Legislation authored by Robert Duncan
Includes legislation with Robert Duncan as the primary author for the 73rd through 83rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 83rd Regular Session | |
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| SB 13 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the State Pension Review Board and public retirement systems; authorizing a fee. |
| SB 397 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the statute of limitations for an action on a credit card account. |
| SB 422 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to service of citation on a financial institution. |
| SB 435 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the payment of tuition for public high school students who participate in college credit programs. |
| SB 531 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to self-insurance funds established by governmental units. |
| SB 559 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the remittance dates of certain taxes and fees and the allocation dates of certain state money. |
| SB 575 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the offense of the unauthorized duplication of certain recordings. |
| SB 576 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the delay in the implementation of the abolishment of small claims courts. |
| SB 577 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, partisan elections for all judicial offices, and nonpartisan elections for the retention or rejection for all judicial offices. |
| SB 578 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to use of countywide polling places for certain elections. |
| SB 588 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the Eastland Memorial Hospital District. |
| SB 635 |
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the distribution of certain civil penalties and civil restitution received by the attorney general. |
| SB 641 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the election and authority of the board of directors of the McCulloch County Hospital District. |
| SB 679 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to certain records and supporting affidavits filed as evidence in certain actions. |
| SB 696 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the board of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority. |
| SB 818 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to boll weevil eradication activities and programs. |
| SB 819 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the disposal of demolition waste from abandoned or nuisance buildings by certain local governments. |
| SB 910 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to certain election practices and procedures. |
| SB 986 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System. |
| SB 1026 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning special districts, including conforming amendments. |
| SB 1078 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the McCamey County Hospital District; authorizing the imposition of a tax. |
| SB 1079 |
Last Action: Returned to committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of medical radiologic technology; providing penalties; imposing fees. |
| SB 1104 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the effect of rules and standards adopted by the Railroad Commission of Texas relating to the liquefied petroleum gas industry on ordinances, orders, or rules adopted by political subdivisions relating to that industry. |
| SB 1105 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to an agreement between the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and a county for the provision of renewal and duplicate driver's licenses and other identification certificate services in certain counties; authorizing a fee. |
| SB 1108 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the allocation of money in the judicial and court personnel training fund. |
| SB 1111 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the composition of the 198th Judicial District, the creation of a judicial district composed of Edwards, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, and Menard Counties, and the creation of the office of district attorney for the 444th Judicial District. |
| SB 1141 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to an adult high school diploma and industry certification pilot program for adults 19 to 50 years of age. |
| SB 1142 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to an adult high school diploma and industry certification charter school pilot program for adults 19 to 50 years of age. |
| SB 1203 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the Knox County Hospital District; authorizing the imposition of a tax. |
| SB 1240 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the partition of mineral interests of a charitable trust. |
| SB 1282 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to deadlines for proposals for adoption by certain districts or authorities of desired future conditions of relevant aquifers. |
| SB 1321 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the consideration of a life insurance policy in determining eligibility for medical assistance. |
| SB 1332 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to who is an employee for large and small employers for health benefit plans. |
| SB 1339 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to contractual subrogation rights of certain insurers and benefit plan issuers. |
| SB 1365 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the provision of credit by examination for public school students. |
| SB 1366 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the use of certain funds of the Texas Health Insurance Pool. |
| SB 1367 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to abolishing the Texas Health Insurance Pool. |
| SB 1457 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to management services for the physical facilities of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf. |
| SB 1458 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1459 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of and contributions to and benefits from the systems and programs administered by the Employees Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1462 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the power of the Railroad Commission of Texas to adopt and enforce safety standards and practices applicable to the transportation by pipeline of certain substances and to certain pipeline facilities. |
| SB 1474 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the adoption of major curriculum initiatives by a school district. |
| SB 1475 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to a jail-based restoration of competency pilot program. |
| SB 1490 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the administration of and benefits payable by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1578 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the calculation of a service retirement annuity for certain members of the elected class. |
| SB 1614 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to employer participation in the Healthy Texas Program. |
| SB 1622 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to credit to certain ceding insurers for reinsurance ceded to certain certified assuming insurers. |
| SB 1637 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to determine whether a person who owns, operates, or manages a pipeline is a common carrier. |
| SB 1667 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to a chronic neurological disease registry; authorizing a fee. |
| SB 1686 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to public school finance matters, including the imposition of a state ad valorem tax for elementary and secondary school purposes and a school district ad valorem enrichment tax. |
| SB 1812 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the determination of state contributions for participation by certain junior college employees in the state employees group benefits program, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and the Optional Retirement Program. |
| SB 1848 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the dissolution of the Lipan Creek Flood Control District. |
| SJR 34 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, for partisan elections for all judicial offices, and for subsequent nonpartisan retention elections for all judicial offices. |
| SJR 58 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment imposing a state property tax for public education, authorizing the legislature to establish for purposes of that tax a limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead of 105 percent of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year, prohibiting school district property taxes for maintenance purposes, and authorizing school district property taxes for educational enrichment. |
| SR 81 |
Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of S. M. True, Jr. |
| SR 167 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Helen White Bertrand on the occasion of her retirement from the Farm Service Agency in Floyd County. |
| SR 168 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 12, 2013, as Texas Food Bank Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 220 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 19, 2013, as Kidney Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 221 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 20, 2013, as Texas Tech University System Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 222 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Texas PTA for their work on behalf of the children of Texas. |
| SR 350 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 5, 2013, as Rolling Plains Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 351 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 6, 2013, as Wilbarger County and City of Vernon Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 461 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 18 through 22, 2013, as Texas Retired Teachers Week at the State Capitol. |
| SR 519 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 26, 2013, as Lubbock Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 536 |
Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Steve Jones. |
| SR 581 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 3, 2013, as PART Day. |
| SR 771 |
Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Giles W. Dalby. |
| SR 812 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Joseph Eltidge Thigpen. |
| SR 863 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Pat Young Steed. |
| SR 1017 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 23, 2013, as Leadership Plainview Day. |
| SR 1031 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Mike Motheral for his contributions to the Sundown Independent School District. |
| SR 1067 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1458. |
| 83rd 1st Called Session | |
| SCR 2 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Authorizing a proposed interim agreement between the parties of a lawsuit regarding individuals with intellectual disabilities and related conditions residing in or at risk of being admitted to nursing facilities. |
| SR 106 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Dalton Ritter on the occasion of his retirement. |
| 83rd 2nd Called Session | |
| SR 81 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Mark Reynolds on the occasion of his retirement. |
| 83rd 3rd Called Session | |
| SR 13 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the 217th Training Squadron of the Texas Air National Guard. |
| 82nd Regular Session | |
| SB 326 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property stored temporarily at a location in this state. |
| SB 361 |
Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to indemnification provisions in construction contracts. |
| SB 373 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the office of county treasurer. |
| SB 398 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the board of hospital managers of the Lubbock County Hospital District. |
| SB 422 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to contract with another entity to collect certain assessments levied by the municipality or county. |
| SB 426 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the liability of and payment of legal fees for court-appointed trustees of certain facilities. |
| SB 450 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the time for bringing an action on a consumer debt. |
| SB 557 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the distribution of money appropriated from the national research university fund. |
| SB 558 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the Swisher Memorial Hospital District. |
| SB 559 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the Rankin County Hospital District. |
| SB 577 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the use of facsimile signatures for certain documents involving certain municipalities. |
| SB 628 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of the Childress County Hospital District to provide facilities and services for persons who are elderly or disabled; providing authority to issue bonds and notes. |
| SB 667 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the management of groundwater resources in this state and the rights of landowners in groundwater. |
| SB 791 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to electronic notification of certain state officials and agencies of certain rules and rulemaking filings. |
| SB 792 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the duties of the secretary of state. |
| SB 800 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the qualifications and operations of workers' compensation data collection agents. |
| SB 849 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to certain election practices and procedures. |
| SB 854 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to notice provided to affected landowners of applications for transmission line certificates of convenience and necessity by electric utilities. |
| SB 855 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to assistance provided by the Office of Public Utility Counsel to interested parties on certain electricity matters involving certificates of convenience and necessity. |
| SB 859 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to small and large employer health group cooperatives and to employer contributions to individual health insurance policies. |
| SB 873 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to rate and damage schedules governing certain easements or other interests in land of The University of Texas System. |
| SB 894 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to employment of physicians by certain hospitals. |
| SB 1046 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to information regarding deceased registered voters. |
| SB 1147 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning special districts, including conforming amendments. |
| SB 1258 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the disposal of demolition waste from abandoned or nuisance buildings in certain areas. |
| SB 1271 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to alternative dispute resolution systems established by counties. |
| SB 1299 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of provisions of the Texas Probate Code relating to durable powers of attorney, guardianships, and other related proceedings and alternatives, and the redesignation of certain other provisions of the Texas Probate Code, including conforming amendments and repeals. |
| SB 1355 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to allowing for countywide polling places as an alternative election system. |
| SB 1410 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to reporting student enrollment in tech-prep programs and evaluating tech-prep consortia. |
| SB 1414 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to sexual abuse and child molestation training and examination for employees of certain programs for minors held on campuses of institutions of higher education; providing penalties. |
| SB 1430 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain exclusive provider benefit plans. |
| SB 1591 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the goal of installing additional capacity for generating landfill gas energy. |
| SB 1619 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to participation of public high school students in college credit programs. |
| SB 1620 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to substitution of certain career and technology courses for certain mathematics and science courses otherwise required under the recommended high school program. |
| SB 1661 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the regulation of health organizations certified by the Texas Medical Board; imposing an administrative penalty. |
| SB 1664 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of and contributions to and benefits from the systems and programs administered by the Employees Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1665 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the expiration of certain investment authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1666 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to invest in hedge funds. |
| SB 1667 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the administration of and benefits payable by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and to certain domestic relations orders. |
