Author:
Zaffirini
Coauthor:
Lucio | Hinojosa | Uresti | Gallegos | Carona | et al.
Last Action:
05/04/2009 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to financial support and incentives for the development of national research universities and high-quality comprehensive regional universities and a review of the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system.
Author:
Estes
Coauthor:
Eltife | Hegar | Jackson, Mike | Patrick, Dan | Uresti | et al.
Sponsor:
Bonnen | Pitts | Kuempel | Geren | Homer
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition of property by entities with eminent domain authority.
Author:
Patrick, Dan
Coauthor:
Eltife | Huffman | Jackson, Mike | Nelson | Nichols | et al.
Last Action:
04/09/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the computation of the franchise tax.
Author:
Zaffirini
Coauthor:
Davis, Wendy | Carona | Shapleigh | Hinojosa | Ogden | et al.
Last Action:
03/02/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to exempting books purchased by university and college students from the sales tax for a limited period.
Author:
Zaffirini
Coauthor:
Eltife | Hegar | Hinojosa | Carona | Huffman | et al.
Last Action:
02/10/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to determination of state contributions for participation by certain junior college employees in the state employees group benefits program.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Carona | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | Zaffirini | Hinojosa | et al.
Sponsor:
Thompson
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H 1 hr. notice-to suspend rules
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, law enforcement training relating to the trafficking of persons, and the creation of the trafficking of persons investigation and prosecution account in the general revenue fund.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Lucio III | Martinez, "Mando" | Pena | Oliveira | Rios Ybarra
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to establishing a health science center and medical school in South Texas.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | Hinojosa
Sponsor:
Farrar
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to electronically recording certain interrogations.
Author:
Deuell | Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | Wentworth | Hinojosa | West
Sponsor:
Coleman | McClendon | Ortiz, Jr. | Zerwas | King, Susan
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to disease control outreach programs to reduce the risk of certain communicable diseases.
Author:
Estes
Coauthor:
Hinojosa
Sponsor:
Hardcastle
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a municipality with a population of less than 10,000 to enter into an agreement with an owner of real property in or adjacent to an area in the municipality that has been approved for funding under certain revitalization or redevelopment programs to prohibit ad valorem tax increases on the owner's property for a limited period.
Author:
Shapleigh
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Nelson
Last Action:
03/02/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a requirement that certain appraisal districts provide for electronic filing of and electronic communications regarding a protest of appraised value by the owner of a residence homestead.
Author:
Van de Putte | Ogden
Coauthor:
Uresti | Harris | Zaffirini | Estes | Hinojosa | et al.
Sponsor:
Corte | Guillen | Maldonado | Flores | Gattis
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to resident tuition rates and fees at public institutions of higher education for certain veterans and servicemembers and their spouses and children.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Zaffirini
Last Action:
02/17/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to transferring the statutorily assigned functions and activities of the State Board of Education to the Texas Education Agency.
Author:
Ellis | Shapiro
Coauthor:
Carona | Lucio | Seliger | West | Wentworth | et al.
Sponsor:
Chisum | Cohen
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.
Author:
Ogden
Coauthor:
Hinojosa
Sponsor:
Pickett
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to authorizing the designation of an area adjacent to a state highway project as a transportation finance zone, and authorizing the revenue from the state sales and use taxes imposed in the zone to be deposited in a revolving fund and used to repay financial assistance provided from the fund for highway projects.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Zaffirini
Last Action:
02/17/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to placing the State Board of Education under periodic review by the Sunset Advisory Commission.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Davis, Wendy | Carona | Hinojosa | West | Zaffirini | et al.
Last Action:
05/21/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Deuell | Carona | Shapiro | Davis, Wendy | et al.
Sponsor:
Rose | Phillips | Herrero | Ortiz, Jr. | Naishtat
Last Action:
06/11/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the protection and care of individuals with mental retardation and to certain legal protections for individuals with disabilities; providing criminal penalties.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Uresti | Zaffirini | Seliger
Sponsor:
Gonzalez Toureilles
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Rural Development Fund and to the establishment, operation, and funding of certain programs for rural economic development.
