Legislation authored by Betty Denton
Includes legislation with Betty Denton as the primary author for the 65th through 73rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
73rd Regular Session | |
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HB 397 |
Last Action: Companion considered in lieu of in committee Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the West Community Hospital District; authorizing a tax; granting the authority to issue bonds; and granting the power of eminent domain. |
HB 668 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain persons who resell tickets; providing a penalty. |
HB 806 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to the temporary conservatorship of a child. |
HB 834 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Prosecutor Council. |
HB 988 |
Last Action: Posting rule suspended Caption: Relating to the requirement of DNA analysis of certain inmates and to the creation of a DNA data base and of the Forensic Science Review Committee within the Department of Public Safety; providing a penalty. |
HB 1084 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to the offense of overtaking and passing a school bus; providing a penalty. |
HB 1165 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the testing of certain deaf or blind students enrolled at institutions of higher education. |
HB 1228 |
Last Action: Referred to Agriculture & Wildlife Management Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain persons from certain hunting stamp requirements. |
HB 2287 |
Last Action: Referred to Investments & Banking Caption: Relating to credit in and benefits payable by the Texas Municipal Retirement System. |
HB 2466 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to cancellation or nonrenewal of health insurance coverage. |
HB 2617 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the exemption of the judicial and court personnel training fund from consolidation or abolition. |
HB 2787 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to enabling the General Services Commission to purchase an existing building through Texas Public Finance Authority financing under certain circumstances. |
HB 2863 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a study and treatment of minor children who are survivors of sieges; making an appropriation. |
HCM 144 |
Last Action: Adopted Caption: Congratulating Yolanda Wilkerson on being named a first team All-State player by the Texas Girls Coaches Association. |
HCM 1359 |
Last Action: Adopted Caption: Congratulating Randall Alan Cooley on his graduation from Midway High School, Waco, Texas. |
HCR 96 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending the participants in the 1993 Texas Justice of the Peace and Constable Association convention. |
HMM 28 |
Last Action: Adopted Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Mary Rose Patronella. |
HR 261 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the state semifinalists Riesel High School Indians on winning UIL district, bidistrict, area and regional football championships. |
HR 262 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Joyce Holmes on the occasion of her retirement. |
HR 263 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of H. Edward Alford. |
HR 264 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of O. Lee Golden. |
HR 265 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of James A. Maler. |
HR 266 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Evelyn A. Orr. |
HR 267 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Dr. William David "Bill" Pittman. |
HR 268 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Doris Louvina Stephen. |
HR 269 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Reverend John Wesley Sedberry. |
HR 357 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating William Crockett on the occasion of his retirement. |
HR 412 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Caritas on the occasion of its 25th annual Feast of Caring. |
HR 417 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the participants in the Leadership Waco program and welcoming them to the Capitol. |
HR 479 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring and congratulating Texas State Technical College and Berufsbildende Schulen for their exchange program. |
HR 527 |
Last Action: Referred to Rules & Resolutions Caption: Congratulating Yolanda Wilkerson on being named a first team All-State player by the Texas Girls Coaches Association. |
HR 528 |
Last Action: Referred to Rules & Resolutions Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Mary Rose Patronella. |
HR 640 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Jimmie Carpenter for his service to the China Spring Independent School District. |
HR 641 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the organizers of the Texas, U.S.A. --Statehood Wagon Train on their efforts in making the sesquicentennial celebration of statehood a memorable occasion. |
HR 642 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Officer James W. Mitchell. |
HR 661 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Wilton A. Lanning, Jr., on his receipt of the Community Builders Award and commending him for his outstanding contributions to his community. |
HR 705 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending LaNelle L. McNamara for her outstanding contributions to the city of Waco. |
HR 745 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the memory of Officer George William Mitchell and extending sympathy to his family. |
HR 787 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of the Reverend Robert Gilbert. |
HR 887 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Robert G. Drake. |
72nd Regular Session | |
HB 174 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to ethics and accountability in state government and elections; to the composition, powers, and duties of the Texas Elections and Ethics Commission; to registration, reporting, and restrictions concerning expenditures made to influence legislation or administrative action; to personal financial statements filed by state officers and employees; and to the acceptance, use, and reporting of political contributions and expenditures; providing penalties. |
HB 183 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to the offense of overtaking and passing a school bus; providing a penalty. |
HB 240 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to certain persons convicted of the offense of driving while intoxicated. |
