LOCAL AND UNCONTESTED BILLS
SB 780 Armbrister
Relating to a requirement that certain irrigation systems have rain
shut-off devices.
SB 1166 Barrientos
Relating to conditions of employment for a peace officer or a
detention officer employed by certain sheriff's departments.
SB 1953 Van de Putte/ et al.
Relating to the criminal consequences of conduct that involves the
trafficking of persons; providing penalties.
SB 1956 Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the creation of the Fourth Ward Management District;
providing the authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
SCR 56 Armbrister
Directing the White-tailed Deer Advisory Committee to address how habitat
relates to the ecological diversity of the state and to study the role of
the wildlife biologist in the development of management plans and in the
utilization of suitable management practices, including population goals
and control, yearly census data, supplemental feeding and food plots, and
genetic management.
HB 12 Keel/ Phillips SP: Armbrister
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of disorderly conduct.
HB 13 Keel SP: Wentworth
Relating to making arrest warrants and certain affidavits made in
support of the issuance of arrest warrants available for public
inspection.
HB 32 Hodge SP: Deuell
Relating to certain writs of habeas corpus based solely on a claim
of a time-served credit error.
HB 42 Chisum/ Pena SP: Duncan
Relating to venue in the prosecution of the offenses of escape and
unauthorized absence.
HB 59 Wise/ Riddle/ West, George "Buddy"/ Morrison/
Van Arsdale/ et al. SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the offense of aggravated kidnapping, the punishment
for the offense of kidnapping, and the definition of and punishment
for the offense of trafficking in persons.
HB 124 Burnam SP: Van de Putte
Relating to property insurance coverage for certain jewelry.
HB 135 Brown, Fred/ Chavez/ et al.
SP: Shapiro
Relating to the requirements of an auctioneer's license.
HB 136 Brown, Fred/ Brown, Betty/ Gattis/ McClendon/
Chavez/ et al. SP: Nelson
Relating to limiting the amount of county, municipal, or junior
college district ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the
residence homesteads of the disabled and of the elderly and their
surviving spouses.
HB 145 Solomons SP: Fraser
Relating to workers' compensation dispute resolution.
HB 146 Solomons SP: Estes
Relating to jury duty on general election day.
HB 151 Farabee/ et al. SP: Estes
Relating to offenses involving dogs or coyotes that are a danger to
livestock and other animals.
HB 155 West, George "Buddy"/ Pena/ Casteel/ Allen/
Crabb/ et al. SP: Whitmire
Relating to prohibiting a sex offender from owning or serving in
certain capacities on behalf of a sexually oriented business;
creating an offense and providing a penalty.
HB 162 Flores/ Isett SP: Averitt
Relating to the requirements for a petition to change the name of
an adult.
HB 171 Keel SP: Whitmire
Relating to the authority of a district court to order the
expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons.
HB 177 McCall/ Castro SP: West
Relating to the regulation of certain international matchmaking
organizations; providing a civil penalty.
HB 193 Pitts SP: Averitt
Relating to the number of members of an appraisal review board.
HB 208 Puente SP: Lucio
Relating to persons who may obtain a mechanic's lien on real
property.
HB 236 West, George "Buddy"/ Allen/ Crabb/ Casteel/
Wise/ et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to the punishment for the offense of obscenity and to
certain consequences related to convictions for certain sex
offenses.
HB 240 Miller/ Rose/ et al. SP: Fraser
Relating to the punishment for criminal mischief committed by
intentionally introducing infectious diseases into livestock.
HB 249 Goolsby/ Wohlgemuth SP: Madla
Relating to the returned check fee collected by a county clerk.
HB 253 Chisum SP: Armbrister
Relating to granting, renewing, or amending a license or
registration under the Texas Radiation Control Act.
HB 254 Kolkhorst/ Rose/ Pena/ McCall
SP: Armbrister
Relating to venue in the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent
use or possession of identifying information.
HB 256 Hochberg/ et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to excused absences for religious holy days for students
in institutions of higher education.
HB 274 Keel/ et al. SP: Armbrister
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by persons
in certain correctional and detention facilities.
HB 297 Goodman SP: West
Relating to the duration and effect of a magistrate's order for
emergency protection.
HB 298 Miller SP: Nelson
Relating to prohibiting the disclosure of personal customer
information by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
HB 301 Talton SP: Whitmire
Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to represent a
person before the Board of Pardons and Paroles or a parole panel.
HB 341 Uresti SP: Lindsay
Relating to parenting and postpartum counseling information to be
provided to a pregnant woman.
HB 390 Pitts SP: Averitt
Relating to the effect of tax increment financing by certain taxing
units in the calculation of ad valorem tax rates for those taxing
units.
HB 402 Madden/ et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to a pilot program involving the use of an electronic
registration system.
HB 403 Madden SP: Madla
Relating to the penalty for premature disclosure of voting results.
HB 406 Miller/ et al. SP: Williams
Relating to proceeds received by a person accused or convicted of a
crime from publicizing the crime.
HB 408 Miller SP: Fraser
Relating to the liability of landowners for certain uses of their
land.
HB 415 Flores SP: West
Relating to state funding of courses offered for joint high school
and junior college credit.
HB 418 Martinez Fischer SP: Lindsay
Relating to fines collected for child safety belt offenses.
HB 420 Martinez Fischer/ Keel/ Villarreal/ Merritt/
Phillips/ et al. SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the punishment for certain property offenses committed
against an elderly individual.
HB 424 Christian SP: Staples
Relating to the regulation of certain housing authorities;
providing a penalty.
HB 447 Hochberg SP: Zaffirini
Relating to state assessment of academic skills of public school
students in special education programs.
HB 453 Villarreal/ et al. SP: Shapleigh
Relating to a pilot program for early childhood teacher education
and retention.
HB 469 Berman SP: Deuell
Relating to the placement in a juvenile justice alternative
education program of certain students with disabilities.
