Legislation authored by Anthony Hall

Includes legislation with Anthony Hall as the primary author for the 63rd through 65th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

65th Regular Session
HB 106	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Redefining the term "peace officer" to include the Commissioner of Labor Statistics and persons commissioned by the Commissioner to enforce the Labor Agency Law.
HB 107	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the prohibition of any requirement that an attorney at law be present at or participate in certain real estate transactions.
HB 108	Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Correctional Institutions Caption: Relating to visitation privileges of inmates of the Texas Department of Corrections.
HB 109	Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the reimbursement of public hospitals for services rendered to indigent patients who are not residents of the political subdivisions by which the hospitals are established and maintained; providing for the right to sue the counties of such idnigents residence in the event such reimbursements are not paid within a certain time; and providing for the enforcement of judgments against such counties.
HB 110	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably Caption: Relating to the voting residence of students.
HB 111	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to unemployment compensation benefits.
HB 141	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Requiring state departments, agencies, and institutions to list all permanent job openings with the Texas Employment Commission for a specified period of time prior to listing same with any other public or private agency.
HB 142	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the amount of money an inmate is entitled to receive when released or discharged from a penitentiary.
HB 143	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the composition of the Texas Private Employment Agency Regulatory Board and to the scope of coverage of the Texas Private Employment Agency Law and rendering impermissible the knowing employment or referral of illegal aliens and establishing a maximum fee to be charged certain applicants.
HB 144	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the administration of the Texas Department of Corrections Work Furlough Program, the requirements imposed on employers of work furlough inmates, and the entitlement of said inmates and their dependents to workmen's compensation benefits.
HB 181	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to granting public hospitals the right to reimbursement from the State of Texas for the reasonable cost of medical care and treatment rendered to indigents; providing for the submission of claims to the Comptroller of Public Accounts; providing for the right to sue the state in the event such claims are not paid within a certain time; providing for the enforcement of judgments against the state; providing that claims and judgments shall be paid only by direct appropriation made by the Legislature for the purpose of satisfying such claims and judgments.
HB 182	Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the requirements for a Labor Agency licensing and to the penalties for doing business without a Labor Agency license and for employing common or agricultural workers procured for the employer by unlicensed labor agents.
HB 183	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Declaring a state policy as to an alternate method of electing the governing bodies of home rule cities and making findings with respect thereto.
HB 184	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the election of the city council in certain cities.
HB 185	Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the Texas Minimum Wage Act of 1970.
HB 190	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Exempting from the Motor Vehicle Sales Tax the receipts from the sale or rental and the use of certain church vehicles.
HB 534	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the requirement of certain provisions in construction contracts, and subcontracts of construction contracts, to which the State Building Commission is a party.
HB 535	Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the recovery of costs and reasonable attorney's fees by a person who is the prevailing party in a judicial review of an agency decision.
HB 536	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, and financing of a program to provide loans insured by the state to former inmates and parolees.
HB 537	Last Action: Motion lost Caption: Relating to the prohibition of discrimination by certain alcoholic beverage licensees and permittees.
HB 816	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the employment of certain aliens; granting certain duties and powers to the commissione of labor and standards; providing fines; and providing a private cause of action.
HB 1062	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to the approval of proposed detachments from certain existing school districts.
HB 1955	Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to declaratory judgments on the validity of securities issued by public agencies, providing more expeditious procedures for obtaining such judgments and effecting appeals therefrom and providing for the effect of such judgments and penalties in connection therewith.
HCR 1	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting review by the Social Security Administration of regulations governing certification of representative payees.
HJR 7	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Proposing an amendment to Article IX of the Texas Constitution by adding Section 10 to permit state reimbursement of hospital districts for providing medical and hospital care to needy indigent persons residing outside the districts.
HJR 8	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Proposing an amendment to Article IV, Section 11, of the Texas Constitution, relating to the number of members on the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
HR 40	Caption: Amending HSR 5 to clarify section relating to two free round trips per month for members.
64th Regular Session
HB 50	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to rapid transit authorities.
HB 51	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation, financing, and operation of single- or multi-county rapid transit authorities in certain counties.
HB 122	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to the administration of the Texas Department of Corrections' Work Furlough Program, the requirements imposed on employers of work furlough inmates and the entitlement of said inmates and their dependents to workmen's compensation benefits.
HB 123	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to the requirements for a Labor Agency license and to the penalties for doing business without a Labor Agency license and for employing common or agricultural workers procured for the employer by unlicensed labor agents; and redefining the term "peace officer."
HB 124	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the authority of party state executive committees to set dates for meetings of state party conventions.
