Legislation authored by Eddie Bernice Johnson

Includes legislation with Eddie Bernice Johnson as the primary author for the 63rd through 72nd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

72nd Regular Session
SB 86	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice 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.
SB 87	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the removal of junked motor vehicles.
SB 88	Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to elimination of the requirement of a license plate on the front of a motor vehicle.
SB 89	Last Action: Referred to special subcommittee Caption: Relating to the administration and operation of certain job training programs by the Texas Employment Commission.
SB 90	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to spousal maintenance after the dissolution of certain marriages or putative marriages.
SB 91	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the criminal penalty for the transfer of certain weapons to minors, intoxicated persons, or persons intending to commit a crime.
SB 92	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the offense of transferring certain weapons at a pawnshop; providing a penalty.
SB 93	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the offense of transferring certain weapons or ammunition at a flea market.
SB 275	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding family violence and prior acts of violence committed by the victim against the defendant in certain criminal prosecutions.
SB 276	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to notice of violations of certain municipal sanitation regulations.
SB 277	Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/26/91 Caption: Relating to notices required to be given to certain owners of real property.
SB 278	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of a municipality to secure a substandard building.
SB 279	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the establishment of branch absentee polling places in certain elections.
SB 280	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to establishment of a school meal supplement program for pregnant and lactating students; making an appropriation.
SB 281	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the definition of an economically disadvantaged individual under the Texas Enterprise Zone Act.
SB 282	Last Action: Point of order sustained Caption: Relating to the operation and regulation of certain regional transportation authorities.
SB 295	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to discrimination by certain accommodations and associations; imposing civil penalties.
SB 296	Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of a Texas workers' compensation insurance fund and the creation of the Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund Board; providing an appropriation.
SB 332	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the transfer to a receiver of property not in compliance with municipal ordinances.
SB 333	Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/26/91 Caption: Relating to discriminatory housing practices and municipal fair housing ordinances.
SB 466	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to municipal regulation of the public possession of open containers of alcoholic beverages.
SB 591	Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to establishing the Texas partnership and scholarship program.
SB 606	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to a study of the cost of providing child care.
SB 607	Last Action: Referred to s/c on Insurance by President Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of the Texas Child-Care Facility Liability Pool.
SB 608	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to standards for prekindergarten programs and coordination of resources among prekindergarten programs and other child care programs.
SB 609	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to a review of child development training agreements.
SB 610	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the state Work and Family Policies Clearinghouse and Work and Family Policies Advisory Committee.
SB 611	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to child care incentives.
SB 622	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the issuance of certain notes by public junior college districts or regional college districts.
SB 663	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to acquire and convey land for the development of low-income or moderate-income housing.
SB 718	Last Action: Refer to s/c on Regulatory Agencies by Chair Caption: Relating to the staff and powers and duties of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Office of Public Utility Counsel.
SB 719	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to patient notification by physicians of certain information regarding breast implants.
SB 720	Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to creation of the Universal Health Care Plan and the creation, powers, and duties of the Universal Health Care Board.
SB 721	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to expanding the governing bodies of certain state agencies, boards, and commissions.
SB 722	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to requiring the Department of Human Services to provide vitamins to pregnant women receiving Medicaid assistance.
SB 723	Last Action: Referred to special subcommittee Caption: Relating to the punishment for certain offenses involving family violence and the enforcement of protective orders against family violence.
SB 767	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the creation of the offenses of hate crime violence and hate crime vandalism; allowing civil acyions for those crimes; allowing the collection and maintenance of information about those crimes; and prohibiting inmates of the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from receiving hate publications.
SB 781	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to the expansion of the railroad commission to six members.
SB 822	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to extending military leaves of asbense for public employees under certain circumstances.
SB 823	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the determination of death by a registered nurse in accordance with written policies of a licensed health care facility, institution, or entity.
SB 838	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to compensation for certain visiting judges for days attending judicial meetings and educational courses.
SB 839	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to a criminal record check before the transfer of a firearm and to possession of a firearm by a felon; providing criminal penalties.
SB 840	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the inclusion of assault and semiautomatic rifles in the list of prohibited weapons the possession, manufacture, transportation, repair, or sale of which are criminal offenses.
