Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 94
Author:
Otto
Coauthor:
Allen | Berman | Bohac | Crabb | Elkins | et al.
Last Action:
02/12/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption:
Relating to the appraisal of property, including residence homesteads, for ad valorem tax purposes.
Author:
Eissler | Hochberg | Keffer | Dutton | Raymond
Coauthor:
Bohac | Bolton | Button | Cohen | Cook | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to public school accountability, curriculum, and promotion requirements.
Author:
Orr | Pitts | Callegari | Veasey | Pickett
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Betty | Burnam | Christian | Crabb | et al.
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to eminent domain, including certain limitations, procedures, and standards relating to the use of eminent domain.
Author:
Eiland | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bohac | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
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
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to informed consent to an abortion.
Author:
Riddle | Allen | Fletcher | Brown, Fred | Harless
Coauthor:
Berman | Bonnen | Cohen | Davis, John | Howard, Charlie | et al.
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a local option election in a county to set a limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes of less than 110 percent but not less than 103 percent of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.
Author:
Riddle | Flynn | Christian
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Chisum | Hancock | et al.
Last Action:
02/12/2009 H Referred to Elections
Caption:
Relating to the procedures for registering to vote and accepting a voter at a polling place.
Author:
Branch | McCall | Coleman | McClendon | Madden
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
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:
Branch | Cohen | Patrick | Crabb
Coauthor:
Bohac | Button | Crownover | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions.
Author:
Phillips | Olivo | Paxton | Martinez, "Mando"
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Recalled from subcommittee
Caption:
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
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Berman | Brown, Betty | Chisum | Cohen | et al.
Last Action:
04/23/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to activity that constitutes maintaining a common nuisance.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Kent | Anchia | Davis, John
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Berman | Brown, Betty | Chisum | Cohen | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to children.
Author:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Flynn | Berman | Shelton
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
Author:
Anderson | Martinez, "Mando" | Hopson | Zerwas | Shelton
Coauthor:
Driver | Homer | Howard, Charlie | Jackson, Jim | King, Phil | et al.
Last Action:
03/04/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the addition of Salvia divinorum and its derivatives and extracts to Penalty Group 3 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
Author:
Callegari | Fletcher | Zerwas | Harper-Brown | Pickett
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Button | Crabb | Elkins | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Patrick | Eissler | Anchia | Pitts | Thompson
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
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
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
05/21/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the on-premises consumption of certain alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Brown, Betty | Legler | Flynn | Paxton
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | Button | et al.
Last Action:
04/30/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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:
Bohac | Harless
Coauthor:
Berman | Crabb | Elkins | Fletcher | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the determination of the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Bonnen | Crabb | Laubenberg | Smith, Wayne | Hughes
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the interstate purchase of certain firearms.
Author:
Zerwas | Bonnen | Flynn | Sheffield
Coauthor:
Bohac | Brown, Betty | Christian | Elkins | Keffer | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that state agencies report the cost of services and benefits provided to undocumented immigrants.
Author:
Anderson | Flynn
Coauthor:
Kleinschmidt | Weber
Last Action:
02/17/2009 H Referred to Elections
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
Author:
Bonnen | Patrick | Laubenberg | Branch | Orr
Coauthor:
Shelton | Weber
Last Action:
04/27/2009 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption:
Relating to school bus emergency evacuation training.
Author:
Miller, Sid
Coauthor:
Crabb | Weber
Last Action:
03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the selection of the board of directors of an appraisal district.
Author:
Woolley
Coauthor:
Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Laubenberg | Parker | Paxton | et al.
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Land & Resource Management
Caption:
Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.
Author:
Harless | Flynn
Coauthor:
Christian | Elkins | Harper-Brown | King, Susan | Laubenberg | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities.
Author:
Isett | Homer | Legler | Eiland | Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Button | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the requirement under certain circumstances that a license holder display the person's license to carry a concealed handgun.
Author:
Isett
Coauthor:
Harper-Brown | Kleinschmidt | Parker | Weber
Last Action:
04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain assessments and fees related to telecommunications services.
Author:
Callegari | Orr | Pickett | Menendez | Hodge
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition of and compensation for real property, including blighted property, for public purposes through condemnation or certain other means.
Author:
Chisum | Laubenberg | Flynn
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Fred | Hughes | Weber
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to marriage education courses for certain couples filing for divorce on the grounds of insupportability.
Author:
Vaught | Pierson | Parker | Anchia | Gattis
Coauthor:
Allen | Burnam | Chavez | Cohen | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.
Author:
Miller, Sid
Coauthor:
Weber
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
05/22/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to operation of a motor vehicle equipped with a blue light.
