing services to geriatric residents as employees of certain facilities. |
| SB 1070 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to legislative space needs and space management. |
| SB 1405 |
Last Action: Tabled in committee Caption: Relating to the investment of funds of a local government or an institution of higher education. |
| SB 1407 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to contractual arrangements among health maintenance organizations, physicians, and other providers. |
| SB 1408 |
Last Action: Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Caption: Relating to the parent-child relationship and certain child welfare services. |
| SB 1409 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to settlement offers in certain personal injury suits. |
| SB 1410 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to the inclusion of the services of licensed chemical dependency counselors in certain health insurance coverage. |
| SB 1411 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to incentive programs to minimize the use of the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association. |
| SB 1412 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to assessments for municipal street improvements based on the amount of special benefits received. |
| SB 1413 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the determination of the market value of property for purposes of appraisal of property for ad valorem taxation. |
| SB 1414 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to administrative hearings under the Alcoholic Beverage Code. |
| SB 1437 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to the county registration of dogs. |
| SB 1468 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain consumer credit practices; providing that certain violations are actionable. |
| SB 1469 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to amendments to the Texas Property Code. |
| SB 1593 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the provision of measures for the protection of employees, invitees, tenants and customers at certain retail establishments. |
| SB 1594 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the joint managing conservatorship of a child. |
| SB 1616 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to arbitration of certain claims against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice arising from the construction of certain state correctional facilities. |
| SB 1617 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to the Texas Real Estate Investment Trust Act. |
| SB 1625 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to certain licenses for failure to pay child support. |
| SB 1674 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of the board of directors of the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 to provide certain benefits. |
| SB 1684 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to illegal fireworks and certain offenses relating to fireworks. |
| SCR 7 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating January 25, 1995, as "Children's Advocacy Day" at the Capitol. |
| SCR 14 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Directing that a portrait of Governor Ann Richards be placed in an appropriate location in the Texas Capitol. |
| SCR 19 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Encouraging state agencies to work with local governments and private employers to develop and implement employment programs for juvenile offenders. |
| SCR 20 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Requesting the comptroller of public accounts to conduct a performance review to determine if state agencies that provide services to children should be combined or overseen by a single board or agency. |
| SCR 21 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating February 1, 1995, as the 18th annual Texas PTA Legislative Day. |
| SCR 22 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Encouraging the Texas Youth Commission to increase usage of boot camps for juvenile offenders and to locate such facilities in proximity to the large urban areas of our state. |
| SCR 23 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Encouraging law enforcement agencies to develop and implement first offender programs targeting juveniles at risk of committing criminal acts. |
| SCR 32 |
Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: The Honorable George W. Bush, Governor of the State of Texas, is invited to address the 74th Legislature in Joint Session on Tuesday, February 7, 1995 at 11:00 a.m. |
| SCR 41 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Granting Tenneco permission to sue the state and The Texas A&M University System. |
| SCR 61 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Requesting the United States Congress to reconsider the requirement of stormwater discharge permits for cities having a population of fewer than 100,000. |
| SCR 103 |
Last Action: Referred to Civil Practices Caption: Granting National Projects, Inc., permission to sue the State of Texas and the Department of Criminal Justice. |
| SCR 104 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Granting MKK-North Star permission to sue the State of Texas and the Department of Criminal Justice. |
| SCR 105 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Granting Green International permission to sue the State of Texas and the Department of Criminal Justice. |
| SCR 108 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Paying tribute to the life of service and dedication of Robert E. Johnson. |
| SCR 117 |
Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: Granting permission to adjourn for more than three days beginning Wednesday, April 12, 1995, and ending Tuesday, April 18, 1995. |
| SCR 125 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Authorizing the lieutenant governor and speaker to create joint committees by mutual agreement. |
| SJR 2 |
Last Action: Placed on Reg. Order of Business Calendar Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. |
| SJR 46 |
Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting an encumbrance to be fixed on homestead property for an owelty of partition and the refinance of a lien against a homestead. |
