Legislation authored by Randy Pennington

Includes legislation with Randy Pennington as the primary author for the 67th through 72nd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

72nd Regular Session
HB 1511 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the repeal of the disqualification for unemployment compensation benefits based on the receipt of certain social security benefits.
HB 1512 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the liability of reimbursing employers for certain unemployment compensation benefit claims.
HB 1513 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the transfer of a student from a school located near a federal superfund site.
HB 2879 Last Action: Tagged in committee
Caption: Relating to an alternative insurance system to protect certain employees who incur injuries in the course and scope of their employment.
HCR 204 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Captain Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr.
HR 203 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Trooper Mark Jeffrey Phebus.
72nd 1st Called Session
HR 224 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring the Rice Temple Baptist Church.
71st Regular Session
HB 1268 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the procedures for withdrawal of certain units of a metropolitan transit authority from the authority.
HB 1595 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to information on and permits for solid waste facilities that receive waste from outside the county in which the facility is located.
HB 1596 Last Action: Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the abolishment of school district county-unit systems.
HB 1946 Last Action: Senate conferees appointed
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Gulf Coast Environmental Research Consortium.
HB 2272 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the regulation and taxation of bingo and bingo receipts; providing administrative and enforcement procedures and civil and criminal penalties.
HB 2273 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal.
Caption: Relating to payments made by members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to establish equivalent membership service credit in the system for certain employment or to reinstate in the system service....
HB 2467 Last Action: Pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a non-binding referendum on the establishment of English as the official language in which the business and affairs of the government are conducted in Texas.
HCR 101 Last Action: Received from House
Caption: Requesting the Division of Emergency Management to evaluate emergency evacuation policies involving Interstate 45 from Galveston to Conroe.
HCR 201 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Requesting Congress to grant funds for the launch of Space Station Freedom before 1996.
HR 484 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the League City Clear Lake High School boys' basketball team.
HR 489 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating The University of Texas Lady Longhorns volleyball team.
71st 2nd Called Session
HR 130 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Melinda Holley McDaniel.
71st 4th Called Session
HR 140 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Dr. Stephanie Pardue.
70th Regular Session
HB 1513 Last Action: Transferred to Calendars Committee
Caption: Relating to exempting from the motor vehicle rental tax the rental of certain specially designed semitrailers.
HB 1514 Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87
Caption: Relating to the types of newspapers in which municipalities, special districts, and other political subdivisions publish notice.
HB 1515 Last Action: Testimony received in committee
Caption: Relating to the liability of reimbursing employers for certain unemployment compensation benefit claims.
HB 1516 Last Action: Considered in public hearing
Caption: Relating to exempting certain vehicles purchased by a volunteer emergency medical corps from the motor vehicle sales and use tax.
HB 1517 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the acquisition of property by the school land board.
HR 336 Caption: Congratulating Alicia Casmus, Texas Mother of the Year.
70th 2nd Called Session
HR 119 Caption: Commending Scarborough High School.
HR 120 Caption: Commending the Clear Lake Intermediate School.
HR 121 Caption: Commending the Clear Lake High School.
69th Regular Session
HB 214 Last Action: Record vote
Caption: Relating to restrictions on municipal employees concerning retirement and job advancement; providing a penalty.
HB 619 Last Action: Testimony received in s/c
Caption: Relating to public school education.
HB 687 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal.
Caption: Relating to the availability of release on personal bond for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses.
HB 808 Last Action: Considered in public hearing
Caption: Relating to requiring a person convicted of an offense or placed on deferred adjudication to repay a reward paid by a local crime prevention organization in connection with the offense.
HB 1032 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the costs of a trial or appeal of an indigent defendant charges with an offense committed in the scope of the defendant's employment.
HB 1033 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal.
Caption: Relating to the requirement that county officials, special district board members, and candidates for those positions file financial disclosure statements; providing penalties.
HB 1034 Last Action: Withdrawn from calendar
Caption: Relating to the interest rate on certain judgments.
HB 1035 Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm.
Caption: Relating to attorneys representing water districts.
HB 1142 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to periodic approval by the qualified voters of certain special districts and procedures for dissolution of those districts not approved.
HB 1143 Last Action: Referred to Judiciary
Caption: Relating to payment of damages in certain court actions.
HB 1144 Last Action: Considered by s/c in public hearing
Caption: Relating to the effect of certain contracts between an appraisal district and a private appraisal firm to perform appraisal services for the appraisal district.
HB 1202 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the recall of a member of the board of directors of an appraisal district.
HB 1419 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain public motor vehicle parking services.
HB 1561 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the authority of counties to establish and operate an electronic funds transfer system for the payment of salaries, compensation and reimbursement to officers and employees.
HB 1562 Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs
Caption: Relating to the authority of a home-rule city to annex an area after a previous attempted annexation of the area is held invalid.
HB 1611 Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to telephone rates within municipalities served by more than two local exchange utilities.
