Legislation authored by Wendy Davis
Includes legislation with Wendy Davis as the primary author for the 81st through 83rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
83rd Regular Session | |
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SB 178 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the disclosure on personal financial statements of certain contracts with governmental entities. |
SB 229 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to an exception to the domicile requirement for issuance of a commercial driver's license for certain military personnel. |
SB 243 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities. |
SB 248 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination in payment of compensation. |
SB 260 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the absence of a student from school to visit with a parent, stepparent, or guardian who will be or has been deployed on military duty. |
SB 386 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. |
SB 487 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles. |
SB 488 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to discounted utility rates for public educational institutions; providing an administrative penalty. |
SB 513 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the regulation of saltwater pipelines by the Railroad Commission of Texas. |
SB 514 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the installation, maintenance, operation, and relocation of saltwater pipeline facilities. |
SB 555 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to provisions in protective orders regarding pets and other companion animals; providing a penalty. |
SB 556 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the duties of the Texas Crime Stoppers Council to encourage individuals to report criminal activity related to trafficking of persons. |
SB 557 |
Last Action: Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs Caption: Relating to a voluntary contribution to the fund for veterans' assistance when applying for a driver's license or personal identification certificate. |
SB 558 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault. |
SB 582 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to municipal swimming pool requirements for certain dwellings. |
SB 599 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the requirement that electric utilities offer a standard retail service package on a standard form with standard terms to a customer. |
SB 600 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to premium refunds for insurance rates found to be excessive or unfairly discriminatory; providing an administrative penalty. |
SB 601 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the availability of certain payment plans for residential electric customers. |
SB 602 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to retail electric provider customer choice information. |
SB 634 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to regulating faulty on-site sewage disposal systems in the unincorporated areas of a county as a public nuisance; providing a criminal penalty. |
SB 663 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the amount of unclaimed lottery prize money to be deposited in the fund for veterans' assistance. |
SB 664 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the allocation of certain grants from the fund for veterans' assistance. |
SB 728 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the notification of certain legislators of the death of a child in foster care. |
SB 749 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the detection and repair of natural gas pipeline leaks. |
SB 802 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the regulation of foundation repair contractors; providing penalties; authorizing fees. |
SB 803 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to an exemption for certain persons who sell signs from the requirement to be licensed as an electrician. |
SB 813 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to benefit plan coverage for autism spectrum disorder. |
SB 814 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the collection and use of certain information by certain insurers; providing administrative penalties. |
SB 815 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the disconnection of electric or gas utility service. |
SB 832 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to training for school district and open-enrollment charter school liaisons who assist students in the conservatorship of the state with school enrollments and transfers. |
SB 833 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the collection of data through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) as to the foster care status of public school students. |
SB 861 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to requiring certain notices to be posted on the premises of certain alcoholic beverage retailers. |
SB 871 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the marketing and advertising of the veterans' assistance lottery game. |
SB 895 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to access to records of a nonprofit organization supporting the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas under the public information law. |
SB 932 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to ethics and accountability of certain public employees, public officers, political contributors, state contractors, and grant recipients; providing penalties. |
SB 933 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to the allocation of the proceeds from taxes imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods. |
SB 934 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to increasing or decreasing at the rate of inflation the rates of taxes imposed on cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products. |
SB 935 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to the sales and use tax on the repair, maintenance, creation, or restoration, or the sale, storage, use, or other consumption, of a computer program. |
SB 936 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to the availability and use of certain statutorily dedicated revenues and accounts. |
SB 941 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the adoption of rules by the Railroad Commission of Texas regulating the exploration for and production of natural gas in the unincorporated areas of certain counties. |
SB 942 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to the creation and funding of the Railroad Commission of Texas operating account; providing a penalty. |
SB 943 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage of hearing aids for certain individuals. |
SB 954 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the authority of the board of hospital managers of the Tarrant County Hospital District to adopt and implement a tobacco-related preventable disease policy. |
SB 979 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the determination by a motor vehicle insurer of the value of a vehicle declared a total loss. |
SB 980 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the creation of the individual development account program to provide savings incentives and opportunities for certain foster children to pursue home ownership, postsecondary education, and business development. |
SB 998 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the partial repayment of certain extensions of consumer credit obtained for a consumer by a credit access business or that a credit access business assists the consumer in obtaining. |
SB 999 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to municipal ordinances regulating a credit access business or an extension of consumer credit that a credit access business obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining. |
SB 1000 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate fees charged in connection with certain loans. |
SB 1001 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to extensions of consumer credit a credit services organization obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining. |
SB 1021 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to access to certain stored communications of a provider of an electronic communications service or remote computing service in this state pursuant to a warrant issued in another state. |
SB 1047 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the basic allotment and the equalized wealth level under the Foundation School Program. |
SB 1048 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the regular program adjustment factor under the Foundation School Program. |
