Legislation authored by Edgar S. Keefe

Includes legislation with Edgar S. Keefe as the primary author for the 44th through 45th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
Please note author information is not complete for the 43rd through 45th Legislatures or for sessions prior to the 30th.

45th Regular Session
HB 350 Caption: Relating to establishing a merit system of appointing employees of the various departments, agencies and institutions of the State Government of Texas and declaring it to be the policy of the State to so establish same.
HB 1030 Caption: Relating to providing that upon application of ten (10) or more resident citizens of the Counties of Leon, Madison and Anderson, or one person living within an enclosure of five hundred (500) acres or more in said Counties, the Commissioners Court of said County shall open a road through said enclosure of land.
HB 1072 Caption: Relating to providing for changing and prescribing terms and times of holding the Courts in the Third Judicial District of Texas.
HCR 30 Caption: Granting Floyd Arnwine permission to sue the State of Texas.
HCR 110 Caption: Granting Floyd Arnwine permission to sue the State of Texas.
HR 58 Caption: Urging the Department of Agriculture to establish a Cotton Research Institute in Texas.
HR 72 Caption: Requesting the placement of window-shield air ventilation unit within the House Chamber.
HR 148 Caption: Commending the Governor and First Lady for their selection of the name Sam Houston Allred for their son.
HR 184 Caption: Extending good wishes to State Rep. Jap Lucas as he recovers from illness.
45th 1st Called Session
HB 84 Caption: Relating to permitting the taking of pelts of fur-bearing animals for the purpose of sale in Anderson county during the months of December and January; providing a penalty.
44th Regular Session
HB 757 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Chapter of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; providing that upon application of ten or more resident citizens of counties of the State of Texas having not less than 34,000 nor more than 35,000 population, according to the last Federal Census, or one person living within an enclosure of two thousand (2,000) acres or more in said counties, the commissioners court of said county shall open a road through said enclosure of land, or between different persons or owners of land, or along any section line, or along any survey line, or along any survey subdivision line, where said land is adjacent or contiguous to public rivers, lakes, or bays in certain counties of the State of Texas.
HB 837 Caption: Relating to validating all ad valorem tax levies heretofore made by incorporated cities and towns in the State of Texas which levies are unenforceable because of the failure of the governing bodies of such respective incorporated cities and towns to make such levy by ordinance, or which are unenforceable because of the failure of such governing bodies to appoint the Statutory Board of Equalization, or where the City Council, City Commission or other governing body of such incorporated city or town has acted as a Board of Equalization in the fixing of the valuation of taxable property for ad valorem taxes within any such incorporated city or town.
HB 857 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; the power of Home Rule Cities to build certain public utilities and public amenities.
HB 858 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; providing that any insurance money payable under a policy or policies issued under said statute shall be applied as far as necessary to cancel any debt against the assured held by the beneficiary or growing out of any transaction between assured and the beneficiary, provided the beneficiary is reimbursed for all premiums paid.
HCR 123 Caption: Suspending Joint Rule Nos. 22, 23, and 32 for final disposition of H.B. No. 837.
HCR 147 Caption: Declaring H.C.R. No. 102 null and void.
HR 79 Caption: In memory of former First Lady of Texas, the wife of former Governor Thomas Mitchell Campbell.
HR 127 Caption: Requesting the identification of House employees who are distributing certain articles attacking certain bills in the House, and the source of those articles.
44th 1st Called Session
HCR 2 Caption: Providing for a committee to study pension plans.
HR 43 Caption: Relating to a certain investigating committee.
44th 2nd Called Session
HB 18 Caption: Relating to creating a system of old age assistance in Texas; placing restrictions on the granting of such assistance; creating the Texas Old Age Assistance Commission, prescribing their terms of office and qualifications and duties, and fixing their salaries.
44th 3rd Called Session
HB 5 Caption: Relating to making an appropriation; directing the State Treasury to transfer certain funds in the permanent Old Age Pension Fund to the Texas Old Age Assistance Fund.
HB 47 Caption: Relating to directing the State Treasury to withdraw certain funds in the Permanent Old Age Pension Fund to the Texas Old Age Assistance Fund; making an appropriation.
HB 88 Caption: Relating to prohibiting the use of a steel trap for taking fur-bearing animals or the setting of any steel trap in Anderson County, with certain exceptions; providing a penalty.
HCR 29 Caption: Suspending Joint Rules to consider H. B. No. 88 until passage.
HR 74 Caption: Congratulating Representative J.H. Lucas and Vineita Blakeney on the occasion of their marriage.