Legislation authored by Ralph Wallace

Includes legislation with Ralph Wallace as the primary author for the 65th through 72nd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

72nd Regular Session
HB 2145	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the issuance of certain drivers licenses and to the operation of motorcycles without protective headgear.
HB 2549	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to costs of decommissioning nuclear plants.
HCR 56	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Declaring February 7, 1991, as Daughters of the Republic of Texas Centennial Day at the Capitol.
HCR 184	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Officer Sandra Ann Robbins of the South Houston Police Department.
HCR 211	Last Action: Referred to Environmental Affairs Caption: Requesting Parks and Wildlife Department to exempt the San Jacinto Battleground State Park and the Washington-on-the-Brazos Historical Park from entrance fees.
HCR 212	Last Action: Filed without the Governor's signature Caption: Requesting President Salinas de Gortari to return or loan to the State of Texas the Alamo Flag as a gesture of goodwill.
HR 143	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Requesting the City of Houston, the Houston City Council, and the Department of Aviation not to impose an airport access tax.
HR 860	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Steve Kochak.
HR 861	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Harper "Boogie" Rice.
72nd 1st Called Session
HB 194	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the composition, terms of office, and duties of the Texas Commission on the Arts.
HB 220	Last Action: Meeting cancelled Caption: Relating to authorizing the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to negotiate an agreement with the appropriate authorities in Mexico for the exchange of certain Alamo and San Jacinto battle flags.
HB 223	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to dedicating $500,000 of the hotel occupancy tax each year for the next two years to fund the Lower Rio Grande Heritage Project.
72nd 2nd Called Session
HB 45	Last Action: Scheduled for formal meeting on . . . . Caption: Relating to the composition, terms of office, and duties of the Texas Commission on the Arts.
HB 96	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the sale of cigarette rolling papers to minors.
71st Regular Session
HB 1283	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to a prohibition on certain activities of former state officers or employees; providing a penalty.
HB 1284	Last Action: Reported from s/c favorably w/sub. Caption: Relating to eliminating the application of sales and use taxes to the repair, restoration, remodeling, or modification of real property.
HB 1285	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to the creation, maintenance, preservation, microfilming, destruction, and other disposition of, and access to, governmental records; providing penalties.
HB 1286	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to exemption from tuition and fees for commissioned officers of the Department of Public Safety enrolled in certain classes at an institution of higher education.
HB 1471	Last Action: Referred to Liquor Regulation Caption: Relating to a warning on the label of certain alcoholic beverages.
HB 2428	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to costs of disposing of nuclear waste and decommissioning nuclear plants.
HB 2429	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to establishing a beach and bay shore preservation and restoration fund for dredging fees; disposal of dredged materials, retained discharge site easements; coastal zone management; preservation...
HB 2430	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the public's right of access to beaches and to the protection and restoration of beaches after a storm; providing a civil penalty.
HB 2431	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to refunds of money deposited in nonfunctioning vending machines; providing a criminal penalty.
HB 2432	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of a commission to coordinate the celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of Sam Houston.
HB 2433	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to identification of bank facilities.
HB 2434	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the creation of criminal penalties for certain offenses concerning human burials and to the jurisdiction over and disposition of certain human burials and associated human remains or burial objects.
HB 2881	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to public utilities refunding amounts collected based on taxes not paid.
HB 2882	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to electric utilities having excess capacity.
HCR 49	Last Action: Referred to Financial Institutions Caption: Memorializing Congress to reject any tax on bank or thrift deposits.
HCR 93	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Declaring March 4, 1989 as a day for a Texas Homecoming.
HR 350	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Linda N. White, R.N.
HR 833	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring William Crawford Jinks.
71st 1st Called Session
HR 106	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Fall Trade Mission of the Texas Gulf Coast World Trade Association.
70th Regular Session
HB 1697	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the uses of local hotel occupancy tax revenue.
HB 2054	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the sale of souvenirs bearing the Great Seal of Texas.
