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:
Solomons | Bohac | Harless
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Berman | Burkett | Button | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/24/2011 S Motion to suspend regular order fails
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities.
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:
Riddle | Fletcher | Callegari | Smithee | Creighton
Coauthor:
Beck | Brown | Cain | Chisum | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
04/19/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the offense of criminal trespass by an illegal alien and to certain procedures for arresting illegal aliens for committing that criminal offense.
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:
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:
Sheffield | Flynn | Legler | Pena
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Callegari | Christian | Creighton | Darby | et al.
Last Action:
03/07/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to limitations on the use of eminent domain authority.
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:
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:
Geren | Schwertner | Zerwas | Orr | Sheffield
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Beck | Bohac | Brown | Chisum | et al.
Last Action:
02/15/2011 H Referred to Land & Resource Management
Caption:
Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.
Author:
Callegari | Zerwas | Hughes | Berman | Miller, Sid
Coauthor:
Bohac | Christian | Creighton | Elkins | Frullo | et al.
Last Action:
02/15/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
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:
Callegari | Zerwas | Miller, Sid | Murphy | Hughes
Coauthor:
Bohac | Christian | Creighton | Geren | Gooden | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations and the use of surplus state revenues.
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:
Craddick | Callegari | Rodriguez, Eddie | McClendon | Davis, Yvonne
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchia | Burnam | Christian | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
03/22/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of activities with respect to certain extensions of consumer credit.
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" | Martinez, "Mando" | Schwertner | Shelton | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Carter | Flynn | Gonzalez, Naomi | Harless | Hopson | et al.
Last Action:
04/29/2011 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the addition of Salvia divinorum and its derivatives and extracts to Penalty Group 3 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
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:
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:
Christian | Huberty | Craddick | Hilderbran | Cook
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Berman | Bonnen | Carter | Chisum | et al.
Last Action:
05/04/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a hospital district's use of tax revenue to finance the performance of an abortion.
Author:
Madden | Bonnen | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Hopson | Paxton
Coauthor:
Driver | Eiland | Gonzales, Larry | King, Phil | Miles | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to designating certain synthetic cannabinoids as controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; providing penalties and establishing certain criminal consequences or procedures.
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:
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:
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:
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:
Hughes | Bohac
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Cain | Callegari | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
04/26/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the computation of taxable margin for purposes of the franchise tax by certain taxable entities.
Author:
Berman | Miller, Sid | Flynn | Howard, Charlie | Weber
Coauthor:
Christian | Hamilton | Hilderbran | Jackson, Jim | King, Phil | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in this state with regard to family law matters.
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:
Taylor, Van | Fletcher
Coauthor:
Flynn | King, Phil | Lavender | Murphy
Last Action:
05/06/2011 H Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the authority of peace officers to request fingerprints during motor vehicle stops.
Author:
Thompson | Pitts | Rodriguez, Eddie | Lucio III | Branch
Coauthor:
Hartnett | Johnson | King, Phil | Laubenberg | Marquez
Sponsor:
Whitmire
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain dog and cat breeders; providing penalties.
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:
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:
Perry | Shelton | Kolkhorst | Zerwas | Chisum
Coauthor:
Huberty | King, Phil | Landtroop | Larson
Last Action:
04/12/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a medical reinsurance system and to certain insurance reforms necessary to the efficient operation of that system; providing an administrative penalty.
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 | 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:
Perry | Zerwas | Kolkhorst | Shelton | Chisum
Coauthor:
Beck | Davis, Sarah | King, Phil | Landtroop | Larson | et al.
Last Action:
03/17/2011 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a state court to hear cases involving insurance and Medicaid fraud.
Author:
Perry | Kolkhorst | Zerwas | Shelton | Chisum
Coauthor:
Beck | Davis, Sarah | Huberty | King, Phil | Landtroop | et al.
Last Action:
04/06/2011 H Referred to Government Efficiency & Reform
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general within the governor's office.
Author:
Keffer | Crownover | Burnam | Parker | Strama
Coauthor:
Carter | Dukes | King, Phil | Veasey
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the disclosure of the composition of hydraulic fracturing fluids used in hydraulic fracturing treatments.
Author:
Aliseda
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Button | Cain | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the penalty for illegal voting.
Author:
Frullo | Gallego | Menendez | Branch
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Alvarado | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to investigations of certain offenses involving the Internet-based sexual exploitation of a minor; creating the Internet crimes against children account to support those activities.
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:
Cain | White
Coauthor:
King, Phil | Landtroop
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating 42 as the official State Domino Game 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:
Callegari | Zerwas | Hughes | Miller, Sid | Burkett
Coauthor:
Bohac | Christian | Creighton | Gooden | Harper-Brown | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
Author:
Hughes | Carter | Sheffield | Callegari
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
Author:
Callegari | Zerwas | Hughes | Miller, Sid | Huberty
Coauthor:
Creighton | Gooden | King, Phil | Landtroop | Laubenberg | et al.
Last Action:
02/15/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Callegari | Zerwas | Hughes | Miller, Sid | Fletcher
Coauthor:
Bohac | Button | Christian | Creighton | Geren | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth of state appropriations and the use of unencumbered surplus state revenues to provide for a rebate of state franchise taxes, to reduce public school district property taxes, and to fund the state's rainy day fund.
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:
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:
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:
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.