| SB 1668 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to purchase of service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1669 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the resumption of service by retirees under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1670 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the definition of "school year" for purposes of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1671 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1675 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the inclusion in the results of an election of ballots that were mistakenly not counted. |
| SB 1689 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the process for refusing to renew an organization report for an operator that fails to plug an inactive oil or gas well. |
| SB 1714 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to certain actions against an employer by an employee who is not covered by workers' compensation insurance. |
| SB 1715 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to regulation of the management and disposal of certain drinking water treatment residuals through underground injection. |
| SB 1716 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to voidability of contracts procured through and liability arising from conduct constituting barratry; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 1717 |
Last Action: Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported Caption: Relating to the operation and administration of the judicial branch of state government. |
| SB 1718 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, partisan elections for all judicial offices, and nonpartisan elections for the retention or rejection for all judicial offices. |
| SB 1720 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to state fiscal matters; creating an offense. |
| SB 1721 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the exemption from the sales and use tax for tangible personal property or a taxable service that is resold or otherwise transferred. |
| SB 1753 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the designation of the San Angelo State Supported Living Center as a forensic state supported living center. |
| SB 1811 |
Last Action: Point of order sustained Caption: Relating to certain state fiscal matters; providing penalties. |
| SB 1858 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to public school finance matters, including the imposition of a state ad valorem tax for elementary and secondary school purposes. |
| SB 1900 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the ability to exclude certain territory from the Hamlin Hospital District. |
| SCR 34 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Congratulating the City of Lamesa on the occasion of its first Original Chicken-Fried Steak Festival. |
| SCR 42 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing Ronnie G. Jung on the occasion of his retirement as executive director of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| SJR 45 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, for partisan elections for all judicial offices, and for subsequent nonpartisan retention elections for all judicial offices. |
| SJR 51 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment imposing a state property tax for public education, authorizing the legislature to establish for purposes of that tax a limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead of 105 percent of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year, prohibiting school district property taxes for maintenance purposes, and authorizing school district property taxes for educational enrichment. |
| SR 34 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing January 25, 2011, as Lubbock Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 79 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Adopting procedures for the Committee of the Whole Senate during its consideration of Senate Bill 14. |
| SR 152 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Wild Hog Cook-off in Crowell as a Texas State Barbecue Championship competition. |
| SR 153 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Celebrating February 1, 2011, as Texas Tech University System Day at the Texas Capitol. |
| SR 213 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 22, 2011, as Rolling Plains Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 214 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Idalou High School football team on winning the 2010 UIL Class 2A Division 2 state championship. |
| SR 230 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 15, 2011, as Kidney Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 261 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 15, 2011, as Texas Farm Bureau District 1 Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 298 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Floyd and Cassie Huckaby from Runnels County on the occasion of their 70th wedding anniversary. |
| SR 343 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the West Texas Area Health Education Center Program. |
| SR 378 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Matilda Branham of San Angelo on the occasion of her 90th birthday. |
| SR 379 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 4, 2011, as Leadership Plainview Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 486 |
Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Danny Keith Gunn of Idalou. |
| SR 542 |
Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Elmer Kelton of San Angelo. |
| SR 573 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 21 through 25, 2011, as Texas Retired Teachers Week. |
| SR 691 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Paducah High School Dragons boys' basketball team for winning the University Interscholastic League Class 1A Division II state championship. |
| SR 693 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Randell Keith Resneder, founder and executive director of Disability Awareness Programs of Texas. |
| SR 742 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Texas Tech University School of Law moot court team for winning the 61st Annual National Moot Court Competition championship. |
| SR 743 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Ozark Trail Barbecue Cook-off as a Texas State Barbecue Championship competition. |
| SR 850 |
Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Jimmy Dean. |
| SR 851 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Celebrating May 1, 2011, as Lubbock Law Day. |
| SR 1060 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Patrick J. Hanford on the occasion of his installation as president of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association. |
| SR 1260 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1811. |
| 82nd 1st Called Session | |
| SB 1 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to certain state fiscal matters; providing penalties. |
| SCR 3 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Stacy Richards Furdek of Lubbock. |
| SCR 5 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 1. |
| SR 130 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1. |
| 81st Regular Session | |
| SB 6 |
Last Action: Placed on Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to the creation of the Healthy Texas Program. |
| SB 10 |
Last Action: Placed on Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to adoption of alternative payment method pilot programs for the provision of health care services to certain state employees. |
| SB 524 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the grounds for removal of a member of the board of directors of the Lynn County Hospital District. |
| SB 533 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to eminent domain, including certain limitations, procedures, and standards relating to the use of eminent domain. |
| SB 555 |
Last Action: Placed on Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to indemnification provisions in construction contracts. |
| SB 745 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to state travel policies and procedures for the reimbursement or payment of travel expenses. |
| SB 782 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the filling of a vacancy in an appellate judicial office by appointment and a nonpartisan election for the retention or rejection of the person appointed. |
| SB 811 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to authorizing the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System to transfer the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts to a nonprofit organization to operate the museum. |
| SB 820 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the adoption and amendment of model building codes by certain municipalities. |
| SB 947 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property stored temporarily at a location in this state. |
| SB 959 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax for the maintenance and operation of a coliseum in the county. |
| SB 973 |
Last Action: Referred to Government Organization Caption: Relating to creating a recognition day to celebrate the history and heritage of Texas bison. |
| SB 992 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction and administration of, and procedures relating to, certain courts in this state, including procedures for appeals. |
| SB 993 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to ranking of physicians by health benefit plans. |
| SB 997 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the administration of and exemptions from the gas production tax. |
| SB 1040 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the board of directors of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority. |
| SB 1103 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the use of a perpetual trust fund for a cemetery by certain municipalities. |
| SB 1105 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to extend the termination date for a reinvestment zone created under the Tax Increment Financing Act. |
| SB 1111 |
Last Action: 1 hr. notice-to suspend rules Caption: Relating to the liability of and legal fees for a court-appointed trustee of certain facilities. |
| SB 1123 |
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the standard of causation in claims involving mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos fibers. |
| SB 1134 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the authority for certain high school students to serve as election clerks. |
| SB 1138 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to regional poison control centers. |
| SB 1166 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the duties and salary of the county attorney of Swisher County and the election and duties of the district attorney for the 64th Judicial District. |
| SB 1190 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the enforcement of rules by a groundwater conservation district. |
| SB 1260 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the abolishment of the Lower Concho River Water and Soil Conservation Authority. |
| SB 1310 |
Last Action: Placed on Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to a program allowing for countywide voting locations in certain elections. |
| SB 1311 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the authority of the governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county to enter into an ad valorem tax abatement agreement. |
| SB 1378 |
Last Action: Referred to Energy Resources Caption: Relating to the responsibility of oil and gas well operators with regard to plugging inactive oil or gas wells and to ensuring the proper connection of electric lines. |
| SB 1404 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1456 |
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the time for bringing an action on a consumer debt. |
| SB 1461 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the registration of diagnostic imaging equipment, the accreditation of diagnostic imaging facilities, and the regulation of diagnostic imaging providers; providing penalties. |
| SB 1500 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the employment of physicians by certain hospitals. |
| SB 1557 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the early identification of criminal defendants who are or may be persons with mental illness or mental retardation. |
| SB 1560 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to university funding, including university funding for excellence, the national research university fund, the abolition of the higher education fund, and the institutional groupings established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
| SB 1650 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to appeals in cases arising under the Federal Arbitration Act. |
| SB 1651 |
Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to state indemnification of certain judges and certain judicial appointees. |
| SB 1652 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Mitchell County. |
| SB 1710 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the creation of independent assigned counsel programs. |
| SB 1747 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to billing practices for certain health care facilities and providers. |
| SB 1756 |
Last Action: Ordered not printed Caption: Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning special districts, including conforming amendments. |
| SB 1771 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the availability and continuation of certain health benefit plan coverage. |
| SB 1790 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the Hardeman County Hospital District. |
| SB 1791 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the Childress County Hospital District. |
| SB 1792 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Reagan Hospital District. |
| SB 1793 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Castro County Hospital District. |
| SB 1810 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Relating to allowing the governor, and the lieutenant governor or another person when acting as governor, to retain executive authority while traveling within the contiguous 48 states of the continental United States so long as effective communication links with this state are maintained. |
| SB 1811 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the 39th Judicial District Juvenile Board. |
| SB 1812 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to notice to a life insurer of an adverse claim to policy proceeds by a person with a bona fide legal claim. |
| SB 1813 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the exception from required public disclosure of certain appraisal district records. |
| SB 1912 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Relating to the disclosure of personally identifiable information under the public information law. |
| SB 1970 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to certain election practices and procedures; providing penalties. |
| SB 2014 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned. |
| SB 2036 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the admissibility of a statement made by an accused in a criminal case. |
| SB 2038 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the construction of nonsubstantive codifications and revisions of statutes. |
| SB 2063 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage regarding certain contractors. |
| SB 2070 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of counties and certain intergovernmental pools to require reimbursement for punitive damage coverage. |
| SB 2071 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to the adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of provisions of the Texas Probate Code relating to decedents' estates and the redesignation of certain other provisions of the Texas Probate Code, including conforming amendments and repeals. |
| SB 2072 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to contracting with the secretary of state for the filing of personal financial statements by officers and employees of certain counties. |
| SB 2073 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to eligibility to hold the office of notary public. |
| SB 2074 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Relating to the delivery of proposed state agency rules to the lieutenant governor, a member of the legislature, or a legislative agency. |
| SB 2092 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to the Irion County Water Conservation District. |
| SB 2093 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the North Wheeler County Hospital District. |
| SB 2143 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to determine whether certain transporters of natural or synthetic gas are gas utilities. |
| SB 2146 |
Last Action: Placed on Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to the annual allocation of certain constitutional funds to eligible agencies and institutions of higher education. |
| SB 2199 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the registration with the Texas Department of Insurance of certain contract examiners. |
| SB 2200 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to retrospective utilization review and utilization review to determine the experimental or investigational nature of a health care service. |
| SB 2226 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, partisan elections for all judicial offices, and nonpartisan elections for the retention or rejection for all judicial offices. |
| SB 2296 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the submission of groundwater management plans to the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board. |