HB 2055	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to changing the name of the Texas Tourist Development Agency to the Texas Tourist Development Commission.
HB 2056	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the conditions, requirements, practices, and procedures governing oil, gas, other materials, antiquities, and certain other natural resources.
HB 2057	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of travel agents and travel agencies; providing a penalty.
HB 2058	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the ownership, conservation, and disposition of property lent to museums.
HB 2059	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the provision of day-care services to state officers and employees who work in the capitol complex area.
HB 2060	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to an official state coin.
HB 2061	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to prohibiting the manufacture or sale of beverage cans with detachable openers; providing penalties.
HB 2062	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to airport law enforcement officers commissioned as peace officers.
HB 2063	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to establishing a beach and bay shore preservation and restoration fund for dredging fees and to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operations, financing, and organization of beach and bay shore preservation and restoration districts; authorizing the issuance of bonds and the levy of taxes; making an appropriation.
HB 2064	Last Action: Left as pending business in comm. Caption: Relating to the exemption from tuition and fees for peace officers enrolled in certain degree programs at an institution of higher education.
HB 2065	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the rental of three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles.
HB 2066	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the enhancement of punishment for certain offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act if the defendant possesses an automatic trap at the time and location of the defendant's arrest.
HB 2067	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the enhancement of punishment for certain offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act if the defendant possessed certain weapons at the time of his arrest.
HB 2068	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to certain temporary speed restrictions.
HB 2073	Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to the allocation and use of revenue from the state hotel occupancy tax.
HB 2499	Last Action: Recalled from subcommittee Caption: Amending the Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities Act, as amended (Article 1118x, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), relating to the removal of any member of the board, to voter petition for referendum elections, and providing for the establishment of a Citizens' Advisory Board.
HCR 17	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting the State of Texas to take all necessary actions to facilitate the successful hosting of the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
HR 62	Caption: Commending Donna Tuttle, Under Secretary of the United State Travel and Tourism Administration and the men and women of the Texas tourism industry.
HR 551	Caption: Honoring James B. Adams, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
HR 552	Caption: Honoring Dr. William Spencer.
HR 617	Caption: Commending John M. Arrington on his outstanding accomplishments and many contributions to the citizens of this state.
HR 627	Caption: Commending John M. Arrington on his outstanding accomplishments and many contributions to the citizens of this state.
HR 701	Caption: Applauding the presentation by Houston Grand Opera of NIXON IN CHINA.
HR 780	Caption: Extending an official welcome to legislative visitors from Australia.
69th Regular Session
HB 760	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the prohibition of manufacturing or selling certain beverage cans with detachable openers; providing penalties.
HB 761	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to elimination of the requirement of a license plate on the front of a motor vehicle.
HB 840	Last Action: Companion considered in lieu of Caption: Relating to the issuance of bonds, including the issuance of bonds in book-entry form, by or on behalf of governmental entities.
HB 940	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the costs of a trial or appeal of an indigent defendant charged with an offense committed in the scope of the defendant's employment.
HB 944	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the selection of delegates to national presidential nominating conventions; providing a penalty.
HB 1261	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the creation of cultural education facilities finance corporations.
HB 1281	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to a documentary fee for services and costs related to transactions involving certain vehicles.
HB 1501	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to motorboat registration fees and to the disposition and use of those fees in certain counties.
HB 1502	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the enhancement of the punishment for an offense under the Texas Controlled Substances Act if the person committing the offense possesses a handgun or prohibited weapon at the time of committing the offense.
HB 1503	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the exemption from tuition and fees for peace officers enrolled in certain degree programs at an institution of higher education.
HB 1504	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to firemen's relief and retirement systems in certain cities; amending Sections 4, 6, 7, and 11 of Chapter 432, Acts of the 64th Legislature, Regular Session, 1975 as amended (Sections 4, 6, 7, and 11 of Article 6243e.2, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes), and adding a new Section 6A; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1505	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and trailer or semi-trailer combination on a public highway.
