Legislation authored by Dan Shelley

Includes legislation with Dan Shelley as the primary author for the 70th through 73rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

73rd Regular Session
SB 151 Last Action: Referred to special subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the abolition of the Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood Advisory Council.
SB 164 Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the operations of a grand jury; providing penalties.
SB 198 Last Action: Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of a program to provide access to health insurance for employees of small groups.
SB 230 Last Action: No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to providing oral health care to nursing home residents.
SB 256 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93
Caption: Relating to a plea of guilty or nolo contendere in a misdemeanor case.
SB 284 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the definition of a dependent child for the purpose of eligibility for AFDC.
SB 318 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at institutions of higher education and public technical institutes for certain students in foster or other residential care.
SB 386 Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93
Caption: Relating to the liability of persons providing emergency care.
SB 479 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93
Caption: Relating to certain matters of probate: the guardianship of a person or an estate, informal probate of wills, informal distribution of estates, emergency payment of burial expenses, and protection of a decedent's personal property.
SB 530 Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93
Caption: Relating to the creation of metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
SB 586 Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93
Caption: Relating to the authority of the Harris County Flood Control District to provide for or participate in the development, operation, and maintenance of certain recreational and environmental improvements in connection with flood control facilities and projects.
SB 587 Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93
Caption: Relating to the authority of the Harris County Flood Control District to engage in wetlands mitigation programs and storm water quality and improvement programs.
SB 590 Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/93
Caption: Relating to the disposition of stolen property.
SB 624 Last Action: No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the administration and collection of municipal hotel occupancy taxes.
SB 687 Last Action: Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to the board of directors of a bank owned or controlled by an out-of-state bank holding company.
SB 821 Last Action: Withdrawn from calendar
Caption: Relating to the number of consecutive years a person may serve on certain mass transit authority boards.
SB 889 Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments
Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Agriculture to sell publications and collect publication fees.
SB 890 Last Action: Meeting cancelled
Caption: Relating to the authority of the State Seed and Plant Board to hold board meetings telephonically.
SB 891 Last Action: Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the creation of airport authorities by political subdivisions; authorizing taxes and granting the power of eminent domain.
SB 1037 Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the punishment provided for aggravated assault that causes serious bodily injury.
SB 1038 Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the punishment provided for possession for personal use of substances in Penalty Group I.
SB 1039 Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offenses of false imprisonment, kidnapping, and aggravated kidnapping and to the definition of deadly force as it relates to those offenses.
SB 1052 Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the punishment provided for felonies of the third degree.
SB 1053 Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the punishment provided for failure to stop and render aid following an accident involving death or personal injuries.
SB 1359 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to repealing the exemption of certain students from paying tuition charged by public institutions of higher education.
SB 1364 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93
Caption: Relating to municipal civil service in certain municipalities.
SB 1365 Last Action: Reported favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities.
SB 1366 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain home-rule municipalities obtain the consent of the voters in certain subdivisions before annexing the subdivisions.
SB 1393 Last Action: Referred to Energy Resources
Caption: Relating to county regulation of aggregate quarry and pit safety.
SB 1468 Last Action: Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to performance of students on the secondary exit level assessment instrument and the issuance of diplomas.
SB 1469 Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to the sale, lease, and development of state-owned oil, gas, and other minerals.
SB 1481 Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to the location, survey, sale, and lease of vacant and unsurveyed public school land and certain public boundaries and related fees.
SJR 3 Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the lending or granting of public money, a thing of value, or credit by a county in case of a disaster.
SR 320 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing Memorial Baptist Church of Baytown on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.
SR 635 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Mayor Haden E. McKay, M.D., who received the 1992 Dr. Nathan Davis Award from the American Medical Association in the category of Mayor of a City.
SR 886 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Christopher Ross Peterson on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.
SR 980 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing Father Joseph A. Gietl for his seven years of service as pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Crosby.
SR 1002 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Father Clinton Curtis Ressler who was ordained a priest.
SR 1033 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Recognizing Dr. Joseph T. Painter, who will be installed as the 148th president of the American Medical Association.
SR 1034 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Laura C. Rook of Crosby.
SR 1119 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. 1185.
72nd Regular Session
HB 132 Last Action: Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the declaration of an LP gas emergency temporarily suspending certain transportation requirements.
HB 133 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the allocation of admissions to the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the duty of the division to accept convicted felons.
HB 173 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91
Caption: Relating to essential need driver's licenses.
