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:

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:

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:

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

Alvarado | Berman | Brown, Betty | Chisum | Cohen | et al.

04/23/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

Relating to activity that constitutes maintaining a common nuisance.

Author:

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

Alvarado | Berman | Brown, Betty | Chisum | Cohen | et al.

05/12/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice

Relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to children.

Author:

Patrick | Eissler | Anchia | Pitts | Thompson

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

Zaffirini

06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor

Relating to an enhanced quality full-day prekindergarten program provided by public school districts in conjunction with community providers.

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:

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:

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:

Christian

Hopson

03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the name of Stephen F. Austin State University.

Author:

King, Phil | Anchia | Hughes | Lewis | Strama

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

Seliger

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

Relating to the establishment of incentives by this state for the implementation of certain projects to capture and sequester carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere.

Author:

Martinez Fischer | Pitts | Gallego | Berman | Lucio III

Allen | Alonzo | Bolton | Branch | Burnam | et al.

Ellis

05/13/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to a qualified privilege of a journalist not to testify.

Author:

Swinford | Rose | Eissler | Eiland | Gallego

Bolton | Bonnen | Cook | Creighton | Darby | et al.

04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to eligibility for the small and mid-sized adjustment under the public school finance system.

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:

Harper-Brown | Flynn | Laubenberg | Guillen | Herrero

Berman | Brown, Betty | Hopson | Kent | Martinez, "Mando" | et al.

04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to an exemption from the motor vehicle sales tax for a limited period.

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:

Patrick | McReynolds | Swinford | Bonnen | Oliveira

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

04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to public school finance.

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:

Gonzalez Toureilles | Homer | Keffer | McReynolds | Swinford

Aycock | Brown, Betty | Chavez | Chisum | Farabee | et al.

04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars

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:

Bohac | Martinez Fischer | Castro | Patrick | Oliveira

Aycock | Branch | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.

Shapiro

06/19/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for a limited period for certain backpacks and school supplies specified by the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

Author:

Berman | Kleinschmidt | Bonnen | Weber | Flynn

Christian | Frost | Hopson | Hughes | Jones | et al.

05/05/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition from federal regulation.

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:

Darby | Chisum | Swinford | Keffer | Hardcastle

Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Betty | Frost | Heflin | et al.

Estes

05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to changing the name of the Office of Rural Community Affairs to the Texas Department of Rural Affairs.

Author:

Cohen | Anchia | Dukes | Pitts | Hartnett

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

05/13/2009 H Postponed

Relating to the fee based on admissions to certain sexually oriented businesses.

Author:

Solomons | Raymond | Marquez | Homer | Branch

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

Zaffirini

05/11/2009 S Left pending in committee

Relating to determination of state contributions for participation by certain junior college employees in the state employees group benefits program.

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:

Shelton | Zerwas | Rose | Pitts | Naishtat

Coleman | Davis, John | Dukes | Gonzales | Hartnett | et al.

04/30/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to a pilot project to increase enrollee access to primary care services and simplify enrollment procedures under the child health plan program.

Author:

Dunnam | Crownover | Coleman | Turner, Sylvester | Gattis

Alvarado | Bolton | Castro | Cohen | Deshotel | et al.

05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance

Relating to accountability and transparency in government operations, including disclosure, oversight, and enforcement measures; providing penalties.

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:

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:

Branch | Eissler | Strama | Oliveira | Aycock

Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Button | et al.

Shapiro

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to textbooks, electronic textbooks, instructional material, and technological equipment in public schools.

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:

Vo | Hilderbran | Pitts | Dunnam | Taylor

Alonzo | Alvarado | Bohac | Bolton | Brown, Fred | et al.

Hinojosa

06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor

Urging the University of Houston and other institutions of higher education to cease displaying the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and to replace it with the Freedom and Heritage Flag.

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:

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:

Farabee | Swinford | Smithee | Strama

Aycock | Chisum | Crabb | Creighton | Crownover | et al.

05/05/2009 H Failed of adoption

Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that the Railroad Commission of Texas is governed by a single elected railroad commissioner.

Author:

Raymond | Chisum | Homer | Hamilton | Pitts

Alvarado | Bolton | Eiland | Farrar | Guillen | et al.

Hinojosa

06/01/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State

Proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right of the public to access and use public beaches.

Author:

Dunnam | Coleman | Moody

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

04/24/2009 H Referred to State Affairs

Reaffirming the pride of all Texans in our one and indivisible National Union and State.