Legislation authored by John E. Davis

Includes legislation with John E. Davis as the primary author for the 76th through 83rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

83rd Regular Session
HB 417	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the composition of the aviation advisory committee.
HB 422	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to career and technology education or fine arts credits required for high school graduation.
HB 437	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to career and technical education and workforce development grant programs.
HB 441	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the designation of the NASA Road 1 Bypass connecting State Highway NASA Road 1 to Interstate Highway 45 as the Captain John Young Flyover.
HB 468	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to reporting requirements and other information in connection with an award under the Texas emerging technology fund.
HB 545	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the authority of a municipality to authorize the creation of a spaceport development corporation.
HB 560	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the appointment of honorary or advisory directors of a credit union.
HB 699	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the location of certain public sales of real property.
HB 809	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to the dissemination of information regarding employment opportunities in this state to secondary school students.
HB 834	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Fast Start Program to promote rapid delivery of workforce education and development.
HB 865	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to removing the single nonprofit trust requirement for certain insurance premium tax exemptions; affecting certain taxes.
HB 939	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to the transfer of certain amounts from the employment and training investment holding fund and the training stabilization fund.
HB 1137	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the use of maximum allowable cost lists under a Medicaid managed care pharmacy benefit plan.
HB 1324	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to exclusion of land from certain water districts that fail to provide service to the land; clarifying and limiting the authority of those districts with outstanding bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to impose taxes on excluded land; providing for a financial review.
HB 1791	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to the facilitation and operation of space flight activities in this state.
HB 1831	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to an adult high school diploma and industry certification charter school pilot program for adults 19 to 50 years of age.
HB 1925	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the classification of certain construction workers and complaints filed with the Texas Workforce Commission; providing a penalty.
HB 1956	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to an adult high school diploma and industry certification pilot program for adults 19 to 50 years of age.
HB 1971	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to a pilot program conducted by the Department of Aging and Disability Services to authorize certain accreditation surveys of assisted living facilities.
HB 2015	Last Action: Effective on 1/1/14 Caption: Relating to the proper classification of workers performing services in connection with governmental contracts; providing a penalty.
HB 2062	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to the regulation of plumbing.
HB 2096	Last Action: Referred to Economic & Small Business Development Caption: Relating to the review and oversight of public and private partnership agreements and projects.
HB 2140	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the manner in which school districts are ranked for purposes of the instructional facilities allotment.
HB 2179	Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures Caption: Relating to the regulation of backflow prevention assembly testers by the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners; authorizing a fee.
HB 2433	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the periods during which breeder deer may be transferred for release.
HB 2531	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the use of money in the spaceport trust fund for programs related to the aerospace industry.
HB 2556	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to an approval process for career and technology education courses offered by school districts.
HB 2642	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to information on the moving image industry incentive program.
HB 2887	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the establishment and expansion of community collaboratives by entities to provide services to and coordinate the care of persons who are homeless, persons with mental illness, and persons with substance abuse problems.
HB 2987	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to certain water districts that do not provide water and sanitary sewer service to certain users in the districts' territory.
HB 3028	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the use of the skills development fund and other funds available to the Texas Workforce Commission to support certain joint credit courses offered by school districts under agreements with lower-division institutions of higher education.
HB 3162	Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the Texas emerging technology fund; redesignating the fund as the Texas Research Technology Fund.
HB 3242	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to roofing contractors; creating an offense.
HB 3272	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the imposition of and a limitation on the sales tax imposed on certain vessels.
HB 3364	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the payment of resident tuition and fees by certain high school students who enroll in dual credit courses.
HB 3578	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to the allocation and transfer of money from the capital access fund by the Texas Economic Development Bank.
HB 3655	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the establishment of a school safety certification program and the School Safety Task Force.
HB 3886	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 161; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.
HCR 74	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Designating November as COPD Awareness Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2013, and directing the Texas Department of State Health Services to include COPD as a chronic health condition in their public awareness and educational efforts.
HR 170	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Dr. James Anderson Twining of Houston.
HR 561	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 28, 2013, as Mental Illness Awareness Day.
HR 651	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 19, 2013, as Space Day at the State Capitol and honoring NASA.
HR 1432	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending NASA for its achievements as part of the International Space Station program.
HR 2544	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Cameron Lee Alexander on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.
83rd 1st Called Session
HB 44	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the Texas emerging technology fund; redesignating the fund as the Texas Research Technology Fund.
83rd 2nd Called Session
HB 43	Last Action: Referred to Economic & Small Business Development Caption: Relating to the Texas emerging technology fund; redesignating the fund as the Texas Research Technology Fund.
HCR 8	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating James Oran McCorquodale of Austin on his 90th birthday.
82nd Regular Session
HB 705	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to certain prohibited practices concerning the payment of copayments and deductibles under health benefit plans; providing a civil penalty and for injunctive relief.
HB 706	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the course levels offered by the University of Houston--Clear Lake.
HB 842	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to telemedicine medical services, telehealth services, and home telemonitoring services provided to certain Medicaid recipients.
HB 1091	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the authority of certain hospital districts to contract for the performance of administrative functions and services.
HB 1711	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to disaster remediation contracts.
HB 1720	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to certain facilities and care providers, including providers under the state Medicaid program and to improving health care provider accountability and efficiency under the child health plan and Medicaid programs; providing penalties.
HB 2098	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of physicians and physician assistants to form certain entities.
HB 2187	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the imposition of and a limitation on the sales tax imposed on certain vessels.
HB 2406	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to transferring certain energy assistance programs from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
HB 2419	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to toilet accommodations at filling stations; providing penalties.
HB 2432	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the creation of public and private facilities and infrastructure.
HB 2457	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Texas emerging technology fund.
HB 2520	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the linking of data regarding specialized technology research projects conducted by general academic teaching institutions and other state agencies.
HB 2578	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the preparation of economic impact statements for legislative measures.
HB 2579	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to relief for certain employers from penalties and sanctions under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act.
HB 2660	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the functions of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and transferring certain department functions to the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation.
HB 2695	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to requiring health and human services agencies to give preference to certain persons in making hiring decisions.
HB 2785	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the creation of the Select Committee on Economic Development.
HB 2853	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to tax increment financing.
HB 2916	Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to the administration of certain housing and energy assistance programs.
HB 2957	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to due process for certain law enforcement officers.
HCR 116	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of the Reverend Clinton Roderick Dobson of Arlington.
HCR 119	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating James Alford Davis on being named the 2011 Citizen of the Year by the Menard County Chamber of Commerce.
HCR 131	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Howard Victor Reed of Austin.
HCR 132	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring the Texas State Association of Parliamentarians on the occasion of their annual convention.
HCR 142	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Clear Lake High School junior Cameron Blizzard on overcoming cancer.
HCR 162	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the Space Center Intermediate Band in Houston on its receipt of a 2010 Sudler Cup.
HR 444	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring NASA and the aerospace industry for their leadership and accomplishments in the State of Texas.
HR 939	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 21, 2011, as World Down Syndrome Day.
HR 1021	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring NASA for its accomplishments and legacy and recognizing March 31, 2011, as Space Day.
HR 2117	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Captain Eugene A. Cernan for his service as a naval pilot and astronaut.