SB 841	Last Action: Placed on Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to the regulation of diagnostic radiology centers.
SB 842	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to academic programs for training persons in the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids at institutions of higher education.
SB 865	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of personal care facilities and to the repeal of laws requiring the registration of boarding homes or board and lodging homes for senior citizens or disabled persons; providing penalties.
SB 888	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the provision by the state of surety bonds for historically underutilized businesses.
SB 889	Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to a capital growth start-up fund for historically underutilized businesses.
SB 890	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to an appropriation to the Texas Department of Commerce.
SB 891	Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to historically underutilized businesses; providing penalties.
SB 905	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of cemeteries; providing penalties.
SB 906	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to sick leave for public school employees.
SB 907	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the provision of liability insurance coverage by state agencies for certain programs administered by those agencies.
SB 1300	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to abolishing certain district courts, creating additional district courts, and the election of district court judges in certain counties.
SB 1301	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the regulation of the sale and service of alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty.
SB 1302	Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/26/91 Caption: Relating to the practice of podiatry.
SB 1303	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to parts used in repairing a motor vehicle under an insurance policy.
SB 1365	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the apportionment of the state into congressional districts.
SCR 7	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Coach Robert Woods and the Wilmer-Hutchins Eagles for winning the 1990 Class 4A State Championship football competition.
SCR 26	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Directing the Board of Pardons and Paroles to investigate the cases of all persons convicted of murder or first-degree felonies when directly related to victimization by domestic violence.
SCR 53	Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Affirming, in principle, the right of parents to choose from a wide variety of quality services and committing state government to creatively meeting the child care challenge facing this state.
SCR 93	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel to adopt disclosures of risks and hazards for breast implantation procedures.
SCR 149	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting the governor to return Senate Bill No. 333 to the senate for further consideration.
SJR 2	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the election of justices to the courts of appeals from single-member or multimember districts.
SJR 3	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the election of justices to the supreme court and judges to the court of criminal appeals from single-member districts.
SJR 4	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to provide for the election of certain district judges from single-member judicial divisions.
SJR 24	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of public money for child-care incentives.
SJR 27	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the size of the railroad commission to six members.
SJR 29	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the issuance of general revenue bonds to provide surety bonds for historically underutilized businesses.
SJR 30	Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the issuance of bonds and state financing of start-up costs for historically underutilized businesses.
SR 29	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
SR 129	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Reverend Caesar A. W. Clark of Dallas for his outstanding work in the field of education and in civic affairs.
SR 132	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming Willie L. Brown, Jr. and James L. Walton, two outstanding native- born sons, as they return on February 6, 1991, to visit their family in Dallas.
SR 170	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 13, 1991, as Small Business Awareness Day in Texas.
SR 229	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Frances Dirks of Dallas.
SR 324	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Mrs. Lena Lou White Estell who was honored by the Dallas Metroplex Branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Incorporated.
SR 343	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of George Allen of Dallas.
SR 345	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Chris V. Semos for his notable achievements and contributions to the betterment of the community.
SR 515	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Joining with the South Dallas Business and Professional Women's Club, Incorporated, in recognizing Congresswoman Maxine Waters as an outstanding citizen.
SR 546	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Joining with the citizens of Dallas in paying tribute to civic leader Maura Anderson McNiel on her 70th birthday.
SR 555	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the sesquicentennial of the city of Dallas.
SR 629	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Reverend Ernest N. Duncan for his 39 years of loyal service as Pastor of Fairview Baptist Church and extending to him best wishes upon his retirement.
SR 695	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending and congratulating the Business and Professional Women's Club of Dallas, Incorporated, on its 75th anniversary.
SR 712	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Parents Anonymous of Texas, Incorporated, for the important community service it provides in helping individuals and families achieve personal victories and break the painful pattern of abusive relationships.
SR 805	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Beck of Dallas for her superb civic and philanthropic work.
SR 808	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Michael Johnson of Dallas for his outstanding athletic and academic achievements.
SR 829	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Sarah Thigpen Dorsey of Dallas.
SR 864	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Encouraging the governor to issue an executive order relating to state agency contracts with historically underutilized businesses.
