Legislation authored by Craig A. Washington
Includes legislation with Craig A. Washington as the primary author for the 63rd through 71st Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
71st Regular Session | |
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SB 17 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to state purchasing contracts, state public works contracts, and contractors who are women and who belong to certain disadvantaged minority groups. |
SB 18 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the compensation of a retired judge assigned as a visiting judge. |
SB 19 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the time limitations applicable to the prosecution of a criminal case. |
SB 20 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to corporal punishment in public schools. |
SB 21 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the payment of benefits under personal injury protection insurance coverage. |
SB 22 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of hate crime and the offense of institutional vandalism; allowing civil action for such crimes and requiring reports of such crimes. |
SB 23 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. |
SB 24 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to the authority of certain counties to engage in community and economic development programs. |
SB 25 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to creation and operation of excess health insurance pools for AIDS. |
SB 26 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the expunction of arrest records. |
SB 27 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to discrimination in employment, housing, and public facilities because a person has or is perceived as having AIDS, HIV infection, or AIDS-related complex; providing criminal and civil penalties. |
SB 157 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the observance of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., as a state holiday. |
SB 174 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to the qualifications of school bus drivers for hearing impaired students. |
SB 175 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to administrative costs of the Texas Commission for the Deaf. |
SB 176 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the prosecution of an appeal or writ of error in a civil case by certain indigent persons. |
SB 177 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to certain powers and duties of the Texas Real Estate Commission regarding license revocations. |
SB 468 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Local&Consent Cal. Caption: Relating to the inheritance rights of illegitimate children. |
SB 469 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to notice to certain employees of rights to purchase conversion policies. |
SB 470 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to minimum standards and premium limits for health insurance conversion policies. |
SB 471 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to collection of information concerning health insurance coverage for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus and requiring coverage under certain circumstances. |
SB 472 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to limitations of services and benefits under certain health insurance arrangements on renegotiation or amendment of contracts. |
SB 473 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to disapproval by the State Board of Insurance or the commissioner of insurance of certain policies, contracts, certificates, evidences of coverage, riders, endorsements, and amendments that include exclusionary... |
SB 474 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to minimum requirements for coverage of acquired immune deficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus under certain health insurance. |
SB 475 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the imposition, administration, collection, and civil and criminal enforcement of a corporate profits tax. |
SB 476 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the imposition, collection, administration, and civil and criminal enforcement of a tax on the income of certain resident and nonresident individuals, trusts and estates, and partnerships. |
SB 616 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/amendments Caption: Relating to the suspension or revocation of the license of a real estate broker or real estate salesman based on an inquiry or disclosure by the licensee relating to whether the previous occupant of real property had... |
SB 617 |
Last Action: Returned to committee Caption: Relating to regulation of private process servers; providing penalties. |
SB 618 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to insurance coverage for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus infection. |
SB 649 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to criminal justice policies and programs concerning AIDS and HIV infection, to intentional conduct exposing another to AIDS or HIV infection, and to the testing of persons exposing certain employees to.... |
SB 651 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the employment of school nurses in certain school districts. |
SB 652 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to administrative adjudication of parking offenses in certain municipalities. |
SB 753 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the provision of services by podiatrists under the Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act. |
SB 766 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Human Services to pay premiums for the purchase of health care coverage for victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus. |
SB 767 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the creation of a metropolitan housing authority in certain counties and the diversion of sales tax revenue from a metropolitan rapid transit authority. |
SB 768 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to discrimination because of sexual orientation. |
SB 841 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, financing, and dissolution of the Houston Downtown Management District and the power of certain entities to contract with the district. |
SB 1177 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to alcohol and drug abuse education for public school students and teachers. |
SB 1178 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of cock fighting and the disposition of certain cock-fighting equipment. |
SB 1179 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the treatment and care of persons with mental retardation. |
SB 1180 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to requesting a deferral of certain proceedings to complete a driving safety course. |
SB 1181 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to compulsory school attendance and school discipline management. |
SB 1182 |
Last Action: Referred to Special Subcommittee Caption: Relating to parole eligibility. |
SB 1183 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to public school courses in American Sign Language. |
SB 1184 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the maximum tax rate that may be adopted by certain emergency services districts. |
SB 1185 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Safety Caption: Relating to dismissal of certain misdemeanor traffic offenses on completion of a driving safety course. |
SB 1186 |
Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the adoption and utilization by a home-rule municipality of administrative procedures for the destruction of animals. |
SB 1187 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the appointment of deputy police and fire chiefs in certain municipalities. |
SB 1397 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to inquests and autopsies regarding the body of a prospective organ donor. |
SB 1398 |
Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the Public Utility Regulatory Act and transmission services available to qualifying facilities. |
SB 1554 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to electric utilities having excess capacity. |
SB 1716 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to coverage of certain condominiums under homeowners insurance. |
SB 1717 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the appointment of hearing officers for criminal and mental health cases in certain courts. |
SB 1736 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to criminal trespass in a health care facility; providing penalties. |
SB 1737 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the provision of educational materials on AIDS and HIV to persons applying for a marriage license or declaring an informal marriage and to the authority of the Texas Department of Health .... |
SB 1738 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the authority of certain counties to establish a county facilities corporation to finance projects, by the issuance of bonds or other methods, for the benefit of the counties. |
SB 1739 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of special care facilities; providing penalties. |
SB 1825 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to persons who are authorized to conduct marriage ceremonies. |
SB 1853 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the offense of retaliation committed because a person reported a crime. |
SCR 17 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Granting Gary Shepherd Co., Inc. permission to sue the State of Texas and Texas A & M University. |
SCR 81 |
Last Action: Referred to House Administration Caption: Establishing the Advisory Committee on the Mental Health Care of Deaf or Hearing Impaired Adults and Children to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. |
SCR 118 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Cebron and Ruth Higgins. |