| SR 255 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Declaring 1995 to be the Year of the Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood. |
| SR 262 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Justin McNitt of Arlington for his heroic action at Boles Junior High School. |
| SR 263 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating George Davey of Arlington for his heroic action at Boles Junior High School. |
| SR 540 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of "King" Charlie Love Hillard of Fort Worth. |
| SR 682 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the Winston School of Dallas on the success of its 1995 Winston Solar Challenge. |
| SR 931 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the 1995 Chisholm Trail Round-Up organization for its contributions to the preservation of our western heritage. |
| SR 1037 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Declaring May 15, 1995, as Attwater Prairie Chicken Day in Texas. |
| SR 1173 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. 327. |
| SR 1275 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 546. |
| SR 1276 |
Last Action: Received by the Secretary of the Senate Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. 2569. |
| SR 1337 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Steve Dial. |
| 73rd Regular Session | |
| SB 84 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to the enforcement of support orders for children and the issuance of insurance coverage for certain persons subject to a medical support order for a child; providing a penalty. |
| SB 101 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to health insurance policies, policy applications, and claim forms. |
| SB 102 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to county enforcement of the Texas Aggregate Quarry and Pit Safety Act. |
| SB 103 |
Last Action: Laid on table subject to call in committee Caption: Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the district attorney for the 18th Judicial District. |
| SB 104 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the admission of children to the public free schools. |
| SB 121 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to specifications of vehicles purchased or leased by the state. |
| SB 122 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the appraisal of certain property listed as security in an application for a bail bondsman license. |
| SB 123 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the enforcement of certain agreements between the parties to a marriage. |
| SB 124 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of a municipality located in more than one county to create an industrial development corporation, to levy a sales and use tax, and to issue bonds. |
| SB 125 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the penalty for certain offenses under the Texas Clean Air Act. |
| SB 126 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93 Caption: Relating to the regulation of sight distances along county roads in certain counties. |
| SB 165 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the interception, use, or disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications and to the prosecution of offenses related to those activities. |
| SB 206 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to claims, review of claims, and fraudulent claims for benefits for certain health care and mental health care services covered by insurance; imposing civil and criminal penalties. |
| SB 207 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93 Caption: Relating to the regulation of the provision of mental health and chemical dependency services and of billing for health services. |
| SB 208 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to the offense of insurance claim fraud; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 209 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93 Caption: Relating to the crime victims compensation fund; providing civil and administrative penalties. |
| SB 311 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to certain investigations regarding the physical health or safety of a child. |
| SB 312 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to certain fire protection personnel regulated and assisted by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. |
| SB 319 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the personal liability of officers and directors of insured depository institutions. |
| SB 320 |
Last Action: Tabled in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the competitive bidding requirements of certain governmental entities. |
| SB 351 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the requirements for a license without an examination for certain marriage and family therapists. |
| SB 352 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to public accountants and to certain acts of public accountants. |
| SB 353 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to tax assessor-collectors who are required to register with the Board of Tax Professional Examiners. |
| SB 354 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the appointment of bailiffs for the 371st District Court. |
| SB 363 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the use of the advance interest trust fund to fund certain programs administered by the Texas Employment Commission. |
| SB 400 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to the regulation of debt collectors. |
| SB 417 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to creditor-required or arranged insurance on certain loans and credit transactions. |
| SB 418 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to the enforcement of certain employee claims for payment of wages. |
| SB 423 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the authority of certain courts to waive the restriction that a marriage ceremony may not take place during the 72-hour period immediately following the issuance of a marriage license. |
| SB 424 |
Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to spousal maintenance after the dissolution of certain marriages or putative marriages. |
| SB 517 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to appeals from a judgment of the municipal courts of record in Fort Worth. |
| SB 518 |
Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to rights and remedies of a buyer under The Securities Act. |
| SB 519 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the use of in-house counsel by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. |
| SB 583 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the inclusion of mountain lion in the definition of game animals. |
| SB 628 |
Last Action: Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported Caption: Relating to a late charge imposed by a creditor for the failure of a debtor to make a scheduled payment when due; providing penalties. |
| SB 629 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to the investment of funds by certain trustees in the securities of an open-end or closed-end management investment company or investment trust. |
| SB 630 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the issuance of a commercial driver's license. |
| SB 753 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to a local option election for the sale of alcoholic beverages in a city or town located in certain counties. |
| SB 958 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to the registration of tow trucks and the transfer of registration to the Railroad Commission of Texas; imposing fees and transferring appropriations. |
| SB 1315 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to allowable uses of the sales and use tax that may be levied for the benefit of certain industrial development corporations. |
| SB 1341 |
Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to the duties of the superintendent of a school district. |
| SB 1342 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to training and employment of school board members. |
| SB 1343 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the rules for accreditation of school districts. |
| SB 1344 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the approval of teacher and staff appointments. |
| SB 1391 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the operation of driver training schools. |
| SB 1398 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to abolishing the County Criminal Court No. 5 of Tarrant County and to creating the Tarrant County Criminal Court of Appeals. |
| SB 1399 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the making of a record in a child support or access enforcement proceeding. |
| SB 1404 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the statute of limitations for purposes of prosecutions of certain sexual offenses committed against children and for the purpose of bringing suit on a cause of action for sexual assault on a child. |
| SB 1405 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to the enforcement, collection, and withholding of income for child support. |
| SB 1406 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the establishment or modification of a child support order, including guidelines for the support of children in more than one household. |
| SB 1407 |
Last Action: Recommended for local & uncontested Calendar Caption: Relating to the rights, privileges, duties, and powers of conservators. |
| SB 1416 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the rights and privileges of a conservator of a child and to the terms and conditions of orders providing for the possession of a child, including guidelines. |
| SB 1417 |
Last Action: Recommended for local & uncontested Calendar Caption: Relating to the appointment of a master in certain child support cases. |
| SB 1430 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to the right of appeal of an appraisal review board order through binding arbitration. |
| SB 1461 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to a spouse's access to information concerning the community property held by the other spouse. |
| SB 1471 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to liability insurance coverage for charitable organizations. |
| SB 1482 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93 Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Arlington. |
| SB 1485 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the method of dissolution for certain municipal utility districts. |
| SCR 78 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Declaring the Texas State Museum of History in Arlington the official state history museum of Texas. |
| SR 231 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Toby Smith of Arlington on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. |
| SR 314 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Robert Clarence Metzger on the occasion of his 56th birthday. |
| SR 379 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Allan Saxe on his contributions to The University of Texas at Arlington and to his community and state. |
| SR 389 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Judge Catherine Adamski Gant on being selected as the 1993 Executive Woman of the Year by the Zonta Club of Fort Worth. |
| SR 398 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Designating Colonel Delbert M. Bassett as an Honorary Texas Colonel upon his retirement from the Marine Corps. |
| SR 496 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing John Webb for his 46 years of service to the Arlington Independent School District. |
| SR 718 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Luther Lee Weinbrenner of Fort Worth. |
| SR 1145 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. 1630. |
| 72nd Regular Session | |
| SB 124 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the Tarrant County courts at law. |
| SB 145 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation of local arts funding councils. |
| SB 146 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of causing injury to a pregnant woman. |
| SB 147 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to grants by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the composition of the commission. |
| SB 148 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to multiple prosecutions of offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act arising out of single criminal episodes. |
| SB 149 |
Last Action: Referred to special subcommittee Caption: Relating to the determination of paternity and the payment of child support during a suit in which a determination of paternity is sought. |
