HB 5 | Author: | Crownover | McCall | Sheffield | Alvarado |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bolton | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/08/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted | |
Caption: | Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties. |
HB 6 | Author: | Eiland | Turner, Sylvester |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bohac | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to appropriations for damages and disruptions suffered by state agencies and institutions of higher education caused by natural disasters and to an appropriation for disaster relief generally. |
HB 36 | Author: | Corte | Fletcher | Brown, Betty |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to informed consent to an abortion. |
HB 47 | Author: | Riddle | Flynn | Christian |
Coauthor: | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Chisum | Hancock | et al. | |
Last Action: | 02/12/2009 H Referred to Elections | |
Caption: | Relating to the procedures for registering to vote and accepting a voter at a polling place. |
HB 51 | Author: | Branch | McCall | Coleman | McClendon | Madden |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Zaffirini | |
Last Action: | 06/17/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
Caption: | Relating to measures to enhance and maintain the quality of state universities, including funding and incentives to support emerging public research universities, to the abolition of the higher education fund, to the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system, to the independent status of Lamar Institute of Technology, to research conducted by public universities and other state entities, and to the authorization of revenue bonds for certain institutions of higher education. |
HB 109 | Author: | Phillips | Olivo | Paxton | Martinez, "Mando" |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/15/2009 H Recalled from subcommittee | |
Caption: | Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund. |
HB 125 | Author: | Brown, Betty | Christian | Flynn | Berman | Shelton |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification. |
HB 208 | Author: | Jackson, Jim | Brown, Betty | Legler | Flynn | Paxton |
Coauthor: | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | Button | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/30/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar | |
Caption: | 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. |
HB 267 | Author: | Bonnen | Crabb | Laubenberg | Smith, Wayne | Hughes |
Coauthor: | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call | |
Caption: | Relating to the interstate purchase of certain firearms. |
HB 469 | Author: | King, Phil | Anchia | Hughes | Lewis | Strama |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Seliger | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to the establishment of incentives by this state for the implementation of certain projects to capture and sequester carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere. |
HB 720 | Author: | Creighton | Parker | Lucio III | Paxton | Guillen |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax. |
HB 1036 | Author: | Paxton |
Coauthor: | Callegari | |
Last Action: | 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to the method of computing the franchise tax and the rates of the tax. |
HB 1037 | Author: | Paxton | Keffer | Zerwas | Truitt |
Coauthor: | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Crabb | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to allowing persons acquiring a new residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption on the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired. |
HB 1047 | Author: | Deshotel | Paxton | Phillips |
Coauthor: | Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Darby | Davis, John | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund. |
HB 1092 | Author: | Parker | Flynn | Ortiz, Jr. | Creighton | Pickett |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Callegari | Crabb | Hamilton | Hughes | et al. | |
Last Action: | 03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to the authority of the voters of a county to allow the owners of certain real property to require that county and any municipal ad valorem taxes be imposed on that real property on the basis of a five-year average of the property's value. |
HB 1176 | Author: | Crownover | Zerwas | Berman | Hancock | Patrick |
Coauthor: | Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Davis, John | Flynn | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to the creation of a voluntary consumer-directed health plan for certain individuals eligible to participate in the insurance coverage provided under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act and their qualified dependents. |
HB 1348 | Author: | Christian | Gattis | Miller, Sid | Anderson | Kolkhorst |
Coauthor: | Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Chisum | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to initial claims under the unemployment compensation system. |
HB 1452 | Author: | Eissler |
Coauthor: | Callegari | Edwards | Legler | Miller, Sid | |
Sponsor: | Van de Putte | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
Caption: | Relating to participation in job training and employment assistance programs by veterans and other covered persons. |
HB 1540 | Author: | Hartnett |
Coauthor: | Callegari | Elkins | Hughes | Miller, Sid | |
Last Action: | 05/12/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to license requirements and fees for certain child-care programs operated by public or private schools. |
HB 1696 | Author: | Isett |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Callegari | Cohen | Fletcher | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/14/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers and to payment of claims to pharmacies and pharmacists. |
HB 1893 | Author: | Driver | McReynolds | Kolkhorst | Ortiz, Jr. | Merritt |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of institutions of higher education. |
HB 2110 | Author: | Hughes |
Coauthor: | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Davis, John | Flynn | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to the applicability of the Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act to certain governmental actions. |
HB 2121 | Author: | Olivo |
Coauthor: | Callegari | |
Sponsor: | Gallegos | |
Last Action: | 05/20/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to participation in the process for evaluating an application for a low income housing tax credit. |
HB 2242 | Author: | Leibowitz | Howard, Donna | Miller, Sid | Edwards |
Coauthor: | Callegari | King, Susan | Legler | |
Sponsor: | Seliger | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
Caption: | Relating to the abolition of the Texas cultural endowment fund. |
HB 2250 | Author: | Hunter | Gonzalez Toureilles | Fletcher |
Coauthor: | Callegari | Gonzales | Hughes | Miller, Sid | Ortiz, Jr. | |
Last Action: | 05/14/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to payment of claims to pharmacies and pharmacists. |
HB 2256 | Author: | Hancock | Martinez Fischer | Rodriguez | Smith, Todd | Leibowitz |
Coauthor: | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Callegari | Crownover | Gutierrez | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Duncan | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