HR 2611	Last Action: 3 hr. notice-for consideration Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1534.
HR 2691	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2457.
81st Regular Session
HB 620	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to behavioral health services for children and establishment of the Children's Behavioral Health Council.
HB 802	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the creation of the lifespan respite services program.
HB 1246	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the provision of a preference in certain governmental purchasing decisions for vendors or contractors that provide health care benefits or equivalent health savings benefits to employees.
HB 1820	Last Action: Subcommittee members named Caption: Relating to provision of workers' compensation medical benefits to a police officer or firefighter injured in the line of duty; providing an administrative violation.
HB 1821	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to requiring a voter to be affiliated with a political party to vote in that party's primary election or otherwise participate in that party's affairs.
HB 1843	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the disposition of cash in possession of a deceased pauper.
HB 1844	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the procedure for reallocating local sales and use taxes.
HB 1854	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the registration of roofing contractors; providing penalties.
HB 1855	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to physical activity requirements for students in public schools.
HB 1878	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to monitoring physicians' compliance with continuing medical education requirements.
HB 1879	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the receipt and release of immunization information by the immunization registry in connection with a disaster.
HB 1888	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to standards required for certain rankings of physicians by health benefit plans.
HB 1889	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the electronic transmission of certain information by and to health benefit plan issuers.
HB 1894	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the deadline for reallocating local sales and use taxes.
HB 1895	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to authorization for the Department of Aging and Disability Services to conduct a desk review instead of an inspection when issuing a license after a change in ownership of certain facilities.
HB 1896	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the exemption from the sales and use tax of boat slip rental fees charged at certain marinas severely damaged by Hurricane Ike.
HB 1966	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to an e-prescribing implementation plan under the Medicaid and child health plan programs.
HB 2197	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the implementation of a quality improvement initiative in the Medicaid program.
HB 2549	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to auditing procedures and authority relating to county education departments in certain populous counties.
HB 3231	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to clarification of legislative intent regarding enrollment of newborns in Medicaid managed care plans and validating related acts and decisions.
HB 3232	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the establishment of a service conversion opportunity grant program.
HB 3233	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to nonpayment of hospitals under the state Medicaid program for certain preventable adverse events and to the reporting of occurrences of those events at certain health care facilities.
HB 3234	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to telehealth services and home telemonitoring services provided to certain Medicaid recipients.
HB 3235	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the exchange of secure electronic health information between the Health and Human Services Commission and local or regional health information exchanges and the development of a health passport for Medicaid recipients.
HB 3376	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the licensure of anesthesiologist assistants; providing penalties.
HB 3388	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to mandatory participation in certain TANF employment programs by certain persons.
HB 3475	Last Action: Referred to Public Safety Caption: Relating to the procedures for certain honorably retired peace officers to maintain a license to carry a concealed handgun.
HB 3476	Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to information used for telephone solicitations.
HCR 60	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Evelyn Ruth Werlein of Houston on her 100th birthday.
HCR 88	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Directing the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Education Agency to educate parents of adolescent Texans regarding the importance of adolescents' receiving regular physical exams and updated immunizations.
HCR 134	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Roy Earl Reed, Sr., of Brownsville on his 80th birthday.
HCR 228	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Ralph Parr for his service to the Clear Creek Independent School District on the occasion of his retirement from the Clear Creek ISD Board of Trustees.
HCR 233	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Elizabeth Radicioni on being named Clear Creek ISD Secondary Teacher of the Year.
HCR 234	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Julie Ballew on being nominated as Clear Creek ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year.
HCR 235	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Margaret Berti on being nominated as Clear Creek ISD Teacher of the Year.
HCR 236	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Samantha Youts on being nominated as Clear Creek ISD Secondary Teacher of the Year.
HCR 240	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Edna Meeks on being nominated as Clear Creek ISD Secondary Teacher of the Year.
HCR 241	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Dawn Gibler on being named the Clear Creek ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year.
HCR 242	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating John Kennedy on his retirement as city manager of Nassau Bay.
HCR 259	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating James Alford Davis of Menard on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
HR 146	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Granting permission to the YMCA Youth and Government Program to use the chamber of the Texas House of Representatives in January 2009 and January 2010.
HR 701	Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Urging Congress to fully fund the National Aeronautics and Space Administration budget request in support of the U.S. Space Exploration Policy, as submitted to Congress for Fiscal Year 2010.
HR 944	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Stephen Ivey Damiani and Chen Sara Xie on the birth of their son, Stephen Shay Li Damiani.
HR 1032	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating George and Laura Murphy of Salado on their 40th wedding anniversary.
HR 1341	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the members of Bay Area Republican Women for their contributions to their communities.
HR 2952	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Randy and Nancy Alexander on their 50th wedding anniversary.
81st 1st Called Session
HR 62	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Adelaide Horn on her retirement as commissioner of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services.
HR 64	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Albert Hawkins on his retirement as executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
HR 66	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing December 20, 2009, the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Operation Just Cause in Panama, as a Day of Remembrance at Fort Hood.
80th Regular Session
HB 404	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the additional exit conference required following inspection, survey, or investigation of certain facilities.
HB 405	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the authority of an emergency room physician to hold a person believed to have a mental illness.
HB 928	Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the deadline for submitting a federal postcard application to the early voting clerk.
HB 1182	Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to the provision of a preference in certain governmental purchasing decisions for vendors or contractors that provide health care benefits or equivalent health savings benefits to employees.
HB 1224	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for enrollees with autism spectrum disorder.
HB 1443	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to restrictions on the interchange of transplant immunosuppressant drugs.
HB 1715	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain long-term care facilities, including the establishment of late fees and changes to administrative penalties, and relating to the office of long-term care ombudsman.
HB 2025	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the design and installation of signs at certain crosswalks used regularly by elderly pedestrians.
HB 2049	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to eligibility for and information regarding the child health plan program.
HB 2446	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to the waiting period for benefits for certain applicants for the child health plan program.
HB 2447	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to offsets for child care expenses in determining eligibility for the child health plan program.
HB 2448	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to distribution of information regarding the child health plan program to school children.
HB 2449	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to the consideration of vehicles as assets in determining eligibility for the child health plan program.
HB 2851	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain persons whose driver's licenses are suspended or revoked on conviction of an offense for driving while intoxicated complete a drug or alcohol dependence evaluation and educational program.
HB 2852	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a transitional health plan program for certain children previously enrolled in the Medicaid or the state child health plan program.
HB 2853	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to certain health insurance plans for children.
HB 2854	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to creating the Texas Patient Safety and Public Health Council and providing information to patients about high-risk personal lifestyle conduct.
HB 2855	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to consumer access to health care information; imposing penalties.
HB 2856	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of the lifespan respite services pilot program.
HB 2857	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to certain functions of the Health and Human Services Commission.
HB 2858	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of physicians.
HB 3512	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to local school district policies regarding student eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities.
HB 3513	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to temporary change of ownership licenses for nursing home facilities.
HB 3673	Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to the operation of property owners' associations.
HB 3674	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the operation of property owners' associations.
HB 3675	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to procedures for determining court jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
HB 3676	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to regulation of certain services assisting with alcoholic beverage license and permit applications; providing penalties.
HB 3677	Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to fiscal matters involving health and human services programs.