SB 1077 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the provision of lifetime income benefits under the workers' compensation system. |
SB 1129 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to a semiannual report on revenue collections prepared by the comptroller. |
SB 1153 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to reports issued by the comptroller on the effect of certain tax provisions. |
SB 1154 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to delinquent motor vehicle registrations and inspections; authorizing a change in the amount of a fee. |
SB 1190 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to requiring computer technicians to report images of child pornography; providing a criminal penalty. |
SB 1191 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to the duties of health care facilities, health care providers, and the Department of State Health Services with respect to care provided to a sexual assault survivor in an emergency department of a health care facility. |
SB 1192 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to the rights of certain victims of sexual assault. |
SB 1219 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a customer's right to privacy of smart meter collected data. |
SB 1254 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to lobbying by former state agency officers and executive heads; creating an offense. |
SB 1294 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the awarding of contracts by the Texas Department of Transportation to private sector providers. |
SB 1295 |
Last Action: Referred to Government Organization Caption: Relating to state agency purchasing. |
SB 1301 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to granting and revoking licenses for open-enrollment charter schools and to exempting certain open-enrollment charter schools from assignment of a performance rating. |
SB 1302 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to applicability of certain public school requirements to private schools that accept students with vouchers, tax credit scholarships, or certain other funding. |
SB 1303 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to a comprehensive review by the Texas Education Agency of weights, allotments, and adjustments under the public school finance system. |
SB 1304 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to school district reports concerning corporal punishment and the issuance of citations by a peace officer. |
SB 1305 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to transportation within a school district of a student entitled to a public education grant. |
SB 1306 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the basic allotment for the Foundation School Program for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2013; making an appropriation. |
SB 1307 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to continuing education requirements for certain public school educators. |
SB 1308 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to auditing and monitoring of performance under contracts for state-adopted assessment instruments administered to public school students. |
SB 1309 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to assessment alternatives or accommodations for certain public school students in special education programs. |
SB 1310 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to standards for school district, public school campus, and open-enrollment charter school performance ratings. |
SB 1311 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a review by the Texas Education Agency of certain assessment instruments administered to public school students. |
SB 1314 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 35W as the Cesar Chavez Memorial Freeway. |
SB 1342 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to evidence of inequality of appraisal in judicial appeals of appraisal review board orders. |
SB 1357 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the use of administrative segregation or seclusion in county jails. |
SB 1358 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to animal encounter training for peace officers. |
SB 1368 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to public information pertaining to the official business of governmental bodies and to contracts by certain state governmental entities that involve the exchange or creation of public information. |
SB 1369 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to providing information to the legislature regarding state and local fiscal impact of legislative measures. |
SB 1370 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to the deposit of money received from the federal government. |
SB 1389 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the disclosure on personal financial statements of service retirement annuities received. |
SB 1390 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to an audit by the state auditor of the Texas Enterprise Fund. |
SB 1391 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic & Small Business Development Caption: Relating to a requirement that the comptroller perform a study of the Texas Economic Development Act. |
SB 1392 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic & Small Business Development Caption: Relating to an audit by the state auditor and a study by the comptroller of the events trust funds. |
SB 1418 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety and certain local law enforcement agencies to establish a temporary checkpoint on a highway or street to determine whether persons are driving while intoxicated. |
SB 1470 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the statute of limitations on prosecution of the offenses of kidnapping and aggravated kidnapping of a minor. |
SB 1496 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to use of the money from the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Texas emerging technology fund to benefit certain historically underutilized businesses. |
SB 1521 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for dropout prevention. |
SB 1565 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the office of public insurance counsel's ability to initiate a hearing on insurance rates or rate filings. |
SB 1566 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the use by insurers of a standard residential property insurance policy form. |
SB 1567 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to coverage of certain persons under an automobile insurance policy. |
SB 1568 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the minimum required term for personal automobile insurance policies used to demonstrate proof of financial responsibility. |
SB 1624 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the establishment of regional water banks by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Texas Water Development Board. |
SB 1625 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to standards and procedures for determining whether a person who owns, operates, or manages a pipeline is a common carrier. |
SB 1626 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the contents of and public access to personal financial statements filed by public officials and candidates. |
SB 1675 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to establishing a demonstration project for preventative health care services, and implementation of related outreach activities. |
SB 1709 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to a study regarding the capacity and service capabilities of the Texas Women's Health Program. |
SB 1713 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to increasing funding for the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program. |
SB 1714 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to insufficient funds charges and check or debit authorization for a deferred presentment transaction. |
SB 1715 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a requirement that a credit access business include copies of its agreements with third-party lenders in an application for a license. |
SB 1716 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to extensions of consumer credit a credit services organization obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining; providing a civil penalty. |
SJR 31 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the uses of revenue from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on motor fuels and lubricants, and certain revenue received from the federal government. |
