Legislation authored by Tryon D. Lewis

Includes legislation with Tryon D. Lewis as the primary author for the 80th through 83rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

83rd Regular Session
HB 662	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for a medical education building for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
HB 690	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to reimbursing public institutions of higher education for tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their dependents.
HB 934	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax for the maintenance, operation, and promotion of and improved access to a coliseum in the county; authorizing a tax.
HB 1031	Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to the confidentiality of certain communications involving an ombudsman program established by an employer as an alternative dispute resolution service.
HB 1043	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the offense of the unauthorized duplication of certain recordings.
HB 1261	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to consolidate or eliminate a degree or certificate program offered by a public institution of higher education.
HB 1263	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the delay in the implementation of the abolishment of small claims courts.
HB 1326	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to an increase in the district court records archive fee.
HB 1327	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to increases in the records management and preservation fee and records archive fee imposed by a county clerk.
HB 1512	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to referral of disputes for alternative dispute resolution, including victim-directed referrals; authorizing a fee.
HB 1513	Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to temporary increases in the records archive fees and the records management and preservation fees charged by district and county clerks.
HB 1570	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the determination of the amount of energy available for sale from a clean energy project to a wholesale power purchaser.
HB 1874	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to an appeal from an interlocutory order of certain courts.
HB 1875	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to a case transferred from one district court to another district court.
HB 2748	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to judicial proceedings and Railroad Commission of Texas hearings to determine whether a person who owns, operates, or manages a pipeline is a common carrier; authorizing a fee.
HB 3097	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the election of directors of the board of the Ector County Hospital District.
HB 3098	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the availability and use of certain evidence in connection with an award of exemplary damages.
HB 3099	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the eligibility of tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their dependents; requiring a fiscal impact study.
HB 3153	Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the operation and administration of, and practice in courts in, the judicial branch of state government and the composition of certain juvenile boards; imposing a fee.
HB 3154	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to environmental or health and safety audits under the Texas Environmental, Health, and Safety Audit Privilege Act.
HB 3523	Last Action: Returned from the House for further action Caption: Relating to punishment for the offense of driving a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver's license.
HCR 66	Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: Inviting the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas to address a joint session of the legislature on March 6, 2013.
HR 233	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming members of The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Honors Program and Student Senate to the State Capitol.
HR 372	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of LeRoy Reed of Odessa.
HR 520	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 21, 2013, as Ward and Winkler Counties Day at the State Capitol.
HR 521	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 20, 2013, as Andrews County Day at the State Capitol.
HR 584	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming members of the Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to the State Capitol.
HR 763	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Dan Holt.
HR 1414	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Roy Chester Gentry of Odessa.
HR 1415	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of James R. Perry of Fort Worth.
HR 1416	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Clyde R. Butter, Sr., of Odessa.
HR 1417	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing October 2013 as Dwarfism Awareness Month.
HR 1538	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of E. C. Locklear.
HR 1795	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Ruby Lee Martin Beebe of Kermit on her 100th birthday.
HR 1834	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 10th Annual Senior Celebration in Ector County.
HR 2678	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Fred George of Odessa.
HR 2841	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3153.
83rd 1st Called Session
HR 187	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Connie Colleen Todd of Odessa.
HR 247	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Kirby Jerome Portley on his graduation from St. Mary's University School of Law and his admission to the State Bar of Texas.
82nd Regular Session
HB 474	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to eligibility requirements for certain public benefits programs.
HB 505	Last Action: Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism Caption: Relating to replacing "Cesar Chavez Day" with "Texas Hispanic Heritage Day" as an optional state holiday.
HB 532	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to certain offenses and criminal procedures involving persons who are not citizens of the United States; providing a penalty.
HB 657	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to honorary license plates for certain disabled veterans.
HB 751	Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Relating to the attendance by a quorum of a legislative standing committee at a caucus meeting.
HB 752	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for a medical education building for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
HB 791	Last Action: Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Caption: Relating to prohibiting certain contracts for investment services for state funds.
HB 804	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the offense of illegal voting by a person who is not a United States citizen.
HB 889	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of a real property interest in oil or gas in place.
HB 921	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the reimbursement of certain medical, dental, or health-related services as a condition of community supervision and to the revocation of community supervision for failure to make certain payments.
HB 969	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the election of directors of the board of the Ector County Hospital District.
HB 1008	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the State of Texas entering into the Interstate Medicaid Reform Compact.
HB 1042	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for a medical education building for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
HB 1084	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to creation of the offense of registering to vote by persons who are not citizens of the United States.
HB 1427	Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to the designation of a responsible third party.
HB 1438	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to service of process on certain domestic and foreign entities for the collection of delinquent property taxes.
HB 1545	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to change the date of their general elections.
HB 2047	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to service of process at the registered office of certain registered agents.
HB 2100	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the exemption from taxation of property of a local government corporation.
HB 2184	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the disposal of low-level radioactive waste under the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact.
HB 2508	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to organizations that are covered by the Charitable Immunity and Liability Act of 1987.
HB 2921	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the power of the office of the attorney general to make certain examinations and inquiries.
HB 2937	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to access to the criminal history record information of certain individuals by public or private institutions of higher education and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
HB 2999	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to a fixed tuition rate program for certain students who transfer to a state university after completing an associate degree program.
HB 3093	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the amendment of certain reports of political contributions and expenditures.
HB 3178	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to expenditures and the reporting of those expenditures by lobbyists; providing criminal penalties.
HB 3241	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of the location of oil and gas wells by a county in certain areas.
HB 3710	Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, partisan elections for all judicial offices, and nonpartisan elections for the retention or rejection for all judicial offices.
HB 3815	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of the Ector County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers.