SCR 127 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Granting Randall Adams permission to sue the State of Texas. |
SCR 159 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Establishing a special interim task force to study the Mentally Retarded Persons Act. |
SCR 175 |
Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Requesting the lieutenant governor and speaker to reestablish the Transition Services Task Force. |
SJR 33 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the redistricting of judicial districts in certain counties. |
SJR 38 |
Last Action: Referred to Special Subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the composition of certain courts and to the election of justices and judges of those courts and certain district courts from single-member districts or divisions. |
SJR 48 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to raise the maximum property tax rate that may be adopted by certain emergency services districts and to provide for the levy of the tax by the district or the . . . |
SJR 73 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to removing the limitation on the maximum amount paid out of state funds for assistance grants to needy dependent children and their caretakers. |
SR 12 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: In memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
SR 68 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Declaring February 4, 1989 as National Women of Achievement Day in Texas. |
SR 120 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Recognizing Congressman Mickey Leland for his exemplary work on behalf of human and social justice. |
SR 245 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Recognizing Deaf Legislative Action Day. |
SR 255 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Welcoming Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants and acknowledging St. Dismas Day in Texas. |
SR 266 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: In memory of Elbert Boone of Houston. |
SR 362 |
Last Action: Adopted Caption: Expressing support for a study on the desirability of making Texas Southern University a component of one of the two major university systems. |
SR 363 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Establishing the Advisory Committee on the Mental Health Care of Deaf or Hearing Impaired Adults and Children. |
SR 364 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Reestablishing the Transition Services Task Force. |
SR 365 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Declaring the week of April 3-9, 1989, as ARC/Texas Week. |
SR 366 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Commending Helen B. Kapiloff. |
SR 460 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating the Houston Police Department. |
SR 498 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Commending the AIDS educators and caregivers in their fight against AIDS and in memory of those who have died of AIDS. |
SR 659 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Supporting and endorsing the State Steering Committee on Technology-Related Assistance. |
SR 734 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Commending A. Robert Hinojosa on his service as president of the Mexican-American Bar Association of Houston. |
SR 787 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Commending Don Snow for the diligence, dedication, and effectiveness he applies to Project RIO. |
SR 788 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Expressing appreciation to office manager Charles Johnson and the staff of the Houston office of Project RIO for their meaningful contribution. |
SR 789 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Commending the Texas Employment Commission and the staff of Project RIO for their commitment to the success of the program. |
SR 808 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Extending congratulations to Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated on their 35th annual conference. |
71st 1st Called Session | |
SB 10 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, financing, and dissolution of the Houston Downtown Management District and the power of certain entities to contract with the district. |
SR 128 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: In memory of Bert Carson Armstead, Jr. |
SR 188 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Congratulating Carolyn McGee on her recent appointment as commander for American Legion Post No. 208 and highly commending her for her most important work in educating the young poeple of our state. |
71st 2nd Called Session | |
SB 56 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, financing, and dissolution of the Houston Downtown Management District and the power of certain entities to contract with the district. |
SCR 5 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Congressman Mickey Leland. |
SCR 27 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Granting Harris County permission to sue the State of Texas and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
SR 52 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Commending all those responsible for the opening of the Charles R. Drew Medical Center. |
SR 101 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: In memory of Domonique Parker of Houston. |
SR 102 |
Last Action: Read & adopted Caption: Contratulating Senator Eddie Bernice Johnson on her 54th birthday. |
70th Regular Session | |
SB 124 |
Last Action: House passage as amended reported Caption: Relating to the expunction of arrest records. |
SB 246 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the imposition, administration, collection, and civil and criminal enforcement of a corporate profits tax. |
SB 247 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the imposition, collection, administration, and civil and criminal enforcement of a tax on the income of certain resident and nonresident individuals, trusts and estates, and partnerships. |
SB 248 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the compensation of a retired judge assigned as a visiting judge. |
SB 249 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to service on a jury by a deaf person. |
SB 250 |
Last Action: Motion withdrawn Caption: Relating to regulation of private process servers; providing a penalty. |
SB 351 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to prohibited investments for funds of the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
SB 388 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to corporal punishment in public schools. |
SB 389 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the transfer of firemen within the fire department in certain cities. |
SB 433 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to regulating vasectomy and other conduct involving human male reproduction capacity and creating offenses for this conduct. |
SB 587 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to restrictions on insurers concerning blood tests for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and related infections. |
SB 588 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to requiring written consent before administering tests for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and related infections; providing penalties. |
SB 589 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to prohibiting mandatory testing for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and related infections; providing penalties. |
SB 590 |
Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to tests for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and related disorders; providing penalties. |
SB 698 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the assignment pay for certain members of the fire or police department of certain cities. |
SB 699 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the release of confidential mental health records in certain circumstances. |
SB 700 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to discontinuance of utility service. |
SB 701 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the offense of burglary of coin-operated or coin collection machines. |
SB 773 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the indeterminate sentencing and release from confinement of a defendant convicted of a felony offense. |
SB 774 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the participation of volunteer organizations in providing social service programs to inmates in the Texas Department of Corrections. |
SB 846 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the exemption of acupuncture from laws regulating the practice of medicine. |
SB 848 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the provision of mental health services to persons who are deaf or hearing impaired and to their families. |
SB 897 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to prohibited investments for assets of the veterans' housing assistance fund. |
SB 1285 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of excess health insurance pools for AIDS. |
SB 1286 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Relating to the qualifications of school bus drivers for hearing impaired students. |
SB 1287 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to discrimination in employment, housing, and public facilities because a person has or is perceived as having AIDS, HIV infection, or AIDS-related complex; providing criminal and civil penalties. |
SB 1288 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the definition of and civil penalties for a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice. |
SB 1289 |
Last Action: Referred to Special Subcommittee Caption: Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. |
SB 1345 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the authority of a commissioners court of a county to engage in community and economic development projects. |