HB 241 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the term "intoxicated" as used in defining the offense of driving while intoxicated and in the law governing the taking of specimens of body substances. |
HB 285 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to drug-free school zones and to the imposition of penalties for the delivery, manufacture, or possession with the intent to deliver or manufacture a controlled substance in drug-free school zones or on school buses. |
HB 1398 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the temporary conservatorship of a child. |
HB 1399 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to joint managing conservatorship. |
HB 1431 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the county, justice, and small claims courts, to the processing and storage of information in the civil docket of a justice of the peace, and to the jurisdiction of certain municipal courts over certain hearings relating to stored motor vehicles. |
HB 1468 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons convicted of misdemeanor offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
HB 1469 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the preparation of a jury list in a criminal case. |
HB 1697 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to open records. |
HB 1698 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain persons who resell tickets; providing a penalty. |
HB 1737 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the frequency with which certain teachers are appraised. |
HB 1738 |
Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the applicability of the municipal civil service law. |
HB 2351 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to records and seals of notaries public and to qualification as a notary public. |
HB 2400 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the imposition of a special cost on conviction of the offense of driving while intoxicated or operating a vessel while intoxicated, to the establishment of certified breath alcohol testing programs, and to the disposition of certain fees; making an appropriation. |
HB 2401 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the provision of recycling receptacles for certain materials at state parks by the Parks and Wildlife Department. |
HB 2402 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to testing of deaf and blind students enrolled at institutions of higher education. |
HB 2403 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to creating a duty to negotiate for the sale of unused state water; providing a penalty. |
HB 2522 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the issuance of a permit for or the areal expansion of certain landfills. |
HB 2523 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the amendment of a permit for the areal expansion of certain existing landfills. |
HB 2524 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to regulatory approval of telephone extended area toll-free service. |
HB 2525 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the issuance of resident hunting licenses; providing a penalty. |
HB 2615 |
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Caption: Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to certain prosecutors. |
HB 2616 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Safety Caption: Relating to the creation of a motor vehicle theft inspection fund; the enforcement provisions for offenses involving theft of certain farm equipment; adding Texas Rangers; providing a penalty. |
HB 2674 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the Tenth Court of Appeals District. |
HB 2869 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the division of property in a divorce or annulment. |
HCR 163 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring the Texas Special Olympics of 1991. |
HCR 164 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Designating the week of April 21-27, 1991, as Crime Victims' Week in Texas. |
HCR 223 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating the week of May 12-18, 1991, as Emergency Medical Services Week in Texas. |
HCR 235 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Instructing the enrolling and engrossing clerk of the House of Representatives to make the necessary correction in H.B. 2674. |
HJR 104 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to require monthly payment and prohibit diversion or deferral of contributions to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the Employees Retirement System of Texas. |
HR 31 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Edwin L. Slough. |
HR 278 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the congregation of Meier Settlement Methodist Church. |
HR 405 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Sergeant Roger Barrett of the Waco Police Department. |
HR 406 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Sergeant John Robert "Bobby" Vicha of the Waco Police Department. |
HR 407 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Officer Elmer Huddleston of the Waco Police Department. |
HR 408 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Officer Urby J. Thompson of the Waco Police Department. |
HR 409 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Officer H. A. "Andy" Anderson of the Waco Police Department. |
HR 410 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Sergeant Donald H. Basquette of the Waco Police Department. |
HR 411 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Officer J. M. Baskin of the Waco Police Department. |
HR 470 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jesse J. Flewellen. |
HR 471 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Beryle Keith West. |
HR 1025 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Mr. Robert Hawkins. |
HR 1044 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Mr. Ruben M. Santos for his tireless service to the public. |
HR 1045 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Mr. Sam Jack McGlasson for his tireless service to the public. |
HR 1078 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Homer E. Price. |
HR 1079 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Othella Denman. |
72nd 1st Called Session | |
HB 56 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to drug-free school zones and to sentencing and the imposition of penalties for certain offenses involving controlled substances committed in a drug-free school zone. |
HR 284 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Captain Edwin D. Pringle. |
72nd 2nd Called Session | |
