Legislation authored by Douglas Samuel Davenport

Includes legislation with Douglas Samuel Davenport as the primary author for the 38th through 38th 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.

38th Regular Session
HB 223 Caption: Relating to providing for the licensing of chiropractors; for registering license granted to and certain sworn statements required to be made by chiropractors, and providing for the duty of the county clerk in reference thereto; providing for the right to practice chiropractic in the State of Texas, and the making of death certificates and other certificates.
HB 309 Caption: Relating to constituting Bexar County the Thirty-seventh, Forty-fifth, Fifty-seventh, Seventy-third and Ninety-fourth Judicial District.
HB 424 Caption: Relating to amending the statutes relative to elections, primary elections and nominating conventions.
HJR 7 Caption: Proposing to amend Section 50, Article 3, of the Constitution of the State of Texas so that it shall hereafter provide that the legislature shall have power and authority to create and maintain a State plan of insurance to underwrite industrial accident insurance in Texas.
HR 31 Caption: Requesting the placement of a certain display in the Capitol regarding the printing of textbooks within the State.
HR 38 Caption: Inviting former Treasury Secretary of the U. S. William G. McAdoo to address the Members of the House.
38th 2nd Called Session
HB 56 Caption: Relating to providing that the State Executive Committee of parties holding primary elections may prescribe qualifications for voters in such party primaries, which shall be uniform throughout the State and shall be enforced by all county executive committees of such party.
HB 57 Caption: Relating to amending statutes relative to elections, general and primary, and the requirements of poll tax receipts.
HB 58 Caption: Relating to requiring candidates of certain political parties to be nominated by primary elections; all primary elections in this State to be held on the same day.
HB 71 Caption: Relating to requiring judges, clerks and supervisors of primary elections to see that none by persons qualified shall participate in party primaries, and empowering judges, clerks and supervisors to conduct examinations into qualifications and rights of voters to participate in party primaries and providing that examinations may be conducted under oath.
HB 72 Caption: Relating to providing that any qualified elector under the laws and constitution who is a Democrat shall be eligible to participate in Democratic primaries but declaring that in no event shall a negro participate in a Democratic primary in the State of Texas.
HB 107 Caption: Relating to making it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to sell or offer for human consumption, any milk which has been so treated by any artificial means or process, as to cause same to have the appearance of containing more cream or butter fat than it actually contains.
38th 3rd Called Session
HB 49 Caption: Relating to levying and collecting from every licensed physician and surgeon or medical or other specialist of any kind practicing medicine within this State.