Legislation authored by Borris Miles
Includes legislation with Borris Miles as the primary author for the 80th through 87th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System. Author information is not available for the 87th Legislature.
87th Regular Session | |
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SB 65 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty prescribed for certain acts of official oppression. |
SB 66 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the retention of and the required disclosure under the public information law of certain complaints alleging official oppression. |
SB 67 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to municipal civilian complaint review boards in certain municipalities. |
SB 68 |
Last Action: House passage as amended reported Caption: Relating to a duty for peace officers to intervene and make a report when a peace officer uses excessive force. |
SB 69 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the use of force by peace officers. |
SB 70 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to use of force reporting by peace officers. |
SB 71 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to law enforcement policies regarding the use of force by peace officers. |
SB 72 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt a policy regarding the discharge of a firearm by a peace officer at or in the direction of a moving vehicle. |
SB 73 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to providing access to local public health entities and certain health service regional offices under Medicaid. |
SB 74 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the contract terms of certain grants awarded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. |
SB 75 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the office of minority statistics and engagement in the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
SB 76 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to a limit on cost-sharing requirements imposed by a health benefit plan for certain prescription insulin. |
SB 77 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race. |
SB 78 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours. |
SB 79 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a report by a school authority of a communicable disease during a declared state of disaster. |
SB 80 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability. |
SB 81 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to making certain false alarms or reports because of bias or prejudice; increasing a criminal penalty. |
SB 82 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to job interview restrictions for releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
SB 83 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the timely processing of certain requests relating to the employment of a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision. |
SB 84 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to lethal violence protective orders; creating criminal offenses. |
SB 85 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the age of a child at which a juvenile court may exercise jurisdiction over the child and to the minimum age of criminal responsibility. |
SB 86 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to reporting requirements for bank loans made to African American-owned businesses. |
SB 87 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the consideration of the cumulative effects of air contaminant emissions in the emissions permitting process. |
SB 172 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to electronic voter registration. |
SB 173 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation of the African American Family Commission. |
SB 174 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the inclusion of American principles, including social injustice and civil rights concepts, in the public school curriculum and instructional materials and in training materials and resources for use by school districts. |
SB 175 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the issuance of a warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer. |
SB 349 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to including certain demographic information in federal incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning offenses committed in this state. |
SB 350 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to liability of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for certain claims. |
SB 351 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for certain offenses involving family violence. |
SB 352 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the suspension of the license of a dishonorably discharged law enforcement officer. |
SB 353 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to allowing justice and municipal courts to access the financial responsibility verification program. |
SB 354 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to access to postsecondary courses or programs for inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
SB 355 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the right-of-way of a public road. |
SB 356 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the facilities that may be financed by a public facilities corporation. |
SB 357 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the financing of certain grocery stores by a public facilities corporation. |
SB 358 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert. |
SB 359 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to provision of a verified accounting for actions involving foreclosure of a lien on residential real property or recovery on a consumer credit account. |
SB 360 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the release of a deed of trust or other contract lien securing a home loan after direct payoff by mortgagor. |
SB 361 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the continuation of a limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes if the property is acquired by and qualifies as the homestead of an heir of the owner or the owner's spouse or surviving spouse. |
SB 362 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the satisfaction of a reverse mortgage loan after the death of the last surviving borrower. |
SB 363 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to prohibiting daily simple interest home loans. |
SB 364 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to affirmative defenses for a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality enforcement action for unauthorized emission or opacity events. |
SB 365 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to applications for permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain new or expanded facilities in certain low-income and minority communities. |
SB 366 |
Last Action: Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the minimum amount of an administrative penalty assessed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a violation of certain laws under the jurisdiction of, or rules adopted or orders or permits issued by, the commission. |
SB 367 |
Last Action: House passage as amended reported Caption: Relating to the requirements for an application for a permit to drill an oil or gas well at a site adjacent to a well blowout site. |
SB 368 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the issuance of air quality permits for concrete plants located in certain areas. |
SB 392 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the continuation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District. |
SB 393 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the consideration of certain student differentials based on sex under the public school accountability system. |
SB 416 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to clarification of the law regarding the regulation of historic or culturally significant structures by certain municipalities. |
SB 417 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to reports to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System on certain cases filed in justice and municipal courts. |
SB 418 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to disclosure to legislators of certain attorney grievance information. |
SB 419 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of county and justice courts in civil matters. |
SB 420 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the participation of the medical school at the University of Houston and the college of osteopathic medicine at Sam Houston State University in the Joint Admission Medical Program. |
SB 421 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the compensation and professional representation of student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain public and private institutions of higher education. |
SB 425 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the power of certain counties to enact certain park use rules. |
SB 426 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the return of certain ballots. |
SB 427 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to preliminary examination periods for mental health protective custody. |
SB 428 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the Healthy Texas Women program. |
