Legislation authored by W.N. 'Billy' Hall, Jr.

Includes legislation with W.N. 'Billy' Hall, Jr. as the primary author for the 63rd through 69th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

69th Regular Session
HB 568	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to Laredo State University.
HB 800	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the offense of being intoxicated while operating, driving or performing duties on a vehicle that travels on railway.
HB 801	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to admitting into public schools of this state free of tuition certain United States citizens who reside in Mexico.
HB 802	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Providing for payment of assistance to surviving dependent parents, brothers, and sisters or certain public servants killed while on duty.
HB 829	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in s/c Caption: Relating to the registration of a motor vehicle by a person who is 65 years of age or older.
HB 1021	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the authority of certain counties to adopt an electrical code and to regulate electricians; providing a penalty.
HB 1578	Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Relating to the exemption of flea markets in certain counties from the Saturday-Sunday closing law.
HB 1819	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the regulation of alcoholic beverages; providing penalties.
HB 1820	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to alcoholic beverage regulations relating to age.
HB 2058	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to agreements for coordinated management and operations of public junior colleges and upper-level university centers that share a common campus.
HB 2059	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to establishing the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Advisory Committee and to licensing disposal sites of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority.
HB 2073	Last Action: Considered by s/c in public hearing Caption: Relating to taxpayer notices of protest filed with appraisal review boards.
HB 2493	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to claims for and proof of sales an use tax exemptions for taxable items exported from the United States.
HCR 62	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring the Salesian Sisters of the Mary Help of Christian School in Laredo.
HCR 187	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Pena on their 25th wedding anniversary.
HCR 188	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Commissioner of Education Raymon L. Bynum.
HCR 189	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Mrs. Socorro Gonzalez of Laredo.
HCR 217	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Jerry and Yvonne Edwards on the birth of Jerry Blake Edwards.
HCR 221	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring William Charles English, vice-chancellor of administration, University System of South Texas.
HCR 252	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Mr. Manuel B. Bravo, Jr.
HR 22	Caption: Honoring Representative Gerald Geistweidt on his birthday.
69th 3rd Called Session
HB 21	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to eligibility for a passenger train beverage permit.
HB 22	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the importation of alcoholic beverages for personal use.
HCR 7	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of former state representative Honore Ligarde.
HCR 23	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Dr. Perry L. Adkisson on being named Chancellor of the Texas A & M University System.
68th Regular Session
HB 771	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation of persons engaged in the business of designing, selling, installing, maintaining, or servicing fire protection sprinkler systems.
HB 1135	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee unfavorably Caption: Relating to the information appearing on a voter registration certificate.
HB 1136	Last Action: Placed on daily Major State Calendar Caption: Providing for payment of assistance to surviving dependent parents, brothers, and sisters of certain public servants killed while on duty.
HB 1443	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district, composed of Webb County, and to the supplemental compensation of the district judges in that county.
HB 2025	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Caption: Relating to representation of the plaintiff in a support proceeding.
HB 2140	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the use of volunteers by certain governmental entities that provide human services.
HB 2141	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to allocations to school districts affected by the devaluation of the Mexican peso.
HB 2426	Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Speaker Caption: Relating to the creation, board of directors, administration, powers, duties, operation, expansion, and financing of the Webb County Water Authority; giving political subdivisions authority to contract with the authority and other powers authorized by Chapter 30, Water Code.
HCR 178	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending Gaby Canizales of Laredo.
HCR 196	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Sam Yates.
HCR 229	Last Action: Filed without the Governor's signature Caption: Granting Southern States Exploration, Inc., permission to sue the State of Texas and the General Land Office.
HCR 230	Last Action: Filed without the Governor's signature Caption: Granting Maria G. Gonzalez, Gutierrez Gonzalez Venture, Ltd. and others permission to sue the State of Texas and the General Land Office.
HJR 65	Last Action: Filed without the Governor's signature Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the payment of assistance to the surviving dependent parents, brothers, and sisters of certain public servants killed while on duty.
HR 25	Caption: In memory of former representative Jack C. Bryan, Sr.
HR 255	Caption: In memory of Arthur Wilton Lang.
HR 362	Caption: Creating a special interim committee to study wine production in Texas.
HR 488	Caption: Congratulating Martin High School baseball team and coach Fernando Moreno.
68th 2nd Called Session
HCR 13	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of former state representative Herman Adams.
HR 134	Caption: Commending Mary Polk.
67th Regular Session
HB 1137	Last Action: Motion to reconsider spread on the Journal Caption: Relating to the application of the nepotism law to school districts.
HB 1138	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Providing for payment of assistance to surviving dependents of certain public servants killed while on duty.
HB 1139	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the imposition of a hotel occupancy tax by certain counties.
HB 1182	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the annexation of territory by certain junior college districts.
HB 1283	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to the exemption from regulation as unauthorized practitioners of dentistry of certain coaches who make impressions of teeth in order to make and fit mouthpieces.
