Legislation authored by Allen Vaught

Includes legislation with Allen Vaught as the primary author for the 80th through 81st Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

81st Regular Session
HB 514	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to recovery of loss of consortium damages by a parent for injury to a child as a result of certain crimes against the child.
HB 515	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the expansion of the boundaries of the Dallas County Hospital District.
HB 528	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.
HB 1349	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the supervision of juvenile case managers.
HB 1350	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to money paid into the registry of a court in certain counties.
HB 1351	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the administration of the Juvenile Justice Case Management System.
HB 1352	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to minimum standards for juvenile case managers.
HB 1353	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to permitting certain military attorneys to represent military personnel and their dependents in civil proceedings before the courts of this state.
HB 1354	Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the issuance of a search warrant for a blood specimen from certain persons arrested for certain intoxication offenses.
HB 1609	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to requiring the prior approval of residential property rates used by certain insurers.
HB 1610	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the waiver of state park entrance fees for active or retired peace officers.
HB 1611	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to possession of or access to a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
HB 2010	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to notification of policyholders of changes in residential property insurance policies.
HB 2011	Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for active and former members of the United States Army Special Forces.
HB 2012	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the criminal consequences of operating without a valid driver's license a motor vehicle for which financial responsibility is not established.
HB 2370	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license laws to United States attorneys and assistant United States attorneys and to the authority of United States attorneys and assistant United States attorneys to carry certain weapons.
HB 2371	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the forfeiture of an inmate's good conduct time as a result of filing certain motions for forensic DNA testing.
HB 2372	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the criteria for awarding certain medals to members of the armed forces from Texas.
HB 2931	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to an appeal by a deputy sheriff under county civil service to an independent third-party hearing examiner.
HB 2932	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to including in the law enforcement information system information indicating that criminal defendants have committed certain additional offenses.
HB 2933	Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to requiring certain criminal defendants to make payments to the compensation to victims of crime fund.
HB 2934	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain military servicemembers who have served in a hostile fire or imminent danger pay zone or a combat zone.
HB 2935	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to notifying certain entities of the cancellation or nonrenewal of a motor vehicle liability insurance policy.
HB 3886	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the release of an affidavit presented to a magistrate in support of the issuance of an arrest warrant.
HB 3887	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to standing for certain foster parents to file suit to adopt a child.
HB 3888	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to immunity from liability of certain professional employees of school districts.
HB 3889	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to prohibited retaliation against school district employees for reporting to certain persons violations of law.
HB 3890	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to protecting certain rights of members of the state military forces.
HB 3891	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to certain health benefit plan coverage for bilateral cochlear implants and related services.
HB 3892	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to compensation and benefits received by a Chapter 90 Civil Practice and Remedies Code multidistrict litigation pretrial judge.
HB 4384	Last Action: Referred to Environmental Regulation Caption: Relating to a temporary moratorium on authorizations for certain coal-fired or petroleum coke-fired electric generating facilities.
HB 4385	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of fraud upon certain practitioners; creating an offense and providing criminal penalties.
HB 4386	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system.
HB 4387	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the development of contract terms regarding noncompliance by state contractors.
HB 4563	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to use of certain factors in underwriting and rating a personal automobile insurance policy.
HB 4604	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications.
HB 4822	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction and preference of certain county criminal courts in Dallas County.
HJR 35	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the Dallas County Hospital District to expand its boundaries.
HJR 92	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt a portion of the assessed value of the residence homesteads of certain military servicemembers who have served in a hostile fire or imminent danger pay zone or a combat zone.
HR 1109	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Lakewood Elementary School in Dallas for being named a 2008 No Child Left Behind--Blue Ribbon School.
HR 1110	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Victor H. Hexter Elementary School in Dallas on its nomination for the 2009 No Child Left Behind--Blue Ribbon Schools award.
HR 1111	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins on being named 2008 Texan of the Year by the Dallas Morning News and on his selection as one of Governing Magazine's 2008 Public Officials of the Year.
