Legislation authored by Bill Caraway
Includes legislation with Bill Caraway as the primary author for the 64th through 66th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 66th Regular Session | |
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| HB 521 |
Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Revenue Administration Caption: Relating to the allocation, transfer, and use of state funds for capital acquisitions and improvements by certain colleges and universities. |
| HB 640 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the advisory council for the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District. |
| HB 850 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the qualifications of the director of the Texas Closeup Program. |
| HB 887 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to working hours for firemen in certain cities. |
| HB 1176 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Authorizing a city, county, school district, conservation and reclamation district, hospital organization, and any other political subdivision of the State of Texas to enter into contracts for the use, acquisition, or purchase of property. |
| HB 1236 |
Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to faculty development at public senior colleges and universities. |
| HB 1237 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to classification of dependents for tuition purposes. |
| HB 1238 |
Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Changing the name of East Texas State University to Sam Rayburn University. |
| HB 1239 |
Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to small classes offered at institutions of higher education. |
| HB 1342 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to lease of supplies and equipment by the State Board of Control. |
| HB 1343 |
Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to regulation of automobile salvage dealers. |
| HB 1408 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to possession and disposition of a vehicle or vehicle part the identification of which has been altered or removed. |
| HB 1409 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Higher Education Caption: Relating to the investment of local funds by public institutions of higher education. |
| HB 1410 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating disannexation and municipal incorporation procedure for residents of certain areas annexed by a home-rule city. |
| HB 1411 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to group term life insurance coverage provided to the spouse and minor children of certain employees. |
| HB 1838 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to incorporation of a municipality located in a special district furnishing residential water and sewer service. |
| HB 1839 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to dissolution of certain water control and improvement districts where the districts lie within two or more cities. |
| HB 1840 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to allocation of governmental services a corresponding apportionment of ad valorem taxes between certain cities and certain districts vested with powers. |
| HB 2044 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to service of documents in civil or probate proceedings by persons other than sheriffs or constable. |
| HB 2081 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to selection of successors to members of the governing body of a property owners association in a residential real estate subdivision. |
| HB 2096 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to screening of children for visual handicaps. |
| HJR 10 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of net income taxes on individuals. |
| HJR 44 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve in the people the powers of initiative and referendum. |
| HJR 47 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a fund to finance permanent improvements at certain state institutions of higher education and repealing the state property tax for higher education. |
| HR 72 | Caption: Creating a special interim committee to study funding of public community and junior colleges. |
| 65th Regular Session | |
| HB 224 |
Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, admission and commitment to treatment facilities, and regulation of treatment facilities. |
| HB 436 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to state financing of expenses incurred by the state executive committee of a political party in the conduct of primary elections. |
| HB 631 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, functions, and financing of metropolitan water authorities. |
| HB 632 |
Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to periodic review and termination of certain state agencies and advisory committees. |
| HB 791 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to limitations on the incorporation of a city within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of another city. |
| HB 792 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to limitation on municipal annexation. |
| HB 793 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to the expansion of a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction after territory is annexed. |
| HB 921 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to licensing and regulation of clinical laboratories personnel; providing penalties. |
| HB 955 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to promotion of improved understanding of state government by certain high school students. |
| HB 1012 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the establishment of guidelines for acadmeic workloads at state-supported institutions of higher education. |
| HB 1207 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to the public school program on the dangers and prevention of crime, narcotics, alcohol, and drug abuse. |
| HB 1278 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Authorizing an application for incorporation of a city or town to be made by at least 500 resident electors within an unincorporated area having a population, according to the last federal census, of at least 8,000 inhabitants and located wholly within the boundaries of a district created pursuant. |
| HB 1496 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the establishment of auxiliary courts outside the county seat for nonjury proceedings. |
| HB 1520 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably Caption: Relating to exemption of management search consultants from regulatory statutes applicable to private employment agencies. |
| HB 1521 |
Last Action: Assigned to Local Calendar Caption: Providing that territory may be added to the Clear Lake City Water Authority in the manner provided in Sections 54.727 of Chapter 54, Water code; finding and declaring compliance with the Constitution, laws rules, and procedures relative to notice, introduction and passage of this Act. |
| HB 1617 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs Caption: Relating to the regulation, possession, and sale of native nongame wild animals; providing penalties. |
| HB 1855 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the authorized uses of the student deposit fund. |
| HB 2022 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Elections Caption: Relating to the misleading use of a political party name. |
| HB 2066 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Exempting from taxation property owned by community organizations. |
| HB 2109 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Exempting for the state sales tax taxable items sold to certain community organizations. |
| HCR 82 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Granting Hi-Way Billboards, Inc., permission to sue the state. |
| HCR 107 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Creating an interim committee to study alcoholism and alcohol abuse, and programs administered by the state to combat alcoholism. |
| HJR 106 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from taxes property owned by certain community organizations. |
| HR 60 | Caption: Relating to requesting that Coastal and Marine Council, et al., prepare an assessment of projected waste volumes and disposal problems. |
| 65th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 42 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Caption: Relating to the allocation, transfer, and use of state funds for capital acquisitions and improvements by certain colleges and universities. |
| HJR 51 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a fund to finance permanent improvements at certain state institutions of higher education and repealing the state property tax for higher education. |
| HJR 53 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the imposition of income taxes on individuals. |
| 64th Regular Session | |
| HB 552 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation, establishment, administration, powers, duties, functions, and financing of the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution; providing penalties. |
| HB 1442 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to fees charged by the General Land Office. |
| HB 1649 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Revenue and Taxation Caption: Providing the Comptroller of Public Accounts the authority within the outlined due process procedures to revoke or suspend any motor vehicle owner's Motor Vehicle Retail Seller's Permit. |
| HB 2047 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the restructuring the Texas Water Rights Commission, the Texas Water Quality Board, and the Texas Water Development Board. |
| HB 2048 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the reponsibility for the adminsitration and enforcement of state building standards designed to aid and assist the physically handicapped with respect to buildings and facilities under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Regents of the University of Houston, the Board of Regents of Texas A & M University, and the Board of Regents of Texas Tech University; repealing all laws in conflict. |
| HB 2120 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Revenue and Taxation Caption: Relating to the creation, powers, and duties of the State Center for Higher Education Budgetary Information. |
| HR 66 | Caption: Recognizing March 2 through March 8, 1975 as Phi Theta Kappa week. |