HJR 126	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment changing the eligibility requirements for and changing the terms of office of certain judicial offices.
HJR 155	Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, for partisan elections for all judicial offices, and for subsequent nonpartisan retention elections for all judicial offices.
HR 150	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 1, 2011, as Andrews County Day at the State Capitol.
HR 156	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 15, 2011, as Midland-Odessa Day at the State Capitol.
HR 193	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Jack Wood and Don Wood on being named 2010 Outstanding Citizens of the Year by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce.
HR 219	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the dedication of the Salvador M. Guerrero Senior Center in Odessa.
HR 339	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Ray D. Hicks on his installation as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Odessa.
HR 479	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming members of the Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to the State Capitol.
HR 912	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Larry Feeler on being named the 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce.
HR 1090	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Leonard Bruce on his retirement as a prosecutor with the Ector County District Attorney's Office.
HR 1198	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 7, 2011, as Winkler County Day at the State Capitol.
HR 2290	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of U.S. Army Sergeant John Paul Castro.
HR 2420	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Paige True Farrow for her service as an intern in the office of State Representative Tryon Lewis.
HR 2421	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Armen Hazarian for his service in the office of State Representative Tryon Lewis.
HR 2422	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Derek L. Tanner for his service as an intern in the office of State Representative Tryon Lewis.
82nd 1st Called Session
HB 79	Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to fiscal and other matters necessary for implementation of the judiciary budget as enacted by H.B. No. 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, and to the operation and administration of, and practice and procedures in courts in, the judicial branch of state government.
HR 128	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Glen Larum on his retirement from the Texas Department of Transportation.
81st Regular Session
HB 473	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to procurement methods of the Ector County Hospital District for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of certain projects.
HB 997	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to retirement and health insurance benefits of school district peace officers under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
HB 1044	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the fees assessed in certain cases filed in the Ector County courts at law.
HB 1255	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to an interlocal contract for a relief highway route around certain municipalities.
HB 1425	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the determination of the population of a county required to develop a juvenile justice alternative education program.
HB 2149	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the liability of public servants of certain governmental units for property damage.
HB 2240	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to creating the offense of continuous violence against the family.
HB 2304	Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who have been under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
HB 2403	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to a prohibition of certain sanctions against public school districts and campuses based solely on student performance on assessment instruments.
HB 2579	Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to mandatory conditions of community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision concerning certain searches.
HB 3696	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to a deduction under the franchise tax for the sale of the entire operating assets of a business or of a separate division, branch or identifiable segment of a business.
HB 3757	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for a medical education building for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
HB 4718	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the fees assessed in certain cases filed in the Ector County courts at law.
HCR 260	Last Action: Received from the House Caption: In memory of Odessa City Council member Michael Sanchez.
HCR 267	Last Action: Received from the House Caption: Honoring Lettie England of Odessa for her contributions to the community.
HR 112	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing January 14, 2009, as Andrews County Day at the State Capitol.
HR 172	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Fred M. Jones for being named 2008 Citizen of the Year by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce.
HR 419	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Permian High School Band on earning the Sudler Flag of Honor from the John Philip Sousa Foundation.
HR 820	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Collin Meacham Sewell on his receipt of the George E. "Buddy" West Leadership Award.
HR 949	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Toby S. Eoff on his induction into the Odessa Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame.
HR 950	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Daniel J. Hollmann on his 2009 induction into the Odessa Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame.
HR 951	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Peter C. Francis on his receipt of the 2009 Community Service Award from the Andrews Chamber of Commerce.
HR 952	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating William Perry Anderson on his induction into the Odessa Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame.
HR 953	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating John R. Parish on his receipt of the 2009 Pioneer Award from the Andrews Chamber of Commerce.
HR 954	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating John W. Cooper on his induction into the Odessa Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame.
HR 1089	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Toby S. Eoff on being named the 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce.
HR 1090	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Leldon Hensley on his induction into the Odessa Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame.
HR 1091	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Jane Hext on her receipt of a 2009 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation.
HR 1092	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Reverend Mark J. Woodruff on his receipt of a 2009 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation.
HR 1093	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Michael Moore on his receipt of a 2009 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation.
HR 1094	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Jon Smith on his receipt of a 2009 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation.
HR 1095	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Dr. Anne Acreman on her receipt of a 2009 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation.
HR 1096	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Cynthia Wiehle on her receipt of a 2009 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation.
HR 1097	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Bernadine Spears on her receipt of a 2009 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation.
HR 1098	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Ted Hogan on his receipt of a 2009 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation.
HR 1099	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Craig Van Amburgh on his receipt of a 2009 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation.
HR 1100	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Fred M. Jones on his receipt of a 2009 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation.
HR 1101	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Mike Adkins on his receipt of a 2009 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation.
HR 1102	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Dr. Gregory D. Williams on his receipt of a 2009 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation.
HR 1103	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Dr. Robert L. Chappell, Jr., on his receipt of a 2009 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation.
HR 1104	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of U.S. Army Sergeant Bacilio E. "Bozzy" Cuellar.
HR 1119	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Dr. Sajjadul Islam on his 2009 induction into the Odessa Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame.
HR 1120	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Harold Moore on his 2009 induction into the Odessa Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame.
HR 1121	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Sony Roethemeyer on her 2009 induction into the Odessa Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame.
HR 1316	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 15, 2009, as Winkler County Day at the State Capitol.
HR 1391	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming members of the Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to the State Capitol.
HR 2049	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Joe Beene of Odessa for his many achievements.
HR 2457	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of U.S. Army Sergeant Bacilio E. "Bozzy" Cuellar of Odessa.