Legislation authored by Bill Blackwood
Includes legislation with Bill Blackwood as the primary author for the 69th through 73rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 73rd Regular Session | |
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| HB 396 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to death benefits payable to the survivors of certain public servants. |
| HB 492 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to contract with certain state agencies for the enforcement of traffic laws. |
| HB 493 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to certain charges in connection with a fine for violation of a motor vehicle law. |
| HB 494 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to local regulation of alcoholic beverages. |
| HB 709 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to storage fees charged by a vehicle storage facility. |
| HB 710 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to fees charged by a vehicle storage facility. |
| HB 711 |
Last Action: Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported Caption: Relating to the storage and sale of certain vehicles. |
| HB 712 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to solicitation by public safety organizations, public safety publications, and certain independent promoters; providing criminal and civil penalties. |
| HB 853 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the offense of solicitation of the delivery of a controlled substance, controlled substance analogue, or dangerous drug. |
| HB 854 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to reports of, and suits for the protection of, abused children; providing a criminal penalty. |
| HB 977 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to the governance and name of the Law Enforcement Management Institute. |
| HB 1744 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the types of weapons in the offense of taking a weapon from a peace officer. |
| HB 1745 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the financing and use of certain property by a municipality or county. |
| HCR 14 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing the city of Mesquite as the official Rodeo Capital of Texas. |
| HR 253 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Declaring February 16, 1993, as "Make It Mesquite" Day at the Texas Capitol. |
| HR 420 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Designating the week of March 21-27, 1993, as Inhalant and Poison Awareness Week. |
| HR 535 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Designating April 14, 1993, as Drug Abuse Prevention Day. |
| 72nd Regular Session | |
| HB 483 |
Last Action: Referred to Corrections Caption: Relating to the transfer to or from Texas of persons released on probation, parole, or mandatory supervision following conviction of an offense. |
| HB 484 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the terms of the members of the board of directors of the Law Enforcement Management Institute. |
| HB 485 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the offense of failure to identify oneself to a peace officer. |
| HB 809 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to death benefits payable to the survivors of certain public servants. |
| HB 943 |
Last Action: Reported from s/c favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to adopt an additional sales and use tax to reduce property taxes. |
| HB 1243 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to state employee suggestions regarding productivity of state government. |
| HB 1339 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to motorcycle training courses and protective headgear; providing a penalty. |
| HB 1454 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the use of a solicitor by certain law enforcement organizations; providing criminal and civil penalties. |
| HB 1647 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to the appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes and the administration of appraisal districts. |
| HB 2331 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Local&Consent Calendars Caption: Relating to the withdrawal of prepaid funeral funds. |
| HB 2411 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/26/91 Caption: Relating to county enforcement in unincorporated areas of public health laws. |
| HR 333 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Declaring March 13, 1991, "Make It Mesquite" Day at the Texas Capitol. |
| HR 349 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming Dr. Carlos Norberto Cagliotti and Dr. Horacio David Pacheco. |
| HR 532 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 22-26, 1991, as "Make it Mesquite - Drug Free Week". |
| HR 560 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Dr. Nancy Blackwood as one of our state's top educators. |
| HR 631 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring General John Thomas Honeycutt and commending him for his outstanding record of military service. |
| HR 632 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Dr. Justus D. Sundermann for his outstanding achievement in designing the Eastfield Academy of Sciences and Technologies. |
| HR 810 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Officer Travis Williams. |
| HR 1029 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Laverne Crawford for her many years of service to the State of Texas. |
| 72nd 1st Called Session | |
| HB 16 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the use of a solicitor by certain law enforcement organizations; providing criminal and civil penalties. |
| HB 17 |
Last Action: Referred to Retirement & Aging Caption: Relating to death benefits payable to the survivors of certain public servants. |
| 71st Regular Session | |
| HB 206 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to fees for services provided in criminal cases. |
| HB 381 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Safety Caption: Relating to payments of assistance by State and its political subdivisions to survivors of law enforcement officers killed in performance of their duties. |
| HB 397 |
Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while intoxicated if the defendant commits the offense while driving without a license or driving in violation of license restrictions. |