HB 470 Hochberg/ Madden/ Burnam/ et al.
SP: Carona
Relating to the labeling, advertising, and sale of halal foods;
providing a criminal penalty.
HB 479 Hunter/ et al. SP: Armbrister
Relating to registration with the Selective Service System of
certain applicants for a driver's license or personal
identification certificate.
HB 500 Goolsby SP: Carona
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information contained in
applications for ad valorem tax exemptions; providing criminal
penalties.
HB 508 Woolley SP: Williams
Relating to notice of an increase in certain rates or charges for
certain group policies or contracts.
HB 552 Hegar SP: Janek
Relating to expulsion of students from public schools for certain
conduct.
HB 559 Brown, Betty SP: Deuell
Relating to the disposition of certain contraband.
HB 560 Pickett SP: Madla
Relating to vehicles left unattended on certain parking facilities
and to the removal and storage of those vehicles.
HB 565 Haggerty SP: Jackson
Relating to the punishments for the offenses of assault and
aggravated assault committed against a security officer.
HB 573 Hunter SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor and other state
military awards.
HB 616 Keel/ et al. SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the punishment for the offense of terroristic threat.
HB 645 Puente SP: Armbrister
Relating to prohibiting the creation or enforcement of certain
restrictive covenants that undermine water conservation.
HB 649 Keffer, Jim/ Christian SP: Estes
Relating to creating an interagency work group on rural issues.
HB 653 Davis, John SP: Janek
Relating to a shampoo apprentice permit.
HB 670 Phillips/ Paxton SP: Estes
Relating to the use of pseudonyms for victims of certain criminal
offenses connected to the commission of a sex offense.
HB 674 Madden SP: Lucio
Relating to the modification of certain child support orders.
HB 703 Solomons SP: Janek
Relating to the property tax appraisal of property located in more
than one appraisal district.
HB 705 Solomons/ Allen SP: Nelson
Relating to liability of in-home service companies and residential
delivery companies for negligent hiring.
HB 716 Delisi/ Homer/ Pena SP: Harris
Relating to the punishment for assaults committed against certain
sports participants.
HB 727 Delisi/ Capelo/ et al. SP: Janek
Relating to disease management programs for certain Medicaid
recipients.
HB 830 Hughes/ Pena SP: Ratliff
Relating to the number of jurors required for certain district
court criminal trials.
HB 831 Reyna/ et al. SP: Deuell
Relating to regulation of the use of laser pointers; providing a
criminal penalty.
HB 849 Talton SP: Jackson
Relating to the regulation of tow trucks, to the authority of a
political subdivision of this state to regulate tow trucks, and to
insurance for commercial motor vehicles; providing penalties.
HB 875 Menendez SP: Whitmire
Relating to peace officers commissioned by the State Board of
Dental Examiners.
HB 885 Dutton SP: West
Relating to the rights of spouses in relation to separate and
community property.
HB 888 Dutton SP: Whitmire
Relating to progressive sanctions programs for juvenile offenders.
HB 893 Haggerty SP: Brimer
Relating to the correction of an appraisal roll, a tax roll, and
other appropriate records following the final determination of an
ad valorem tax appeal.
HB 897 Woolley/ Giddings/ et al. SP: Nelson
Relating to the operation of certain employer coalitions and
cooperatives established for the provision of health benefits
coverage.
HB 942 Chisum/ Rose SP: Hinojosa
Relating to certain bond requirements for persons engaged in
certain activities under the jurisdiction of the Railroad
Commission of Texas other than the ownership or operation of wells.
HB 944 King/ Mercer/ Paxton/ Phillips/ Hughes/ et al.
SP: Estes
Relating to the admission to public institutions of higher
education of students with nontraditional secondary educations.
HB 946 Brown, Fred SP: Wentworth
Relating to the permissible size of certain recreational vehicles
operated on a public highway.
HB 948 Crownover SP: Fraser
Relating to the composition of the Texas Racing Commission.
HB 983 Talton SP: Staples
Relating to the authority of an ad valorem tax appraisal district
to obtain certain criminal history record information relating to
an applicant for employment.
HB 999 Madden/ et al. SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to electronic reporting of political contributions and
expenditures.
HB 1027 Hupp SP: Armbrister
Relating to the confidentiality of crime victim information.
HB 1036 Ritter/ et al. SP: Shapiro
Relating to the confidentiality of certain reports of criminal
activity and to immunity from civil liability for certain persons
making or receiving those reports.
HB 1046 Swinford SP: Duncan
Relating to an application for registration of a commercial
fertilizer.
HB 1050 Olivo SP: Gallegos
Relating to school attendance of a child placed in substitute care.
HB 1053 Rodriguez/ Hupp/ Miller/ Davis, Yvonne
SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the confidentiality of social security numbers in
certain circumstances.
HB 1060 Thompson/ et al. SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to prohibiting the promotion of certain improper
photographs or visual recordings; providing a penalty.
HB 1077 Jones, Jesse/ Davis, Yvonne
SP: West
Relating to removal of remains interred in a cemetery.
HB 1087 Olivo SP: Gallegos
Relating to longevity pay for county jailers employed by certain
sheriff's departments.
HB 1090 Miller/ Hughes/ Mercer/ et al.
SP: Averitt
Relating to the authority of the Texas Department on Aging to
establish a prescription drug information and assistance program.
HB 1097 Capelo SP: Gallegos
Relating to the birth defects monitoring program.
HB 1108 Lewis SP: Madla
Relating to emergency services districts.
HB 1114 Moreno, Joe E. SP: Gallegos
Relating to the criminal offense of selling an alcoholic beverage
to certain persons.
HB 1119 Goodman SP: Brimer
Relating to the disposition of cruelly treated animals.
HB 1129 Farrar SP: Gallegos
Relating to enforcement of certain types of restrictions in certain
municipalities.