| SB 152 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the enforcement of judgments for past-due child support payments. |
| SB 156 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Local&Consent Calendars Caption: Relating to an exemption from jury service for primary caretakers of a person with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. |
| SB 172 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to municipal courts of record in Arlington. |
| SB 186 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the determination of the resources of a person obligated to pay child support. |
| SB 209 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the transfer of a movie video to a minor. |
| SB 210 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the salary paid to certain family law masters. |
| SB 243 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the establishment of an appellate judicial system for the Second Court of Appeals District. |
| SB 289 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the prohibition of sex-selection abortions; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 297 |
Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to deceptive trade practices. |
| SB 298 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Grapevine. |
| SB 331 |
Last Action: Referred to special subcommittee Caption: Relating to enhancement of the penalty for offenders who deliver controlled substances to pregnant women. |
| SB 337 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the availability of bail for a person awaiting extradition after the service of the governor's warrant of arrest. |
| SB 376 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of a development corporation by certain cities and to the levy of a municipal sales and use tax for the corporation. |
| SB 386 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the creation of the Tarrant County Criminal Judicial Districts Nos. 5, 6, and 7. |
| SB 467 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of real estate appraisers; transferring the regulation of certain real estate appraisers from the Texas Real Estate Commission to the department of licensing and regulation; providing penalties. |
| SB 487 |
Last Action: Tabled in committee Caption: Relating to the notification of certain statewide and national criminal information systems when a warrant is issued for a juvenile. |
| SB 488 |
Last Action: Tabled in committee Caption: Relating to fingerprinting and photographing certain children referred to juvenile court. |
| SB 528 |
Last Action: Laid on table subject to call in committee Caption: Relating to the practice of physical therapy. |
| SB 548 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the examination of and disciplinary actions against state banks. |
| SB 637 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to foreign trade zones established by joint airport boards. |
| SB 649 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the establishment, enforcement, and collection of child support and to the administration of a statewide plan for the establishment, enforcement, and collection of child support by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System. |
| SB 685 |
Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of air quality; providing penalties. |
| SB 686 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to creation of the Texas Commission on the Arts, Film, and Music. |
| SB 687 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship. |
| SB 688 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the election of the board of directors of an appraisal district. |
| SB 782 |
Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to the exemption of the names of applicants for the position of chief executive officer of a university or a school district or other political subdivision from public disclosure under the open records act. |
| SB 783 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/26/91 Caption: Relating to binding arbitration and court appeal in property tax appraisal disputes. |
| SB 784 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District. No. 1. |
| SB 825 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of unlawfully carrying weapons at an airport. |
| SB 837 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the regulation of the treatment of chemical dependency; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 860 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the merger, reorganization, or conversion of state or federal savings banks, state or federal savings and loan associations, and state banks. |
| SB 861 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/26/91 Caption: Relating to qualifications of directors of the Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District, written notice given to purchasers of real property located in the district, and validation of certain actions of the district. |
| SB 913 |
Last Action: Referred to special subcommittee Caption: Relating to filing fees, other fees, and costs for certain types of lawsuits; making an appropriation to the attorney general. |
| SB 1078 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the authority of counties and cities to enact moratoria on the development of land. |
| SB 1079 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the offense of going with a firearm into a building on premises where alcoholic beverages are sold for on-premises consumption. |
| SB 1080 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision supplying water, sewer, roadway, or drainage facilities and located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality to annex additional territory and to provide additional utility services. |
| SB 1081 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument as an "owner" for the purposes of the Penal Code, to the offense of making a false statement to obtain property or credit from a financial institution, and to the presemption for theft by check. |
| SB 1210 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the civil liability of public accountants for certain acts and omissions. |
| SB 1211 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c by Chairman Caption: Relating to procedures for determining remaining indebtedness under certain real estate-related loans. |
