Texas Legislature

Author:

Eissler | Hochberg | Keffer | Dutton | Raymond

Bohac | Bolton | Button | Cohen | Cook | et al.

Shapiro

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to public school accountability, curriculum, and promotion requirements.

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

Zerwas

Anchia | Creighton | Leibowitz | Otto

05/07/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to involuntary termination of parental rights based on attempted murder or solicitation of murder of the child's other parent.

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:

Paxton | Keffer | Zerwas | Truitt

Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Crabb | et al.

05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to allowing persons acquiring a new residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption on the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired.

Author:

Farabee | Swinford | Smithee | Strama | Crownover

Chisum | Hardcastle | Keffer | Otto

05/07/2009 H Postponed

Relating to providing that the Railroad Commission of Texas is governed by a single railroad commissioner.

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:

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:

Herrero | Leibowitz | Bolton | Gattis

Cohen | Farias | Marquez | Olivo | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.

Hinojosa

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

Relating to the imposition of conditions on certain defendants charged with an offense involving family violence.

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:

Gattis | Oliveira | Paxton | Pena | Harper-Brown

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

Ogden

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to the procedure to be used by a taxing unit in adopting an ad valorem tax rate.

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:

Kolkhorst | Christian | Aycock

Brown, Betty | Callegari | Davis, John | Harless | Laubenberg | et al.

Shapiro

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to requiring a public institution of higher education to establish uniform standards for publishing cost of attendance information, to conduct student course evaluations of faculty, and to make certain information available on the Internet.

Author:

Callegari | Leibowitz | Gonzalez Toureilles | Miller, Sid

Aycock | Brown, Betty | Davis, John | Gutierrez | Hughes | et al.

Nichols

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

Relating to the landowner's bill of rights.

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:

Anderson

Berman | Chisum | Christian | Otto | Parker | et al.

04/07/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee

Relating to election through secret ballot of a labor union as the exclusive bargaining representative.

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:

Swinford | Heflin | Hopson | Hardcastle | Jones

Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Fred | Chisum | Cook | et al.

04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the governance and disclosure requirements of electric cooperative corporations and the review of complaints of electric cooperative corporation members by the Office of the Attorney General.

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:

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:

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:

Herrero | Gattis | Truitt | Kent | Leibowitz

Anchia | Burnam | Farias | Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | et al.

05/21/2009 S Referred to State Affairs

Urging congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.

Author:

Isett | Berman

Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | Crownover | Davis, John | et al.

04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee

Urging the Congress of the United States to oppose any efforts to adopt the Employee Free Choice Act or any similar legislation.

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:

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:

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.

Author:

Swinford

Brown, Betty | Chisum | Gattis | Kolkhorst | Madden | et al.

05/11/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 11 2009 8:00AM

Recognizing the Texas A&M University Agricultural and Natural Resources Policy Internship Program and Public Policy Internship Program and the interns for the 81st legislative session.