72nd 1st Called Session
SB 12	Last Action: Testimony taken in committee Caption: Relating to the apportionment of the state into congressional districts.
SB 29	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the creation of the offenses of hate crime violence and hate crime vandalism; allowing civil actions for those crimes; allowing the collection and maintenance of information about those crimes; and prohibiting inmates of the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from receiving hate publications.
SB 107	Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Relating to abolishing certain district courts, creating additional districts, and the election of district court judges in certain counties.
SR 227	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Hazel Jeane Pendleton Thomas on the momentous occasion of her retirement from the Dallas Independent School District.
72nd 2nd Called Session
SB 12	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . Caption: Relating to the apportionment of the state into congressional districts.
SB 56	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to abolishing certain district courts, creating additional districts, and the election of district court judges in certain counties.
SR 65	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Saint Paul United Methodist Church of Dallas on the occasion of its 118th anniversary.
72nd 3rd Called Session
SR 87	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 6, 1992, as National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
71st Regular Session
SB 74	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to a landlord's and tenant's duties and remedies.
SB 75	Last Action: Effective on 1/1/90 Caption: Relating to discrimination in certain transactions concerning housing; creating a procedure for investigation and settling complaints of discriminatory housing practices; providing civil and criminal penalties.
SB 76	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to a penalty in a residential lease for the late payment of rent.
SB 116	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the award of state purchasing contracts, state construction contracts, and state bond contracts to contractors who are women or who belong to certain minority groups; providing a criminal penalty.
SB 117	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the prohibition of discrimination in certain public accommodations and associations; providing a criminal penalty.
SB 118	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the offense of selling, transferring, or otherwise furnishing a chemical precursor substance.
SB 123	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the observance of certain state holidays.
SB 133	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to a prohibition of the acceptance by a pawnbroker of building construction materials as pledged goods in a pawn transaction.
SB 241	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to elimination of the requirement of a license plate on the front of a motor vehicle.
SB 442	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to the regulation of timeshare interests; providing a penalty.
SB 443	Last Action: Returned to committee Caption: Relating to the establishment of branch absentee polling places in certain elections.
SB 449	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the recording of an instrument relating to real property.
SB 498	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to search warrants for fire, health, or code inspections.
SB 524	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to pilot programs for early childhood education.
SB 592	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the dismissal of certain school employees.
SB 621	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to the authority of the district court to appoint a receiver to assist in the repair of substandard buildings in an action brought by a home-rule municipality.
SB 622	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to mandatory continuing education for registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses.
SB 623	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to certain purchases by school districts.
SB 638	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of a court to sentence defendants convicted of criminal nonsupport to house arrest and impose as a condition of the sentence that the defendants perform community service work.
SB 752	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to affirmative action and equal employment opportunity requirements for certain persons who contract with the state.
SB 796	Last Action: Referred to Special Subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation of perpetual care cemeteries; providing a penalty.
SB 797	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the practice of professional nursing during an emergency.
SB 798	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to financial aid and tuition for nursing students and vocational nursing students and providing for funding through a temporary increase in the reregistration fee for registered nurses and in the license....
SB 833	Last Action: Referred to Special Subcommittee Caption: Relating to the dismissal of charges for failure to maintain financial responsibility on purchase of liability insurance.
SB 834	Last Action: Transferred to Calendars Committee Caption: Relating to establishment of a school meal supplement program for pregnant and lactating students.
SB 1002	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the State Board of Insurance adopting rules relating to the inclusion of certain registered nurses in health insurance coverage.
SB 1003	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the effect on a residential lease of foreclosure of the landlord's mortgage.
SB 1004	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the use of individual sureties under certain contracts for public works.
SB 1005	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the award of costs by the State Board of Insurance to persons affected in contested cases.
SB 1006	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to certain employees of a county civil service system.
SB 1007	Last Action: Referred to Special Subcommittee Caption: Relating to enforcement of laws governing prepaid funeral contracts; providing penalties.
SB 1243	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to physician conflicts of interest.
SB 1244	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to protection of hospital patients from patient care providers under the influence of illegal substances.
