Texas Legislature

Author:

Kolkhorst | Creighton | Zerwas | Schwertner | Bonnen

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Berman | Bohac | et al.

Nelson

05/24/2011 S Placed on intent calendar

Relating to the Interstate Health Care Compact.

Author:

Eissler | Allen | Strama | Branch

Aycock | Dutton | Guillen | Huberty | Otto | et al.

Shapiro

05/29/2011 H 1 hr. notice-to suspend rules

Relating to the foundation curriculum, the establishment of the instructional materials allotment, and the adoption, review, and purchase of instructional materials and technological equipment for public schools.

Author:

Darby | Geren | Anderson, Rodney | Pitts | Menendez

Aliseda | Aycock | Beck | Bohac | Brown | et al.

Harris

06/17/2011 E Effective immediately

Relating to prohibiting certain private transfer fees and the preservation of private real property rights; providing penalties.

Author:

Cook | Hilderbran | Kolkhorst | Schwertner | Lozano

Aliseda | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | et al.

Eltife

05/28/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11

Relating to reports filed with the comptroller regarding certain alcoholic beverage sales; providing a penalty.

Author:

Miller, Sid | Callegari | Harless | Kolkhorst | Patrick, Diane

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.

Patrick

05/19/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11

Relating to informed consent to an abortion.

Author:

Sheffield | Flynn | Legler | Pena

Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Callegari | Christian | Creighton | Darby | et al.

03/07/2011 H Left pending in committee

Relating to limitations on the use of eminent domain authority.

Author:

Parker | Callegari | Harper-Brown | Darby | Carter

Aycock | Cain | Driver | Fletcher | Garza | et al.

04/19/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the use of private procurement specialists for certain state agency contracts.

Author:

Phillips | Schwertner

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.

05/03/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call

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

Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Bohac | Branch | et al.

05/12/2011 H Placed on General State Calendar

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:

Craddick | Martinez Fischer | Brown | Cook | Menendez

Coleman | Frullo | Harless | Jackson, Jim | King, Susan | et al.

Zaffirini

05/16/2011 S Co-sponsor authorized

Relating to the creation of an offense for certain uses of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle.

Author:

Johnson | Sheffield | Farrar | Crownover | Lucio III

Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Bonnen | Burkett | et al.

05/02/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities of certain elected officials convicted of certain crimes.

Author:

Creighton | Aliseda | Kleinschmidt | Jackson, Jim | Sheets

Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | Berman | et al.

Huffman

05/30/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11

Relating to the reform of certain remedies and procedures in civil actions and family law matters.

Author:

Geren | Schwertner | Zerwas | Orr | Sheffield

Aliseda | Beck | Bohac | Brown | Chisum | et al.

02/15/2011 H Referred to Land & Resource Management

Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.

Author:

Callegari | Zerwas | Hughes | Berman | Miller, Sid

Bohac | Christian | Creighton | Elkins | Frullo | et al.

02/15/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means

Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

Author:

Parker | Creighton | Taylor, Van | Legler | Button

Anderson, Rodney | Christian | Craddick | Darby | Driver | et al.

04/15/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to qualified manufacturing project zones.

Author:

Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Farias | Carter | Miller, Sid

Beck | Berman | Brown | Cook | Davis, John | et al.

05/13/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars

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:

King, Phil

Berman | Bohac | Christian | Frullo | Gooden | et al.

02/17/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means

Relating to the retention of the $1 million total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.

Author:

Zerwas

Flynn | Garza | Gooden | Harper-Brown | Landtroop | et al.

02/18/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means

Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

Author:

Crownover | Zerwas | Pitts | Otto | Alvarado

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

05/12/2011 H Postponed

Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

Author:

Kleinschmidt | Hardcastle | Guillen | Fletcher | Geren

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.

05/03/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call

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:

Huberty | Eissler | Driver | Creighton | Geren

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.

05/06/2011 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by certain persons attending a school board meeting.

Author:

Driver | Miller, Sid | Hancock | Zerwas

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.

04/21/2011 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on certain premises of or locations associated with schools or institutions of higher education.