SB 429 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the adoption and implementation of a surgical smoke evacuation system policy at certain health care facilities. |
SB 480 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the student union fee at the University of Houston. |
SB 500 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to creating the criminal offense of operating a boarding home facility without a permit and to a study regarding the regulation of group homes. |
SB 501 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to regulation of certain group homes and other residential facilities for children, elderly individuals, and individuals with disabilities; creating a criminal offense. |
SB 502 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to registration of certain establishments providing assisted living services. |
SB 503 |
Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to creating the criminal offense of failing to report abuse, neglect, or exploitation in boarding home facilities by certain persons. |
SB 504 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to authority of certain county fire marshals to inspect group homes; authorizing a fee; creating a criminal offense. |
SB 505 |
Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to the prohibited discharge of a patient to certain unlicensed or unpermitted group-centered facilities. |
SB 561 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to notice of and standing to protest certain alcoholic beverage permit and license applications. |
SB 577 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a study by Texas A&M University--Commerce regarding the cultural appropriateness of state-administered public school assessment instruments. |
SB 658 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the offense of failure to comply with an order from a fire marshal and the authority of certain county employees to issue citations for certain violations; changing a criminal penalty. |
SB 746 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to requiring the parent of a student enrolled in a school district to provide and update a parent's contact information. |
SB 747 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to law enforcement policies prohibiting a peace officer from using a chemical device against a minor. |
SB 748 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to requiring law enforcement agencies to make certain radio communications available to the public. |
SB 749 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the foreclosure of property owners' association assessment liens on certain boarding home facilities. |
SB 750 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to prohibiting the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises of certain sexually oriented businesses; creating a criminal offense; providing a criminal penalty. |
SB 751 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to notice to state legislators of alcoholic beverage permit and license applications. |
SB 752 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to standing to protest certain alcoholic beverage permit and license applications. |
SB 753 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to a limitation on the amount of a fee charged by a public institution of higher education for late payment of student housing costs. |
SB 754 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the amendment of a dedicatory instrument to remove a discriminatory provision. |
SB 755 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to protection of a client's money and property by an attorney representing the client; creating civil liability. |
SB 1251 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to authorizing certain joint graduate degree programs between The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. |
SB 1350 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the issuance of air quality permits for concrete plants located in certain areas. |
SB 1351 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the donation of food by public school campuses. |
SB 1352 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to ensure the independent organization certified for the ERCOT power region has adequate reserve power to prevent blackout conditions. |
SB 1353 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the content of certain immunization records and of certain biennial legislative reports on immunizations issued by the Department of State Health Services. |
SB 1354 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. |
SB 1396 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to end stage renal disease center response to natural and manmade disasters and other emergency conditions. |
SB 1460 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent indigent defendants. |
SB 1473 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to emergency services districts. |
SB 1624 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the governing body of the independent organization certified to manage the ERCOT power region. |
SB 1625 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to minimum standards for end stage renal disease facilities regarding treatment provided during certain disasters. |
SB 1626 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to law enforcement policies regarding the issuance of citations for misdemeanors punishable by fine only and to a limitation on the authority to arrest a person for certain fine-only misdemeanors. |
SB 1627 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the deadline to begin a county fire code inspection in certain counties. |
SB 1628 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the authority of the Health and Human Services Commission's office of the ombudsman to resolve complaints against the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
SB 1629 |
Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to failure to report assault, neglect, or omission of care in certain group homes; creating a criminal offense. |
SB 1630 |
Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to criminal history record information checks for applicants for employment and employees of group homes; creating a criminal offense. |
SB 1631 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the documentation of child abuse; creating a criminal offense. |
SB 1632 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information. |
SB 1633 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the eligibility requirements for a public elective office. |
SB 1634 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to requiring female representation on the boards of directors of certain publicly traded corporations; authorizing administrative penalties. |
SB 1635 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the feasibility of establishing a divinity program at Texas Southern University. |
SB 1636 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas African American Heritage Commission. |
SB 1637 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the delivery of a deed to a grantee and to the recording of a deed. |
SB 1638 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of justice courts. |
SB 1639 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to remedies for fraud and duress in the conveyance of real property. |
SB 1640 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to requiring witnesses to sign an instrument conveying real property interest. |
SB 1680 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital projects at certain public institutions of higher education. |
SB 1691 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to civil and criminal liability for doxing; creating an offense. |
SB 1692 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the provision of home dialysis care by a dialysis technician. |
SB 1868 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to prohibiting discrimination against living organ donors by certain insurers. |
SB 1869 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts. |
SB 1870 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the date on which an election for trustees of certain school districts must be held. |
SB 1871 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to penalties for violating certain county and municipal regulations regarding the operation of a boarding home facility; imposing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. |
SB 1872 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain past misdemeanors and felonies. |
SB 1874 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the duty of a county clerk to send a copy of a recorded deed to the grantor. |
SB 1875 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to a requirement for a deed to include a statement regarding certain fraudulent conveyances or recordings. |
SB 1876 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to emergency planning for the continued treatment and safety of end stage renal disease facility patients. |
SB 1893 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the release on bail of a person charged with a violation of parole or mandatory supervision. |
SB 1976 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the dissemination of information about historically underutilized businesses and the expansion of the small business development center network. |