SB 1245	Last Action: Referred to Special Subcommittee Caption: Relating to the requirement that the Parks and Wildlife Department acquire land for the Trinity River State Park.
SB 1246	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to rights of patients receiving medical care.
SB 1247	Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the determination of death by a registered nurse in accordance with written policies of licensed health care facilities.
SB 1248	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to information on a birth certificate entitled "For Medical and Health Use Only"; providing criminal penalties.
SB 1249	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to the interment or cremation of paupers.
SB 1251	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the provision of information concerning the percentage of college students on athletic and other scholarships who graduate.
SB 1252	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to payments by or to physicians, hospitals, of health care entities for the purpose of soliciting or securing patients.
SB 1253	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of a comprehensive health professions resource center by the Texas Department of Health; and declaring an emergency.
SB 1344	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to contracts by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain dental education programs.
SB 1345	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the preparation and distribution of information relating to breast cancer.
SB 1346	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to proof of financial ability by alcoholic beverage permittees and licensees.
SB 1347	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the appeals under the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
SB 1348	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to appointment and removal of commissioners of a housing authority.
SB 1385	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to limitations on a school district that is granted an exception from class size limitations for certain reasons.
SB 1429	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the hours of operation of licensed pawnshops.
SB 1531	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the administration and names of certain institutions and entities in The University of Texas System.
SB 1607	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to waiver of residential landlord duties; venue for actions under Chapter 92 of the Property Code; maintenance of a rental dwelling in a habitable condition; and utility cutoffs due to a residential landlord's...
SB 1689	Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the administration and operation of certain job training programs.
SCR 5	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Urging Congress to amend the United States Constitution to prohibit the United States from levying income taxes on income derived from obligations of the states and their political subdivisions.
SCR 41	Last Action: Referred to Rules and Resolutions Caption: Declaring the week of February 13 through 19, 1989 to be National Youth-At-Risk Week in Texas.
SCR 61	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recommending that the State Board of Education continue and increase its efforts to promulgate and make available to school districts a comprehensive age-appropriate health education curriculum that focuses....
SCR 85	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Encouraging all state regulatory health agencies to incorporate HIV education requirements.
SCR 120	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Recognizing Small Minority and Women-Owned Business Month in Texas.
SCR 153	Last Action: Referred to House Administration Caption: Directing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to study the feasibility of state support of Bishop College in Dallas.
SCR 161	Last Action: Referred to House Administration Caption: Requesting the lieutenant governor and speaker to create a joint study committee on day care.
SCR 182	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Directing the Department of Health to assure accuracy in reporting the cause of death in a timely manner.
SCR 191	Last Action: Filed w/o the Governor's signature Caption: Allowing the conference committee on HB 3164 to go outside the bounds of the bill.
SJR 9	Last Action: Referred to Special Subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the election of justices to the courts of appeals from single-member or multimember districts.
SJR 10	Last Action: Referred to Special Subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the election of justices to the supreme court and court of criminal appeals from single-member districts.
SJR 51	Last Action: Referred to Special Subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to provide for the election of certain district judges from single-member districts.
SJR 57	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to successive amendments in 1989 to the city charter of the City of Dallas.
SR 45	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating the Honorable Louis A. Bedford, Jr.
SR 123	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating the Alpha Xi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, on its 60th anniversary.
SR 134	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Extending congratulations to the twelve black entrepreneurs along with Special Recognition Award winner Royce West on being honored at the fifth annual Quest for Success luncheon.
SR 148	Last Action: Filed Caption: Extending congratulations to Jo R. Campbell on being chosen "Citizen of the Year" by the Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce.
SR 161	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating Mrs. Pauline Dixon on being honored on February 26, 1989, as Kappa Zeta's Woman of the Year for 1989.
SR 217	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Commending Bill Nelson for his energetic and productive public service.
SR 257	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Recognizing Gerry Beer, the distinguished 1989 recipient of the prestigious Hannah G. Solomon Award.
SR 321	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Commending Dr. C. B. T. Smith for his 36 years of service and congratulating him on being selected Man of the Year.
SR 422	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Honoring Ron J. Anderson, M.D.
SR 527	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Welcoming the students and faculty from H. S. Thompson Elementary School.