SB 1466 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the appointment of hearing officers for criminal and mental health cases in certain courts. |
SB 1527 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to signs posted in food service establishments depicting the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge food from a choking person. |
SCR 7 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Granting Pringle-Dixon-Pringle permission to sue the State of Texas and the University of Texas System Cancer Center-M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. |
SCR 11 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Granting Bill D. Fortune permission to sue the State of Texas and Texas A&M University System. |
SCR 28 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Granting Charles W. Wheat permission to sue the State of Texas and the Texas Department of Corrections. |
SCR 123 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Establishing the Transition Services Task Force. |
SJR 50 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit certain investments of assets of the permanent university fund. |
SR 7 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Mrs. Lena E. Thigpen. |
SR 53 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Amnesty International U.S.A. |
SR 133 | Caption: Commending the Cowtown Coliseum and Billy Bob's Texas for outstanding generosity in staging a benefit for L. C. Sampson. |
SR 172 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Joan Glantz. |
SR 295 | Caption: Joining the citizens of Fort Bend County at the State Capitol on Fort Bend County Day, April 7, 1987. |
SR 613 | Caption: Commending Gibson Gayle, Jr. |
SR 617 | Caption: Commending Jewell Boutté. |
SR 701 | Caption: Commending Lillie Fontenot. |
70th 2nd Called Session | |
SB 8 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee of the Whole Caption: Relating to the imposition, administration, collection, and civil and criminal enforcement of a corporate profits tax. |
SB 9 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee of the Whole Caption: Relating to the imposition, collection, administration, and civil and criminal enforcement of a tax on the income of certain resident and nonresident individuals, trusts and estates, and partnerships. |
SB 37 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to retired judges assigned as visiting judges. |
SB 57 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of a commissioners court of a county to engage in community and economic development projects. |
SCR 10 |
Last Action: Referred to House Administration Caption: Creating a special joint committee to study prison industries. |
SR 16 | Caption: Expressing appreciation to Dr. Alexander F. Schilt. |
SR 141 | Caption: Directing the Senate Criminal Justic Committee to study the prison industries program operated by the Texas Department of Corrections. |
69th Regular Session | |
SB 139 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the elimination of certain legal holidays and to the observance of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as a state holiday. |
SB 360 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to regulation of private process servers; providing penalties. |
SB 361 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the regulation of the practice of acupuncture; providing penalties. |
SB 916 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the regulation and licensing of pari-mutuel wagering on greyhound racing and horse racing; providing penalties. |
SB 917 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to a statewide referendum about, and to the authorization of, state-regulated pari-mutuel wagering on greyhound racing in certain counties, subject to approval by the voters of the county voting at an election; providing penalties. |
SB 926 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to certain information provided by state agencies to the governor's office on equal employment opportunity. |
SB 927 |
Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to assignment pay for certain bilingual personnel in certain cities. |
SB 928 |
Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to the definition of "family" in Chapter 71, Family Code. |
SB 929 |
Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to voluntary compliance by municipalities with regulations adopted by the Commission on Jail Standards and to certain duties of the Commission on Jail Standards. |
SB 930 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/amendments Caption: Relating to the creation of an offense of enticing, persuading, or intimidating a person into committing an illegal act and to a restriction on certain conditions of probation imposed by a court. |
SB 931 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to civil penalties for certain trade practices that are deceptive or that violate an injunction or restraining order. |
SB 940 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the requirements and standards for and location of family homes for disabled persons. |
SB 1199 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the written notice of sale of real estate under a deed of trust and the manner of advertising the sale by publication in a newspaper; providing for avoidance of foreclosure by compliance with the contract. |
SB 1200 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Amending Section 51.002, Property Code, as amended, by adding a new Subsection (j) to provide a right of redemption after a foreclosure sale. |
SB 1201 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the prohibition of discrimination based on sexual preference in certain transactions concerning employment. |
SB 1202 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the authorization of investments in certain development bank securities by certain private and governmental investors. |
SB 1203 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to baseline checking accounts. |
SB 1250 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the grounds for removal or suspension of a fireman or policeman. |
SB 1251 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the authority of the attorney general to prosecute certain offenses involving violations of civil rights of prisoners. |
SB 1252 |
Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to the minimum wage. |
SB 1314 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to a landlord's obligation to maintain savings accounts for, to pay interest on, and to return tenant security deposits. |
SB 1433 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to disciplinary actions taken against certain fire fighters or police officers. |
SB 1496 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the circumstances under which a parked vehicle may not be removed by a towing company; providing a penalty. |
SCR 9 |
Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Commemorating the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
SCR 22 |
Last Action: Filed w/o the Governor's signature Caption: Granting Kehinde L. Saaka permission to sue the State of Texas and The University of Texas System. |
SCR 71 |
Last Action: Filed w/o the Governor's signature Caption: Granting Cornelius S. Cooper permission to sue the state. |
SCR 93 |
Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Creating a special joint committee to study enhancing the role of the family to reduce recidivism of offenders. |
SJR 38 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for representation of the District of Columbia in the United States Congress. |
SR 88 | Caption: Commending the National Black Law Students Association. |
SR 114 | Caption: Expressing appreciation to Mrs. Emily Ettling. |
SR 175 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Austin C. Bray. |
SR 213 | Caption: Extending congratulations to The Reverend John Murphy Redmond, Sr. |
SR 247 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Bennie Hubbard. |
SR 270 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Judge Henry E. Doyle. |
SR 313 | Caption: Declaring April 17 to be "Independent Black College Day". |
SR 316 | Caption: Commending Father Bruce Ritter and the Covenant House. |
SR 354 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Association on occasion of the 119th reunion. |
SR 393 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Houston Independent School District Volunteers in Public Schools. |
SR 412 | Caption: Commending Fredrick "Carl" Lewis as an exemplary world class athlete and congratulating him on his gold medal successes. |
SR 438 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Mrs. Donnamerhle Jackson, Mrs. Eloise McLemore and Mrs. Ada Vann. |
SR 439 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Mrs. Charlye Hooper. |
SR 452 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Mrs. Cherry Turner. |
69th 2nd Called Session | |
SB 29 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the regulation and licensing of pari-mutuel wagering on greyhound racing and horse racing; providing penalties. |
SCR 3 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Granting Medical Computer Systems, Inc. permission to sue the State of Texas and the University of Texas System. |
SR 36 | Caption: Memorial resolution for William Mitchell, Jr. |
69th 3rd Called Session | |
SB 10 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the imposition, administration, collection, and civil and criminal enforcement of a corporate profits tax. |
SB 11 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the imposition, collection, administration, and civil and criminal enforcement of a tax on the income of certain resident and nonresident individuals, trusts, and estates, and partnerships. |
SCR 3 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Granting Medical Computer systems, Inc. permission to sue the State of Texas and the University of Texas System. |