SB 1977 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to voting while confined in jail. |
SB 1978 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the criminal offense of unlawfully prohibiting an employee from voting. |
SB 1979 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to reporting and disseminating information regarding public school disciplinary actions. |
SB 1980 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the creation of the office of independent oversight ombudsman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
SB 1981 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the carcinogenic risk level used in the development of certain environmental remediation benchmarks. |
SB 1982 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the regulation of referral agencies for senior living communities; providing a civil penalty. |
SB 1983 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to notifying an alleged perpetrator of child abuse or neglect of the person's right to record an investigative interview. |
SB 1988 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or leases. |
SB 1989 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the prosecution of and penalties for possession of one ounce or less of marihuana. |
SB 1990 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers of certain freight rail districts. |
SB 2002 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the state historically underutilized business program; creating a criminal offense. |
SB 2166 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 580; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
SB 2167 |
Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Senate Caption: Relating to the creation of the Northeast Houston Redevelopment District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments or fees. |
SCR 29 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Expressing commitment to eliminating racially offensive place names and urging the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to approve requests to change racially offensive names of geographic features. |
SJR 26 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for the continuation of a limitation on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes if the property is acquired by and qualifies as the homestead of an heir of the owner or the owner's spouse or surviving spouse. |
SJR 40 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit additional uses of certain dedicated general revenue transferred each fiscal year to the state highway fund. |
SJR 66 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude. |
SR 268 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing 100 Black Men of America for its history of service to African American youth. |
SR 447 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Tracy Senf for being honored as part of Curriculum Associates' Extraordinary Educators program. |
SR 456 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the 2021 Hobby Fellows from the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs. |
SR 458 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. |
SR 517 |
Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Keith Watson Wade. |
87th 1st Called Session | |
SB 47 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the criminal offense of unlawfully prohibiting an employee from voting. |
SB 48 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to voter registration application forms in high schools. |
SB 49 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the return of certain ballots. |
SB 71 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to temporary branch polling places. |
SR 15 |
Last Action: Received by the Secretary of the Senate Caption: Commemorating the first anniversary of the death of Congressman John Lewis. |
87th 2nd Called Session | |
SB 46 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to temporary branch polling places. |
SB 47 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to voter registration application forms in high schools. |
SB 48 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the return of certain ballots. |
SB 49 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the criminal offense of unlawfully prohibiting an employee from voting. |
SR 41 |
Last Action: Received by the Secretary of the Senate Caption: Commemorating the first anniversary of the death of U.S. Congressman John Lewis. |
87th 3rd Called Session | |
SR 83 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Manuel Valdes "Manny" Lafont Jr. |
86th Regular Session | |
SB 178 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to electronic voter registration. |
SB 179 |
Last Action: Referred to Water & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the establishment of a task force to conduct a comprehensive study on flood control infrastructure for Harris County. |
SB 180 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to applications for permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain new or expanded facilities in certain low-income and minority communities. |
SB 181 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the use of certain border security funding to secure Gulf of Mexico ports. |
SB 182 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the threat or pursuit of criminal charges against a consumer in association with certain extensions of consumer credit. |
SB 183 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the criminal offense of theft of service. |
SB 184 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for school supplies purchased by certain teachers for a limited period. |
SB 185 |
Last Action: Referred to Energy Resources Caption: Relating to disclosure requirements regarding certain oil or gas well accidents. |
SB 186 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the maximum permitted rate of interest, sum of fees, and other amounts due during a natural disaster declaration. |
SB 187 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to making certain false alarms or reports because of bias or prejudice; increasing a criminal penalty. |
SB 188 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the creation of the office of independent oversight ombudsman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
SB 189 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the Healthy Texas Women program. |
SB 191 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the amount and allocation of state traffic fine funds; temporarily increasing a criminal fine. |
SB 285 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to information, outreach, and other actions regarding hurricane preparedness and mitigation. |
SB 286 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the power of certain counties to enact certain park use rules. |
SB 287 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the availability of free prekindergarten programs in public schools. |
SB 288 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the authority of a county assistance district to impose a sales and use tax. |
SB 298 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the dissemination of information about historically underutilized businesses and the expansion of the small business development center network. |
SB 299 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours. |
SB 300 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to indefinite quantity contracts for the provision of certain services to declared disaster areas following a natural disaster. |
SB 301 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to limits on the size of prekindergarten classes in public schools. |
SB 302 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to a sales tax exemption for certain items sold during a limited period. |
SB 303 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to providing free access to telephone services for persons confined in county jail pending trial. |
SB 304 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to reporting and disseminating information regarding public school disciplinary actions. |
SB 359 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to straight-party voting. |
SB 390 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the creation of the Northeast Houston Redevelopment District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments or fees. |
SB 391 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the procedures for challenging the registration of a voter on the ground of residence. |
SB 392 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to discretionary disciplinary action by public school districts regarding nonviolent offenses and the adjudication of a child who engages in conduct that constitutes a nonviolent offense on school property. |
SB 417 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to concrete batching and concrete crushing facilities. |
SB 418 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability. |
SB 419 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the inclusion of American principles, including social injustice and civil rights concepts, in the public school curriculum and instructional materials and in training materials and resources for use by school districts. |
SB 507 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to authorizing a wellness and success center fee at the University of Houston-Downtown. |