SR 546	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating Opera Nelson Sirls on receiving the "Woman of the Year" award and commending her for her excellent work.
SR 553	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Recognizing May 1-6, 1989, as Texas Nurses Week and May 6, 1989, as National Nurses Day.
SR 556	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Requesting the conference committee on Senate Bill 222 to appropriate $35,000,000 for special education extended year programs.
SR 681	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating Leslie and Louise Ray of Plainview on their 50th wedding anniversary.
SR 693	Last Action: Adopted Caption: Creating a senate special committee to study the issue of state support of Bishop College.
SR 746	Last Action: Adopted Caption: Creating the Special Advisory Committee on the Creation and Expansion of Minority and Women-Owned Business Ownership Opportunities.
SR 761	Last Action: Adopted Caption: Directing the Committee on Nominations to prepare a study of gubernatorial appointments.
71st 1st Called Session
SB 39	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the establishment of branch absentee polling places in certain elections.
SB 84	Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to appropriations of fees to the Board of Nurse Examiners and the Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners.
SR 196	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Felmon Larkin on their 50th wedding anniversary.
71st 2nd Called Session
SB 22	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of a Texas workers' compensation insurance fund and the creation of the Texas Workers' Compensation Fund Board; providing appropriations.
SB 42	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to abolishing certain district courts, creating additional district courts, and the election of district court judges in certain counties.
SB 55	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the adminstration and operation of certain job training programs.
71st 3rd Called Session
SB 2	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to abolishing certain district courts, creating additional district courts, and the election of district court judges in certain counties.
SB 8	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the observance of the birthday of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., as a state holiday.
SB 42	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the review and refinancing of state bond indebtedness and to the dedication of savings to the foundation school program.
SB 45	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of a Texas workers' compensation insurance fund and the creation of the Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund Board; providing appropriations.
SB 69	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance a permanent public school facilities fund.
SJR 2	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to provide for the election of certain district judges from single-member judicial divisions.
SJR 8	Last Action: Referred to S/C on Public Education Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance a permanent public school facilities fund.
SJR 9	Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the election of justices to the courts of appeals from single-member or multimember districts.
SR 41	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating the Lincoln Tigers on winning their first state championship.
SR 42	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating the Kimball Knights on winning the Class 5A state basketball championship.
71st 4th Called Session
SB 2	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to abolishing certain district courts, creating additional district courts, and the election of district court judges in certain counties.
SB 20	Last Action: Referred to Select Comt. on Public Education Caption: Relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance a permanent public school facilities fund.
SB 21	Last Action: Referred to Select Comt. on Public Education Caption: Relating to the review and refinancing of state bond indebtedness and to the dedication of savings to the foundation school program.
SB 59	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of a Texas workers' compensation insurance fund and the creation of the Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund Board; providing appropriations.
SB 85	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to establishing the Texas partnership and scholarship program.
SJR 2	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to provide for the election of certain district judges from single-member judicial divisions.
SJR 5	Last Action: Referred to Select Comt. on Public Education Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance a permanent public school facilities fund.
SJR 6	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the election of justices to the courts of appeals from single-member or multimember districts.
SR 2	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: In memory of Gene E. Vance of Dallas.
SR 27	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating DeMetris Sampson on being named an Outstanding Young Texas Ex.
SR 28	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Commending Catherine Jean Crier for her superb contributions to the fields of law and journalism and for her exceptional public service to the citizens of Texas and the nation.
71st 5th Called Session
SB 43	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to abolishing certain district courts, creating additional district courts, and the election of district court judges in certain counties.
SB 44	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance a permanent public school facilities fund.
SB 46	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the review and refinancing of state bond indebtedness and to the dedication of savings to the foundation school program; making an appropriation.
SB 74	Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to establishing the Texas partnership and scholarship program.
SJR 6	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the election of justices to the courts of appeals from single- member or multimember districts.
SJR 7	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to provide for the election of certain district judges from single-member judicial divisions.
SJR 8	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance a permanent public school facilities fund.
SR 69	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Paying tribute to the life of service and dedication of Dr. Hazel W. Partee.