| SB 2322 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to plan provisions required for maintaining retirement plan qualification for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 2324 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the classification of certain types of marital property in regards to claims for payment of a criminal restitution judgment. |
| SB 2332 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the regulation of preferred provider benefit plans regarding network adequacy, contracting and reimbursement activities. |
| SB 2399 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision other than a county to change the date of its general election. |
| SB 2506 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Gray County Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. |
| SB 2517 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the dissolution of the Ballinger Memorial Hospital District and the North Runnels County Hospital District and the creation of the Runnels County Hospital District; granting the authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. |
| SB 2520 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to election and qualifications of members of the board of directors of the Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation District. |
| SB 2567 |
Last Action: Placed on Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to state fiscal matters; providing the authority to issue bonds; providing civil penalties. |
| SCR 6 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing January 27, 2009, as Lubbock Day at the State Capitol. |
| SCR 18 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Raul "Rudy" Acosta. |
| SCR 19 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing February 17, 2009, as Kidney Day at the State Capitol. |
| SCR 28 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing William F. Mullican III on the occasion of his retirement from the Texas Water Development Board. |
| SCR 37 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Welcoming members of the Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals and the Texas Rural Health Association to the Capitol. |
| SCR 68 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing the Twentieth Century Club in Lubbock on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. |
| SCR 69 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing Ballet Lubbock on the occasion of its 40th anniversary. |
| SJR 23 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment and for nonpartisan retention elections for those offices. |
| SJR 35 |
Last Action: Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the national research university fund to enable emerging research universities in this state to achieve national prominence as major research universities and transferring the balance of the higher education fund to the national research university fund. |
| SJR 36 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that the governor, and the lieutenant governor when acting as governor, retain executive authority unless the person becomes unavailable as provided by law. |
| SJR 41 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to replace the attorney general on the legislative redistricting board with the commissioner of agriculture. |
| SJR 42 |
Last Action: Referred to Land & Resource Management Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the taking of property for transfer to a private entity for certain purposes. |
| SJR 44 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, for partisan elections for all judicial offices, and for subsequent nonpartisan retention elections for all judicial offices. |
| SR 55 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating The Picks on their induction into the New Mexico Music Hall of Fame and Museum. |
| SR 77 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Declaring the Blowin' in the Wind Barbecue Cook-off in Silverton a Texas State Barbecue Championship competition. |
| SR 124 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of the life of Timothy Brian Cole. |
| SR 125 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Paul Benjamin Keele, Jr., of San Angelo on the occasion of his 80th birthday. |
| SR 196 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 3, 2009, as Rolling Plains Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 217 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 17, 2009, as Texas Tech University System Day at the Texas Capitol. |
| SR 408 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Adopting procedures for the Committee of the Whole Senate during its consideration of Senate Bill 362. |
| SR 533 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Ozark Trail Barbecue Cook-off for being declared a Texas State Barbecue Championship competition. |
| SR 640 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Big Country BBQ Cook-Off for being designated a Texas State Barbecue Championship competition. |
| SR 674 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the Texas Retired Teachers Association and recognizing the week of March 29 through April 4, 2009, as Texas Retired Teachers Week. |
| SR 850 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. |
| SR 862 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the American Cancer Society High Plains Division for its efforts to establish a Hope Lodge in Lubbock. |
| SR 936 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Republic of Texas Independence Day Celebration Cook-off for its designation as a Texas State Barbecue Championship competition. |
| SR 1084 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Glen H. Stanbaugh for his contributions to the field of medicine. |
| SR 1092 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3347. |
| SR 1108 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.J.R. No. 14. |
| 81st 1st Called Session | |
| SR 31 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Louis Avery Sinclair of Lubbock. |
| 80th Regular Session | |
| SB 258 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored. |
| SB 267 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the grounds and procedures for removal of a member of the board of directors of the Lynn County Hospital District. |
| SB 296 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of the comptroller to contract for services to collect delinquent taxes, fees, interest, and penalties. |
| SB 346 |
Last Action: Referred to Civil Practices Caption: Relating to indemnification provisions in construction contracts. |
| SB 392 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to venue or transfer of certain probate matters and guardianship matters. |
| SB 493 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the creation of a joint elections administrator; providing penalties. |
| SB 496 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the use of the judicial and court personnel training fund. |
| SB 497 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the state prosecuting attorney. |
| SB 498 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to competency to be executed in a capital case. |
| SB 499 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to postconviction forensic testing. |
| SB 501 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of tangible personal property held temporarily at a location in this state for assembling, storing, manufacturing, processing, or fabricating purposes. |
| SB 600 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to compensation paid to statutory county court judges and certain court-related fees. |
| SB 605 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the terms and election of the members of the board of directors of the Stonewall County Hospital District. |
| SB 610 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the boundaries, powers, and governance of the Salt Fork Water Quality District. |
| SB 616 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the protection and use of intellectual property by the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board. |
| SB 763 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the affidavit required to prove expenses in a civil action. |
| SB 790 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to amendments to regional water plans. |
| SB 806 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the appointment of certain judicial offices and a nonpartisan election for the retention or rejection of a person appointed to those offices. |
| SB 836 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to a program allowing for countywide voting locations in certain elections. |
| SB 839 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the exchange of information among agencies related to the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments and the agencies responsible for continuity of care for offenders in the criminal justice system who are physically disabled, terminally ill, or significantly ill; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 850 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the designation of certain highways as the Ports-to-Plains Corridor. |
| SB 867 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to procedures regarding criminal defendants who are or may be persons with mental illness or mental retardation. |
| SB 947 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to delivery of certain unclaimed money to a rural scholarship fund. |
| SB 954 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to liability of certain physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, and occupational therapy assistants who voluntarily provide health care services. |
| SB 1037 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the prevention of surface water or groundwater pollution from certain evaporation pits. |
| SB 1043 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of an online volunteer fire department registry by the Texas Forest Service. |
| SB 1090 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the creation of a youth diabetes registry; providing penalties. |
| SB 1101 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the reporting and disclosure of financial arrangements between referring health care providers and diagnostic imaging providers; providing penalties. |
| SB 1102 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to financial accounting and reporting for this state and political subdivisions of this state. |
| SB 1137 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to prohibition of sale or exchange of consideration for human organs and tissues. |
| SB 1138 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to risk management programs for members and advisors of student organizations at public and private postsecondary educational institutions and to certain insurance requirements for fraternities. |
| SB 1166 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the reporting of claims information under certain health benefit plans; providing administrative penalties. |
| SB 1167 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to appeals in cases arising under the Federal Arbitration Act. |
| SB 1204 |
Last Action: Point of order sustained Caption: Relating to the reorganization and administration of, and procedures relating to, courts in this state, including procedures for appeals. |
| SB 1226 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the provision of diabetes self-management training under the state Medicaid program and the child health plan program. |
| SB 1243 |
Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the number of persons who may be appointed to the classification immediately below department head in a police department covered by municipal civil service. |
| SB 1343 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the regulation of the use of an injection well to inject nonhazardous brine from a desalination operation or to inject nonhazardous drinking water treatment residuals. |
| SB 1428 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the arrest and commitment of certain individuals arrested under a warrant issued because of a violation of the conditions of parole. |
| SB 1446 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the removal of indirect cost recovery fees from the list of items that must be accounted for as educational and general funds by institutions of higher education. |
| SB 1447 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the investment authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1525 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to advertising by certain insurers. |
| SB 1574 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas of the use of the surface of land in connection with certain activities associated with the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas. |
| SB 1604 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to responsibilities of certain state agencies concerning radioactive substances; imposing fees and surcharges; providing administrative and civil penalties. |
| SB 1605 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the selection of the board of directors of an appraisal district established for certain counties. |
| SB 1613 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the payment of damages awarded against members of local governments, including directors of soil and water conservation districts. |
| SB 1614 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the implementation of health information technology standards. |
| SB 1646 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to certain election practices and procedures; providing penalties. |
| SB 1647 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to certain election practices and procedures, including provisions relating to the conduct of elections, voting systems, and recounts. |
| SB 1691 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to a groundwater conservation district's regulation of groundwater use by any person, including a state agency or political subdivision. |
| SB 1692 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the reimbursement from the Petroleum Storage Tank Remediation Account and relating to the fee on delivery of certain petroleum products. |
| SB 1731 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to consumer access to health care information and consumer protection for services provided by or through health benefit plans, hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, birthing centers, and other health care facilities, and funding for health care information services; providing penalties. |
| SB 1749 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the transfer of Angelo State University to the Texas Tech University System. |
| SB 1776 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the requirements for accessibility to voting equipment by persons with disabilities in certain elections. |
| SB 1784 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to information that must be provided by a registered lobbyist. |
| SB 1812 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to electronic publication of legal notice. |
| SB 1832 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the billing of anatomic pathology services; providing penalties. |
| SB 1833 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to the administration and powers of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority. |
| SB 1844 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to allowing an issuer of certificates of obligation to delegate the authority to effect the sale of the certificates. |
| SB 1845 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the deposit of certain public funds with federally insured financial institutions. |
| SB 1846 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to funding for, and benefits provided under, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1847 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to Employees Retirement System of Texas collection of member contributions. |
| SB 1848 |
Last Action: Point of order sustained Caption: Relating to state fiscal matters. |
| SB 1849 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to updating and clarifying the state sales and use tax. |
| SB 1850 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the imposition and collection of certain insurance taxes and the adoption of certain reciprocal or multistate agreements relating to those taxes. |
| SB 1851 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to administration, collection, and enforcement of state taxes; providing penalties. |
| SB 1852 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the application of the state hotel occupancy tax. |
| SB 1857 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the designation and custody of archival state records. |
| SB 1858 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to municipalities eligible to create a regional mobility authority. |
| SB 1859 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the authority of certain counties to enact setback regulations in an area of a future highway. |
| SB 1950 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the name, governing body, and boundaries of the Tri-County Groundwater Conservation District. |
| SB 2015 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the consummation of sales for purposes of the computation of local sales and use taxes. |
| SCR 16 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending Roy Velez on being named 2006 Texan of the Year by the Dallas Morning News. |
| SCR 51 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing the Lubbock Independent School District on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. |
| SCR 56 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing April 17, 2007, as Texas Retired Educators Day. |