HB 3792	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to tailored benefit packages for certain categories of the Medicaid population.
HB 3793	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to including certain performance measures and incentives in certain Medicaid managed care contracts.
HB 4066	Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Speaker Caption: Relating to the creation of the NASA Area Management District; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a sales and use tax, and issue bonds.
HCR 38	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Granting permission to the YMCA Youth and Government Program to use the legislative chambers and other Capitol Complex facilities.
HCR 213	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring 104-year-old Myrtle Perry McDaniel of Menard.
HR 475	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on its outstanding accomplishments.
HR 1404	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Encouraging the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to partner with private entities to provide education on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
HR 1692	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Allison Jo Dickson on her graduation from Baylor University School of Law.
HR 1816	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Reverend Alberto Arcilla Maullon, Jr., on 25 years of service to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
HR 1941	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming a delegation from the Central Party School of China on the occasion of its visit to the Texas State Capitol.
HR 1980	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Clear Creek ISD CFO Paul McLarty on earning the Distinguished Budget Presentation award from the Government Finance Officers Association.
HR 2588	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 344.
79th Regular Session
HB 470	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to local delivery of aging, disability, behavioral health, and mental retardation services.
HB 1502	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to payment for medical assistance provided to an individual who is dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare.
HB 1503	Last Action: Senate appoints conferees-reported Caption: Relating to the additional exit conference required following inspection, survey, or investigation of certain facilities.
HB 1558	Last Action: Effective on 1/1/06 Caption: Relating to an alternative method of satisfying certain licensing and program participation requirements for assisted living facilities.
HB 1559	Last Action: Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Caption: Relating to the offense of violating the terms of a court order providing for the possession of or access to a child.
HB 1752	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to the regulation of germicidal treatment of certain bedding, materials, and upholstered items.
HB 2539	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to permitting a community association to increase regular assessments on a majority vote of affected property owners.
HB 2540	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the term of a food manager certificate.
HB 2764	Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to statutory authority for certain governmental entities to take certain actions to permit the legislature to reduce appropriations to those agencies.
HB 2909	Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to providing the Commissioner of Insurance the authority to establish a voluntary joint underwriting association when a bond or insurance is not reasonably available.
HB 2910	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to limiting the inspection of and the public disclosure or release of certain autopsy reports held by a justice of the peace or a medical examiner.
HB 2911	Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the issuance of certain court orders to protect victims of family violence.
HB 2912	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the performance of certain professional activities of dietitians acting under medical orders.
HB 3303	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to emergency apprehension and detention of a person believed to have a mental illness.
HB 3304	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of roofing contractors; providing penalties.
HB 3536	Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Speaker Caption: Relating to the creation of the NASA Area Management District; providing authority to levy assessments, impose taxes and issue bonds.
HCR 49	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Urging the United States Congress to fully fund NASA's budget request for fiscal year 2006.
HCR 68	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on their many accomplishments.
HCR 170	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending Randolph Robert Reed of Pearland for his completion of the BP MS150 Bike Ride.
HCR 193	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Supporting Texas' application for a Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
HR 6	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Approving the selection of Melissa Meisgeier Noriega as temporary acting representative for House District 145.
HR 1372	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Constable Bill Bailey of Pasadena for his many professional and civic accomplishments.
HR 1466	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the winners of the 2005 Flooring America Dads Becoming Heroes Essay Contest.
79th 1st Called Session
HB 121	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal management districts by certain small municipalities; providing authority to impose an assessment or sales and use tax, and to issue bonds.
79th 3rd Called Session
HCR 40	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Christopher Castillo on his graduation from the Texas School for the Deaf.
78th Regular Session
HB 294	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to recognizing March as Texas History Month.
HB 653	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to a shampoo apprentice permit.
HB 740	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the Texas Department of Economic Development's duty to promote tourism.
HB 766	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Relating to permitting a community association to increase regular assessments on a majority vote of property owners.
HB 767	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the renewal of a cosmetology license.
HB 784	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to coverage of assisted living facilities under professional liability insurance and the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association.
HB 969	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to requiring commissioners and vendors of the Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas, to disclose certain financial relationships.
HB 1049	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the designation of NASA Road 1 and Farm-to-Market Road 528 as the NASA Parkway.
HB 1404	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the construction of rail lines over public lands.
HB 1846	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to court ordered payments by persons on community supervision.
HB 2556	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to the control of health insurance fraud.
HB 3348	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the offense of violating the terms of a court order providing for the possession of or access to a child.
HB 3349	Last Action: Referred to State Health Care Expend, Select Caption: Relating to the disproportionate share program.
HB 3350	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for the University of Houston System.
HB 3351	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for facilities acquisition and for the replacement of research and academic facilities lost in Tropical Storm Allison.
HB 3354	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to nursing home facilities licensed under Chapter 242 of the Health and Safety Code, and assisted living facilities licensed under Chapter 247 of the Health and Safety Code.
HB 3419	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to procedural and technical corrections and clarification of the Property Tax Code, procedures for the seizure and sale of property, and distribution of ad valorem tax sale proceeds.
HB 3504	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the deferral or abatement of the collection of taxes on the residence homestead of an elderly or disabled person.
HB 3573	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation of the Baybrook Management District; providing the authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
HB 3576	Last Action: Referred to Infrastructure Dev & Security Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Road Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
HCR 29	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending Sr. Mario Zolezzi Garcia for his outstanding achievements as mayor of Matamoros.
HCR 30	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending Sr. Fernando Silva Nieto for his exceptional achievements as governor of San Luis Potosi.
HCR 104	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring the life of Minnie Mae Glenn of Brownsville.
HCR 152	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Welcoming faculty and students from the Galloway School in Houston to the State Capitol.
HCR 200	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia.
HR 441	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Louisiana State Representative Donald Ray Kennard, national chairman of the American Legislative Exchange Council.
HR 1071	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming a delegation of teachers and students from James F. Bay Elementary School in Houston to the State Capitol on May 8, 2003.
78th 3rd Called Session
HCR 5	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending the achievements of the Honorable Miguel Aleman Velazco, governor of Veracruz, Mexico.
HCR 7	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending the achievements of the Honorable Enrique Martinez y Martinez, governor of the State of Coahuila, Mexico.
HCR 18	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Fernando Elizondo Barragán, governor of the State of Nuevo León, Mexico.
HR 41	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the life of Juan N. Seguin for his contributions to Texas.
78th 4th Called Session
HCR 2	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Larry Forehand on the 30th anniversary of his Casa Olé restaurant chain.
77th Regular Session
HB 1272	Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Admin. Procedures Caption: Relating to exempting elderly license holders from certain requirements for the renewal of a real estate broker license.
HB 1273	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to creation of a benefit fund and making a supplemental one-time payment for certain peace officers and fire fighters disabled in the line of duty.
HB 1601	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to exempting certain corporations from the franchise tax.
HB 1602	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to exempting certain corporations from the franchise tax.
HB 1603	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to renaming the franchise tax the corporate income tax.
HB 1859	Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to extension of restrictions imposing regular assessments in certain residential real estate subdivisions.
HB 2225	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the amount of exemplary damages that may be awarded in actions involving injury to an elderly individual or a disabled individual.
