Author:
Birdwell
Coauthor:
Campbell | Taylor, Van | Hall | Seliger | Bettencourt | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2015 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety: May 5 2015 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Public Safety, military and law enforcement training, and the investigation, prosecution, punishment, and prevention of certain offenses; creating an offense and increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.
Author:
Nichols | Nelson
Coauthor:
Birdwell | Hancock | Huffines | Lucio | Taylor, Van | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2015 H Referred to Transportation: Apr 15 2015 12:03PM
Caption:
Relating to the allocation to the state highway fund and the available school fund of certain motor vehicle sales, use, and rental tax revenue and to the uses of the revenue allocated to the state highway fund.
Author:
Taylor, Larry | Campbell
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
04/28/2015 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to public school performance ratings.
Author:
Hancock
Coauthor:
Birdwell | Creighton | Bettencourt | Campbell | Hall | et al.
Sponsor:
Otto | Bonnen, Greg | Ashby | Burkett | Gonzales, Larry
Last Action:
05/29/2015 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to limitations on the rate of growth of appropriations for certain categories of spending.
Author:
Perry | Estes | Hall | Schwertner | Seliger
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Rodríguez | West | Garcia
Sponsor:
Aycock | Cyrier
Last Action:
05/26/2015 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to measures to support public school student academic achievement and high school, college, and career preparation, including measures to improve and support dual credit courses, the development of public outreach materials, and the development of postsecondary education and career counseling academies.
Author:
Taylor, Larry | Creighton
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/19/2015 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to empowering the parents of students to petition for the reconstitution, repurposing, alternative management, or closure of low-performing public school campuses.
Author:
Estes
Coauthor:
Creighton | Hancock | Nelson | Perry | Bettencourt | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2015 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety: May 5 2015 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating a criminal offense; providing penalties.
Author:
Nelson | Hinojosa | Seliger
Coauthor:
Huffman | Eltife | Bettencourt | Hancock | Nichols | et al.
Sponsor:
Zerwas
Last Action:
06/03/2015 E Effective on 9/1/15
Caption:
Relating to measures to support or enhance graduate medical education in this state, including the transfer of certain assets from the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association to the permanent fund supporting graduate medical education and the authority of the association to issue new policies.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Uresti | Hinojosa | Schwertner | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Price | Cook | Raymond | Kuempel
Last Action:
06/04/2015 E Effective on 9/1/15
Caption:
Relating to state agency contracting.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Nichols
Last Action:
01/26/2015 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the computation of the franchise tax; decreasing the rates of the franchise tax.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
Huffman | Schwertner | Huffines | Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/04/2015 H Referred to Appropriations: May 4 2015 7:19PM
Caption:
Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs.
Author:
Whitmire
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Ellis | West | Garcia | Rodríguez
Last Action:
05/20/2015 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures relating to truancy; providing criminal penalties; imposing a court cost.
Author:
Taylor, Van
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Kolkhorst
Sponsor:
Laubenberg
Last Action:
05/29/2015 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the applicability of adverse licensing, listing, or registration decisions by certain health and human services agencies.
Author:
Perry
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
01/27/2015 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the sunset review process.
Author:
Perry
Coauthor:
Schwertner | Kolkhorst | Taylor, Larry | Bettencourt | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
01/27/2015 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the maximum rate of growth of appropriations.
Author:
Nichols
Coauthor:
Huffines | Bettencourt | Creighton
Last Action:
01/27/2015 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Schwertner
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Keffer
Last Action:
05/26/2015 H Point of order sustained
Caption:
Relating to the financial self-sufficiency of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
Author:
Hinojosa | Birdwell | Campbell | Nelson | Schwertner
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/01/2015 H Referred to State Affairs: May 1 2015 3:39PM
Caption:
Relating to the self-directed and semi-independent status of certain agencies and to the requirements applicable to, and the oversight of, those agencies.
Author:
Schwertner
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Burton | Birdwell | Fraser | Bettencourt | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2015 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to limitations on increases in fees and designated tuition charged by public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Campbell
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
03/26/2015 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to state savings and government efficiency achieved through a taxpayer savings grant program administered by the comptroller of public accounts.
Author:
Campbell
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Huffines
Sponsor:
Murphy | Elkins | Galindo | Bohac
Last Action:
05/21/2015 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to public access to boundary, financial, and tax rate information of certain political subdivisions.
Author:
Campbell
Coauthor:
Kolkhorst | Huffines | Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Goldman
Last Action:
05/24/2015 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to procedures and requirements for the issuance of certificates of obligation.
Author:
Estes
Coauthor:
Birdwell | Hall | Eltife | Perry | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
02/02/2015 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating a criminal offense; providing penalties.
Author:
Schwertner
Coauthor:
Taylor, Van | Bettencourt | Kolkhorst
Sponsor:
Dale
Last Action:
06/10/2015 E Effective on 9/1/15
Caption:
Relating to requiring state agencies to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.