Author:

Kolkhorst | Pitts | Harless | Zerwas | Phillips

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Bohac | et al.

Hegar

06/17/2011 E Effective immediately

Relating to repeal of authority for the establishment and operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor.

Author:

Elkins | Sheets

Aliseda | Anchia | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.

Williams

05/28/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11

Relating to speed limits.

Author:

Lewis | Aliseda | Hartnett | Ritter

Cain | Fletcher | Landtroop | Laubenberg | Morrison | et al.

05/02/2011 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to the designation of a responsible third party.

Author:

Bonnen

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Branch | et al.

Huffman

05/18/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar

Relating to a person's ability to read and write in English as a qualification for service as a petit juror.

Author:

Zerwas

Shelton

Nelson

06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11

Relating to physician incentive programs to reduce hospital emergency room use for non-emergent conditions by Medicaid recipients.

Author:

Orr | Aycock | Hochberg | Pitts | Otto

Allen | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | et al.

05/02/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to distribution by the School Land Board of revenue derived from permanent school fund land or other properties to the available school fund.

Author:

Frullo | Gallego | Menendez | Branch

Aliseda | Alvarado | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Burnam | et al.

Carona

06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11

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

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.

Shapiro

06/17/2011 E Signed by the Governor

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

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Berman | et al.

Patrick

05/25/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar

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:

Hancock

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Berman | et al.

05/20/2011 S Received from the House

Urging the United States Congress to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases for stationary sources.

Author:

Thompson | Geren

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

Wentworth

06/17/2011 E Signed by the Governor

In memory of the Honorable Edmund Kuempel of Seguin.

Author:

Torres | White | Quintanilla | Patrick, Diane

Carter | Shelton | Zedler

05/23/2011 S Received from the House

Designating the first full week of May as Texas Teacher Appreciation Week for a 10-year period, 2012 to 2021.

Author:

Hartnett | Sheets | Aliseda | Riddle | Anchia

Allen | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Bonnen | Branch | et al.

05/23/2011 S Received from the House

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:

Hughes | Carter | Sheffield | Callegari

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.

05/02/2011 H Left pending in committee

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:

Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Farias | McClendon | Carter | Miller, Sid

Aliseda | Beck | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown | et al.

05/13/2011 S Referred to Finance

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

Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.

02/21/2011 H Referred to State Sovereignty, Select

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

Aliseda | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | et al.

04/21/2011 H Considered in Calendars

Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on local governments.

Author:

Hancock | Creighton | Solomons

Frullo | Geren | Gooden | Huberty | Landtroop | et al.

04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee

Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth of state appropriations.

Author:

Creighton

Frullo | Gooden | Legler | Miller, Sid | Shelton | et al.

02/23/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.

Author:

Creighton | Taylor, Larry

Aliseda | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown | Cook | et al.

03/03/2011 H Left pending in committee

Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to require a balanced federal budget.

Author:

Orr | Aycock | Hochberg | Pitts | Otto

Aliseda | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | et al.

Ogden

05/27/2011 E Filed with the Secretary of State

Proposing a constitutional amendment to clarify references to the permanent school fund, to allow the General Land Office to distribute revenue derived from permanent school fund land or other properties to the available school fund, and to provide for an increase in the market value of the permanent school fund for the purpose of allowing increased distributions from the available school fund.

Author:

Phillips | Callegari | Hancock | Fletcher | Aliseda

Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Aycock | Beck | Berman | Bohac | et al.

05/13/2011 H Failed of adoption

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to an individual's or a religious organization's freedom of religion.

Author:

Patrick, Diane

Davis, John | Davis, Sarah | Eiland | Hancock | Hughes | et al.

02/02/2011 H Reported enrolled: Feb 2 2011 8:04AM

Recognizing February 1, 2011, as Baylor Day at the State Capitol.

Author:

Harless | Kolkhorst | Crownover | Truitt | Woolley

Aliseda | Alonzo | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Aycock | Beck | et al.

03/16/2011 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2011 11:00AM

Recognizing March 3, 2011, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Day at the Capitol.