Legislation authored by Paul Bettencourt
Includes legislation with Paul Bettencourt as the primary author for the 84th through 87th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System. Author information is not available for the 87th Legislature.
87th Regular Session | |
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SB 10 |
Last Action: Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal Caption: Relating to certain requirements applicable to political subdivisions and other entities that engage in lobbying and to the applicability of lobbyist registration requirements to a person who provides legal services to a political subdivision. |
SB 28 |
Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to the approval of open-enrollment charter schools and the applicability of certain state and local laws to open-enrollment charter schools. |
SB 208 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the distribution of an application form for an early voting ballot. |
SB 215 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency to investigate the administration of public education. |
SB 237 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the issuance of a citation for a criminal trespass offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor. |
SB 244 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the application of the open meetings law to the board of directors of certain tax reinvestment zones. |
SB 252 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to certain criminal offenses, punishments, and procedures; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. |
SB 532 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the release of certain defendants on personal bond or on bail. |
SB 581 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays. |
SB 591 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to certain public facilities used to provide affordable housing. |
SB 604 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to bonds issued by and the dissolution of municipal management districts. |
SB 654 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to protecting the right to free exercise of religion and ensuring access to volunteer and faith-based chaplains and chaplaincy services for inmates. |
SB 1110 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to emergency review of election law violations. |
SB 1111 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the residence address of a voter for purposes of a response to a confirmation notice sent by the voter registrar. |
SB 1112 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to requirements for an early voting ballot voted by mail; creating a criminal offense. |
SB 1113 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to a registrar's failure to approve, change, or cancel voter registrations under applicable law. |
SB 1114 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to verification of the citizenship status of certain registered voters. |
SB 1115 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the time in which early voting is conducted. |
SB 1116 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to a county, city, or independent school district posting election notices and results on an Internet website. |
SB 1361 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the election of the board of trustees of certain school districts and the powers and duties of the board of trustees of school districts. |
SB 1362 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to prohibiting public schools from leasing, owning, or having a business interest in certain entities and real property associated with those entities. |
SB 1363 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to governmental entities that may partner with a school district to operate a district campus. |
SB 1364 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. |
SB 1365 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to public school organization, accountability, and fiscal management. |
SB 1366 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to ad valorem tax sales of personal property seized under a tax warrant. |
SB 1419 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to a proposition to approve the issuance of bonds or other debt. |
SB 1420 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the sunset review process. |
SB 1421 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the correction of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll and to related appraisal records. |
SB 1422 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its location in this state for a temporary period may be located in this state for the purpose of qualifying for the tax exemption. |
SB 1423 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the prepayment of ad valorem taxes. |
SB 1424 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the date for ordering or holding an election to ratify the ad valorem tax rate of a school district; making conforming changes. |
SB 1425 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions. |
SB 1426 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds. |
SB 1427 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the applicability of the temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster. |
SB 1428 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the applicability of the exemptions in the event of a disaster from certain limitations on the ad valorem tax rate of a taxing unit. |
SB 1429 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the alternate provisions for ad valorem tax rate notices when the de minimis rate of a taxing unit exceeds the voter-approval tax rate. |
SB 1430 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions and to related procedures and provisions. |
SB 1431 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district. |
SB 1432 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits of individuals who serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district. |
SB 1433 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to tax increment financing. |
SB 1434 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to public notice of the availability on the Internet of property-tax-related information. |
SB 1435 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the scope of the review of an appraisal district by the comptroller of public accounts. |
SB 1436 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the appeal of a determination by the comptroller of public accounts of a protest of the comptroller's findings in a study of school district property values. |
SB 1437 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain municipalities and counties conduct an efficiency audit before holding an election to approve the adoption of certain ad valorem tax rates. |
SB 1438 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the effect of a disaster on the calculation of certain tax rates and the procedure for adoption of a tax rate by a taxing unit. |
SB 1449 |
Last Action: Effective on 1/1/22 Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount. |
SB 1491 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the electronic submission of requests for attorney general decisions under the public information law; authorizing a fee. |
SB 1492 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to an expedited response by a governmental body to a request for public information. |
SB 1589 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the enforcement of laws relating to elections. |
SB 1590 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to rules by the State Board for Educator Certification regarding virtual observation options for field-based experiences and internships required for educator certification. |
SB 1591 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to election watchers; increasing a criminal penalty. |
SB 1592 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to powers and duties of governmental entities during a public health disaster; providing civil penalties. |
SB 1593 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to ensuring system reliability of electricity generation through use of a compliance monitor and an enforcement division of the Public Utility Commission of Texas. |
SB 1614 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to requiring emergency generators or other power sources in nursing facilities and assisted living facilities. |
SB 1615 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the adult high school charter school program. |
SB 1616 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to powers and duties of governmental entities during a public health disaster; providing civil penalties. |
SB 1617 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the automatic admission of certain students to general academic teaching institutions in The University of Texas System. |
SB 1618 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to in-depth evaluations and reports on certain investments of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
SB 1619 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to municipal control of certain local public retirement systems. |
SB 1620 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to voter approval of the issuance of certain obligations by municipalities to pay their unfunded liabilities to a public pension fund. |
SB 1621 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the eligibility for a service retirement annuity of certain members and annuitants of a public retirement system convicted of certain felony offenses. |
SB 1622 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to measures to support the alignment of education and workforce development in the state with state workforce needs, including the establishment of the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative. |
SB 1623 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to good cause for revoking the tenure of or otherwise disciplining a faculty member of a public institution of higher education in this state. |
SB 1656 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the requirements for filing an annual financial statement by a municipality. |
SB 1657 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to notice of proposed changes to municipal zoning classifications. |
SB 1658 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements for certain districts. |
SB 1659 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to clarifying the law regarding municipal voting rights and eligibility for municipal office of residents of areas subject to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements. |
