Texas Legislature

Author:

Kolkhorst | Creighton | Zerwas | Schwertner | Bonnen

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Berman | Bohac | et al.

Nelson

05/24/2011 S Placed on intent calendar

Relating to the Interstate Health Care Compact.

Author:

Thompson | Jackson, Jim | Madden | Harless | Menendez

Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | et al.

04/07/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and certain criminal and civil consequences of offenses involving or related to the trafficking of persons and to certain protections for victims of those offenses.

Author:

Darby | Geren | Anderson, Rodney | Pitts | Menendez

Aliseda | Aycock | Beck | Bohac | Brown | et al.

Harris

06/17/2011 E Effective immediately

Relating to prohibiting certain private transfer fees and the preservation of private real property rights; providing penalties.

Author:

Branch | Howard, Donna | Hunter | Aycock | Villarreal

Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Bohac | Button | et al.

04/20/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to eligibility for a TEXAS grant and to administration of the TEXAS grant program.

Author:

Cook | Hilderbran | Kolkhorst | Schwertner | Lozano

Aliseda | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | et al.

Eltife

05/28/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11

Relating to reports filed with the comptroller regarding certain alcoholic beverage sales; providing a penalty.

Author:

Simpson | Driver | Madden | Hilderbran

Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | Burkett | et al.

03/16/2011 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of institutions of higher education.

Author:

Fletcher | King, Phil | Berman | Callegari | Pickett

Bohac | Burkett | Christian | Creighton | Driver | et al.

05/02/2011 H Left pending in committee

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran.

Author:

Jackson, Jim | Burkett | Branch | Bohac | Patrick, Diane

Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Button | Carter | Christian | et al.

Duncan

06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11

Relating to the cancellation of the voter registration and to the eligibility to vote of persons who are deceased or not citizens of the United States.

Author:

Jackson, Jim | Flynn | Creighton | Hochberg | Pitts

Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.

Lucio

05/17/2011 S Left pending in committee

Relating to the on-premises consumption of certain alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty.

Author:

Phillips | Schwertner

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.

05/03/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.

Author:

Parker | Callegari | Davis, John | Orr | Murphy

Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Bohac | Branch | et al.

05/12/2011 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to liability for interest if land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land is sold or diverted to a different use.

Author:

Johnson | Sheffield | Farrar | Crownover | Lucio III

Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Bonnen | Burkett | et al.

05/02/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities of certain elected officials convicted of certain crimes.

Author:

Creighton | Aliseda | Kleinschmidt | Jackson, Jim | Sheets

Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | Berman | et al.

Huffman

05/30/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11

Relating to the reform of certain remedies and procedures in civil actions and family law matters.

Author:

Parker | Creighton | Taylor, Van | Legler | Button

Anderson, Rodney | Christian | Craddick | Darby | Driver | et al.

04/15/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to qualified manufacturing project zones.

Author:

Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Martinez, "Mando" | Schwertner | Shelton | Zerwas

Carter | Flynn | Gonzalez, Naomi | Harless | Hopson | et al.

04/29/2011 S Referred to Criminal Justice

Relating to the addition of Salvia divinorum and its derivatives and extracts to Penalty Group 3 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Author:

Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Farias | Carter | Miller, Sid

Beck | Berman | Brown | Cook | Davis, John | et al.

05/13/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran.

Author:

Eissler | Aycock | Guillen | Shelton

Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | et al.

Shapiro

05/17/2011 S No action taken in committee

Relating to state-adopted assessment instruments administered to public school students.

Author:

Crownover | Zerwas | Pitts | Otto | Alvarado

Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Berman | et al.

05/12/2011 H Postponed

Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

Author:

Kleinschmidt | Hardcastle | Guillen | Fletcher | Geren

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.

05/03/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to an employee's transportation and storage of certain firearms or ammunition while on certain property owned or controlled by the employee's employer.

Author:

Huberty | Eissler | Driver | Creighton | Geren

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.

05/06/2011 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by certain persons attending a school board meeting.

Author:

Driver | Miller, Sid | Hancock | Zerwas

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.

04/21/2011 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on certain premises of or locations associated with schools or institutions of higher education.

Author:

Bonnen

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Branch | et al.

Huffman

05/18/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar

Relating to a person's ability to read and write in English as a qualification for service as a petit juror.

Author:

Simpson | Rodriguez, Eddie | Menendez | Kolkhorst | Chisum

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.

Patrick

05/25/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar

Relating to prosecution and punishment for the offense of official oppression by the intrusive touching of persons seeking access to public buildings and transportation; providing penalties.

Author:

Coleman | Woolley | Turner | Callegari | Bonnen

Allen | Alvarado | Bohac | Creighton | Davis, John | et al.

03/23/2011 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the distribution of money appropriated from the national research university fund.

Author:

Lavender | Beck | Burkett | Hughes

Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Brown | Cain | et al.

Eltife

06/17/2011 E Effective on 1/1/12

Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of certain incandescent light bulbs from federal regulation.

Author:

Crownover

Hopson

05/09/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to deadlines for the Railroad Commission of Texas to review certain applications for surface coal mining operation permits.

Author:

Simpson

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.

04/18/2011 H Left pending in committee

Relating to precious metal coins.

Author:

Creighton | Raymond | Pitts | Truitt | Pena

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.

Shapiro

06/17/2011 E Signed by the Governor

Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the United States Constitution providing for a federal balanced budget.

Author:

Creighton | Taylor, Larry | Gonzales, Larry | Bonnen | Hilderbran

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Berman | et al.

Patrick

05/25/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar

Affirming the pride of all Texans in both our one and indivisible national union and our one and indivisible state, claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist from certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.

Author:

Hancock

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Berman | et al.

05/20/2011 S Received from the House

Urging the United States Congress to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases for stationary sources.

Author:

Thompson | Geren

Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | et al.

Wentworth

06/17/2011 E Signed by the Governor

In memory of the Honorable Edmund Kuempel of Seguin.

Author:

Hartnett | Sheets | Aliseda | Riddle | Anchia

Allen | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Bonnen | Branch | et al.

05/23/2011 S Received from the House

Urging the federal government to grant a conditional green card to certain noncitizens to allow them to enlist in the United States armed forces and urging the federal government to award citizenship to these immigrants upon the completion of four years of honorable military service.

Author:

Solomons | Callegari | King, Susan | Kolkhorst | Truitt

Aliseda | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | et al.

04/21/2011 H Considered in Calendars

Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on local governments.

Author:

Creighton | Taylor, Larry

Aliseda | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown | Cook | et al.

03/03/2011 H Left pending in committee

Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to require a balanced federal budget.

Author:

Harless | Kolkhorst | Crownover | Truitt | Woolley

Aliseda | Alonzo | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Aycock | Beck | et al.

03/16/2011 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2011 11:00AM

Recognizing March 3, 2011, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Day at the Capitol.

Author:

Farias | Coleman | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | McClendon | Gallego

Allen | Burkett | Davis, John | Davis, Yvonne | Farrar | et al.

05/05/2011 H Reported enrolled: May 5 2011 9:40AM

Commending President Barack Obama, intelligence personnel, and members of the armed forces for the successful completion of their operation.