Author:
Davis, Wendy
Coauthor:
Ellis | Harris | Hinojosa | Nelson | West
Sponsor:
Orr
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the installation, maintenance, or operation of natural gas pipelines on state highways and highway and county road rights-of-way.
Author:
Davis, Wendy
Coauthor:
West | Hinojosa | Harris
Last Action:
04/07/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a pilot test of an advanced control technology for the reduction of nitrogen oxides emissions.
Author:
Williams | Whitmire
Coauthor:
Huffman | Hinojosa | Patrick, Dan | Ellis | Nelson
Sponsor:
Thompson
Last Action:
04/16/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to methods for the recovery of system restoration costs incurred by electric utilities following hurricanes, tropical storms, ice or snow storms, floods, and other weather-related events and natural disasters.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
Hinojosa
Sponsor:
Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the imposition of the sales and use tax by certain crime control and prevention districts and fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services districts.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | Van de Putte | Hinojosa | Watson | Davis, Wendy | et al.
Sponsor:
Castro | Martinez Fischer | Lucio III | Bolton | Leibowitz
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to protective orders against dating violence.
Author:
Ellis | Duncan
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Huffman
Last Action:
03/30/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: Mar 30 2009 1:51PM
Caption:
Relating to a qualified privilege of a journalist not to testify.
Author:
Van de Putte | Eltife | West
Coauthor:
Davis, Wendy | Nichols | Gallegos | Uresti | Zaffirini | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to public school finance.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Huffman | Nelson | Carona | Wentworth | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of tobacco products; providing penalties.
Author:
Shapleigh
Coauthor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
05/20/2009 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Relating to the use of food stamp benefits at farmers markets.
Author:
Ellis | Carona | Whitmire
Coauthor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
05/14/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to community supervision for certain drug possession offenses and to a person's eligibility for an order of nondisclosure following a term of community supervision for any of those offenses.
Author:
Patrick, Dan
Coauthor:
Hinojosa
Sponsor:
Branch
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to notice to students of a public institution of higher education of the required use of a portion of a student's tuition payments to provide student financial aid.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
Hinojosa
Sponsor:
Corte
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a mental health intervention program for military veterans.
Author:
Shapiro
Coauthor:
Nelson | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Hinojosa | Uresti
Last Action:
03/17/2009 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.
Author:
Shapiro
Coauthor:
Nelson | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Hinojosa | Uresti
Last Action:
03/17/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the conditions of bond for a defendant charged with committing certain offenses against a child and to the denial of bail pending trial with respect to certain defendants who violate those conditions.
Author:
Zaffirini
Coauthor:
Lucio | Carona | Eltife | Gallegos | Nichols | et al.
Sponsor:
Branch
Last Action:
05/23/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the academic costs charged to resident undergraduate students by general academic teaching institutions and to certain reports regarding certain costs of those institutions.
Author:
Eltife
Coauthor:
Ellis | Van de Putte | Watson | Carona | Davis, Wendy | et al.
Sponsor:
Strama | Deshotel | Harless
Last Action:
05/27/2009 H Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
Caption:
Relating to unemployment compensation modernization.
Author:
West
Coauthor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
04/24/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the provision of reentry, reintegration, and other services to a wrongfully imprisoned person who is discharged from a correctional facility.
Author:
West
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Uresti | Van de Putte | Watson | Ellis | et al.
Last Action:
05/20/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Dolores C. Huerta.
Author:
Whitmire
Coauthor:
Hinojosa
Sponsor:
Gallego
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H 1 hr. notice-to suspend rules
Caption:
Relating to procedures for applications for writs of habeas corpus based on relevant scientific evidence.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
05/14/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to a filing fee imposed on a notice of foreclosure sale to fund civil legal services for indigents.
Author:
Zaffirini
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Gallegos | Lucio | Uresti | Van de Putte
Last Action:
04/30/2009 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to memorial monuments on the Capitol grounds, including the Tejano monument.
Author:
Davis, Wendy
Coauthor:
Watson | Hinojosa | Lucio | Shapleigh
Last Action:
05/15/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to certain protections for customers in the restructured electric services market.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
02/10/2009 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing the representatives of Amigos Del Valle, Incorporated.