Legislation authored by Betty Denton

Includes legislation with Betty Denton as the primary author for the 65th through 73rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

73rd Regular Session
HB 397	Last Action: Companion considered in lieu of in committee Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the West Community Hospital District; authorizing a tax; granting the authority to issue bonds; and granting the power of eminent domain.
HB 668	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain persons who resell tickets; providing a penalty.
HB 806	Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to the temporary conservatorship of a child.
HB 834	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Prosecutor Council.
HB 988	Last Action: Posting rule suspended Caption: Relating to the requirement of DNA analysis of certain inmates and to the creation of a DNA data base and of the Forensic Science Review Committee within the Department of Public Safety; providing a penalty.
HB 1084	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to the offense of overtaking and passing a school bus; providing a penalty.
HB 1165	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the testing of certain deaf or blind students enrolled at institutions of higher education.
HB 1228	Last Action: Referred to Agriculture & Wildlife Management Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain persons from certain hunting stamp requirements.
HB 2287	Last Action: Referred to Investments & Banking Caption: Relating to credit in and benefits payable by the Texas Municipal Retirement System.
HB 2466	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to cancellation or nonrenewal of health insurance coverage.
HB 2617	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the exemption of the judicial and court personnel training fund from consolidation or abolition.
HB 2787	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to enabling the General Services Commission to purchase an existing building through Texas Public Finance Authority financing under certain circumstances.
HB 2863	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a study and treatment of minor children who are survivors of sieges; making an appropriation.
HCM 144	Last Action: Adopted Caption: Congratulating Yolanda Wilkerson on being named a first team All-State player by the Texas Girls Coaches Association.
HCM 1359	Last Action: Adopted Caption: Congratulating Randall Alan Cooley on his graduation from Midway High School, Waco, Texas.
HCR 96	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending the participants in the 1993 Texas Justice of the Peace and Constable Association convention.
HMM 28	Last Action: Adopted Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Mary Rose Patronella.
HR 261	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the state semifinalists Riesel High School Indians on winning UIL district, bidistrict, area and regional football championships.
HR 262	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Joyce Holmes on the occasion of her retirement.
HR 263	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of H. Edward Alford.
HR 264	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of O. Lee Golden.
HR 265	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of James A. Maler.
HR 266	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Evelyn A. Orr.
HR 267	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Dr. William David "Bill" Pittman.
HR 268	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Doris Louvina Stephen.
HR 269	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Reverend John Wesley Sedberry.
HR 357	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating William Crockett on the occasion of his retirement.
HR 412	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Caritas on the occasion of its 25th annual Feast of Caring.
HR 417	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the participants in the Leadership Waco program and welcoming them to the Capitol.
HR 479	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring and congratulating Texas State Technical College and Berufsbildende Schulen for their exchange program.
HR 527	Last Action: Referred to Rules & Resolutions Caption: Congratulating Yolanda Wilkerson on being named a first team All-State player by the Texas Girls Coaches Association.
HR 528	Last Action: Referred to Rules & Resolutions Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Mary Rose Patronella.
HR 640	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Jimmie Carpenter for his service to the China Spring Independent School District.
HR 641	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the organizers of the Texas, U.S.A. --Statehood Wagon Train on their efforts in making the sesquicentennial celebration of statehood a memorable occasion.
HR 642	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Officer James W. Mitchell.
HR 661	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Wilton A. Lanning, Jr., on his receipt of the Community Builders Award and commending him for his outstanding contributions to his community.
HR 705	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending LaNelle L. McNamara for her outstanding contributions to the city of Waco.
HR 745	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the memory of Officer George William Mitchell and extending sympathy to his family.
HR 787	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of the Reverend Robert Gilbert.
HR 887	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Robert G. Drake.
72nd Regular Session
HB 174	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to ethics and accountability in state government and elections; to the composition, powers, and duties of the Texas Elections and Ethics Commission; to registration, reporting, and restrictions concerning expenditures made to influence legislation or administrative action; to personal financial statements filed by state officers and employees; and to the acceptance, use, and reporting of political contributions and expenditures; providing penalties.
HB 183	Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to the offense of overtaking and passing a school bus; providing a penalty.
