Author:
Kolkhorst | Creighton | Zerwas | Schwertner | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/24/2011 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the Interstate Health Care Compact.
Author:
Thompson | Jackson, Jim | Madden | Harless | Menendez
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
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
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Aycock | Beck | Bohac | Brown | et al.
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting certain private transfer fees and the preservation of private real property rights; providing penalties.
Author:
Cook | Hilderbran | Kolkhorst | Schwertner | Lozano
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | et al.
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
05/28/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to reports filed with the comptroller regarding certain alcoholic beverage sales; providing a penalty.
Author:
Miller, Sid | Callegari | Harless | Kolkhorst | Patrick, Diane
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
05/19/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to informed consent to an abortion.
Author:
Creighton | Zerwas | Schwertner | Hancock | Shelton
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2011 H Returned to committee
Caption:
Relating to required individual health insurance coverage.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Burkett | Branch | Bohac | Patrick, Diane
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Button | Carter | Christian | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
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.
Author:
Morrison | Fletcher | Harless | Weber | Cook
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
02/23/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to informed consent to an abortion.
Author:
Phillips | Schwertner
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.
Author:
Parker | Murphy | Shelton | Flynn | Harless
Coauthor:
Bohac | Laubenberg | Legler | Torres | Zedler
Last Action:
05/12/2011 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to the offense of paying or receiving certain forms of compensation for facilitating the registration of voters; providing criminal penalties.
Author:
Johnson | Sheffield | Farrar | Crownover | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Bonnen | Burkett | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities of certain elected officials convicted of certain crimes.
Author:
Smithee | Chisum | Hancock | Margo | Sheets
Coauthor:
Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Burkett | Carter | Crownover | et al.
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
05/27/2011 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to the operation of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and to the resolution of certain disputes concerning claims made to that association; providing penalties.
Author:
Creighton | Aliseda | Kleinschmidt | Jackson, Jim | Sheets
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | Berman | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/30/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the reform of certain remedies and procedures in civil actions and family law matters.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Flynn | Laubenberg | Legler | Murphy | Smith, Todd | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the privacy of protected health information; providing administrative, civil, and criminal penalties.
Author:
Shelton | Kolkhorst | Schwertner | Zerwas | Creighton
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Bohac | Button | Carter | et al.
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to implementation and requirements of certain health care reform laws.
Author:
Eissler | Aycock | Crownover | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Garza
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | Branch | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2011 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to flexibility for public schools to administer primary and secondary education efficiently.
Author:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Farias | Carter | Miller, Sid
Coauthor:
Beck | Berman | Brown | Cook | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
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:
King, Phil
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Christian | Frullo | Gooden | et al.
Last Action:
02/17/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption:
Relating to the retention of the $1 million total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
Author:
Eissler | Aycock | Guillen | Shelton
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
05/17/2011 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to state-adopted assessment instruments administered to public school students.
Author:
Callegari | Zerwas | Carter
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Cain | Harper-Brown | Hughes | Isaac | et al.
Last Action:
04/12/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring the use of an ignition interlock device on conviction of certain intoxication offenses.
Author:
Taylor, Van | Kolkhorst | Schwertner
Coauthor:
Geren | King, Phil | King, Susan | Landtroop | Laubenberg | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2011 H Companion considered in lieu of
Caption:
Relating to determining eligibility for indigent health care.
Author:
Crownover | Zerwas | Pitts | Otto | Alvarado
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2011 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.
Author:
Kleinschmidt | Hardcastle | Guillen | Fletcher | Geren
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
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
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Last Action:
05/06/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by certain persons attending a school board meeting.
Author:
Driver | Miller, Sid | Hancock | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on certain premises of or locations associated with schools or institutions of higher education.
Author:
Hunter | Callegari | Hughes | Button | Phillips
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Berman | Bonnen | Burkett | Cain | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to coverage provided by certain qualified health plans for abortions.
Author:
Morrison
Coauthor:
Torres
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the appropriation of certain unclaimed money.
Author:
Brown | Callegari | Creighton | Davis, John
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Alvarado | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | et al.
Last Action:
05/17/2011 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board and the regulation of certain persons licensed by the board.
Author:
Scott
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Torres
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the taking of a defendant's bail bond by county jailers.
Author:
Workman
Coauthor:
Gonzales, Larry | Torres
Last Action:
02/28/2011 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may grant for open-enrollment charter schools.
Author:
Weber | Gallego | Creighton | Martinez Fischer | Thompson
Coauthor:
Carter | Geren | Harless | Pena | Taylor, Larry | et al.
Last Action:
05/16/2011 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the trafficking of persons.
Author:
Crownover | Truitt | Zerwas | Anchia | Taylor, Larry
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Bohac | Button | Christian | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/19/2011 S Left pending in committee
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.
Author:
Price | Harper-Brown | Callegari | Frullo | Thompson
Coauthor:
Torres
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to obsolete or redundant reporting requirements applicable to state agencies and to certain reports, communications, publications, and other documents involving the attorney general.
Author:
Giddings
Coauthor:
Torres
Last Action:
05/04/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to business entities and associations.
Author:
Morrison
Coauthor:
Torres
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
05/13/2011 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to unclaimed property.
Author:
Veasey | Bonnen | Lewis | Keffer
Coauthor:
Gallego | Gonzales, Veronica | Harper-Brown | Mallory Caraway | Pickett | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring the Legislative Budget Board to disclose proposed discontinuation of funding for public institutions.
Author:
Simpson | Rodriguez, Eddie | Menendez | Kolkhorst | Chisum
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
05/25/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
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:
Kolkhorst | Walle
Coauthor:
Torres
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to certain childbirths occurring before the 39th week of gestation.