| HB 398 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in s/c Caption: Relating to consent of a driver to submit to the taking of specimens of breath or blood. |
| HB 399 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the repeal of provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to peace bonds. |
| HB 407 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to persons who are authorized to conduct marriage ceremonies. |
| HB 459 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the offense of failure to identify oneself to a peace officer; providing penalties. |
| HB 482 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the imposition of punishment in a new trial awarded by an appellate court and limited to the issue of punishment. |
| HB 516 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the suspension of a student from participation in extracurricular activities. |
| HB 517 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the date on which the attendance of students may begin for the first semester of the regular school term. |
| HB 525 |
Last Action: Pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain municipalities to adopt an additional sales and use tax to reduce property taxes. |
| HB 718 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles. |
| HB 730 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to class size limitations on public school classes. |
| HB 731 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of taking or attempting to take a weapon from a peace officer. |
| HB 814 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the dismissal of the charge of driving with an expired motor vehicle registration, an expired driver's license, or an expired vehicle inspection certificate, if the defendant has remedied.... |
| HB 1082 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue to promote local business development. |
| HB 1468 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the disposition of abandoned or unclaimed property. |
| HB 1560 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Safety Caption: Relating to the creation of a state criminal task force coordinating committee. |
| HB 1561 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to creation and operation of a state manufacturing institute. |
| HB 1607 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the use of certain information relating to hotel occupancy taxes; providing a penalty. |
| HB 1658 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to imposition and use of court costs imposed upon conviction of a criminal offense. |
| HB 2005 |
Last Action: Reported from s/c favorably w/sub. Caption: Relating to the offenses of driving while intoxicated and involuntary manslaughter involving the use of a motor vehicle and to the civil and criminal consequences of those offenses, including the suspension of.... |
| HB 2022 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to penalties and damages for failure to give proper notification regarding possible exposure of certain public employees to a reportable disease. |
| HB 2023 |
Last Action: Companion considered in lieu in comm. Caption: Relating to state mental health and substance abuse services and programs for children, families of children, and adults. |
| HB 2035 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the disposition of property removed by a landlord from a rental dwelling abandoned by a tenant. |
| HB 2336 |
Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote Caption: Relating to the issuance of essential needs licenses. |
| HB 2337 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in s/c Caption: Relating to the creation of the offenses for delivery, sale, or manufacture of inhalant paraphernalia used with volatile chemicals, abusable glues, or aerosol paints and to the monitoring and enforcing of regulations.... |
| HB 2569 |
Last Action: Referred to Labor & Employment Rel. Caption: Relating to the education, licensing, and regulation of bail bondsmen; providing a penalty. |
| HB 2801 |
Last Action: Referred to Corrections Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain felons for court-ordered probation and release on parole or mandatory supervision. |
| HJR 22 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing commissioners courts of counties to set reasonable fees for services provided in criminal cases to be assessed against defendants on conviction. |
| HR 472 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 28, 1989, as City of Mesquite Day in Texas. |
| HR 564 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Stephen Andrew Fagin. |
| HR 873 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of law enforcement officer Gary McCarthy. |
| 71st 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 46 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Relating to the location of the boundaries of the Dallas County Water Control and Improvement District No. 6 and the validation of annexation of territory. |
| 71st 3rd Called Session | |
| HR 26 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Mesquite Championship Rodeo. |
| HR 27 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Mesquite Balloonfest. |
| HR 114 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Congressman Robert Roe of New Jersey. |
| HR 127 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 23-27, 1990, as Substance Abuse Awareness Week in Mesquite. |
| 71st 4th Called Session | |
| HR 85 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Dr. Herbert H. Shore. |
| 71st 5th Called Session | |
| HCR 24 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending TEES and the Texas A & M University System. |
| HR 54 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Jewell Westmoreland. |
| 70th Regular Session | |
| HB 38 |
Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the authority of a peace officer to make warrantless arrests outside his jurisdiction and to his duties after making the arrest. |
| HB 39 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the frequency of meetings conducted by a county bail bond board. |
| HB 108 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to certain fees assessed to the Texas Cosmetology Commission; providing penalties. |
| HB 169 |
Last Action: 1 hr. notice-for consideration Caption: Relating to immunity for the reporting of child abuse. |
| HB 171 |
Last Action: Comm. laid on table subj. to call Caption: Relating to requiring hospital administrators or their designees to request certain persons to consent to anatomical gifts. |