| SCR 57 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing The Institute for Environmental and Human Health in Lubbock on the occasion of its 10th anniversary. |
| SCR 59 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of the Honorable Billy Wayne Clayton of Springlake. |
| SCR 61 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending South Plains College for its 50 years of progress. |
| SCR 78 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing Bob Knight for his contributions to the sport of basketball. |
| SCR 89 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 1604. |
| SJR 3 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds record vote of the membership of each house to enact a law granting the power of eminent domain. |
| SJR 32 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for appointment to fill vacancies in certain judicial offices and for nonpartisan retention elections for those offices. |
| SJR 60 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the continuation of the constitutional appropriation for facilities and other capital items at Angelo State University on a change in the governance of the university. |
| SJR 61 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the continuation of the constitutional appropriation of money to certain higher education entities and for the appropriation and allocation of income from the higher education fund for the purpose of performing certain repairs or rehabilitation of permanent improvements at those entities. |
| SR 22 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Best of the West State Championship Cook Off as a Texas State Championship event. |
| SR 51 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of James David and Pauline Beverly Gossett of Rankin. |
| SR 162 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jill Deeley Kingsley. |
| SR 201 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 13, 2007, as Red and Black Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 267 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Donna Kidd of San Angelo. |
| SR 292 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the City of Post on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. |
| SR 293 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 27, 2007, as Panhandle and South Plains Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 309 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Corporal Jose Alfredo "Freddy" Velez and Specialist Andrew Velez of Lubbock. |
| SR 310 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the City of Rotan on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. |
| SR 361 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Jacinta R. Alvarez for being named a 2007 Texas Youth of the Year finalist by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. |
| SR 364 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Marcus L. Hereford for being named a 2007 Texas Youth of the Year finalist by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. |
| SR 371 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 28, 2007, as Rolling Plains Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 477 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Buffalo Springs Lake Buffalo Wing Cook-off as a Texas State Championship event. |
| SR 589 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jackie Waynn "Jay" Lester of Lubbock. |
| SR 611 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing The Institute for Environmental and Human Health in Lubbock on the occasion of its 10th anniversary. |
| SR 612 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Lubbock Independent School District on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. |
| SR 713 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of F. B. "Buddy" Sexton of Lubbock. |
| SR 715 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Frances Reagan Wheat on the occasion of her retirement. |
| SR 885 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Shannon Medical Center on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. |
| SR 896 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Sunny M. Shelley on the occasion of her retirement from the Amherst Independent School District. |
| SR 897 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Byron L. Shelley on the occasion of his retirement from the Amherst Independent School District. |
| SR 952 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Clear Channel Communications Buffalo Barbeque Battle 2007 as a Texas State Barbeque Championship competition. |
| SR 1099 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Jack McCarty for his selection as President of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association. |
| SR 1149 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Teri Evelyn Flack on the occasion of her retirement. |
| SR 1153 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Michael Ray "Bubba" Delgado of Amarillo. |
| SR 1154 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Proclaiming 2007 Colon Cancer Prevention and Awareness Year. |
| SR 1249 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Burle and Frances Pettit on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. |
| 79th Regular Session | |
| SB 121 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to a requestor's right of access to investment information of governmental bodies. |
| SB 294 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to procedures relating to the doctrine of forum non conveniens in a civil cause of action. |
| SB 306 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the disqualification of certain persons for unemployment benefits. |
| SB 307 |
Last Action: House passage as amended reported Caption: Relating to a mental health court program. |
| SB 308 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to temporary successors to members of the legislature during a period of emergency caused by enemy attack. |
| SB 334 |
Last Action: Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported Caption: Relating to the remedy provided for failure to disclose certain information in certain residential construction transactions. |
| SB 344 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the notice, hearing, rulemaking, and permitting procedures for groundwater conservation districts. |
| SB 345 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of tangible personal property held temporarily at a location in this state for assembling, storing, manufacturing, processing, or fabricating purposes. |
| SB 368 |
Last Action: Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported Caption: Relating to the compensation of state judges and to the computation of retirement benefits for state judges and for members of the elected class of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 434 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Lockney General Hospital District. |
| SB 550 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to the compensation of security personnel of certain courts, including the payment of compensation for the bailiff of the 106th District Court. |
| SB 551 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to certain exemptions from the requirement to be licensed to perform electrical work. |
| SB 552 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of magistrates in Nolan County. |
| SB 553 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the appointment of certain judicial offices and a nonpartisan election for the retention or rejection of a person appointed to those offices. |
| SB 554 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the liability of an ERISA-regulated employee benefit plan under certain state law. |
| SB 679 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to the procedure for determining the incompetency of a defendant to stand trial. |
| SB 680 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the requirements for post-conviction DNA testing. |
| SB 742 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to disqualification for eligibility for workers' compensation benefits of certain professional athletes. |
| SB 832 |
Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . Caption: Relating to the compensation of state judges and to the computation of retirement benefits for members of the elected class of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 836 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the state's goal for electric generation capacity by renewable energy technologies and the rate treatment of utility expenditures for interconnecting generating capacity by certain renewable technologies. |
| SB 880 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to granting to the Upton County Water District the powers and duties of a groundwater conservation district. |
| SB 919 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the grounds and procedures for removal of a member of the board of directors of the Lynn County Hospital District. |
| SB 921 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 27 between Lubbock and Amarillo as the Marshall Formby Memorial Highway. |
| SB 925 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to competency to be executed in a capital case. |
| SB 958 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the installation, copying, or use of computer software for unauthorized purposes; providing a penalty. |
| SB 986 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the election of directors of the Wes-Tex Groundwater Conservation District. |
| SB 1070 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the care of elementary and secondary school students with diabetes. |
| SB 1224 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to a landowner's liability for injuries incurred during certain recreational activities. |
| SB 1390 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to residential construction in the State of Texas; providing administrative penalties. |
| SB 1428 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to the establishment of a statewide maintenance program for boll weevil and pink bollworm eradication. |
| SB 1547 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the Department of Information Resources' management of state electronic services. |
| SB 1566 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to supervision of a primary election by the county executive committee. |
| SB 1578 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to jurisdiction and venue in condemnation proceedings. |
| SB 1635 |
Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to the Schleicher County Hospital District. |
| SB 1640 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to size and weight limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural products and equipment. |
| SB 1666 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the creation of a diabetes in youth registry. |
| SB 1667 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to responsibilities of certain state agencies concerning radioactive substances; imposing fees and surcharges; providing administrative and civil penalties. |
| SB 1689 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to third-party civil liability for certain persons entering into building or construction contracts. |
| SB 1690 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to state fiscal matters. |
| SB 1691 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to certain retired school employees and the powers and duties of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas; providing a penalty. |
| SB 1692 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to storage of wine by the holder of a winery permit. |
| SB 1693 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to collateral for deposits of public school funds. |
| SB 1694 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to financing authority for Texas Tech University System for improvements, construction, and acquisitions for academic buildings. |
| SB 1695 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the amount of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the allocation of those funds to those agencies and institutions. |
| SB 1696 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to a pilot project to provide additional capacity for higher education undergraduate education. |
| SB 1697 |
Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to the distinction between surplus lines insurance and unauthorized insurance. |
| SB 1738 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to consumer access to health care information and consumer protection for services provided by or through hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and birthing centers; providing penalties. |
| SB 1751 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and board of directors of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority; authorizing a bond or similar obligation. |
| SB 1754 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to the Childress County Hospital District. |
| SB 1787 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/05 Caption: Relating to the designation and duties of the state historian. |
| SB 1788 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to facility based physicians or providers. |
| SB 1824 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the expansion of the Salt Fork Water Quality District and the appointment of directors by the commissioners court of each county included within the boundaries of the district. |
| SCR 7 |
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Caption: Urging the Supreme Court of Texas and the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas to adopt rules providing for the random assignment to courts of appeals of cases pending or on appeal from counties with overlapping appellate jurisdictions and adopt rules determining the court of appeals precedent applicable in such randomly assigned cases. |
| SCR 12 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring The Crickets of Lubbock for their pioneering contributions to rock and roll. |
| SJR 16 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for appointment to fill vacancies in certain judicial offices and for nonpartisan retention elections for those offices. |
| SR 22 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing January 25, 2005, as Lubbock Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 135 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the annual Buffalo Springs Lake Buffalo Wing Cook-off. |
| SR 136 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 15, 2005, as Concho County Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 201 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Jerry D. Casstevens of Lubbock on the occasion of his retirement from the South Plains Association of Governments. |
| SR 257 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Altrusa International, Incorporated, of Lubbock, District Nine, for honoring its 60th Woman of the Year. |
| SR 258 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Tyler Willis of Brownfield for being named the 2005 Miss Texas USA. |
| SR 366 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Charles Endress on the occasion of his retirement. |
| SR 423 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Robert J. "Jim" Estes on the occasion of his retirement. |
| SR 478 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Joe V. Boerner, Jr., of Lubbock, for his efforts in behalf of his fellow Texans. |
| SR 489 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the cities designated 2005 Texas Yes! Hardworking Rural Communities by the Texas Department of Agriculture. |
| SR 533 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Richard Alan Reeder. |
| SR 579 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 12, 2005 as Red and Black Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 742 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jeff Brown of San Angelo. |
| SR 828 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Benny C. and Fannie L. Utley on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. |
| SR 878 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 12, 2005, as Texas Retired School Personnel Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 1048 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing William Earl "Blackie" Kines on the occasion of his 80th birthday. |
| SR 1064 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the students of the Engineering and Architecture Academy at Estacado High School in Lubbock for their accomplishments. |
| SR 1077 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2233. |
| SR 1079 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 334. |
| 79th 1st Called Session | |
| SB 8 |
Last Action: Tagged Caption: Relating to certain retired and retirement-eligible education employees; making appropriations. |
| SB 11 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the compensation of state judges and county judges, to the computation of retirement benefits for state judges and for members of the elected class of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, and to providing funds for court-related purposes. |
| SB 23 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the remedy provided for failure to disclose certain information in certain residential construction transactions. |
| SB 39 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to responsibilities of certain state agencies concerning radioactive substances; imposing fees and surcharges; providing administrative and civil penalties. |
| SB 45 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to state and certain local fiscal matters; providing civil and criminal penalties. |
| SB 56 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the expansion of the Salt Fork Water Quality District and the appointment of directors by the commissioners court of each county included within the boundaries of the district. |