SCR 20 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Granting Pringle-Dixon-Pringle permission to sue the State of Texas and The University of Texas System Cancer Center- - M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. |
SR 56 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church of Houston on its 100th anniversary. |
68th Regular Session | |
SB 233 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to the selection and qualifications of jurors. |
SB 244 |
Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to the mandatory use of interest earned on certain client funds held by attorneys, law firms, or professional corporations engaged in the practice of law to provide legal services to the indigent in civil matters; to the deposit of the funds; to the creation and administration of a program by the Texas Supreme Court to carry out the purpose of Article 317a, Revised Statutes, and to the powers and duties of the court; to the formation, operation, powers, duties, and liability of a nonprofit corporation to be the recipient and disbursing agent for interest earned on client funds; and to liability of depository institutions. |
SB 253 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to regulation of private process servers; giving the secretary of state certain powers and duties; prescribing fees; defining offenses and providing penalties. |
SB 403 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to penalties under the Texas Controlled Substances Act for the offense of possession of marijuana. |
SB 404 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to penalties under the Texas Controlled Substances Act for the offense of possession of marijuana. |
SB 414 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to a grievance procedure for state employees. |
SB 415 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the Commission on Jail Standards. |
SB 450 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the provision of telecommunication devices for deaf, hearing impaired, and speech impaired individuals. |
SB 491 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to prevention of discrimination in employment, public accommodations, education, and real property transactions; providing penalties. |
SB 492 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to establishment and funding of a program to provide legal services for the indigent. |
SB 493 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the use of a certain name for facilities owned by the Texas Department of Corrections. |
SB 494 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to teacher salary deductions for dues for professional organizations. |
SB 495 |
Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to the regulation of the practice of acupuncture; providing penalties. |
SB 496 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to investments in businesses with interests in South Africa by public institutions of higher education. |
SB 497 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to certain school district property tax revenues to be used by a junior college district operated by the school district. |
SB 518 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the creation of and laws applicable to solar easements; requiring certain provisions in an instrument creating a solar easement; making certain provisions as to restrictions which would affect the use or installation of solar devices in other legal instruments. |
SB 519 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the repeal of Section 21.06, Penal Code. |
SB 520 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the appointment of guardians ad litem and attorneys ad litem in certain probate proceedings. |
SB 521 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the employment and compensation of court coordinators and administrative assistants by statutory probate courts. |
SB 522 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the authority of the personal representative of a descedent to institute proceedings to determine heirship. |
SB 523 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to the liability of certain personal representatives for attorney's fees. |
SB 524 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the management of property recovered in a suit by the next friend of an incapacitated person. |
SB 525 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to providing notice to heirs and beneficiaries concerning final settlements in probate proceedings. |
SB 526 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the distribution of small estates on affidavit. |
SB 527 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to compliance with a will admitted to probate as a muniment of title. |
SB 528 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the statewide assignment, terms, jurisdiction, powers, duties, and compensation of judges of the statutory probate courts. |
SB 529 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to a substantive revision of the laws concerning creation, consolidation, and abolition of school districts. |
SB 560 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to the display and sale of unpackaged food; providing a penalty. |
SB 561 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the exceptions from the law regulating registered professional nursing. |
SB 562 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation and administration of a jobs assistance program and to franchise tax credits for participating employers. |
SB 563 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of courts in certain counties to participate in the supervision and administration of probation offices. |
SB 564 |
Last Action: Placed on daily Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to the inheritance rights of an illegitimate child who has been equitably adopted. |
SB 565 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to certification of court reporters, deputy court reporters, and persons who engage in the practice of shorthand reporting in courts of this state, to the creation, membership, terms, qualifications, and powers and duties of the Court Reporters Certification Board, and to the powers and duties of the supreme court relating to the certifications of court reporters. |
SB 566 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Economic Development Caption: Relating to the regulation of credit unions; providing penalties. |
SB 573 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation of the fair employment division of the Texas Employment Commission. |
SB 591 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to civil service for certain firemen and policemen. |
SB 592 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the minimum wage. |
SB 593 |
Last Action: Testimony taken Caption: Relating to the use, allocation, and distribution of revenue from the state hotel occupancy tax. |
SB 598 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to investments in businesses with interests in South Africa by public institutions of higher education. |
SB 646 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the contents of an appellate record in a criminal case. |
SB 719 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the assignment of judges by the presiding judges of administrative judicial districts. |
SB 723 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to incentive pay for certain peace officers. |
SB 742 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to disclosure in a criminal case of a confidential communication to a clergyman. |
SB 743 |
Last Action: Testimony taken Caption: Relating to partial public financing for political campaigns. |
SB 745 |
Last Action: Testimony taken Caption: Relating to credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for certain municipal service. |
SB 809 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to admission of certain students to the Texas School for the Deaf and to certain powers and duties of the governing board of the Texas School for the Deaf and the State Board of Education. |
SB 937 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the offense of receiving or expending funds obtained in violation of the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
SB 938 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to transfer of Roberson Stadium from the University of Houston to Texas Southern University. |
SB 939 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to a requirement that employees of a jail or prison and employees of a mental institution or community center take annual psychological examinations. |
SB 940 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to establishing the limit on the amount of state funds that may be paid for assistance grants to or on behalf of needy dependent children and their caretakers. |
SB 941 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of a state lottery; providing penalties. |
SB 944 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the offense of public intoxication. |
SB 1028 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to civil penalties for certain practices that are deceptive or that violate an injunction or restraining order. |
SB 1065 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to revision of the criminal laws relating to the offenses of rape, aggravated rape, rape of a child, sexual abuse, aggravated sexual abuse, and sexual abuse of a child; redefining those offenses as assaultive offenses; and revising the elements of and penalties for those offenses. |
SB 1066 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Law Enforcement Caption: Relating to good conduct time earned by a prisoner and to department procedures for the restoration of good conduct time and to certain powers and duties of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. |
SB 1067 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to prohibited investments for funds of the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