SB 508 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the development of a statewide online education and career advising tool and the establishment of a grant program to reimburse private employers for paid internships provided to certain public school students in career and technology education programs. |
SB 509 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts. |
SB 559 |
Last Action: House passage as amended reported Caption: Relating to patient records regarding maternal death. |
SB 573 |
Last Action: Referred to Water & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the definition of "affected person" for purposes of a contested case hearing held by or for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding certain environmental permit applications. |
SB 574 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that establish a grocery store or healthy corner store in a food desert. |
SB 835 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the authority of pharmacists to furnish certain medications. |
SB 836 |
Last Action: Referred to Property Tax Caption: Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of a housing unit that the owner or a predecessor of the owner acquired from a community land trust. |
SB 1196 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to automatic employee participation in and administration of a deferred compensation plan provided by certain hospital districts. |
SB 1197 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to requiring female representation on the boards of directors of certain publicly traded corporations; authorizing administrative penalties. |
SB 1198 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas Southern University; authorizing the continued imposition of a fee. |
SB 1199 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to settlement and disposition of complaints against attorneys filed with the state bar. |
SB 1201 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the waiver of certain driver responsibility program surcharges on proof of commitment to enlist in the armed forces. |
SB 1202 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to voting while confined in jail. |
SB 1203 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the establishment and use of performance standards for certain secondary-level alternate assessment instruments administered to public school students. |
SB 1204 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to disclosure regarding the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
SB 1241 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to students eligible to receive compensatory, intensive, and accelerated instructional services. |
SB 1242 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the location of hearings relating to contested cases before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
SB 1243 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the consideration of the cumulative effects of air contaminant emissions in the emissions permitting process. |
SB 1244 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting. |
SB 1245 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to conditions of community supervision prohibiting contact with certain persons. |
SB 1246 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the criminal offense of unlawfully prohibiting an employee from voting. |
SB 1247 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to who may request a public hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant. |
SB 1248 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a community supervision and corrections department policy regarding supervision officer meetings and visits. |
SB 1249 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to permit application requirements for solid waste facilities. |
SB 1283 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the availability under Medicaid of certain drugs used to treat human immunodeficiency virus or prevent acquired immune deficiency syndrome. |
SB 1284 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to a competitive grant program to fund promotion of early literacy programs in certain communities in this state. |
SB 1320 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information. |
SB 1321 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to a "Texas solution" to reforming and addressing issues related to the Medicaid program, including the creation of an alternative program designed to ensure health benefit plan coverage to certain low-income individuals through the private marketplace; requiring a fee. |
SB 1641 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Rare Disease Advisory Council. |
SB 1642 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of an owner of real property sold at a tax sale to transfer the owner's right of redemption to another person. |
SB 1643 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the deceptive trade practice of charging exorbitant or excessive prices for necessities during a declared disaster. |
SB 1644 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the unlawful interception, use, or disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications. |
SB 1645 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the donation and distribution of food at public schools. |
SB 1646 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the controlled substances listed in Penalty Groups 1, 2, and 2-A under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
SB 1746 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the inclusion of certain students as students at risk of dropping out of school. |
SB 1747 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation of the African American Family Commission. |
SB 1748 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to a pilot program for providing services to certain children under the Medicaid medical transportation program. |
SB 1767 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the use of a biometric identity verification device to comply with certain alcohol related laws. |
SB 1844 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the amendment of the dedicatory instruments of certain mixed-use real estate developments. |
SB 1845 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the amendment of the dedicatory instruments of certain mixed-use real estate developments. |
SB 1846 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the use of restraints on a pregnant woman in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
SB 1847 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the prosecution of and penalties for possession of one ounce or less of marihuana. |
SB 1848 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to certain contract and notice requirements applicable to certain facilities used to house inmates or releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
SB 1849 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to public school safety measures, access to mental health professionals in public schools and during certain emergencies, access to criminal history and mental health records, and access to firearms; requiring a certificate for employment as a school behavioral counselor; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. |
SB 2019 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to requiring female representation on the governing authorities of certain business entities; authorizing an administrative penalty. |
SB 2020 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the use of certain health risk information; authorizing administrative penalties and other sanctions. |
SB 2021 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to providing access to local health departments and certain health service regional offices under Medicaid. |
SB 2022 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District. |
SB 2171 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the facilities that may be financed by a public facilities corporation. |
SB 2172 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the financing of certain grocery stores by a public facilities corporation. |
SB 2173 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to establishing a program to assist small businesses by increasing access to capital. |
SB 2174 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to prosecutorial transparency. |
SB 2175 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to affirmative defenses for a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality enforcement action for unauthorized emission or opacity events. |
SB 2176 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to qualifications of licensed court interpreters. |
SB 2249 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to create sports and community venue districts and to authorize and finance certain sports and community venue projects; authorizing a tax. |
SB 2253 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to fees on persons who sell or purchase e-cigarettes, vapor products, or cannibidiol products to benefit the designated trauma facility and emergency medical services account; imposing fees; requiring occupational permits. |
SB 2254 |
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to creation of magistrates in Fort Bend County. |
SB 2255 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to health coverage for employees of a municipal school district. |
