Texas Legislature

Author:

Crownover | McCall | Sheffield | Alvarado

Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bolton | et al.

05/08/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted

Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

Author:

Corte | Fletcher | Brown, Betty

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.

04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to informed consent to an abortion.

Author:

Branch | McCall | Coleman | McClendon | Madden

Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | et al.

Zaffirini

06/17/2009 E See remarks for effective date

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.

Author:

Phillips | Olivo | Paxton | Martinez, "Mando"

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.

04/15/2009 H Recalled from subcommittee

Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.

Author:

Brown, Betty | Christian | Flynn | Berman | Shelton

Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.

04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.

Author:

Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Kent | Anchia | Davis, John

Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.

05/21/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce

Relating to the on-premises consumption of certain alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty.

Author:

Bonnen | Crabb | Laubenberg | Smith, Wayne | Hughes

Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.

05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to the interstate purchase of certain firearms.

Author:

Zerwas | Rose | Cohen | Dukes | Thompson

Anchia | Bohac | Darby | Edwards | Eissler | et al.

03/03/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for routine patient care costs for enrollees participating in certain clinical trials.

Author:

Isett | Homer | Legler | Eiland | Harper-Brown

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Button | et al.

05/05/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice

Relating to the requirement under certain circumstances that a license holder display the person's license to carry a concealed handgun.

Author:

Sheffield | Gattis | Laubenberg | Turner, Sylvester | Edwards

Aycock | Berman | Eissler | Hamilton | Legler | et al.

04/22/2009 H Returned to Calendars Committee

Relating to a prohibition on the disclosure and use of certain information recorded or collected by a transponder used to electronically assess or collect a toll.

Author:

Sheffield | Gattis | Laubenberg | Edwards | Crownover

Aycock | Berman | Button | Chavez | Eissler | et al.

05/06/2009 S Referred to State Affairs

Relating to the electronic distribution of information to legislators by state agencies.

Author:

Taylor | Pena | Fletcher | Oliveira | Sheffield

Allen | Bonnen | Button | Cook | Creighton | et al.

05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance

Relating to the exemption from certain taxation of certain organizations.

Author:

Hughes | Paxton | Bonnen | Lewis | Callegari

Bohac | Brown, Betty | Christian | Creighton | Darby | et al.

04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the computation of taxable margin for purposes of the franchise tax by certain taxable entities.

Author:

Bonnen | Naishtat | Maldonado | Gattis

Allen | Branch | Edwards | Eissler | Rodriguez | et al.

02/26/2009 H Referred to Environmental Regulation

Relating to a program for the recycling of electronic equipment of consumers in this state; providing administrative penalties.

Author:

Frost | Farabee | Lucio III | McReynolds | Driver

Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.

03/23/2009 H Left pending in committee

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:

Pitts | Kuempel | Geren | Homer | Callegari

Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Button | Chavez | et al.

03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.

Author:

Walle | Martinez Fischer | Moody | Ortiz, Jr. | Leibowitz

Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Bohac | Dutton | et al.

Ellis

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of graffiti and to certain conditions imposed on defendants convicted of that offense or on juveniles adjudicated as having engaged in conduct in violation of that offense.

Author:

Crownover | Naishtat | Flores | Heflin | Anchia

Alvarado | Anderson | Berman | Bolton | Bonnen | et al.

03/03/2009 H Referred to Public Education

Relating to funding of the Communities In Schools program.

Author:

Chisum | Raymond | Davis, John | Gonzales | Hopson

Allen | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Chavez | et al.

04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to creating the health care access fund to recruit health care providers in health professional shortage areas and to support federally-qualified health centers and to using for those purposes revenue from a tax imposed on certain tobacco products.

Author:

Driver | McReynolds | Kolkhorst | Ortiz, Jr. | Merritt

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.

05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of institutions of higher education.

Author:

King, Phil | Hughes | Anderson | Isett | Flynn

Berman | Brown, Fred | Chavez | Christian | Crownover | et al.

05/02/2009 H Corrected committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to a suit for access to a child by a grandparent.

Author:

Keffer | Rose | Deshotel | Ritter | Kolkhorst

Bonnen | Button | Chisum | Cook | Darby | et al.

04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to career and technical education in the public schools and high school graduation requirements.

Author:

Hughes | Lucio III | Cook | Rodriguez | Harless

Alonzo | Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.

04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients.

Author:

Gattis | Isett | Veasey | Truitt | Lucio III

Brown, Fred | Chavez | Edwards | Eissler | Flynn | et al.

Ogden

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Armed Services Scholarship.

Author:

Otto | Oliveira | Paxton | Taylor | Pena

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.

Williams

06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date

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.

Author:

Fletcher | Gallego | King, Phil | Solomons | Turner, Sylvester

Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.

04/29/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to certain fraudulent investment schemes; providing penalties.

Author:

Morrison | Cook | Harless | Heflin | Kolkhorst

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.

05/12/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

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.

Author:

Brown, Fred | Fletcher | Callegari | Howard, Charlie | Elkins

Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Chisum | Crabb | et al.

05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board.

Author:

Creighton | Hughes | Berman | Gattis | Guillen

Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Branch | et al.

05/31/2009 S Received from the House

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.

Author:

Otto | Guillen | Rose

Eissler | Heflin | Leibowitz | Moody | Quintanilla | et al.

Williams

06/03/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead solely on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead; authorizing the legislature to authorize a single board of equalization for two or more adjoining appraisal entities that elect to provide for consolidated equalizations; and authorizing the legislature to provide for the administration and enforcement of uniform standards and procedures for appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes.

Author:

Allen | Turner, Sylvester | Giddings | Bohac | Thompson

Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.

Ellis

05/26/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State

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.

Author:

Harless | Laubenberg | Branch

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.

03/16/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2009 2:53PM

Recognizing April 16, 2009, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Day at the Capitol.