HR 1112	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Jack Pippen of Dallas on being accepted as an honored scholar in the Junior National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C.
HR 1113	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Dr. Mary Ellen Weber of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas for her achievements.
HR 1589	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Matt Gayton Martinez, Jr., of Dallas.
HR 1590	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Hal Wayne Maddoux of Burleson.
HR 1591	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Urging the president of the United States to modify Executive Order 8808 so as to authorize the award of the American Defense Service Medal to members of the United States armed forces who served on active duty after September 1, 1945, and before December 27, 1991.
HR 2749	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Lake Highlands Elementary School on the dedication of an official state historical marker.
80th Regular Session
HB 2719	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to a limitation on judge-ordered community supervision for a defendant convicted of first-degree felony injury to a child.
HB 2720	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the authority of the attorney general to obtain reimbursement to the compensation to victims of crime fund resulting from overpayments made to victims, claimants, and providers.
HB 3796	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to supplemental instruction provided by public school teachers.
HB 3797	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to exempting local registrars and county clerks from certain bureau of vital statistics fees.
HB 3798	Last Action: Referred to Financial Institutions Caption: Relating to certain sellers of homes offering a benefit contingent on the use of a specific mortgage lender.
HB 3799	Last Action: Referred to Defense Affairs & State-Fed Rel Caption: Relating to active duty bonuses for certain Texas residents called into active duty to serve in hostile fire zones.
HB 3800	Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to the expansion of the boundaries of the Dallas County and Tarrant County Hospital Districts.
HB 3801	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the requiring of notice in Charging Instruments.
HB 3802	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Caption: Relating to the assignment of a visiting judge in a criminal matter.
HB 3803	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the election of jury trial in the punishment phase of a criminal proceeding.
HB 3804	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the inspection of veterans homes and reporting the status and quality of health care provided to veterans.
HB 3805	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Caption: Relating to the assignment of visiting judges.
HB 3806	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the distribution of funds at the local level under the awards for student achievement program and the educator excellence awards program.
HB 3807	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the questioning of prospective jurors during voir dire examination.
HB 3808	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to promotion of students to certain grade levels in public school.
HB 3809	Last Action: Referred to Regulated Industries Caption: Relating to consolidating energy efficiency programs and fees.
HB 3810	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to residential property insurance coverage for damages arising out of a sanitary sewer system backup.
HJR 9	Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the Dallas County and Tarrant County Hospital Districts to expand their boundaries.
HR 36	Last Action: Withdrawn Caption: Relating to speeches by candidates before the house.
HR 709	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Christopher James Holt of Austin.
HR 1351	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Jesse and Del Galvan of Garland on their 60th wedding anniversary.
HR 1352	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Larry Baldwin of Dallas.
HR 1990	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Texas writer Lawrence Wright for winning the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction for his book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11.
HR 2051	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Russell Plunk of Dallas.
HR 2228	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Richardson ISD on winning the H-E-B Excellence in Education Award for large districts.
HR 2229	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the girls basketball team of Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas on winning the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools Class 6A state championship.
HR 2230	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the soldiers of the 71st Brigade 36th Infantry Division for their service to our state and nation.
HR 2231	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Eric Godat of Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas on pitching two consecutive no-hitters.
HR 2487	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of U.S. Army Colonel Jack "Jay" Cozby, Jr., of Dallas.
HR 2488	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment on its receipt of a Valorous Unit Award for heroic actions in Iraq.
HR 2496	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Evelyn Korn of Dallas on her 100th birthday.
HR 2497	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Carolyn Kay Bass of Plano.
HR 2546	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of poet Wendy Dimmette of Dallas.
HR 2804	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Danny Lee and Betty Jean Vaught of Boonesville on their 56th wedding anniversary.
HR 2844	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Frederick A. Cannan.
HR 2886	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Jess and Peggy Johnson of Dallas for organizing and supporting the nonprofit organization Vet to Vet.
HR 2977	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Madeleine Ball of White Rock on winning Best of Fair at the 2007 Exxon Mobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair.