Legislation authored by Don Lee

Includes legislation with Don Lee as the primary author for the 67th through 69th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

69th Regular Session
HB 28 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the sales occurring on the consecutive days of Saturday and Sunday.
HB 39 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to appeal of orders of the Texas Water Development Board relating to certain federal projects.
HB 40 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the grant of a preference in the purchase of products by governmental bodies.
HB 111 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the disposition of fees collected for deposit in the criminal justice planning fund.
HB 120 Last Action: Referred to Labor & Employment Rel.
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of seasonal workers for unemployment compensation benefits.
HB 314 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the requirement to acquire a resident hunting license.
HB 447 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Local&Consent Cal.
Caption: Relating to charges for certain services of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
HB 495 Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption: Relating to the geographical area in which a city may establish a public improvement district and in which a city may undertake a project benefiting the district.
HB 512 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the exemption from property taxes for certain associations that promote the development of young persons.
HB 616 Last Action: Reported from s/c favorably w/sub.
Caption: Relating to certain exceptions applicable to licensure as a fitter or dispenser of hearing aids.
HB 617 Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to insurance coverage for the services of certain health care practitioners.
HB 662 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to devices on a motor vehicle that obstruct the driver's view of the road; providing a penalty.
HB 666 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the status of certain birth and death records.
HB 705 Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the time during which notice of certain mechanics' and materialmen's lien claims must be given.
HB 730 Last Action: Returned from Senate as amended
Caption: Relating to a violation of the Vital Statistics Act.
HB 763 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to an exemption from property taxation of the property of certain nonprofit corporations that promote agriculture.
HB 1018 Last Action: No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of ambulatory surgical centers; providing penalties.
HB 1019 Last Action: Withdrawn by author
Caption: Relating to limitations on the amount of certain items included in covered claims under the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Act.
HB 1084 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety to adopt equipment standards for trailer hitches and towing devices or methods.
HB 1136 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal.
Caption: Relating to the regulation of bumpers and suspension systems on certain motor vehicles.
HB 1433 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to certain insurance company insolvencies and limitations on covered claims.
HB 1469 Last Action: Placed on Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to records of births and deaths.
HB 1470 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to a licensee's duty to respond to inquiries of the State Board of Insurance.
HB 1546 Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to certain insurers and canceled premium finance agreements.
HB 1926 Last Action: Referred to Insurance
Caption: Relating to the permissible activities of local recording agents amending Article 21.04, Texas Insurance Code, as amended; adding Section 2; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1927 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the licensing of hospitals and to construction plan approval; providing authority to the Texas Board of Health to charge fees for hospital construction plan reviews and surveys; amending Section 5 and adding Section 7A, Texas Hospital Licensing Law (Article 4437f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
HB 1928 Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the status of certain assessments under the Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Association.
HB 2265 Last Action: No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain commercial insurance; providing a penalty.
HB 2478 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the validation of notes and deeds of trust issued to finance municipal airport improvements.
HB 2505 Last Action: Referred to Environmental Affairs
Caption: Imposing liability for releases of hazardous substances from ocean incineration vessels.
HCR 1 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Granting Executive Condominiums, Inc. permission to sue the State of Texas and the General Land Office.
HCR 68 Last Action: Referred to Public Health
Caption: Encouraging development of respite care services for persons with cerebral palsy or other developmental disabilities.
HCR 69 Last Action: Referred to Public Education
Caption: Directing the State Board of Education to adopt rules requiring individual educational plans for students with cerebral palsy.
HCR 134 Last Action: Referred to Public Health
Caption: Creating a joint interim committee to study transitional needs of handicapped Texans.
HCR 146 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Requesting Congress to enact legislation imposing a moratorium on the issuance of permits for the at sea incineration of certain hazardous wastes.
HJR 2 Last Action: Considered in public hearing
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of personal income taxes.
HJR 4 Last Action: Coauthor authorized
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve to the people the powers of initiative and referendum.
HR 157 Caption: Welcoming the Law Enforcement Explorer Post #164 from Harlingen and officer Robert Silva of the Harlingen Police Department.
HR 159 Caption: Recognizing sponsors and participants of Disability Rally Day, March 26, 1985.
HR 248 Caption: Requesting the State Board of Insurance to cancel rate deviations for all property casualty policies.
69th 3rd Called Session
HB 86 Last Action: Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the authority of certain entities that operate training programs on a statewide basis to contract with agencies and political subdivisions of the state.
HR 25 Caption: Honoring Bill and Bettie Loven on their 40th wedding anniversary.
HR 84 Caption: Honoring Ned Lollar.
68th Regular Session
HB 169 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the amount of proof of financial responsibility required under the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act.
HB 170 Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars
Caption: Relating to the amount of proof of financial responsibility required under the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act.
HB 218 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the compensation of the district judges in Cameron County.
HB 219 Last Action: See remarks
Caption: Relating to renaming the Arroyo Colorado Navigation District as the Port of Harlingen Authority.
HB 220 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the powers of the Arroyo Colorado Navigation District of Cameron and Willacy Counties and renaming the district as the Port of Harlingen Authority.
HB 664 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education
Caption: Relating to rehabilitation school districts.
HB 749 Last Action: Coauthor authorized
Caption: Relating to the regulation of lay midwives.