| SB 1291 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to performance reports by boards of trustees. |
| SB 1292 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the regulation of building designers; providing a penalty. |
| SB 1509 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the authority of a domestic relations office to obtain certain records from the Department of Public Safety and the Texas Employment Commission; providing a penalty. |
| SB 1528 |
Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to marketable record title. |
| SB 1533 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Authorizing the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System to acquire by purchase, exchange, gift, or otherwise certain properties to be used for campus expansion and university purposes in The University of Texas System and vesting title in The University of Texas System. |
| SCR 85 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Encouraging all medical and dental schools operating in the State of Texas to reevaluate their curricula in terms of the current epidemic of substance abuse. |
| SCR 145 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Extending appreciation to Dr. Wendell H. Nedderman for his exceptional contributions to the citizens of Texas. |
| SCR 151 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending the Four Seasons Clowns for their exemplary performances and immeasurable contributions to the festive air of the Texas Capitol Salute. |
| SCR 160 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Directing the Senate Enrolling Clerk to delete the phrase "pastoral chemical dependency counseling within the scope of the duties as a religious leader of a congregation," and substitute the phrase "religious leader of a congregation providing pastoral chemical dependency counseling within the scope of his or her duties,". |
| SR 71 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Arlington Sam Houston High School football team for the team's highly successful season. |
| SR 197 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Marine Captain David R. Herr. |
| SR 212 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the 1990 Arlington Lamar High School Vikings football team and commending them for a superb 1990 season. |
| SR 337 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the Coalition to Save the American Family and declaring 1992 as the Year of the American Family. |
| SR 358 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Urging the Congress of the United States to reject any effort to impose government-mandated standards on the automotive industry. |
| SR 452 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Joining with the citizens of Arlington in celebrating the grand opening of a new Boys Club branch. |
| SR 453 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Proclaiming April 14-20, 1991, as National Library Week in Hurst. |
| SR 454 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Proclaiming April 14-20, 1991, as National Library Week in Euless. |
| SR 455 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Proclaiming April 14-20, 1991, as National Library Week in Arlington. |
| SR 456 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Proclaiming April 14-20, 1991, as National Library Week in Bedford. |
| SR 457 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Proclaiming April 14-20, 1991, as National Library Week in Irving. |
| SR 458 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Proclaiming April 14-20, 1991, as National Library Week in Grapevine. |
| SR 482 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Joining with the Boy Scouts of America in recognizing Scoutmaster Robert "Bob" Carroll Nethers of Hurst as an outstanding citizen. |
| SR 507 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Dr. Forrest E. Watson on his brilliant accomplishments and extending all best wishes to him for a most rewarding retirement. |
| SR 520 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Joining with the citizens of Tarrant County in paying tribute to Judge Robert L. Wright on the occasion of his retirement after 20 years of loyal service to the people of Texas. |
| SR 550 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Saluting the Movin' Mavs of The University of Texas at Arlington who recently won their first national title in a wheelchair basketball game in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament playoffs at Wright State University. |
| SR 619 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Texas Federation of Republican Women from State Senatorial District 10. |
| SR 636 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Hubert T. Gober for his loyal service as Mayor Pro Tem for the City of Pantego from 1988 until 1991. |
| SR 637 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring H. J. "Hank" Merbler for his outstanding service as Mayor of the town of Pantego from 1987 until 1991. |
| SR 889 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Ty Scott Martinez on his graduation from The University of Texas at Arlington. |
| 72nd 1st Called Session | |
| SB 54 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the application of, notice under, and choice of law or arbitration under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act. |
| SB 66 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to fingerprinting and photographing certain children referred to juvenile court. |
| SB 67 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the notification of certain statewide and national criminal information systems when a warrant is issued for a juvenile. |
| SB 74 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Bedford. |
| SCR 21 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives to establish a joint interim study committee to study a plan for providing health insurance to children who are the recipients of child support. |
| SJR 2 |
Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to compensation for property taken for public use. |
| SR 2 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Thomas Edwin McDonald. |
| SR 22 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Requesting the lieutenant governor to establish an interim study committee to examine regional transportation issues in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. |