SJR 41 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that certain fees charged in connection with certain consumer loans are attributable to the lender and included in the computation of interest for purposes of regulating interest rates. |
SJR 63 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment appropriating money from the economic stabilization fund for purposes of public education. |
SR 12 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Christopher Barry of Dallas. |
SR 13 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing The Potter's House of Fort Worth on the occasion of its grand opening. |
SR 22 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: Recognizing January 30, 2013, as Team Arlington Day. |
SR 23 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Justice C. Anderson of Fort Worth. |
SR 24 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Gene Buinger on the occasion of his retirement. |
SR 25 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of James Andrew Bridges of Mansfield. |
SR 26 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Ruth Carter Stevenson of Fort Worth. |
SR 39 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Fort Worth Police Department and the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Dallas-Fort Worth for organizing the Candles for Connecticut service. |
SR 61 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 12, 2013, as Kennedale Day at the State Capitol. |
SR 62 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Charles Clayton "Bud" Wilson of Fort Worth. |
SR 63 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing New Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church on the occasion of its annual Raymond B. Spencer Scholarship Banquet. |
SR 75 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Albert Byron Sibbet. |
SR 77 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford in Fort Worth on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. |
SR 97 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Darrell Wesley Boren of Fort Worth. |
SR 98 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Victoria and Bernie Scheffler on the occasion of the birth of their daughter, Adelaide Cecelia Scheffler. |
SR 129 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Proclaiming February 6, 2013, as Texas Christian University Day at the State Capitol. |
SR 130 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Douglas E. Brown for his service as teacher and pastor at the Great Commission Baptist Church in Fort Worth. |
SR 131 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Robert Mitchell Wilson of Brownwood and Arlington. |
SR 132 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Barry Sawyer for being named Peace Officer of the Year by the Major K. M. Van Zandt chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. |
SR 155 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Leadership Fort Worth for its community service. |
SR 156 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Heywood Carroll Clemons of Fort Worth. |
SR 157 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Mary Wiley "Dee" Faxel of Fort Worth. |
SR 158 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Christi Stanley of Fort Worth. |
SR 159 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Joe H. Edwards. |
SR 160 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Fort Worth Country Day School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. |
SR 203 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of J. W. Mack. |
SR 204 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Alcon Foundation, the Essilor Vision Foundation, and the Kids Vision for Life-Tarrant County Coalition on the occasion of Kids Vision Fest 2013. |
SR 205 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the B Sharp Youth Music Program at Como Elementary School in Fort Worth for being named a Gold Seal Program of Choice. |
SR 241 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Leslie E. "Lon" Goldstein of Fort Worth. |
SR 242 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of James Moore West of Fort Worth. |
SR 243 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Stacey Lynn Stewart. |
SR 244 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Umoja for its contributions to the young people of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. |
SR 245 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of James Richelieu Cumby, Jr., of Fort Worth. |
SR 246 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Santos "Blondie" Aguilar of Fort Worth. |
SR 247 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing B. R. Daniels, Sr., of Fort Worth for his 40 years in the ministry. |
SR 254 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Carolyn Jeanette Covington Bunting of Fort Worth. |
SR 255 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: Recognizing March 6, 2013, as Mansfield Day at the State Capitol. |
SR 270 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Tarrant County College District's Trinity River Campus East for being named one of the best buildings to see in Texas. |
SR 271 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of O. J. Blakey. |
SR 322 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Robert Sneed Davie of Fort Worth. |
SR 323 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Fort Worth Office of Emergency Management and its director, Juan Ortiz, for establishing the Fort Worth Accessible Hazard Alert System. |
SR 400 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Joseph Wayne Julien of Benbrook. |
SR 401 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Clyde M. Magnuson, Sr., of Fort Worth. |
SR 402 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Raymond Phillip Peloubet, Jr. |
SR 403 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of John P. Vittas. |
SR 404 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Matthew K. Rose for receiving the national 2013 Horatio Alger Award. |
SR 405 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Herbert C. Sheppard. |
SR 414 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Glynis Renee Rhodes-Brown of Fort Worth. |
SR 432 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Mike Berry on the occasion of his induction into the North Texas Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame. |
SR 433 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: Recognizing Ruby Cole Session for her achievements. |
SR 434 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Lillie Biggins for being honored by the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce. |
SR 435 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Pamela Jeanne Rogers of Fort Worth. |
SR 444 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Pantego Youth Leadership Council for its contributions to the North Texas community. |
SR 451 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Brooks family of Fort Worth for their contributions to the city. |
SR 456 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Texas launch of the Justice for Girls initiative. |
SR 561 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Margaret and Gerald D. "Griff" Griffith on the occasion of their 66th wedding anniversary. |
SR 562 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Hans Johann Muller. |
SR 563 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Carl R. "Dick" Coers III. |
SR 564 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Randall Cross Stegall. |
SR 565 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of McKinley Jackson, Sr. |
SR 582 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Emory D. Estes. |
SR 603 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Carlos Walker and Deterrius Boose for their achievements. |
SR 604 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Sandra Lutz. |
SR 605 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing John Robinson for receiving the 2013 Judge Scott Moore Award. |
SR 606 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of James Bryan Killebrew. |
SR 634 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Martin Frost for being elected chairman of the board of the National Endowment for Democracy. |
SR 635 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Charles Cleveland Curry. |
SR 676 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Gordon Dickson for receiving the Excellence in Journalism Award. |
SR 677 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Tamara Lynn Farris "Tammy" Gordon. |
SR 678 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Geraldine Brinck. |
SR 735 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Nancy and Roy Rimmer for receiving the 2013 Opening Doors Leader Award. |
