Legislation authored by Morgan Meyer

Includes legislation with Morgan Meyer as the primary author for the 84th 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
HB 1139	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the statute of limitations for certain offenses committed against children.
HB 1140	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of abandoning or endangering a child.
HB 1595	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information.
HB 1804	Last Action: Received from the House Caption: Relating to prohibiting the use of state appropriations or public money of a political subdivision to settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made against certain public officers and employees.
HB 1883	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to a limitation on the amount of school property tax revenue that is subject to recapture under the public school finance system.
HB 2005	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to an exemption for certain cemeteries from cemetery location restrictions.
HB 2100	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes.
HB 2152	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the online renewal of vehicle registration.
HB 2396	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the use of personal driver's license information disclosed by a state agency or political subdivision.
HB 2398	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the administration and collection of sales and use taxes and certain fees applicable to sales involving marketplace providers.
HB 2404	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the creation and maintenance of a database of information regarding certain local economic development agreements; providing a civil penalty.
HB 2415	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the collection, remittance, and administration of certain taxes on motor vehicles rented through a marketplace rental provider; imposing a penalty.
HB 2429	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the alternate provisions for ad valorem tax rate notices when the de minimis rate of a taxing unit exceeds the voter-approval tax rate.
HB 2438	Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to a limitation on property tax rates for municipalities that adopt budgets that defund municipal police departments.
HB 2723	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to public notice of the availability on the Internet of property-tax-related information.
HB 2889	Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to the calculation, collection, and remittance of state hotel occupancy taxes.
HB 3110	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to possession or promotion of child sexual abuse material; increasing a criminal penalty; changing eligibility for community supervision.
HB 3111	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the criminal offense of online solicitation relating to a minor; creating a criminal offense; changing eligibility for community supervision.
HB 3150	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil actions.
HB 3165	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to an affirmative defense to an allegation of truant conduct.
HB 3319	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to certain measures to promote compliance with and improve public awareness of the state's move over or slow down law concerning the passing of certain vehicles.
HB 3339	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain events for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program.
HB 3376	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the effect of a disaster on the calculation of certain tax rates and the procedure for adoption of a tax rate by a taxing unit.
HB 3509	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes.
HB 3529	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to consent for the use or possession of personal identifying information under the Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act.
HB 3585	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to information regarding certain noncompliance by an appraisal district in the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation records of a professional property tax appraiser serving as chief appraiser for the district.
HB 3768	Last Action: Referred to Land & Resource Management Caption: Relating to an exemption for certain cemeteries from cemetery location restrictions.
HB 3971	Last Action: Effective on 1/1/22 Caption: Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of residential real property located in a designated historic district.
HB 4072	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the location at which certain sales are consummated for purposes of local sales and use taxes.
HB 4154	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the administration of public school assessment instruments and the temporary suspension of certain accountability determinations for a school district or campus in a school year in which in-person attendance at the district is disrupted as a result of a declared disaster and the requirement to use those assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation of a public school student.
HB 4242	Last Action: Placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the extension of the expiration of certain parts of the Texas Economic Development Act.
HB 4303	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the adjustment of the average daily attendance of a school district due to a disaster that disrupts in-person attendance.
HB 4452	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the creation of the attendance credit receipts fund.
HR 113	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Leslie Long Melson of Highland Park.
HR 193	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Christopher Michael Murzin of Dallas.
HR 315	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Clayton Kershaw on winning the 2020 World Series as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
HR 942	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Joseph Patrick Tillotson of Southlake.
87th 2nd Called Session
HB 4	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the authority of a person who acquires a residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption for the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired and to the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in revenue.
HB 11	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an individual who is elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction from the preceding tax year in the district's maximum compressed rate and to the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue.
HJR 2	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.
HR 17	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Shelby Whitson and Hunter Robinson on their wedding.
HR 103	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jeffrey Sean Barry of Dallas.
87th 3rd Called Session
HR 299	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee report, S.B. 1.
86th Regular Session
HB 442	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of abandoning or endangering a child.
HB 443	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to a limitation on the amount of school property tax revenue that is subject to recapture under the public school finance system.
HB 444	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information by public servants.
HB 1073	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the statute of limitations for certain offenses committed against children.
HB 1532	Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain health organizations certified by the Texas Medical Board; providing an administrative penalty; authorizing a fee.
HB 1561	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to authorizing a waiver of certain state park fees for certain children.
HB 2159	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the correction of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll.
HB 2195	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to an active shooter emergency policy for school districts and required active shooter training for school district peace officers and school resource officers.
HB 2209	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to an affirmative defense to an allegation of truant conduct.
HB 2326	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Dallas County Hospital District.