HB 2226	Last Action: Effective on 1/1/02 Caption: Relating to the certification by a chief appraiser of certain taxable properties not included in the initial appraisal roll for a taxing unit.
HB 2444	Last Action: Companion considered in lieu of in committee Caption: Relating to national fraternal organizations that are exempt from certain requirements of the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
HB 2445	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to lifetime workers' compensation benefits for certain employees who suffer catastrophic burns.
HB 2591	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the requirement that a parent provide certain information to the other parent of the child; providing a penalty.
HB 2592	Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Admin. Procedures Caption: Relating to fee agreements between attorneys and property owners' associations.
HB 2747	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to audits of the promotion and development fund of a navigation district.
HB 2748	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to requiring commissioners and vendors of the Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas, to disclose certain financial relationships.
HB 2938	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to enforcement of motor vehicle financial responsibility requirements.
HB 2947	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to the posting of notice for water discharge permits.
HB 2948	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the disclosure of certain information in connection with a disciplinary proceeding by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners.
HB 3291	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to eliminating the licensing and registration requirements for music, skill, or pleasure coin-operated machines.
HB 3581	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the procedure for awarding certain contracts by a state agency or school district.
HB 3582	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to criminal penalties for injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled person.
HCR 184	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring the visiting delegation from Tamaulipas, Mexico.
HCR 259	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Welcoming the visiting students and staff from North Pointe Elementary School in Clear Lake City to the State Capitol on April 26, 2001.
HCR 282	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing the district winners of the National History Day competition from the La Porte Independent School District.
HR 59	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Dr. S. M. Elliott, D.C.
HR 125	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Marilyn Petersen of La Porte for receiving the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award.
HR 330	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 21, 2001, as Leadership La Porte-Bayshore Day at the State Capitol.
HR 638	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 2001 as National Athletic Training Month and honoring the certified athletic trainers at CHRISTUS St. John Sports Medicine in Nassau Bay.
HR 803	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the 22 teachers who successfully completed the Aerospace Academy for Engineering and Teacher Education.
HR 804	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 24, 2001, as Space Day 2001 and commending all those involved with America's exploration of space.
HR 1190	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Bertie Lynch and Arthur E. Lynch, Sr., of Seabrook on their 50th wedding anniversary.
HR 1290	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring George Abbey for his contributions to NASA--Johnson Space Center.
76th Regular Session
HB 1330	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the issuance of revenue bonds for the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
HB 2095	Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Admin. Procedures Caption: Relating to the adoption of standards for the practice of air conditioning and refrigeration contracting.
HB 2096	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the control of health insurance fraud.
HB 2990	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the enforcement of an order for possession of or access to a child.
HB 2991	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to cooperative programs between school districts or institutions of higher education and the Texas Space Grant Consortium.
HB 2992	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the creation of a business technology outreach program at the University of Houston.
HB 3593	Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Chiropractic College as a public institution of higher education.
HCR 255	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating May 17-22, 1999, as United Kingdom Trade Mission to Clear Lake Week in Texas.
HR 259	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 21-27, 1999, as National Engineers Week in Texas.
HR 888	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating David L. Gatling on his retirement from Ticona LLC.
HR 914	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending David L. Gatling on 40 years of distinguished service to Ticona in Pasadena.
HR 975	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Andrew Cedric Rihn for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.
HR 976	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring John Bryan for his 35 years as a dedicated educator and coach.
39th Regular Session
SB 1	Caption: Relating to making an appropriation of the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable out of the general revenue not otherwise appropriated, to pay the mileage and per diem of members and to pay the salaries and per diem of officers and employees of the Thirty-ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, providing for the approval of accounts.
SB 2	Caption: Relating to making an appropriation of the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of the general revenue of the State of Texas, to pay the contingent expenses of the Regular Session of the Thirty-ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, providing how accounts may be approved.
SB 39	Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes relating to the granting of divorces.
SB 40	Caption: Relating to providing for the formation of corporations to contract for engineering services in making investigations, designs, estimate of costs, valuations, and reports upon public or private utilities, improvements and industrial works.
SB 45	Caption: Relating to creating an additional District Court for Dallas County, One Hundred and First District, defining its jurisdiction, adjusting the business of the existing District Court to the business thereof, prescribing the duties of the District Clerk with respect thereto.
SB 52	Caption: Relating to the writ for the apprehension of persons who are lunatics or non compos mentis and their detention; prohibiting the incarceration of such persons in county jails in counties where city or county hospitals exist, providing that they shall be detained in such county or city hospitals.
SB 58	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute fixing the compensation of county and district courts' jurors in both civil and criminal cases, jury commissions of the district and county courts and bailiffs of the grand jury; the amendment being to the effect that each grand jury bailiff appointed as such bailiff by the court in counties of 150,000 population and more according to the 1920 census of the United States shall receive the sum of $5,00 for each day that he may serve as a grand jury bailiff.
SB 98	Caption: Relating to making an appropriation for the purpose of administering the Pink Bollworm law of Texas.
SB 101	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay salaries of judges, and the support and maintenance of the Judicial Department of the State Government for the two year period beginning September 1, 1925, and ending August 31, 1927.
SB 121	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute regulating the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court by striking out certain section of said statute, as it now exists, and in other respects by specifically naming the cases in which the Supreme Court is given jurisdiction to grant writs of error.
SB 122	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute requiring the Courts of Civil Appeals make and file conclusions of fact and law in certain cases, specifically naming the cases in which said court in the future are required to file conclusions of fact and law.
SB 123	Caption: Relating to creating a lien in favor of any person, firm or corporation who may furnish any material, apparatus, fixtures, machinery or labor, to contractors who contract for public improvements.
SB 124	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute fixing the fees of grand jury bailiffs serving the district court of Dallas appointed in counties of 150,000 population and more.
SB 160	Caption: Relating to giving the Supreme Court of Texas the power to make and establish all rules of civil procedure for the government of said court and all other courts of this State so as to expedite the dispatch of business therein.
SB 165	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute in reference to accepting the provisions of the Sheppard-Towner act of the Federal Government so as to reduce appropriations in order to bring state expenditures within state revenue.
SB 166	Caption: Relating to making certain kinds of insurance companies liable for additional expenses, loss and injury entailed by reason of refusing to pay holders of their policies on which certain losses have occurred; providing a penalty.
SB 183	Caption: Relating to making appropriations for the support and maintenance of the State government for the two-year period beginning September 1, 1925, and ending August 31, 1927, and for other purposes, and prescribing certain regulations and restrictions in respect hereto.
SB 214	Caption: Relating to making an appropriation to pay salaries of members and employees, and other expenses of the State Board of Pardons for the eight month period beginning from January 1, 1925, and ending August 31, 1925.
SB 220	Caption: Relating to preventing the stealing and disposal of motor vehicles; providing certificates of title to owners of motor cars.
SB 228	Caption: Relating to authorizing any city, town or village incorporated under the General Laws of the State of Texas, and having a population of not more than 2,500 inhabitants, according to the United States census of 1920, to disannex a portion of the territory located within the limits of any such city, town or village, upon receipt of a petition requesting such disannexation signed by two-thirds or more of the qualified voters located within such territory.