HB 240	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to certain persons convicted of the offense of driving while intoxicated.
HB 241	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the term "intoxicated" as used in defining the offense of driving while intoxicated and in the law governing the taking of specimens of body substances.
HB 285	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to drug-free school zones and to the imposition of penalties for the delivery, manufacture, or possession with the intent to deliver or manufacture a controlled substance in drug-free school zones or on school buses.
HB 1398	Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the temporary conservatorship of a child.
HB 1399	Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to joint managing conservatorship.
HB 1431	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the county, justice, and small claims courts, to the processing and storage of information in the civil docket of a justice of the peace, and to the jurisdiction of certain municipal courts over certain hearings relating to stored motor vehicles.
HB 1468	Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons convicted of misdemeanor offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
HB 1469	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the preparation of a jury list in a criminal case.
HB 1697	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to open records.
HB 1698	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain persons who resell tickets; providing a penalty.
HB 1737	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the frequency with which certain teachers are appraised.
HB 1738	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the applicability of the municipal civil service law.
HB 2351	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to records and seals of notaries public and to qualification as a notary public.
HB 2400	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the imposition of a special cost on conviction of the offense of driving while intoxicated or operating a vessel while intoxicated, to the establishment of certified breath alcohol testing programs, and to the disposition of certain fees; making an appropriation.
HB 2401	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the provision of recycling receptacles for certain materials at state parks by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
HB 2402	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to testing of deaf and blind students enrolled at institutions of higher education.
HB 2403	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to creating a duty to negotiate for the sale of unused state water; providing a penalty.
HB 2522	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the issuance of a permit for or the areal expansion of certain landfills.
HB 2523	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the amendment of a permit for the areal expansion of certain existing landfills.
HB 2524	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to regulatory approval of telephone extended area toll-free service.
HB 2525	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the issuance of resident hunting licenses; providing a penalty.
HB 2615	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Caption: Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to certain prosecutors.
HB 2616	Last Action: Referred to Public Safety Caption: Relating to the creation of a motor vehicle theft inspection fund; the enforcement provisions for offenses involving theft of certain farm equipment; adding Texas Rangers; providing a penalty.
HB 2674	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the Tenth Court of Appeals District.
HB 2869	Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the division of property in a divorce or annulment.
HCR 163	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring the Texas Special Olympics of 1991.
HCR 164	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Designating the week of April 21-27, 1991, as Crime Victims' Week in Texas.
HCR 223	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating the week of May 12-18, 1991, as Emergency Medical Services Week in Texas.
HCR 235	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Instructing the enrolling and engrossing clerk of the House of Representatives to make the necessary correction in H.B. 2674.
HJR 104	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to require monthly payment and prohibit diversion or deferral of contributions to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
HR 31	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Edwin L. Slough.
HR 278	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the congregation of Meier Settlement Methodist Church.
HR 405	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Sergeant Roger Barrett of the Waco Police Department.
HR 406	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Sergeant John Robert "Bobby" Vicha of the Waco Police Department.
HR 407	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Officer Elmer Huddleston of the Waco Police Department.
HR 408	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Officer Urby J. Thompson of the Waco Police Department.
HR 409	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Officer H. A. "Andy" Anderson of the Waco Police Department.
HR 410	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Sergeant Donald H. Basquette of the Waco Police Department.
HR 411	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Officer J. M. Baskin of the Waco Police Department.
HR 470	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jesse J. Flewellen.
HR 471	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Beryle Keith West.
HR 1025	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Mr. Robert Hawkins.
HR 1044	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Mr. Ruben M. Santos for his tireless service to the public.
HR 1045	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Mr. Sam Jack McGlasson for his tireless service to the public.
HR 1078	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Homer E. Price.
HR 1079	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Othella Denman.
72nd 1st Called Session
HB 56	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to drug-free school zones and to sentencing and the imposition of penalties for certain offenses involving controlled substances committed in a drug-free school zone.
HR 284	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Captain Edwin D. Pringle.
72nd 2nd Called Session
HB 14	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to testing of deaf or blind students enrolled at institutions of higher education.
