Texas Legislature
Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored
Number of Bills: 49Sponsor (49):
Author:
Bohac | Castro | Leibowitz | Naishtat
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/30/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the availability and use of automated external defibrillators in nursing homes and related institutions.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Truitt | Chisum | Sheffield | Zerwas
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of laser hair removal facilities; providing penalties.
Author:
Zerwas | Kolkhorst
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/30/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the expansion of faith- and community-based health and human services and social services initiatives.
Author:
Brown, Betty
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/27/2009 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain fund-raising sales conducted by a nonprofit organization that operates to benefit the patients of a state mental hospital.
Author:
Dukes
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to expansion of the electronic eligibility information pilot project operated by the Health and Human Services Commission.
Author:
Dukes | Pitts | McCall | Cook | Homer
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
04/23/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries.
Author:
Mallory Caraway
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/22/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 22 2009 5:17PM
Caption:
Relating to the creation, powers, and duties of film districts.
Author:
Button | Cook | Pitts | Deshotel | Giddings
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/25/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 25 2009 8:03PM
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Enterprise Fund, including the use of money from the fund, the terms of a grant agreement, and the duties of a grant recipient or entity that acquires a grant recipient.
Author:
Isett | Rios Ybarra | Laubenberg
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of freestanding emergency medical care facilities; providing an administrative penalty; creating an offense.
Author:
Miklos
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the establishment and use of a columbarium by a church.
Author:
Chisum
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/30/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of funeral services, funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematories; providing penalties.
Author:
Button | Driver | Hardcastle | Gonzalez Toureilles | Rios Ybarra
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of health-related pest control by the Department of Agriculture.
Author:
Crownover | Zerwas | Coleman | Dukes | Shelton
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/27/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to newborn screening.
Author:
Bohac
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the use of public funds by a political subdivision for political advertising or communications that contain false information relating to a ballot measure; providing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Bohac | Leibowitz
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to taking or attempting to take a weapon from an employee or official of a correctional facility.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Program and prescription drug use under the Medicaid program.
Author:
Flynn
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/20/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the notice requirements following impoundment of an estray.
Author:
Truitt
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a workgroup to study and make recommendations on the integration of health and behavioral health services.
Author:
Phillips
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Fannin County.
Author:
Truitt
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to increasing state employee participation in the TexaSaver program.
Author:
Davis, Yvonne
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to coverage under a meet and confer agreement for certain municipal firefighters and police officers.
Author:
Keffer
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a county to clarify the existence of a public interest in certain roads.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the use of a description of employment in determining the safety and appropriateness of a return to employment by an injured employee.
Author:
Frost
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a peace officer employment opportunity Internet website by the Texas Workforce Commission.
Author:
Kent | Shelton | Kuempel | Marquez | Lewis
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the designation of the Bankhead Highway as a historic highway.
Author:
Kent | Miklos
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the quasi-judicial enforcement of certain health and safety ordinances.
Author:
Smith, Wayne | Callegari
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the regulation and practice of engineering.
Author:
Coleman
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/26/2009 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to indigent health care services that may be provided by a county.
Author:
Hughes | Harper-Brown
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to license plates created by the Texas Department of Transportation for professional firefighters.
Author:
Harper-Brown | Merritt
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education; providing civil and administrative penalties.
Author:
Anchia | Kolkhorst
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to requirements governing registration and authorized activities of certain lobbyists.
Author:
Flynn
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to regulation of prepaid funeral benefits.
Author:
Hancock
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/31/2009 S Motion withdrawn
Caption:
Relating to the delivery of regulated substances into underground storage tanks; providing a penalty.
Author:
Herrero | Marquez | Guillen
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to a staffing analysis of the Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS) and benefits eligibility determination processes.
Author:
Homer
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Hopkins County Hospital District.
Author:
Driver
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the definition of a switchblade knife for purposes of the offense of prohibited weapons.
Author:
Homer
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to standards for independent review organizations.
Author:
Naishtat
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to certain diseases or illnesses suffered by certain emergency first responders.
Author:
Flynn
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/22/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 22 2009 9:56PM
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Hunt County Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
Author:
Brown, Betty
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Kaufman County Parks Improvement District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; providing penalties.
Author:
Eiland
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/23/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 23 2009 9:22PM
Caption:
Relating to an election to confirm the creation of the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 67.
Author:
Phillips | Swinford | Smithee | Chisum | Homer
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating the American quarter horse as the official State Horse of Texas.
Author:
Homer
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
04/03/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of Horace Arnold Durham of Pecan Gap.
Author:
Homer
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
04/03/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Congratulating the Sulphur Springs Wildcats football team on winning the 2008 UIL 4A Division 2 state championship.
Author:
Homer
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating April 21, 2009, as Delta County Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Homer
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of Fredrick Michael Ford of Sulphur Springs.
Author:
Homer | Flynn
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Honoring the memory of Clayton Bradley Rogers of Canton.
Author:
Homer
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Honoring the Texas Land Title Association for its continued support of the Texas Courthouse Stewardship Program.
Author:
Homer
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of Dustin Dow Clements of North Hopkins.