Legislation authored by Ben Campbell
Includes legislation with Ben Campbell as the primary author for the 69th through 73rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 73rd Regular Session | |
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| HB 384 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of a municipality to adopt an additional sales and use tax. |
| HB 1354 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Carrollton. |
| HB 1355 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Denton County. |
| HB 2135 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to subdivisions and the review and approval of certain permits by the state, a municipality, and other local governmental entities. |
| HB 2136 |
Last Action: Reported favorably as substituted Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Board of Health to adopt rules imposing occupational safety and health regulations on political subdivisions of the state. |
| HB 2137 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to jurisdiction, operation, and administration of certain county courts in Denton County. |
| HB 2138 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to examination and investigations of premium finance companies. |
| HB 2139 |
Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to liability insurance and similar coverage for political subdivisions and for certain governmental officials and employees. |
| HB 2534 |
Last Action: Placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the repeal of the disqualification for unemployment compensation benefits based on the receipt of certain social security benefits. |
| HB 2535 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93 Caption: Relating to the authority of a community supervision and corrections department, a commissioners court, or the pardons and paroles division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to enter into contracts for certain supervision or telecommunications services. |
| HB 2564 |
Last Action: Effective on 1/1/94 Caption: Relating to the regulation of persons engaged in certain business activities; providing civil penalties. |
| HB 2565 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to arbitration of a claim against a state agency for breach of contract for the improvement of real property. |
| HB 2683 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to load and weight limits on highways and roads; providing civil penalties. |
| HB 2684 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to load and weight limits on highways and roads; providing civil penalties. |
| HR 575 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Representative and Mrs. Ray Allen on their 11th wedding anniversary. |
| 72nd Regular Session | |
| HB 534 |
Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to insurance premium finance agreements and to the creation of the office of insurance premium finance regulation of the State Board of Insurance. |
| HB 545 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to county depositories. |
| HB 612 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a requirement that the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice obtain a specimen of body tissue from certain inmates for possible use in future criminal investigations. |
| HB 742 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the county and justice courts. |
| HB 743 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the repeal of the disqualification for unemployment compensation benefits based on the receipt of certain social security benefits. |
| HB 1251 |
Last Action: Referred to Agriculture & Livestock Caption: Relating to security interests in certain collateral by secured creditors. |
| HB 1863 |
Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the representation by managing general agents of certain insurance companies that do not meet certain minimum capital and surplus requirements. |
| HB 1864 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a seller's duty to disclose the condition of real property to a purchaser. |
| HB 1865 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the management of state-owned marl, sand, gravel, shell, mudshell, and other substrate material; providing penalties. |
| HB 1930 |
Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the disannexation of certain qualified areas in a general-law municipality. |
| HB 2456 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to security interests in certain collateral by secured creditors. |
| HB 2457 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to exempting certain information about threatened, endangered, or protected plants and animals from disclosure under the open records law. |
| HB 2458 |
Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to the transfer of the costs of operating the district courts from the counties to the state. |
| HB 2459 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to Denton County Commissioners Court employing staff attorneys to represent Denton County officials and employees in civil matters. |
| HB 2696 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the creation and funding of certain local programs for the assistance of crime victims. |
| HB 2697 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Local&Consent Calendars Caption: Relating to awarding court appointed attorney's fees under a fee schedule adopted pursuant to Art. 26.05, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
| HB 2744 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the power and authority of Trophy Club Municipal Utility District No. 2, of Denton County, Texas, to conduct certain election procedures outside the boundaries of the district under certain circumstances; providing for the cumulative nature of such power and authority; finding and declaring that the applicable requirements of Article XVI, Section 59(d) and Section 59(e), Constitution of Texas, have been performed and accomplished; enacting other provisions relating to the above subjects; providing a severability clause; and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 2904 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Denton County. |
| 72nd 1st Called Session | |
| HB 134 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the number of state employees at certain state agencies. |
| HB 135 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to tuition at institutions of higher education. |
| HB 160 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the sale of certain assets owned by the Lower Colorado River Authority. |
| HB 197 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the consolidation of certain state agency personnel services in the Texas Employment Commission. |
| 71st Regular Session | |
| HB 160 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the authority of municipalities and counties to regulate sexually oriented businesses. |
| HB 380 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the punishment of murder of a child or elderly individual as a capital offense. |
| HB 1074 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to a requirement that the Texas Department of Corrections obtain a specimen of body tissue from certain inmates for possible use in future criminal investigations. |
| HB 1075 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to deferral of proceedings for certain traffic offenses. |
| HB 1281 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the eligibility requirements for a candidate for election or appointment to the office of county treasurer. |
| HB 1282 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the procedures for payroll preparation, deductions, and disbursement for county personnel in certain counties. |
| HB 1565 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the definition of "obscenity" for the purposes of prosecutions of certain offenses under the Penal Code. |
| HB 1644 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the removal of the authority of a municipality to engage in limited-purpose annexation. |
| HB 1645 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the imposition of a civil penalty on a municipality that fails to comply with the law regarding limited purpose annexation. |