HB 20	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to drug-free school zones and to sentencing and the imposition of penalties for certain offenses involving controlled substances committed in a drug-free school zones.
72nd 4th Called Session
HB 13	Last Action: Reported engrossed Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, dates, operation, and financing of the West Community Hospital District; authorizing a tax; granting the authority to issue bonds; and granting the power of eminent domain.
HR 65	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring and commending Dr. Ali S. Khodr for his selfless service to the United States of America and the State of Texas.
HR 171	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Grant Teaff on the outstanding record of achievement he enjoyed during his 21-year tenure as the head football coach at Baylor University.
71st Regular Session
HB 318	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to income eligibility for nursing home care and community care.
HB 392	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to income eligibility for nursing home care; making an emergency appropriation to the Texas Department of Human Services.
HB 536	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to financing of the activities of the State Bar of Texas.
HB 875	Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the inclusion of information on the sexual or physical abuse of a child in the social history report prepared for the child's adoption.
HB 876	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to joint managing conservatorship.
HB 1009	Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Relating to requiring certain probationers and persons operating motor vehicles under license restrictions to install in motor vehicles devices that discourage driving while intoxicated.
HB 1196	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the exemption of deaf or blind students from certain academic skills testing and remedial coursework requirements.
HB 1197	Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the waiver of automobile registration fees for certain surviving spouses of members of the armed forces who died on active duty.
HB 1466	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to access to, processing of, and use of certain criminal history records; providing a penalty; making an appropriation.
HB 1497	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to an emergency appropriation to Texas State Technical Institute for repair of facilities damaged by fire.
HB 1534	Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct imposing sanctions on certain retired judges.
HB 1535	Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to modification of child support orders by the attorney general.
HB 1633	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the provision of a 24-hour toll-free telephone number by the Department of Public Safety for reports by the public of traffic offenses and other matters relating to public safety.
HB 1930	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the membership of the Texas Board of Health.
HB 2253	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of an offense involving certain sales of tickets to events; providing a penalty.
HB 2670	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the obtainment and use of a specimen of body tissue from certain defendants for possible use in future criminal investigations.
HB 2671	Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the penalties for the delivery of a controlled substance to a minor and to possession of a controlled substance by a minor.
HB 2759	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to requiring hepatitis tests for employees who manufacture, process, prepare, or dispense food or drink.
HB 2782	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to use of standardized tests for admission to an institution of higher education or for award of a scholarship, grant, or loan.
HB 2810	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the employment of certain retired teachers as teachers.
HB 2891	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to collection of criminal information by the consumer credit commissioner concerning individuals involved in consumer credit.
HB 2892	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the use of certain cigarette tax revenue for organ and tissue transplants.
HB 2893	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the requirement that teaching assistants who teach certain freshman or sophomore courses at an institution of higher education be proficient in speaking, writing, and reading English.
HB 2894	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to a study of the uses of certain unused drugs.
HB 3148	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the county court and the county courts at law in McLennan County.
HB 3158	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to the exchange of park property owned by certain municipalities.
HCR 145	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating April 10 to 14, 1989, as Crime Victims' Rights Week in Texas.
HCR 288	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending the 143rd Infantry Regiment.
HR 38	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Leslie Bryan of Mart.
HR 85	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of the Reverend Orris W. Sougstad.
HR 136	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending LULAC Council No. 273.
HR 218	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 25, 1989, as National TRIO Day.
HR 279	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Reverend Jose Antonio Martorell.
HR 314	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Bertha Raley.
HR 315	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Billy G. Howard.
HR 316	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of LaVelle Palmore.
HR 317	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Francis Marion Johnson, Jr.
HR 418	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Texas Special Olympics of 1989.
HR 419	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Wallace R. Silva.
HR 428	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the China Spring High School boys' basketball team.
HR 429	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the China Spring High School girls' basketball team.
HR 711	Last Action: Filed Caption: Directing the House conferees on the general appropriations bill.
HR 807	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring D. B. Collinsworth for his nomination as Hunter Education Volunteer Instructor of the Year.
HR 1055	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Reverend Robert L. Gilbert.
71st 1st Called Session
HB 17	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to ex parte communications and meetings of state agency members.
