Legislation authored by Donald Kenneth Shipley
Includes legislation with Donald Kenneth Shipley as the primary author for the 57th through 58th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 58th Regular Session | |
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| HB 112 | Caption: Relating to declaring strikes and collective bargaining by firemen and policemen to be against public policy and to provide in all cities of more than ten thousand (10,000) inhabitants according to the last preceding federal census, for the setting up of a local Commission of Arbitration which shall hear and determine grievances and disputes which may arise between the governing body of the city and its firemen or policemen; providing a penalty for the willful violation of this Act. |
| HB 394 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code; defining and concerning Mortgage Lenders and Borrowers; prohibiting certain practices relating to insurance of real property and escrow accounts; permitting certain exceptions thereto; providing a penalty for violation thereof; declaring a violation thereof to be a misdemeanor and assessing a fine. |
| HB 612 | Caption: Relating to providing that each county shall assess, levy and collect the state ad valorem taxes on all county owned land which is leased under certain conditions. |
| HB 763 | Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code to provide that any person who holds any elected State, county precinct or municipal office shall be ineligible to be a candidate for any other office unless he resigns from the office so held, prior to the filing date for the primary election for such office sought. |
| HR 5 | Caption: Directing the allocation of parking spaces to the Members of the House. |
| HR 21 | Caption: In memory of William J. Philpot of Galena Park. |
| HR 515 | Caption: Directing the creation of a committee to study to the issues affecting the safety of recreational water vehicles and their usage. |
| 57th Regular Session | |
| HB 55 | Caption: Relating to authorising cities of 500,000, or more, annexing territory containing one or more utility companies serving residents with water and sanitary sewer service to condemn such utility companies. |
| HB 459 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Vernon's Texas Penal Code providing penalties for conviction of three (3) or more offenses of driving while intoxicated. |
| HB 564 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes removing jurisdiction of civil actions from County Court at Law No. 3 of Harris County, Texas. |
| HB 565 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Article of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes removing jurisdiction of civil actions from County Court of Law No. 4 of Harris County. |
| HB 566 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act creating a second County Civil Court at Law for Harris County, to be known as "County Civil Court at Law No.2." |
| HB 575 | Caption: Relating to regulating the sale, transfer and possession of certain firearms, prescribing penalties and rules of evidence. |
| HB 753 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute relating to submission to the qualified voters of a Home Rule City of amendments to an existing charter of such city. |
| HB 953 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code of Texas making it a felony for possessing poll tax receipt of others, or for possessing more than one poll tax receipt of own, and providing penalties. |
| HB 1005 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code of Texas relating to Sunday laws. |
| HR 485 | Caption: In memory of J. Dixie Smith of Houston. |
| HR 693 | Caption: In memory of James Henry Callihan of Houston. |
| 57th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 84 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure providing that the rules of excluding testimony be changed so that husband and wife can more fully testify and be subject to broader rules of cross-examination when used as a witness for the other. |
| HB 85 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Articles of the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to providing that when the state seeks the death penalty the jury shall fix the punishment; providing that when the plea is not guilty the defendant shall be first tried on the issue of guilt or innocence of the offense charged without reference to the punishment to be imposed on such defendant; providing, further, for a separate hearing, upon a return of a verdict of guilty, as to the assessment of punishment; providing when the jury cannot agree as to the punishment or their verdict as to the punishment is set aside, the judge shall then assess the punishment. |
| HB 86 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Articles of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Texas providing that two or more defendants who are jointly or separately indicted or complained against for the same offense or an offense growing out of the same transaction may be, in the discretion of the court, tried jointly or separately as to one or more defendants; and providing that either defendant may testify for the other or in behalf of the state; providing for a reversal of the judgment of conviction where a denial of a severance or separate trial was prejudicial to the defendant or an abuse of the trial judge's discretion. |
