Legislation authored by Don Lee

Includes legislation with Don Lee as the primary author for the 67th through 69th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

69th Regular Session
HB 28	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the sales occurring on the consecutive days of Saturday and Sunday.
HB 39	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to appeal of orders of the Texas Water Development Board relating to certain federal projects.
HB 40	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the grant of a preference in the purchase of products by governmental bodies.
HB 111	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the disposition of fees collected for deposit in the criminal justice planning fund.
HB 120	Last Action: Referred to Labor & Employment Rel. Caption: Relating to the eligibility of seasonal workers for unemployment compensation benefits.
HB 314	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the requirement to acquire a resident hunting license.
HB 447	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Local&Consent Cal. Caption: Relating to charges for certain services of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
HB 495	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the geographical area in which a city may establish a public improvement district and in which a city may undertake a project benefiting the district.
HB 512	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the exemption from property taxes for certain associations that promote the development of young persons.
HB 616	Last Action: Reported from s/c favorably w/sub. Caption: Relating to certain exceptions applicable to licensure as a fitter or dispenser of hearing aids.
HB 617	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to insurance coverage for the services of certain health care practitioners.
HB 662	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to devices on a motor vehicle that obstruct the driver's view of the road; providing a penalty.
HB 666	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the status of certain birth and death records.
HB 705	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the time during which notice of certain mechanics' and materialmen's lien claims must be given.
HB 730	Last Action: Returned from Senate as amended Caption: Relating to a violation of the Vital Statistics Act.
HB 763	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to an exemption from property taxation of the property of certain nonprofit corporations that promote agriculture.
HB 1018	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of ambulatory surgical centers; providing penalties.
HB 1019	Last Action: Withdrawn by author Caption: Relating to limitations on the amount of certain items included in covered claims under the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Act.
HB 1084	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety to adopt equipment standards for trailer hitches and towing devices or methods.
HB 1136	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the regulation of bumpers and suspension systems on certain motor vehicles.
HB 1433	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to certain insurance company insolvencies and limitations on covered claims.
HB 1469	Last Action: Placed on Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to records of births and deaths.
HB 1470	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to a licensee's duty to respond to inquiries of the State Board of Insurance.
HB 1546	Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to certain insurers and canceled premium finance agreements.
HB 1926	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to the permissible activities of local recording agents amending Article 21.04, Texas Insurance Code, as amended; adding Section 2; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1927	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the licensing of hospitals and to construction plan approval; providing authority to the Texas Board of Health to charge fees for hospital construction plan reviews and surveys; amending Section 5 and adding Section 7A, Texas Hospital Licensing Law (Article 4437f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
HB 1928	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the status of certain assessments under the Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Association.
HB 2265	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain commercial insurance; providing a penalty.
HB 2478	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the validation of notes and deeds of trust issued to finance municipal airport improvements.
HB 2505	Last Action: Referred to Environmental Affairs Caption: Imposing liability for releases of hazardous substances from ocean incineration vessels.
HCR 1	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Granting Executive Condominiums, Inc. permission to sue the State of Texas and the General Land Office.
HCR 68	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Encouraging development of respite care services for persons with cerebral palsy or other developmental disabilities.
HCR 69	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Directing the State Board of Education to adopt rules requiring individual educational plans for students with cerebral palsy.
HCR 134	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Creating a joint interim committee to study transitional needs of handicapped Texans.
HCR 146	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Requesting Congress to enact legislation imposing a moratorium on the issuance of permits for the at sea incineration of certain hazardous wastes.
HJR 2	Last Action: Considered in public hearing Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of personal income taxes.
HJR 4	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve to the people the powers of initiative and referendum.
HR 157	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming the Law Enforcement Explorer Post #164 from Harlingen and officer Robert Silva of the Harlingen Police Department.
HR 159	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing sponsors and participants of Disability Rally Day, March 26, 1985.
HR 248	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Requesting the State Board of Insurance to cancel rate deviations for all property casualty policies.
69th 3rd Called Session
HB 86	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of certain entities that operate training programs on a statewide basis to contract with agencies and political subdivisions of the state.
HR 25	Caption: Honoring Bill and Bettie Loven on their 40th wedding anniversary.
HR 84	Caption: Honoring Ned Lollar.
68th Regular Session
HB 169	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the amount of proof of financial responsibility required under the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act.
HB 170	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the amount of proof of financial responsibility required under the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act.
HB 218	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the compensation of the district judges in Cameron County.
HB 219	Last Action: See remarks Caption: Relating to renaming the Arroyo Colorado Navigation District as the Port of Harlingen Authority.
HB 220	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the powers of the Arroyo Colorado Navigation District of Cameron and Willacy Counties and renaming the district as the Port of Harlingen Authority.
HB 664	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to rehabilitation school districts.
HB 749	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the regulation of lay midwives.
HB 862	Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to materials on a motor vehicle that obstruct the driver's view of the road.