HB 1146 Dutton SP: Janek
Relating to a limitation on audits of an open-enrollment charter
school.
HB 1163 Thompson SP: Harris
Relating to contracts between certain health care providers and
health benefit plans.
HB 1166 Solomons SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the on-line information needs and requirements of
licensing agencies and their license holders.
HB 1173 Madden/ et al. SP: Madla
Relating to the use of a building on a federal military base or
facility as a polling place in an election.
HB 1180 Chisum SP: Duncan
Relating to participation by a defendant in a state boot camp
program.
HB 1192 West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister
Relating to the purchase of vehicles using alternative fuels by the
Railroad Commission of Texas.
HB 1193 West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister
Relating to the annual gas utility report made by the Railroad
Commission of Texas to the governor.
HB 1194 West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister
Relating to pipeline safety fees.
HB 1195 West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister
Relating to the fee for a reissued certificate of compliance for an
oil lease or gas well.
HB 1202 Dutton SP: Van de Putte
Relating to recovery of certain funds received by an
open-enrollment charter school and to certain requests to revise
student enrollment.
HB 1223 Madden SP: Estes
Relating to continuation of a residence homestead ad valorem tax
exemption when the owner temporarily ceases occupying the homestead
due to military service or other causes.
HB 1230 Elkins SP: Carona
Relating to risk management services for employees of community
supervision and corrections departments.
HB 1232 Geren SP: Brimer
Relating to the expiration of alcoholic beverage permits and
licenses.
HB 1241 Homer SP: Janek
Relating to measures to protect the state from theft, lost lottery
tickets, or other losses incurred by or in connection with lottery
sales agents.
HB 1246 Riddle/ Flores/ et al. SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of sexual assault and
aggravated sexual assault.
HB 1247 Ritter/ Menendez/ Mercer/ Capelo/ Chavez
SP: Madla
Relating to the creation, funding, and operation of a fire fighter
and police officer home loan program.
HB 1274 Geren/ Denny SP: Nelson
Relating to the procedure for collecting signatures on a petition
filed in connection with a candidate's application for a place on
the ballot.
HB 1278 Zedler/ et al. SP: Janek
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation for property
owned by a religious organization that is leased for use as a
school or that is owned with the intent of expanding or
constructing a religious facility.
HB 1287 Chisum SP: Madla
Relating to the location and operation of certain portable
facilities.
HB 1326 Martinez Fischer/ Driver/ Keel/ Hope/ Castro
SP: Whitmire
Relating to the civil and criminal consequences of racing a motor
vehicle on a public highway or street and of being a spectator at
an illegal motor vehicle racing event; providing penalties.
HB 1329 McReynolds SP: Staples
Relating to the liability insurance and security requirements for
wood treaters and other persons engaged in the business of
structural pest control.
HB 1363 Crownover SP: Estes
Relating to funding for the Texas Academy of Mathematics and
Science.
HB 1372 Allen/ Hodge/ Edwards/ Keel/ Riddle
SP: Whitmire
Relating to the operation of certain Texas Department of Criminal
Justice industries and private sector prison industries programs.
HB 1378 Geren SP: Duncan
Relating to certain duties and information regarding water planning
and development matters in the state.
HB 1380 Thompson/ Elkins/ Denny/ Marchant/ Seaman
SP: Harris
Relating to certain products offered in connection with a consumer
loan.
HB 1401 Goolsby SP: Carona
Relating to the implementation of Amber Alert or another system for
publicly disseminating emergency information about abducted
children by the Texas Lottery Commission.
HB 1406 Brown, Betty/ Hupp/ Grusendorf/ et al.
SP: Staples
Relating to a recommendation by a school district employee
concerning a use of a psychotropic drug by a student or suggestion
of a particular diagnosis and to refusal by a parent or certain
other person to consent to administration of a psychotropic drug to
a student or to psychiatric evaluation or examination of a student.
HB 1420 Hardcastle/ Christian SP: Madla
Relating to the use of a portion of medical school tuition for
student loan repayment assistance for physicians.
HB 1440 Eissler SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the frequency of public school teacher appraisals.
HB 1441 Eissler SP: Williams
Relating to school districts that place an excessive number of
students in certain special education instructional arrangements.
HB 1458 Eiland/ Menendez SP: Jackson
Relating to criminal obstruction of or retaliation against an
honorably retired peace officer.
HB 1470 Hartnett SP: Harris
Relating to guardianships and the jurisdiction of certain courts;
providing a criminal penalty.
HB 1473 Hartnett SP: Harris
Relating to probate matters.
HB 1483 Allen/ Capelo/ Wohlgemuth SP: Nelson
Relating to the regulation of the practice of nursing by the Board
of Nurse Examiners and to the abolition of the Board of Vocational
Nurse Examiners and the transfer of the functions of that agency to
the Board of Nurse Examiners.
HB 1493 Solomons SP: Harris
Relating to the foreclosure of property and the authority of a
mortgage servicer to administer the foreclosure on behalf of a
mortgagee.
HB 1497 Dutton SP: Gallegos
Relating to the adoption of an adult.
HB 1510 Flores SP: Van de Putte
Relating to package store tasting permits.
HB 1512 West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister
Relating to meetings to exchange information regarding emergency
management plans relating to pipeline safety.
HB 1517 Jones, Jesse SP: West
Relating to publicizing a list of voters' rights.
HB 1534 Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to certain powers of groundwater conservation districts.
HB 1566 Telford SP: Ratliff
Relating to lower-division and upper-division courses offered by
Texas A&M University--Texarkana.
HB 1575 Ritter SP: Lucio
Relating to cost-based transportation rates for natural gas.
HB 1576 Gallego SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the telecommunications planning and oversight council.
HB 1590 Paxton SP: Carona
Relating to multiple-party accounts.
HB 1592 Nixon/ et al. SP: Janek
Relating to the establishment of the offense of performing surgery
while intoxicated.