HB 1719	Last Action: Referred to Environmental Affairs Caption: Relating to a nonbinding referendum on the question of locating a federal high-level nuclear waste disposal facility in this state.
HB 1720	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the operation of certain financial institutions.
HB 1721	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the protection of beaches and dunes, and to the public's right of access to beaches.
HB 1734	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to municipal employee pension systems in cities of 1,500,000 or more; correcting certain drafting errors in Sections 3(a) and 3(b) of the Act; increasing the size of the Board; providing an adjustment for the cost-of-living; providing for benefits to widows of certain categories of vested employees who die before reaching the age of pension entitlement; limiting the age at which a dependent child receives benefits; authorizing the withdrawal of certain employees from the fund; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1872	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the promotion of the music industry in this state.
HB 1925	Last Action: Referred to Financial Institutions Caption: Amending Chapter 15 of Subtitle 3, of Title 79, Texas Revised Civil Statutes, relating to fees on open end accounts, and declaring an emergency.
HB 1998	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the development and implementation of a program to use official highway signs to provide information to travelers regarding specific businesses.
HB 2019	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in s/c Caption: Relating to the rate and use of the city hotel occupancy tax.
HB 2020	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission, the creation of a sesquicentennial fund, and to county sesquicentennial committees.
HB 2096	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authorization of the State Preservation Board to provide for the offering of Sesquicentennial Commemorative products in the Capitol.
HB 2242	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to issuance of a license to carry a handgun and to a criminal offense for unlawfully carrying or possessing handguns and other firearms; providing a penalty.
HB 2243	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in s/c Caption: Relating to the imposition, administration, collection, civil and criminal enforcement of, and the allocation of the revenue from, a sales and use tax on handguns.
HB 2244	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the imposition, rate, administration, collection, and civil and criminal enforcement of a tax on manufacturers and importers of certain beverage cans having detachable openers.
HB 2245	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to donations accepted on behalf of the state by the sesquicentennial commission or the State Preservation Board.
HB 2246	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the manufacture and importation of and safety standards for portable gasoline cans and to the administration, collection, and enforcement of a stamp tax on approved cans; providing penalties.
HB 2420	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to special license plates for persons who are honorary consuls.
HCR 129	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Requesting Congress to make available funds for compensation of victims of the wartime relocation and internment of civilians.
HCR 184	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Authorizing placement of a sesquicentennial marker on the grounds of the Capitol.
HCR 247	Last Action: Referred to Cultural & His. Resources Caption: Recognizing R.T. Texadillo as the Official Mascot of the Texas Sesquicentennial.
HR 46	Caption: Honoring Representative Larry Don Shaw on his birthday.
HR 347	Caption: Honoring Representative Daniel C. Morales on his birthday.
69th 3rd Called Session
HB 41	Last Action: Effective in 90 Days-12/30/86 Caption: Relating to the collection of money due to the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission.
HB 42	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the sale of Texas souvenirs in the Capitol.
HB 43	Last Action: Effective in 90 Days-12/30/86 Caption: Relating to the sale of Texas souvenirs.
68th Regular Session
HB 1004	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the protection of employees who testify before a legislative committee; providing a penalty.
HB 1798	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of and punishment for using or exhibiting a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony offense.
HB 1799	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee with substitute Caption: Relating to the use, allocation, and distribution of revenue from the state hotel occupancy tax.
HB 1800	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to restricting the processing, storing, and disposing of Class I industrial solid waste and hazardous waste; providing penalties.
HB 1801	Last Action: Placed on daily General State Calendar Caption: Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for nonprofit agencies promoting conventions or tourism on behalf of a city or county.
HB 1802	Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the Bank of Texas.
HB 1803	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the residency requirement for appointment to office in certain cities.
HB 1804	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the hours in a workweek for firemen in certain cities.
HB 1805	Last Action: See remarks Caption: Relating to transfer of a service station franchise.