SB 2269 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to preliminary examination periods for mental health protective custody. |
SB 2270 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to employment policies for certain health care providers employed by medical and dental units. |
SB 2271 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to compensation under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act for certain expenses. |
SB 2385 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the carcinogenic risk level used in the development of certain environmental remediation benchmarks. |
SB 2424 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation of the Missouri City Redevelopment District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
SB 2437 |
Last Action: Referred to Water & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to establish, operate, and, through the issuance of general obligation bonds, finance a grant program to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions and the state for projects related to disaster recovery; disaster mitigation; or construct, repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct state or local infrastructure. |
SJR 75 |
Last Action: Referred to Water & Rural Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds to be paid out of the economic stabilization fund by the Texas Water Development Board to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions for projects related to disaster recovery; disaster mitigation; disaster response; or construct, repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct state or local infrastructure. |
SR 111 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 5, 2019, as Urban Leagues of Greater Texas Day. |
SR 144 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating James P. Allison on being awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. |
SR 145 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 12, 2019, as University of Houston Day. |
SR 220 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 46th anniversary of the year Mickey Leland was sworn in as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. |
SR 269 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Vanessa E. Wyche for her service as deputy director of the NASA Johnson Space Center. |
SR 270 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 26, 2019, as Greater Houston Black Chamber Legislative Day. |
SR 271 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 26, 2019, as The Links, Incorporated, Day. |
SR 272 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 26, 2019, as Grammy Texas Music Advocacy Day. |
SR 273 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 26, 2019, as University of Houston-Downtown Day. |
SR 317 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 14, 2019, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Day. |
SR 387 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Essence Duplechain on being awarded the Bridging the Dream Scholarship. |
SR 453 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing September 2019 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. |
SR 454 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 20, 2019, as HIV Advocacy Day. |
SR 476 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Micheal Brown for earning scholarships to 20 universities. |
SR 655 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 1, 2019, as Asian Real Estate Association of America Day. |
SR 783 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Waun Ki Hong. |
85th Regular Session | |
SB 482 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the creation of a program to assist foster care youth and former foster care youth in accessing higher education, career information, and skills certifications. |
SB 483 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the retention of and the required disclosure under the public information law of certain complaints alleging official oppression. |
SB 484 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the availability of free prekindergarten programs in public schools. |
SB 485 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the creation of the office of independent oversight ombudsman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
SB 486 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to municipal civilian complaint review boards in certain municipalities. |
SB 487 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty prescribed for certain acts of official oppression. |
SB 518 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for entities that employ certain students in certain paid internship or similar programs. |
SB 574 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the expansion of applied workforce learning opportunities in this state, including through the establishment of the Texas Industry Internship Challenge. |
SB 673 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to a notification requirement if a public school campus or open-enrollment charter school does not have a nurse assigned to the campus during all instructional hours. |
SB 677 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the creation of a task force to identify opportunities for academic credit and industry recognition for inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
SB 723 |
Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the establishment of a community development grocery store and healthy corner store revolving loan fund program. |
SB 724 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to limits on the size of prekindergarten classes in public schools. |
SB 725 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the donation and distribution of food at public schools. |
SB 790 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the continuation of the women's health advisory committee. |
SB 791 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the financial abuse of elderly persons, including requiring financial institutions to report suspected financial abuse of elderly persons; providing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses. |
SB 792 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to requiring financial institutions to report the suspected financial abuse of elderly persons; providing a civil and criminal penalty. |
SB 793 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to restrictions on the location and operation of concrete crushing facilities. |
SB 794 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the biennial report to the legislature on grants made to entities under the Texas Enterprise Fund. |
SB 795 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to use of the money from the Texas Enterprise Fund to benefit certain historically underutilized businesses. |
SB 808 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to coverage for certain services related to maternal depression under the Medicaid and child health plan programs. |
SB 809 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the Texas women's health program. |
SB 1158 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to food managers in food establishments in certain counties. |
SB 1218 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to transitional child-care services in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. |
SB 1219 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to a requirement that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board conduct an annual comprehensive evaluation of the impact of the top 10 percent automatic admissions law. |
SB 1220 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to ensuring continuity of education and access to higher education, career information, and skills certification for foster care youth and former foster care youth. |
SB 1224 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the establishment of a statewide system for stroke response and treatment. |
SB 1225 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to eligibility requirements for the repayment of certain physician education loans. |
SB 1258 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to discretionary disciplinary action by public school districts regarding nonviolent offenses and the adjudication of a child who engages in conduct that constitutes a nonviolent offense on school property. |
SB 1265 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to HIV and AIDS tests and to health benefit plan coverage of HIV and AIDS tests. |
SB 1269 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the establishment of a task force to conduct a comprehensive study on flood control infrastructure for Harris and Galveston Counties. |
SB 1270 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the allocation and use of certain border security funding to secure Gulf of Mexico ports. |
SB 1271 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the development of a statewide online education and career advising tool and to a study and report on certain courses offered for college credit to public school students. |
SB 1272 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to an annual proclamation related to hurricane preparedness. |
SB 1312 |
Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the deadline for adoption of desired future conditions in groundwater conservation districts. |