HB 1597 Madden SP: Staples
Relating to the use of federal write-in absentee ballots by
military and overseas personnel.
HB 1602 Madden SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the availability on the Internet of electronic reports
of political contributions and expenditures.
HB 1609 Riddle SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to administration of certain oaths by an employee of a
personal bond office.
HB 1614 Truitt/ Capelo/ Zedler/ et al.
SP: Madla
Relating to the reporting of medical errors and the establishment
of a patient safety program in hospitals, ambulatory surgical
centers, and mental hospitals; providing an administrative penalty.
HB 1615 Farabee SP: Fraser
Relating to requirements for door restrictors or firefighter's
service applicable to certain elevators, escalators, or related
equipment.
HB 1621 Flores SP: West
Relating to use of certain fees and tuition charged by public
junior colleges and to the waiver of a portion of the tuition and
fees for a student enrolled in a course for joint high
school-junior college credit.
HB 1629 Keffer, Jim/ et al. SP: Deuell
Relating to certain reports, records, offenses, and penalties under
the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
HB 1634 Hilderbran/ Denny SP: Staples
Relating to the ability of a court to maintain jurisdiction over a
person placed on community supervision who absconds and to defenses
to revocation of community supervision.
HB 1649 Mercer/ et al. SP: Van de Putte
Relating to student fees charged at The University of Texas at San
Antonio.
HB 1650 Mercer/ et al. SP: Van de Putte
Relating to student fees charged at The University of Texas at San
Antonio.
HB 1660 Flores SP: Hinojosa
Relating to a report to the legislature regarding the installation
and operation of video camera surveillance systems in county jails.
HB 1661 Haggerty SP: Jackson
Relating to the carrying of certain weapons by a person who holds a
security officer commission issued by the Texas Commission on
Private Security.
HB 1675 Menendez/ Jones, Elizabeth SP: Madla
Relating to an extension of the state law supporting the Olympic
and Pan American Games to cover the 2011 Pan American Games.
HB 1678 Chisum SP: Armbrister
Relating to the creation, management, and use of the radiation and
perpetual care account in the general revenue fund.
HB 1681 Stick/ et al. SP: Wentworth
Relating to the amount of compensation and allowances for certain
county auditors.
HB 1686 Chisum SP: Deuell
Relating to pharmacies that maintain emergency medication kits at
certain institutions.
HB 1695 Denny/ Madden/ Howard SP: Nelson
Relating to certain election processes and procedures.
HB 1696 Denny SP: Staples
Relating to the hours of service of a poll watcher on election day.
HB 1697 Denny SP: Staples
Relating to recounts of elections in which direct recording
electronic voting machines were used.
HB 1709 Casteel SP: Wentworth
Relating to the settlement of the guardianship of the estate of a
ward.
HB 1713 Hodge SP: Whitmire
Relating to an application for a writ of habeas corpus to seek
relief related to community supervision.
HB 1733 Hamric SP: Shapiro
Relating to certain records kept by persons who weigh cargo
transported by commercial motor vehicles.
HB 1743 Delisi/ et al. SP: Nelson
Relating to prevention of fraud and abuse under the medical
assistance program; creating an offense.
HB 1749 Hupp SP: Fraser
Relating to the security provided for revenue bonds issued by the
Veterans' Land Board.
HB 1767 Ellis, Dan SP: Williams
Relating to the approval of expenditures of certain incumbent
county or precinct officers.
HB 1769 Driver SP: Shapiro
Relating to occupations regulated by the Texas Commission on
Private Security.
HB 1773 Smith, Wayne SP: Brimer
Relating to regulation of junked vehicles.
HB 1777 Dawson SP: Jackson
Relating to allowing a political subdivision other than a county to
change the date of its general election.
HB 1784 McReynolds SP: West
Relating to an offense of blocking an access aisle designed to aid
persons with disabilities.
HB 1791 Chisum/ Rodriguez SP: Armbrister
Relating to permits for the commercial composting of certain solid
wastes.
HB 1797 Farabee SP: Averitt
Relating to group and blanket accident and health insurance.
HB 1798 Farabee SP: Averitt
Relating to health maintenance organizations.
HB 1799 Farabee SP: Averitt
Relating to group life insurance.
HB 1800 Farabee SP: Averitt
Relating to health maintenance organizations.
HB 1817 Ritter SP: Duncan
Relating to student fees at institutions in the Texas State
University System.
HB 1823 Hamric SP: Lindsay
Relating to financial assurance for certain solid waste processing
facilities.
HB 1828 Farabee SP: Whitmire
Relating to the name and use of the graffiti eradication fund.
HB 1833 Goodman SP: Harris
Relating to certain fees that may be assessed and collected by a
domestic relations office.
HB 1838 Thompson SP: Averitt
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of insurance fraud;
providing a penalty.
HB 1840 Solomons/ Raymond/ et al. SP: Janek
Relating to a fee established and set by the State Securities
Board.
HB 1844 Grusendorf/ Bohac/ Christian/ Stick/ Madden/ et al.
SP: Shapiro
Relating to a program under which classroom teachers are reimbursed
for personal funds expended on classroom supplies.
HB 1858 Wise/ Swinford/ Hardcastle/ Uresti/ Chisum
SP: Staples
Relating to the promotion and marketing of Texas products.
HB 1863 Bohac SP: Lindsay
Relating to the disclosure of certain voter registration
information.
HB 1865 Bonnen SP: Williams
Relating to commercial group property and casualty insurance for
certain businesses and associations.
HB 1869 Baxter/ et al. SP: Williams
Relating to the admission of certain video testimony into evidence
in a proceeding regarding the abuse or neglect of a child.
HB 1872 Riddle SP: Williams
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal trespass.
HB 1877 Hardcastle/ Christian/ Hughes/ et al.
SP: Madla
Relating to creating the rural physician relief program.