HB 1806	Last Action: See remarks Caption: Relating to the prohibition of manufacturing or selling certain beverage cans with detachable openers.
HB 1807	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Transportation Caption: Relating to elimination of the requirement of a license plate on the front of certain motor vehicles.
HB 1808	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Relating to issuance of certificates to corporations to act as variable annuity agents.
HB 2079	Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the electronic transfer of funds from the accounts of customers at certain financial insitutions to the accounts of merchants at the same or different financial institution; providing for compliance; and declaring an emergency.
HCR 88	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting President Ronald Reagan to request the Environmental Protection Agency to expedite the release of planned removal funding for the clean-up of the Fuhrmann Energy hazardous-waste site in Houston.
HCR 236	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Directing the Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority to purchase buses manufactured in this state.
HCR 241	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating May 29, 1983, as Texas Crawfish Day.
67th Regular Session
HB 37	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the offense of organized criminal activity.
HB 38	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the offense of disseminating harmful material to minors.
HB 39	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to allowing a landlord to void a lease if the property is used for obscene purposes.
HB 40	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to prohibiting the display of material harmful to minors in places frequented by minors.
HB 283	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Security and Sanctions Caption: Relating to sexual offense arrest and final conviction investigations of persons employed to work with children.
HB 660	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to prohibition of manufacturing or selling certain beverage cans with detachable openers.
HB 661	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the duty of a gasoline retailer to keep a gasoline container available for use by stranded motorists.
HB 662	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the duty of a gasoline retailer to keep highway maps available for public inspection.
HB 1210	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the issuance of gold sesquicentennial commemorative medals.
HB 1246	Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and to civil and criminal procedures in those cases.
HB 1280	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the composition and election of members of the public utility commission.
HB 1317	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to a utility's construction in progress as a factor in determining its rate base.
HB 1607	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to facilities for shelter and care for a child who has run away from home.
HB 1608	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Caption: Relating to the taking of possession of a child for the child's protection.
HB 1609	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the seizure and destruction of obscene materials.
HB 1610	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to punishment for repeat offenders of sexual crimes involving children.
HB 1611	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to a treatment program for sexually abused children.
HB 1612	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to search warrants for juveniles under certain circumstances.
HB 2243	Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the limitation of charges on a residential mortgage loan.
HB 2244	Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to investment of funds of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
HCR 20	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Declaring Earl Campbell a state hero.
HCR 96	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending Marshal T. R. Coney.
67th 3rd Called Session
HB 5	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to a utility's construction in progress as a factor in determining its rate base.
HB 6	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the composition and election of members of the public utility commission.
66th Regular Session
HB 1113	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Providing means whereby a voter may express his lack of confidence in any of the candidates for certain offices in certain elections.
HB 1339	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the elimination of the requirement of license plate on the front of a motor vehicle.
HB 1615	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the prohibition of manufacturing or selling certain beverage cans with detachable openers; providing penalties.
HB 1741	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the definition of obscene and to the elements of and penalties for the offense of obscenity.
HB 1742	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to a sexual performance by a child.
HB 1743	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to the offense of disseminating harmful material to a minor.
HB 1744	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Prohibiting the display of material harmful to minors in places frequented by minors.
HB 1745	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the offense of capital murder.
HB 1746	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to sexual offense arrest and final conviction investigations of persons employed to work with children; providing a penalty.
HB 1747	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the testimony of certain child witnesses in prosecutions for certain sex offenses.
HB 1748	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the offense of organized criminal activity.
HB 1749	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Human Resources to obtain criminal records and criminal reports of a person who applies for or holds a license issued by the department.
HB 1750	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to search warrants for juveniles under certain circumstances.
HB 1751	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the seizure and destruction of obscene materials.
HB 1752	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the offense of harboring or concealing a runaway child.
HB 1753	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the punishment for repeat offenders of sexual crimes involving children.
HB 1754	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to sexual contact with a person's breast.