HB 146	Last Action: Referred to Public Safety Caption: Relating to the issuance of an operator's license to persons convicted of a misdemeanor offense under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
HR 154	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Harley Hugh Spoon.
71st 2nd Called Session
HB 6	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the issuance of an operator's license to persons convicted of a misdemeanor offense under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
71st 3rd Called Session
HB 52	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to drug-free school zones and to the imposition of penalties for the delivery, manufacture, or possession with the intent to deliver or manufacture a controlled substance in drug-free school zones or on....
HB 62	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the issuance of an operator's license to persons convicted of misdemeanor offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
HR 54	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Joseph Jeffries Wilson.
71st 4th Called Session
HCR 35	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring the 4-H International Foreign Youth Exchange program.
HR 106	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Donna Woodlock.
HR 207	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Texas Special Olympics of 1990.
71st 5th Called Session
HR 173	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Murray Watson, Sr.
HR 174	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Camelia Ann Rentz Foster.
71st 6th Called Session
HB 61	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons convicted of misdemeanor offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
HB 85	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the amount of certain benefits payable by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
HR 20	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Dr. May Yung-Fun Woo Wang.
HR 49	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Mr. Jack Turner James upon his retirement.
HR 53	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Texas State Guard.
70th Regular Session
HB 619	Last Action: Pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to an increase in benefits for certain annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
HB 655	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to requiring certain probationers and persons operating motor vehicles under license restrictions to install in motor vehicles devices that discourage driving while intoxicated; and creating the offense of tampering with such a device.
HB 716	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to persons who may bring an original suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
HB 860	Last Action: Pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the offense of selling an alcoholic beverage to a minor.
HB 1027	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to banking department examination fees.
HB 1190	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to information contained in certain drivers' licenses and personal identification certificates.
HB 1191	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the sale or distribution of drivers' licenses or personal identification certificates; providing criminal penalties.
HB 1238	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the availability of special license plates for persons 65 years of age or older.
HB 1376	Last Action: Comm. laid on table subj. to call Caption: Relating to the validation of certain annexations and other related governmental acts and proceedings of home-rule municipalities.
HB 1477	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to liability for damages caused by the condition of donated items sold by a nonprofit organization.
HB 1478	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to liability for damages caused by the condition of certain items donated to a nonprofit organization.
HB 1579	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to charges for local telephone service by a telecommunications utility.
HB 1769	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of sexual assault.
HB 1824	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to the provision of life, health, and accident insurance plans to certain retired persons on closing a business.
HB 2161	Last Action: Printing rule suspended Caption: Relating to compensation for certain victims of crime.
HB 2551	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in McLennan County.
HB 2623	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the rate of state contributions to, and an increase in benefits for certain annuities of, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
HCR 163	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating April 26 - May 2, 1987, as Crime Victims' Rights Week.
HCR 228	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring former U.S. Senator Ralph W. Yarborough on his birthday.
HJR 43	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to require monthly payment and prohibit diversion or deferral of contributions to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
HR 89	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring DPS officer Robert L. Pruitt on his retirement.
HR 90	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring DPS officer J. W. Wilson on his retirement.
HR 97	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the organizers of the Area 12 Special Olympics Basketball Tournament.
HR 100	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Betty June Barkley.
HR 101	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Extending best wishes for a speedy recovery to Sherman Evans.
HR 202	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Karl M. May of Waco.
HR 263	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of John "Jay" Franklin O'Neal, Jr.
HR 280	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending New Hope Ministries of Waco.
HR 282	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending organizers and participants of the 1987 Texas Special Olympics.
HR 344	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Leonard Flemmons.
HR 388	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Thurmond Dorsey.
HR 432	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Eugene and Doris Prickette on their 50th anniversary.
HR 497	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Inner City Ministry of Waco and Betty Jo Rabon.
HR 498	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Arthritis Foundation.
HR 522	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the Waco Police Officers Association.
HR 683	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Extending best wishes to the 2nd Annual Texas Air Expo.
70th 2nd Called Session
HR 46	Caption: In memory of Esther Miller Jud.
HR 72	Caption: Congratulating the China Spring High School baseball team.
