Legislation authored by George Lavender

Includes legislation with George Lavender as the primary author for the 82nd through 83rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

83rd Regular Session
HB 657 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the number of license plates to be issued for and displayed on motor vehicles.
HB 700 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry the handgun; providing penalties.
HB 874 Last Action: Referred to Higher Education
Caption: Relating to the eligibility requirements for admission of undergraduate students to a general academic teaching institution.
HB 1052 Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the automatic admission to a public institution of higher education of a child of a person who was killed or sustained a fatal injury in the line of duty in the United States armed forces.
HB 1053 Last Action: Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to a prohibition against use by certain school districts of state Foundation School Program money and local ad valorem tax revenue to fund certain lawsuits against the state.
HB 1054 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on converting a nontolled state highway or segment of the state highway system to a toll project.
HB 1108 Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Caption: Relating to the services that a registered drain cleaner may perform without the supervision of a licensed master plumber.
HB 1125 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the rights of an accused person in and the written waiver of extradition proceedings.
HB 1170 Last Action: Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption: Relating to all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles.
HB 1485 Last Action: Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to money allocated under the federal-aid highway program.
HB 1486 Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to the intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas A&M University--Texarkana; authorizing a fee.
HB 1654 Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety
Caption: Relating to designation of certain vehicles of the Texas Division of Emergency Management as authorized emergency vehicles.
HB 3417 Last Action: Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to high school curriculum and assessment requirements for public school students.
HB 3418 Last Action: Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to oversize or overweight vehicles transporting timber or timber products.
HB 3419 Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to the planning and funding of water projects to be constructed in a region other than the region proposing the project.
HB 3420 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the carrying of firearms by certain off-duty employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the carrying of a handgun by a license holder in certain locations; authorizing a fee.
HB 3421 Last Action: Referred to Appropriations
Caption: Relating to the distribution of certain amounts of unclaimed money to county road and bridge funds.
HB 3422 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to donations of landscape materials and services to the Texas Department of Transportation.
HB 3423 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the operation of state travel information centers by private and nonprofit entities.
HB 3424 Last Action: Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to maintenance and operation of travel information centers by the Texas Department of Transportation.
HB 3425 Last Action: Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to travel information centers operated by the Texas Department of Transportation.
HB 3426 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to reimbursement through the Medicaid program of nonemergency services provided through hospital emergency rooms.
HB 3427 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the transport of a mental health patient who is not a resident of this state.
HB 3428 Last Action: Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to a review of the effectiveness and efficiency of the University Interscholastic League.
HB 3623 Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to the repeal of the designation of the Marvin Nichols reservoir as a site of unique value for the construction of a reservoir.
HB 3624 Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to the sunset review of the Sulphur River Basin Authority.
HB 3742 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: To repeal certain state sales, use, excise, franchise, severance, production, occupations, gross receipts and inheritance taxes, to repeal or limit certain local sales, use, excise and ad valorem property taxes, to enact a statewide and local value added tax, and to reform school finance and administration; providing penalties.
HB 3899 Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to the Texarkana College District.
HB 3904 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the powers of the TexAmericas Center.
HB 3919 Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the County Court at Law of Lamar County.
HR 131 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Lee Anna Lockett-Mack of Linden on her 100th birthday.
HR 656 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing March 27, 2013, as Lamar County Day at the State Capitol.
HR 789 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Kelly Burnett of Texarkana on her selection as a Distinguished Finalist in the 2013 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program.
HR 851 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Matthew Draeger of Paris, Texas, on his selection as one of the top two youth volunteers in the state by the 2013 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program.
HR 2981 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1017.
83rd 1st Called Session
HB 56 Last Action: Filed
Caption: Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry the handgun; providing penalties.
83rd 2nd Called Session
HB 62 Last Action: Filed
Caption: Relating to providing funding for certain transportation projects, including port-related transportation projects; making appropriations.
HCR 9 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Paul Gene Roden of Paris.
HCR 10 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Gerald Glen Bawcum of Paris, Texas.
HCR 12 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Franklin Joseph Homer, Sr., of Paris.
83rd 3rd Called Session
HB 4 Last Action: Referred to Transportation Funding, Select
Caption: Relating to providing funding for certain transportation projects, including port-related transportation projects; making appropriations.
82nd Regular Session
HB 1012 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the name and powers of the Red River Redevelopment Authority.
HB 1407 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to tuition rates and formula funding for certain nonresident students enrolled at Texas A&M University--Texarkana.
HB 2049 Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain land used to raise or keep bees for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land.
HB 2510 Last Action: Effective on 1/1/12
Caption: Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of certain incandescent light bulbs from federal regulation.
HB 2658 Last Action: Referred to Government Efficiency & Reform
Caption: Relating to architectural barriers standards.
HB 2659 Last Action: Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to prohibiting abortion except when medically necessary or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.
HB 2756 Last Action: Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry the handgun.
HB 3390 Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption: Relating to money allocated under the federal-aid highway program.
HB 3519 Last Action: Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to state administration of certain assessment instruments to public school students.
HB 3847 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the Riverbend Water Resources District.
HCR 151 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Bowie County Transport Deputy Sherri Jones.
HR 141 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Welcoming students from the National Junior Honor Society at Morris Upchurch Middle School to the State Capitol.
HR 472 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring the Joseph "Jo Jo" Westmoreland Scholarship Fund BBQ in Hughes Springs.
HR 526 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring FFA students from Simms and New Boston on their visit to the State Capitol.
HR 656 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Welcoming students from Texas Middle School in Texarkana to the State Capitol.
HR 1098 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Bob G. Ingram of Texarkana.
HR 1604 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of June Hodges of Omaha, Texas.