SB 1068 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the punishment for habitual felony offenders. |
SB 1069 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to procedure in a habitual criminal case. |
SB 1070 |
Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to the imposition of fees as a condition of probation. |
SB 1114 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to certain actions against licensed insurers and insurance agents under the Deceptive Trade Practices Acts. |
SB 1115 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to prohibited investments for funds of the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
SB 1116 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the punishment for habitual felony offenders. |
SB 1117 |
Last Action: Read second time & passed to engrossment Caption: Relating to water quality control regulations. |
SB 1118 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to use of prior convictions for enhancement purposes. |
SB 1119 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to preservation of the view of the State Capitol and to a private right of action for injunctive relief for a violation. |
SB 1120 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the prosecution of offenses committed by inmates of the department of corrections. |
SB 1189 |
Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to the right of the state to appeal in a criminal case. |
SB 1196 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the creation and administration of a job-training program for prisoners incarcerated in the Texas Department of Corrections, to the establishment, membership, and powers and duties of the Interagency Council on Prisoner Job Training, and to certain duties of the warden and of the director of the Texas Department of Corrections. |
SB 1197 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on County Affairs Caption: Relating to appointments to the board of hospital managers of certain hospital districts. |
SB 1246 |
Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to revision of certain criminal offenses involving injury to or violation of the rights, privileges, or immunities of a prisoner; defining the terms "law enforcement officer" and "in custody" for purposes of those offenses. |
SB 1247 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the elements of an offense involving injury to or violation of the rights of a prisoner, and defining "in custody" for purposes of those offenses. |
SB 1248 |
Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to a disqualification for being licensed as a peace officer, jailer or guard of a county jail, or a reserve law enforcement officer. |
SB 1266 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to the election of county school trustees and members of county boards of education. |
SB 1374 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the legislative service qualifications for taking the examination for a license to practice law. |
SCR 36 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Urging school districts to join the state in increasing teacher salaries. |
SCR 75 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Requesting Congress to submit again an equal rights amendment to the states. |
SCR 106 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Directing the Texas Commission on Jail Standards to conduct a general survey of the conditions of the municipal jails. |
SJR 23 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to permitting the state to conduct a lottery. |
SJR 25 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for representation of the District of Columbia in the United States Congress. |
SR 612 | Caption: Urging the Texas Historical Commission to recommend Houston's fourth ward for listing in National Register of Historic Places. |
SR 691 | Caption: Creating an interim committee to study practice and licensing of acupuncturists. |
68th 1st Called Session | |
SB 9 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to appropriations for the construction of permanent improvements at Texas Southern University and limiting amount to be spent on renovation of Adams Hall. |
SR 8 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Albert J. Mauzy. |
68th 2nd Called Session | |
SB 28 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Relating to a supplemental appropriation to the Texas Commission on Human Rights. |
SB 29 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Relating to supplemental appropriations to the Texas Department of Human Resources to maintain current staff levels for determining income assistance eligibility and for assistance payments under Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. |
SR 74 | Caption: In memory of Betti Rose NcNamara Driscoll. |
SR 212 | Caption: In memory of Mrs. Patty Buch. |
67th Regular Session | |
HB 192 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to pilot programs and services for deaf-blind multihandicapped individuals. |
HB 193 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to a program for the placement of telecommunication devices for the deaf in state agencies. |
HB 194 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the provision of services for the deaf. |
HB 195 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to outdoor training programs for deaf students. |
HB 277 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to a supplemental appropriation to the Governors' Committee on Aging to help fund Area Agencies on Aging programs. |
HB 605 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Employment Practices Caption: Relating to employment benefits for state employees working outside this state. |
HB 606 |
Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to the ballot designation of an incumbent judge. |
HB 607 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to a filing fee and petition requirements for candidates for certain judicial offices who are applying for a place on the primary election ballot. |
HB 649 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the name, membership, and duration of the Prosecutor Council, which replaces the Texas Prosecutors Coordinating Council, the suspension or removal of a prosecuting attorney, and for a prosecuting attorney pro tempore. |
HB 768 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to jurisdiction of the public utility commission over electric utility rates, operations, and services. |
HB 784 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to sheriff's department civil service system in certain counties. |
HB 915 |
Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to regulation, licensing and taxing of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering, pref. bill no. 146. |
HB 916 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the Commission on Jail Standards. |
HB 944 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the release of a prisoner to mandatory supervision. |
HB 945 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee with no recommendation Caption: Relating to the exemption from property taxation of property of certain nonprofit corporations providing housing for persons with low incomes. |
HB 946 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to certification of social work practitioners. |
HB 1058 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the provision of primary health care and preventive care by Advanced Nurse Practitioners acting under protocols and providing for joint rule-making by the Board of Medical Examiners and Board of Nurse Examiners. |
HB 1059 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Government Organization Caption: Relating to continuation of the Board of Nurse Examiners and regulation of professional nursing. |
HB 1111 |
Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to the authority of the Board of Pardons and Parole. |
HB 1112 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Department on Aging. |
HB 1113 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the funding, establishment and operation of multipurpose service centers for displaced homemakers. |
HB 1114 |
Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the profession of physical therapy; requiring licensure of physical therapists; establishing a Board of Physical Therapy Examiners; establishing educational and training requirements for physical therapists. |
HB 1115 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of a grievance procedure for police officers in certain cities. |
HB 1116 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee with substitute Caption: Relating to application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate as a motor carrier. |
HB 1117 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of a Planning Commission for the House of Representatives District 86. |
HB 1199 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to regulation of carbon dioxide pipelines as common carriers. |
HB 1200 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to creation of solar easements. |
HB 1201 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information derived from the administration and collection of certain taxes. |
HB 1469 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to manufacturers and distributors of beer. |
HB 1470 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the funding of services and shelter centers for victims of family violence and to the funding, establishment and operation of multipurpose service centers for displaced homemakers. |
HB 1659 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to certain responsibilities of an owner of a common carrier pipeline beneath real property on which improvements are planned. |
HB 1660 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the creation of nine judicial districts composed of Harris County. |
