Legislation authored by Sam Russell
Includes legislation with Sam Russell as the primary author for the 68th through 72nd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 72nd Regular Session | |
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| HB 596 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the issuance of a writ of habeus corpus by a court of appeals. |
| HB 597 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the issuance of evidentiary search warrants and search warrants for contraband subject to seizure by the state. |
| HB 598 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to requests to take a driving safety course. |
| HB 599 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a write-in candidacy for an office sought in a preceding primary election. |
| HB 717 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the contract authority of the Franklin County Water District. |
| HB 978 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the county attorney of Marion County. |
| HB 1007 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to load and weight limits on highways and roads; providing civil penalties. |
| HB 1455 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to governmental and personal liability for acts of an individual performing community service work. |
| HB 1456 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the use of tow trucks by nonprofit corporations. |
| HB 1457 |
Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to the procedures for setting the compensation of county auditors, assistant auditors, and court reporters. |
| HB 1458 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the taxation of consumable materials used in the repair of a motor vehicle. |
| HB 1489 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the dissolution of the Morris County Hospital District and to the disposition of the district's assets and liabilities on dissolution. |
| HB 1636 |
Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to a county's authority to create a public defender's office in the county. |
| HB 1637 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the date by which a general-purpose committee must file a monthly report under Title 15, Election Code. |
| HB 1638 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the sale of separate property on the dissolution of a marriage. |
| HB 1836 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to highways over which vehicles that exceed axle weight limits may operate. |
| HB 1837 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the use of certain employee benefits by employees of the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation instead of workers' compensation benefits. |
| HB 1838 |
Last Action: Senate appoints conferees-reported Caption: Relating to the requirements for an expunction order. |
| HB 1839 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authorities, duties, and privileges of a Type B general-law municipality and the ability of all types of municipalities to adopt health and safety ordinances. |
| HB 2190 |
Last Action: Placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to bail bonds. |
| HB 2191 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to warrantless arrests, amending Chapter 14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1965, as amended. |
| HB 2192 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to procedures for determining remaining indebtedness under certain real estate-related loans. |
| HB 2444 |
Last Action: Posting rule suspended Caption: Relating to limitations on political contributions and expenditures; providing penalties. |
| HB 2887 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the eligibility for parole of defendants with multiple convictions for certain aggravated offenses. |
| HCR 104 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Hazelle Carson on the occasion of her retirement. |
| HCR 199 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Declaring April 16, 1991, to be Mount Pleasant Day in Texas. |
| HCR 200 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the Tiger Dolls of Mount Pleasant High School on their prize-winning performances at the Showtime Drill Team Competition. |
| HCR 224 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring the city of Daingerfield on the occasion of its 150th anniversary on October 19, 1991. |
| HJR 66 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit separate property to be sold under judicial order and the proceeds to be divided between the spouses in a fair and equitable property settlement on the dissolution of a marriage. |
| HR 104 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Declaring January 29, 1991, as Pittsburg Day in Texas. |
| HR 683 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of James Lenoy Slider. |
| HR 1069 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Mount Pleasant Dixie Youth Majors all-Star Baseball Team. |
| HR 1070 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Doyle Willis for his many years of outstanding legislative service and extending best wishes for continued success and happiness. |
| 72nd 1st Called Session | |
| HB 124 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the disposition of the Morris County Hospital District's assets and liabilities on dissolution. |
| HB 225 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to load and weight limits on highways and roads; providing civil penalties. |
| HB 226 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to sentencing procedures in capital felony cases for offenses committed before September 1, 1991. |
| HB 227 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the reformation of a sentence or award of a new trial in a capital felony case. |
| 72nd 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 35 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to sentencing procedures in capital felony cases for offenses committed before September 1, 1991. |
| HB 36 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the reformation of a sentence or award of a new trial in a capital felony case. |
| HB 37 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to load and weight limits on highways and roads; providing civil penalties. |
| 72nd 3rd Called Session | |
| HCR 3 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Sam Parker. |
| 71st Regular Session | |
| HB 557 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of a sick leave pool to benefit certain state employees who suffer a catastrophic illness or injury. |
| HB 750 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to length limitations for operating motor buses on public highways. |
| HB 1266 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the exemption from sales and use tax on certain amusement services provided in a historic place. |