HB 1885 Goolsby SP: Lucio
Relating to certain filing fees in a suit affecting the
parent-child relationship.
HB 1895 Hope SP: Staples
Relating to the compensation provided to an immediate family member
or a household member of a deceased victim for funeral attendance
and bereavement leave or certain other crime victims' services.
HB 1899 Nixon/ Wise SP: Nelson
Relating to the prevention of the international abduction of a
child by a parent of the child.
HB 1905 Farrar SP: Gallegos
Relating to the records management and preservation fee collected
by a district clerk.
HB 1920 Capelo SP: Zaffirini
Relating to certain immunization programs.
HB 1921 Capelo/ Wohlgemuth/ Delisi/ Coleman/ Keffer, Jim/
et al. SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the immunization registry.
HB 1934 Capelo SP: Madla
Relating to security and payment for, and the use of the proceeds
of, certain public securities.
HB 1940 Luna/ Jones, Elizabeth SP: Hinojosa
Relating to longevity pay for assistant prosecutors and to certain
legal defense matters.
HB 1971 Uresti SP: Nelson
Relating to convictions barring employment in certain facilities
serving the elderly or persons with disabilities.
HB 1972 Uresti SP: Gallegos
Relating to an administrative review process for child support
payments.
HB 1975 Deshotel SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to providing a physical address for a ballot to be
delivered to the early voting clerk.
HB 1979 Puente SP: Armbrister
Relating to preventing the discharge of untreated wastewater into
waters of the state.
HB 1997 Gutierrez/ West, George "Buddy"
SP: Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of electric personal assistive mobility
devices.
HB 2002 Dutton/ Chavez SP: West
Relating to unexpended proceeds from the sale or license of
treatment programs developed by the Texas Youth Commission.
HB 2005 Moreno, Joe E. SP: Gallegos
Relating to the requirements for certain alcoholic beverage
licenses and permits.
HB 2019 Griggs/ Isett/ Gutierrez/ Crabb/ Marchant/ et al.
SP: Harris
Relating to the creation of a state advisory council with authority
to promote research, education, treatment, and support activities
related to persons with traumatic brain injuries.
HB 2029 Miller SP: Fraser
Relating to the powers and duties of the Hamilton County Hospital
District with respect to the issuance of bonds.
HB 2033 Menendez SP: Fraser
Relating to historically underutilized businesses that perform
investment brokerage services for a state agency.
HB 2036 Swinford SP: Bivins
Relating to allowing certain political subdivisions to enter
agreements with other political subdivisions for the collection of
past due amounts for certain utility or waste disposal services.
HB 2040 Marchant SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to authorizing certain state agencies to share information
for investigative purposes.
HB 2043 Griggs SP: Brimer
Relating to the procedures for appointment of the board of
directors of an appraisal district.
HB 2053 Smith, Wayne SP: Janek
Relating to group health and related benefits provided by counties.
HB 2063 Bohac SP: Lindsay
Relating to the employees affected by certain county grievance
procedures.
HB 2064 Bohac SP: Lindsay
Relating to the procedure for returning an application for an early
voting ballot.
HB 2072 Grusendorf SP: Shapiro
Relating to payment by district employees for missing textbooks or
instructional technology in public schools.
HB 2073 Hilderbran SP: Fraser
Relating to the ad valorem tax rate of a hospital district created
under general or special law.
HB 2085 Campbell SP: Duncan
Relating to the availability of bilingual clerks for an election.
HB 2099 Dutton/ et al. SP: West
Relating to the determination of the conservatorship of, and the
right of possession of or access to, a child by a person who has a
history of family violence.
HB 2112 Homer SP: Brimer
Relating to the liability of an employer for actions of an employee
in the sale, service, dispensing, or delivery of alcoholic
beverages.
HB 2128 Chisum SP: Duncan
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to Childress
County.
HB 2138 Hopson SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the use of certain electronic devices for the purpose
of committing identity theft; providing criminal penalties.
HB 2147 Gattis SP: Wentworth
Relating to the filing of a late application for a residence
homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation.
HB 2148 Gattis SP: Wentworth
Relating to the prohibition of a restriction or condition placed on
a check tendered in payment of delinquent ad valorem taxes,
penalties, and interest.
HB 2149 Denny SP: Staples
Relating to notice of, and disclosure of information about, an
investigation of criminal conduct in connection with an election.
HB 2152 Denny SP: Staples
Relating to automatic recounts of certain majority vote elections.
HB 2153 Denny SP: Staples
Relating to filing a voting system equipment contract with the
secretary of state.
HB 2154 Denny SP: Staples
Relating to appealing certain decisions of an election judge at a
polling place.
HB 2156 Goolsby SP: Carona
Relating to the size of containers for certain alcoholic beverages.
HB 2159 Garza/ Pena SP: Madla
Relating to a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe
of Texas hunting certain deer.
HB 2162 McReynolds SP: Staples
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel
occupancy tax.
HB 2180 Baxter SP: Carona
Relating to the computation of charges assessed against a tenant in
certain commercial leases.
HB 2188 Rodriguez/ Pena SP: Wentworth
Relating to alternate methods of responding to a jury summons.
HB 2189 Rodriguez SP: Wentworth
Relating to temporary guardianship procedures.
HB 2198 Solomons SP: Fraser
Relating to the certification of maximum medical improvement and
the impairment rating assigned to an employee in a claim for
workers' compensation benefits.
HB 2199 Solomons SP: Fraser
Relating to the right of an insurance carrier to contest the
compensability of an injury in a workers' compensation case;
providing an administrative violation.
HB 2208 Allen SP: Nelson
Relating to the regulation of the practice of professional nursing.
HB 2212 Mowery SP: Madla
Relating to the continuation of legal land use in newly
incorporated areas.
HB 2240 Paxton SP: Harris
Relating to the management of certain trusts and the adoption of
the Uniform Prudent Investor Act.