HB 14 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to testing of deaf or blind students enrolled at institutions of higher education. |
HB 20 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to drug-free school zones and to sentencing and the imposition of penalties for certain offenses involving controlled substances committed in a drug-free school zones. |
72nd 4th Called Session | |
HB 13 |
Last Action: Reported engrossed Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, dates, operation, and financing of the West Community Hospital District; authorizing a tax; granting the authority to issue bonds; and granting the power of eminent domain. |
HR 65 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring and commending Dr. Ali S. Khodr for his selfless service to the United States of America and the State of Texas. |
HR 171 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Grant Teaff on the outstanding record of achievement he enjoyed during his 21-year tenure as the head football coach at Baylor University. |
71st Regular Session | |
HB 318 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to income eligibility for nursing home care and community care. |
HB 392 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to income eligibility for nursing home care; making an emergency appropriation to the Texas Department of Human Services. |
HB 536 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to financing of the activities of the State Bar of Texas. |
HB 875 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the inclusion of information on the sexual or physical abuse of a child in the social history report prepared for the child's adoption. |
HB 876 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to joint managing conservatorship. |
HB 1009 |
Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Relating to requiring certain probationers and persons operating motor vehicles under license restrictions to install in motor vehicles devices that discourage driving while intoxicated. |
HB 1196 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the exemption of deaf or blind students from certain academic skills testing and remedial coursework requirements. |
HB 1197 |
Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the waiver of automobile registration fees for certain surviving spouses of members of the armed forces who died on active duty. |
HB 1466 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to access to, processing of, and use of certain criminal history records; providing a penalty; making an appropriation. |
HB 1497 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to an emergency appropriation to Texas State Technical Institute for repair of facilities damaged by fire. |
HB 1534 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct imposing sanctions on certain retired judges. |
HB 1535 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to modification of child support orders by the attorney general. |
HB 1633 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the provision of a 24-hour toll-free telephone number by the Department of Public Safety for reports by the public of traffic offenses and other matters relating to public safety. |
HB 1930 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the membership of the Texas Board of Health. |
HB 2253 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of an offense involving certain sales of tickets to events; providing a penalty. |
HB 2670 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the obtainment and use of a specimen of body tissue from certain defendants for possible use in future criminal investigations. |
HB 2671 |
Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the penalties for the delivery of a controlled substance to a minor and to possession of a controlled substance by a minor. |
HB 2759 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to requiring hepatitis tests for employees who manufacture, process, prepare, or dispense food or drink. |
HB 2782 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to use of standardized tests for admission to an institution of higher education or for award of a scholarship, grant, or loan. |
HB 2810 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the employment of certain retired teachers as teachers. |
HB 2891 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to collection of criminal information by the consumer credit commissioner concerning individuals involved in consumer credit. |
HB 2892 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the use of certain cigarette tax revenue for organ and tissue transplants. |
HB 2893 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the requirement that teaching assistants who teach certain freshman or sophomore courses at an institution of higher education be proficient in speaking, writing, and reading English. |
HB 2894 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to a study of the uses of certain unused drugs. |
HB 3148 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the county court and the county courts at law in McLennan County. |
HB 3158 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to the exchange of park property owned by certain municipalities. |
HCR 145 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating April 10 to 14, 1989, as Crime Victims' Rights Week in Texas. |
HCR 288 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending the 143rd Infantry Regiment. |
HR 38 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Leslie Bryan of Mart. |
HR 85 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of the Reverend Orris W. Sougstad. |
HR 136 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending LULAC Council No. 273. |
HR 218 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 25, 1989, as National TRIO Day. |
HR 279 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Reverend Jose Antonio Martorell. |
HR 314 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Bertha Raley. |
HR 315 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Billy G. Howard. |
HR 316 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of LaVelle Palmore. |
HR 317 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Francis Marion Johnson, Jr. |
HR 418 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Texas Special Olympics of 1989. |
HR 419 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Wallace R. Silva. |
HR 428 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the China Spring High School boys' basketball team. |
HR 429 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the China Spring High School girls' basketball team. |