HR 159	Caption: Congratulating the La Vega High School baseball team.
69th Regular Session
HB 525	Last Action: Consideration postponed Caption: Relating to the offense of unlawful carrying of weapons on certain premises where alcoholic beverages are served or sold.
HB 870	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the supplemental compensation of certain judges in McLennan County.
HB 1071	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to charges for local telephone service by a telecommunications utility.
HB 1100	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the defenses to a workers' compensation claim.
HB 1242	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to application of the Education Code to facilities of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation or the Texas Youth Commission.
HB 1243	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the responsibility of a school district to provide a free appropriate public education to handicapped children.
HB 1282	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to eligibility for nonoccupational disability retirement benefits from the Texas Municipal Retirement System.
HB 1285	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to group health insurance for public school retirees.
HB 1411	Last Action: Withdrawn by author Caption: Relating to the tax rate on distilled spirits and to the use of certain revenue from that tax.
HB 1412	Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to service and return of citation in civil actions.
HB 1530	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to hearings on the enforcement of child support orders.
HB 1531	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the transportation allotment for school transportation systems.
HB 1532	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of a teacher to request a hearing on charges resulting in release under a continuing contract.
HB 1667	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to requiring additional data for the state cancer registry.
HB 1668	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to mobile health examination units used for cancer detection.
HB 1669	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the establishment of diagnostic and treatment substations of The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston.
HB 1670	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the rate of the cigarette tax and to allocation and dedication of certain cigarette tax revenue to cancer research.
HB 1689	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the certification of law enforcement communications officers by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education; providing a penalty.
HB 2069	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to an appeal to a district court of a decision of a firemen's and policemen's civil service commission.
HB 2070	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to enhanced penalties for using or exhibiting a firearm during the commission of certain offenses.
HB 2414	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the inclusion of Texas State Technical Institute among the institutions eligible to benefit from an existing appropriation for purchased utilities.
HB 2475	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, and financing of the Texas Public School Retired Employees Group Insurance Program.
HCR 158	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating April 14 through 20, 1985 as Crime Victims Rights Week.
HCR 164	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Connie Alexander.
HCR 255	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Central Freight Lines on its 60th anniversary.
HR 23	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Fred Simon, Jr. on their 40th wedding anniversary.
HR 105	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring E. C. Thompson, past president of Hallsburg Independent School District.
HR 118	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Jefferson-Moore High School football team of Waco.
HR 156	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Oscar Mercado.
HR 177	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the Texas State Technical Institute.
HR 195	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Mart High School football team.
HR 370	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Endorsing the goals of the Special Olympics and commending the participants.
HR 408	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring H. Gene Evans of Waco.
HR 424	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Pleasant Olive Missionary Baptist Church on celebration of its centennial.
HR 546	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Department of Public Safety on its 50th anniversary.
HR 559	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association for its 109 years of service.
69th 2nd Called Session
HR 14	Caption: Congratulating the Aaron Kimball Door Shop tee-ball team.
HR 63	Caption: Declaring the 18th day of October, 1986, as Senior Games Day in Texas.
69th 3rd Called Session
HCR 11	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing the first Annual Austin Avenue Fall Arts Festival.
68th Regular Session
HB 329	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to automatic changes in utility charges.
HB 410	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the purchase of firearms from the state by retiring state peace officers or survivors of state peace officers.
HB 496	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the time when a utility may put a rate change into effect.
HB 513	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to limitations on the enforcement and collection of past-due, court-ordered child support.
HB 523	Last Action: Placed on daily General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the modification of an order appointing a managing conservator in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
HB 635	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation of utilities by local governments.
HB 640	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to charges for local telephone service by a telecommunications utility.
HB 869	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to intervention by the attorney general in a judicial review of a utility regulation decision.
HB 1037	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to enhanced penalties for using or exhibiting a firearm during the commission of certain offenses.
HB 1348	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Retirement and Aging Caption: Relating to eligibility for nonoccupational disability retirement benefits from the Texas Municipal Retirement System.
HB 1564	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Health Caption: Relating to requiring additional information for the state cancer registry.
HB 1565	Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the allocation and dedication of certain cigarette tax revenue to cancer research.