| HB 87 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Act relating to insanity as a defense or bar to criminal prosecution; concerning the trial and commitment to a State Mental Hospital of insane person where insanity is raised as a defense or as a bar in a prosecution for a criminal offense; clarifying the trial procedure where the question of insanity is raised as a defense or bar to a criminal prosecution. |
| HB 88 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure to state clearly that the trial judge may set any criminal case for a pretrial hearing for the purpose of disposing of certain preliminary matters before the case is set for trial upon its merits. |
| HB 89 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to enumerating reasons for challenge for cause; providing for a challenge because of conscientious scruples in regard to the infliction of the punishment of death for crime, only in a case where the State is seeking a death penalty. |
| HB 90 | Caption: Relating to providing that defendants may put up cash money or the equivalent thereof in approved securities in lieu of a bond or recognizance in all cases where bail is allowed under existing law; providing for a forfeiture, the safe keeping and return of same, the procedure and construction in regard thereto. |
| HB 91 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Texas to make clear the certain defects in the indictment or errors made in the trial need not necessarily be grounds for reversal. |
| HB 92 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Articles of the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to separation of jurors in all felony and capital-felony cases. |
| HB 93 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code of Texas for the purpose of increasing the maximum punishment for assault with intent to murder. |
| HB 94 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code of Texas by providing that the maximum punishment for burglary at night may be life imprisonment. |
| HB 95 | Caption: Relating to adult probation and parole; amending the Adult and Probation Law of 1957 adult probation and parole; providing that probated sentences may be granted in all felony cases, providing that juries in the trial of all criminal felony cases on a plea of guilty or not guilty may recommend probation of any sentence in such felony criminal action where the defendant has not theretofore been convicted of a felony in this or any other state; providing how such probation shall be applied for and that such recommendation shall be obligatory upon the court; providing for the introduction of evidence as the general reputation of the defendant where the defendant files and application for probation and states under oath that he has never been convicted of a felony and that his reputation is good; providing how a probated sentence granted by a jury may be revoked. |
| HB 96 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure to permit a forfeiture of the recognizance or bail bond of a defendant who fails to appear on the day set for a pre-trial hearing on pleadings and motions or any subsequent date set for a hearing on pleadings and motions. |
| HB 97 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to the formation of the jury in capital cases by providing that the jury shall be selected as in ordinary felony cases when the death penalty is not sought by the state. |
| HB 98 | Caption: Relating to amending the First Application for Continuance by Defendant by omitting a certain sentence. |
| HB 99 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code of 1925 providing punishment for murder without malice. |
| HB 100 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure to provide that assignments of error shall be set out distinctly in the defendant's motion for a new trial and that assignments of error not so set out in the motion for new trial need not be considered by the trial or appellate court unless the defendant was not represented by counsel, in which event such consideration is discretionary. |
| HB 101 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure for the purpose of permitting a defendant who is charged with a felony to waive a jury regardless of whether the plea is guilty, not guilty or nolo contendere. |
| HB 102 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code to change the minimum penalty for murder from two to five years in the penitentiary. |
| HB 103 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Texas of 1925 providing that when pending the trial of any felony case one juror may die or be disabled from sitting an any time before the charge of the court is read to the jury, the remainder of the jury shall have the power to render and return the verdict. |
| HB 104 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure providing the amount of fees and compensation to be received by witnesses, persons, or attorneys who are compelled to leave their own counties to serve or testify in a judicial proceeding. |
| HB 105 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act providing for transfers of certain cases from the jurisdiction of juvenile courts to the jurisdiction of the other courts in this state; providing that certain delinquent children shall be subject to the penal laws and criminal prosecution the same as if they were adults; prescribing the power, authority and jurisdiction of juvenile courts; prescribing the power, authority and duties of various State agencies handling delinquent children. |
| 57th 3rd Called Session | |
| HCR 41 | Caption: Congratulating State Representative henry Cushing Grover and his wide Kay on the birth of their son Bernard Downey Grover. |
| HR 135 | Caption: In memory of J. D. Walters of Houston. |