HB 522 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to requiring a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense to surrender the defendant's driver's license or license plates as punishment for the offense.
HB 644 Last Action: Referred to Environmental Affairs
Caption: Relating to the issuance of certain permits by the Texas Water Commission.
HB 645 Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of pawnshops; providing for the repeal of Subsection (c) of Section 121 of Chapter 780 Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session.
HB 646 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the use or maintenance of certain places for acts of public lewdness as a public or common nuisance.
HB 744 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the grievance procedure under municipal civil service in certain municipalities.
HB 762 Last Action: Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of a student with dyslexia to participate in extracurricular activities.
HB 763 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the issuance of a permit for a hazardous waste processing, storage, or disposal facility.
HB 764 Last Action: No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the prevention of, and the damage, cleanup, costs, and liability from spills or discharges which threaten waters in the state; providing for adequate response to spills of oil and other hazardous substances; levying a tax on crude oil; establishing a trust fund for spills and discharges; amending licensing requirements for pilots in state waters; and providing for civil and criminal penalties.
HB 847 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91
Caption: Relating to a waste tire recycling program; imposing administrative and civil penalties.
HB 1107 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91
Caption: Relating to imposition of standby fees by certain water districts.
HB 1353 Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs
Caption: Relating to the municipal annexation of certain subdivisions.
HB 1500 Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of real property for appraisal as open-space land and the additional tax imposed upon a change in use of open space or agricultural use land.
HB 1699 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the authority of commissioners courts to review matters in the unincorporated areas of counties.
HB 1723 Last Action: Referred to Liquor Regulation
Caption: Relating to the warning label to be affixed to all wines produced or bottled in the State of California.
HB 1779 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of the Inverness Forest Improvement District to levy and collect a maintenance tax and to continue in operation after the district's territory is annexed.
HB 2226 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the appointment of hearing officers for criminal and mental health cases in certain courts.
HB 2663 Last Action: Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to excavation operations that may damage underground facilities; imposing civil penalties.
HB 2664 Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs
Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of a justice court over a child who engages in certain conduct indicating a need for supervision.
HB 2665 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91
Caption: Relating to filing of lawsuits by and against the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority and the selection of and submittal of a license application for a disposal site by the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority and the review of the application by the Texas Department of Health.
HR 931 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Reverend Father John Robert Feidler on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of his ordination.
72nd 1st Called Session
HB 21 Last Action: Referred to Environmental Affairs
Caption: Relating to waste tire recycling fees.
HB 22 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the declaration of an LP gas emergency temporarily suspending certain transportation requirements.
HR 198 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Fred Hartman.
HR 245 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Honorable Bill Arnold on the occasion of his 65th birthday.
72nd 2nd Called Session
HR 16 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Urging and requesting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to eliminate the requirement for including "at risk" conditions in new pipeline construction certificates from the proposed pipeline regulations.
71st Regular Session
HB 376 Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in s/c
Caption: Relating to search warrants in cases involving certain offenses against a child.
HB 377 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89
Caption: Relating to the offense of promotion of child pornography.
HB 416 Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the testimony and immunity of an accomplice in certain criminal offenses.
HB 417 Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the admissibility of certain evidence in the prosecution of the offense of wholesale promotion and possession of obscene material or an obscene device.
HB 518 Last Action: Referred to Retirement and Aging
Caption: Relating to payment by certain public retirement systems for police personnel of retirement benefits under domestic relations orders.
HB 589 Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs
Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain home-rule municipalities obtain the consent of the voters in certain subdivisions before annexing the subdivisions.
HB 802 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the disposition of stolen property.
HB 826 Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule
Caption: Relating to the authority of a commissioners court to establish direct electronic access to certain county and district court records.
HB 844 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to payment by certain public retirement systems for fire or police personnel of retirement benefits under domestic relations orders.
HB 980 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89
Caption: Relating to the deadline for filing an application for a place on the ballot in a water control and improvement district election, a municipal utility district election, a water improvement district election, an....
HB 986 Last Action: Referred to Corrections
Caption: Relating to the imposition of fees on conviction of certain offenses for the purpose of establishing the Texas Department of Corrections construction account.
HB 987 Last Action: Pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the consent to abortion for certain minors; providing penalties.
HB 1060 Last Action: Tagged in committee
Caption: Relating to the imposition of fees on conviction of certain offenses for the purpose of establishing the Texas Department of Corrections construction, operations, and maintenance account.