Author:
Taylor, Van
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Villalba
Last Action:
06/19/2015 E Effective on 9/1/15
Caption:
Relating to school marshals for public junior colleges, notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a public junior college is appointed school marshal, and the confidentiality of information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment as school marshal.
Author:
Schwertner
Coauthor:
Huffines | Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Laubenberg
Last Action:
05/21/2015 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to fingerprints collected by the Texas Department of Public Safety from an applicant for a driver's license or personal identification certificate and used for the department's image verification system.
Author:
Schwertner
Coauthor:
Nelson | Bettencourt | West
Sponsor:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/26/2015 H Point of order sustained
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of hospitals in this state; increasing the amount of administrative penalties assessed or imposed against certain hospitals; authorizing the imposition of a fee.
Author:
Schwertner
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | West
Sponsor:
Bonnen, Greg
Last Action:
05/28/2015 E Effective on 9/1/15
Caption:
Relating to health care information provided by and notice of facility fees charged by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities.
Author:
Hall
Coauthor:
Kolkhorst | Huffines | Burton | Creighton | Bettencourt | et al.
Sponsor:
Davis, Yvonne
Last Action:
05/21/2015 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the exercise of eminent domain by certain toll road corporations.
Author:
Birdwell | Estes | Fraser | Kolkhorst | Perry
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Creighton | Uresti
Sponsor:
Keffer
Last Action:
06/19/2015 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the sunset review of river authorities.
Author:
Birdwell
Coauthor:
Perry | Bettencourt | Nelson
Last Action:
03/24/2015 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 287 in Midlothian as the Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield Memorial Highway.
Author:
Hancock
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
02/18/2015 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the sunset review process.
Author:
Taylor, Larry
Coauthor:
Hall | Campbell | Creighton | Perry | Schwertner | et al.
Sponsor:
Farney
Last Action:
05/26/2015 H Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to health plan and health benefit plan coverage for abortions.
Author:
Rodríguez
Coauthor:
Lucio | Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Blanco
Last Action:
05/22/2015 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to regional coordinators within the veteran entrepreneur program.
Author:
Perry
Coauthor:
Hall | Huffines | Taylor, Van | Bettencourt | Nichols
Last Action:
02/24/2015 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the funding and issuing of marriage licenses and certifications and the recognition of certain marriages.
Author:
Creighton
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/05/2015 H Referred to Appropriations: May 5 2015 5:28PM
Caption:
Relating to the savings incentive program for state agencies.
Author:
Hall
Coauthor:
Kolkhorst | Perry | Creighton | Nelson | Burton | et al.
Last Action:
05/22/2015 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to the use of automated traffic control systems and photographic traffic signal enforcement systems.
Author:
Perry
Coauthor:
Nichols | Hall | Campbell | Bettencourt | Taylor, Van | et al.
Sponsor:
Burkett
Last Action:
05/24/2015 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a disqualification for unemployment benefits for refusing to take or failing a preemployment drug test.
Author:
Perry
Coauthor:
Kolkhorst | Campbell | Nelson | Bettencourt
Sponsor:
King, Susan
Last Action:
05/29/2015 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to mandatory participation in certain TANF employment and other programs by certain persons.
Author:
Taylor, Van
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Campbell | Menéndez
Sponsor:
Button
Last Action:
06/10/2015 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the application of the sales and use tax to certain computer program transactions.
Author:
Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Hall | Taylor, Van | Perry | Burton | Huffines | et al.
Last Action:
03/03/2015 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to voluntary and informed consent to an abortion and prevention of coerced abortions; providing penalties; creating an offense.
Author:
Taylor, Van
Coauthor:
Lucio | Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Flynn
Last Action:
05/28/2015 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a public duty justification for conduct of a service member of the Texas military forces.
Author:
Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Button
Last Action:
06/01/2015 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the signature requirement for a sales tax permit application filed electronically.
Author:
Taylor, Van
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Villalba
Last Action:
06/19/2015 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a school is appointed school marshal and the confidentiality of information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment as school marshal.
Author:
Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
03/10/2015 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption:
Relating to the use of sales tax revenue collected under certain contracts.
Author:
Rodríguez
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Miller, Rick
Last Action:
06/20/2015 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to voting by mail, including the cancellation of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
Author:
Taylor, Larry
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
04/30/2015 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the amount that may be donated by contract by certain populous counties to crime stoppers or crime prevention organizations.
Author:
Hall
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Raymond
Last Action:
05/22/2015 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the deadline for filing an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran.
Author:
Hancock
Coauthor:
Hall | Perry | Burton | Huffines | Kolkhorst | et al.
Last Action:
03/17/2015 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to advance directives and health care and treatment decisions.
Author:
Campbell
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Garcia | Lucio
Last Action:
05/14/2015 H Referred to Public Education: May 14 2015 12:12AM
Caption:
Relating to suicide prevention training for educators in public schools.
Author:
Hall
Coauthor:
Kolkhorst | Perry | Taylor, Van | Creighton | Huffines | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2015 H Motion to suspend posting rule fails
Caption:
Relating to an interstate compact on border security and immigration enforcement.