HB 1566	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Health Caption: Relating to mobile health examination units used for cancer detection.
HB 1567	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Health Caption: Relating to the establishment of diagnostic and treatment substations of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston.
HB 1568	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the use of a medical treatment designed to restore the human body's natural immunity to disease.
HB 1640	Last Action: See remarks Caption: Relating to the defenses to a workers' compensation action.
HB 1794	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain volunteer fire department vehicles from compulsory liability insurance requirements.
HB 1995	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to increasing benefits to annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System, establishing effective date,and authorizing an appropriation.
HCR 132	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association on the occasion of its Thirtieth Annual Convention.
HCR 254	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the Salvation Army on the occasion of the dedication of the William Booth Garden Apartments.
HR 194	Caption: Recognizing valuable contributions of the Texas State Technical Institute.
HR 197	Caption: Congratulating the Mart High School football team.
HR 198	Caption: Congratulating the Jefferson-Moore High School football team.
HR 268	Caption: In memory of Edward Johnson.
HR 286	Caption: In memory of Ernest B. People.
HR 319	Caption: Congratulating the participants in the Sixteenth Annual Special Olympics State Meet.
HR 333	Caption: In memory of Louis Gonzales, Sr.
HR 381	Caption: Commending Bob M. Johnson for his years of excellent educational leadership.
HR 443	Caption: Designating Dr. Daniel Rader as Special Physician for the Day.
HR 492	Caption: In memory of Dr. Clifford S. Knape.
HR 518	Caption: Commending Sister Seraphine Ferrero.
68th 2nd Called Session
HB 20	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to increasing benefits to annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System, providing for funding, making an appropriation and declaring an emergency.
HCR 86	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the Dr Pepper Company on its centennial.
67th Regular Session
HB 534	Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to continuation of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and regulation of the practice of medicine.
HB 553	Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas for service as an assistant district attorney.
HB 652	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to requiring additional information for the state cancer registry.
HB 706	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Transportation Caption: Requiring that the rear car of a freight train be an occupied caboose; setting standards for cabooses to be enforced and regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas.
HB 752	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to suits for divorce or annulment and to declare a marriage void and to the rights, privileges, and duties of spouses.
HB 753	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the division of certain property in a suit for divorce or annulment.
HB 754	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the enforcement of certain court orders issued in or after a suit for the dissolution of a marriage.
HB 770	Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to suits for divorce, annulment and to declare a marriage void, to the rights, privileges, and duties of spouses, and to the enforcement and clarification of certain courts orders.
HB 785	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to funds for storage by microfilm the records of the courts of appeals.
HB 811	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to enhanced penalties for using or exhibiting a firearm during the commission of certain offenses.
HB 841	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to interlocal contracts for the registration of vital statistics.
HB 893	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the allocation and dedication of certain cigarette tax revenue for cancer research.
HB 894	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to mobile health examination units used for cancer detection.
HB 895	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the establishment of diagnostic and treatment substations of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston.
HB 943	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to attorney's fees in actions to enforce the Open Meetings Act.
HB 1231	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Relating to discrimination in determining motor vehicle insurance rates.
HB 1297	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Amending the Family Code to conform with the name change of the State Department of Public Welfare to the Texas Department of Human Resources.
HB 1442	Last Action: Comm. report printed & sent to Comm. on Local & Consent Cal. Caption: Relating to identification of persons operating railroad locomotives.
HB 1788	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the validation of the incorporation of municipalities.
HB 2367	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to the provision of full-day Kindergarten.
HCR 13	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the Baylor University Football Team.
HCR 104	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating April 30, 1981, as "Abner Vernon McCall Day" in Texas.
HCR 114	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Requesting that obsolete textbooks be donated to Latin American countries.
HR 33	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the West High School Trojans football team.
HR 41	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Mart High School Panthers football team.
HR 83	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Bernard Rapoport.
HR 94	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of William McCoy Barrett.
HR 100	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of former state Representative W. S. Foster.
HR 104	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of John Joel Youngblood.
HR 310	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the participants of the Fourteenth Annual Special Olympics State Meet.
