Legislation authored by Robert Earley

Includes legislation with Robert Earley as the primary author for the 68th through 73rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

73rd Regular Session
HB 115 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the resignation of a teacher with a continuing or probationary contract.
HB 655 Last Action: Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of statutes relating to areas of government that affect or involve both state and local entities, including the operation of government and governmental bodies, public officers and employees, and fiscal affairs and including conforming amendments, repeals, and penalties.
HB 656 Last Action: Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the accurate calculation of costs of environmental mandates for local governments.
HB 657 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the effect of a state or federal mandate on local ad valorem tax rates.
HB 923 Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93
Caption: Relating to statewide energy policy and research.
HB 994 Last Action: Reported from s/c favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to the enforcement of the compulsory school attendance law.
HB 1085 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the qualification of oil from new or expanded enhanced recovery projects for special tax rates.
HB 1339 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to allowing a limited partnership to operate as a common carrier for the transportation by pipeline of certain materials.
HB 1486 Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to requiring a state agency to consider the total cost to the state of acquiring and operating a vehicle, including fuel consumption costs, when the agency acquires a vehicle.
HB 1523 Last Action: Referred to Energy Resources
Caption: Relating to the filing of electric logs with the Railroad Commission of Texas.
HB 1733 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the duties of the Texas Engineering Extension Service.
HB 1734 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to liability of a licensed installer of certain liquefied petroleum gas systems.
HB 1735 Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93
Caption: Relating to the appraisal of certain property for ad valorem tax purposes.
HB 1736 Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to establishment of an economic limit factor for certain oil production and to oil and gas production as the result of new drilling technology.
HB 1737 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the financial abuse of an elderly person or dependent adult.
HB 1738 Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of all real and personal property used primarily for the control of air, water, or land pollution.
HB 1739 Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments
Caption: Relating to the measurement of gas produced from certain wells.
HB 2016 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93
Caption: Relating to the regulation of the storage of hazardous liquids in salt dome storage facilities; providing civil and criminal penalties.
HB 2017 Last Action: Referred to Redistricting
Caption: Relating to the composition of certain state representative districts.
HB 2622 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93
Caption: Relating to regulation of natural gas underground storage facilities; providing penalties.
HB 2623 Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93
Caption: Relating to the management of radioactive materials.
HB 2624 Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the taxation of certain natural resources.
HB 2625 Last Action: Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption: Relating to the sale and development of state-owned oil, gas, and other minerals.
HB 2796 Last Action: Referred to Energy Resources
Caption: Relating to the collection of geological and geophysical information and data by the Railroad Commission of Texas; providing a penalty.
HCR 177 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house of representatives to make a correction to H.B. 2622.
HCR 189 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house of representatives to make a correction to H.B. 1968.
HJR 82 Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of real and personal property used primarily for the control of air, water, or land pollution.
HMM 60 Last Action: Adopted
Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Vernie Roy Glasson, Jr.
HR 502 Last Action: Referred to House Administration
Caption: Granting permission for the use of the house chamber on Tuesday, April 20, 1993, for the purpose of swearing in Texas Railroad Commissioner Mary Scott Nabers and State Representative Robert Earley to their appointed posts on the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission.
72nd Regular Session
HB 229 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to tuition for certain students.
HB 230 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the notice of appraised value delivered by the chief appraiser of a county appraisal district.
HB 507 Last Action: Effective on 1/1/92
Caption: Relating to certain property omitted from an ad valorem tax appraisal roll and to the correction of certain ad valorem tax appraisal rolls.
HB 707 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to a temporary absence in the office of county judge or county commissioner.
HB 928 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of the statutes relating to intergovernmental relations, including repeals.
HB 1356 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91
Caption: Relating to the regulation of pipelines for the transportation of hydrogen.
HB 1357 Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to changing the name of the confederate pension fund.
HB 1450 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the composition of the state well plugging fund and to the amount of the fees deposited in the fund.
HB 1462 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to conducting and disseminating policy research and information intended to assist the legislature in implementing effective state policy and programs and authorizing appropriations.
HB 1745 Last Action: Referred to Energy
Caption: Relating to the regulation of naturally occurring radioactive materials related to the production of or exploration for oil and gas.