HB 2241 Paxton SP: Harris
Relating to adoption of the Uniform Principal and Income Act.
HB 2248 Denny SP: Armbrister
Relating to certain fraudulent criminal conduct affecting a
financial institution.
HB 2249 Howard SP: Staples
Relating to sale and lease of public school land.
HB 2251 Flores SP: Van de Putte
Relating to allowing supplemental pay for members of the Texas
National Guard who are called to active duty when active duty
service imposes an economic hardship.
HB 2252 Flores SP: Hinojosa
Relating to exemptions for certain individuals from cost recovery
actions and liens placed on homesteads by the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
HB 2308 Jones, Jesse SP: West
Relating to the low income housing tax credit program.
HB 2322 McReynolds SP: Staples
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel
occupancy tax.
HB 2323 McReynolds SP: Carona
Relating to the transfer of certain suits regarding workers'
compensation claims.
HB 2343 Kolkhorst SP: Ogden
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice to Walker County.
HB 2350 Dawson SP: Nelson
Relating to the amount charged by the Texas Department of Health
for a youth camp license.
HB 2376 Elkins SP: Averitt
Relating to the correction or removal from the statutes of obsolete
references regarding the surety bonds of state officers and
employees.
HB 2379 Hill SP: Shapiro
Relating to the recreational facility fee charged at The University
of Texas at Dallas.
HB 2386 Hill/ Alonzo/ Marchant/ Hodge/ Harper-Brown
SP: Brimer
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities or counties to
impose a facility use tax to finance venue projects.
HB 2388 Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the late payment of certain submetered or allocated
water bills and the use of certain submetering equipment.
HB 2397 Corte/ et al. SP: Williams
Relating to a vendor's or subcontractor's remedy for nonpayment of
certain contracts.
HB 2400 Noriega SP: Gallegos
Relating to military leave and military leave time accounts for
certain municipal fire fighters and police officers.
HB 2409 Solomons SP: Brimer
Relating to the disclosure of certain information held by a
business offering check verification or check guarantee services.
HB 2416 Hochberg/ Krusee/ Hunter SP: Janek
Relating to the extension of the period for which an incomplete
improvement on property owned by certain nonprofit organizations
may be exempted from ad valorem taxation and exempting from
additional taxes open-space land converted by certain nonprofit
organizations for certain charitable purposes.
HB 2453 Kolkhorst SP: Ogden
Relating to the liability of a hospital district management
contractor and certain public servants.
HB 2457 Rangel/ Canales/ Garza/ Luna/ Mercer
SP: Lucio
Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas A&M
University--Kingsville.
HB 2485 Hochberg SP: Ratliff
Relating to internal auditing of state agencies.
HB 2496 Branch/ Denny/ Marchant/ Raymond/ Turner/ et al.
SP: Janek
Relating to the date of the primary election.
HB 2500 Harper-Brown SP: Harris
Relating to the enforcement of fares imposed for the use of certain
public transportation systems; providing penalties.
HB 2519 Flores/ Raymond SP: Lucio
Relating to the regulation of bingo.
HB 2522 Krusee/ Rose/ Stick/ Gattis
SP: Ogden
Relating to financing authority for certain institutions of higher
education for facilities.
HB 2525 Ellis, Dan SP: Whitmire
Relating to the punishment of certain assaults committed against
persons who contract with government and employees of those
persons.
HB 2528 Madden SP: Fraser
Relating to the authority of school districts to purchase
electricity through a political subdivision corporation.
HB 2548 King/ Swinford/ Baxter/ et al.
SP: Fraser
Relating to electric transmission capacity.
HB 2562 Rose SP: Barrientos
Relating to persons eligible for burial in the State Cemetery.
HB 2579 Goolsby SP: Carona
Relating to the extended hours of sale for mixed beverages and beer
in certain cities.
HB 2609 Coleman/ Naishtat SP: Nelson
Relating to the establishment of mental health court programs.
HB 2613 Keffer, Bill SP: Armbrister
Relating to liens on stored hydrocarbons at sites and facilities
that have not been timely cleaned up.
HB 2636 Madden SP: Staples
Relating to notifying an applicant of the omission of certain
information from a federal postcard application to vote in an
election.
HB 2650 Kuempel SP: Armbrister
Relating to the creation of a council to oversee the implementation
of a statewide integrated public safety radio communications system
for public safety and homeland security purposes.
HB 2660 Puente SP: Lucio
Relating to the establishment of minimum levels of water
conservation in water conservation plans.
HB 2661 Puente SP: Armbrister
Relating to the use of graywater.
HB 2663 Puente SP: Lucio
Relating to the establishment of quantifiable goals for drought
contingency plans.
HB 2678 Hartnett SP: Deuell
Relating to authorization for a payroll deduction to be made from a
county employee's wages or salary.
HB 2684 Denny SP: Staples
Relating to the timely filing of an application for a place on the
ballot for an office of a home-rule city.
HB 2692 Guillen SP: Zaffirini
Relating to a pilot program to promote and facilitate the operation
of diabetes groups.
HB 2701 Keffer, Jim SP: Estes
Relating to the provision of fire prevention and safety education.
HB 2718 Smith, Wayne SP: Jackson
Relating to the allocation and use of municipal hotel occupancy
taxes in certain municipalities bordering bays.
HB 2721 Gutierrez/ Chavez SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the acanthosis nigricans screening program in certain
public and private schools.
HB 2725 Talton SP: West
Relating to the destruction of records following certain
expunctions.
HB 2726 Talton SP: Staples
Relating to authorizing an owner of inventory to waive the right to
have the inventory appraised for ad valorem tax purposes at the
price for which it would sell as a unit.
HB 2732 Talton SP: Lindsay
Relating to certain municipal orders required to be filed with the
municipal secretary or clerk.
