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:

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:

Aycock | Moody | Menendez | Berman | Bonnen

Crabb | Darby | Davis, John | King, Phil | McReynolds | et al.

03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans.

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:

Vaught | Pierson | Parker | Anchia | Gattis

Allen | Burnam | Chavez | Cohen | Creighton | et al.

05/08/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.

Author:

Raymond

Bolton | Christian | Howard, Donna | Kuempel | Martinez, "Mando" | et al.

04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to prohibiting human cloning and other uses of human tissue by institutions of higher education; providing penalties.

Author:

Veasey | Thompson | Anchia | Vaught

Allen | Burnam | Dukes | Farias | Moody | et al.

04/23/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to a study regarding the effectiveness of the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act.

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:

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:

Naishtat | Cohen | Strama | Thompson

Allen | Burnam | Rose

04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the authority of certain university systems to provide benefits to certain qualified individuals.

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:

Bonnen | Naishtat | Maldonado | Gattis

Allen | Branch | Edwards | Eissler | Rodriguez | et al.

02/26/2009 H Referred to Environmental Regulation

Relating to a program for the recycling of electronic equipment of consumers in this state; providing administrative penalties.

Author:

Brown, Betty | King, Phil | Flynn | Hughes

Miller, Sid | Rose | Walle

03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the rates charged by a water and sewer utility.

Author:

Strama | Gonzales | Anchia | Lucio III | Pierson

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

05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to bullying and harassment in public schools.

Author:

McClendon

Edwards | Rose

04/24/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain solar or wind-powered energy devices.

Author:

Crownover | Naishtat | Flores | Heflin | Anchia

Alvarado | Anderson | Berman | Bolton | Bonnen | et al.

03/03/2009 H Referred to Public Education

Relating to funding of the Communities In Schools program.

Author:

Woolley | Hardcastle | Turner, Sylvester

Bolton | Howard, Donna | Kuempel | Martinez, "Mando" | Rose

03/03/2009 H Referred to State Affairs

Relating to the regulation of the use of human cells and tissue, including a ban on human cloning; providing penalties.

Author:

McReynolds | Pena | Gonzalez Toureilles | Elkins

Kleinschmidt | Rose

05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to identification requirements for certain fire hydrants and flush valves.

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:

Solomons | Martinez Fischer

Brown, Betty | Edwards | Jackson, Jim | Rose

West

05/26/2009 S Co-sponsor authorized

Relating to the operation of property owners' associations.

Author:

Solomons

Parker | Rose

05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to encumbrances that may be fixed on homestead property.

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:

Olivo | Gonzales | Naishtat | Turner, Sylvester | Corte

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

Van de Putte

05/21/2009 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

Relating to the designation of May 9 as Willie Velasquez Day.

Author:

Eissler

Rose

05/01/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted

Relating to the funding and operation of open-enrollment charter schools.

Author:

Coleman | Dukes | Zerwas | Davis, John | Naishtat

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

05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance

Relating to the administration and funding of and eligibility for the child health plan, medical assistance, and other programs.

Author:

Gattis | Isett | Veasey | Truitt | Lucio III

Brown, Fred | Chavez | Edwards | Eissler | Flynn | et al.

Ogden

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

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Armed Services Scholarship.

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:

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:

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:

Maldonado | Kleinschmidt | Rodriguez | Dukes | Strama

Aycock | Bolton | Gattis | Howard, Donna | Naishtat | et al.

Watson

05/20/2009 E Signed by the Governor

Recognizing all those who participated in the 2008 Capital Area State Employee Charitable Campaign.

Author:

Thompson | Hilderbran | England | Guillen | Hunter

Castro | Cook | Dunnam | Flores | Geren | et al.

Averitt

06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor

Requesting the governor to appoint a Governor's Task Force on Horse and Greyhound Racing.

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:

Solomons

Rose

05/11/2009 H Postponed

Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting an encumbrance to be fixed on homestead property for an obligation to pay certain property owners' association fees and prohibiting the forced sale of the homestead to pay those fees unless authorized by the members of the association in accordance with general law.

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.

Author:

Maldonado | Geren | McClendon | Dunnam | Taylor

Allen | Bolton | Davis, Yvonne | Gattis | Gonzalez Toureilles | et al.

06/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jun 4 2009 2:00PM

Honoring the staff of the housekeeping/grounds and maintenance divisions of the State Preservation Board for their role in preserving the Texas State Capitol.