| SB 57 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to water conservation. |
| SR 5 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Richard Van Ness Homan for his contributions to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and to the state. |
| SR 6 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Jane S. Allison on the occasion of her retirement. |
| 79th 2nd Called Session | |
| SB 6 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the compensation of state judges and county judges, to retirement benefits for state judges, and to providing funds for court-related purposes; making an appropriation. |
| SB 14 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the remedy provided for failure to disclose certain information in certain residential construction transactions. |
| SB 40 |
Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to responsibilities of certain state agencies concerning radioactive substances; imposing fees and surcharges. |
| 79th 3rd Called Session | |
| SB 13 |
Last Action: Meeting cancelled Caption: Relating to the state retirement contribution for public education employees; making an appropriation. |
| SB 14 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to prohibiting certain disruptions at a funeral service; creating an offense. |
| SCR 10 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Brett and O'Neal Underwood on the birth of their son, Arch Teaff Underwood. |
| SR 72 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Johnny J. Peralez, Jr. |
| SR 73 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Benjamin Thomas Britt. |
| SR 74 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of the life of Jose Alfredo Velez of Lubbock. |
| SR 75 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of the life of Elias Torrez III. |
| SR 76 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of the life of Israel Garza of Lubbock. |
| SR 77 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Rick Salas, Jr. |
| SR 78 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of the life of Clayton Welch Henson of Stanton and Midland. |
| SR 139 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Childress Regional Medical Center for being named one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation for 2005. |
| SR 235 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Declaring the Clear Channel Communications Buffalo Barbeque Battle 2006 a Texas State Barbeque Championship competition. |
| 78th Regular Session | |
| SB 383 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to residential construction, including certain warranties, building standards, and dispute resolution. |
| SB 477 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to disqualification for eligibility for workers' compensation benefits of certain professional athletes. |
| SB 478 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to disqualification for eligibility for workers' compensation benefits of certain persons who perform services that benefit a political subdivision. |
| SB 495 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of tangible personal property held at certain locations only temporarily for assembling, manufacturing, processing, or other commercial purposes. |
| SB 518 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the qualifications for service as a grand or petit juror and challenges for cause. |
| SB 519 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the interagency exchange of information regarding certain offenders. |
| SB 520 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the composition of the 83rd Judicial District and to the election of the district attorney for that district. |
| SB 543 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to postconviction DNA testing. |
| SB 550 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the protection by a municipality of a lake that is a source of water supply. |
| SB 556 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Hardeman County Hospital District. |
| SB 585 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to recycling and other services. |
| SB 588 |
Last Action: Referred to Civil Practices Caption: Relating to liability insurance coverage for certain nursing institutions. |
| SB 591 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the structure and functions of the Texas Council on Offenders with Mental Impairments and to reassigning the duties of the council to the Advisory Committee to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments and the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments. |
| SB 597 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain companies that provide for-profit legal service contracts; providing penalties. |
| SB 698 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to commercial electronic mail; providing penalties. |
| SB 738 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the notice, hearing, and permitting process for groundwater conservation districts. |
| SB 794 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the appointment of certain judicial offices and a nonpartisan election for the retention or rejection of a person appointed to those offices. |
| SB 839 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to gas transportation service for a state agency. |
| SB 875 |
Last Action: Referred to Government Organization Caption: Relating to establishing uniform minimum ethics requirements for persons involved in the management or investment of state funds. |
| SB 876 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to commissions on certain negotiated bond sales. |
| SB 877 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the composition of the permanent school fund, the available school fund, and the education excellence supplemental fund and to transfers from the permanent school fund to the available school fund and the education excellence supplemental fund. |
| SB 891 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the operation of the joint underwriting association under the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association Act. |
| SB 941 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the continuous eligibility of certain children for medical assistance benefits. |
| SB 956 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to reduction in benefit fraud and claim overpayments in unemployment compensation. |
| SB 958 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to venue in the prosecution of the offenses of escape and unauthorized absence. |
| SB 959 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to continued health insurance benefits for eligible surviving spouses of certain officers and employees of political subdivisions. |
| SB 960 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c by chair Caption: Relating to the issuance of cotton boll license plates to benefit the scholarship program of Texas Cotton Producers, Inc. |
| SB 1018 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to the appointment of a bailiff for the 106th District Court. |
| SB 1019 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers, duties, taxing authority, and dissolution procedure of the Ballinger Memorial Hospital District. |
| SB 1052 |
Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the definition of livestock; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 1053 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to certain water pollution and conservation programs administered by the Texas Water Development Board. |
| SB 1057 |
Last Action: Effective on 1/1/04 Caption: Relating to the determination of incompetency in criminal and juvenile justice cases. |
| SB 1094 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of a task force to evaluate matters regarding water conservation. |
| SB 1107 |
Last Action: House passage as amended reported Caption: Relating to the assignment and compensation of certain justices or judges as visiting judges and to service credit in the judicial retirement system for certain visiting judges. |
| SB 1207 |
Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to state liability for costs and attorney's fees in certain actions seeking declaratory judgment. |
| SB 1209 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to Childress County. |
| SB 1210 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business in awarding certain municipal and school district contracts. |
| SB 1227 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to authority of political subdivisions to exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire rights to water. |
| SB 1367 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to student union fees at component institutions of the Texas Tech University System. |
| SB 1368 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Chair Caption: Relating to certain fees for students attending institutions in the Texas State University System. |
| SB 1369 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to certain group benefits for retired school employees. |
| SB 1370 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to certain group benefit plans provided to certain governmental officers, employees, and retirees and their dependents. |
| SB 1371 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to state fiscal matters; making an appropriation. |
| SB 1389 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to livestock branding and identification. |
| SB 1390 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the Texas Water Advisory Council. |
| SB 1408 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to financial security requirements for certain persons performing operations within the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas. |
| SB 1438 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to costs incurred by certain persons in relation to complaints filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas against gas utilities. |
| SB 1550 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the use of site-specific information by a groundwater conservation district to develop its management plan. |
| SB 1551 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the creation and composition of judicial districts and the election and powers and duties of certain district attorneys. |
| SB 1552 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the creation and composition of certain county courts at law. |
| SB 1651 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the use of development corporations to improve local telecommunications infrastructure. |
| SB 1662 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the care of elementary and secondary school students with diabetes. |
| SB 1676 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to prices of certain prescription drugs. |
| SB 1723 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to successor liability in asbestos claims. |
| SB 1724 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of statutory county courts. |
| SB 1803 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/03 Caption: Relating to certain licensing requirements and violations under the Texas Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; providing penalties. |
| SB 1855 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the establishment of the research development fund to promote research at certain institutions of higher education and to the abolition of the Texas excellence fund and the university research fund. |
| SB 1856 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the applicability of laws relating to conflicts of interest to regional education service centers. |
| SB 1857 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to regional education service centers. |
| SCR 61 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Susan Wilkes of Lubbock. |
| SCR 70 |
Last Action: Received by the Secretary of the Senate Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 2425. |
| SJR 33 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for appointment to fill vacancies in certain judicial offices and for nonpartisan retention elections for those offices. |
| SJR 35 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to making distributions from the permanent school fund to the available school fund and creating the education excellence supplemental fund. |
| SR 58 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing January 28, 2003, as Lubbock Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 128 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 12, 2003, as Texas Educational Diagnosticians' Association Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 195 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending KLLL in Lubbock and the Children's Miracle Network. |
| SR 376 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 17 through 21, 2003, as National Agriculture Week in Texas. |
| SR 708 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Globalaw for its contributions to the legal profession. |
| SR 709 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 4 through May 10, 2003, as Drinking Water Week in Texas. |
| SR 768 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the San Angelo Colts Baseball Club. |
| SR 828 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Louise Abbott of Vernon on the occasion of her 100th birthday. |
| SR 975 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating B. K. and Gordon Mayes on their 50th wedding anniversary. |
| SR 1051 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1370. |
| 78th 2nd Called Session | |
| SB 6 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the abolition of the state aircraft pooling board. |
| 78th 4th Called Session | |
| SJR 8 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a business tax, including on the income of individuals who benefit from personal liability limitations, and dedicating the revenue from the tax to fund public education. |
| SR 43 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Melinda and Brewster McCracken on the birth of their son, John Montford "Ford" McCracken. |
| SR 130 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Travis D. Shelton of Lubbock. |
| SR 131 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Ralph Brock of Lubbock. |
| 77th Regular Session | |
| SB 3 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to establishing procedures for the preservation of evidence containing DNA and postconviction DNA testing. |
| SB 9 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the powers, duties, and board of managers of the Reagan Hospital District of Reagan County, Texas. |
| SB 129 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the appointment of justices of the supreme court and judges of the court of criminal appeals. |
| SB 174 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of tangible personal property held at certain locations only temporarily for assembling, manufacturing, processing, or other commercial purposes. |
| SB 202 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the liability for performing certain services under interlocal contracts. |
| SB 203 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to the summoning of potential grand jurors. |
| SB 204 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the separation of sequestered jurors in a criminal case under certain circumstances. |
| SB 394 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to repealing the statutes governing the decennial reapportionment of the judicial districts by the Judicial Districts Board. |
| SB 395 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the requirement that the Texas Judicial Council conduct a statewide jury service study and report the results of the study to the legislature. |
| SB 396 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to authorizing a municipality to transfer real property to a nonprofit organization to use for public purposes. |
| SB 397 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the assignment of certain retired or former judges as visiting judges. |
| SB 398 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to a grant program to provide surplus agricultural products to organizations that serve needy or low-income individuals. |
| SB 399 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to the operation of a vehicle with a child in an open bed of the vehicle or in the open bed of a trailer being towed by the vehicle. |
| SB 400 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the Texas Diabetes Council. |
| SB 410 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to state agency information resources management. |
| SB 449 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the creation and administration of the research university fund and to eliminating the transfers to the higher education fund. |
| SB 450 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to the computation of average daily attendance in certain school districts that experience a decline in attendance. |
| SB 451 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the composition of the permanent school fund, the available school fund, and the education excellence supplemental fund and to transfers from the permanent school fund to the available school fund and the education excellence supplemental fund. |
| SB 458 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to student intercollegiate athletic fees at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. |
| SB 459 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to reestablishment of service credit in a public retirement system participating in the proportionate retirement program. |
| SB 460 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the inclusion of certain contractual obligations in the debt of a school district for property tax purposes. |