HB 2764 Garza SP: Madla
Relating to the authority of certain municipal hospital authorities
to borrow money.
HB 2795 Riddle SP: Whitmire
Relating to the release on bond of certain persons arrested without
a warrant.
HB 2799 Thompson SP: West
Relating to the application of the Uniform Municipal Courts of
Record Act.
HB 2801 Giddings SP: West
Relating to urban land bank demonstration programs.
HB 2819 Driver/ Reyna SP: Deuell
Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information
held by a tax appraisal district.
HB 2823 Eissler SP: Shapiro
Relating to individual transition plans for certain students
receiving special education services.
HB 2844 Casteel SP: Wentworth
Relating to the exemption from the requirement that a person
register as a property tax consultant to perform certain property
tax consulting services.
HB 2846 Farabee SP: Fraser
Relating to the authority of the State Office of Administrative
Hearings to conduct certain hearings over which the Railroad
Commission of Texas has jurisdiction.
HB 2847 Farabee SP: Jackson
Relating to the transfer of the powers, duties, and functions under
the Texas Aggregate Quarry and Pit Safety Act from the railroad
commission to the department of transportation.
HB 2856 Farrar SP: Gallegos
Relating to certain fees collected by a domestic relations office.
HB 2866 Swinford SP: Madla
Relating to coordinated inspection of certain child-care facilities
for compliance with fire safety and sanitation standards.
HB 2881 Driver/ Jones, Elizabeth SP: Deuell
Relating to prohibiting an attack on an assistance animal; creating
an offense.
HB 2886 Van Arsdale SP: Lindsay
Relating to certain certificates and reports filed with the bureau
of vital statistics.
HB 2889 Cook, Robby/ Pena SP: Armbrister
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to issue bonds,
notes, or warrants to finance the acquisition, construction,
operation, or repair of certain health and recreational facilities.
HB 2895 Allen SP: Whitmire
Relating to the operations of the Texas Youth Commission.
HB 2898 Phillips/ Homer SP: Deuell
Relating to the publication of notice in a newspaper in certain
counties.
HB 2902 Phillips SP: Estes
Relating to the assessment of costs for the improvement of a road
in a part of a subdivision.
HB 2916 Ritter SP: Armbrister
Relating to establishing equivalent membership service in the
Judicial Retirement System Plan Two.
HB 2924 Geren SP: Brimer
Relating to the addition of territory to a public improvement
district.
HB 2931 Lewis SP: Madla
Relating to the administration and finances of counties and certain
other entities.
HB 2937 Phillips SP: Estes
Relating to the creation of the office of criminal district
attorney of Grayson County and to the abolition of the office of
county attorney of Grayson County.
HB 2947 Casteel SP: Armbrister
Relating to state agency decentralization of services.
HB 2961 Krusee SP: Armbrister
Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy taxes by certain
municipalities.
HB 2970 Naishtat SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the state program of temporary assistance and related
support services for needy persons.
HB 2985 Capelo/ Allen/ Pitts/ Nixon
SP: Nelson
Relating to the establishment of an office of patient protection
within the Health Professions Council.
HB 2989 Capelo/ Mabry SP: Janek
Relating to an inquest when a body part is found and to the
qualifications of a person conducting an inquest.
HB 3011 Capelo SP: Hinojosa
Relating to certain reports, information, or records related to
certain health care facilities.
HB 3014 Capelo SP: Janek
Relating to authorizing gifts and grants of drugs and other items
to certain state agencies.
HB 3017 Solomons SP: Nelson
Relating to the organization, administration, and validation of the
creation and certain action of a coordinated county transportation
authority.
HB 3024 Casteel SP: Armbrister
Relating to increasing governmental efficiency through the
reduction of duplicative reporting and auditing requirements.
HB 3034 Ellis, Dan SP: Armbrister
Relating to the rates of certain retail public utilities.
HB 3061 Flores SP: Hinojosa
Relating to regulation of the disposal of animal remains.
HB 3070 Casteel SP: Averitt
Relating to reimbursement for expenses incurred by jurors.
HB 3074 Flynn SP: Staples
Relating to required activities and limits on the amounts of state
financial assistance for which regional planning commissions may be
eligible.
HB 3087 Hodge SP: Carona
Relating to a release or satisfaction of a judgment for child
support arrearages.
HB 3102 Garza SP: Madla
Relating to the fiscal year of the Maverick County Hospital
District.
HB 3109 Keffer, Bill SP: Carona
Relating to physician and health care provider panels of
independent review organizations.
HB 3114 Dunnam SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the definition of gross income under the Family Code.
HB 3122 Truitt SP: Lindsay
Relating to the establishment of locally based demonstration
projects to provide health care benefits to certain low-income
individuals.
HB 3124 Truitt SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Rehabilitation
Commission.
HB 3125 Truitt SP: Zaffirini
Relating to certain programs provided by the Texas Commission for
the Blind.
HB 3141 Wilson SP: Armbrister
Relating to stamping of cigarettes in interstate commerce.
HB 3167 Goolsby/ et al. SP: Brimer
Relating to filing fees for certain types of actions.
HB 3168 Giddings SP: Carona
Relating to the determination of workers' compensation benefits and
the resolution of disputes regarding those benefits.
HB 3174 Pitts SP: Averitt
Relating to the requirement to submit a health certificate to
obtain a license to practice cosmetology.
HB 3179 Homer SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the elimination of certain membership requirements for
local workforce development boards and of certain programs
administered by those boards.
HB 3193 Uresti SP: Madla
Relating to the delegation of certain acts by dentists.
HB 3194 Uresti SP: Janek
Relating to an exemption for the Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services from paying certain costs and fees.
HB 3200 Hegar/ Hunter SP: Armbrister
Relating to certain standards for assisted living facilities.
HB 3211 Heflin/ Hochberg/ Corte/ Noriega/ Berman/ et al.
SP: Van de Putte
Relating to certain veterans' assistance programs.