SB 251	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay the salaries of officers and employees of certain eleemosynary institutions of the State and other expenses of maintaining and conducting them for the two-year period beginning September 1, 1925, and ending August 21, 1927.
SB 264	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to cover deficiencies in appropriations heretofore made for the support of the State government for the fiscal year ending August 31, 1925.
SB 265	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to cover deficiencies in appropriations heretofore made for the support of the State government for the fiscal years ending August 31, 1922, August 31, 1923, August 31, 1924, and August 31, 1925.
SB 278	Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of State of Texas Refunding Bonds in the amount of seven hundred fifty thousand ($725,000) dollars, dated February 1, 1925, due February 1, 1927, bearing five (5%) percent interest payable semi-annually to be executed and delivered in lieu thereof to the holder of State of Texas Funding Bonds, Series 1923, due February 1, 1925, and prescribing the duties of various State officials in reference thereto.
SB 293	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute so as to allow the issuance of bonds for the purposes provided in said statute in counties having in excess of 200,000 inhabitants by the last preceding United States census, in an amount or sum not greater than ten cents on the hundred dollars property valuation of such county.
SB 294	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to pleas of privilege, the sufficiency thereof and the procedure thereon, so as to provide a definite length of time in which to file controverting affidavits; providing that an appeal shall in all events suspend trial on the merits pending the appeal.
SB 309	Caption: Relating to providing that money paid political party committees shall not be counted in the amount limited for campaign expenses.
SB 323	Caption: Relating to providing for the collection and preservation of historic information, data, relics and grounds; creating the Texas Historical Board; making an appropriation.
SB 346	Caption: Relating to authorizing the incorporation of road districts and authorizing the same to sue and be sued and authorizing the levying of a tax for the payment of judgments, if cast in suit.
SB 368	Caption: Relating to making appropriation to pay the widow of Leroy Derryberry, killed while in the service of the Texas State Highway Department by an employee of the State Highway Department by a collision.
SB 374	Caption: Relating to requiring tuition fees for all students for the various State educational institutions.
SB 389	Caption: Relating to prohibiting the establishment and maintenance of cemeteries near incorporated towns or cities, and declaring the same to be a nuisance.
SB 390	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to private corporations by adding a section providing for the formation of private corporations for the purpose of incorporating estates of deceased persons, with authority to hold, purchase and sell lands, borrow and loan money and continue and conduct mercantile or commercial business.
SB 393	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay the salaries of officers and employees of certain educational institutions, and other expenses of maintaining and conducting them, for years beginning September 1, 1925, and ending August 31, 1927.
SB 406	Caption: Relating to making certain emergency and supplemental appropriations out of the general revenues of the State for the several institutions and departments of the State government as named herein for the balance of the fiscal year ending August 31, 1925.
SB 407	Caption: Relating to making an appropriation to pay the salaries of the judges of the One Hundred and First, One Hundred and Second and One Hundred and Third Judicial Districts created by the passage of certain Acts at the Regular Session of the Thirty-ninth Legislature.
SB 438	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay miscellaneous claims against the State and authorizing payment of said miscellaneous items on the taking effect of this Act.
SB 466	Caption: Relating to making an appropriation of the sum of ten thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable out of the general revenue not otherwise appropriated, to pay the mileage and per diem of members and to pay the salaries and per diem of officers and employees of the Thirty-ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, and providing for the approval of accounts.
SB 467	Caption: Relating to making an appropriation for two years of any unexpended balance of an appropriation made to acquire additional lands for the University of Texas.
SCR 1	Caption: Providing for the adoption of joint rules.
SCR 4	Caption: Relating to the consideration and passing of the general appropriation bills.
SCR 5	Caption: Relating to passage of the general appropriation bills before consideration of any other appropriation bills.
SCR 6	Caption: Relating to balancing the state budget by reducing appropriations rather than by increasing taxation.
SCR 7	Caption: Relating to a joint session for the purpose of counting votes for the executive offices of the State of Texas.
SCR 8	Caption: Relating to concurring that the proposed Child Labor amendment to the Constitution of the United States be hereby in all things rejected, and refusing ratification of said amendment.
SCR 12	Caption: Inviting Dr. Hamilton Holt to deliver an address on the League of Nations on February 10, 1925.
SCR 15	Caption: Relating to the Diary of Captain Adolphus Sterne, to be deposited in the archives of the Texas State Library.
SCR 18	Caption: Requesting the publisher, or printer of the Senate and House Bills to publish and return all appropriation bills as soon as possible.
SCR 33	Caption: Relating to resolving that the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars be paid out of the contingent expense fund of the Thirty-ninth Legislature to pay for a suitable portrait of Governor Pat M. Neff, said portrait to be placed in the rotunda of the Capitol with the portrait of the other Governors of Texas.
SJR 21	Caption: Proposing an amendment authorizing the Legislature to provide for the election of School Trustees and members of Boards of Education and members of other municipal boards and commissions who serve without compensation and to fix their terms not to exceed seven years. Permitting certain cities to exercise the same powers as to the members of such boards and commissions. Making an appropriation to defray the expenses of submitting such amendment for ratification or rejection at the next general election.
SR 4	Caption: Amending and adopting rules of the Senate.
SR 7	Caption: Relating to term drawing.
SR 8	Caption: Relating to opposition of Federal Aid appropriation cooperation.
SR 20	Caption: Relating to the cleaning of the carpet on Senate floor.
SR 24	Caption: Inviting Judge Chas. A. Pippin to address the Senate.
SR 49	Caption: Inviting May Nettie Houston Brenghurst, the daughter of General Sam Houston, to address the Senate.
SR 51	Caption: Thanking Dallas Morning News for providing copies of daily news for the members during their trip to the Rio Grande Valley.
SR 54	Caption: Relating to the omission of certain things from the permanent journal.
SR 63	Caption: Designating a porter to take care of the Senate Chamber, adjoining rooms, and the quarters of the Lieutenant Governor.
SR 75	Caption: Relating to retaining the engrossing and enrolling clerks after the session is over for the purposes of reporting all bills in the journal.
SR 78	Caption: Requesting that the Secretary of the Finance Committee of the Senate be retained for two days to complete work for the regular session.
SR 86	Caption: Expressing appreciation to the press for their reports of the Legislature.
39th 1st Called Session
SB 2	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay the per diem and mileage of members and per diem of officers and employees of the First Called Session of the Thirty-ninth Legislature of the State of Texas.
SB 125	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to cover deficiencies in appropriations heretofore made for the support of the State Government for the fiscal years ending August 31, 1925 and August 31, 1926.
SB 126	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to cover deficiencies in appropriations heretofore made for the support of the State government for the fiscal years ending August 31, 1924, August 31, 1925 and August 31, 1926.
SB 238	Caption: Relating to making certain emergency and certain supplemental appropriations out of the general revenue of the State for certain departments and the judiciary of the State Government for the fiscal years ending August 31, 1925, August 31, 1926 and August 31, 1927.
SB 315	Caption: Relating to creating Dallas County Fresh Water Supply District No. 7 in Dallas County, Texas, validating and approving all orders made by the commissioners' court of said county and the board of supervisors thereof in respect to the organization of said district.
SB 322	Caption: Relating to the creation of the Highland Park Independent School District in Dallas County, Texas, including therein the present Highland Park Independent School District.