SR 736 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Crescent Real Estate Holdings for receiving a 2012 National Commercial Real Estate Customer Service Award. |
SR 737 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County. |
SR 738 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Pamela Hsiu Lo Day. |
SR 739 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Lylian "Randy" Berry, Jr. |
SR 740 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Mary Frances Edge. |
SR 782 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Virgil Lee Norrell, Sr. |
SR 783 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Bobbie Lucille Epperson Kilpatrick. |
SR 784 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the dedication of Forest Hill Memorial Park. |
SR 785 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Dominic J. Yurk for his achievements. |
SR 786 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Frances June Ginsberg Klotzman. |
SR 787 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Michael Joseph Costello for his service to his country. |
SR 855 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Philip Johnson. |
SR 856 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Walter Christensen. |
SR 857 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Paulie Ayala for receiving the 2013 Believing in Youth Award. |
SR 858 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Richard Crummel on the occasion of his retirement. |
SR 859 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Carroll Wright Collins. |
SR 860 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Harold Raley Dunn. |
SR 861 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Edward Keith Averitte. |
SR 862 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Eastern Hills High School Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Highlanders. |
SR 990 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of O. G. "Pete" Richardson. |
SR 991 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Arlene and Richard E. Young on the occasion of their 75th birthdays. |
SR 992 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Fort Worth Public Library Foundation on the occasion of its 20th anniversary. |
SR 993 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Bob, Sharon, Tom, and Gladys Schieffer for their achievements. |
SR 994 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Joyce Ann Milke Boll. |
SR 995 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Colleyville Police Department on the occasion of its 40th anniversary. |
SR 996 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Texas Christian University Community Scholars Program. |
SR 997 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Meacham International Airport of Fort Worth for being named the 2013 Reliever Airport of the Year. |
SR 1086 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn, Jr. |
SR 1087 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the occasion of the groundbreaking at the Texas Rangers Miracle League Field in Southlake. |
SR 1088 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Ruby Jo Halden. |
83rd 1st Called Session | |
SB 45 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the use of certain funds to finance the instructional facilities allotment and the existing debt allotment of public schools. |
SJR 9 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the transfer of certain general revenue to the state highway fund, the foundation school fund, and the economic stabilization fund and to authorize the payment from the state highway fund of the principal and interest on certain highway improvement bonds. |
SR 11 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Morton House on the occasion of his retirement. |
SR 12 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Bransford Elementary School participants in the Green Thumbs for Giving project. |
SR 13 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Mary Byron Sanders Moore on the occasion of her 100th birthday. |
SR 14 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Janet Tucker. |
SR 15 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Sister Martin Joseph Jones. |
SR 16 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Bill Arnold for receiving the 2013 Bayard H. Friedman HERO Award. |
SR 17 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Harry Leon McBeth. |
SR 18 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the South East Arlington Property Owners and Paloma Resources on their scholarship iniative. |
SR 19 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Will Johnson for receiving the 2013 Gary P. Hayes Memorial Award. |
SR 20 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the students of Arlington Heights High School for their efforts to advance literacy. |
SR 21 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Joe Frederick Kraatz. |
SR 22 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Dorothy Reddrick Rios. |
SR 23 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Robert Lee Powell. |
SR 24 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Doris Rodgers Watson. |
SR 41 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Fred Parker for receiving a 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award. |
SR 42 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Roman Soto Mercado. |
SR 43 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Leoncio Jimenez. |
SR 45 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Henry Edgar Hammack. |
SR 50 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Carroll Independent School District for its support of Rachel's Challenge Relay for Life. |
SR 51 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Margie Peschel for her support of cancer prevention. |
SR 52 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Golda Mae Caston Sykes. |
SR 54 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Derek Rodriguez for being accepted into the Gates Millennium Scholars Program. |
SR 68 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Gleniece A. Robinson for receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award. |
SR 70 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Stephen L. Brotherton for being named president of the Texas Medical Association. |
SR 73 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Liz Poster on the occasion of her retirement. |
SR 76 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Mary Ann Walsh McMillan Reaugh. |
SR 77 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Gene Durkee. |
SR 78 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Paul Nudleman. |
SR 84 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Dorothy Thomas South. |
SR 85 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jerry Eugene Hames. |
SR 96 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Kyle Sulak for his actions during his neighbors' house fire. |
SR 97 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Sidney Elbert "Bunky" Stout II. |
SR 98 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Dov Mandel for his contributions to his community. |
SR 99 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Trevon Jones on the occasion of his graduation. |
SR 100 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Preston Murdoch Geren, Jr. |
SR 127 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of James Franklyn Potter. |
SR 128 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Charles Silmon for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship in the 100-meter dash. |
SR 129 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Alfonzo "Poncho" Hermosillo. |
SR 130 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Geraldine Mae "Gerry" Johnson Trahey Hanley. |
SR 131 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Piers Lawrence Depeyster Chance. |
SR 132 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of George Riley Barnhart. |
83rd 2nd Called Session | |
SB 28 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination in payment of compensation. |
SR 5 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Kenneth Joseph Pare. |
SR 6 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Betty Mattiza Eubanks. |
SR 16 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of William Gipson Blackmon, Jr. |
SR 17 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the law firm of Kelly Hart and Hallman on receiving the 2012 Spirit of Enterprise Award. |
SR 18 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Emily Elizabeth Hanna Bintliff. |
SR 19 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jean Webb. |
SR 20 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Sandra Medina for directing the Mobile Recreation Summer Day Camp. |