SR 78	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Commending Sallye Moore for her superb work in education.
71st 6th Called Session
SB 68	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to establishing the Texas partnership and scholarship program.
SR 14	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating Hortense Sanger on receiving the Agency Board Member Volunteer of the Year Award from the Visiting Nurse Association of Texas and commending her for her service above and beyond the call of duty.
SR 15	Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Commending Danna Wharton for her fine work with the Home Hospice Program and congratulating her on receiving the Individual Care Provider Volunteer of the Year Award.
70th Regular Session
SB 480	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the making of payments to a crime stoppers program as a condition of probation.
SB 481	Last Action: Effective in 90 days - 8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the repair or removal of substandard buildings in a home-rule municipality; providing a civil penalty.
SB 482	Last Action: Effective in 90 days - 8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the adoption of programs by certain home-rule municipalities to increase participation by minority business enterprises in contract awards.
SB 483	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of a home-rule city to provide publicly owned facilities for human services to the indigent.
SB 484	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the appointment and removal of commissioners of a housing authority.
SB 485	Last Action: Effective in 90 days - 8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the celebration of the birthday of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., as a legal holiday.
SB 486	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to compulsory school attendance.
SB 716	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating the suspension of a student from participation in extracurricular activities.
SB 717	Last Action: Laid on table in committee Caption: Relating to the establishment of cemeteries and local perpetual care cemetery advisory boards, to perpetual care cemetery standards adopted by local governments, and to the approval of condemnation proceedings brought by cemetery associations; providing a penalty.
SB 718	Last Action: Referred to Special Subcommittee Caption: Relating to giving public notice of and holding a public meeting about a housing project of a housing authority.
SB 821	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to trial by special judge in certain cases.
SB 822	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to assignment of visiting judges.
SB 823	Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to the regulation of dental hygienists and to the reorganization and continuation of the Dental Hygiene Advisory Committee as the Dental Hygiene Committee.
SB 869	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the rollback of liability insurance rates and a flexible rate system for determining liability insurance rates.
SB 1015	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to restricted access to rare books, original manuscripts, personal papers and unpublished letters; amending Section 51.910 of Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Texas Education Code.
SB 1016	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to limitations on a school district that is granted an exception from class size limitations for certain reasons.
SB 1017	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to a landlord's duty to repair.
SB 1018	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the prohibition of discrimination in certain public accommodations and associations; providing a penalty.
SB 1207	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of a home-rule city to provide human services to the indigent.
SB 1424	Last Action: Effective in 90 days - 8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the administration, powers, including eminent domain, bond authority, and repayment of bonds or notes of the Grand Prairie Metropolitan Utility and Reclamation District.
SB 1520	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to regional transportation authorities created, organized and operating under and amending the provisions of Chapter 683, Acts of the 66th Legislature, 1979, as amended (Article 1118y, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
SB 1521	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and the authority to levy taxes, issue bonds, and exercise the power of eminent domain of the North Grand Prairie Flood Control District.
SCR 21	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Reverend Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. on the occasion of his 30th anniversary in the ministry of the gospel.
SCR 30	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Juanita Jewel Craft.
SJR 42	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the election of justices to the supreme court and to the court of criminal appeals from single-member districts.
SJR 43	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the election of justices to the courts of appeals from single-member or multimember districts.
SR 40	Caption: Extending congratulations to Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
SR 48	Caption: Extending welcome to the Reverend S. M. Wright.
SR 150	Caption: Commending Charles Timms.
SR 225	Caption: Extending congratulations to the Reverend Ernest Duncan.
SR 438	Caption: Extending congratulations to Dr. Napoleon Lewis.
SR 457	Caption: Extending congratulations to Saint John Missionary Baptist Church of Dallas on its 111th anniversary.
SR 491	Caption: Recognizing the significance of "Cinco de Mayo" and urging the citizens of Grand Prairie and Dallas and throughout the State to join in celebrating this event.
SR 514	Caption: Commending Fred Leonard Lander III.
SR 662	Caption: Extending best wishes to the students chosen to attend NAACP's Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics in New York.
70th 2nd Called Session
SCR 4	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Ruthelle Duke Wilson.