HB 3229 Rose SP: Fraser
Relating to electing directors of the Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater
Conservation District.
HB 3237 Smith, Todd SP: Harris
Relating to the payment of retirement benefits to retirees of the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas who are employed as substitute
teachers and in other public school positions in the same month.
HB 3264 Hunter SP: Deuell
Relating to the prevention of childhood lead poisoning.
HB 3282 Guillen SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel
occupancy tax and to the rate of that tax.
HB 3303 Gutierrez SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the validation of certain acts and proceedings of the
City of McAllen.
HB 3308 Capelo SP: Hinojosa
Relating to the payment of wages through a direct deposit plan.
HB 3312 Capelo SP: Hinojosa
Relating to substitution of securities by a depository for a
county.
HB 3324 Keffer, Jim SP: Fraser
Relating to the issuance of certain obligations and the imposition
of assessments for the unemployment compensation system.
HB 3325 Keffer, Jim/ Christian/ Seaman
SP: Staples
Relating to the creation and administration of the community
telecommunications alliance program.
HB 3338 Puente SP: Armbrister
Relating to the performance of a water audit by a retail public
utility providing potable water.
HB 3378 Hope SP: Shapleigh
Relating to granting statutory authority to certain governmental
entities to reduce certain expenditures and to the operation of
certain funds.
HB 3383 Swinford SP: Estes
Relating to agricultural development districts.
HB 3419 Davis, John SP: Lindsay
Relating to procedural and technical corrections and clarification
of the Property Tax Code, procedures for the seizure and sale of
property, and distribution of ad valorem tax sale proceeds.
HB 3420 Garza/ Guillen SP: Madla
Relating to a set-aside for certain colonia access roadway projects
proposed by rural border counties.
HB 3439 Rose SP: Carona
Relating to the liability of certain health care practitioners for
examinations and medical screenings of students.
HB 3460 Pitts SP: Averitt
Relating to regulation of the practice of cosmetology.
HB 3461 Canales SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the duties of the district attorney for the 156th
Judicial District.
HB 3486 Delisi/ Madden SP: Deuell
Relating to a health care facility's return of certain unused drugs
to a pharmacy and to reimbursement or credit under the state's
medical assistance program for returned drugs.
HB 3503 Hartnett SP: Harris
Relating to exculpatory clauses in trusts.
HB 3504 Davis, John SP: Lindsay
Relating to the deferral or abatement of the collection of taxes on
the residence homestead of an elderly or disabled person.
HB 3540 Chavez SP: Shapleigh
Relating to a refund of an overpayment or erroneous payment of ad
valorem taxes by a tax collector who performs consolidated tax
collection functions.
HB 3559 Gattis SP: Ogden
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Williamson County Municipal Utility
District No. 13.
HB 3560 Gattis SP: Ogden
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Williamson County Municipal Utility
District No. 12.
HB 3562 Eissler SP: Staples
Relating to the creation of the Southwest Montgomery County
Improvement District; providing authority to impose taxes and issue
bonds.
HB 3563 Hegar SP: Armbrister
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Road Improvement
District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue
bonds.
HB 3565 Keel SP: Barrientos
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Lazy Nine Municipal Utility
District.
HB 3567 Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the number and method of electing directors of the
Coastal Bend Groundwater Conservation District.
HB 3577 Smithee SP: Bivins
Relating to the County Court at Law of Randall County.
HB 3583 Goodman/ Smith, Todd SP: Harris
Relating to the creation of the Great Southwest Improvement
District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
HB 3584 Swinford SP: Bivins
Relating to the Moore County Juvenile Board.
HB 3591 Pitts SP: Averitt
Relating to authorizing the strip annexation of certain property by
certain municipalities.
HB 3592 West, George "Buddy" SP: Bivins
Relating to the creation of the Downtown Midland Management
District; providing authority to impose taxes and issue bonds.
HB 3597 Dawson SP: Armbrister
Relating to the abolition of the County Court at Law of Matagorda
County.
HB 3603 Smith, Todd SP: Brimer
Relating to the appointment or election of judges of municipal
courts of record in the City of Bedford.
HB 3612 Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Garfield Municipal Utility District
No. 1.
HB 3624 Quintanilla SP: Shapleigh
Relating to electronic recordings of proceedings in the municipal
court of record for the City of El Paso.
HB 3636 Cook, Robby SP: Armbrister
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties,
operation, and financing of the Colony Municipal Utility District
No. 1.
HCR 27 Ellis, Dan/ Kolkhorst SP: Ogden
Conferring the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor on Colonel M. B.
Etheredge.
HCR 90 Eissler SP: Staples
Memorializing congress to expand the medical savings account
program to allow states to design such programs for their
employees.
HCR 92 Quintanilla/ Haggerty SP: Madla
Designating the sopaipilla as the official State Pastry of Texas.
HCR 103 Eiland/ Solis/ Deshotel/ Seaman/ Bonnen/ et al.
SP: Jackson
Memorializing the United States government to improve the enforcement of
food import restrictions on seafood imports.
HCR 125 Jones, Jesse SP: Carona
Directing the Texas Department on Aging to lead a partnership of
state agencies in support of a web, print, and phone-based
information system for older Texans.
HCR 156 Noriega/ Alonzo SP: Van de Putte
Memorializing congress to enact the Citizenship For America's Troops Act
to allow citizenship through service in the U.S. Armed Forces.
HCR 161 Isett SP: Van de Putte
Urging congress to change veterans' mortgage bonds to cover all
veterans who have served on active duty.
HCR 186 Gallego SP: Madla
Expressing support and encouragement for the reopening of the
bridge and border crossing at La Linda to accommodate trade and tourism
between Texas and Coahuila, Mexico.
HCR 204 Chavez SP: Lucio
Urging Congress to reinstate funding for the EPA Border Fund to $75
million for fiscal year 2004.