HR 711 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Directing the House conferees on the general appropriations bill. |
HR 807 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring D. B. Collinsworth for his nomination as Hunter Education Volunteer Instructor of the Year. |
HR 1055 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Reverend Robert L. Gilbert. |
71st 1st Called Session | |
HB 17 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to ex parte communications and meetings of state agency members. |
HB 146 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Safety Caption: Relating to the issuance of an operator's license to persons convicted of a misdemeanor offense under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
HR 154 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Harley Hugh Spoon. |
71st 2nd Called Session | |
HB 6 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the issuance of an operator's license to persons convicted of a misdemeanor offense under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
71st 3rd Called Session | |
HB 52 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to drug-free school zones and to the imposition of penalties for the delivery, manufacture, or possession with the intent to deliver or manufacture a controlled substance in drug-free school zones or on.... |
HB 62 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the issuance of an operator's license to persons convicted of misdemeanor offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
HR 54 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Joseph Jeffries Wilson. |
71st 4th Called Session | |
HCR 35 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring the 4-H International Foreign Youth Exchange program. |
HR 106 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Donna Woodlock. |
HR 207 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Texas Special Olympics of 1990. |
71st 5th Called Session | |
HR 173 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Murray Watson, Sr. |
HR 174 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Camelia Ann Rentz Foster. |
71st 6th Called Session | |
HB 61 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons convicted of misdemeanor offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
HB 85 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the amount of certain benefits payable by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
HR 20 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Dr. May Yung-Fun Woo Wang. |
HR 49 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Mr. Jack Turner James upon his retirement. |
HR 53 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Texas State Guard. |
70th Regular Session | |
HB 619 |
Last Action: Pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to an increase in benefits for certain annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
HB 655 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to requiring certain probationers and persons operating motor vehicles under license restrictions to install in motor vehicles devices that discourage driving while intoxicated; and creating the offense of tampering with such a device. |
HB 716 |
Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to persons who may bring an original suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
HB 860 |
Last Action: Pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the offense of selling an alcoholic beverage to a minor. |
HB 1027 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to banking department examination fees. |
HB 1190 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to information contained in certain drivers' licenses and personal identification certificates. |
HB 1191 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the sale or distribution of drivers' licenses or personal identification certificates; providing criminal penalties. |
HB 1238 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the availability of special license plates for persons 65 years of age or older. |
HB 1376 |
Last Action: Comm. laid on table subj. to call Caption: Relating to the validation of certain annexations and other related governmental acts and proceedings of home-rule municipalities. |
HB 1477 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to liability for damages caused by the condition of donated items sold by a nonprofit organization. |
HB 1478 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to liability for damages caused by the condition of certain items donated to a nonprofit organization. |
HB 1579 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to charges for local telephone service by a telecommunications utility. |
HB 1769 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of sexual assault. |
HB 1824 |
Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to the provision of life, health, and accident insurance plans to certain retired persons on closing a business. |
HB 2161 |
Last Action: Printing rule suspended Caption: Relating to compensation for certain victims of crime. |
HB 2551 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in McLennan County. |
HB 2623 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the rate of state contributions to, and an increase in benefits for certain annuities of, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
HCR 163 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating April 26 - May 2, 1987, as Crime Victims' Rights Week. |
HCR 228 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring former U.S. Senator Ralph W. Yarborough on his birthday. |
HJR 43 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to require monthly payment and prohibit diversion or deferral of contributions to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the Employees Retirement System of Texas. |
HR 89 | Caption: Honoring DPS officer Robert L. Pruitt on his retirement. |
HR 90 | Caption: Honoring DPS officer J. W. Wilson on his retirement. |
HR 97 | Caption: Commending the organizers of the Area 12 Special Olympics Basketball Tournament. |
HR 100 | Caption: In memory of Betty June Barkley. |
HR 101 | Caption: Extending best wishes for a speedy recovery to Sherman Evans. |
HR 202 | Caption: Congratulating Karl M. May of Waco. |
HR 263 | Caption: In memory of John "Jay" Franklin O'Neal, Jr. |
HR 280 | Caption: Commending New Hope Ministries of Waco. |
HR 282 | Caption: Commending organizers and participants of the 1987 Texas Special Olympics. |
HR 344 | Caption: In memory of Leonard Flemmons. |
HR 388 | Caption: Honoring Thurmond Dorsey. |