HB 2533	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases.
HB 2547	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the assignment of certain former and retired justices and judges.
HB 2697	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of identifying information.
HB 2738	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to employing, terminating, and reporting the misconduct of public school personnel and related entity personnel, including creating a registry of persons ineligible for hire; creating criminal offenses.
HB 2739	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the reporting of private school educator misconduct.
HB 2740	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to providing certain public and private school administrators with information regarding certain child abuse and neglect investigations and allegations.
HB 2789	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit visual material.
HB 3581	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the special education allotment and the creation of a supported education allotment under the Foundation School Program and to instructional arrangements for students with disabilities enrolled in public schools.
HB 3630	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to prohibiting the use of certain aversive techniques on students enrolled in public schools.
HB 4316	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to a dog's restraint and shelter.
HB 4332	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the employment of certified school counselors to comply with the ratio requirement of counselors to public school students.
HB 4333	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children.
HB 4501	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the act of inciting suicide; creating a criminal offense.
HB 4544	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to municipal control of coyotes.
HB 4590	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the registration of a person in the state sex offender registry.
HB 4593	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the equalized wealth level and the guaranteed yield under the school finance system.
HB 4615	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to certain performance-based incentives and teacher education and development initiatives administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
HB 4623	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to a prohibition against the creation of a fund and the use of state money by a state elected official or a state elected official's staff to settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made against a state elected official or the state elected official's staff.
HR 2222	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Dr. Paul Gene Meyer.
85th Regular Session
HB 332	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the use of school district buildings as polling place locations.
HB 333	Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.
HB 752	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain health organizations certified by the Texas Medical Board.
HB 789	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to minimum scores required for students in certain school districts to pass an examination for acceleration or for credit.
HB 1053	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to statutes of repose for certain claims involving the construction or repair of an improvement to real property or the attachment of equipment to real property.
HB 1067	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to newborn screening tests for adrenoleukodystrophy.
HB 1090	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information by public servants.
HB 1387	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the membership, powers, and duties of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
HB 1666	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of aggravated promotion of prostitution.
HB 1667	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of promotion of prostitution.
HB 1746	Last Action: Referred to General Investigating & Ethics Caption: Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities from a public retirement system of public officers or employees convicted of certain offenses.
HB 1808	Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain trafficking and sexual offenses; creating a criminal offense.
HB 1838	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to a limitation on the amount of school property tax revenue that is subject to recapture under the public school finance system.
HB 2177	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the date of the election for trustees of an independent school district.
HB 2457	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases.
HB 2516	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to recovery of damages, attorney's fees, and costs related to frivolous regulatory actions by state agencies.
HB 2529	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the definition of coercion for purposes of the offense of trafficking of persons.
HB 2575	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to certain requirements imposed on a sex offender who enters the premises of a school.
HB 2612	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to civil liability of a person who produces, distributes, sells, or provides or aids in the production, distribution, sale, or provision of certain synthetic substances to another person for damages caused by the other person and to certain actions and investigations under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.
HB 2964	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to designation of a representative for notice regarding abandonment of shares of a mutual fund.
HB 3042	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to designating July 7 as Fallen Law Enforcement Officer Day.
HB 3056	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the participation in the Texas Municipal Retirement System of certain employees of certain municipalities subject to the Texas Local Fire Fighters Retirement Act.
HB 3390	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the exemption from range instruction for certain persons applying to obtain a license to carry a handgun.
HB 3491	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to limitations on the use of a biometric identifier by a governmental body.
HB 3964	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 289 in Dallas County as the Harold C. Simmons Memorial Highway.
HJR 87	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a franchise tax rate to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
HR 306	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Michael Francis Wurst of Dallas.
HR 2268	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Ryan and Lauren Trimble on the birth of their daughter, Tabitha Mae Trimble.
HR 2657	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Gena Gardiner on her retirement from the Highland Park Independent School District.
HR 2658	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Randy Allen, head football coach at Highland Park High School, on his 350th career victory.
85th 1st Called Session
HB 224	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a limitation on the amount of school property tax revenue that is subject to recapture under the public school finance system.
HB 370	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the creation of the attendance credit receipts fund.
HR 358	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Joshua Michael Snowden.
HR 471	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of George Dawson of Dallas.
84th Regular Session
HB 1477	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the cost of an attendance credit under the public school finance system.
HB 1478	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to a limitation on the amount of school property tax revenue that is subject to recapture under the public school finance system.
HB 1479	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the equalized wealth level and the guaranteed yield under the school finance system.
HB 1538	Last Action: Referred to Pensions Caption: Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities from a public retirement system of public officers or employees convicted of certain offenses.