HB 1755	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the penalty for the offense of the sale or purchase of a child.
HB 1756	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to a treatment program for sexually abused children.
HB 1757	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the penalty for the failure to report child abuse.
HB 1758	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the investigation of child abuse reports.
HB 1759	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to notification by an employee of the Texas Department of Human Resources to a local law enforcement officer of reports of child abuse involving sexual abuse; providing a penalty.
HB 1760	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the taking and filing of photographs of children taken into custody.
HB 1761	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the taking possession of a child for the child's protection.
HB 1762	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the requirement that the testimony of an accomplice in a juvenile adjudication hearing be corroborated by other evidence.
HB 1763	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to establishment of a program to educate the public on the sexual abuse on children.
HB 1764	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to facilities for shelter and care for a child who has run away from home.
HB 1765	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to allowing a landlord to void a lease if the property is used for obscene purposes.
HB 1766	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to limited injunctive relief against the sale and distribution of obscene materials.
HB 1767	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to injunctions to abate public nuisances.
HB 1768	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to requiring that records on the sources of certain materials be kept by the operators of adult establishments; providing a penalty.
HB 1769	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to the requirement that owners of adult businesses file affidavits of ownership with the attorney general and secretary of state.
HB 1770	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the establishment of a training course in the problems of juvenile sexual abuse for certain peace officers and prosecuting attorneys in certain cities.
HB 1771	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to a training course for school counselors on sexual abuse of children.
HCR 36	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Requesting President Carter to grant a full pardon to the "Wilmington Ten" and "The Charlotte Three".
HCR 37	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to an expression of sympathy for Patty Hearst.
HCR 98	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting Department of Public Safety to form a task force to study organized crime's link with pornography and child abuse.
HCR 99	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Requesting local communities to evaluate written policies of agencies that handle sexual abuse.
HCR 100	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration Caption: Requesting Institute of Contemporary Corrections and the Behavioral Science to conduct study of child sexual abuse.
HCR 101	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration Caption: Requesting the Criminal Justice Center at Sam Houston State University to study methods for reporting child abuse, juvenile offenses, and runaways.
HCR 102	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Urging counties to consider creating medical examiners districts.
HCR 103	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting the Department of Human Resources to evaluate its sevices for sexually abused children.
HCR 104	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Memorializing the President and U.S. Postal Service regarding the mailing of obscene materials.
HCR 105	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Memorializing the President and U.S. Attorney General regarding enforcement of antiobscenity laws and the Mann Act.
HCR 106	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting the Department of Public Safety to compile and report data pertaining to sex crimes against children.
HCR 107	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting Criminal Justice Center at Sam Houston State University to conduct a study of current court procedures in juvenile sexual abuse cases.
HCR 113	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Requesting Parks and Wildlife Department to study feasibility of constructing a hike and bike trail along Sims Bayou in Harris County.
HJR 117	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing to amend the Texas Constitution so as to reserve in the people the powers and initiative and referendum.
65th Regular Session
HB 475	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to residence requirements for city employees.
HB 947	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the right of an accused to an indictment.
HB 1007	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Providing means whereby a voter may express his lack of confidence in any of the candidates for certain offices in certain elections.
HB 1266	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to business establishments that sell, distribute, rent or exhibit certain sexually oriented material from locating within a certain distance of a church or school.
HB 1267	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the penalty for the offense of commercial obscenity.
HB 1268	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to minor.
HB 1269	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to selling, commercially, distributing, commercially exhibiting, or possessing for sale, commercial distribution or commercial exhibition certain obscene material.
HB 1689	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the establishment, jurisdiction, and operation of additional municipal courts in incorporated cities, towns, and villages of this State.
HB 1711	Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to regulation of charitable and professional fund raisers; providing a penalty.
65th 2nd Called Session
HJR 55	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Caption: Proposing to amend the Texas Constitution so as to reserve in the people the powers of initiative and referendum.