HR 432 | Caption: Honoring Eugene and Doris Prickette on their 50th anniversary. |
HR 497 | Caption: Congratulating the Inner City Ministry of Waco and Betty Jo Rabon. |
HR 498 | Caption: Honoring the Arthritis Foundation. |
HR 522 | Caption: Commending the Waco Police Officers Association. |
HR 683 | Caption: Extending best wishes to the 2nd Annual Texas Air Expo. |
70th 2nd Called Session | |
HR 46 | Caption: In memory of Esther Miller Jud. |
HR 72 | Caption: Congratulating the China Spring High School baseball team. |
HR 159 | Caption: Congratulating the La Vega High School baseball team. |
69th Regular Session | |
HB 525 |
Last Action: Consideration postponed Caption: Relating to the offense of unlawful carrying of weapons on certain premises where alcoholic beverages are served or sold. |
HB 870 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the supplemental compensation of certain judges in McLennan County. |
HB 1071 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to charges for local telephone service by a telecommunications utility. |
HB 1100 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the defenses to a workers' compensation claim. |
HB 1242 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to application of the Education Code to facilities of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation or the Texas Youth Commission. |
HB 1243 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the responsibility of a school district to provide a free appropriate public education to handicapped children. |
HB 1282 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to eligibility for nonoccupational disability retirement benefits from the Texas Municipal Retirement System. |
HB 1285 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to group health insurance for public school retirees. |
HB 1411 |
Last Action: Withdrawn by author Caption: Relating to the tax rate on distilled spirits and to the use of certain revenue from that tax. |
HB 1412 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to service and return of citation in civil actions. |
HB 1530 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to hearings on the enforcement of child support orders. |
HB 1531 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the transportation allotment for school transportation systems. |
HB 1532 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of a teacher to request a hearing on charges resulting in release under a continuing contract. |
HB 1667 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to requiring additional data for the state cancer registry. |
HB 1668 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to mobile health examination units used for cancer detection. |
HB 1669 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the establishment of diagnostic and treatment substations of The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston. |
HB 1670 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the rate of the cigarette tax and to allocation and dedication of certain cigarette tax revenue to cancer research. |
HB 1689 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the certification of law enforcement communications officers by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education; providing a penalty. |
HB 2069 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to an appeal to a district court of a decision of a firemen's and policemen's civil service commission. |
HB 2070 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to enhanced penalties for using or exhibiting a firearm during the commission of certain offenses. |
HB 2414 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the inclusion of Texas State Technical Institute among the institutions eligible to benefit from an existing appropriation for purchased utilities. |
HB 2475 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, and financing of the Texas Public School Retired Employees Group Insurance Program. |
HCR 158 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating April 14 through 20, 1985 as Crime Victims Rights Week. |
HCR 164 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Connie Alexander. |
HCR 255 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Central Freight Lines on its 60th anniversary. |
HR 23 | Caption: Congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Fred Simon, Jr. on their 40th wedding anniversary. |
HR 105 | Caption: Honoring E. C. Thompson, past president of Hallsburg Independent School District. |
HR 118 | Caption: Congratulating the Jefferson-Moore High School football team of Waco. |
HR 156 | Caption: Commending Oscar Mercado. |
HR 177 | Caption: Commending the Texas State Technical Institute. |
HR 195 | Caption: Congratulating the Mart High School football team. |
HR 370 | Caption: Endorsing the goals of the Special Olympics and commending the participants. |
HR 408 | Caption: Honoring H. Gene Evans of Waco. |
HR 424 | Caption: Honoring the Pleasant Olive Missionary Baptist Church on celebration of its centennial. |
HR 546 | Caption: Honoring the Department of Public Safety on its 50th anniversary. |
HR 559 | Caption: Commending the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association for its 109 years of service. |
69th 2nd Called Session | |
HR 14 | Caption: Congratulating the Aaron Kimball Door Shop tee-ball team. |
HR 63 | Caption: Declaring the 18th day of October, 1986, as Senior Games Day in Texas. |
69th 3rd Called Session | |
HCR 11 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing the first Annual Austin Avenue Fall Arts Festival. |
68th Regular Session | |
HB 329 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to automatic changes in utility charges. |
HB 410 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the purchase of firearms from the state by retiring state peace officers or survivors of state peace officers. |
HB 496 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the time when a utility may put a rate change into effect. |
HB 513 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to limitations on the enforcement and collection of past-due, court-ordered child support. |
HB 523 |
Last Action: Placed on daily General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the modification of an order appointing a managing conservator in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
HB 635 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation of utilities by local governments. |
HB 640 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to charges for local telephone service by a telecommunications utility. |