| HB 1486 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to notice of the application of another state's laws to certain contracts. |
| HB 1489 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to an exemption for all-terrain vehicles from the optional county registration fee. |
| HB 1490 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the authority of municipalities to remove or demolish substandard buildings. |
| HB 1653 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the reconveyance by the state of property acquired for highway purposes. |
| HB 1659 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to close a public road. |
| HB 1723 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Local&Consent Cal. Caption: Relating to the terms of the board of directors of the Marion County Hospital District. |
| HB 1724 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the terms of office of the board of managers of the Titus County Hospital District. |
| HB 2059 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to requesting a deferral of certain proceedings to complete a driving safety course. |
| HB 2060 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to operation on public roads of certain motor vehicles and to deposits to the county road and bridge fund; providing penalties. |
| HB 2061 |
Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote Caption: Relating to allocation of money in the state highway fund. |
| HB 2062 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to claims for payment made related to public works contracts. |
| HB 2230 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to sick leave for public school teachers. |
| HB 2646 |
Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Relating to regulation by the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District of the transportation of hazardous waste and the site location of hazardous waste facilities. |
| HB 2647 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the Marion County Hospital District. |
| HB 2648 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the composition, operation, powers, and duties of the Titus County Hospital District. |
| HB 2811 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to procedures for the determination of land use for the siting of hazardous waste management facilities and to the issuance of permits for those facilities. |
| HB 2812 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of regional education service centers and to the provision of funds for those powers and duties through the imposition, administration, collection, and civil and criminal... |
| HB 3169 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Morris County Hospital District; authorizing a tax; granting the authority to issue bonds; and granting the power of.... |
| HJR 4 |
Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the members of a hospital district board to serve four-year terms. |
| HJR 58 |
Last Action: Pending in subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of county surveyor in Cass County. |
| HR 3 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Fay Glover. |
| 71st 1st Called Session | |
| HCR 3 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing the Ezekiel Airship as the first successful self-powered aircraft. |
| HCR 33 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending certain companies for efforts to save Treaty Oak. |
| 71st 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 8 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the issuance of search warrants for contraband subject to seizure by the state. |
| 71st 3rd Called Session | |
| HB 83 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the issuance of search warrants for contraband subject to seizure by the state. |
| HB 84 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to issuance of a writ of habeas corpus by a court of appeals. |
| HCR 4 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the Mount Pleasant Tiger Dolls. |
| 71st 4th Called Session | |
| HB 71 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus by a court of appeals. |
| HB 72 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the issuance of search warrants for contraband subject to seizure by the state. |
| HCR 15 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Vernon Ray Hall. |
| 71st 5th Called Session | |
| HB 37 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the allocation of funds by the Texas Water Development Board to the Sulphur River Basin Authority. |
| 71st 6th Called Session | |
| HR 62 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Betsy McKellar. |
| 70th Regular Session | |
| HB 532 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to retaliation against certain public employees. |
| HB 909 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to grandparent possession of and access to natural and adoptive grandchildren. |
| HB 1141 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to reemployment of certain retirees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. |
| HB 1348 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the demolition of substandard buildings in municipalities. |
| HB 1349 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the abolition of a municipality that ceases to have any residents. |
| HB 1711 |
Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to administrative review of property tax determinations. |
| HB 1712 |
Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the administration of certain property tax matters, including the times provided for filing a rendition or property report, delivering an appraisal notice, or filing a notice of protest. |
| HB 1713 |
Last Action: Pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the payment of certain refunds of property tax payments. |
| HB 1881 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to notice of the law that applies to a contract and the state in which a conflict under the contract must be settled. |
| HB 1882 |
Last Action: Meeting canceled Caption: Relating to the regulation of bank services organizations; providing a criminal penalty. |
| HB 1883 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to retainage under a residential construction contract; providing a penalty. |
| HB 1884 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the ad valorem taxation of nonprofit organizations that perform charitable, benevolent, or public service activities. |
| HB 2263 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the issuance of lifetime hunting and fishing licenses. |
| HCR 40 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Alex Short, Sr. |
| HCR 41 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of the Honorable Caver Johnson, Cass County Judge. |
| HCR 43 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of John B. Stephens. |
| HCR 222 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending Joe Lovelace. |
