Texas Legislature

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:

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:

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:

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:

Smith, Todd

Cook | Crabb | Jackson, Jim | Vaught | Zerwas

02/12/2009 H Referred to Public Safety

Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Public Safety and certain local law enforcement agencies to establish a checkpoint on a highway or street to determine whether persons are driving while intoxicated.

Author:

Bonnen | Crabb | Laubenberg | Smith, Wayne | Hughes

Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.

05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to the interstate purchase of certain firearms.

Author:

Harper-Brown | Christian

Allen | Crabb | Driver | Jackson, Jim | King, Phil | et al.

04/06/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to requiring the use of an ignition interlock device on conviction of certain intoxication offenses.

Author:

Isett | Homer | Legler | Eiland | Harper-Brown

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Button | et al.

05/05/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice

Relating to the requirement under certain circumstances that a license holder display the person's license to carry a concealed handgun.

Author:

Callegari | Orr | Pickett | Menendez | Hodge

Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Christian | et al.

04/16/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the acquisition of and compensation for real property, including blighted property, for public purposes through condemnation or certain other means.

Author:

King, Phil | Anchia | Hughes | Lewis | Strama

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.

Seliger

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

Relating to the establishment of incentives by this state for the implementation of certain projects to capture and sequester carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere.

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:

Creighton | Parker | Lucio III | Paxton | Guillen

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.

04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.

Author:

Castro | Strama | Villarreal | Farrar | Allen

Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | Cohen | Farias | et al.

03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools.

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:

Dukes | Pitts | McCall | Cook | Homer

Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Branch | Brown, Fred | et al.

Deuell

04/23/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries.

Author:

Thompson

Howard, Charlie | Zerwas

03/30/2009 H No action taken in subcommittee

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal nonsupport.

Author:

Paxton | Christian | King, Phil | Hughes | Howard, Charlie

Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.

02/23/2009 H Referred to Appropriations

Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations from state tax revenues.

Author:

Deshotel | Paxton | Phillips

Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Darby | Davis, John | et al.

05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.

Author:

Parker | Flynn | Ortiz, Jr. | Creighton | Pickett

Anderson | Callegari | Crabb | Hamilton | Hughes | et al.

03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the authority of the voters of a county to allow the owners of certain real property to require that county and any municipal ad valorem taxes be imposed on that real property on the basis of a five-year average of the property's value.

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:

Legler | Deshotel | Sheffield | Eiland | Guillen

Zerwas

Williams

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to the payment in installments of ad valorem taxes on certain property owned by a business entity and located in a disaster area and to the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead rendered uninhabitable or unusable by a casualty or by wind or water damage.

Author:

Harper-Brown | Flynn | Laubenberg | Guillen | Herrero

Berman | Brown, Betty | Hopson | Kent | Martinez, "Mando" | et al.

04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to an exemption from the motor vehicle sales tax for a limited period.

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:

Menendez | Homer | Geren | Gattis | Pitts

Bohac | Bonnen | Chavez | Edwards | Flores | et al.

05/04/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to continued health insurance coverage for eligible survivors of certain public servants killed in the line of duty.

Author:

Keffer | Rose | Morrison | Kolkhorst | Thompson

Button | Flores | Gonzales | Guillen | Hartnett | et al.

Nelson

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

Author:

Pitts | Kuempel | Geren | Homer | Callegari

Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Button | Chavez | et al.

03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.

Author:

Gonzalez Toureilles | Homer | Keffer | McReynolds | Swinford

Aycock | Brown, Betty | Chavez | Chisum | Farabee | et al.

04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to the establishment of the Texas Rural Development Fund and to the establishment, operation, and funding of certain programs for rural economic development.

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:

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:

Solomons | Raymond | Marquez | Homer | Branch

Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.

Zaffirini

05/11/2009 S Left pending in committee

Relating to determination of state contributions for participation by certain junior college employees in the state employees group benefits program.

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:

Harless | Gattis | Rodriguez | Kent | Bolton

Cook | Eiland | Gonzales | Hardcastle | Harper-Brown | et al.

03/19/2009 H Referred to Appropriations

Relating to the use and management of dedicated funds by the state.

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:

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:

Elkins

Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bohac | Bolton | et al.

Wentworth

05/27/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar

Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.

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:

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.