Author:
Sheffield | Gattis | Laubenberg | Turner, Sylvester | Edwards
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Eissler | Hamilton | Legler | et al.
Last Action:
04/22/2009 H Returned to Calendars Committee
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition on the disclosure and use of certain information recorded or collected by a transponder used to electronically assess or collect a toll.
Author:
Thompson | Anchia | Burnam | Naishtat | Christian
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Chavez | Jackson, Jim | Laubenberg | Leibowitz | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, law enforcement training relating to the trafficking of persons, and the creation of the trafficking of persons investigation and prosecution account in the general revenue fund.
Author:
Zerwas
Coauthor:
Anderson | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Flynn | King, Phil | et al.
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Creighton | Fletcher | Howard, Charlie | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Christian | Harper-Brown | Parker | Weber
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to requiring governmental entities to participate in the federal electronic verification of work authorization program.
Author:
Zerwas | Callegari | Kleinschmidt | King, Phil | Creighton
Coauthor:
Crabb | Parker | Weber | Woolley
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Creighton | Parker | Lucio III | Paxton | Guillen
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
Author:
Creighton | Eiland | Ortiz, Jr.
Coauthor:
Aycock | Harless | Riddle | Veasey | Weber
Last Action:
05/01/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the penalty for certain property offenses committed during certain declared states of disaster.
Author:
Chisum | Cohen | Naishtat | Thompson | Branch
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Berman | Bohac | Button | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.
Author:
Taylor | Pena | Fletcher | Oliveira | Sheffield
Coauthor:
Allen | Bonnen | Button | Cook | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from certain taxation of certain organizations.
Author:
Hughes | Paxton | Bonnen | Lewis | Callegari
Coauthor:
Bohac | Brown, Betty | Christian | Creighton | Darby | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the computation of taxable margin for purposes of the franchise tax by certain taxable entities.
Author:
King, Phil
Coauthor:
Kleinschmidt | Weber
Last Action:
02/23/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the repeal of goals for natural gas use in energy production.
Author:
Legler | Flynn
Coauthor:
Weber
Last Action:
02/23/2009 H Referred to Public Safety
Caption:
Relating to the proof of identity required of an applicant for a driver's license.
Author:
Paxton | Christian | King, Phil | Hughes | Howard, Charlie
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
02/23/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations from state tax revenues.
Author:
Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Weber
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Paxton | Keffer | Zerwas | Truitt
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Crabb | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
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:
Deshotel | Paxton | Phillips
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Darby | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.
Author:
Jackson, Jim
Coauthor:
Christian | Elkins | Harper-Brown | Laubenberg | Parker | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the requirement of citizenship or lawful presence in the United States for issuance or renewal of certain occupational licenses, driver's licenses, and identification certificates.
Author:
Crownover | Zerwas | Berman | Hancock | Patrick
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
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:
Howard, Charlie
Coauthor:
Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Weber
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes.
Author:
Button | Cook | Pitts | Deshotel | Giddings
Coauthor:
Allen | Brown, Fred | Chavez | Driver | England | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/25/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 25 2009 8:03PM
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Enterprise Fund, including the use of money from the fund, the terms of a grant agreement, and the duties of a grant recipient or entity that acquires a grant recipient.
Author:
Frost | Farabee | Lucio III | McReynolds | Driver
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
03/23/2009 H Left pending in committee
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:
Christian | Gattis | Miller, Sid | Anderson | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Chisum | et al.
Last Action:
04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to initial claims under the unemployment compensation system.
Author:
Thompson | Ritter | Allen | Edwards
Coauthor:
Farrar | Fletcher | Hernandez | Howard, Charlie | Lucio III | et al.
Last Action:
04/06/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
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:
Pitts | Kuempel | Geren | Homer | Callegari
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Button | Chavez | et al.
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.
Author:
Callegari | Isett | Flynn | Pitts | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Weber
Last Action:
04/28/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the criteria for review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of an agency that licenses an occupation.
Author:
Laubenberg | Flynn
Coauthor:
Weber
Last Action:
03/03/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to a biennial report on the cost to the state of services provided to illegal aliens.
Author:
Geren
Coauthor:
Weber
Last Action:
04/30/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of identity recovery service contract providers and the inclusion of identity recovery service agreements in certain service contracts and vehicle protection products; providing penalties.
Author:
Paxton | Edwards | Howard, Charlie
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Button | Crabb | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the computation of the franchise tax.
Author:
Driver | McReynolds | Kolkhorst | Ortiz, Jr. | Merritt
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of institutions of higher education.
Author:
Rios Ybarra | Anderson | Gonzales | Hunter | Martinez, "Mando"
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | Bolton | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a public health extension service pilot program.
