Legislation authored by Donald M. Cartwright

Includes legislation with Donald M. Cartwright as the primary author for the 64th through 66th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

66th Regular Session
HB 160	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to school bus routes.
HB 161	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, and financing of the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Plan.
HB 420	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to increasing the penalty for violating the provisions of the Texas Controlled Substances Act involving phencyclidine.
HB 421	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to social security contributions for employees of political subdivisions.
HB 451	Last Action: Laid on the table Caption: Relating to permissible charges on certain regulated loans.
HB 501	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Relating to exemption from ad valorem taxation of nonprofit homes for the elderly or the handicapped that are exempt from federal income tax.
HB 745	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to annual payment due on certain water produced in the Edwards Underground Water District and sold outside the district.
HB 746	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Edwards Underground Water District; providing a penalty.
HB 1077	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to mutual trust investment companies.
HB 1078	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Economic Development Caption: Relating to the report to the governor by the State Board of Insurance.
HB 1302	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Relating to issuance of a certificate of insurance in lieu of an automobile insurance policy.
HB 1314	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to the storage, handling, use, and transporting of flammable liquids.
HB 1315	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Amending the Insurance Code of the State of Texas, providing for a redefinition of certain terms; providing for certain exemptions and deletions.
HB 1316	Last Action: Comm. report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to enforcement by the State Fire Marshal of fire escape requirements.
HB 1659	Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to the permissible time price differential on retail charge agreements.
HB 1956	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to regulation of fixed fire extinguisher systems by the State Board of Insurance.
HB 1957	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to reinsurance by life, accident and health insurance companies.
HB 2021	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Amending the Insurance Code, by adding a new paragraph to provide that such Section shall not apply to certain warranties and agreements, and declaring an emergency.
HB 2047	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to public commission jurisdiction over water utility companies.
HJR 9	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing to amend Articles III and XVII of the Texas Constitution so as to reserve in the people the powers of initiative and referendum.
HJR 128	Last Action: Failed of adoption Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from property taxation certain property of institutions that provide for the social and physical welfare of the elderly or handicapped.
65th Regular Session
HB 704	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to licensing of certain insurance agents.
HB 705	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the expiration of certain insurance agents' licenses.
HB 706	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to certain fees for certain insurance agent's licenses.
HB 707	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the expiration of certain insurance agents' licenses.
HB 708	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the appointment fee and license fees for certain insurance agents.
HB 709	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the expiration of certain insurance agent's licenses.
HB 710	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the initial fees and renewal license fees for certain insurance agents.
HB 711	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to payment and forfeiture of examination fees by applicants for certain insurance agents' licenses.
HB 712	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to licensing of corporations as certain types of insurance agents.
HB 713	Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the report to the governor of the State Board of Insurance.
HB 742	Last Action: Considered by committee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the deposit of all of part of a state employee's monthly salary in a designated account.
HB 743	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the interest rate on delinquent taxes.
HB 744	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the enrollment of certain transfer students in the first grade in public schools.
HB 745	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to authorizing an illegitimate person who is 18 years of age or older to obtain a copy of his or her own birth certificate.
HB 746	Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to liability for and payment of claims against certain health care providers employed by the state.
HB 908	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to liability of certain units of government resulting from negligence or wrongful acts or omissions by certain medical personnel.
HB 959	Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to limited purpose intermediate banks and to the amount that a bank or trust company may invest in a single limited purpose intermediate bank or one-bank holding company.
HB 1047	Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Prohibiting certain practices relating to insurance of real or personal property.
HB 1160	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration Caption: Relating to certain payments by certain municipally owned gas and electric utilities to the cities owning them.
HB 1161	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Energy Resources Caption: Relating to cities with populations of over 600,000 which own gas and electric utilities.
HB 1162	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions Caption: Relating to the authority of the Finance Commission of Texas to regulate state credit unions.
HB 1170	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to a moratorium on the installation or use of off-premise electronic funds transfer systems by banks, savings and loan institutions, credit unions, trust companies, and other financial institutions; providing penalties; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1171	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions Caption: Relating to the disposition of funds collected or received by certain state agencies.