Author:
Price | Shelton | Mallory Caraway | Schwertner | Guillen
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Aycock | Burkett | Coleman | Gonzales, Veronica | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to prevention, treatment, and oversight of concussions affecting public school students participating in interscholastic athletics.
Author:
Miller, Doug | Button | McClendon | Chisum
Coauthor:
Burkett | Christian | Creighton | Flynn | Gooden | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Huberty | Rodriguez, Eddie
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | Elkins | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2011 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to certain contracts entered into by school districts for another entity to provide food services at one or more district schools.
Author:
Lyne
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Cook | Creighton | Darby | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
05/20/2011 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the taxation and titling of certain off-road vehicles.
Author:
Garza | Riddle | Weber | Pena | Turner
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Beck | Gonzales, Larry | Lozano | Torres | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to equal opportunity for access by private and parochial school students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities.
Author:
Aliseda | Pena | Gonzales, Larry
Coauthor:
Laubenberg | Morrison | Murphy | Smith, Todd | Torres | et al.
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the procedures for voting ballots by mail.
Author:
Isaac
Coauthor:
Carter | Landtroop | Perry | Torres
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
05/21/2011 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 21 2011 5:02PM
Caption:
Relating to the electronic submission and recording of documents associated with voting by mail.
Author:
Orr | Aycock | Hochberg | Pitts | Otto
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to distribution by the School Land Board of revenue derived from permanent school fund land or other properties to the available school fund.
Author:
Taylor, Van | Otto
Coauthor:
Legler | Miller, Sid | Torres
Last Action:
03/16/2011 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Caption:
Relating to the contractual revocation of pension benefits of certain public employees convicted of an offense.
Author:
Hunter | Naishtat | Parker | Brown
Coauthor:
Howard, Donna | Kuempel | Torres | Zedler
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to continuing education for physicians and nurses regarding the treatment of tick-borne diseases.
Author:
Hunter | Raymond | Weber | Martinez Fischer
Coauthor:
Torres
Last Action:
05/04/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the recording of proceedings and the issuance of a warrant to take physical custody of a child in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship; creating an offense.
Author:
Gonzales, Larry | Huberty | McClendon | Strama | Veasey
Coauthor:
Bohac | Burkett | Carter | Christian | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
05/16/2011 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to a supplemental payment for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the unfunded actuarial liabilities allowed under that system.
Author:
Thompson | Harless | Reynolds | Chisum | Miller, Doug
Coauthor:
Coleman | Elkins | Gallego | Hamilton | Huberty | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to periodic rate adjustments by electric utilities.
Author:
Creighton | Taylor, Larry | Gonzales, Larry | Bonnen | Hilderbran
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
05/25/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
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:
Burkett | Flynn | Brown | Paxton
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Berman | Cain | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2011 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Author:
Hancock
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
05/20/2011 S Received from the House
Caption:
Urging the United States Congress to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases for stationary sources.
Author:
Isaac
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Landtroop | Lavender | Simpson | Torres
Last Action:
05/18/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Expressing opposition to federal regulation of hazardous waste, water, and clean air and of the production, exploration, drilling, development, operation, transportation, and processing of oil, natural gas, petroleum, and petroleum products in the State of Texas.
Author:
Flynn | Keffer | Creighton | Chisum
Coauthor:
Christian | Hughes | King, Phil | Legler | Torres | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2011 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Urging Congress to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Author:
Workman
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Burkett | Cain | Carter | Elkins | et al.
Last Action:
04/06/2011 H Referred to State Sovereignty, Select
Caption:
Urging the president of the United States to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.
Author:
Thompson | Geren
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | et al.
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of the Honorable Edmund Kuempel of Seguin.
Author:
Hartnett | Sheets | Aliseda | Riddle | Anchia
Coauthor:
Allen | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Bonnen | Branch | et al.
Last Action:
05/23/2011 S Received from the House
Caption:
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:
Branch
Coauthor:
Bohac | Button | Gooden | Harper-Brown | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
02/21/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a franchise tax rate to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
Author:
Legler | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Landtroop | Miller, Sid | Torres
Last Action:
03/17/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain payment for health care services and prohibiting requiring participation in a health care system.
Author:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Farias | McClendon | Carter | Miller, Sid
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Beck | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2011 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran in an amount equal to the amount of the residence homestead exemption to which the disabled veteran was entitled on the same property.
Author:
Christian | Howard, Charlie | King, Phil | Cain | Flynn
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
02/21/2011 H Referred to State Sovereignty, Select
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the rights of individuals to choose or decline to choose to purchase health insurance coverage.
Author:
Solomons | Callegari | King, Susan | Kolkhorst | Truitt
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on local governments.
Author:
Paxton | Hughes | Weber | Aliseda | Flynn
Coauthor:
Berman | Cain | Carter | Chisum | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the maximum rate of growth of appropriations and the use of unencumbered surplus general revenues to fund the state's rainy day fund and a public school property tax relief fund.
Author:
Creighton
Coauthor:
Frullo | Gooden | Legler | Miller, Sid | Shelton | et al.
Last Action:
02/23/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means
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 more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.
Author:
Orr | Aycock | Hochberg | Pitts | Otto
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | et al.
Sponsor:
Ogden
Last Action:
05/27/2011 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to clarify references to the permanent school fund, to allow the General Land Office to distribute revenue derived from permanent school fund land or other properties to the available school fund, and to provide for an increase in the market value of the permanent school fund for the purpose of allowing increased distributions from the available school fund.
Author:
Phillips | Callegari | Hancock | Fletcher | Aliseda
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Aycock | Beck | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2011 H Failed of adoption
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to an individual's or a religious organization's freedom of religion.