| HJR 77 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to allow political subdivisions to exempt from ad valorem taxation certain property of nonprofit organizations that perform charitable, benevolent, or public service activities. |
| HR 26 | Caption: Urging the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to expedite the issuance of a special temporary import license for Lone Star Steel Company. |
| 70th 2nd Called Session | |
| HCR 9 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Dr. M. James Brooks, Jr. |
| 69th Regular Session | |
| HB 121 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to raffles conducted by certain organizations for charitable purposes. |
| HB 354 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the penalty for passing a school bus while the bus is stopped. |
| HB 355 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the election precincts and polling places for elections held on the same day in all or part of the same territory and to joint elections of certain political subdivisions. |
| HB 356 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to certain requirements for a license as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist. |
| HB 1878 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of conducting a poll of voters at a polling place on election day. |
| HB 1879 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the validation of certain municipal annexations and other related governmental acts and proceedings. |
| HB 1880 |
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Caption: Relating to a county's authority to create a public defender's office in the county. |
| HB 1881 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the eligibility of a primary election candidate as a write-in candidate in the general election. |
| HB 2176 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the employment and commissioning of peace officers by the Titus County Hospital District. |
| HB 2177 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to certain documents relating to elections that are required to be delivered to the secretary of state. |
| HB 2178 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to petitions submitted to the secretary of state for the appointment of state election inspectors. |
| HB 2179 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to reports to the secretary of state of certain precinct election results. |
| HB 2422 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the Cass County Juvenile Board. |
| HB 2469 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the board of directors and contracts of the Franklin County Water District. |
| HCR 154 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring W.C. and Geraldine Stevens on their 50th wedding anniversary. |
| HCR 165 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the Lumbermen's Association of Texas on its 100th anniversary. |
| HCR 191 |
Last Action: Filed w/o the Governor's signature Caption: Granting Bob Bass permission to sue the Department of Highways and Public Transportation. |
| HCR 192 |
Last Action: Filed w/o the Governor's signature Caption: Granting Bob Bass permission to sue the Department of Highways and Public Transportation. |
| HJR 10 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain raffles for charitable purposes. |
| 69th 2nd Called Session | |
| HCR 29 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Granting Del E. Webb Corporation permission to sue the State of Texas and the State Purchasing & General Services Commission. |
| 69th 3rd Called Session | |
| HB 60 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the release of information in certain records maintained by the Department of Public Safety. |
| HCR 1 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Granting Del E. Webb Corporation permission to sue the State of Texas and the State Purchasing and General Services Commission. |
| HR 107 | Caption: Honoring Representative Alex Short. |
| 68th Regular Session | |
| HB 697 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the application of the Professional Prosecutors Act to the criminal district attorney of Cass County and the district attorney of the 229th Judicial District. |
| HB 998 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the challenge at the polling place of a person's qualifications to vote. |
| HB 1018 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of rural fire prevention districts to issue bonds, notes, and bond anticipation notes. |
| HB 1183 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Cass County. |
| HB 1742 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to peace officers commissioned by certain water districts. |
| HB 1743 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the depository for the Titus County Hospital District. |
| HB 1744 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the authorization of certain raffles and other games of chance. |
| HB 1745 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to mandatory joint elections held by political subdivisions and to the use of county election precincts and polling places. |
| HB 1882 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the repeal of the state law providing that no person other than an elector resident may be appointed to any office by the governing body of a general law city. |
| HB 2366 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the authority of Titus County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1 to enforce laws and district rules on and within a certain area surrounding Lake Bob Sandlin. |
| HB 2432 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to establishment of a juvenile board in Camp, Marion, Morris, and Titus counties. |
| HCR 68 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of former State Representative Sidney Latham. |
| HCR 90 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulationg Martha Williams on her 100th birthday. |
| HCR 97 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Memorializing Congress to enact legislation to prevent the unwarranted diversion of European steel exports to the United States to pipe and tube products. |
| HCR 239 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Becky Brooks, president-elect of TSTA. |
| HJR 97 |
Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain raffles for charitable purposes. |
| HR 463 | Caption: Congratulating Mrs. Ann Hagen and Mrs. Cannie Anderson. |
| HR 485 | Caption: Congratulating Michael "Bubba" Minter. |
| 68th 2nd Called Session | |
| HCR 28 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of former state representative J. K. Hileman. |
| HCR 44 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the Daingerfield High School football team. |
| HCR 70 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the Mount Pleasant High School Choir. |
| HCR 85 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Robert Brown. |