| HB 172 |
Last Action: Comm. laid on table subj. to call Caption: Relating to the offenses of interference with child custody and enticing a child. |
| HB 173 |
Last Action: Effective on 1/1/88 Caption: Relating to the offenses of abuse, sale, or delivery of certain volatile chemicals, to the offenses of abuse or delivery of certain glues and aerosol paints, to the offenses of use or possession with intent to use inhalant paraphernalia, to inhalant abuse information, and to conduct indicating a need for supervision related to the abuse of those substances. |
| HB 291 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases. |
| HB 313 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the evaluation of certain criminal defendants to determine a need for drug or alcohol counseling and to the cost of the evaluation. |
| HB 314 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to persons who are authorized to conduct marriage ceremonies. |
| HB 324 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the repeal or provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to peace bonds. |
| HB 341 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to an administrative suspension of the driver's license of a person operating a motor vehicle if the person is suspected of having an alcohol concentration of 0.10 or greater. |
| HB 374 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles; providing criminal penalties. |
| HB 379 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to consent of a driver to submit to the taking of specimens of breath or blood. |
| HB 406 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the information required on bail bonds and personal bonds and the manner of taking forfeiture of a bond. |
| HB 427 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to eligibility of certain members for service retirement benefits from the Texas Municipal Retirement System. |
| HB 438 |
Last Action: Tagged in committee Caption: Relating to increasing the fine for certain Class C misdemeanors and to the jurisdiction of county, justice, and municipal courts. |
| HB 621 |
Last Action: Considered in public hearing Caption: Relating to the manner in which a specimen of blood is taken following an arrest for driving while intoxicated. |
| HB 622 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the deadline for filing a protest of a property tax determination. |
| HB 653 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while intoxicated if the defendant commits the offense while driving without a license or driving in violation of license restrictions. |
| HB 755 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the deadline for filing a rendition statement or property report for property tax purposes. |
| HB 784 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the representation on a county bail bond board of a county judge through a designee. |
| HB 1407 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to a state support for the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. |
| HB 1527 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the disposition of certain weapons. |
| HB 1528 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of a Law Enforcement Management Insititute under the direction of the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. |
| HR 250 | Caption: Honoring Neal Gay, a founder of the Mesquite Rodeo. |
| HR 251 | Caption: Congratulating the City of Mesquite on its centennial. |
| HR 285 | Caption: Recognizing April 19-25, 1987, as Inhalant Abuse Awareness Week. |
| HR 467 | Caption: Commending the Mesquite Police Officers Association. |
| 70th 2nd Called Session | |
| HJR 10 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that certain justice precincts may contain more than one justice of the peace court. |
| HR 147 | Caption: In memory of Melanie Finley and Tonya Smith. |
| HR 209 | Caption: In memory of those who died in the Guadalupe River tragedy. |
| 69th Regular Session | |
| HB 382 |
Last Action: Testimony received in committee Caption: Relating to appraising the performance of public school teachers. |
| HB 383 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to providing for suspension or expulsion of a student under a school districts' discipline management program. |
| HB 384 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to class size averages and limits at certain grade levels in public schools. |
| HB 623 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to immunity for the reporting of child abuse. |
| HB 824 |
Last Action: Returned from Senate as amended Caption: Relating to the authority of a peace officer to make warrantless arrests outside his jurisdiction and to his duties after making the arrest. |
| HB 854 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the payment of fines, costs, and fees as a condition of parole. |
| HB 1225 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the continuation of procedures for the allocation of the state ceiling on certain housing bonds. |
| HB 1338 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to documentation of facts contained in campaign communications or political advertising; providing a penalty. |
| HB 1434 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the offenses of interference with child custody and enticing a child. |
| HB 1726 |
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Caption: Relating to the enforcement of certain property agreement settlements that become a part of a divorce or annulment decree. |
| HB 1747 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the deposit in interest-bearing accounts of money seized in connection with certain controlled substances violations and gambling violations. |
| HB 2423 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the reporting of child abuse and taking possession without a court order of a child suspected to be a child abuse victim. |
| HB 2424 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to civil and criminal liability for false reporting of child abuse. |
| HR 385 | Caption: Commending Mr. Jay Thompson on his illustrious career and extending to him best wishes for continued happiness and success. |
| HR 386 | Caption: Commending Dr. Ralph H. Poteet on his illustrious career and extending to him best wishes for continued happiness and success. |