38th Regular Session
SB 31	Caption: Relating to authorizing certain cities to purchase and condemn real estate for the purpose of laying out, establishing, straightening, widening, opening or extending highways, public squares or public places therein.
SB 32	Caption: An act creating two additional District Courts for Dallas County, defining their jurisdiction, adjusting the business of the existing courts to the business thereof.
SB 34	Caption: Relating to providing for the forfeiture of the charter of any domestic corporation, and prohibiting any foreign corporation from doing business in this State, which has been adjudged guilty of violating the anti-trust laws of this State.
SB 35	Caption: Relating to prescribing procedure in suits or promissory notes and other contracts involving liquidated demands and on sworn accounts.
SB 49	Caption: Relating to creating and providing for a Department of Insurance for the State of Texas, separate and distinct from the Department of Banking of this State, to provide for the appointment, term of office, name, compensation and to prescribe the qualifications and the powers and duties of the head of such Department.
SB 50	Caption: Relating to establishing reciprocity between insurance companies organized under the Laws of the State of Texas, and those of other states or foreign countries, imposing on such foreign insurance companies and their agents the same requirements, conditions and the payment of such sums of money, whether as taxes, license, fee, fines, penalties, or as deposits of securities, as may be required by the home state of such foreign insurance company or companies of companies organized in this State or the agents thereof, and empowering the Commissioner of Insurance and Banking to refuse or cancel permit of foreign insurance companies where permits of Texas companies would be refused or cancelled in such foreign state or territory.
SB 51	Caption: Relating to providing for the appointment of a Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals; fixing his salary and defining hi powers and duties; abolishing the salary of Deputy Clerk of said Court.
SB 58	Caption: Relating to repealing and amending certain Articles relating to the privy acknowledgment of married women so as to omit the requirement in said articles of the separate and privy acknowledgment of the wife.
SB 64	Caption: Relating to recovery and defendant's replevy bond in sequestration, by providing that the value proven shall be either that of the time of the execution of the replevy bond or that of the time of the trial, as the plaintiff may elect.
SB 65	Caption: Relating to reviving the bill of discovery in accordance with usages of courts of equity; making such remedy cumulative.
SB 66	Caption: Relating to providing that any suit for the recovery of any land or tenement or interest therein, or for the removal of cloud upon the title thereto, shall be brought within twelve months next after the date such acknowledgment was taken and not thereafter.
SB 96	Caption: Relating to making it an offense for any husband to willfully, or without justification, desert, neglect or refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife or their child or children under the age of sixteen years.
SB 115	Caption: Relating to providing for procedure when there is conflict between decisions of Courts of Civil Appeals or between decision of Court of Civil Appeals and Supreme Court.
SB 116	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute so as to provide that the common law of England as now practiced and understood shall, in its application to evidence, be followed and practiced by the courts of this state, so far as the same may not be inconsistent with this title or any other law.
SB 117	Caption: Relating to providing procedure where Courts of Civil Appeals or any one of them may arrive at an opinion or decision in conflict with an opinion theretofore rendered by the Supreme Court or other Court of Civil Appeals on any question of law.
SB 118	Caption: Relating to providing that Courts of Civil Appeals may also upon motion of any party to a cause certify point or points of dissent to Supreme Court even though case may be appealed from county courts as well as to cases appealed from district courts.
SB 119	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute so as to provide that any part desiring to sue out a writ of error before the supreme court shall present his petition addressed to said court, stating the nature of his case and the grounds upon which the writ of error is prayed for, and showing that the supreme court has jurisdiction thereof.
SB 120	Caption: Relating to authorizing certain cities owning and operating their own waterworks systems to acquire by purchase, gift, devise or by the exercise of the right of eminent domain through and by condemnation proceedings, the necessary lands and property, public or privatefor the purpose of constructing reservoirs and for the purpose of the extension, construction, improvement and enlargement of the said waterworks systems.
SB 138	Caption: Relating to fixing in counties having a certain population, the compensation of District Attorneys and providing for the appointment of Assistant District Attorneys, investigators, stenographers, deputies and other employees and providing for their salaries and the manner of their payment.
SB 139	Caption: Relating to controlling the possession, sale, and use of pistols and receivers, providing penalties, and repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith.
SB 142	Caption: Relating to constables, providing for their elections and terms of office and for the appointment of deputies in certain justice precincts.
SB 143	Caption: Relating to amending certain act regulating and supervising the sale and purchase in this State of stocks of corporations, shall not apply to any public service corporations doing business under the laws of this State, whose rates or charges are fixed or regulated by law or by any governmental agency of this State.
SB 144	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute in reference to exempting from taxation Young Men's Christian Association Buildings, Young Men's Hebrew Association Buildings and Young Women's Christian Association Buildings.
SB 175	Caption: Relating to repealing part of certain law relating exceptions and exemptions from the anti-pass law.
SB 223	Caption: Relating to amending the Workmen's Compensation Act by providing that the notice required to be given to the Industrial Accident Board may be given by mailing the notice to the Board of filing such notice in the office of the Board.
SB 224	Caption: Relating to authorizing the incorporation of Real Estate Boards for the purpose of acquiring, preserving and disseminating valuable business information with reference to the purchase, sale, handling, improvement and development of real property.
SB 273	Caption: Relating to appeals from county courts to district courts in estate matters.
SB 287	Caption: Relating to defining indigency and in particular describing who and under what conditions shall be entitled to the rights and privileges of a Confederate Pension and who shall be entitled to become an inmate of the Confederate Home or other public institutions at the expense of the State.
SB 315	Caption: Relating to prescribing the form of the ballot to be used at primary elections, the manner of counting the votes and declaring the result of such elections.
SB 326	Caption: Relating to governing the issuance of teachers' certificates in the teachers' training course of the Dallas public schools.
SB 328	Caption: Relating to fixing the salaries of the judge of the County Court of Dallas County at Law at Law No. 1 and the judge of the County Court of Dallas County at Law No. 2, and prescribing the method and source of payment.
SB 335	Caption: Relating to creating additional and adequate courts for Dallas County, defining their jurisdiction, adjusting the business of the existing district courts to the business thereof.
SB 356	Caption: Relating to exempting absolutely and under a certain time limitation, all money or other property, due, payable or accruing upon insurance or indemnity contracts for sickness, disease, disability, accident, infirmity, or old age, from all process for forcible payments of debts of the insured.
SB 374	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to private corporations by providing for the formation of private corporations for the purpose of acting as agent or agents of surety or fidelity insurance companies, legally authorized to do business in this State.
SB 397	Caption: Relating to providing for the collection of delinquent taxes of levee improvement districts; providing a method of procedure therefor.
SB 404	Caption: Relating to the employment and salary of stenographers of Courts of Civil Appeals, and fixing the salaries of stenographers of said courts.
SB 433	Caption: Relating to making it an offense to remove a domestic animal or animals which have been quarantined; prescribing a penalty for the violation thereof; fixing the venue where prosecutions may be had.
SCR 7	Caption: Condemning certain recent trends in Federal Appropriations regarding funds distributed to the States.
SCR 10	Caption: Requesting the Governor to give a thirty days notice before calling any Special Sessions.
SCR 18	Caption: In memory of former State Senator James I Perkins.