HB 1746 Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule
Caption: Relating to the application of statutes that classify political subdivisions according to population.
HB 2207 Last Action: Referred to Energy
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Task Force, the development of the Texas energy plan, and the effects of energy resources on the environment.
HB 2433 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the leasing, development and management of minerals owned by the state.
HB 2501 Last Action: Referred to Energy
Caption: Relating to the regulation of liquefied petroleum gas.
HB 2502 Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/26/91
Caption: Relating to payroll deductions for individual insurance policies insuring county officials, county employees, or their dependents.
HB 2503 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91
Caption: Relating to the increase in civil penalties for violation of pipeline safety standards.
HB 2504 Last Action: Referred to Energy
Caption: Relating to regulation of compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas.
HB 2505 Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/26/91
Caption: Relating to the regulation of the liquefied petroleum gas industry.
HB 2506 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to regulation of compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas.
HB 2513 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the taxation of oil and gas produced by certain wells.
HB 2853 Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
Caption: Relating to the use of natural gas to generate electricity.
HB 2883 Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute
Caption: Relating to the County Court at Law of San Patricio County.
HJR 9 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the clarification and simplification of the notice of revaluation delivered to a property owner.
HR 302 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring the city of Ingleside on the 20th anniversary of Ingleside Round Up Days and declaring May 17-18 as official Ingleside Round Up Days of Texas.
HR 583 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Herbert John "Red" Ewald, Jr., on the 29th anniversary of the founding of Red Ewald, Inc.
HR 752 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending the parents, students, and administrators of Dave Odem Elementary School on joining the "Just Say No" program.
HR 817 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring the city of Portland on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
HR 855 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Kenedy High School "Just Say No" Club.
HR 920 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring the First Nichols National Bank in Kenedy on its 85th anniversary.
72nd 1st Called Session
HCR 25 Last Action: Referred to Energy
Caption: Endorsing a pilot demonstration project in the Austin metropolitan area designed to pioneer, encourage, and monitor the use of natural gas by public and private automobile fleet owners and by consumer motorists.
72nd 3rd Called Session
HB 25 Last Action: Filed
Caption: Relating to benefits for certain employees who sustain a work-related injury.
71st Regular Session
HB 102 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to sales tax permits and the elimination of sales tax permit fees.
HB 881 Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Amending Art. 8307c, Sec. 2 to define reasonable damages as regards municipalities to exclude punitive and/or exemplary damages.
HB 882 Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Allowing for an employee's worker compensation benefit check to be mailed directly to a municipality that provides salary continuation benefits and allowing municipalities that provide salary continuation benefits....
HB 981 Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the application of the limited sales and use tax to certain items sold to or used by broadcasting stations and motion picture theaters or used in the production of motion pictures.
HB 1154 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the regulation of the practice of dentistry.
HB 1370 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to a limitation on the authority of the public utility commission to award contracts to certain persons.
HB 1528 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to regulatory approval of telephone extended area toll-free service.
HB 1613 Last Action: Record vote
Caption: Relating to the creation, powers, and duties of the Office of the State Personnel Director.
HB 1840 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89
Caption: Relating to the unlawful interference with a school bus.
HB 2027 Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule
Caption: Relating to the Public Utility Regulatory Act and access to the transmission system by electric utilities and cooperatives and the authority of the PUC to adopt and enforce rules.
HB 2028 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal.
Caption: Creating the Texas Bingo Commission and transferring all functions related to the regulation of Bingo from the Comptroller of Public Accounts to the Texas Bingo Commission.
HB 2546 Last Action: Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to the payment of compensatory per diem to members of advisory committees appointed to assist the Texas Board of Health and the Texas Department of Health; and declaring an emergency.
HB 2688 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal.
Caption: Relating to a Department of Agriculture study on the impact of uranium mining.
HB 2756 Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89
Caption: Relating to an appraisal district advisory board for agricultural appraisals.
HCR 23 Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm.
Caption: Memorializing Congress to propose a constitutional amendment prohibiting a federal tax on income from obligations issued by states.
HR 47 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating winners and finalists of the Texas Vocational Education Program.
HR 141 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Sinton High School baseball team.
HR 150 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Pastor and Mrs. Robert L. Wimpee.
HR 169 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring Harold Reynolds, superintendent of the Beeville Independent School District.