SR 25 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Harry Chester Powell, Jr. |
SR 72 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Sandra Kaye Corder Bell. |
SR 73 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Brian Jennings. |
SR 99 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing John Allen Chalk for receiving the 2013 Blackstone Award. |
SR 100 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Sabino M. Vasquez. |
SR 101 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Robert Wingate, Sr. |
SR 102 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Gerald Driscoll Flanagan. |
SR 103 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Leah Elizabeth Flowers. |
SR 104 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Delia Ellen Kerr Unger. |
SR 105 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Robert Allen Knowles for his career in law enforcement. |
83rd 3rd Called Session | |
SR 3 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Martha Lee Frazar Woolf. |
SR 7 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Carmen Sotello Gonzalez. |
SR 8 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the North Side High School Mariachi Espuelas de Plata. |
82nd Regular Session | |
SB 102 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to allocation of certain money in the Texas emissions reduction plan fund to air quality monitoring activities. |
SB 103 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the installation, maintenance, operation, and relocation of wastewater pipeline facilities. |
SB 104 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to restrictions on the release into the air of natural gas and associated vapors from a gas well. |
SB 105 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to a restriction on the formation into which certain commercial disposal wells permitted by the Railroad Commission of Texas may inject oil and gas waste. |
SB 106 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to condemnation of municipal property for, and municipal regulation of, pipeline operations. |
SB 107 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the detection and repair of natural gas pipeline leakages. |
SB 108 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to a customer's right to choose a retail electric provider in the deregulated electric market. |
SB 109 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to benefits and protections for residential electric customers. |
SB 110 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to ethics and accountability of certain public employees, public officers, political contributors, state contractors, and grant recipients; providing penalties. |
SB 111 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to regulation of property and casualty insurance rates. |
SB 112 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to public school finance and certain limitations on the ad valorem tax rate of a school district. |
SB 113 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the effect of a delay by the State Board for Educator Certification in renewing an educator's certification. |
SB 114 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the expansion of the financial literacy pilot program in public schools. |
SB 242 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to bullying, including cyberbullying, in public schools. |
SB 245 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to bullying, including cyberbullying, in public schools. |
SB 253 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the regulation of activities with respect to certain extensions of consumer credit. |
SB 254 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the extension of consumer credit to certain members of the Texas National Guard and armed forces of the United States and their dependents; providing a penalty. |
SB 276 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to a rescission period for annuity contracts. |
SB 277 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the preparation of case records of children discharged from foster care. |
SB 278 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities. |
SB 279 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders; providing a penalty. |
SB 280 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination in payment of compensation. |
SB 343 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the administrative fee charged for the collection of an unpaid toll. |
SB 504 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to discounted utility rates for school districts. |
SB 531 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and certain local law enforcement agencies to establish a checkpoint on a highway or street to determine whether persons are driving while intoxicated. |
SB 532 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to a study by the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding establishing a system to identify children born to certain parents. |
SB 533 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the minimum standards for the certifications of sexual assault training programs and sexual assault nurse examiners and for certification renewal by those entities. |
SB 534 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the designation of State Highway 121 in Tarrant and Johnson Counties as the Chisholm Trail Parkway. |
SB 535 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the persons who may be prosecuted for improper relationship between educator and student. |
SB 536 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the use of certain discipline management practices or behavior management techniques by peace officers employed or commissioned by school districts. |
SB 556 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to a highway maintenance fee imposed in connection with the operation of overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations. |
SB 586 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to proof that is acceptable for identifying individuals acknowledging written instruments. |
SB 627 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the participation by certain taxing units in tax increment financing and the payment of tax increments into the tax increment fund for a reinvestment zone. |
SB 745 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the regulation of saltwater pipelines by the Railroad Commission of Texas. |
SB 746 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to membership of the state continuing advisory committee for special education services. |
SB 769 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the penalty for certain intoxication assaults. |
SB 770 |
Last Action: Referred to Administration Caption: Relating to designating April as Water Safety Awareness Month. |
SB 771 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to swimming pool safety alarms for certain single-family homes; providing a civil penalty. |
SB 772 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the use of a tracer substance in performing a hydraulic fracturing treatment operation. |
SB 814 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the deposit and use of certain revenue received by the Texas Department of Transportation and metropolitan planning organizations from certain transportation projects or systems. |
SB 948 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the requirement that electric utilities offer a standard retail service package on a standard form with standard terms to a customer. |
SB 950 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to retail electric provider customer choice information. |
SB 951 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the registration and compulsory inspection of certain street rods and custom vehicles. |
SB 952 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the use of electronic means for the delivery of ad valorem tax bills to certain property owners and agents. |
SB 1013 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the contents of the sex offender registration form and to information included in the sex offender database maintained by the Department of Public Safety. |
SB 1014 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the discharge of a prisoner from a county jail. |
SB 1015 |
Last Action: Referred to Veteran Affairs & Military Instal Caption: Relating to reporting on the operation and status of veterans homes operated in this state. |
SB 1016 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the use of a checklist during the investigation of abuse or neglect at nursing homes and related institutions. |