SB 1364 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the dissemination of information about historically underutilized businesses and the expansion of the small business development center network. |
SB 1365 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities. |
SB 1453 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the definition of regular eligible student used in determining the transportation allotment under the school finance system for a municipal school district. |
SB 1598 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to applications for permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain new or expanded facilities in certain low-income and minority communities. |
SB 1599 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to maternal mortality reporting and investigation information. |
SB 1600 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the issuance of standard permits for certain concrete plants. |
SB 1601 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the establishment by certain counties and municipalities of disease control programs to reduce the risk of certain infectious and communicable diseases; authorizing fees. |
SB 1737 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the enforcement of conciliation agreements entered into under the Texas Fair Housing Act. |
SB 1738 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to historically underutilized businesses. |
SB 1739 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the suspension, termination, and reinstatement of certain services provided to military service members who are serving on active duty. |
SB 1740 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability. |
SB 1741 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to attorneys in certain counties who are qualified for appointment to represent a defendant with a mental illness. |
SB 1742 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to county approval for the locations at which a junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard may be operated. |
SB 1769 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to a pilot program for providing services to certain children under the Medicaid medical transportation program. |
SB 1770 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the regulation of licensed specialists in school psychology. |
SB 1771 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts. |
SB 1772 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to vote; creating a criminal offense. |
SB 1773 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to a sales tax exemption for certain items sold during a limited period. |
SB 1774 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the use of certain controlled substances by women who are pregnant or may become pregnant and the designation of neonatal abstinence syndrome from substance use as a reportable condition. |
SB 1801 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to reporting and disseminating information regarding public school disciplinary actions. |
SB 1802 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to petty cash funds for county welfare departments in certain populous counties. |
SB 1803 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the financial security requirements for operators of oil and gas wells. |
SB 1867 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants. |
SB 1983 |
Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Urban Agricultural Innovation Authority. |
SB 1984 |
Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation and funding of the urban farming pilot program and the creation of the Select Committee on Urban Farming. |
SB 1985 |
Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the revocation or amendment of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for water utilities in a service area. |
SB 2034 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to creation of a task force to study the health effects of concrete and rock crushing. |
SB 2105 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the requirement that the Texas Workforce Commission provide certain employment information for secondary school students. |
SB 2184 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to new capital investment in the state. |
SB 2185 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the amount and allocation of state traffic fine funds; authorizing and increasing criminal fines. |
SB 2266 |
Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Senate Caption: Relating to the creation of the Stadium Park Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. |
SCR 54 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Expressing support for the creation of the Sam Houston Republic of Texas Presidential Library at Sam Houston State University. |
SJR 48 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit additional uses of certain dedicated general revenue transferred each fiscal year to the state highway fund. |
SR 20 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing January 24, 2017, as Texas Southern University Day. |
SR 82 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 2, 2017, as Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Salute to Excellence Day. |
SR 279 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 27, 2017, as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Day. |
SR 305 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 1, 2017, as University of Houston Day. |
SR 529 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the United Health Foundation and the University of Houston for their commitment to improved health outcomes. |
SR 542 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 30, 2017, as Vietnamese American Day. |
SR 631 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing 100 Black Men of America for its service to African American youth. |
SR 714 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 3, 2017, as Asian Real Estate Association of America Day. |
SR 893 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the 2017 Fellows from the University of Houston Hobby School Public Affairs. |
SR 894 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science. |
SR 951 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Elouise Jacquelyn Clark McLemore. |
85th 1st Called Session | |
SB 26 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the use of certain controlled substances by women who are pregnant or may become pregnant and the designation of neonatal abstinence syndrome from substance use as a reportable condition. |
SB 27 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the automatic enrollment of certain women in the Texas women's health program. |
SB 34 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to an opportunity to correct a defect in an early voting ballot voted by mail and to the use of an application for an early voting ballot to change a voter's registration address within the county. |
SB 35 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to an appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund for classroom teacher salary increases. |
SB 59 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to pregnancy-related deaths and maternal morbidity and the creation of a maternal health care quality improvement program. |
SB 99 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to cybersecurity for voting systems. |
84th Regular Session | |
HB 258 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the provision of the reason for rejecting a voter registration application. |
HB 259 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to forfeiture of property used in the commission of certain littering offenses. |
HB 260 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the provision of the reason for rejecting a voter registration application. |
HB 261 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to municipal civilian complaint review boards in certain municipalities. |
HB 262 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to liability of an owner, lessee, or occupant of land that allows land to be used as a community garden. |
HB 263 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to the sealing of certain juvenile records. |
HB 264 |
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to procedures for asserting taking claims against certain governmental entities. |
HB 265 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to enhancing the penalty prescribed for certain acts of official oppression. |
HB 266 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to offenses involving violating the civil rights of a person in custody and engaging in improper sexual activity with a person in custody; providing certain enhanced penalties. |
HB 267 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants. |
HB 268 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the prompt issuance of an order of nondisclosure for certain defendants; authorizing a fee. |
HB 269 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the establishment of a community development grocery store and healthy corner store revolving loan fund program. |
HB 270 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the retention of and the required disclosure under the public information law of certain complaints alleging official oppression. |
HB 271 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain offenses involving the possession of a controlled substance. |