Caption: | Relating to mediation of out-of-network health benefit claim disputes concerning enrollees, facility-based physicians, and certain health benefit plans; imposing an administrative penalty. |
HB 2259 | Author: | Crownover | Hardcastle | Farabee | Chisum | Gonzalez Toureilles |
Coauthor: | Callegari | Creighton | Keffer | Legler | Miller, Sid | |
Sponsor: | Duncan | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to the plugging of certain inactive oil or gas wells and to standards for electrical power lines serving certain oil and gas facilities. |
HB 2291 | Author: | Gattis | Oliveira | Paxton | Pena | Harper-Brown |
Coauthor: | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Ogden | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
Caption: | Relating to the procedure to be used by a taxing unit in adopting an ad valorem tax rate. |
HB 2504 | Author: | Kolkhorst | Christian | Aycock |
Coauthor: | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Davis, John | Harless | Laubenberg | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Shapiro | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
Caption: | Relating to requiring a public institution of higher education to establish uniform standards for publishing cost of attendance information, to conduct student course evaluations of faculty, and to make certain information available on the Internet. |
HB 2584 | Author: | Hartnett | Moody | Madden |
Coauthor: | Callegari | Miller, Sid | Pierson | |
Last Action: | 05/08/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice | |
Caption: | Relating to the right of certain child crime victims to a speedy trial and to be considered with respect to a defendant's motion for continuance. |
HB 2639 | Author: | Isett |
Coauthor: | Callegari | Flynn | Gutierrez | Hughes | Legler | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to the power of a local authority to enforce compliance with speed limits or a traffic-control signal on a highway or street under its jurisdiction by an automated traffic control system. |
HB 2743 | Author: | Paxton | Hughes |
Coauthor: | Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Creighton | Crownover | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to the availability of certain county financial information on certain counties' Internet websites. |
HB 2806 | Author: | Maldonado | Corte | Fletcher | Pena | Edwards |
Coauthor: | Callegari | Legler | Leibowitz | Miller, Sid | Moody | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Van de Putte | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to the reinstatement of a firefighter or police officer to a previously held position based on seniority on the return of another firefighter or police officer from a military leave of absence. |
HB 2812 | Author: | Swinford |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Berman | Button | Callegari | Crownover | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to the curriculum, funding, promotion, and economic impact of career and technology education in public educational institutions. |
HB 3147 | Author: | Smith, Todd | Guillen | Fletcher |
Coauthor: | Callegari | Legler | Miller, Sid | |
Sponsor: | Seliger | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to taking or attempting to take a weapon from a commissioned security officer. |
HB 3325 | Author: | Hughes | Lucio III | Cook | Rodriguez | Harless |
Coauthor: | Alonzo | Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients. |
HB 3611 | Author: | Otto | Oliveira | Hilderbran | Heflin | Kolkhorst |
Coauthor: | Aycock | Button | Callegari | Flynn | Harless | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Williams | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
Caption: | Relating to the consolidation of appraisal review boards. |
HB 3612 | Author: | Otto | Oliveira | Villarreal | Gattis | Truitt |
Coauthor: | Aycock | Branch | Button | Callegari | Flynn | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Williams | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10 | |
Caption: | Relating to the creation of a pilot program that allows taxpayer appeals from certain appraisal review board determinations in certain counties to be heard by the State Office of Administrative Hearings. |
HB 3613 | Author: | Otto | Oliveira | Paxton | Taylor | Pena |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Williams | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
Caption: | Relating to the determination of the market value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead and to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans and to the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled based on disability rating. |
HB 3769 | Author: | Fletcher | Gallego | King, Phil | Solomons | Turner, Sylvester |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/29/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to certain fraudulent investment schemes; providing penalties. |
HB 3796 | Author: | Morrison | Cook | Harless | Heflin | Kolkhorst |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/12/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to informed and voluntary consent for an abortion and the collection and reporting of information related to the performance of an abortion; providing penalties. |
HB 4014 | Author: | Weber |
Coauthor: | Callegari | Christian | Flynn | Harless | Hughes | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to prohibiting school districts from requiring or coercing school district employees to make charitable contributions. |
HB 4224 | Author: | Christian | Berman | Swinford | Anderson | Harper-Brown |
Coauthor: | Callegari | Fletcher | Flynn | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | et al. | |
Last Action: | 03/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
Caption: | Relating to the teaching of science in public schools. |
HB 4294 | Author: | Branch | Eissler | Strama | Oliveira | Aycock |
Coauthor: | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Button | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Shapiro | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
Caption: | Relating to textbooks, electronic textbooks, instructional material, and technological equipment in public schools. |
HCR 50 | Author: | Creighton | Hughes | Berman | Gattis | Guillen |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Branch | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/31/2009 S Received from the House | |
Caption: | Affirming that the State of Texas claims 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 certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
HJR 39 | Author: | Allen | Turner, Sylvester | Giddings | Bohac | Thompson |
Coauthor: | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Ellis | |
Last Action: | 05/26/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State | |
Caption: | Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. |
HR 454 | Author: | Harless | Laubenberg | Branch |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al. | |
Last Action: | 03/16/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2009 2:53PM | |
Caption: | Recognizing April 16, 2009, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Day at the Capitol. |
HR 2055 | Author: | Bonnen |
Coauthor: | Callegari | |
Last Action: | 05/18/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 18 2009 7:20PM | |
Caption: | In memory of Houston firefighter and Alvin native Damion Jon Hobbs. |