HB 1539	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalties in certain circumstances for insider trading and other misuse of official information by public servants.
HB 1555	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the elimination of straight-party voting.
HB 1947	Last Action: Placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to licenses for insurance agents and adjusters.
HB 1948	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to individual indemnity health insurance.
HB 2109	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to public school performance ratings.
HB 2295	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the date of the election for trustees of an independent school district.
HB 2792	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to access to certain information regarding the performance of public school campuses.
HB 2947	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the duty of a surplus lines insurance agent in the placement of a surplus lines insurance policy.
HB 3232	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the continuation of agencies and advisory committees reviewed under the Texas Sunset Act.
HB 3247	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the adjustment under the public school finance system for optional homestead exemptions granted by public school districts.
HB 3254	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the equalized wealth level and the guaranteed yield under the public school finance system.
HB 3258	Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to the investment of a portion of the economic stabilization fund balance and the dedication of certain interest earned on the fund balance.
HB 3483	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of students to general academic teaching institutions.
HB 3490	Last Action: Referred to General Investigating & Ethics Caption: Relating to the development of a reporting system for certain complaints submitted to the Texas Ethics Commission; providing a civil penalty.
HB 3546	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to minimum scores required for public school students to pass an examination for acceleration or for credit.
HB 3661	Last Action: Referred to Economic & Small Business Development Caption: Relating to recovery of covered unemployment compensation debt through participation in the federal Treasury Offset Program.
HB 3664	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to a limitation on the amount of school property tax revenue that is subject to recapture under the public school finance system.
HB 3705	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the membership, powers, and duties of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
HB 3933	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to information required for filing or approval of property and casualty insurance policy forms.
HB 3940	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to extending claim-handling deadlines after certain emergency declarations.
HB 3972	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the use of school district buildings as polling place locations.
HJR 19	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a rate of the franchise tax be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
HJR 95	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a franchise tax rate to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
HR 593	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Gene Jones and Charlotte Jones Anderson for their service as co-chairs of the 2015 Texas Medal of Arts Awards.
HR 594	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Margaret McDermott of Dallas on being named the 2015 Texas Medal of Arts honoree for Individual Arts Patron by the Texas Cultural Trust.
HR 595	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Ruth Altshuler of Dallas on earning the 2015 Texas Medal of Arts Standing Ovation Award from the Texas Cultural Trust.
HR 596	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas on its receipt of a Texas Medal of Arts Award from the Texas Cultural Trust.
HR 868	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Sophia Price of University Park Elementary School on the inclusion of her painting in the 2015 Youth Art Month exhibition at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and the State Capitol.
HR 1302	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jeanne Rene Chadbourne Aldredge of Dallas.
HR 1562	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Highland Park United Methodist Church as it approaches its centennial.
HR 1682	Last Action: Referred to Rules & Resolutions Caption: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Southern Methodist University.
HR 1702	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Southern Methodist University.
HR 1709	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of Stonewall Jackson Elementary School in Dallas.
HR 1762	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Southern Methodist University men's basketball team on its success during the 2014-2015 season.
HR 2443	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Dr. Dawson Orr for his service as superintendent of the Highland Park Independent School District.
HR 2444	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring John M. Turner of Dallas for his service to those who are visually impaired.
HR 2452	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Meadows Museum in Dallas.
HR 2454	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Senior Care Centers and its CEO, Mark McKenzie.
HR 2823	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Division 1 and Division 2 lacrosse teams from Highland Park High School on winning Texas High School Lacrosse League state championships.
HR 3202	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Dallas police officer Damon Cole for his effort to uplift a young boy with cancer.
HR 3217	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Ronald Joseph Gafford on his retirement from Austin Industries in Dallas.
HR 3329	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Kelly Bentley on her selection as the 2015-2016 Teacher of the Year at Hyer Elementary School in Dallas.
HR 3330	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Chandler Carter and Elizabeth Porter of Highland Park High School on winning the 2015 UIL Class 6A girls' doubles tennis state championship.
HR 3348	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Shelby Goff for her service as district director in the office of State Representative Morgan Meyer.
HR 3349	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Sallie Armstrong for her service as legislative director in the office of State Representative Morgan Meyer.
HR 3350	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Stephen Kyle McDonald for his service as a legislative analyst in the office of State Representative Morgan Meyer.
HR 3351	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Sarah Talley for her service as a staff member in the office of State Representative Morgan Meyer during the 84th Legislative Session.
HR 3446	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Ron Haddock of Dallas for his volunteer service to the American Heart Association.
HR 3505	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Diyaa Shah of Armstrong Elementary School in Dallas on being named a runner-up in the 2015 Texas Travels Essay Contest.