Author:
Hall
Coauthor:
Campbell | Lucio | Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Schaefer
Last Action:
05/11/2015 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a ribbon for certain members of the military forces who served in support of operations to secure the Texas border.
Author:
Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Huffines
Sponsor:
Burkett
Last Action:
06/18/2015 E Effective on 9/1/15
Caption:
Relating to electronic filing of certain reports.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Hinojosa | Nichols | Taylor, Van | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Hunter
Last Action:
05/26/2015 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to natural disaster housing recovery.
Author:
Perry | Hall
Coauthor:
Taylor, Van | Bettencourt | Creighton | Hancock | Huffines | et al.
Last Action:
03/23/2015 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to advance directives, including do-not-resuscitate orders; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Burton
Coauthor:
Hall | Perry | Bettencourt | Hancock | Huffines | et al.
Last Action:
03/23/2015 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of abortion procedures; providing civil penalties; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense.
Author:
Taylor, Van
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Fletcher
Last Action:
05/26/2015 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to classifying synthetic cannabinoid or cathinone as a Schedule I controlled substance under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense.
Author:
Campbell
Coauthor:
Burton | Bettencourt | Creighton | Huffines
Last Action:
05/25/2015 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: May 25 2015 3:23PM
Caption:
Relating to the procedures for municipal annexations.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Miller, Rick
Last Action:
06/10/2015 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to approval of the issuance of tax and revenue anticipation notes.
Author:
Creighton
Coauthor:
Campbell | Bettencourt
Sponsor:
Bonnen, Dennis
Last Action:
06/15/2015 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the transparent and equitable application of ad valorem tax procedures.
Author:
Huffman
Coauthor:
Hall | Bettencourt | Campbell | Taylor, Van
Last Action:
05/21/2015 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the organization of public employees.
Author:
Taylor, Van
Coauthor:
Campbell | Bettencourt | Huffines
Last Action:
05/21/2015 H Referred to Public Education: May 21 2015 4:10PM
Caption:
Relating to equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students to University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Huffman
Coauthor:
Campbell | Nelson | Burton | Bettencourt | Taylor, Van | et al.
Sponsor:
Cook | Harless | Geren | Oliveira | Kuempel
Last Action:
05/26/2015 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a privilege from disclosure to governmental units for certain evidence concerning sermons delivered by a religious leader.
Author:
Creighton
Coauthor:
Kolkhorst | Campbell | Perry | Huffines | Estes | et al.
Sponsor:
Huberty
Last Action:
05/11/2015 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
Author:
Estes
Coauthor:
Birdwell | Nelson | Creighton | Bettencourt | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor:
Flynn
Last Action:
06/09/2015 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for bearing the financial burden of the federal government's responsibility to secure the Texas-Mexico international border.
Author:
Seliger | Estes | Fraser | Hinojosa | Nichols | et al.
Coauthor:
Hancock | Nelson | Bettencourt | Schwertner | Taylor, Van
Sponsor:
Anchia
Last Action:
05/28/2015 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Nelson | Menéndez
Sponsor:
Simmons
Last Action:
06/15/2015 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Recognizing April 2015 as Autism Awareness Month.
Author:
Hancock
Coauthor:
Birdwell | Creighton | Bettencourt | Campbell | Hall | et al.
Last Action:
04/14/2015 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations.
Author:
Nichols | Nelson
Coauthor:
Birdwell | Hancock | Huffines | Lucio | Taylor, Van | et al.
Sponsor:
Pickett | Otto | Harless | Parker | Davis, Yvonne
Last Action:
06/01/2015 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating a portion of the revenue derived from the state sales and use tax and the tax imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle to the state highway fund.
Author:
Perry
Coauthor:
Schwertner | Kolkhorst | Taylor, Larry | Bettencourt | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
02/02/2015 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the maximum amount of appropriations for a state fiscal biennium.
Author:
Nichols
Coauthor:
Huffines | Bettencourt | Creighton
Last Action:
02/02/2015 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or less of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year and to permit the voters of a county to establish a higher limitation not to exceed 110 percent on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead in the county.
Author:
Creighton
Coauthor:
Nichols | Hall | Hinojosa | Nelson | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor:
Ashby | Darby | Guillen | Bonnen, Dennis | Keffer
Last Action:
05/21/2015 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Birdwell | Burton | Campbell | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2015 S Again read
Caption:
Proclaiming April 16, 2015, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Legislative Day.
Author:
Burton | Campbell | Creighton | Estes | Fraser | et al.
Coauthor:
Bettencourt | Birdwell | Eltife | Perry | Seliger | et al.
Last Action:
04/23/2015 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing April 23, 2015, as Texas Young Republican Federation and Texas Federation of College Republicans Legislative Day.
Author:
Burton | Birdwell | Campbell | Creighton | Estes | et al.
Coauthor:
Bettencourt
Last Action:
05/04/2015 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing the opening of the Texas Public Policy Foundation's new headquarters.