HB 1798 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the application of the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act to certain business entities. |
HB 1983 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Economic Development Caption: Relating to the requirement of a certificate of authority for certain insurance associations. |
HB 1984 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the creation of offenses for unlawfully teaching the use of a weapon, unlawfully assembling with a weapon, or unlawfully carrying a weapon at a procession. |
HB 1985 |
Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to the powers of a corporation engaged in the business of transporting carbon dioxide. |
HB 1987 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to supplemental compensation of justices of the courts of appeals by the counties. |
HB 1988 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Granting commissioners courts authority to create alternative systems for resolution of civil disputes. |
HB 1989 |
Last Action: House conferees appointed Caption: Relating to the charge of a student health service fee to students of component institutions within the University of Houston system. |
HB 1990 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to prosecution by the attorney general of the offense of violation of the civil rights of a prisoner. |
HB 1991 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the compensation of the judges of the district courts in certain counties. |
HB 1992 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to certain cities, towns and villages; providing for the dissolution of certain conservation and reclamation districts; containing provisions relating to taxation; containing findings and other provisions relating to the subject. |
HB 2162 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to an exemption of supplies used in the care and treatment of diabetics from the sales and use tax. |
HB 2242 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the name of the John H. Reagan State Office Building. |
HCR 111 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Creating a special interim committee to study state services for persons with diabetes. |
HCR 207 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Memorializing Congress to provide tax deduction for adoption fees and costs. |
HCR 208 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting Department of Human Resources to study feasibility to respite care for families under stress. |
HCR 209 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Directing the Department of Human Resources to monitor closely hard-to-place children in its care. |
HCR 210 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Directing Department of Human Resources to continue full assistance to private adoption agencies. |
HJR 62 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide by law for assistance grant, medical care, and services to needy persons. |
HJR 100 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize refinancing of a residential homestead. |
HR 12 | Caption: Relating to the use of ballots in the election procedure of the Speaker. |
HR 13 | Caption: Relating to the Election Contest Committee. |
HR 31 | Caption: Congratulating Representative El Franco Lee. |
HR 67 | Caption: Welcoming the delegation of Nigerian legislative staff members. |
HR 73 | Caption: Relating to seniority of Representative Alan L. Schoolcraft. |
HR 175 | Caption: Congratulating James R. Reynolds. |
HR 277 | Caption: Commending the staff of the Speaker of the House. |
HR 278 | Caption: Honoring Speaker Bill Clayton, and designating May 18, 1981, as Speaker's Day. |
HR 332 | Caption: Congratulating Alice Clemmons. |
HR 333 | Caption: Congratulating Karen Donatto. |
HR 334 | Caption: Congratulating Tanya Fields. |
HR 335 | Caption: Congratulating Barbara J. Dugas. |
HR 336 | Caption: Congratulating Junia Johns. |
HR 337 | Caption: Congratulating Lisa Johnson. |
HR 338 | Caption: Congratulating Lucella Carter. |
HR 339 | Caption: Congratulating Harriet Roberts. |
HR 340 | Caption: Congratulating La Tanya Branch. |
HR 359 | Caption: Congratulating the University of Houston basketball team. |
HR 375 | Caption: Expressing appreciation for the Holy Bible presented to the House of Representatives by Speaker Clayton. |
67th 1st Called Session | |
HB 13 |
Last Action: Posting rule suspended Caption: Relating to apportionment of the state into congressional districts. |
HB 127 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to authorization for county governments in all counties of 500,000 inhabitants or more to establish alternative systems for resolution of disputes; to charge and collect costs in all civil cases for the administration of such system; and to administer or contract for the administration of such systems so established. |
66th Regular Session | |
HB 61 |
Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to the discharge of persons committed to the Texas Youth Council. |
HB 62 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the organization and duties of State Commission for the Deaf. |
HB 601 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Human Services Caption: Relating to preschool screening of children for visual handicaps. |
HB 602 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the location of the headquarters of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. |
HB 1111 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to a sheriff's department civil service system in certain counties. |
HB 1112 |
Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to jurisdiction of the Commission on Jail Standards. |
HB 1120 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the right of an accused to an examining trial. |
HB 1123 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to granting the power of eminent domain to the Texas Southern University Board of Regents. |
HB 1124 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Repealing the statute which authorizes the State Comptroller of Public Accounts to hold a conference for County Tax Assessor-Collectors and to pay for the travel expenses of local officials to the conference. |
HB 1233 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to retirement credit for service on domestic relations courts and special juvenile courts for judges of certain district courts and appellate courts. |
HB 1305 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to attending rehabilitation programs as a condition of probation for persons convicted of driving while intoxicated. |
HB 1380 |
Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on State Bar & Good Neighbor Com. Caption: Relating to the regulation of lawyers by the Supreme Court and the Board of Law Examiners. |
HB 1399 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the duties, in criminal cases, of the clerks of the District and County Courts. |
HB 1844 |
Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in public hearing Caption: Relating to creation of the 275th, 276th, 277th, 278th, 331st, and 332nd Judicial Districts, each composed of Harris County. |
HB 2119 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Security and Sanctions Caption: Relating to parole commissioners. |
HB 2120 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to instruction in American Sign Language in public schools and institutions of higher education. |
HB 2121 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the establishment of a pilot program to identify infants at high risk of having impaired hearing. |
HB 2135 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to private outdoor training programs for deaf students, their teachers and parents. |
HB 2136 |
Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to education of deaf persons. |
HB 2172 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to county purchases and the keeping of county inventories in Harris County. |
HB 2195 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the designation of Prairie View A&M University as a special purpose statewide institution of higher education for low income and culturally distinct individuals; and declaring an emergency. |
HB 2198 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the creation of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 10 of Harris County: defining the court; fixing terms; providing for the appointment and election; term of office; qualifications and compensation of the judge; providing for exchange of benches and judges; providing the duties of officers of the court and necessary personnel; making other provisions relative to the court; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. |
HB 2254 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to access to the criminal record or history of a client or an applicant for services by the Texas Rehabilitation Commission. |
HCR 32 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Granting Thomas, Richardson, Runden and Company, Inc., permission to sue the state. |
HCR 167 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commendig the Honorable Barbara Jordan on the occasion of her retirement from Congress. |
HCR 198 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration Caption: Granting Paul Anthony Powell permission to sue the state. |
HR 105 | Caption: In memory of Milton Waghalter, Assistant Doorkeeper of the House. |
HR 111 | Caption: Creating an interim committee to study the establishment of a job training program involving Department of Corrections and private industry. |
HR 117 | Caption: Commending J.B. Fuqua. |
HR 183 | Caption: In memory of Linda Britton. |
HR 186 | Caption: Commending Larry Quincy Evans. |
65th Regular Session | |
HB 118 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to service requirements for retirement benefits under the Judicial Retirement System of Texas. |