| SB 461 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to requirements applicable to renovation of public school facilities financed with state assistance. |
| SB 462 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to certain fees for students attending institutions in the Texas Tech University System. |
| SB 480 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the use of development corporations to improve local telecommunications infrastructure. |
| SB 481 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to electronic filing of reports with state agencies. |
| SB 482 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to accounting procedures for structural components of certain state buildings. |
| SB 483 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to allowing certain retired sheriffs to carry a handgun. |
| SB 484 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the review of plans and specifications and the inspection of buildings or facilities for the purpose of eliminating architectural barriers encountered by persons with disabilities. |
| SB 491 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to strategic plans performed by state agencies. |
| SB 492 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to load and weight limits on certain bridges. |
| SB 512 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the investment and management of the permanent school fund. |
| SB 553 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of a task force to review the methods and procedures used to evaluate a criminal defendant's competency to stand trial and use of the insanity defense. |
| SB 556 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to prices of prescription drugs provided to certain Medicare recipients by certain pharmacies participating in the Medicaid vendor drug program. |
| SB 581 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to responsibility for costs related to certain mental health proceedings. |
| SB 582 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the discovery of certain information in criminal cases and the manner in which defendants receive that information. |
| SB 583 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to liens for certain services provided by physicians. |
| SB 587 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to the analysis of, and certain measures that address, the staffing needs of state agencies. |
| SB 596 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to prekindergarten programs for public school students. |
| SB 623 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to damages for liability actions in residential construction. |
| SB 624 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain waivers by employers and employees under the workers' compensation system. |
| SB 625 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to the electronic storage of records by the court of criminal appeals. |
| SB 626 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to liens on certain property related to certain criminal offenses and the effect of forfeiture of that property; providing penalties. |
| SB 640 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to electronic filing of certain tax reports and payments. |
| SB 641 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the acquisition of goods and services by institutions of higher education. |
| SB 642 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the General Services Commission's facilities leasing program. |
| SB 716 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to programs to promote agriculture and economic development in rural areas of this state. |
| SB 717 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the boll weevil eradication program. |
| SB 718 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to membership of the board of directors of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority. |
| SB 734 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to a report by the Legislative Budget Board on the performance of the state's major investment funds. |
| SB 735 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to immunity from civil liability of certain persons serving in school district after school programs or as agents of the commissioner of education. |
| SB 736 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to the operation of the self-directed semi-independent agency pilot project; making an appropriation. |
| SB 779 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to the creation of an agricultural lien. |
| SB 798 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the listing of state agency employment openings. |
| SB 799 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to requiring state agencies to perform exit interviews with employees. |
| SB 801 |
Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to the liability of certain state-operated treatment facilities and mental health facilities. |
| SB 827 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to certain anticipation notes for rural economic development. |
| SB 851 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to changing the name of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission to the Texas Department of Workers' Compensation and to the powers and duties of the governing authority of that department. |
| SB 982 |
Last Action: Referred to Pensions and Investments Caption: Relating to establishing uniform minimum ethics requirements for persons involved in the management or investment of state funds. |
| SB 983 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the authority, and to liability in connection with the authority, of the boards of trustees of certain state retirement systems to contract with professional investment managers. |
| SB 984 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to allowing certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to work as substitute teachers. |
| SB 985 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to authorizing the governing body of a municipality to enter into a tax abatement agreement with the owner of a leasehold interest in real property that is located in a reinvestment zone. |
| SB 986 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to allowing certain tax abatement agreements to provide for the recapture of lost ad valorem tax revenue if a property owner fails to comply with tax abatement agreement requirements regarding job creation or property value or other agreement requirements. |
| SB 987 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the attorney general's authority to enforce the prohibition on the waiver of insurance deductibles. |
| SB 988 |
Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to commissions on certain negotiated bond sales. |
| SB 1032 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to state fiscal matters, including electronic records and signatures used or accepted by the comptroller, rulemaking about the rollback tax rate limit, the intellectual property of the comptroller, the collection of delinquent taxes and debts to the state, state property accounting, advisory committees, determining the fiscal year to charge for certain state expenditures, financial reporting by state agencies, administration of the energy management center, longevity pay, hazardous duty pay, temporary reassignments of state employees, automatic payment of interest to vendors, the applicability and collection of 9-1-1 fees and surcharges, the payment of credit interest on local revenue funds, the deadline for governmental entities to claim refund of the state hotel occupancy tax, and reports about the franchise tax credit for after school care. |
| SB 1043 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to creating a committee to appoint a poet laureate, a state musician, and state artists. |
| SB 1457 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Relating to the establishment, duties, and operation of a program management office to facilitate the development of, access to, and utilization of electronic information related to government services, programs, and functions of state agencies and political subdivisions. |
| SB 1458 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the management of state agency and local government electronic projects, equipment, and contracts, to the purchase and use of certain advanced technological equipment, and to the use of outside personnel by the comptroller of public accounts. |
| SB 1475 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to the abolition of the Children's Trust Fund of Texas Council and to the transfer of its powers and duties to the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services. |
| SB 1476 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to medical and income benefits, return to work coordination, and regulation of doctors and insurance carriers under the workers' compensation system. |
| SB 1483 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to certain services provided through telemedicine. |
| SB 1539 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority. |
| SB 1540 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the regulation of recycling facilities. |
| SB 1541 |
Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to the permanent management of low-level radioactive waste. |
| SB 1545 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the investment of the assets of certain funds of certain institutions of higher education. |
| SB 1546 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the establishment of a diabetes research center at the Texas Tech University campus in El Paso. |
| SB 1547 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/01 Caption: Relating to the establishment of an investment advisory board by the comptroller of public accounts. |
| SB 1548 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the creation of a program to provide low-interest home mortgage loans to certain teachers. |
| SB 1555 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to certain civil actions for injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual and certain related liability insurance coverage. |
| SB 1564 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the funding of emergency medical services by municipalities with a population of 5,000 or more in counties with a population of less than 60,000. |
| SB 1565 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the management, conservation, and use of groundwater. |
| SB 1787 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the composition of the 83rd Judicial District and to the election of the district attorney for that district. |
| SB 1838 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to certain long-term care facilities. |
| SCR 64 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending George Christian for his achievements in government relations. |
| SJR 3 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for gubernatorial appointment for the offices of justices of the supreme court and judges of the court of criminal appeals. |
| SJR 6 |
Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property held at certain locations only temporarily for assembling, manufacturing, processing, or other commercial purposes. |
| SJR 15 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the constitutional requirement for decennial reapportionment of the judicial districts and to abolish the Judicial Districts Board. |
| SJR 17 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to making distributions from the permanent school fund to the available school fund and creating the education excellence supplemental fund. |
| SJR 20 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the authority to invest and manage the permanent school fund. |
| SJR 23 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the commissioners court of a county to call an election to abolish the office of constable in the county. |
| SJR 24 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the Commissioners Court of Lubbock County to call an election to abolish the office of constable in the county. |
| SJR 44 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing an appropriation of a portion of the annual distribution to the available university fund from the permanent university fund to support and maintain certain institutions in The University of Texas System. |
| SJR 45 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the allocation of the constitutional appropriation to certain institutions of higher education not entitled to participate in funding from the available university fund. |
| SR 82 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing January 24, 2001, as Lubbock Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 134 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Proclaiming McCamey, Texas, Wind Energy Capital of Texas. |
| SR 158 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Wayne Wyatt. |
| SR 390 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Everett Blackburn of Big Spring. |
| SR 391 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of G. C. Broughton of Big Spring. |
| SR 474 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating David J. Schmidly, Ph.D., of Lubbock. |
| SR 559 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Mary Carolyn Randle of Big Spring. |
| SR 589 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Breedlove Dehydrated Foods, Rotary International, and the South Plains Food Bank for their HungerPlus program. |
| SR 627 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Amit Bushan on being chosen as a recipient of this year's Prudential Spirit of Community Award. |
| SR 729 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 10, 2001, as Big Spring Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 755 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Anita Bass of Lubbock. |
| SR 773 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the City of Odessa. |
| SR 877 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Robert Wayne Ethridge of Coahoma. |
| SR 1191 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Clint and Margaret Clark Formby of Hereford. |
| SR 1211 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating John Hester Walker of Big Spring. |
| 76th Regular Session | |
| SB 9 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for corporations that provide financing for certain before and after school programs. |
| SB 59 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to the appointment and nonpartisan retention or rejection of appellate justices and judges and to elimination of a straight-party vote in connection with district judges. |
| SB 104 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to keeping school campuses open after school hours for recreational purposes, latchkey programs, and tutoring. |
| SB 211 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the notice of a decision in an administrative hearing before a state agency. |
| SB 212 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to entrance examinations for beginning positions in the police departments of certain municipalities. |
| SB 213 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to an exception for certain officers from the registration requirements of The Property Taxation Professional Certification Act. |
| SB 214 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the effect of certain regulations adopted by a joint airport zoning board. |
| SB 215 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the liability of certain health care providers. |
| SB 216 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the selection of a person as a grand juror or the service by a person as a grand juror. |
| SB 217 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain persons from grand jury service. |
| SB 218 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to sources of names for a jury wheel. |
| SB 263 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the assignment of certain retired or former judges as visiting judges. |
| SB 264 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the probationary period for certain police officers under the municipal civil service law. |
| SB 265 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the temporary assignment of a district court judge to a court of appeals. |
| SB 269 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the abolishment of certain taxes imposed by and the dissolution of certain economic development corporations. |
| SB 270 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the protection of playa lakes by certain home-rule municipalities. |
| SB 271 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to regulation of the Sam Wahl Recreation Area at Lake Alan Henry. |
| SB 382 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to requirements concerning the adoption of rules by state agencies and substantial compliance with rulemaking requirements. |
| SB 383 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to access to criminal history record information by a political subdivision for certain background checks. |
| SB 384 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from calendar Caption: Relating to liens for certain services provided by physicians. |
| SB 407 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to fees charged by a physician for providing a patient with a copy of the patient's medical records. |
| SB 408 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the fee for registration of certain vehicles used for charitable purposes. |
| SB 409 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the separation of sequestered jurors in a criminal case under certain circumstances. |