HB 869 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to intervention by the attorney general in a judicial review of a utility regulation decision. |
HB 1037 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to enhanced penalties for using or exhibiting a firearm during the commission of certain offenses. |
HB 1348 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Retirement and Aging Caption: Relating to eligibility for nonoccupational disability retirement benefits from the Texas Municipal Retirement System. |
HB 1564 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Health Caption: Relating to requiring additional information for the state cancer registry. |
HB 1565 |
Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the allocation and dedication of certain cigarette tax revenue to cancer research. |
HB 1566 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Health Caption: Relating to mobile health examination units used for cancer detection. |
HB 1567 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Health Caption: Relating to the establishment of diagnostic and treatment substations of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston. |
HB 1568 |
Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the use of a medical treatment designed to restore the human body's natural immunity to disease. |
HB 1640 |
Last Action: See remarks Caption: Relating to the defenses to a workers' compensation action. |
HB 1794 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain volunteer fire department vehicles from compulsory liability insurance requirements. |
HB 1995 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to increasing benefits to annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System, establishing effective date,and authorizing an appropriation. |
HCR 132 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association on the occasion of its Thirtieth Annual Convention. |
HCR 254 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the Salvation Army on the occasion of the dedication of the William Booth Garden Apartments. |
HR 194 | Caption: Recognizing valuable contributions of the Texas State Technical Institute. |
HR 197 | Caption: Congratulating the Mart High School football team. |
HR 198 | Caption: Congratulating the Jefferson-Moore High School football team. |
HR 268 | Caption: In memory of Edward Johnson. |
HR 286 | Caption: In memory of Ernest B. People. |
HR 319 | Caption: Congratulating the participants in the Sixteenth Annual Special Olympics State Meet. |
HR 333 | Caption: In memory of Louis Gonzales, Sr. |
HR 381 | Caption: Commending Bob M. Johnson for his years of excellent educational leadership. |
HR 443 | Caption: Designating Dr. Daniel Rader as Special Physician for the Day. |
HR 492 | Caption: In memory of Dr. Clifford S. Knape. |
HR 518 | Caption: Commending Sister Seraphine Ferrero. |
68th 2nd Called Session | |
HB 20 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to increasing benefits to annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System, providing for funding, making an appropriation and declaring an emergency. |
HCR 86 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the Dr Pepper Company on its centennial. |
67th Regular Session | |
HB 534 |
Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to continuation of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and regulation of the practice of medicine. |
HB 553 |
Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas for service as an assistant district attorney. |
HB 652 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to requiring additional information for the state cancer registry. |
HB 706 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Transportation Caption: Requiring that the rear car of a freight train be an occupied caboose; setting standards for cabooses to be enforced and regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas. |
HB 752 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to suits for divorce or annulment and to declare a marriage void and to the rights, privileges, and duties of spouses. |
HB 753 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the division of certain property in a suit for divorce or annulment. |
HB 754 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the enforcement of certain court orders issued in or after a suit for the dissolution of a marriage. |
HB 770 |
Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to suits for divorce, annulment and to declare a marriage void, to the rights, privileges, and duties of spouses, and to the enforcement and clarification of certain courts orders. |
HB 785 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to funds for storage by microfilm the records of the courts of appeals. |
HB 811 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to enhanced penalties for using or exhibiting a firearm during the commission of certain offenses. |
HB 841 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to interlocal contracts for the registration of vital statistics. |
HB 893 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the allocation and dedication of certain cigarette tax revenue for cancer research. |
HB 894 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to mobile health examination units used for cancer detection. |
HB 895 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the establishment of diagnostic and treatment substations of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston. |
HB 943 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to attorney's fees in actions to enforce the Open Meetings Act. |
HB 1231 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Relating to discrimination in determining motor vehicle insurance rates. |
HB 1297 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Amending the Family Code to conform with the name change of the State Department of Public Welfare to the Texas Department of Human Resources. |
HB 1442 |
Last Action: Comm. report printed & sent to Comm. on Local & Consent Cal. Caption: Relating to identification of persons operating railroad locomotives. |
HB 1788 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the validation of the incorporation of municipalities. |
HB 2367 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to the provision of full-day Kindergarten. |
HCR 13 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the Baylor University Football Team. |
HCR 104 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating April 30, 1981, as "Abner Vernon McCall Day" in Texas. |