HB 119 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the selection of a grand jury and to procedures before a grand jury. |
HB 120 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the possession of marijuana; providing penalties. |
HB 121 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the number of peremptory challenges in criminal cases. |
HB 122 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the time for the examining trial and for the grand juror inquiry into an offense. |
HB 153 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Abolishing the offense of deviate sexual intercourse with a person of the same sex. |
HB 186 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Decreasing the rate of the Limited Sales, Excise and Use Tax to three percent; exempting from the decrease certain items contracted or bid for before the effective date. |
HB 187 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the selection of jurors. |
HB 188 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the creation and composition of the University of Houston System; vesting authority in the Board of Regents of the University of Houston System. |
HB 490 |
Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the depositions of certain hospital districts. |
HB 597 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee unfavorably Caption: Prohibiting the sale of certain items on both the consecutive days of Saturday and Sundays. |
HB 795 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the registration, powers, duties, and liabilities of civil process servers; providing penalties. |
HB 904 |
Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to certain murders by peace officers and by employees of penal institutions constituting capital murder. |
HB 924 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the commitment of a mentally retarded child who has been accused of delinquent conduct indicating a need for supervision. |
HB 1055 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation, jurisdiction, administration, and procedures of four new county civil courts at law for Harris County; making other provisions relative to the courts. |
HB 1056 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation, jurisdiction, administration, and procedures of six new county criminal courts at law for Harris County; making other provisions relative to the courts. |
HB 1057 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation, jurisdiction, administration, procedures, and terms of eight new Harris County Courts of Domestic Relations and making other provisions relative to courts of domestic relations in Harris County. |
HB 1058 |
Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Judicial Districts Caption: Relating to the creation of eight new judicial districts, each composed of the County of Harris. |
HB 1059 |
Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Judicial Districts Caption: Relating to the creation of 12 judicial districts, each composed of the County of Harris. |
HB 1149 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to eligibility for misdemeanor probation. |
HB 1153 |
Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the state minimum wage. |
HB 1389 |
Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to venue for judicial review of administrative decisions. |
HB 1390 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to interference with physician-patient relationships and prohibiting restrictions on the use of certain prescribed drugs. |
HB 1391 |
Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the release of certain arrested persons on signing a written notice to appear in court. |
HB 1392 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to the payment of compensation to petit jurors in criminal cases. |
HB 1500 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to an allowance in lieu of a homestead in a decendent's estate. |
HB 1501 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to preference given payment of funeral and last sickness expenses from funds in a decedent's estate. |
HB 1502 |
Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to jurisdiction of a court with original probate jurisdiction. |
HB 1558 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the duties of the presiding judge of municipal courts of record in any city with population of more than One Million Two Hundred Thousand, as determined by the last preceding federal census. |
HB 2025 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to eligibility for participation in the Texas County and District Retirement System of a person receiving supplemental compensation from county. |
HB 2026 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the use of an inside lane on certain divided highways. |
HB 2027 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to renaming the John H. Reagan State Office Building as the Hawkins Menefee State Office Building and requiring construction of a pedestrian tunnel. |
HB 2029 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee unfavorably Caption: Relating to the Saturday-Sunday closing law. |
HB 2030 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the dissemination of information and records to an agency known as Interpol; adding a new Article to the Penal Code. |
HB 2031 |
Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the organization and duties of the State Commission for the Deaf. |
HCR 41 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Rules Caption: In memory of Dr. Walter A. Quebedeaux, Jr. |
HCR 45 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Representative G. J. Sutton. |
HJR 30 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Texas Constitution to change the name of the court of Criminal Appeals to the Supreme Court of Criminal Appeals and to prescribe its jurisdiction and writ authority, and to provide for Intermediate Courts of Criminal Appeals. |
HJR 31 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Texas Constitution to increase the membership of the Court of Criminal Appeals with authority to sit in sections. |
HR 62 | Caption: Relating to requesting that Harris County Rehabilitation Center be transferred to Texas Department of Corrections. |
HR 96 | Caption: Relating to requesting Social Services Committee to study screening program in public schools for early detection of hearing and visual impairment. |
HR 97 | Caption: Relating to requesting Social Services Committee to study impact of parental involvement in agencies providing services for children. |
HR 98 | Caption: Relating to requesting Social Services Committee to study services available to the multi-handicapped. |
HR 99 | Caption: Relating to requesting Social Services Committee to study the problems within the Texas Department of Corrections. |
HR 117 | Caption: Relating to requesting the Committee on Health and Welfare to study nursing home conditions in Texas. |
HR 162 | Caption: Commending James R. Reynolds and staff of House Legislative Division. |
65th 2nd Called Session | |
HJR 35 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Caption: Amending the constitution to allow all state senior colleges and universities and professional school to participate in certain benefits of the permanent university fund; and repealing the 10-cent state ad valorem tax for higher education. |
64th Regular Session | |
HB 309 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the selection of grand juries. |
HB 310 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the payment of fees to jurors. |
HB 311 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the right of a person under investigation by the grand jury to appear before the grand jury. |
HB 312 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to photographs of lineups and similar identification proceedings; providing that such photographs are admissible in criminal prosecutions. |
HB 313 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the election of members of the board of trustees for certain school districts from single-member trustee districts. |
HB 314 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the election of members of the board of trustees for certain school districts from single-member trustee districts. |
HB 315 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the election of members of the governing bodies of certain cities. |
HB 316 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to residence for voting purposes; relating to the residence of persons in military service and the residence of persons in military service and the residence of students. |
HB 757 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the election of a foreman by the grand jury. |
HB 758 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the terms of court of the 208th and 209th District Courts. |
HB 759 |
Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Abolishing the offense of deviate sexual intercourse with a person of the same sex. |
HB 760 |
Last Action: Reported from committee with substitute Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, and powers and duties of the Office of Legal Representative for Inmates of the Texas Youth Council. |
HB 761 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to rights of certain public employees and to the creation of a state employer-employee relations board, its duties and powers; repealing all laws in conflict. |
HB 762 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation, organization, powers, duties, and procedures of the State Ethics Commission. |
HB 794 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the selection of jurors. |
HB 895 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the possession of marijuana; providing penalties. |
HB 1063 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to the election of members of the board of trustees of certain school districts from single-member trustee districts. |
HB 1064 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the election of members of the governing bodies of certain cities. |