| SB 410 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to requiring a candidate for statewide judicial office to submit a petition with the candidate's application for a place on the ballot. |
| SB 411 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the offense of operating a vehicle with a child in an open bed of the vehicle or in the open bed of a trailer being towed by the vehicle. |
| SB 412 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the abolition of the Judicial Districts Board. |
| SB 448 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the boll weevil eradication program. |
| SB 483 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to procedures for retirement of the Texas flag. |
| SB 484 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to defining a local exchange access line and an equivalent local exchange access line for purposes of the imposition of 9-1-1 emergency services fees and the exclusion of certain telephone lines used to provide Internet access. |
| SB 507 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the requirements for competitive bidding and proposal procedures in certain municipalities. |
| SB 561 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Infrastructure by Chair Caption: Relating to the payment of amounts owing due to the use of certain state-issued credit cards. |
| SB 562 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to student center fees charged at Texas Tech University. |
| SB 563 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the exemption of personal property from ad valorem taxation. |
| SB 564 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of barbers and cosmetologists under the Texas Board of Barber and Cosmetologist Examiners and the abolition of the State Board of Barber Examiners and the Texas Cosmetology Commission. |
| SB 598 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to actions regarding certain computer date failures. |
| SB 631 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the boll weevil eradication program. |
| SB 681 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the development of an intermodal transportation hub for economic development in certain municipalities. |
| SB 682 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the designations of the La Entrada al Pacifico Corridor and the Sergeant Joe Parks, Jr. Memorial Parkway. |
| SB 697 |
Last Action: Referred to Civil Practices Caption: Relating to credits for settlements in certain civil actions. |
| SB 756 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the Texas Teaching Fellows Commission. |
| SB 757 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. |
| SB 758 |
Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to student union fees at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. |
| SB 759 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the assessment of certification examination performances in educator preparation programs. |
| SB 760 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to magistrates in Lubbock County. |
| SB 761 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to member contributions to the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two. |
| SB 762 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to limitations on the amount of funds placed in linked deposits. |
| SB 763 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the allocation of federal funds for certain economic development activities. |
| SB 764 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the definition of the practice of law. |
| SB 836 |
Last Action: House passage as amended reported Caption: Relating to certain buses used to transport students to school-related activities. |
| SB 950 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99 Caption: Relating to submetered and nonsubmetered water utility service provided to residents of apartment houses and manufactured home rental communities. |
| SB 951 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the display of the Flag of the State of Texas at the capitol building. |
| SB 1013 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to increasing the flexibility in the types of projects which housing finance corporations may finance. |
| SB 1088 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Tech University System. |
| SB 1089 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the investment of debt service funds by school districts, junior college districts, and community college districts. |
| SB 1090 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the treatment of certain contracts for purposes of determining the rollback tax rate of a taxing unit. |
| SB 1091 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the issuance and sale of bonds and time warrants by school districts and the issuance of obligations and execution of credit agreements by certain school districts and junior college districts. |
| SB 1161 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to standards and specifications applicable to certain buildings subject to requirements relating to architectural barriers. |
| SB 1371 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the criminal penalties for violating certain vehicle weight limitations. |
| SB 1426 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the board of directors of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority. |
| SB 1427 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the powers of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority, including the power of eminent domain, the imposition of taxes, and the issuance of bonds. |
| SB 1428 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the legal description of land in the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority. |
| SB 1429 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99 Caption: Relating to the amount paid for bounties for predatory animals. |
| SB 1430 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to the administration of certain loan programs by the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and to the promotion of the development of agriculture-related rural businesses. |
| SB 1431 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Higher Ed. by President Caption: Relating to the initiation of or the affiliation with certain entities by a university system, a general academic teaching institution, or a medical and dental unit. |
| SB 1432 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Texas. |
| SB 1433 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the assessment of certain penalties and interest by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. |
| SB 1434 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the retention or refund of certain money collected or received by a state agency. |
| SB 1435 |
Last Action: Effective on 1/1/00 Caption: Relating to appraisal of heavy equipment for ad valorem tax purposes. |
| SB 1436 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to the authority of a judge to conduct certain judicial proceedings in a county other than the one in which the suit is filed. |
| SB 1437 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the district attorney of the 64th Judicial District. |
| SB 1438 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to a pilot project transferring certain professional and occupational licensing boards to self-directed semi-independent status; making an appropriation. |
| SB 1489 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to public funding for school districts that experience a decline in district property values. |
| SB 1490 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property held only temporarily for assembling, manufacturing, processing, or other commercial purposes. |
| SB 1491 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to amounts required to be deposited in the state treasury. |
| SB 1492 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Higher Ed. by President Caption: Relating to a student transportation fee at Texas Tech University. |
| SB 1493 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the creation and administration of the research university fund. |
| SB 1494 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to requirements applicable to renovation of public school facilities financed with state assistance. |
| SB 1495 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the construction and rehabilitation of bridges. |
| SB 1496 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to load and weight limits on certain bridges and culverts. |
| SB 1497 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to state fiscal matters, including the printing and cancellation of certain warrants, consulting services, payroll deductions for savings bond purchases, advance payments, the collection of debts to the state, the collection of delinquent taxes, and the methods used by state agencies to make and receive payments. |
| SB 1797 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/99 Caption: Relating to services of a gas utility provided to a school district. |
| SB 1878 |
Last Action: Meeting cancelled Caption: Relating to the allocation of certain constitutional funds to certain institutions of higher education. |
| SCR 16 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Designating Lubbock and West Texas as the "Music Crossroads of Texas." |
| SCR 32 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing James Calvin Pigg for his outstanding contributions to the betterment of Texas agriculture. |
| SCR 36 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: In memory of "Big" Ed Wilkes of Lubbock. |
| SCR 37 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Creating a special committee to designate two Poets Laureate for the State of Texas to serve a term of one year. |
| SCR 82 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Sara Anne English, Margaret Nell Flynn, Sarah N. Johnson, Talitha Denita Beeman, Astyn Lee Qubty, and Heather Nicole Bauman. |
| SJR 9 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment abolishing the court of criminal appeals and establishing one supreme court with civil and criminal jurisdiction and revising the manner in which appellate justices are selected, using a combination of appointment, partisan elections, and nonpartisan retention elections. |
| SJR 20 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the Judicial Districts Board. |
| SJR 39 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation certain tangible personal property held temporarily for assembling, manufacturing, processing, or other commercial purposes. |
| SR 49 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Leadership Lubbock program and their presence in the State Capitol on January 26, 1999. |
| SR 169 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 13, 1999, as Lubbock Heart Day. |
| SR 217 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Christopher Mitchell of Lamesa. |
| SR 249 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending KLLL Radio Station in Lubbock. |
| SR 296 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 2, 1999, as Cotton Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 335 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of former Texas First Lady Ima Mae Smith of Lubbock. |
| SR 426 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the citizens of Ward County on the occasion of their visit to the State Capitol on March 17, 1999. |
| SR 557 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming students from O. L. Slaton magnet junior high school in Lubbock to the State Capitol. |
| SR 563 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating R. C. Taylor Wholesale, Incorporated, in Lubbock. |
| SR 564 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating J. W. Hamby of Plainview. |
| SR 597 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Lubbock Christian High School girls basketball team. |
| SR 598 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Trinity Christian School in Lubbock boys basketball team. |
| SR 599 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 12, 1999, as Big Lake/Reagan County Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 669 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Carolyn Goebel and the Staked Plains Council of the Texas Council for Social Studies. |
| SR 670 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 19, 1999, as Big Spring Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 706 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Mark and Jane Knox of Midland. |
| SR 751 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 27, 1999, as Texas Corn Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 856 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Junior League of Odessa, Incorporated. |
| SR 1156 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Bree Stephens, Jared Volger, and Ty Barton, all of Dawson County. |
| SR 1190 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. 1438. |
| SR 1191 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3211. |
| 75th Regular Session | |
| SB 429 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the liability of third parties for an injury to an employee. |
| SB 451 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to municipal perpetual trust funds for cemeteries. |
| SB 452 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 Caption: Relating to the eligibility requirements for the chief administrative law judge of the State Office of Administrative Hearing. |
| SB 453 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the appeal of certain interlocutory orders. |
| SB 454 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the definition of a record for records management and archival purposes. |
| SB 455 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 Caption: Relating to liability insurance coverage for a charitable organization. |
| SB 456 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to sources of names for a jury wheel. |
| SB 457 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the representation of a person before an executive state agency by a member of the legislature. |
| SB 469 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to the inactive status of the Texas Soybean Producers Board. |
| SB 530 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to indemnity provisions in certain agreements for services relating to real property. |
| SB 580 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to application of the professional prosecutors law to the county attorney of Crosby County. |
| SB 590 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the adoption or increase of local sales and use taxes by a municipality or county in which previous elections adopting the taxes are invalid. |
| SB 621 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to the appointment, election, and retention or rejection of appellate justices and judges and to elimination of a straight-party vote in connection with appellate and district justices and judges. |
| SB 630 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to requiring the state to reimburse counties for the costs of confining certain state inmates. |
| SB 717 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to keeping school campuses open after school hours for recreational purposes and tutoring. |
| SB 718 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the control of harmful excess surface water in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain home-rule municipalities. |
| SB 719 |
Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to the regulation of barbers and cosmetologists under the Texas Board of Barber and Cosmetologist Examiners and the abolition of the State Board of Barber Examiners and the Texas Cosmetology Commission. |
| SB 720 |
Last Action: Point of order sustained Caption: Relating to the exception for certain officers from the registration requirements of The Property Taxation Professional Certification Act. |
| SB 721 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the issuance of certificates of obligation for the payment of a municipality's contractual interests in certain utilities. |
| SB 836 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to medical examinations required for an employee who may be entitled to workers' compensation benefits. |
| SB 837 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to discrimination against an employee based on a claim for workers' compensation benefits and to remedies in an action alleging that discrimination. |
| SB 838 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to authorizing the adoption of rules by the supreme court for the coordination or consolidation of pretrial proceedings in certain litigation. |
| SB 1038 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of the board of regents of Texas Tech University to issue certain bonds and notes on behalf of Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. |
| SB 1105 |
Last Action: Point of order sustained Caption: Relating to the liability of certain volunteer health care providers. |
| SB 1106 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to actions for the amount of deductible under personal automobile insurance policies. |
| SB 1107 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 Caption: Relating to the provision of financial assistance to survivors of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and others. |
| SB 1108 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the effect of certain regulations adopted by a joint airport zoning board. |
| SB 1109 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the liability of a governmental unit for the removal or destruction of traffic and road control devices. |
| SB 1110 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the award of attorney's fees under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act. |