HB 272 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain inmates sentenced following violation of a condition of community supervision. |
HB 273 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the minimum term of confinement for an offense of illegal dumping in a municipality. |
HB 274 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to the enforcement of municipal rules, ordinances, or police regulations prohibiting illegal dumping; increasing a penalty. |
HB 1410 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business by public junior college districts in awarding certain contracts. |
HB 1723 |
Last Action: House appoints conferees-reported Caption: Relating to the territory included in, the composition of the board of directors of, and the method of assessment of the Harris County Improvement District No. 10 and to clarifying the law to reflect the prior division of the district. |
HB 2923 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the conditions of confinement of children prior to certain judicial proceedings. |
HB 3090 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the regulation of for-profit legal service contract companies, administrators, and sales representatives; providing an administrative penalty; authorizing a fee; requiring an occupational registration. |
HB 3091 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the standards for boiler inspection agencies. |
HB 3303 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of the Office of the Independent Oversight Ombudsman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
HB 3869 |
Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the appointment of commissioners of public housing authorities. |
HB 4135 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to requiring the Port of Houston Authority to comply with historically underutilized business provisions. |
HB 4150 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the powers and the board of the Harris County Improvement District No. 12. |
HR 230 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Dr. Leonard L. Favorite of Houston on the occasion of his 60th birthday and his 40 years in the ministry. |
HR 391 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Andrew Lee Higgins of Houston. |
HR 473 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Rev. James E. Nash of Houston for his decades of leadership at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in the Sunnyside Community. |
HR 474 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Howard N. Sacks for his leadership and service to the citizens of Houston as the first president of the Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy. |
HR 476 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Willie Belle Boone of Houston for her longtime dedication to the State of Texas and the community in District 146. |
HR 477 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Becky Edmondson of Houston for her community service to the citizens of District 146. |
HR 478 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Judge A. Robert Hinojosa of Houston for his years of community leadership and service to Texas. |
HR 511 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 10th annual Membership Conference of the Tri-County Black Chamber of Commerce. |
HR 865 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Alana Danielle Smith of Houston for her role in foiling a burglary attempt. |
HR 866 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Kendahl Ross of Tomball on his participation in the DMAXX Sports Youth All American Bowl. |
HR 2198 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Avi Passy on attaining the rank of Eagle Scout. |
HR 2270 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the installation of the Reverend Roland E. Mouton Jr. as the senior pastor of Christian Faith Missionary Baptist Church/God With Us Ministries. |
HR 2546 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Houston Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction. |
HR 2974 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the dedication of the William R. Powell Student Health and Counseling Center at Sam Houston State University. |
HR 3213 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Dr. Egbert "Bert" Rulloda Borja. |
HR 3525 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring State Representative Sylvester Turner for his service. |
83rd Regular Session | |
HB 254 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to an exemption for farms from payment for wastewater service. |
HB 255 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain offenses involving the possession of a controlled substance. |
HB 256 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain inmates sentenced following violation of a condition of community supervision. |
HB 261 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants. |
HB 262 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to offenses involving violating the civil rights of a person in custody and engaging in improper sexual activity with a person in custody; providing certain enhanced penalties. |
HB 266 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to enhancing the penalty prescribed for certain acts of official oppression. |
HB 267 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to municipal civilian complaint review boards. |
HB 268 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to the retention of and the required disclosure under the public information law of certain complaints alleging official oppression. |
HB 1221 |
Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to the establishment of a community development grocery store revolving loan fund program. |
HB 1652 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to liability of an owner, lessee, or occupant of land that allows land to be used as a community garden. |
HB 2569 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the methods by which a registrar must provide notice to an applicant of a rejected application for voter registration. |
HB 2570 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to voter registration; creating an offense. |
HB 2658 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to a limitation on the authority to cancel a voter's registration. |
HB 2682 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to restrictions on activities a poll watcher may perform while on duty. |
HB 2854 |
Last Action: Reported favorably as substituted Caption: Relating to the automatic sealing in certain cases of juvenile records of adjudications of delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision. |
HB 2855 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the prompt issuance of an order of nondisclosure for certain defendants; authorizing a fee. |
HB 2930 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to procedures for asserting taking claims against certain governmental entities. |
HB 2936 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the number of poll watchers who may be appointed and who may serve at a particular location during an election. |
HB 3354 |
Last Action: Referred to Government Efficiency & Reform Caption: Relating to the retention of and the required disclosure under the public information law of certain complaints alleging official oppression. |
HCR 117 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Expressing support for the Voting Rights Act and urging the United States Congress to protect every citizen's right to participate in the political process by making permanent the provisions of Section 5 of that legislation. |
HR 638 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Jack and Jill of America for its work on behalf of youth. |
HR 800 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Dr. Edith Irby Jones for her contributions to medicine and the advancement of racial equality. |
HR 1059 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring nurse practitioner Tim Flynn for his 20 years of service to the Capitol Complex community. |
HR 1557 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Miller Outdoor Theatre in Houston. |
HR 1902 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring DaNae Couch, Miss Texas 2012, for her accomplishments and for her service to others. |
HR 1903 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Reverend Max A. Miller, Jr., of Mount Hebron Missionary Baptist Church in Houston for serving as Pastor of the Day on April 12, 2013. |
HR 1994 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring civil and labor rights activist John W. Bland of Houston. |
HR 2785 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Oliver Brown, a longtime coach in the Houston ISD. |
HR 2843 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Alexandra Rosales for her service as a McClendon Scholar in the office of State Representative Borris L. Miles. |
HR 2844 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Jeremiah Bailey for his service as a legislative intern in the office of State Representative Borris L. Miles. |
HR 2845 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Arthur Huggins, Jr., for his service in the office of State Representative Borris Miles as a participant in the Texas Legislative Internship Program. |
83rd 1st Called Session | |