Author:
Solomons | Raymond | Marquez | Homer | Branch
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/11/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to determination of state contributions for participation by certain junior college employees in the state employees group benefits program.
Author:
King, Phil | Hughes | Anderson | Isett | Flynn
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Fred | Chavez | Christian | Crownover | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2009 H Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a suit for access to a child by a grandparent.
Author:
Hughes
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the applicability of the Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act to certain governmental actions.
Author:
Hancock | Martinez Fischer | Rodriguez | Smith, Todd | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Callegari | Crownover | Gutierrez | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to mediation of out-of-network health benefit claim disputes concerning enrollees, facility-based physicians, and certain health benefit plans; imposing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Gattis
Coauthor:
King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | Weber
Last Action:
04/01/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the administration of appraisal districts.
Author:
Keffer | Rose | Deshotel | Ritter | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Button | Chisum | Cook | Darby | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to career and technical education in the public schools and high school graduation requirements.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Christian | Aycock
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Callegari | Davis, John | Harless | Laubenberg | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
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:
Isett
Coauthor:
Callegari | Flynn | Gutierrez | Hughes | Legler | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the power of a local authority to enforce compliance with speed limits or a traffic-control signal on a highway or street under its jurisdiction by an automated traffic control system.
Author:
Crownover
Coauthor:
Branch | Hughes | Legler | Sheffield | Weber
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the implementation of projects involving the capture, injection, sequestration, or geologic storage of carbon dioxide.
Author:
Flynn | Callegari
Coauthor:
King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | Weber
Last Action:
04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the procedure used by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in acting on certain applications for a permit, permit amendment, or permit renewal for a nuclear electric generation facility.
Author:
Paxton | Hughes
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Creighton | Crownover | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the availability of certain county financial information on certain counties' Internet websites.
Author:
Swinford
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Button | Callegari | Crownover | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the curriculum, funding, promotion, and economic impact of career and technology education in public educational institutions.
Author:
Hughes | Lucio III | Cook | Rodriguez | Harless
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients.
Author:
Otto | Oliveira | Paxton | Taylor | Pena
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
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:
Fletcher | Gallego | King, Phil | Solomons | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
04/29/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to certain fraudulent investment schemes; providing penalties.
Author:
Morrison | Cook | Harless | Heflin | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
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:
Brown, Fred | Fletcher | Callegari | Howard, Charlie | Elkins
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Chisum | Crabb | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board.
Author:
Christian | Berman | Swinford | Anderson | Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Callegari | Fletcher | Flynn | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | et al.
Last Action:
03/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the teaching of science in public schools.
Author:
Branch | Eissler | Strama | Oliveira | Aycock
Coauthor:
Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Button | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to textbooks, electronic textbooks, instructional material, and technological equipment in public schools.
Author:
Oliveira | Paxton | Hopson | Callegari | Creighton
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick, Dan
Last Action:
06/16/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the computation of the franchise tax.
Author:
Creighton | Hughes | Berman | Gattis | Guillen
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Branch | et al.
Last Action:
05/31/2009 S Received from the House
Caption:
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:
Isett | Berman
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | Crownover | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Urging the Congress of the United States to oppose any efforts to adopt the Employee Free Choice Act or any similar legislation.
Author:
Corte | Hilderbran | Anderson | Paxton | Hughes
Coauthor:
Harper-Brown | Legler | Leibowitz | Orr | Pena | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/03/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing constitutional amendments limiting the public taking of private property, establishing the national research university fund to fund emerging research universities, and eliminating the higher education fund.
Author:
Callegari | Fletcher | Zerwas | Harper-Brown | Pickett
Coauthor:
Crabb | Flynn | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | Parker | et al.
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
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:
Anderson | Paxton
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | et al.
Last Action:
05/04/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a rate of the franchise tax be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
Author:
Anderson
Coauthor:
Kleinschmidt | Weber
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the state or a political subdivision of the state from taking private property for the primary purpose of economic development or to benefit a particular private party.
Author:
King, Phil | Bohac | Flynn | Paxton | Christian
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Fletcher | et al.
Last Action:
05/04/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the rainy day fund and dedicating certain surplus revenues to property tax reduction.
Author:
Allen | Turner, Sylvester | Giddings | Bohac | Thompson
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/26/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
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:
Zerwas
Coauthor:
Crabb | Flynn | Kleinschmidt | Weber | Woolley
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
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:
Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Weber | Woolley
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
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:
Howard, Charlie
Coauthor:
Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Weber | Woolley
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
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:
Harless | Laubenberg | Branch
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
03/16/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2009 2:53PM
Caption:
Recognizing April 16, 2009, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Day at the Capitol.