HB 1697 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to construction contracts for certain solid or hazardous waste disposal projects of the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority.
HB 1698 Last Action: Coauthor authorized
Caption: Relating to the authorization for creation of a Geo-Technology Research Institute.
HR 495 Caption: Endorsing the proposal of the Institute of Space Research to be a NASA center for the commercial development of space.
69th 2nd Called Session
HR 3 Caption: Memorializing Congress to ensure that all tasks related to manned space flights remain assigned to the Johnson Space Center.
69th 3rd Called Session
HCR 32 Last Action: Filed
Caption: Directing the Texas Highway and Public Transportation Commission to place a sign on IH 45 indicating the exit for San Jacinto College, South Campus.
68th Regular Session
HB 588 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to telephone rates in a municipality served by more than one telephone company.
HB 589 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to a requirement that a judgment in a criminal case state the amount of monetary damages sustained by a victim of the offense as a result of the offense and that the court order the defendant to pay the amount as restitution.
HB 590 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the order in which a school district adopts its budget and sets a tax rate.
HB 591 Last Action: Placed on daily General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the authority of a volunteer fire department to respond to a fire in a home-rule city.
HB 592 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the availability of bail for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses.
HB 1505 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to housing projects subject to the jurisdiction of a housing authority; creating a penalty.
HB 1506 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to immunity from civil liability for certain justifiable defenses.
HB 1507 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the requirement that a municipal court juror live within the municipality in which the court is established.
HB 1508 Last Action: Placed on daily General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the protection of handicapped children; providing penalties.
HCR 47 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Creating a special joint committee to assess the ecology of Clear Lake; directing the committee to make a report of its findings to the Legislature in January, 1985.
HCR 145 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Honoring the Sagemont Baptist Church.
HCR 197 Last Action: Filed without the Governor's signature
Caption: Calling on the Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority to submit to a state audit.
HR 245 Caption: Honoring the employees of the Johnson Space Center and NASA contractors on the anniversary of the first Apollo landing on the moon.
HR 412 Caption: Requesting the Public Utility Commission to encourage telephone companies that serve a municipality to charge similar rates.
68th 2nd Called Session
HB 84 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Urban Affairs
Caption: Relating to a disannexation and municipal incorporation procedure for residents of certain areas annexed by a home-rule city.
HR 46 Caption: Congratulating Jack and June Terry.
HR 103 Caption: Instructing central appraisal districts to deliver certified appraisal rolls to political subdivisions by at least the 30th day following the statutory deadline.
67th Regular Session
HB 435 Last Action: No action taken
Caption: Relating to home-rule city annexations.
HB 472 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the disannexation and municipal incorporation procedure for resident of certain areas annexed by a home-rule city.
HB 565 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education
Caption: Relating to salaries of school district personnel.
HB 566 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to a limit on the salaries of officers and employees of certain cities.
HB 567 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Higher Education
Caption: Relating to a preferences in the expenditure of public funds by institutions of higher education for certain positions, awards, or grants.
HB 568 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Higher Education
Caption: Relating to disbursal of public funds to college or university students or faculty who are citizens of certain foreign countries.
HB 690 Last Action: No action taken
Caption: Relating to the rates of sales and use taxes imposed by cities, metropolitan transit authorities, and regional transportation authorities.
HB 735 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to property tax relief for owners of property located in both the city of Houston and the Clear Lake City Water Authority.
HB 772 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to entities that are authorized to make campaign contributions and expenditures for or against candidates.
HB 773 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the election of directors of the Clear Lake City Water Authority.
HB 862 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to actions by public servants to influence legislation.
HB 1091 Last Action: Removed from local and uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to the order in which a school district adopts its budget and sets a tax rate.
HB 1159 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the use of a political party's name by a political committee.
HB 1306 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Transportation
Caption: Relating to removal of certain areas from the territory of a mass transit authority.
HB 1362 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the response of a volunteer fire department to a fire in a home rule city.
HB 1365 Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars
Caption: Relating to access to personal information about public employees.
HB 1402 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the dissolution of the Clear Creek Basin Authority.
HB 1506 Last Action: No action taken
Caption: Relating to municipal disannexation by petition and election.
HB 1507 Last Action: Coauthor authorized
Caption: Relating to the method of payment of damages in certain court actions.
HB 1587 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs
Caption: Relating to certain fees charged to persons who lose appellate proceedings above the district court level.
HB 1925 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of persons for municipal elective offices.
HB 2301 Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars
Caption: Relating to creation, administration, powers, duties, operations, and financing of the Clear Creek Watershed Drainage District.
HCR 56 Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments
Caption: Requesting Congress to expedite the Clear Creek Flood Control Project.
HJR 36 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide property tax relief from multiple taxation in the case of overlapping taxing jurisdiction.
HR 193 Caption: Commending the Space Shuttle Mission.
67th 1st Called Session
HR 60 Caption: Congratulating the Clear Lake High School Band.