HB 1648	Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the maximum rate of interest on extensions of credit to nonresident aliens and foreign entities.
HB 1649	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the receipt of property by pawnbrokers.
HB 1650	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the compensation of the judges of the county and district courts in Webb County.
HB 2043	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to office facilities of banks in certain cities.
HB 2044	Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to foreign-trade zone for Laredo.
HB 2287	Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of motor transportation brokers by the Railroad Commission of Texas.
HB 2390	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Security and Sanctions Caption: Relating to the purchase of certain real property by the Texas Board of Corrections.
HCR 77	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Dr. D. Whitney Halladay.
HCR 156	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting Congress to repeal certain restrictions on natural gas use in the Powerplant & Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978.
HJR 58	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the payment of assistance to the surviving dependent parents, brother, and sisters of certain public servants killed while on duty.
HR 103	Caption: In memory of Dr. J. J. Mata.
HR 106	Caption: In memory of Gregorio G. Lopez, Sr.
HR 259	Caption: Commending Amber Milton Yeary II.
HR 266	Caption: In memory of James W. Coody, father of Representative Bill Coody.
HR 311	Caption: Honoring Armando Hinojosa.
HR 374	Caption: Extending greetings to the City of Peking, People's Republic of China.
HR 378	Caption: Designating John Carter and Armando Hinojosa as Texas State Artists.
67th 1st Called Session
HR 27	Caption: Honoring J. R. Esparza.
HR 28	Caption: Honoring Ruben Cortez.
67th 2nd Called Session
HB 10	Last Action: Posting rule suspended Caption: Relating to the creation of a committee to study the problem of inmate overcrowding in the Texas Department of Corrections.
HB 12	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to credit earned by a prisoner toward reduction of a sentence.
HB 13	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the release of prisoners under extraordinary circumstance.
66th Regular Session
HB 583	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the hunting of predators from aircraft in Zapata County.
HB 667	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Energy Resources Caption: Relating to appointment of a receiver for leasing certain mineral interests.
HB 668	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to standards for football helmets used in interscholastic football.
HB 686	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to establishment of the Laredo State Center for Human Development.
HB 706	Last Action: Considered by committee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the penalty for multiple violations under the Uniform Wildlife Regulatory Act.
HB 707	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to creation of the County Court at Law of Zapata County.
HB 869	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the importation of liquor in small containers for personal use.
HB 870	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the notation of a person's death on his or her birth certificate.
HB 871	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the application of the nepotism law to school districts.
HB 1004	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the duties of the county attorney of Webb County.
HB 1303	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Providing for payment of assistance to surviving dependents of certain public servants killed while on duty.
HB 1448	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Liquor Regulation Caption: Relating to applicats for employment at the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
HB 1581	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to service charges on pawn transactions.
HB 1955	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the collection of the cigarette tax on certain cigarettes imported into the state.
HCR 120	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Granting Drew Tinsley permission to sue the state.
HCR 151	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Granting Manuel B. Bravo, Jr., permission to sue the state.
HCR 175	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Monsignor George Gloeckner.
HJR 91	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the payments of assistance to the surviving dependent parents, brothers, and sisters of certain public servants killed while on duty.
HR 62	Caption: Commending Dr. Morris E. Malakoff.
HR 93	Caption: Commending Blanche Brown Wright.
65th Regular Session
HB 585	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Removing the eight percent ceiling on interest that a person may charge a property owner for paying the property owner's taxes on real property.
HB 1201	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the membership of the Webb County Juvenile Board.
HB 1357	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to adding Webb County to the list of counties in which predator control from aircraft may be permitted.
HB 1499	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee unfavorably Caption: Relating to the regulation, licensing, and taxing of horse racing and pari-mutual wagering; defining offenses; and prescribing penalties.
HB 1508	Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Relating to the taking of game animals for aid and protection purposes through the use of aircraft; providing penalties.
HCR 110	Last Action: Assigned to Resolutions Calendar Caption: Commending artist Armando Hinojosa.
65th 2nd Called Session
HB 49	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Caption: Relating to providing property tax relief for certain poor school districts; and making an appropriation.
64th Regular Session
HB 360	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to the deferment of tuition payments by certain veterans attending state-supported institutions of higher education.
HB 361	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the Office of the District Attorney of the 49th Judicial District and his office personnel.
HB 362	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the creation of the Webb County Juvenile Board and the office of juvenile probation officer; making other provisions relative to the board and the juvenile probation officer.
HB 742	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to the definition of crippled child.
HB 900	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to assistance payments to certain surviving parents of certain officers, employees, and agents of the state and political subdivisions.
HB 1024	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the creation of the County Court at Law of Webb County; making other provisions relative to the court; relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Webb County.
63rd Regular Session
HB 1548	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to including Zapata County under certain provisions of The Uniform Wildlife Regulatory Act, as amended (Article 978j-1, Vernon's Texas Penal Code); and declaring an emergency.
63rd 1st Called Session
HCR 2	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Mrs. Betty Jo Ligarde.