HB 1107 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the election of the judges of the County Civil Courts at Law of Harris County and the judges of the County Criminal Courts at Law of Harris County by the voters of an electoral district within Harris County. |
HB 1265 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to certain assaults and the penalty for certain assaults. |
HB 1266 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Providing for venue in the sale of real estate of a minor without guardianship and further providing that such application shall be under oath. |
HB 1267 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Amending Section 147 of the Texas Probate Code relating to the time an independent executor must plead a suit brought against him. |
HB 1268 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Amending Section 89 of the Texas Probate Code and providing that the court may require an inventory where a will is probated as Muniment of Title only. |
HB 1269 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Providing for appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals in Temporary and Indefinite Commitments; and providing for discretion by the Court in releasing the proposed patient pending appeal. |
HB 1270 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to claims against estates of wards. |
HB 1271 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the sale of real estate by the personal representative. |
HB 1272 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the duty and responsibility of county and probate judges. |
HB 1282 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to court approval of previous expenditures and eliminating the limitation thereon. |
HB 1283 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Energy and Natural Resources Institute at the University of Houston and the acquisition and disposition of land and the development of new institutions, branches, and operations by the board. |
HB 1401 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the time for the examining trail and for the grand jury inquiry into an offense. |
HB 1402 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Appropriations Caption: To supplement the appropriation to the University of Houston System for utilities for the year ending August 31, 1975, by the amount of $665,000 to pay additional costs of purchased utilities to the educational and general facilities of the system. |
HB 1403 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Human Resources Caption: Relating to fair employment practices; creating within the Department of Labor and Standards the Fair Employment Practices Commission and prescribing its powers, duties, and functions; providing penalties and other other sanctions. |
HB 1404 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the composition of certain judicial districts and the election of certain judges from single-judge electoral districts. |
HB 1511 |
Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain child care facilities and child placing agencies; establishing a Child Care Licensing Division in the State department of Public Welfare; authorizing certain advisory committees; providing for licensing or certification of certain child care facilities and child placing agencies; providing sanctions and penalties for certain violations of this Act. |
HB 1512 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the Board of Pardons and Paroles; creating a Parole Commission and an executive director of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. |
HB 1583 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the plea of nolo contendere. |
HB 1623 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to prevention of discrimination in employment, public accommodations, education, and real property transactions; providing remedies sanctions, and penalties. |
HB 1791 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to capital improvements and sites therefor in the Texas Medical Center in Houston for The Texas A&M University System in conjunction with Baylor College of Medicine to provide joint facilities for research and teaching the health professions; providing for the financing of same from general revenue and revenue bonds; authorizing the Board of Directors to accept grants and gifts; providing a severability clause. |
HB 2112 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the interception and use of wire or oral communications; relating to the registration, control, and use of interception devices by state agencies; providing penalties. |
HB 2113 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to subpoenas in criminal cases. |
HB 2114 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to joinder of certain offenses. |
HB 2115 |
Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Relating to the forfeiture of certain property under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
HB 2116 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation, duties, and authority of the Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. |
HB 2117 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the depositories of certain hospital districts. |
HB 2118 |
Last Action: Reported from committee with substitute Caption: Relating to a study of the regulation of groundwater withdrawal by the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority; providing an appropriation. |
HB 2119 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, and duties of a board to represent and provide legal counsel to prison inmates. |
HCR 85 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Granting permission to the Pope Company, Inc., to sue the state. |
HCR 117 |
Last Action: Ordered not printed after committee report Caption: Relating to a suit by Avery Washington, Jay E. Thomas, and Joyce Thomas against the Houston Independent School District. |
HCR 165 |
Last Action: Rules failed to suspend Caption: Relating to malpractice and strikes by the medical profession. |
HJR 60 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: Relating to increasing the number of members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. |
HJR 73 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: Relating to creating single-judge districts for the election of district judges in certain counties. |
HR 21 | Caption: Congratulating the Honorable and Mrs. Ben T. Reyes. |
HR 37 | Caption: Requesting the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence to study the need for revision of the code of Criminal Procedure. |
HR 38 | Caption: Requesting the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence to study the effectiveness of the new Texas Penal Code. |
HR 39 | Caption: Requesting the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence to study the need for modernization and management changes in the courts of the criminal justice system. |
HR 94 | Caption: Commending Alvin Ailey and the Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater. |
HR 116 | Caption: Relating to amending Subsection (B), Section 6, Rule XIX, rules of the House, regarding drawing of preferred bill numbers. |
HR 219 | Caption: Commending Fred Scott and his staff. |
HR 222 | Caption: Relating to malpractice and strikes by the medical profession. |
63rd Regular Session | |
HB 440 |
Last Action: Tabled Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, and powers and duties of the Office of Legal Representative for inmates of the Texas Youth Council; and declaring an emergency. |
HB 1097 |
Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Relating to residence for voting purposes; relating to the residence of persons in military service and the residence of students. |
HB 1395 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Labor Caption: Relating to incentive pay for certain Fire Fighters. |
HB 1396 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to partial distribution of the corpus or income of an estate, borrowing money by guardians of estates, and the sale of real property of an estate. |
HB 1397 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to enforcement of a demand on an independent executor for an accounting by an interested person. |
HB 1398 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the district court and to trial by jury in probate matters; making effectiveness of this Act contingent upon passage of a constitutional amendment. |
HB 1476 |
Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to the compensation to be paid from county funds to district judges serving in certain counties. |
HCR 156 |
Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to the adoption of Transcendental Meditation (TM) of the Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI) by the State. |
HJR 55 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment stating that the District Court concurrently with the County Court shall have the general jurisdiction of a Probate Court, and providing the jurisdiction thereof, and further providing that in any probate proceeding the District Court shall also have jurisdiction other wise conferred upon it by law, and further providing that the Legislature may increase, diminish or eliminate the jurisdiction of the District Court or the County Court in probate matters, and further providing that the Legislature shall have power to adopt rules governing the filing, distribution and transfer of all such cases and proceedings as between District Courts, County Courts, and other courts having jurisdiction thereof, and further providing that the Legislature may provide that all appeals in such matters shall be to the courts of (civil) appeals. |
HR 173 | Caption: Amending HSR 31 by extending the Prairie View Investigating Committee through the interim. |
HR 207 | Caption: Concerning the teaching of the Science of Creative Intelligence and the technique of Transcendental Meditation. |