HB 1139 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of certain water districts to discontinue service for unpaid fees, rentals, or taxes.
HB 1178 Last Action: Record vote
Caption: Relating to costs incurred by a financial institution when required to disclose its records.
HB 1422 Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the punishments for certain misdemeanors, to the amounts of pecuniary loss for certain offenses as those amounts affect punishments for the offenses, and to the jurisdiction of county, justice, and....
HB 1533 Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89
Caption: Relating to procedures for suspending a fire fighter or police officer in certain cities.
HB 1648 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Amending the Government Code.
HB 1868 Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89
Caption: Relating to the payment of a fee for certain child support cases in the child support department of Harris County.
HB 2617 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the definition of family homes as community-based residential homes exclusively for disabled persons.
HB 2940 Last Action: Pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a public hearing requirement for the location of a family home.
HCR 212 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Commending Ben Brown, 1989 Texas State Poster Child.
HR 318 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Audrey Mae Carter.
HR 493 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring Harriett Idell Anderson.
HR 539 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring Jack Fields, Sr.
HR 933 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary on its 50th anniversary.
HR 934 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Martin and Dlorah deVore on their marriage.
HR 1088 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Bryan and Lori Arnold on the birth of Kathryn Janice Arnold.
71st 1st Called Session
HCR 8 Last Action: Pending in committee
Caption: Granting Glenn H. Johnson, John Neale and Roberto Pensotti permission to sue the State of Texas and the Parks and Wildlife Department.
HR 44 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring Richard and Catherine Kubin on their 25th wedding anniversary.
HR 71 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating Anthony and Lillian Kubin.
71st 4th Called Session
HR 11 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Jack M. Fields, Sr.
HR 59 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring Sergeant A. R. Liles of the Baytown Police Department.
71st 5th Called Session
HR 4 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring Dr. Joe Airola.
HR 17 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring the Baytown Refinery on its 70th anniversary.
HR 151 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring Jane W. Turner.
70th Regular Session
HB 895 Last Action: Comm. laid on table subj. to call
Caption: Relating to masters to serve in the juvenile courts of Harris County.
HB 995 Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the testimony and immunity of an accomplice in certain criminal offenses.
HB 996 Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to search warrants in cases involving certain offenses against a child.
HB 997 Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the offense of promotion of child pornography.
HB 998 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the admissibility of certain evidence in the prosecution of the offense of wholesale promotion and possession of obscene material or an obscene device.
HB 1326 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87
Caption: Relating to jurisdiction of the Texas Water Commission and Texas Department of Health over plans and specifications for certain sewage disposal systems.
HB 1509 Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87
Caption: Relating to proof of water rights for release of funds by the Texas Water Development Board.
HB 1724 Last Action: Referred to s/c on Urban Affairs
Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain home-rule municipalities obtain the consent of the voters in certain subdivisions before annexing the subdivisions.
HB 1828 Last Action: Referred to Science & Technology
Caption: Relating to the establishment, goals, administration, and funding of the Texas Space Scholarship Program.
HB 2133 Last Action: Pending in committee
Caption: Relating to conflicts of interest for a local public official with a substantial interest in a business.
HB 2518 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the creation of a child support department in Harris County.
HR 147 Caption: Honoring Dr. Haden E. McKay, Mayor of Humble.
HR 148 Caption: Honoring Eva Whitfield.
HR 174 Caption: Honoring the City of Baytown on the 40th anniversary of the Tri-Cities consolidation.
HR 245 Caption: Honoring Antonio Kubin Michalsky on her 80th birthday.
HR 246 Caption: Honoring Suzanne E. Morris.
HR 269 Caption: Honoring the Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge.
HR 270 Caption: Congratulating Roy Lee Schultz.
HR 271 Caption: Welcoming representatives of the Brazoria County Extension Homemakers.
HR 325 Caption: Congratulating Jo Priddy of Humble.
HR 345 Caption: Honoring Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Fourrier on their 40th anniversary.
HR 495 Caption: Honoring the volunteers of the Pines Montessori School.
70th 2nd Called Session
HB 96 Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to jurisdiction of the Texas Water Commission and Texas Department of Health over plans and specifications for certain sewage disposal systems.
HR 44 Caption: Honoring Dr. Eugene Caldcleugh on his exemplary professional service to the community as assistant superintendent of elementary education for the Humble Independent School District.
HR 45 Caption: Commending Ruth Binkley.