HCR 114 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Requesting that obsolete textbooks be donated to Latin American countries. |
HR 33 | Caption: Congratulating the West High School Trojans football team. |
HR 41 | Caption: Congratulating the Mart High School Panthers football team. |
HR 83 | Caption: Commending Bernard Rapoport. |
HR 94 | Caption: In memory of William McCoy Barrett. |
HR 100 | Caption: In memory of former state Representative W. S. Foster. |
HR 104 | Caption: In memory of John Joel Youngblood. |
HR 310 | Caption: Congratulating the participants of the Fourteenth Annual Special Olympics State Meet. |
67th 1st Called Session | |
HR 57 | Caption: Congratulating the City of Riesel. |
HR 85 | Caption: Congratulating Sidney and Shirley Colbert. |
67th 2nd Called Session | |
HR 9 | Caption: Commending the Texas Association of Women's and Girls' Club. |
66th Regular Session | |
HB 697 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the furnishing of natural gas to certain public utilities and customers. |
HB 720 |
Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Utilities Legislation Caption: Relating to telephone service to a volunteer fire department. |
HB 853 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the establishment of a cancer registry and the reporting of data from the records of certain patients. |
HB 854 |
Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the allocation and dedication of certain cigarette tax revenue for cancer research. |
HB 1101 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the disclosure of foreign investors' interests in real property. |
HB 1202 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to mobile screening units for cancer diagnosis. |
HB 1326 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the establishment of a senior citizens' luncheon activity program. |
HB 1385 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Higher Education Caption: Relating to certain training programs to be offered at Texas State Technical Institute. |
HB 1868 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to transfer of the Waco State Home to the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and establishing an advisory board. |
HB 1869 |
Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in public hearing Caption: Relating to heart and lung disease death or disability benefits for certain firefighters. |
HB 1870 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to credit in th Employees Retirement System of Texas for service as an assistant district attorney. |
HB 1971 |
Last Action: Motion lost to suspend reg order (to consider on 2nd reading) Caption: Relating to interstate compact on grain marketing. |
HB 1972 |
Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to a study committee on grain marketing. |
HB 2029 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the use of clear language in state contracts, agency rules and approved insurance policies. |
HCR 57 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Rules Caption: Directing the Texas Education Agency, the Air Control Board and Department of Health to investigate the extent of health risks from asbestos in public schools. |
HCR 67 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Rules Caption: Encouraging committee chairmen to include a "paperwork note" in each committee report on a bill. |
HR 32 | Caption: Commending LULAC and its Council #273. |
HR 36 | Caption: Congratulating the West High School football team. |
HR 133 | Caption: Congratulating the Second Baptist Church of Waco on its 100th anniversary. |
HR 162 | Caption: Endorsing the goals and purposes of the Special Olympics. |
65th Regular Session | |
HB 497 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the care after the age of 18 years of persons residing in facilities operated by the Texas Youth Council for orphans, half-orphans, and dependent and neglected children. |
HB 498 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to exclusion of nonprofit corporations created to supply water or sewer services from the definition of public utility. |
HB 499 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to charges for telephone directory assistance by certain telecommunications utilities. |
HB 500 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to charges for local telephone service by a telecommunication utility. |
HB 817 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the administration by the Texas Employment Commission of a counseling program for the employment of displaced homemakers. |
HB 990 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Higher Education Caption: Relating to reimbursing public junior colleges for tuition and other fee exemptions required by law for handicapped students. |
HB 1242 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to providing interpreters for deaf students at Texas State Technical Institute. |
HB 1664 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to deposits paid to certain public utilities as a condition precedent to furnishing utility service. |
HJR 38 |
Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Proposing an amendment of Article VIII, Section 1-b, of the Texas Constitution, to provide that the residence homestead tax exemption for persons 65 years of age or older be applicable to all political subdivisions of this state. |
HR 49 | Caption: Relating to requesting a study of McLennan County's future needs in higher education. |
HR 50 | Caption: Relating to requesting a study of the need for a state park in McLennan County. |
HR 65 | Caption: Commemorating Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority's 45th Regional Conference and Representatives Delco, Thompson, and Johnson. |
HR 71 | Caption: In memory of former Representative Colonel Eugene A. McNamara. |
HR 125 | Caption: Congratulating the Baylor University Bears baseball team. |
HR 137 | Caption: Commending the Ninth Annual Special Olympics State Meet. |
HR 149 | Caption: Commending Manuel Gonzales. |
HR 156 | Caption: Commending the Sterling C. Robertson Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. |
65th 1st Called Session | |
HCR 20 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulatory Resolution on the 46th Annual Meeting of the Congreso Nacional de Sociedades Mutualistas de la Republica Mexicana. |
HR 17 | Caption: Commending the Second Annual Westfest to be held in West, Texas. |
65th 2nd Called Session | |
HB 56 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to certification requirements for peace officers. |
HR 23 | Caption: Commending the Parent-Teacher Association of Texas. |
HR 24 | Caption: In memory of Oscar N. DuConge. |