SJR 1	Caption: Relating to amending an article of the Constitution of Texas by adding thereto a new section giving to the Legislature power and authority to publish or print or have published or printed all books furnished to and used by the public schools of Texas.
SJR 19	Caption: Proposing an amendment to Article 16 of the Constitution of Texas by adding thereto a new section giving to the legislature power and authority to provide pensions for firemen and policemen.
SR 73	Caption: Inviting Mrs. Knox Livingston to address the Senate.
SR 80	Caption: Commending the efforts of Texans who are raising funds for those affected by war in the Near East.
38th 2nd Called Session
SB 104	Caption: Relating to authorizing steam or electric railway companies, street railway companies, interurban railway companies and other chartered transportation companies, sleeping car companies, or persons or associations of persons operating the same, or the receivers or lessees thereof, or their officers, agents or employees, to issue free transportation to ministers of religion in this State when making intrastate trips; defining ministers of religion.
SB 107	Caption: Relating to creating and providing for a Department of Insurance, for the State of Texas, separate and distinct from the Department of Banking of this State, vesting therein and giving to it jurisdiction of all matters, things, powers and functions of the Department of Insurance and Banking.
38th 3rd Called Session
SB 13	Caption: Relating to levying an occupation tax on all lawyers in the State of Texas filing petitions for divorce in the district courts of the State.
SB 27	Caption: Relating to amending certain Act creating the Rockwall Independent School District so as to include in said district, thus formed, additional territory.
SB 28	Caption: Relating to authorizing any city in the State of Texas of one hundred thousand or more population, whether organized by special law, home rule charter, or general laws of the State of Texas, to disannex unimproved territory.
SCR 3	Caption: Directing the creation of a joint committee on the "Welfare of the State" to discuss discrepancies in state apporopriations.
37th Regular Session
HB 8	Caption: Relating to a certain Act defining the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Texas.
HB 9	Caption: Relating to amend a certain Act of the law regulating the movement of traffic through the ports of Texas.
HB 10	Caption: Relating to a certain Act regarding the making of an appropriation to make reparation to Ben Perry, a negro, who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned.
HB 11	Caption: Relating to a certain Act regarding license fees on commercial vehicles based upon carrying capacity and per mile traveled.
HB 12	Caption: Relating to a certain Act providing for the incorporation, organization, regulation, and supervision of mutual life insurance companies in this State; providing penalties.
HB 13	Caption: Relating to a certain Act defining of the term "General Libel"; making it a criminal offense.
HB 19	Caption: Relating to amend a certain Act defining the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Texas.
HB 38	Caption: Relating to a certain Act preventing the introduction of the destructive cotton pest, the pink boll worm, into the State of Texas.
HB 140	Caption: Relating to a certain Act defining the term profiteering; providing a penalty.
HB 198	Caption: Relating to a certain Act regarding the creation of a Warehouse Commission for the State of Texas.
HB 199	Caption: Relating to a certain Act regarding marketing and classification of farm products, etc.
HB 205	Caption: Relating to a certain Act regarding the extension of time for drilling wells for oil and gas on public free school land.
HB 227	Caption: Relating to a certain Act providing for the organization of co-operative marketing associations, defining their rights, duties and policies, prescribing who may organize such marketing associations, and providing for investigation prior to such organization.
HB 251	Caption: Relating to a certain Act regarding the transaction of business under an assumed name; providing a penalty.
HB 321	Caption: Relating to prescribing what shall constitute the record on appeal to any Court of civil appeals.
HB 483	Caption: Relating to certain properties and business of public utilities, etc., and placing same under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission.
HB 544	Caption: Relating to amend a certain Act regarding the ordering of elections in cities and towns for municipal officers.
HCR 10	Caption: Memorializing Congress to call a Convention to amend the U.S. Constitution.
HCR 13	Caption: Memorializing Congress to call a Convention to amend the U.S. Constitution.
HCR 20	Caption: Providing for the relocation of the University of Texas campus.
HCR 32	Caption: Expressing appreciation for President Wilson.
HCR 33	Caption: Providing for a message to be sent to President Wilson.
HJR 1	Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to Article V of the Constitution of the State of Texas, and naming the time for qualified voters to vote on said proposed amendment.
HJR 2	Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act providing for certain rights of accused persons in criminal prosecutions.
HJR 3	Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act regarding absentee voting, etc.
HJR 6	Caption: Relating to qualifications of electors.
HJR 7	Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act regarding the levy and collection of a poll tax.
HJR 8	Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act lending credit of the State for purchase and improvement of rural and urban homes.
HR 2	Caption: Adopting temporary rules.
HR 14	Caption: Inviting Aaron Shapiro to address the Legislature.
HR 16	Caption: Providing for copies to be made of late statutes.
HR 23	Caption: Inviting John M. Raiden to address the House.
HR 55	Caption: Inviting W.F. Ramsey to address the House.
HR 61	Caption: Inviting W.F. Ramsey to address the House.
HR 67	Caption: Inviting W.F. Ramsey to address the House.
HR 90	Caption: Commending Representative John E. Davis on providing entertainment for the ladies of the House.
HR 91	Caption: Providing for a portrait of former Governor W.P. Hobby.
HR 93	Caption: Commending Ora Taulbee on her services on stenographer of the House.
37th 1st Called Session
HB 31	Caption: Relating to prevent the introduction of the pink bollworm.
HCR 4	Caption: Relating to agricultural extension work.
HCR 8	Caption: Commending President Harding for his efforts in world disarmament.
HR 34	Caption: Inviting Ridley of Atlanta, Georgia to address the House.
36th Regular Session
HB 1	Caption: Relating to regulating the practice of Dentistry or Dental Surgery in the State of Texas, and prescribing penalties for the violation of any of the provisions of this Act.
HB 54	Caption: Relating to requiring the employment of citizens of the United States on public work, providing that any violation of the Act shall render all contracts with the State, county or municipality void.
HB 119	Caption: Relating to amending certain acts preventing the pollution of water courses, ponds, lakes and reservoirs in the State of Texas; providing means for the abatement thereof.
HB 122	Caption: Relating to amending certain acts in order to carry out the provisions of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Texas, providing free textbooks for the use of children attending the public free schools of the State; authorizing and empowering the State Board of Education to set aside a sufficient amount out of the revenues derives from state taxation, set apart annually for the benefit of the public free schools.
HB 142	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to the duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture and tax assessors, requiring them to take certain agricultural statistics upon blanks and forms to be furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture, fixing the time and manner of taking such statistics, fixing their compensation, prescribing the time and manner of paying the same, fixing penalties for the failure of the assessors to comply with the provision of this Act, and prescribing penalties on all persons, firms or corporations, failing or refusing to give the information desired when called on to do so by the tax assessor.
HB 143	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute vesting the control, management and supervision of said law in the Commissioner of Agriculture, by conferring the authority heretofore vested in the Commissioner of Insurance and Banking and the Board of Supervisors of Warehouses upon the Commissioner of Agriculture.
HB 144	Caption: Relating to regulating the sale of and defining agricultural seeds and mixed seeds; requiring their proper labeling; prohibiting mixture of seeds unless so labeled; designating an officer for the enforcement of the law; providing for the expense and enforcement of the law, and fixing penalties for its violation.