HCR 4 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Expressing support for the Voting Rights Act and urging the United States Congress to protect every citizen's right to participate in the political process by making permanent the provisions of Section 5 of that legislation. |
82nd Regular Session | |
HB 1216 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to required attendance at a dropout prevention seminar by a student older than the age of compulsory school attendance who intends to drop out of school. |
HB 1217 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to a residential tenant's right to vacate a dwelling and avoid liability for rent following the declaration of a state of disaster; providing a civil penalty. |
HB 1218 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to foreclosure sales of residential real property occupied by a tenant. |
HB 1219 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic & Small Business Development Caption: Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work if the employee or the employee's child is a victim of family violence or a violent felony offense. |
HB 1220 |
Last Action: Referred to Corrections Caption: Relating to the restoration of certain inmates' good conduct time that is forfeited during a term of imprisonment. |
HB 1221 |
Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to providing financial assistance to certain kinship caregivers. |
HB 1470 |
Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas State Civilian Complaint Review Board to investigate certain allegations of peace officer misconduct. |
HB 1471 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to enhancing the penalty prescribed for certain acts of official oppression. |
HB 1472 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the retention of and the required disclosure under the public information law of certain complaints alleging official oppression. |
HB 2198 |
Last Action: Referred to Environmental Regulation Caption: Relating to administrative penalties for air quality violations. |
HB 2199 |
Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to nutrition and physical activity policies, standards, and requirements for child-care facilities and programs for children under the age of six. |
HB 2200 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants. |
HB 2201 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to a fixed tuition rate provided by general academic teaching institutions to certain undergraduate students. |
HB 2202 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to public school class sizes. |
HB 2410 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to mortgage loans. |
HB 2411 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to a residential tenant's right to vacate a dwelling and avoid liability for rent under certain circumstances following the declaration of a state of disaster; providing a civil penalty. |
HB 2412 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain drug possession offenses. |
HB 2413 |
Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Caption: Relating to eligibility of commercial driver's license holders for dismissal of certain charges on completion of a driving safety course. |
HB 2414 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the continuation of the Healthy Food Advisory Committee. |
HB 2667 |
Last Action: Referred to Environmental Regulation Caption: Relating to operating permit fees for air pollutant emissions. |
HB 2668 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to administrative penalties imposed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
HB 2669 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to study urban farming. |
HB 2670 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to validating certain acts and proceedings of Harris County Improvement District No. 5 and to the boundaries of the district. |
HB 2671 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the disclosure of personal information under the Motor Vehicle Records Disclosure Act. |
HB 2992 |
Last Action: Referred to Government Efficiency & Reform Caption: Relating to planning and administration of the state's historically underutilized business program. |
HB 2993 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to offenses involving violating the civil rights of a person in custody and engaging in improper sexual activity with a person in custody; providing certain enhanced penalties. |
HB 2994 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the creation, operation, and funding of the urban farm microenterprise support program. |
HB 2995 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to an exemption for urban farms from payment for wastewater service. |
HB 2996 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Urban Agricultural Innovation Authority. |
HB 2997 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the creation and funding of the urban farming pilot program and the creation of the Select Committee on Urban Farming. |
HB 2998 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to ad valorem tax relief for urban farms and green roofs. |
HB 3356 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the state's historically underutilized business program, including the establishment of a contractor point system. |
HB 3357 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to municipal civilian complaint review boards. |
HB 3358 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to information on the number of calories in certain foods offered by public schools to students. |
HB 3359 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain inmates sentenced following violation of a condition of community supervision. |
HR 744 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Paula Harris on being elected president of the Houston Independent School District Board of Education. |
HR 1510 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Glenda Purham-Brown of Houston. |
82nd 1st Called Session | |
HR 233 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Yolanda Evette Williams. |
80th Regular Session | |
HB 1095 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to eligibility for and the administration of the child health plan program. |
HB 1383 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to territory included in, and the validation of acts of, the Greater Southeast Management District. |
HB 2059 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work if the employee or the employee's child is a victim of family violence or a violent felony offense. |
HB 2594 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the authority of law-enforcement officers to escort a child to a school campus to ensure the child's compliance with compulsory school attendance requirements. |
HB 2595 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to providing financial assistance to certain kinship caregivers. |
HB 2604 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to planning and administration of the state's historically underutilized business program. |
HB 3119 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the approval of direct recording electronic voting machines that use publicly disclosed program codes. |
HB 3120 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to automatic admission to institutions of higher education for children of certain public servants killed in the line of duty. |
HB 3121 |
Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to health coverage or health services for Texans. |
HB 3122 |
Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Admin. Procedures Caption: Relating to labeling and other designations for certain malt beverages. |
HB 3123 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to involvement in charitable events by holders of alcoholic beverage licenses and permits. |
HB 3124 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the quantity of beer or malt liquor a distributor or wholesaler may withdraw from a retailer. |
HB 3700 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to investment by the holder of a manufacturer's license in certain businesses that hold a general distributor's license. |
HB 3701 |
Last Action: Reported favorably as substituted Caption: Relating to the office of independent ombudsman of the Texas Youth Commission. |
HB 3702 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandatory supervision for certain drug possession offenses. |
HB 4092 |
Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Speaker Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 8; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. |
HB 4123 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to territory included in, and the validation of acts of, the Greater Southeast Management District. |
HB 4134 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 10; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. |
HCR 259 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Bardoli Global for helping students of color to study abroad. |
HCR 275 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Herriford "John" Williams of New Waverly. |
HR 173 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing January 30, 2007, as Farmers Insurance Group Day at the State Capitol. |
HR 572 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Riva Kremer of Houston on her 100th birthday. |
HR 573 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Christopher Aaron Pichon II of Houston. |