HB 862 Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to materials on a motor vehicle that obstruct the driver's view of the road.
HB 870 Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars
Caption: Relating to the appointment of a local registrar of births and deaths, and to reports and records of vital statistics.
HB 1008 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs
Caption: Relating to the local option creation of municipal courts of record in cities.
HB 1009 Last Action: No action taken
Caption: Relating to the elements of the offense of driving while intoxicated, the criminal and civil consequences of a conviction for that offense and the disposition of fines imposed on conviction, and the creation of the offense of and penalty for refusal to submit to a test for intoxication.
HB 1034 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the responsibility of an owner of property under construction to post a legal description of the property on the job site.
HB 1035 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the designation of construction payments and loan receipts as trust funds.
HB 1036 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the reinstatement of certain mechanics' and materialmens' liens.
HB 1126 Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars
Caption: Relating to the time during which notice of certain mechanics' and materialmen's lien claims must be given.
HB 1127 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to an extension of the period during which lien claimants who are paid with checks that are returned for insufficient funds may file mechanics' and materialmen's liens.
HB 1128 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to records of births, deaths, and fetal deaths, enforcement of the vital statistics law, and providing a hearing for a person whose application for a copy of a record is refused.
HB 1129 Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars
Caption: Relating to statutory retainage requirements in regard to certain mechanic's and materialmen's liens.
HB 1320 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to sale of certain goods on the consecutive days of Saturday and Sunday in counties bordering Mexico.
HB 1321 Last Action: Record vote
Caption: Relating to penalties for violation of shrimping laws.
HB 1322 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the compensation of the county auditor of Cameron County.
HB 1323 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the disposition of fees collected for deposit in the criminal justice planning fund.
HB 1575 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the operation of the Joint Underwriting Association established by the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association Act.
HB 1586 Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars
Caption: Relating to creation of the office of county manager to perform certain administrative functions of the commissioners court of a county.
HB 1587 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance
Caption: Relating to inquiries authorized to be made by the State Board of Insurance.
HB 1613 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to taxation of agribusiness items.
HB 1785 Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars
Caption: Relating to changing the name of the Harlingen State Chest Hospital to the South Texas Hospital and to services provided by that hospital.
HB 1786 Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars
Caption: Relating to appeals of the acts, rulings, and decisions of the Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Association.
HB 1993 Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call
Caption: Relating to taxes on certain coin-operated machines.
HB 2086 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the application for the renewal of a license related to music coin-operated machines and to skill or pleasure coin-operated machines.
HB 2087 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the application of the Health Facilities Development Act to certain types of health facilities for adults, and to costs incurred by a health facility.
HB 2415 Last Action: No action taken
Caption: Relating to the grant of a preference in the purchase of products by governmental bodies.
HCR 154 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Naming the building that is headquarters of the Texas Cosmetology Commission as the "Frank Joseph Cosmetology Building".
HCR 155 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Frank Joseph.
HCR 226 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Congratulating Ned and Betty Lollar.
HR 102 Caption: Congratulating Loyd and Faye Smith.
HR 112 Caption: Congratulating Billy and Pamela Mitchell on their 14th wedding anniversary.
HR 151 Caption: Assuring the city of Rio Hondo that it will not be discriminated against in any allocation of funds for street repair and maintenance.
HR 228 Caption: In memory of Frank Ferree.
HR 387 Caption: Congratulating Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Head.
HR 388 Caption: Commending J. L. Head.
HR 466 Caption: Congratulating Fidencio Garcia.
HR 477 Caption: Congratulating Allen Goode.
HR 494 Caption: Congratulating the Ladies Auxiliary of the Catholic War Veterans.
68th 2nd Called Session
HB 12 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the grant of a preference in the purchase of products by governmental bodies.
HB 13 Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the sales occurring on the consecutive days of Saturday and Sunday.
HB 40 Last Action: See remarks
Caption: Relating to rehabilitation school districts.
HB 86 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to appeal of orders of the Texas Water Development Board relating to certain federal projects.
HCR 47 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration
Caption: Granting Executive Condominiums, Inc. permission to sue the State of Texas and the General Land Office.
HJR 1 Last Action: See remarks
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of personal income taxes.
HJR 7 Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve to the people the powers of initiative and referendum.
HR 52 Caption: Congratulating Tom and Mary Joy Mason.
HR 85 Caption: Congratulating Shannon McEowen.
HR 93 Caption: Directing the State Board of Insurance to cancel existing rate deviations for all property and casualty insurance policies.
67th Regular Session
HB 1789 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to books and records of an insurance premium finance company.
HB 1851 Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the powers of the Arroyo Colorado Navigation District of Cameron and Willacy Counties and renaming the district as the Port of Harlingen Authority.
HB 1852 Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the authority of the state registrar of vital statistics and local registration officials to refuse to issue copies of certain records.
HB 1853 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to addition of land to drainage districts.
HB 1941 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to regulation of fire extinguishers and fire alarm or fire detection devices.
HR 52 Caption: In memory of Bill Smith.
HR 248 Caption: In memory of Daniel B. Bledsoe.
67th 1st Called Session
HR 21 Caption: Congratulating Karl Malcolm Gibbon.
67th 2nd Called Session
HCR 13 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Edward H. Green.
HR 10 Caption: In memory of Larry Thompson, Sr.