SB 1017 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation. |
SB 1018 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to state actions necessary to maximize federal funding for certain transportation projects and activities in this state. |
SB 1049 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the disclosure of information regarding hydraulic fracturing treatment operations. |
SB 1062 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to premium refunds for insurance rates found to be excessive or unfairly discriminatory; providing an administrative penalty. |
SB 1063 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the election and qualifications of the commissioner of insurance. |
SB 1064 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the collection and use of certain information by certain insurers; providing administrative penalties. |
SB 1107 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of entering students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education. |
SB 1108 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to requiring computer technicians to report images of child pornography; providing a criminal penalty. |
SB 1344 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the dedication of certain unclaimed state lottery prize money to support education. |
SB 1345 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the crediting of appropriated funds from the collection of taxes imposed on the sale of sporting goods. |
SB 1346 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the deposit of fees for oversize and overweight vehicle permits in the state highway fund. |
SB 1561 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to state agency purchasing. |
SB 1633 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the adoption of rules by the Railroad Commission of Texas regulating the exploration for and production of natural gas in the unincorporated areas of certain counties. |
SB 1634 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the sealing of the records of juveniles who are the victims of human trafficking and have been adjudicated to have engaged in certain delinquent conduct. |
SB 1635 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to contributions to the fund for veterans' assistance. |
SB 1636 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the collection, analysis, and preservation of sexual assault or DNA evidence. |
SB 1637 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to assisting foster children in obtaining and understanding the child's credit report. |
SB 1638 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the exception of certain personal information from required disclosure under the public information law. |
SB 1639 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to certain exceptions and permits granted by the Railroad Commission. |
SB 1640 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to payment by the Benbrook Water Authority for certain damages caused by the authority's operation of a sanitary sewer system. |
SB 1641 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the location for conducting certain hearings of the Railroad Commission of Texas. |
SB 1642 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to transferring primary authority for the adoption of the public school curriculum and textbooks from the State Board of Education to the commissioner of education. |
SB 1739 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the use of the fund for veterans' assistance. |
SB 1862 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to certain extensions of credit to consumers. |
SB 1863 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to authorizing certain brewers and manufacturers to conduct tours of their premises after which beer or ale is provided to ultimate consumers for off-premises consumption. |
SB 1864 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the awarding of contracts by the Texas Department of Transportation to private sector providers. |
SB 1865 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to contract award considerations by certain conservation and reclamation districts. |
SB 1866 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the selection of providers of professional services by governmental entities. |
SB 1868 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for dropout prevention. |
SB 1869 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the creation, fines, and funding of the Railroad Commission of Texas operating account. |
SB 1870 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the regulation of mineral interest pooling by the Railroad Commission of Texas. |
SB 1871 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to a contracted services program for certain students with a severe pervasive developmental disorder or a severe intellectual disability. |
SB 1873 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the creation and funding of the well inspection fund. |
SJR 38 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the uses of revenue from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on motor fuels and lubricants, and certain revenue received from the federal government. |
SR 11 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jillian Smith of Arlington. |
SR 13 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Bradford S. Wheeler for his contributions to this country. |
SR 14 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Carrie A. Pyle Wheeler for her accomplishments in the field of education. |
SR 20 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Gayle S. Ayers for her contributions to the field of commercial real estate. |
SR 49 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Master Sergeant Richard Ruffert on his service to our nation. |
SR 80 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing James Cash, Jr., for his career as a leader in academia and business. |
SR 180 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Ryan Place Addition of Fort Worth on the occasion of the neighborhood's 100th anniversary. |
SR 223 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Sarah Fullenwider on being named city attorney for the City of Fort Worth. |
SR 284 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing David Yett on the occasion of his retirement as city attorney for the City of Fort Worth. |
SR 285 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Phillip Baker for being selected for a Liberty Mutual Firemark Award by Liberty Mutual Insurance. |
SR 303 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Gary Fischer on the occasion of his retirement from the Keller Police Department. |
SR 304 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming Nigerian writer Chike Momah to the State Capitol and recognizing him for his literary achievements. |
SR 337 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of the life of Nikolas Coltan Evans. |
SR 414 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming the Texas Christian University Student Government Association to the State Capitol. |
SR 419 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Texas Christian University rifle team on winning the 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association national title. |
SR 420 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Texas Christian University baseball team on its outstanding 2010 season. |
SR 436 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Williams-Pyro, Incorporated, on being named the winner of the United States Small Business Administration's Tibbetts Award. |
SR 465 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Kids Who Care, Incorporated, on the occasion of its visit to the State Capitol on March 16, 2011. |
SR 496 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Ron Tyler on the occasion of his retirement as director of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. |
SR 497 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Jung-Chih Chiao on receiving the 2011 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Engineering from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas. |
SR 553 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Barrett Martin Havran. |
SR 635 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Victoria and Bernie Scheffler on the birth of their son, Roman Victor Alan Scheffler. |
SR 799 |
Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Nicolis Terrel Williams of Sugar Land. |
SR 800 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Patrick M. Walker for receiving the Barbara Jordan Media Award for print news. |
SR 810 |
Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Jean Moffett Dendy. |
