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:
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:
Flynn | Simpson | Bonnen | Rodriguez, Eddie | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Aycock | Beck | Burkett | Chisum | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of raw milk and raw milk products.
Author:
Simpson | Chisum | Guillen | King, Phil | Morrison
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
02/09/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the state's or a state governmental entity's provision of support for the performance of an abortion or abortion-related services.
Author:
Simpson | Driver | Madden | Hilderbran
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | Burkett | et al.
Last Action:
03/16/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of institutions of higher education.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Flynn | Creighton | Hochberg | Pitts
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Sponsor:
Lucio
Last Action:
05/17/2011 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the on-premises consumption of certain alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty.
Author:
Perry
Coauthor:
Bohac | Geren | Gooden | Huberty | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
02/11/2011 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to zero-based budgeting for certain entities funded by this state.
Author:
Parker | Callegari | Harper-Brown | Darby | Carter
Coauthor:
Aycock | Cain | Driver | Fletcher | Garza | et al.
Last Action:
04/19/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the use of private procurement specialists for certain state agency contracts.
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 | Callegari | Davis, John | Orr | Murphy
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Bohac | Branch | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2011 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to liability for interest if land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land is sold or diverted to a different use.
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:
Smith, Todd | Chisum
Coauthor:
Berman | Hughes | Murphy
Last Action:
03/23/2011 H Referred to Elections
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
Author:
Parker | Creighton | Taylor, Van | Legler | Button
Coauthor:
Anderson, Rodney | Christian | Craddick | Darby | Driver | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to qualified manufacturing project zones.
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:
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:
Berman | Legler | Howard, Charlie | Larson
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Aycock | Callegari | Elkins | Fletcher | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to certification for placement on the ballot of candidates for president or vice-president of the United States.
Author:
Bonnen | Bohac | Flynn
Coauthor:
Hughes
Last Action:
03/23/2011 H Referred to Elections
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
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:
Murphy | King, Phil | Parker | Keffer | Hilderbran
Coauthor:
Burkett | Harper-Brown | Hughes | Perry
Last Action:
04/11/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
Author:
Anderson, Charles "Doc"
Coauthor:
Hughes | Lozano
Last Action:
02/21/2011 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition of land and facilities by the Texas State Technical College System.
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:
Paxton
Coauthor:
Bohac | Cain | Carter | Christian | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the maximum rate of growth of appropriations.
Author:
King, Phil | Cain
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Christian | Craddick | et al.
Last Action:
02/23/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the state's or a governmental entity's direct or indirect use of state or local tax revenue to finance the performance of an elective abortion or elective abortion-related service.
Author:
King, Phil | Cain
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Callegari | Craddick | Hardcastle | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2011 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the venue for the filing of certain applications by a pregnant minor with respect to an abortion.
Author:
Lewis | Aliseda | Branch | Harless | Pena
Coauthor:
Bohac | Carter | Davis, John | Driver | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
05/16/2011 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the offense of illegal voting by a person who is not a United States citizen.
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:
Kolkhorst | Pitts | Harless | Zerwas | Phillips
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to repeal of authority for the establishment and operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor.
Author:
Landtroop
Coauthor:
Chisum | Hughes | King, Phil | Perry
Last Action:
05/13/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of public grain warehouse operators.
Author:
Elkins | Sheets
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anchia | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/28/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to speed limits.
Author:
Landtroop
Coauthor:
Hughes | King, Phil | Perry
Last Action:
03/01/2011 H Referred to Agriculture & Livestock
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of public grain warehouse operators.
Author:
Sheets | Taylor, Larry
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Carter | Driver | et al.
Last Action:
03/15/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to adding certain synthetic substances to Penalty Group 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
Author:
Zedler | White | Kolkhorst | Morrison
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Berman | Bonnen | Cain | Chisum | et al.
Last Action:
03/24/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to reporting requirements regarding the provision of an abortion or treatment for complications resulting from the provision of an abortion; creating criminal offenses; providing penalties.