SR 45	Caption: Commending Harry A. King, Jr.
SR 64	Caption: Designating the Museum of African-American Life and Culture (African-American Museum) as the State's official repository for Black Texana.
SR 132	Caption: Extending congratulations to Oak Cliff on the 100th anniversary of their community.
65th Regular Session
HB 41	Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to allowing pregnant women who meet the eligibility benefit conditions to qualify for unemployment compensation.
HB 42	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to residence requirements for nomination, election, or appointment to elective precinct officers following a change in boundaries of county commissioners precincts or justice of the peace precincts.
HB 58	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem in a proceeding for the appointment of a permanent guardian of an adult.
HB 59	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to creation, administration, and financing of a housing rehabilitation program involving the state and certain local governments.
HB 64	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Creating a public agency of the State of Texas to be known as the Texas Housing Finance Agency, and prescribing its purposes; defining terms; authorizing the agency to issue revenue bonds to provide money for its purposes, including the providing of dwelling accomodations for persons of low income; prescribing the governing Board, organization, functions, operation, powers, and duties of the agency; providing for the payment and security of the agency's bonds; prescribing the characteristics of the agency's bonds; creating a reserve fund for the agency's bonds, to be established with the state treasurer, and to be funded and maintained with bond proceeds or other resources of teh agency; prescribing procedures for restoration of depletions of the reserve fund by appropriations; enacting other provisions relating to the subject; providing for the cumulative effect of the Act; providing a severability clause; and declaring an emergency.
HB 76	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the acquisition of records of the Bureau of Vital Statistics by persons 18 years of age and older.
HB 136	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to providing breakfast for public school students from low-income families.
HB 178	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, and financing of a housing rehabilitation program involving the state and certain local governments; and declaring an emergency.
HB 286	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the provision of protective services (assistance necessary to maintain physical and mental health, and safety) for certain elderly persons.
HB 414	Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Amending the Business and Commerce Code relating to misuse of dairy containers bearing a proprietary mark by clarifying and modernizing the definition of "dairy container," requiring the Texas Department of Health Resources to adopt rules and regulations to prevent deceptive trade practices and unauthorized private use of dairy containers, including but not limited to procedures for registration of propriety marks, with appropriate fees and annual renewals; deposits; creating offenses, prescribing penalties, declaring certain uses of dairy containers to be unauthorized prive use, providing for severability and declaring an emergency.
HB 419	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain discriminatory acts in the provision of financial assistance for the purpose of purchasing, rehabilitating, improving, or refinancing housing accommodations; making other provisions relative to enforcement; providing administrative and judicial hearings, remedies and penalties.
HB 427	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Fair Housing Act; providing functions, duties, and responsibilities of the Texas Fair Housing Commission; making other provisions relative to the regulation of certain discriminatory acts; and providing judicial hearings, remedies, and penalties.
HB 610	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Providing that boards of trustees consult with representatives of teachers and groups of auxiliary personnel employed in a school district under certain conditions; providing certain procedures to be followed in consultations between boards of trustees and representatives of teachers and groups of auxiliary personnel; providing for the selection of representatives of teachers and auxiliary personnel groups in consultations; providing the representatives selected by the teachers and auxiliary personnel groups with exclusive representation rights in certain instances; providing means for representation in consultation for boards of trustees, teachers and groups of auxiliary personnel; providing authorizations between boards of trustees and representatives of teachers and groups of auxiliary personnel; providing certain persons with the right to be heard by boards of trustees; providing that the boards of trustees establish methods for effective communication with administrators; providing that this Act in no way diminish the powers of principals or superintendents.
HB 611	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to regulation of private employment agencies; providing for certain civil penalties.
HB 1095	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably Caption: Relating to prevention of drug dependence and to treatment of drug-dependent persons.
HB 1096	Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the authority of municipal courts to commit persons whose commission of a misdemeanor results from chronic use of alcohol, to a special treatment facility in lieu of the imposition of a sentence or fine.
HB 2057	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to the employment and promotion of policemen and firemen in cities over 10,000 population.
HR 36	Caption: Relating to amending HSR 5 to clarify section relating to two free round trips per month for members.