| SR 44 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Dr. James T. Draper, Jr., for his recent selection as President of the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville, Tennessee, and for his loyal service as Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Eulesa. |
| SR 48 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Harris Methodist Springwood on the occasion of the dedication of its new Psychiatric and Addiction Unit in Bedford. |
| SR 123 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Expressing great admiration for the heroic deeds of Timothy A. Maloney and Ricardo Narvaez of Arlington. |
| 72nd 2nd Called Session | |
| SB 31 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the application of, notice under, and choice of law or arbitration under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act. |
| SB 32 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to fingerprinting and photographing certain children referred to juvenile court. |
| SB 33 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the notification of certain statewide and national criminal information systems when a warrant is issued for a juvenile. |
| SB 34 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Bedford. |
| SB 61 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to local government purchasing. |
| SR 98 |
Last Action: Record vote Caption: Directing the Texas Commission on the Arts to review, update, and implement new rules and plans for the establishment of an equitable procedure for the distribution of grant funds. |
| 72nd 3rd Called Session | |
| SB 4 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the discipline of certain licensed, certified, permitted, recognized, or registered professionals or persons in training and the denial of certain licenses, certifications, permits, orders of recognition, or registrations for offering, paying, or accepting a fee for referring a person for treatment in a mental hospital, mental health facility, or other facility for the residential treatment of mental illness or alcohol or drug abuse. |
| SB 5 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the assistance a crime victim receives in applying for a crime victim compensation award under the Crime Victims Compensation Act from, and receipt of such a compensation award by, a mental hospital or mental health facility. |
| SB 6 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to admission to an inpatient mental health facility for voluntary inpatient mental health service. |
| SB 7 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the release of a person receiving voluntary inpatient mental health services. |
| SB 8 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the provision of a list of prescribed medications to a patient of a mental hospital or mental health facility or to the patient's legal guardian. |
| SB 9 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the right of a patient to receive personal mental health records. |
| SB 10 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to Department of Insurance review of mental health benefit claims. |
| SB 11 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the transfer to the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services of the licensing, permitting, and enforcement activities relating to hospitals, private mental hospitals, chemical dependency treatment facilities, and narcotic drug treatment programs. |
| SB 14 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the authority of the governing body of a municipality to enter into ad valorem tax abatement agreements with the owners of certain property used in manufacturing motor vehicles. |
| SB 15 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to economic development and to tax and regulatory relief for certain motor vehicle manufacturers. |
| SCR 6 |
Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Expressing support for the efforts of the Texas Department of Commerce to work with local governments toward legal measures to create an enterprise zone including the Arlington General Motors Automotive Assembly Plant as a qualified project. |
| 72nd 4th Called Session | |
| SR 54 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Kristi Lynn Shear. |
| 71st Regular Session | |
| HB 16 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the establishment, enforcement, and collection of child support and to the administration of a statewide plan for the establishment, enforcement, and collection of child support.... |
| HB 324 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the establishment, enforcement, and collection of child support and to the establishment of paternity. |
| HB 325 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the filing of a complaint in municipal court. |
| HB 326 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to requiring public entities to screen certain employees or potential employees for sickle-cell anemia. |
| HB 327 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of transferring an unlabled movie video. |
| HB 328 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of an offense for the sale or rental of graphically violent movie videos to minors. |
| HB 333 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to the inspection by a peace officer of the inventory, premises, and inventory records of an automobile salvage dealer. |
| HB 357 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in s/c Caption: Relating to multiple prosecutions of offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act arising out of single criminal episodes. |
| HB 481 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the aggregation of weights of controlled substances under certain offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
| HB 508 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the rights and duties of managing and possessory conservators. |
| HB 638 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to the requirement that each institution of higher education establish a program or short course to assist certain faculty members to become proficient in the use of the English language. |
| HB 683 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the appointment of a friend of the court to assist the court in the monitoring and enforcement of orders for child support and possession of and access to a child. |