SR 811 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Allyson L. Sekerke on the occasion of her high school graduation. |
SR 812 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Thomasene Sweeney Norton of Itasca for her service to her community. |
SR 892 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce and its PATHS Forward leadership development program. |
SR 992 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Commercial Real Estate Women Network for its advocacy on behalf of professional women in Fort Worth. |
SR 1005 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the South Hemphill Heights Neighborhood Association on the occasion of its 22nd anniversary. |
SR 1125 |
Last Action: Again read Caption: Recognizing John F. Carter for his entrepreneurial success. |
SR 1172 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Fred Chase, Sr., for his military service and his career. |
SR 1178 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Cornell Dupree, Jr., of Fort Worth. |
SR 1233 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing John "Jason" Bonds on the occasion of his graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point. |
SR 1234 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Tiné Valencic for winning the 2011 National Geographic Bee. |
SR 1235 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Gregory S. Smith for his service to his community. |
SR 1236 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Fort Worth Commercial Real Estate Women, Incorporated. |
SR 1237 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Fred M. Willoughby and Terri Elizabeth Watson Willoughby for their service to their community. |
SR 1239 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Melody Johnson on the occasion of her retirement as superintendent of the Fort Worth Independent School District. |
82nd 1st Called Session | |
SR 109 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Brad Bradley for his civic involvement. |
SR 110 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the City of Crowley on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. |
SR 116 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the City of Fort Worth for being named an All-America City for the third time. |
81st Regular Session | |
SB 575 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the time for dissolution of crime control and prevention districts and to certain taxes imposed by such districts or by fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services districts. |
SB 576 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the implementation of a project plan or financing plan for a reinvestment zone under the Tax Increment Financing Act and the granting of exemptions from ad valorem taxes imposed on real property in a reinvestment zone under that Act. |
SB 630 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to utility bill payment protection for elderly or disabled persons. |
SB 631 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the establishment of a loan incentive program to promote energy efficiency in apartment buildings. |
SB 686 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the installation, maintenance, or operation of natural gas pipelines on state highways and highway and county road rights-of-way. |
SB 752 |
Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to a restriction on the formation in which certain commercial disposal wells permitted by the Railroad Commission of Texas may inject oil and gas waste. |
SB 753 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the waiting period for eligibility for benefits under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act. |
SB 754 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the sale of ale and malt liquor by brewer's permit holders. |
SB 760 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a pilot test of an advanced control technology for the reduction of nitrogen oxides emissions. |
SB 810 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities. |
SB 819 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of certain first-time students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education. |
SB 878 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to use of the money from the Texas enterprise fund to promote renewable energy technology. |
SB 902 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to restrictions on the release into the air of natural gas and associated vapors from a gas well. |
SB 905 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the date on which eligibility for benefits begins under certain programs for governmental employees and retirees. |
SB 983 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to providing certain documents and training to children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
SB 984 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of a court to conduct placement review hearings for a child in the managing conservatorship of the state after the child's 18th birthday. |
SB 985 |
Last Action: Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs Caption: Relating to the lodging expenses of certain state emergency services personnel. |
SB 986 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination in payment of compensation. |
SB 1029 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the guaranteed level of state and local funds for the instructional facilities allotment and the existing debt allotment under the public school finance system. |
SB 1154 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of landmen by the Texas Real Estate Commission. |
SB 1155 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to certain content requirements for an insurance consumer information website. |
SB 1156 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to reporting of medical loss ratios by health benefit plan issuers. |
SB 1157 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to a study concerning the collection and use of certain information by certain insurers. |
SB 1158 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to regulation of health benefit plan rates. |
SB 1233 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the use of certain money received by the Texas Department of Transportation from certain transportation projects or systems. |
SB 1234 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the allocation of the distribution of surplus revenue of a toll project or system. |
SB 1235 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the sale and use of unregistered vehicles, including the issuance and use of temporary tags on vehicles. |
SB 1285 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the interest and fees that may be charged for certain consumer loans; providing a criminal penalty. |
SB 1346 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to limitations on increases in the total amount of tuition charged by public institutions of higher education. |
SB 1466 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the procurement of certain cement by the Texas Department of Transportation. |
SB 1467 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to governmental agency contracts that involve the production of cement. |
SB 1468 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to notice of expiration and price change in retail electric service contracts. |
SB 1469 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the redemption of real property sold at an ad valorem tax sale. |
SB 1480 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to regulation of electric generation capacity ownership in the electric power market. |
SB 1481 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to energy aggregation by political subdivisions. |
SB 1482 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the development and implementation of a wholesale market structure for ERCOT. |
SB 1568 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to lapsed teacher certification due to a delay in agency processing. |
SB 1611 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the cancellation of a health benefit plan on the basis of misrepresentation or a preexisting condition; providing penalties. |
SB 1956 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to audio recordings of certain grievance proceedings or meetings by school district employees. |
SB 2065 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to proof that is acceptable for identifying individuals acknowledging written instruments. |
SB 2066 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the place for the convening of a county convention. |