67th 1st Called Session
HR 57	Caption: Congratulating the City of Riesel.
HR 85	Caption: Congratulating Sidney and Shirley Colbert.
67th 2nd Called Session
HR 9	Caption: Commending the Texas Association of Women's and Girls' Club.
66th Regular Session
HB 697	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the furnishing of natural gas to certain public utilities and customers.
HB 720	Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Utilities Legislation Caption: Relating to telephone service to a volunteer fire department.
HB 853	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the establishment of a cancer registry and the reporting of data from the records of certain patients.
HB 854	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the allocation and dedication of certain cigarette tax revenue for cancer research.
HB 1101	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the disclosure of foreign investors' interests in real property.
HB 1202	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to mobile screening units for cancer diagnosis.
HB 1326	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the establishment of a senior citizens' luncheon activity program.
HB 1385	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Higher Education Caption: Relating to certain training programs to be offered at Texas State Technical Institute.
HB 1868	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to transfer of the Waco State Home to the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and establishing an advisory board.
HB 1869	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in public hearing Caption: Relating to heart and lung disease death or disability benefits for certain firefighters.
HB 1870	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to credit in th Employees Retirement System of Texas for service as an assistant district attorney.
HB 1971	Last Action: Motion lost to suspend reg order (to consider on 2nd reading) Caption: Relating to interstate compact on grain marketing.
HB 1972	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to a study committee on grain marketing.
HB 2029	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the use of clear language in state contracts, agency rules and approved insurance policies.
HCR 57	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Rules Caption: Directing the Texas Education Agency, the Air Control Board and Department of Health to investigate the extent of health risks from asbestos in public schools.
HCR 67	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Rules Caption: Encouraging committee chairmen to include a "paperwork note" in each committee report on a bill.
HR 32	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending LULAC and its Council #273.
HR 36	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the West High School football team.
HR 133	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Second Baptist Church of Waco on its 100th anniversary.
HR 162	Last Action: Adopted Caption: Endorsing the goals and purposes of the Special Olympics.
65th Regular Session
HB 497	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the care after the age of 18 years of persons residing in facilities operated by the Texas Youth Council for orphans, half-orphans, and dependent and neglected children.
HB 498	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to exclusion of nonprofit corporations created to supply water or sewer services from the definition of public utility.
HB 499	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to charges for telephone directory assistance by certain telecommunications utilities.
HB 500	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to charges for local telephone service by a telecommunication utility.
HB 817	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the administration by the Texas Employment Commission of a counseling program for the employment of displaced homemakers.
HB 990	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Higher Education Caption: Relating to reimbursing public junior colleges for tuition and other fee exemptions required by law for handicapped students.
HB 1242	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to providing interpreters for deaf students at Texas State Technical Institute.
HB 1664	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to deposits paid to certain public utilities as a condition precedent to furnishing utility service.
HJR 38	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Proposing an amendment of Article VIII, Section 1-b, of the Texas Constitution, to provide that the residence homestead tax exemption for persons 65 years of age or older be applicable to all political subdivisions of this state.
HR 49	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to requesting a study of McLennan County's future needs in higher education.
HR 50	Last Action: Assigned to Resolutions Calendar Caption: Relating to requesting a study of the need for a state park in McLennan County.
HR 65	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority's 45th Regional Conference and Representatives Delco, Thompson, and Johnson.
HR 71	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of former Representative Colonel Eugene A. McNamara.
HR 125	Caption: Congratulating the Baylor University Bears baseball team.
HR 137	Caption: Commending the Ninth Annual Special Olympics State Meet.
HR 149	Caption: Commending Manuel Gonzales.
HR 156	Caption: Commending the Sterling C. Robertson Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
65th 1st Called Session
HCR 20	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulatory Resolution on the 46th Annual Meeting of the Congreso Nacional de Sociedades Mutualistas de la Republica Mexicana.
HR 17	Caption: Commending the Second Annual Westfest to be held in West, Texas.
65th 2nd Called Session
HB 56	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to certification requirements for peace officers.
HR 23	Caption: Commending the Parent-Teacher Association of Texas.
HR 24	Caption: In memory of Oscar N. DuConge.