| SB 1111 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 Caption: Relating to the investment authority of certain insurers. |
| SB 1172 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to the offense of barratry. |
| SB 1173 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to holding at the same time more than one office of municipal judge filled by appointment. |
| SB 1618 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to Public Fund Collateral. |
| SB 1619 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the disposition of unclaimed funds by nonprofit cooperative corporations. |
| SB 1620 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to creating an excess benefit arrangement for certain annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
| SB 1621 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the disposition of the City of Lubbock's auditorium-coliseum complex located on real property conveyed to the municipality by Texas Tech University. |
| SB 1622 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority and the eligibility of such type of authority to participate in the Texas County and District Retirement System. |
| SB 1623 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the power of the Lubbock County Hospital District to provide facilities and hospital-related equipment, supplies, and services to Lubbock County for the use of the medical examiner's office. |
| SB 1624 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the use and management of the state employee sick leave pool. |
| SB 1625 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the board of directors of the Life, Accident, Health, and Hospital Service Insurance Guaranty Association. |
| SB 1626 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to certain offenses involving insurance fraud; providing penalties. |
| SB 1627 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the provision of certain comparison data for public school districts. |
| SB 1628 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to punishment for certain assaults committed on school employees. |
| SB 1629 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to offenses under the Penal Code commonly associated with criminal street gang activity, to law enforcement provisions for investigating those offenses, and to other substantive changes and technical corrections in the Penal Code. |
| SB 1630 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to motor vehicle registrations. |
| SB 1631 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 Caption: Relating to the issuance of permits for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles. |
| SB 1632 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the regulation of vehicle storage facilities. |
| SB 1633 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the members of the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. |
| SB 1634 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the application of the open meetings law to judges performing management functions in connection with a community supervision and corrections department. |
| SB 1635 |
Last Action: Meeting cancelled Caption: Relating to increasing the efficiency of the utilization of the state ceiling for qualified mortgage bonds. |
| SB 1636 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the requirements for state agency orders adopting rules and substantial compliance with those requirements. |
| SB 1637 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to operation of municipal drainage, utility systems, and the method of establishing drainage charges for such systems. |
| SB 1638 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the conversion of El Paso County Water Authority to a municipal utility district. |
| SB 1639 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to a lien for the processing or harvesting of cotton. |
| SB 1813 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the creation of a system of independent review for adverse medical determinations concerning insurance coverage. |
| SB 1814 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to modifications of the official cotton growers' boll weevil eradication program. |
| SB 1871 |
Last Action: Referred to Revenue & Public Ed. Funding Caption: Relating to adjustments in the investment capital fund. |
| SCR 62 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating April 1, 1997, as Lubbock Day at the State Capitol. |
| SJR 25 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for gubernatorial appointments to fill vacancies in the offices of appellate justices and judges, for a partisan election followed by retention elections on a nonpartisan ballot for those justices and judges, and for the appointment of district judges in accordance with certain standards. |
| SJR 36 |
Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow a person who holds the office of municipal court judge to hold more than one civil office of emolument at the same time. |
| SR 50 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Leadership Lubbock. |
| SR 216 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jacque Ione Foster McClure of Sterling City. |
| SR 312 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Clem B. Boverie of Lubbock. |
| SR 478 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Wayne Merwyn Igo of Plainview. |
| SR 491 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 14-19, 1997, as Texas Energy Independence Week. |
| SR 626 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Lubbock Christian High School Band. |
| SR 652 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jabe Brazzle, Jr. |
| SR 728 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Marion Benson Blake of Lubbock. |
| SR 729 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 28, 1997, as Elmer Delton Day. |
| SR 856 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Charles D. "Chuck" Sudduth of Lubbock. |
| SR 928 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 768. |
| 74th Regular Session | |
| HB 6 |
Last Action: Corrected committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to venue for certain civil actions. |
| HB 354 |
Last Action: Placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to insurance for a charitable organization. |
| HB 596 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to exempting sales by university and college student organizations from the state sales tax. |
| HB 719 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the representation of a person before an executive state agency by a member of the legislature. |
| HB 810 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the appointment of appellate justices and judges and to retention elections for those justices and judges. |
| HB 811 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the nonpartisan election of district judges, to the retention or rejection of district judges, and to the creation of certain judicial districts. |
| HB 812 |
Last Action: Point of order sustained Caption: Relating to procedures before administrative agencies. |
| HB 813 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to sources of names for a jury wheel. |
| HB 873 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to the regulation of premium finance companies. |
| HB 886 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to curfews and to the arrest, custody, and detention of a child alleged to have violated a curfew; providing penalties. |
| HB 926 |
Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation of political contributions and expenditures in connection with certain judicial candidates and officeholders and to the disclosure by a judge of certain special relationships with attorneys; providing criminal penalties. |
| HB 953 |
Last Action: Coauthor Authorized Caption: Relating to state aid for counties that provide secure residential care facilities for certain delinquent children. |
| HB 954 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to recovery from certain insureds of payments made by the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association. |
| HB 1206 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to certain limitations on a contract or agreement regarding individual policies of insurance. |
| HB 1223 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of barbers and cosmetologists under the Texas Board of Barber and Cosmetologist Examiners and the abolition of the State Board of Barber Examiners and the Texas Cosmetology Commission. |
| HB 1280 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to certain acts of unfair discrimination in the business of insurance. |
| HB 1281 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to the operation of cable television systems by general-law municipalities. |
| HB 1423 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance. |
| HB 1424 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to certain reports filed by insurers with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. |
| HB 1510 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to the fee for the university center at Texas Tech University. |
| HB 1511 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to maximum liability under underinsured motorist insurance coverage and resulting rate reductions. |
| HB 1572 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the civil and criminal consequences of an offense involving driving, boating, or flying while intoxicated. |
| HB 1820 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of electric cooperative corporations. |
| HB 1984 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to residency requirements for municipal employees. |
| HB 1985 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the collection of insurance data. |
| HB 1986 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to employment of resident physicians and students by institutions of higher education. |
| HB 1987 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to surplus lines insurance. |
| HB 1988 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to the insurance rates and policy forms for certain lines of insurance and to certain administrative hearings conducted regarding those rates. |
| HB 2290 |
Last Action: Referred to Civil Practices Caption: Relating to venue for actions brought under the Tort Claims Act. |
| HB 2291 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to requiring notice for certain temporary restraining orders. |
| HB 2292 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to rulemaking by a state agency when one-half or more of the number of positions on the agency's governing body are either unfilled or have been filled by persons who are still awaiting senate confirmation. |
| HB 2448 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to information from and policies of certain state agencies and the analysis of some of the information and policies. |
| HB 2449 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to the distribution of state agency binding encumbrance reports and state agency reports about utility audits. |
| HB 2450 |
Last Action: Referred to Civil Practices Caption: Relating to the transfer of multicounty civil suits. |
| HB 2915 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: To amend Article 3.42, Texas Insurance Code, relating to approval and use of life, health and accident insurance policy forms. |
| HB 2916 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens. |
| HB 2917 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens in certain civil actions. |
| HCR 195 |
Last Action: Referred to Rules & Resolutions Caption: Honoring Major General William Edgar Murphy and naming the Texas Army National Guard/Reserve Center in Lubbock the William Edgar Murphy Guard/Reserve Center. |
| HJR 60 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the appointment of appellate justices and judges by the governor with retention elections on a nonpartisan ballot of those justices and judges and for the alteration of the terms of certain judicial offices. |
| HJR 61 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the nonpartisan election and retention or rejection of district judges, for the election of certain district judges from commissioners court precincts, and for the alteration of the terms of certain judicial offices. |
| HJR 103 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for Permanent University Fund income and other benefits to certain institutions of The University of Texas System and The Texas A&M University System. |
| HR 153 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Byron B. "Buck" White. |
| HR 181 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Clem B. Boverie on his 90th birthday. |
| HR 365 |
Last Action: Referred to Rules & Resolutions Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules governing consideration of bills providing for a tuition exemption. |
| HR 550 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming a delegation of students from O. L. Slaton Junior High School to the State Capitol. |
| HR 556 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the Center for Public Service at Texas Tech University for its Military Base Conversion and Community Assistance Program. |
| HR 983 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 19, 1995, as OS/2 Warp Day at the State Capitol. |
| HR 1099 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Texas Tech University Red Raiders on their outstanding athletic accomplishments during the 1994-95 academic year. |
| 73rd Regular Session | |
| HB 741 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to venue for certain actions. |
| HB 958 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to the issuance of insurance through eligible surplus lines insurers. |
| HB 1218 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to a clarification of a commercial landlord's remedies for nonpayment of rent. |
| HB 1300 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to certain technical and clarifying corrections to the Property Code. |
| HB 1394 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to the appointment of appellate justices and judges and certain district judges and to the election on confirmation of those justices and judges. |
| HB 1395 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93 Caption: Relating to residential construction liability. |
| HB 1841 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to economic development corporations; providing that agencies of the federal government may be deemed "users" under the terms of this act; providing for elections to be held on either specific or general purpose propositions; and providing for an election for the dissolution of such corporations. |
| HB 1991 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the connection of residential or other private water systems to public water supplies in such a manner as to prevent backflow into the public water supply system; and providing a penalty. |
| HB 1992 |
Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to state aid for counties that provide secure residential care facilities for certain delinquent children. |
| HB 2248 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the composition of the Fire Ant Advisory Board. |
| HB 2249 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93 Caption: Relating to the emphasis of water conservation in certain advanced research and technology programs at institutions of higher education. |
| HB 2250 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to unfunded mandates imposed on school districts. |
| HB 2251 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to reallocating the constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education. |
| HB 2252 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to deleting the requirement that a driving safety course must be taken as a condition of deferred adjudication for Class C traffic offenses and adding the restriction that deferred adjudication may be given by a court to an individual only one time per year. |
| HB 2253 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Amending certain provisions relating to minimum standards of uniform practice and procedure for state agencies contained in the Administrative Procedure and Texas Register Act. |
| HB 2507 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to the assignment of health care benefit payments and waiver of deductibles and coinsurance. |
| HCR 10 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending the City of Lubbock for its initiative in presenting a competitive application to encourage the Department of Defense to locate a Finance and Accounting Services facility in the State of Texas. |
| HJR 45 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing a school district an exemption from the obligation to comply with an unfunded state educational mandate. |
| HJR 69 |
Last Action: Governor submitted as emergency Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education. |
| HJR 70 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the appointment of appellate justices and judges and certain district judges by the governor and to confirmation elections on a nonpartisan ballot of those justices and judges. |
| HJR 104 |
Last Action: Governor submitted as emergency Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reallocate certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education. |
| HMM 24 |
Last Action: Adopted Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Gary Tidwell. |
| HR 205 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Clyde R. "Bob" Stephens. |
| HR 492 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Gary Tidwell. |
| HR 564 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the organizers and sponsors of Lubbock's Safety City. |