SB 2067 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to access to precinct conventions by the elderly and persons with physical disabilities. |
SB 2068 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation of the Kennedale TownCenter Development District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. |
SB 2069 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the right of certain municipalities to maintain local control over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. |
SB 2085 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the offense of unlawful use of public funds for political advertising by a political subdivision. |
SB 2086 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the essential high school program and to the curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced public high school programs. |
SB 2087 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to sanctions available for certain academically unacceptable campuses. |
SB 2128 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to fixed price contracts for residential retail electric service. |
SB 2129 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the certification of retail electric providers. |
SB 2130 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to providers of last resort. |
SB 2131 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the regulation of credit services organizations. |
SB 2132 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the election and qualifications of the commissioner of insurance. |
SB 2401 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to detecting and repairing leakage from natural gas pipelines. |
SB 2402 |
Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate the exploration for and development and production of natural gas; providing a penalty. |
SB 2403 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to making a voluntary contribution to the fund for veterans' assistance when registering a motor vehicle. |
SB 2430 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to public school finance and certain limitations on the ad valorem tax rate of a school district. |
SB 2431 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to excellence exemptions available to school districts. |
SB 2432 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the application to political subdivisions of this state of the law governing pooling of mineral interests. |
SB 2433 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to condemnation of municipal property for and municipal regulation of pipeline operations. |
SB 2434 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the appointment of guardians ad litem in suits affecting the parent-child relationship. |
SB 2588 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to certain protections for customers in the restructured electric services market. |
SJR 52 |
Last Action: Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature by general law to permit counties to assess and collect a local motor fuels tax and an additional vehicle registration fee to be used for mobility improvement projects. |
SR 162 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Arlington High School Colt Chorale for earning a place at the Texas Music Educators Association Clinic and Convention. |
SR 163 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Julius L. Jackson, Jr., of Fort Worth on the occasion of his 50th birthday. |
SR 164 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming the Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas to the State Capitol. |
SR 370 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Jo LeRue Todd for her contributions to the field of education. |
SR 425 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Rahr & Sons Brewing in Fort Worth for winning a national grand champion prize for Scottish-style ale. |
SR 439 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Riley Reidmiller of Mansfield for earning a place in the NASA High School Aerospace Scholars program. |
SR 440 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Jose Chavez of Fort Worth for earning a place in the NASA High School Aerospace Scholars program. |
SR 441 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Boris Dostinov of Fort Worth for earning a place in the NASA High School Aerospace Scholars program. |
SR 447 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Expressing intent that funds provided to the State of Texas by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act be spent, as far as practicable, on domestic goods, materials, and services. |
SR 448 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Extending condolences to the staff of the Fort Worth Zoo on the occasion of the death of Kambula the gorilla. |
SR 449 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of George Allen Crowley. |
SR 450 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of David John Barker of Fort Worth. |
SR 451 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jack Quarles Whitley of Burleson. |
SR 452 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of James "Buck" Hubbard of Granbury. |
SR 453 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Chess Club of Lake Country Christian School in Fort Worth for its success in the Region II tournament. |
SR 468 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Becky Moeller for being elected president of the Southern Region of the AFL-CIO. |
SR 491 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing El Mariachi Tejano de Sam Houston for its contributions to the Arlington community. |
SR 492 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Chris Miller for his success in the 2009 Texas Academic Decathlon. |
SR 511 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the MillerCoors Brewing Company of Fort Worth for receiving the Pro Patria Award from the Texas Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. |
SR 512 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company of Fort Worth for receiving the Prominence Award from the Texas Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. |
SR 528 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing William M. Jordan of Fort Worth on the occasion of his retirement from the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. |
SR 529 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Truevine Missionary Baptist Church in Fort Worth for participating in the American Heart Association's Search Your Heart program. |
SR 543 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 31, 2009, as REALTOR Appreciation Day at the State Capitol. |
SR 546 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems on the occasion of its 20th annual conference. |
SR 549 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Chosen Vessel Cathedral in Fort Worth on the occasion of the dedication of its Community Life and Learning Center. |
SR 591 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Harold Patterson of Arlington. |
SR 636 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Wanda Collins of Arlington on the occasion of her 85th birthday. |
SR 644 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Jennifer and Mac Engel on the occasion of the birth of their daughter, Vivian McRae Engel. |
SR 816 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 4, 2009, as Architect Appreciation Day at the State Capitol. |
SR 849 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Chris and Diann Stadler for having the Big Greene Tree designated as a Fort Worth Heritage Tree. |
SR 891 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing PATHS Forward in Tarrant County. |
SR 984 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Joe Hidrogo for establishing Round 1 Boxing Gym in Fort Worth. |
SR 990 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Judi V. Bishop for her contributions to the YWCA of Fort Worth & Tarrant County. |
SR 991 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Bonnie Mae Clayton on the occasion of the Foster family reunion. |
SR 992 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Eva Lee Foster-Stout on the occasion of the Foster family reunion. |
SR 993 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing J. D. Foster on the occasion of the Foster family reunion. |
SR 995 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing June 7 through 13, 2009, as 9-1-1 for Kids Education Week. |
81st 1st Called Session | |
SR 15 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Kenneth Obinna Ekeh and Melanie Desiree Ekeh on the birth of their daughter, Meadow Adaugo Ekeh. |
SR 27 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Gabriella Ahbee Orton for winning first place in the National Braille Challenge. |