| HB 705 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain repeat felony offenders under the Texas Controlled Substances Act for release on parole or mandatory supervision. |
| HB 821 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in s/c Caption: Relating to spousal maintenance after the dissolution of certain marriages or putative marriages. |
| HB 954 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to coverage of chemical dependency under certain health insurance, prepaid health plans, and self-funded and self-insured health plans. |
| HB 965 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to deceptive trade practices and consumer protection. |
| HB 977 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to certain acts of public accountants. |
| HB 1112 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the representation of the Texas Legislature before the courts of Texas or the United States. |
| HB 1149 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to validation of governmental acts and proceedings by municipalities. |
| HB 1785 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to governmental contracts for architectural or engineering services. |
| HB 1936 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to access to children by their grandparents. |
| HB 1937 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the issuance of temporary orders that change the designation of the managing conservator of a child. |
| HB 1938 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to use of mechanical or electronic recordings of proceedings before a master or magistrate. |
| HB 1939 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the support of an adult child who requires continuous care and personal supervision because of a physical or mental disability and to the continuing conservatorship and guardianship.... |
| HB 2079 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to acts of public agencies that jointly own one or more airports pursuant to joint action agreements. |
| HB 2080 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the continuation and review of certain state agencies under the Texas Sunset Act. |
| HB 2081 |
Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to fire fighters' and police officers' civil service. |
| HB 2216 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the liability in connection with the construction of residential improvements. |
| HB 2476 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the civil liability of certain transportation authorities and contractors of those authorities and to the powers, duties, rules, management, civil liability, and executive committees of certain.... |
| HB 2746 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to filing fee and petition requirements for certain candidates in a general primary election. |
| HB 3071 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the clerk for the County Court at Law No. 3 of Tarrant County. |
| HCR 33 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Inviting the Supreme Court to work with the legislature to develop child visitation guidelines. |
| HCR 69 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Granting Charles and Carol Schott permission to sue the State of Texas and the State Purchasing and General Services Commission. |
| 71st 1st Called Session | |
| HB 79 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to municipal courts of record in Arlington. |
| HB 98 |
Last Action: Posting rule suspended Caption: Relating to Tarrant County Criminal Courts Nos. 8, 9, and 10. |
| 71st 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 20 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Relating to municipal courts of record in Arlington. |
| HB 21 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Relating to Tarrant County Criminal Courts Nos. 8, 9, and 10. |
| HR 107 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of James Knapp. |
| 71st 3rd Called Session | |
| HB 40 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Relating to municipal courts of record in Arlington. |
| HB 59 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to Tarrant County Criminal Courts Nos. 8, 9, and 10. |
| HB 64 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the creation of an offense for the sale or rental of graphically violent movie videos to minors. |
| HB 65 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of transferring an unlabeled movie video. |
| HB 81 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to increasing the punishment for certain obscenity offenses. |
| HB 128 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the establishment and enforcement of a child support obligation in cases brought under Part D of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act. |
| 71st 4th Called Session | |
| HB 25 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the creation of an offense for the sale or rental of graphically violent movie videos to minors. |
| HB 26 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of transferring an unlabeled movie video. |
| HB 27 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to increasing the punishment for certain obscenity offenses. |
| HB 29 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to municipal courts of record in Arlington. |
| HB 125 |
Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to the elimination of certain requirements for standards regarding cost controls for the treatment of chemical dependency. |
| HB 133 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation of real estate appraisers; providing a penalty. |
| HCR 27 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Encouraging medical and dental schools to enhance their curriculum in regard to substance abuse issues. |
| HR 9 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Veselka family. |
| 71st 5th Called Session | |
| HCR 3 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Encouraging medical, dental, and pharmacy schools to enhance their curriculum in regard to substance abuse. |
| 71st 6th Called Session | |
| HB 67 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to municipal courts of record in Arlington. |