HB 197	Caption: Relating to authorizing the Board of Education of the State and counties, cities, local systems, separate school districts, and district agricultural, vocational or training schools to adopt school books, other than the regular basal elementary school books provided for by the uniform textbook law, from an approved list issued by the State Board of Education, and to purchase all school books and sell, rent or furnish them free to pupils; providing punishment and penalties for the violation of this Act.
HB 233	Caption: Relating to making it unlawful to construct, with a view to rent, or to offer to rent, or to have rented, any house or apartment house that is to be used as a dwelling that does not conform to the sanitary standards prescribed for said dwelling house or apartment and for the water supply and toilets in or used with said house or apartment house; making the violation of the Act a misdemeanor and fixing a punishment therefor.
HB 237	Caption: Relating to providing for accepting property of the Texas Old Slave Home without cost to the State, and for the establishment and maintenance of a home for the Old Slaves of Texas, who are known in history as the Confederate Home Guards of Dixie; and authorizing the appointment of a board of managers for the said home; making an appropriation for the support and maintenance.
HB 243	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute in reference to consideration of assignments of error and cases on their merits by the appellate courts of Texas.
HB 382	Caption: Relating to protecting the public health of the people of the State of Texas by prohibiting any person, firm or corporation, owner, agent, employee or person in charge of any public or private school, public building, hall, church, theatre, market, playground, park, store, hotel, office, office building, factory or manufacturing establishment, from keeping, offering, exhibiting or displaying for use any common drinking cup, glass or other receptacle; and from maintaining in or about any lavatory or wash room any towel for common use; defining the term "common use" and fixing a penalty for violation of the Act.
HB 462	Caption: Relating to amending certain laws providing a more just and adequate law upon the subject of "fraud and fraudulent conveyances."
HB 474	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute defining the purpose for which the public free school funds of Texas may be expended.
HB 478	Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to premium on surety company bond to be paid by guardian.
HB 479	Caption: Relating to regulating the collection of claims from merchants, the adjustment of controversies, indebtedness and other disputes between creditors and merchants, by others than the owners or creditors; prescribing a penalty.
HB 570	Caption: Relating to requiring each and every individual, company, corporation or association which owns, controls, manages or leases, either in whole or in part, any wharves within this State, to make quarterly report to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, under oath of the individual or of the president, treasurer or superintendent of such company, corporation or association, showing the total amount of outgoing and incoming freight handled during the quarter next preceding.
HB 571	Caption: Relating to requiring each and every individual, company, corporation or association, which owns, controls, manages or leases any gas well within this State to make quarterly report to the Comptroller of Public Account, under oath of the individual or of the president, treasurer or superintendent of such company, corporation or association, showing the total amount of gas produced during the quarter next preceding and the average market value thereof during said quarter.
HB 572	Caption: Relating to requiring each and every individual, company, corporation or association which owns, controls, manages or leases any sulphur mine within this State to make quarterly report to the Comptroller of Public Account, under oath of the individual or of the president, treasurer or superintendent of such company, corporation or association, showing the total amount of sulphur produced during the quarter next preceding and the average market value thereof during said quarter.
HB 573	Caption: Relating to requiring each and every individual, company, corporation or association which owns, controls, manages or leases any coal mine within this State to make quarterly report to the Comptroller of Public Account, under oath of the individual or of the president, treasurer or superintendent of such company, corporation or association, showing the total amount of gas produced during the quarter next preceding and the average market value thereof during said quarter.
HB 574	Caption: Relating to requiring each and every individual, company, corporation or association which owns, controls, manages or leases any quicksilver mine within this State to make quarterly report to the Comptroller of Public Account, under oath of the individual or of the president, treasurer or superintendent of such company, corporation or association, showing the total amount of quicksilver produced during the quarter next preceding and the average market value thereof during said quarter.
HB 575	Caption: Relating to requiring each and every individual, company, corporation or association which owns, controls, manages or leases any salt mine within this State to make quarterly report to the Comptroller of Public Account, under oath of the individual or of the president, treasurer or superintendent of such company, corporation or association, showing the total amount of salt produced during the quarter next preceding and the average market value thereof during said quarter.
HB 643	Caption: Relating to providing for the establishment and maintenance of an institution for the care, training and education of women offenders, to be known as the State Reformatory for Women; providing for a board of control, and for management of said institution; prescribing who shall be admitted thereto; providing for rules regulating the same; making an appropriation for the establishment and maintenance of same.
HCR 8	Caption: Favoring the retention, control, and operation of railways by the United States government until January 1, 1924.
HCR 34	Caption: Relating to proposed constitution of league of nations.
HJR 3	Caption: Proposing an amendment to Section 2 of Article VI of the Constitution of the State of Texas, so that every person, male or female, who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years and who shall be a citizen of the United States, and who shall have resided in this State one year next preceding an election, and the last six months within the district or county within which he or she offers to vote, shall be deemed a qualified elector; fixing the time for the holding of the election for said proposed amendment, providing for the publication thereof, and making an appropriation therefor.
HJR 12	Caption: Proposing an amendment to Article 5 of the Constitution relating to the judicial department of the State government.
HJR 15	Caption: Proposing an amendment to Article 8 of the Constitution of the State of Texas, in reference to taxation and revenue and providing that the Governor shall submit the same to the qualified voters of Texas at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1920, and appropriating $5000, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the expenses of carrying out the provisions of the resolution.
HR 20	Caption: Providing for the cable transmission of HCR 1 to the chairman of the Peace Conference in Paris, France.
HR 68	Caption: Requesting that Commissioner of Agriculture Fred W. Davis and the heads of the Agricultural Department address the House.
HR 108	Caption: Providing for publication in the House Journal of proposed constitution for the League of Nations.
HR 148	Caption: Granting use of the Hall of the House to the Sam Houston College singers for a performance.
HR 163	Caption: Commemorating St. Patrick's Day.
HR 173	Caption: Providing for post-session clerical work by the warrant clerk.
36th 2nd Called Session
HB 123	Caption: Relating to amending certain laws relating to the State Text Book Commission; changing the time of meeting of said commission; providing that the state shall make uniform adoptions of additional high school text books.
HB 132	Caption: Relating to punishing the making or use of materially false statements in writing respecting financial condition for the purpose of obtaining money; prescribing the punishment.
HB 195	Caption: Relating to defining profiteering and prescribing penalties therefor.
36th 3rd Called Session
HB 101	Caption: Relating to authorizing and empowering certain municipalities of this State to fix and prescribe the annual salary or compensation of their city or corporation judge, city attorney and city auditor at not exceeding a maximum prescribed sum, and fixing the maximum amount thereof.
36th 4th Called Session
HB 3	Caption: Relating to making effective within this state the Nineteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution relating to suffrage; prescribing penalties.
HB 7	Caption: Relating to providing for the issuance of exemption certificates to persons not subject to the payment of poll tax on January 1, 1919.
HB 8	Caption: Relating to amending certain articles relating to the levy and collection of a poll tax so as to eliminate the word "male" and include all persons, male and female, in the levy and collection of poll taxes.
HB 35	Caption: Relating to providing for appointment by the Governor of an Industrial Commission, composed of five members, to hear and make reports on controversies between employers and employees.