HR 92	Caption: Congratulating Dr. O. V. Cartwright.
HR 148	Caption: In memory of the Reverend Zan Holmes, Sr.
64th Regular Session
HB 33	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Enabling a political subdivision to establish a formal hearing procedure for persons charging discriminatory employment practices by an officer or employee of the subdivision; providing for a local official to receive notice from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
HB 34	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to microfilming and retention public records by incorporated cities.
HB 35	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to eliminating the regulation of hours of work and furnishing of seats for female employees.
HB 36	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the offense of injury to a child; creating penalties.
HB 37	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Caption: Relating to the examination of children believed to be adversely affected by abuse or neglect.
HB 38	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Changing the name and composition of the Commission for Indian Affairs.
HB 39	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to reports of investigations of child abuse or neglect.
HB 40	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the membership of the Commission for Indian Affairs.
HB 245	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the termination of the employment of an employee who serves as a juror; providing reemployment, just damages, and attorney's fees.
HB 246	Last Action: Defeat by House reported Caption: Relating to the appointment of a jail administrator in certain counties.
HB 247	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas State Board of Examiners in Social Psychotherapy and its authority, duties, responsibilities, and procedures in the regulation of the profession of social psychotherapy by the State Department of Health; prescribing civil penalties; providing an appropriation.
HB 382	Last Action: Reported from committee with substitute Caption: Relating to licensing and regulation of speech pathologists and audiologists; providing penalties.
HB 383	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Enabling a home rule city to appoint an environmental health officer to enforce nuisance abatement.
HB 573	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to adopting the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
HB 620	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the ground for termination of the parent-child relationship.
HB 683	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to increasing the membership of the Texas Youth Council; providing for the initial appointment of the additional members.
HB 684	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the number of members on the State Board of Public Welfare and quorum requirements.
HB 909	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Caption: Relating to the rights and duties of landlords and tenants to maintain dwelling units and furnishings in habitable condition.
HB 910	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to unemployment compensation claims, contributions, and coverage.
HB 989	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the operation of the Texas Department of Corrections.
HB 1724	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Appropriations Caption: Establishing a community school program; appropriating money therefor.
HB 1725	Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Correctional Institutions Caption: Relating to granting incentive allowances to inmates of the Texas Department of Corrections in certain circumstances.
HB 2079	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to allowing pregant women who meet the eligibilty benefit conditions of the Act to qualify for unemployment compensation.
HB 2080	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the mode of affiliating with a political party, affiliation as a prerequisite for participating in party primaries, party conventions, and other party affairs, restrictions on political activities outside the party with which the voter is affiliated, and related matters; containing penal provisions; fixing the effective date.
HB 2081	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to regulation of the sale and use of lead-based paint and establishing a state program for the prevention of lead-based paint poisoning; providing penalties.
63rd Regular Session
HB 292	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the inclusion of fine art projects in certain state and public building construction projects through cooperation with the Texas Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
HB 630	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to tuition exemptions institutions of higher education for wives of certain armed forces personnel.
HB 740	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to a leave of absence for temporary disability for certified employees of school districts.
HB 741	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to security deposits required of a tenant by a landlord who leases residential premises; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1020	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to the qualifying age limits for entitlement to benefits under the foundation school program.
HB 1360	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Elections Caption: Relating to the mode of affiliating with a political party, affiliation as a prerequisite for participating in party primaries, party conventions, and other party affairs, restrictions on political activities outside the party with which the voter is affiliated, and related matters; containing penal provisions; fixing the effective date.
HCR 26	Last Action: Considered in public hearing Caption: Recognizing National Black History Week and requesting that all citizens of Texas pause to consider the vast contributions which the American Black has made to our nation and the entire world.
HCR 180	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Human Resources Caption: Creating a special interim committee to study nutritional quality of food served in state-supported institutions.
HR 32	Caption: Recognizing National Black History Week.
HR 107	Caption: Expressing best wishes to Fred Scott for a speedy recovery.
HR 151	Caption: Requesting State Affairs Committee to make interim study of law enforcement training programs.
HR 221	Caption: Requesting the House Committee on Human Resources to make a complete interim study of the nutritional quality of food served in state-supported institutions.