| HB 1924 |
Last Action: Referred to Environmental Affairs Caption: Relating to prohibiting political subdivisions from regulating endangered species. |
| HB 1925 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the imposition of a civil penalty on a municipality that fails to provide services in an annexed area within certain time limits. |
| HB 1926 |
Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of justice of the peace courts and county courts. |
| HB 1927 |
Last Action: Pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to a civil action for damages caused by the production, manufacture, or marketing of obscene performances and materials. |
| HB 2251 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the civil and criminal liability of a blood bank. |
| HB 2252 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of the commissioners courts of certain counties to adopt a fire code for certain buildings in unincorporated areas; providing a civil penalty. |
| HB 2485 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to the acquisition, construction, and financing of roads and turnpikes, and the creation, conversion, and powers of certain entities authorized to acquire, construct, and finance roads and turnpikes. |
| HB 3008 |
Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to land use regulation by a municipality. |
| HB 3009 |
Last Action: Transferred to Calendars Committee Caption: Relating to certificates being issued for the payment of contractual obligations to be incurred in constructing or equipping a jail, county office buildings, and courtroom facilities; and may be sold for cash,.... |
| HB 3010 |
Last Action: Referred to Environmental Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation of local and regional plans for managing and protecting an endangered species and for submission of such plans for review by the Texas Parks and Wildlife. |
| HB 3011 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the creation of a municipality in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of an existing municipality. |
| HB 3012 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to the service of a county judge or county commissioner on the governing body or a committee of certain associations, trusts, or other entities. |
| HB 3063 |
Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Spkr. Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, and powers, including the power of eminent domain subject to limitations, and to the duties, operations, and financing of Collin County Regional Water Authority.... |
| HB 3112 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, and powers, including the power of eminent domain subject to limitations, and to the duties, operations, and financing of the Upper Trinity Regional Water.... |
| HB 3180 |
Last Action: Posting rule suspended Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, and powers, including the power of eminent domain subject to limitations, and to the duties, operations, and financing of the Upper Trinity Regional Water District, and to the.... |
| HCR 202 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Granting W. E. Washerlesky, Jr. permission to sue the State of Texas and the Texas Veterans' Land Board. |
| HCR 284 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Jerry Allen Rheudasil. |
| HJR 82 |
Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize certain counties to adopt a charter restructuring county offices and redistributing the functions of county government among those offices. |
| 71st 1st Called Session | |
| HB 44 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, and powers, including the power of eminent domain subject to limitations, and to the duties, operations, and financing of Collin County Water Authority, and to the creation.... |
| 71st 5th Called Session | |
| HB 111 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to exempting from ad valorem taxation property of certain charitable organizations. |
| HB 112 |
Last Action: Referred to Labor & Employment Rel. Caption: Relating to the repeal of the disqualification for unemployment compensation benefits based on the receipt of certain social security benefits. |
| HR 23 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Janice Garrison. |
| 70th Regular Session | |
| HB 1750 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the registration of antique automobiles. |
| HB 1751 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the telephone solicitation of certain contributions: providing penalties. |
| HB 1752 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to creating an offense regarding a telephone solicitation for a contribution in which the name of a charitable organization is without the consent of that organization. |
| HB 2521 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the purchase, sale, or bartering of raptors. |
| HB 2522 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to licensure requirements of nonresident falconers to hunt in this state. |
| HB 2546 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operations, and financing of the Frisco Municipal Utility District No. 1. |
| HB 2547 |
Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Spkr. Caption: Relating to the creation, organization, boundaries, powers, including the power of eminent domain, duties, functions, financing, and bond and tax authority of the St. Paul Water Improvement, Road and Utility District No. 1. |
| HB 2556 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the name, powers, duties, authority to annex territory, and the appointment of directors of the Denton County Reclamation and Road District, and to the validation of certain actions of the district. |
| HB 2579 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation and financing of the Lake Turner Municipal Utility District No. 3 of Tarrant County and Denton County, Texas; providing the authority to issue bonds and impose taxes. |
| HB 2580 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Lake Turner Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Tarrant County, Texas; providing the authority to issue bonds and impose taxes. |
| HB 2581 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Lake Turner Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Tarrant County and Denton County, Texas; providing the authority to issue bonds and impose taxes. |
| HCR 85 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Granting W.E. Washerlesky, Jr. permission to sue the State of Texas and the Texas Veterans' Land Board. |
| 69th Regular Session | |
| HB 1711 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the inclusion of gang rape in the definition of aggravated sexual assault. |
| HB 2035 |
Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to a declaration of the boundaries of certain county seats and to the validation of certain acts and proceedings held outside the county seat. |
| HB 2036 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to boundary adjustments and trustee elections of school districts. |
| HB 2391 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation, boundaries, purposes, duties, functions, authority, and financing of the Denton County Reclamation, Road, and Utility District. |
| HB 2439 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the powers, duties, functions, personnel, and division of, annexation of territory to, and validation of the creation of the Denton County Fresh Water Supply District No.1 of Denton County, Texas. |
| HB 2497 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the organization, boundaries, purposes, powers, duties, functions, authority, and financing of the Colden Road Utility District. |
| HCR 203 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Establishing a special interim committee, the Joint Interim Committee on the Texas Shrimp and Oyster Industry. |
| HR 215 | Caption: Congratulating the Pilot Point High School boys' basketball team. |
| HR 296 | Caption: Honoring Roy Lee Walker of McKinney. |
| 69th 2nd Called Session | |
| HR 62 | Caption: Recognizing the Old Car Lap of Texas. |