HB 1238	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to mailing cancellation and nonrenewal notices on policies of insurance.
HB 1416	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the procedural requirements applicable to the issuance of bank charters.
HB 1546	Last Action: Considered by committee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the method of payment of salaries of state employees; providing an effective date.
HB 1557	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to common trust funds and their acquisition by a custodian of property for a minor.
HB 1819	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the offenses of arson, criminal mischief, and false alarms; providing a penalty.
HB 1820	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the annual license fee and public display fee for retailers who posess and sell fireworks.
HB 1821	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the authority of the State Fire Marshal to conduct certain hearings and proceedings on behalf of the State Board of Insurance.
HB 1822	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to review by health systems agencies.
HB 1823	Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to provision for issuance by an insurer of a prescribed certificate in lieu of a prescribed policy; issuance of a prescribed policy upon demand; and furnishing an outline of coverages.
HB 1824	Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar Caption: Relating to certain credits for gross premium taxes paid by certain insurance companies.
HB 1825	Last Action: Notice given- to call from table Caption: Relating to payments in lieu of taxes by certain city-owned utilities.
HB 1826	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the increase of examination fees of perpetual care cemetaries.
HB 1827	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, and financing of the Texas Public School Group Insurance Plan.
HB 1975	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Providing for restrictions on the type of life policies which can be written by certain local mutual aid associations and statewide mutual assessment compaines.
HB 1976	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the acceptance of checks by a tax collector for the payment of certain fees and taxes; providing procedures for the collection of dishonored checks received for the payment of certain fees and taxes.
HB 1989	Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Relating to the election of members of the board of trustees of San Antonio Independent School District.
HB 2123	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Ways & Means Caption: Establishing the procedure for payment of taxes on gross premium receipts; defining Texas Investments; providing for reductions in gross premium tax obligations in certain cases; providing penalties for failure to pay gross premium taxes and delinquent taxes; and declaring an emergency.
HB 2124	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Ways & Means Caption: Establishing the procedure for payment of taxes on gross premium receipts; eliminating the exclusion of first year premiums from taxes on gross premium receipts; providing penalties for failure to pay gross premium taxes and delinquent taxes; and declaring an emergency.
HB 2125	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Ways & Means Caption: Establishing the procedure for payment of taxes on gross premium receipts; eliminating the exclusion of first year premiums from taxes on gross premium receipts; providing penalties for failure to pay gross premium taxes and delinquent taxes; and declaring an emergency.
HB 2126	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the definitions of corporate first mortgage bonds, notes and debentures, bank and bank holding company stocks, bank deposists, policy loans, real estate, insurance requirements and debt obligations of other corporations; establishing the valuation of Texas securities and or similar securities; and declaring an emergency.
HCR 100	Last Action: Assigned to Resolutions Calendar Caption: Creating an electronic funds transfer systems study committee.
64th Regular Session
HB 1004	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably Caption: Relating to the terms of court of the 187th District Court.
HB 1062	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to credit for military service for members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
HB 1199	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to purchase of liability insurance for employees of the State Department of Public Welfare.
HB 1320	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Natural Resources Caption: Relating to reports by the commissioners courts of certain counties concerning the protection of the Edwards Aquifer, as defined in this Act, from pollution.
HB 1321	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Requiring the Texas Water Quality Board to hold public hearings concerning the protection of Edwards Aquifer, as defined by this Act, from pollution.
HB 1322	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the establishment of a public information file on the Edwards Aquifer, as defined in this Act.
HB 1370	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the composition of state representative districts in Bexar County.
HB 1796	Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Relating to the rights of patients in mental hospitals.
HB 1797	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to career education, vocational education, and rehabilitation programs and personnel for certain public school students.
HB 1837	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to notification procedures to be followed by insurance companies; providing for forfeitures.
HB 2176	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to exemption of certain mobile homes from vehicle registration fees.