HR 591 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of William N. McCormack.
HR 668 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Commercial Motor Company of Aransas Pass on its 50th anniversary.
HR 768 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring Frank Jostes.
HR 769 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring the memory and achievements of Peter S. Marecek.
71st 1st Called Session
HB 16 Last Action: Pending in committee
Caption: Requiring that a copy of an employee's worker compensation benefit check be mailed directly to a municipality that provides salary continuation benefits and allowing municipalities that provide....
HB 30 Last Action: Pending in committee
Caption: Amending Art. 8307c, Sec. 2 to define reasonable damages as regards municipalities to exclude punitive and/or exemplary damages.
HB 62 Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to exempting from sales and use taxes certain items used in the production of a motion picture.
HR 51 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Sinton High School baseball team.
HR 52 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Pettus High School baseball team.
71st 2nd Called Session
HB 18 Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to exempting from sales and use taxes certain items used in the production of a motion picture.
HB 104 Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the assessment of a premium tax on insurance premiums paid by certain self-insurers for workers' compensation purposes; providing a tax.
HR 34 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Carl Duncan.
71st 3rd Called Session
HCR 31 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Recognizing the Shrimporee parade in Aransas Pass as the Official Shrimporee Parade of Texas.
HR 78 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending Mathis Grain and Elevator on its 42nd anniversary.
HR 160 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring Father Richard G. Oberstar.
71st 5th Called Session
HR 8 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Gregory-Portland High School.
71st 6th Called Session
HR 59 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring Representative Phyllis Robinson.
70th Regular Session
HB 657 Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87
Caption: Relating to judicial training concerning abuse or neglect of children.
HB 1131 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal.
Caption: Relating to the creation, powers, and duties of the State Personnel Office.
HB 1132 Last Action: Comm. laid on table subj. to call
Caption: Relating to the offense of promoting and participating in an endless chain scheme.
HB 1175 Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87
Caption: Relating to certain arrests made without warrants.
HB 1176 Last Action: Senate conferees appointed
Caption: Relating to the circumstances in which a peace officer may break down the door of a residence when making an arrest.
HB 1744 Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments
Caption: Relating to the interest incurred by delinquent property taxes after judgment in a delinquent tax suit.
HB 1745 Last Action: Effective on 1/1/88
Caption: Relating to the repeal of the requirement that an appraisal district maintain a listing of public property exempt from ad valorem taxation.
HB 2151 Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87
Caption: Relating to providing for the payment of ad valorem taxes pending the outcome of a protest or appeal.
HB 2439 Last Action: S/C laid on table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the review and regulation of taxing, financial, and other powers of certain transportation providers.
HB 2598 Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87
Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Bee County Hospital District; granting the power of eminent domain; providing for the issuance of bonds and the levy of taxes.
HCR 184 Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Granting Francisco Abundez and others permission to sue the State of Texas and the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation.
HR 116 Caption: Congratulating the Kenedy Post Office on its centennial.
HR 159 Caption: Congratulating the Sinton High School academic decathlon team.
HR 414 Caption: Commending the Honorable Clarence Riedel.
HR 427 Caption: Honoring Dr. John Tunnell and the Taft Blackland Museum.
HR 733 Caption: Directing the Public Utility Commission to establish an Advisory Committee on Extended Area Service.
HR 789 Caption: Permitting the conference committee appointed to adjust the differences between the house and senate versions of SB 380.
70th 2nd Called Session
HB 15 Last Action: Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the creation, powers and duties of the State Personnel Office.
HR 24 Caption: Commending Idolina "Lina" Paz.
69th Regular Session
HB 1191 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to credit in the Employment Retirement System of Texas for certain service performed by persons who became highway department employees.
HCR 89 Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm.
Caption: Requesting Congress to propose a constitutional amendment reserving to the states exclusive jurisdiction over the issue of voluntary prayer in public schools.
HR 138 Caption: Congratulating Oscar-Leonard y La Mafia on being named Tejano Band of the Year for 1985.
HR 299 Caption: Commending Texans who provided assistance during flooding in San Patricio County.
69th 2nd Called Session
HCR 6 Last Action: Filed
Caption: Inviting the governor to address a joint session on Wednesday, August 6.