HB 125	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the composition of the Texas Private Employment Agency Regulatory Board and to the scope of coverage of the Texas Private Employment Agency Law and rendering impermissible the knowing employment or referral of illegal aliens and establishing a maximum fee to be charged certain applicants.
HB 126	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Labor Caption: Relating to the appointment and term of office of the Commissioner of Labor and Standards and to the designation of the location of said Commissioner's office.
HB 127	Last Action: Tabled Caption: Relating to the Unemployment Compensation System for the State of Texas.
HB 128	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to the creation in certain counties of independent school districts related to county institutions for the care of neglected, dependent and delinquent children.
HB 129	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Requiring all state departments, agencies, and institutions to list all permanent job openings with the Texas Employment Commission for a specified period of time prior to listing same with any other public or private agency.
HB 130	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the election of the city council in certain cities.
HB 131	Last Action: Reported from committee with substitute Caption: Relating to the election of the city council in certain cities.
HB 248	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the reimbursement of certain hospital districts for services rendered to nonresident patients.
HB 249	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the reimbursement of certain hospital districts for services rendered nonresident patients.
HB 1003	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the requirement of certain provisions in construction contracts, and subcontracts of construction contracts, to which the State Building Commission is a party.
HB 1688	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the amount of money an inmate is entitled to receive when released or discharged from a penitentiary.
HB 1689	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Redefining the term "peace officer" to include the Commissioner of Labor Statistics and persons commissioned by the Commissioner to enforce the Labor Agency Law.
HB 1690	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to visitation provileges of inmates of the Texas Department of Corrections.
HB 2033	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the prohibition of any requirement that an attorney at law be present at or participate in certain real estate transactions.
HB 2034	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Creating the Governor's Office of Equal Employment Information; requiring all agencies and departments of the State of Texas, including state-supported institutions of higher learning, to prepare and maintain written plans to assure implementation of programs of equal employment opportunity; requiring such plans to be filed with the Governor's Office of Equal Employement Information on October 1 of each year; requiring progress reports to be filed with the Governor's Office of Equal Employment Information on April 1 of each year; declaring such plans and reports to be public information.
HB 2035	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Labor Caption: Relating to the Texas Minimum Wage Act 1970.
HB 2036	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to membership on municipal retirement boards.
HCR 14	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to requesting a review by the social security administration of regulations governing certification of representative payees.
HJR 57	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: Relating to providing payment of assistance to surviving parents of certain state employees killed in performance of their duties.
HJR 63	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: Relating to permitting the state to reimburse hospital districts for certain care of out-of-district indigents.
HJR 90	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: Relating to the number of members on the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
63rd Regular Session
HB 602	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Creating Harris County Youth Village Independent School District to provide an educational program for eligible children; providing its territorial limits; providing for trustees; providing for certification of the census of children and apportionment of state and county available school funds; providing eligibility for Foundation School Program assistance and the use of county funds; providing authority to accept gifts and grants; and declaring an emergency.
HB 644	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to the role and scope of Texas A&I University at Laredo.
HB 669	Last Action: Rules failed to suspend Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain employees from coverage under the Texas Minimum Wage Act of 1970; the amount of the minimum wage; and penalties.
HB 876	Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Relating to the reimbursement of certain hospital districts for services rendered to the nonresident patients.
HB 1481	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Amending the Harris County Road Law; providing a severability clause.
HB 1558	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the alternate method of calling road bond elections; amending Section 2, Chapter 16, Acts of the 39th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1926, as amended (Article 752b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); and declaring an emergency.
HB 1658	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the compensation of the District Attorney of the 49th Judicial District and to the compensation and appointment of assistants, investigators, and stenographers.
HB 1676	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Designating Texas Southern University as a special purpose institution of higher education for urban programming; amending Subchapter A, Chapter 106, Texas Education Code, by adding Section 106.02; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1677	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to changing the name of the board of directors of Texas Southern University; amending Seciton 106.11, Subchapter B, Chapter 106, Texas Education Code; and declaring an emergency.
HCR 218	Last Action: Filed without Governor's signature Caption: Recalling H.B. 1481 from the Governor.
HJR 52	Last Action: Committee hearing date Caption: Proposing an amendment of the Texas Constitution establishing certain requirements relative to enactment of laws creating certain conservation and reclamation districts.
HR 71	Caption: Congratulating the Honorable and Mrs. E. L. Short and Lt. and Mrs. Larry Bruns.
63rd 1st Called Session
HCR 6	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Mrs. Florence Elisabeth Finley.