HB 870	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the appointment of a local registrar of births and deaths, and to reports and records of vital statistics.
HB 1008	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the local option creation of municipal courts of record in cities.
HB 1009	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the elements of the offense of driving while intoxicated, the criminal and civil consequences of a conviction for that offense and the disposition of fines imposed on conviction, and the creation of the offense of and penalty for refusal to submit to a test for intoxication.
HB 1034	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the responsibility of an owner of property under construction to post a legal description of the property on the job site.
HB 1035	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the designation of construction payments and loan receipts as trust funds.
HB 1036	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the reinstatement of certain mechanics' and materialmens' liens.
HB 1126	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the time during which notice of certain mechanics' and materialmen's lien claims must be given.
HB 1127	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to an extension of the period during which lien claimants who are paid with checks that are returned for insufficient funds may file mechanics' and materialmen's liens.
HB 1128	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to records of births, deaths, and fetal deaths, enforcement of the vital statistics law, and providing a hearing for a person whose application for a copy of a record is refused.
HB 1129	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to statutory retainage requirements in regard to certain mechanic's and materialmen's liens.
HB 1320	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to sale of certain goods on the consecutive days of Saturday and Sunday in counties bordering Mexico.
HB 1321	Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to penalties for violation of shrimping laws.
HB 1322	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the compensation of the county auditor of Cameron County.
HB 1323	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the disposition of fees collected for deposit in the criminal justice planning fund.
HB 1575	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the operation of the Joint Underwriting Association established by the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association Act.
HB 1586	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to creation of the office of county manager to perform certain administrative functions of the commissioners court of a county.
HB 1587	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Relating to inquiries authorized to be made by the State Board of Insurance.
HB 1613	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to taxation of agribusiness items.
HB 1785	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to changing the name of the Harlingen State Chest Hospital to the South Texas Hospital and to services provided by that hospital.
HB 1786	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to appeals of the acts, rulings, and decisions of the Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Association.
HB 1993	Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to taxes on certain coin-operated machines.
HB 2086	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the application for the renewal of a license related to music coin-operated machines and to skill or pleasure coin-operated machines.
HB 2087	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the application of the Health Facilities Development Act to certain types of health facilities for adults, and to costs incurred by a health facility.
HB 2415	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the grant of a preference in the purchase of products by governmental bodies.
HCR 154	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Naming the building that is headquarters of the Texas Cosmetology Commission as the "Frank Joseph Cosmetology Building".
HCR 155	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Frank Joseph.
HCR 226	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Ned and Betty Lollar.
HR 102	Caption: Congratulating Loyd and Faye Smith.
HR 112	Caption: Congratulating Billy and Pamela Mitchell on their 14th wedding anniversary.
HR 151	Caption: Assuring the city of Rio Hondo that it will not be discriminated against in any allocation of funds for street repair and maintenance.
HR 228	Caption: In memory of Frank Ferree.
HR 387	Caption: Congratulating Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Head.
HR 388	Caption: Commending J. L. Head.
HR 466	Caption: Congratulating Fidencio Garcia.
HR 477	Caption: Congratulating Allen Goode.
HR 494	Caption: Congratulating the Ladies Auxiliary of the Catholic War Veterans.
68th 2nd Called Session
HB 12	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the grant of a preference in the purchase of products by governmental bodies.
HB 13	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the sales occurring on the consecutive days of Saturday and Sunday.
HB 40	Last Action: See remarks Caption: Relating to rehabilitation school districts.
HB 86	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Natural Resources Caption: Relating to appeal of orders of the Texas Water Development Board relating to certain federal projects.
HCR 47	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration Caption: Granting Executive Condominiums, Inc. permission to sue the State of Texas and the General Land Office.
HJR 1	Last Action: See remarks Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of personal income taxes.
HJR 7	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve to the people the powers of initiative and referendum.
HR 52	Caption: Congratulating Tom and Mary Joy Mason.
HR 85	Caption: Congratulating Shannon McEowen.
HR 93	Caption: Directing the State Board of Insurance to cancel existing rate deviations for all property and casualty insurance policies.
67th Regular Session
HB 1789	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to books and records of an insurance premium finance company.
HB 1851	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the powers of the Arroyo Colorado Navigation District of Cameron and Willacy Counties and renaming the district as the Port of Harlingen Authority.
HB 1852	Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the authority of the state registrar of vital statistics and local registration officials to refuse to issue copies of certain records.
HB 1853	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to addition of land to drainage districts.
HB 1941	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to regulation of fire extinguishers and fire alarm or fire detection devices.
HR 52	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Bill Smith.
HR 248	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Daniel B. Bledsoe.
67th 1st Called Session
HR 21	Caption: Congratulating Karl Malcolm Gibbon.
67th 2nd Called Session
HCR 13	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Edward H. Green.
HR 10	Caption: In memory of Larry Thompson, Sr.