Texas Legislature

Author:

Otto

Allen | Berman | Bohac | Crabb | Elkins | et al.

02/12/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means

Relating to the appraisal of property, including residence homesteads, for ad valorem tax purposes.

Author:

Orr | Pitts | Callegari | Veasey | Pickett

Berman | Brown, Betty | Burnam | Christian | Crabb | et al.

03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to eminent domain, including certain limitations, procedures, and standards relating to the use of eminent domain.

Author:

Eiland | Turner, Sylvester

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

04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to appropriations for damages and disruptions suffered by state agencies and institutions of higher education caused by natural disasters and to an appropriation for disaster relief generally.

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:

Corte | Branch | Chavez | Bohac | Miller, Sid

Aycock | Button | Edwards | Fletcher | Moody | et al.

Van de Putte

05/27/2009 S Placed on intent calendar

Relating to the establishment of a program to provide a ballot by electronic mail to military personnel serving overseas and their spouses and dependents residing overseas.

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:

Bohac | Harless

Berman | Crabb | Elkins | Fletcher | Flynn | et al.

03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the determination of the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

Author:

Berman | Riddle

Fletcher

02/17/2009 H Referred to State Affairs

Relating to language requirements for engaging in certain regulated activities.

Author:

Berman | Bonnen

Brown, Betty | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim

03/16/2009 H Referred to State Affairs

Relating to prohibiting admission by public institutions of higher education of applicants who are not lawfully authorized to be present in the United States.

Author:

Berman | Bonnen

Brown, Betty | Christian | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim

02/17/2009 H Referred to State Affairs

Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to receive a sentence of community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.

Author:

Berman | Bonnen | Riddle

Elkins | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim

02/17/2009 H Referred to State Affairs

Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws by certain governmental entities.

Author:

Berman | Bonnen

Brown, Betty | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim

02/17/2009 H Referred to Public Education

Relating to information regarding the citizenship status of students.

Author:

Berman

Brown, Betty | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim

04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the imposition of a fee for money transmissions sent to certain destinations outside the United States.

Author:

Berman

Fletcher

03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.

Author:

Berman | Flynn | Bonnen

Brown, Betty | Christian | Elkins | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim | et al.

02/17/2009 H Referred to State Affairs

Relating to regulating the provision of benefits and services to, and the verification of the employment status of, immigrants and to enforcing laws relating to immigrants; providing civil and criminal penalties.

Author:

Christian | Gallego | Deshotel | Kolkhorst | McReynolds

Fletcher | Hopson

05/19/2009 S Referred to Higher Education

Relating to a prohibition against changing the name of certain public institutions of higher education that are named after state historical figures.

Author:

Paxton | Brown, Betty | Hancock

Fletcher | Jackson, Jim | Laubenberg

02/18/2009 H Referred to Public Education

Relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may grant for open-enrollment charter schools.

Author:

Creighton | Parker | Lucio III | Paxton | Guillen

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

04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.

Author:

Flores | Smith, Wayne | McReynolds | Corte | Smithee

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

05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating 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:

Paxton | Christian | King, Phil | Hughes | Howard, Charlie

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

02/23/2009 H Referred to Appropriations

Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations from state tax revenues.

Author:

Bohac

Fletcher | Jackson, Jim | King, Phil

03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation by certain school districts and other taxing units in Harris County.

Author:

Walle | Riddle | Crabb | Thompson | Hernandez

Bohac | Fletcher | Harless | Vo

05/04/2009 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the adoption of noise regulations by certain counties; providing a criminal penalty.

Author:

Button | Jackson, Jim

Fletcher | Flynn | Kleinschmidt | Miller, Doug

02/25/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means

Relating to tax incentives for certain businesses for job creation and retention.

Author:

Button | Eissler | Pitts | Driver | Ortiz, Jr.

Allen | Brown, Fred | Edwards | Fletcher | Flynn | et al.

05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the qualifications for certification of a person as a qualified business under the enterprise zone program.

Author:

Brown, Fred | Quintanilla | Callegari | Deshotel | Darby

Brown, Betty | Button | Chavez | Davis, John | Driver | et al.

02/26/2009 H Referred to Public Education

Relating to curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced public high school programs.

Author:

Button | Cook | Pitts | Deshotel | Giddings

Allen | Brown, Fred | Chavez | Driver | England | et al.

Deuell

05/25/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 25 2009 8:03PM

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:

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:

Shelton | Moody | Sheffield | Kent | Creighton

Button | Fletcher | Miller, Doug | Pena

Van de Putte

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to the definition of victim in relation to certain crime victims' rights.

Author:

Thompson | Ritter | Allen | Edwards

Farrar | Fletcher | Hernandez | Howard, Charlie | Lucio III | et al.

04/06/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call

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:

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:

Isett

Allen | Alonzo | Callegari | Cohen | Fletcher | et al.

05/14/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers and to payment of claims to pharmacies and pharmacists.

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:

Rios Ybarra | Anderson | Gonzales | Hunter | Martinez, "Mando"

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

05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to a public health extension service pilot program.

Author:

Miklos | Menendez | Chavez | Moody | Thibaut

Fletcher

05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the right of one immediate family member of certain deceased peace officers to make an oral statement regarding the terms of a plea bargain agreement.

Author:

Swinford

Anderson | Berman | Button | Callegari | Crownover | et al.

04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the curriculum, funding, promotion, and economic impact of career and technology education in public educational institutions.

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:

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:

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:

Weber | Anchia | Thompson | Naishtat | Alvarado

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

Van de Putte

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

Relating to the provision of services to certain persons involved in, and the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of, offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, and to law enforcement training related to offenses involving that trafficking.

Author:

Bonnen

Fletcher

05/14/2009 S Referred to Administration

Relating to the eligibility of certain Texas Rangers for burial in the state cemetery.

Author:

Christian | Berman | Swinford | Anderson | Harper-Brown

Callegari | Fletcher | Flynn | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | et al.

03/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education

Relating to the teaching of science in public schools.

Author:

Oliveira | Paxton | Hopson | Callegari | Creighton

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

Patrick, Dan

06/16/2009 E See remarks for effective date

Relating to the computation of the franchise tax.

Author:

Isett

Craddick | Darby | Fletcher | Heflin | Jones | et al.

Duncan

03/06/2009 E Signed by the Governor

Recognizing February 17, 2009, as Texas Tech University System Day at the State Capitol.

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:

Anderson | Miller, Sid | Button | Branch | Hartnett

Brown, Betty | Chisum | Christian | Driver | Fletcher | et al.

Hegar

06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor

Extending appreciation to former president George W. Bush for his service to our state and nation.

Author:

Elkins

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

Wentworth

05/27/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar

Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.

Author:

King, Phil | Bohac | Flynn | Paxton | Christian

Anderson | Berman | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Fletcher | et al.

05/04/2009 H Left pending in committee

Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the rainy day fund and dedicating certain surplus revenues to property tax reduction.

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.