| HCR 19 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Encouraging all medical, dental, and pharmacy schools to enhance their curriculum with regard to substance abuse. |
| 70th Regular Session | |
| HB 249 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the manner in which a defendant is taken before a magistrate in order to be informed of his rights. |
| HB 253 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the operation of foreign trade subzones by joint airport boards. |
| HB 254 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the establishment of branch offices of county clerks for the purpose of issuing marriage licenses. |
| HB 399 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the appointment of state humane officers, their duties and powers, and the scope of their employment. |
| HB 470 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the requirement that any faculty member who teaches a course at an institution of higher education be proficient in the oral use of English. |
| HB 471 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to access to criminal histories of school district employees. |
| HB 517 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Arlington. |
| HB 764 |
Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to the employment of special counsel by the commissioners courts of certain counties. |
| HB 969 |
Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to creation of the offense of operating certain towing vehicles without safety guards or flaps. |
| HB 1452 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the place where oral argument is made in cases transferred from one court of appeals to another court of appeals. |
| HB 1453 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the liability in tort of certain subregional transportation authorities. |
| HB 1755 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the availability of release on personal bond of a defendant charged with a felony under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
| HB 2326 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the rate of state contributions to, and an increase in benefits for certain annuitants of, the Teachers Retirement System of Texas. |
| HB 2327 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the regulation of barbers, cosmetologists, and certain hair care shops and salons; providing penalties. |
| HB 2328 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to grandparent possession of and access to natural and adoptive grandchildren. |
| HB 2329 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the application of sales and use taxes to certain use, consumption, or loss of electricity. |
| HB 2330 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from calendar Caption: Relating to the validation of the adoption of a charter, elections, annexations, and governmental proceedings of municipalities. |
| HB 2331 |
Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to the representation of the Texas Legislature before the courts of Texas or the United States. |
| HR 334 | Caption: Commending R. L. Anderson. |
| HR 366 | Caption: Honoring the Mansfield High School Band. |
| HR 409 | Caption: Extending an official welcome to Oliver Farres, Consul General of Mexico; Roberto Friedrich, Trade Commissioner of Mexico; Arturo Garcia Lourdes, Chief Executive Officer AUGE International; and others.... |
| HR 463 | Caption: Commending the Arlington Police Association. |
| HR 530 | Caption: Commending the Arlington Police Association. |
| HR 677 | Caption: Directing the Committee on State Affairs to study consolidation of the State Board of Barber Examiners and the Texas Cosmetology Commission. |
| 70th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 108 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the requirement that each institution of higher education establish a program or short course to assist certain faculty members to become proficient in the use of the English language. |
| HB 109 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-10/20/87 Caption: Relating to the confinement of persons who are arrested in a county but are taken before a magistrate in another county. |
| HB 123 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to various matters affecting courts and court procedures, including the qualifications of certain family law masters, excuses from jury service, and distribution of court opinions. |
| HB 166 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the adoption of the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act. |
| HB 167 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to actions under Title 1 and 2, Family Code, including an action for child support or possession of and access to a child and to the offense of criminal nonsupport. |
| HB 168 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the division and disposition of marital property and to spousal liability. |
| 69th Regular Session | |
| HB 267 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to authorizing rooftop warning lamps and movable stop arms on school buses. |
| HB 508 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the use of safety equipment on school buses stopping on a highway to load or unload children. |
| HB 1150 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to residency and tuition for attendance at state-supported institutions of higher education. |
| HB 1151 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation of barbers, cosmetologists, and certain hair care shops and salons; providing penalties. |
| HB 1336 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the regulation of taxicabs operating at certain airports. |
| HB 1742 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to residency and certain exemptions for the purposes of tuition at state-supported institutions of higher education. |
| HB 1912 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the offense of using a live animal as a lure in dog race training or in dog coursing on a racetrack. |
| HB 2086 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to support dogs for the handicapped; providing a penalty. |
| 69th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 33 |
Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to child support orders. |
| HR 39 | Caption: In memory of Mansfield Police Officer Danny Cordes. |