Author:
Bonnen
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Branch | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/18/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to a person's ability to read and write in English as a qualification for service as a petit juror.
Author:
Legler
Coauthor:
Hughes
Last Action:
03/03/2011 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from the physical demonstration of proficiency portion of the proficiency examination to obtain or renew a concealed handgun license for certain persons.
Author:
Garza | Menendez | Pena | Aliseda
Coauthor:
Hughes | White | Zedler
Last Action:
04/18/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the selection of the board of directors of an appraisal district.
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:
Simpson | Rodriguez, Eddie | Menendez | Kolkhorst | Chisum
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of body imaging scanning equipment in airports; providing criminal and civil penalties.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Rodriguez, Eddie
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Berman | Gallego | Hughes | Isaac
Last Action:
05/03/2011 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of small food production and sales operations.
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:
White
Coauthor:
Cain | Hughes
Last Action:
04/05/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to public school finance.
Author:
Pena
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Berman | Bonnen | Burkett | Cain | et al.
Last Action:
04/26/2011 H Subcommittee members named
Caption:
Relating to certain do-not-resuscitate orders and advance directives; providing penalties.
Author:
Flynn | Christian | Zedler | Chisum | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Berman | Brown | Callegari | Elkins | et al.
Last Action:
04/12/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a moratorium on certain testing and assessments of certain public school students under the public school accountability system.
Author:
Brown
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Berman | Bonnen | Cain | Chisum | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of abortion procedures; providing penalties.
Author:
Brown | Burkett | Phillips | Madden | Raymond
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Bonnen | Cain | Chisum | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2011 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.
Author:
Cain | Strama | Morrison | Schwertner | Torres
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Burkett | Callegari | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the format of the general appropriations bill.
Author:
Callegari
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Berman | Bonnen | Burkett | Cain | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2011 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the offense of coercing a person to have or seek an abortion and informed and voluntary consent for an abortion; providing penalties.
Author:
Simpson
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
04/18/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to precious metal coins.
Author:
Torres | Garza | Harper-Brown | Zedler | Isaac
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Crownover | Hughes
Last Action:
05/04/2011 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to pilot programs to implement a management methodology for the improvement of operations and reduction of costs for certain state agencies.
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:
Creighton | Raymond | Pitts | Truitt | Pena
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the United States Constitution providing for a federal balanced budget.
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:
Simpson | Menendez | Kolkhorst | Chisum
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Beck | Berman | Burnam | Cain | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2011 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Expressing strong opposition to unwarranted and unreasonable searches of air passengers by the Transportation Security Administration and urging the administration to cease such searches immediately.
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:
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:
Simpson | Chisum | Guillen | King, Phil | Morrison
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
03/24/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the state or a governmental entity in the state from providing support for the performance of an abortion or abortion-related services.
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:
Raymond | Lewis | King, Phil | Deshotel | Woolley
Coauthor:
Brown | Castro | Darby | Geren | Guillen | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2011 H Failed of adoption
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment changing the terms of office of a district judge.
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.
Author:
Patrick, Diane
Coauthor:
Davis, John | Davis, Sarah | Eiland | Hancock | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
02/02/2011 H Reported enrolled: Feb 2 2011 8:04AM
Caption:
Recognizing February 1, 2011, as Baylor Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Harless | Kolkhorst | Crownover | Truitt | Woolley
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Alonzo | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Last Action:
03/16/2011 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2011 11:00AM
Caption:
Recognizing March 3, 2011, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Day at the Capitol.
Author:
Bonnen
Coauthor:
Davis, Sarah | Hughes | Murphy | Woolley
Last Action:
05/09/2011 H Reported enrolled: May 9 2011 10:50AM
Caption:
Urging the government of Turkey to uphold and safeguard religious and human rights of all its citizens without compromise, to grant the Ecumenical Patriarch appropriate international recognition, ecclesiastical succession, and the right to train clergy of all nationalities, and to respect the property rights and human rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and all religious and faith traditions.