SB 1660 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to payroll deductions for state and local government employee organizations. |
SB 1661 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the date on which a city may hold a general election. |
SB 1662 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the appointment, suspension, and termination of a county elections administrator. |
SB 1663 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the administration of the countywide polling place program. |
SB 1664 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to ballots voted by mail. |
SB 1665 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to courses offered jointly by public junior colleges and independent school districts. |
SB 1700 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen. |
SB 1764 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the payment of delinquent ad valorem taxes on property subject to a tax sale. |
SB 1765 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the procedure for making any change from any voting standard, practice, or procedure authorized by the Election Code. |
SB 1819 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to procedures for and the consequences of the dishonorable discharge of certain peace officers; creating a criminal offense. |
SB 1820 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the promotion of off-label uses of certain drugs, biological products, and devices. |
SB 1879 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the authorization and reporting of expenditures for lobbying activities by certain political subdivisions and other public entities. |
SB 1880 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to the renewal of local disaster declarations. |
SB 1968 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Family Educational Relief Program and an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program. |
SB 1992 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election. |
SB 2005 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to off-campus workforce education or lower-division programs offered by a public institution of higher education at the request of an employer. |
SB 2006 |
Last Action: Referred to Local Government Caption: Relating to publication and posting of notice by certain governmental entities and representatives. |
SB 2180 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 581; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
SJR 57 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its location in this state for a temporary period may be located in this state for the purpose of qualifying for the tax exemption. |
SJR 68 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment exempting this state from daylight saving time. |
SR 403 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Jake Kolkhorst for his achievements as a member of the Brenham High School baseball team. |
87th 1st Called Session | |
SB 8 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the authority of a person who acquires a residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption for the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in revenue. |
SB 12 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an individual who is elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction from the preceding tax year in the district's maximum compressed rate. |
SB 67 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to a training manual for election watchers. |
SJR 4 |
Last Action: Reported engrossed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead. |
87th 2nd Called Session | |
SB 8 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of a person who acquires a residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption for the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired and to the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in revenue. |
SB 12 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an individual who is elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction from the preceding tax year in the district's maximum compressed rate and to the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue. |
SB 91 |
Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to a temporary reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district and the form of the ballot proposition to be used in an election to approve a tax rate adopted by a school district that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate; making an appropriation. |
SB 97 |
Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty. |
SJR 2 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead. |
SR 50 |
Last Action: Printed in full Caption: In memory of Michael Anthony DiTeresa. |
87th 3rd Called Session | |
SB 1 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue. |
SB 47 |
Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to processes to address election irregularities; providing a civil penalty. |
SJR 2 |
Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes. |
SR 97 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending the limitations on the conference committee jurisdiction for S.B. 1. |
86th Regular Session | |
SB 2 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxation; authorizing fees. |
SB 5 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district, a reduction in the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect the increased exemption amount, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue. |
SB 227 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays. |
SB 251 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to courses offered jointly by public junior colleges and independent school districts. |
SB 280 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district. |
SB 702 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the authorization and reporting of expenditures for lobbying activities by certain political subdivisions and other public entities. |
SB 703 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the reporting by local governmental entities of expenditures for lobbying; providing a civil penalty. |
SB 933 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency to investigate the administration of public education. |
SB 955 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the matters that a taxing unit is entitled to challenge before an appraisal review board. |
SB 956 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the correction of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll and related appraisal records. |
SB 957 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to voter approval of the issuance of certain obligations by municipalities to pay their unfunded liabilities to a public pension fund. |
SB 960 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. |
SB 961 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the issuance of a citation for a criminal trespass offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor. |
SB 966 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the location of certain temporary branch early voting polling places. |
SB 1005 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its location in this state for a temporary period may be located in this state for the purpose of qualifying for the tax exemption. |
SB 1006 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount. |
SB 1007 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the prepayment of ad valorem taxes. |
SB 1026 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a proposition to approve the issuance of bonds or other debt. |
SB 1133 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to prohibiting public schools from owning, leasing, or having a business interest in certain entities and real property associated with those entities. |
SB 1158 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the extension of the expiration date of the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act. |
SB 1162 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to student success-based funding for certain public institutions of higher education. |
SB 1163 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the student loan program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and to the repeal of a related bond program. |
SB 1190 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the residence address of a voter for purposes of a response to a confirmation notice sent by the voter registrar. |
SB 1220 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to requiring notices of property located in floodplains, flood pools, or reservoirs to be provided by sellers of real property and on subdivision plats. |
SB 1224 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds. |
SB 1225 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions. |
SB 1227 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the date for ordering or holding an election to ratify the ad valorem tax rate of a school district; making conforming changes. |
SB 1228 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the verification of citizenship of an applicant for voter registration. |
SB 1229 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to a county, city, or independent school district posting certain election information on an Internet website. |
SB 1230 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the reporting of private school educator misconduct. |
SB 1231 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to providing certain public and private school administrators with information regarding certain child abuse and neglect investigations and allegations. |
SB 1254 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to verification of the citizenship status of certain registered voters. |
SB 1255 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the location of countywide polling places within a county. |
SB 1256 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to employing, terminating, and reporting the misconduct of public school personnel and related entity personnel, including creating a registry of persons ineligible for hire; creating criminal offenses. |
SB 1261 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve as the chief appraiser for an appraisal district. |
SB 1273 |
Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to the sales and use tax exemption for certain amusement services. |
SB 1285 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the procedure for the sale by auction of real property pursuant to foreclosure of a tax lien. |
SB 1300 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to clarifying the law regarding municipal voting rights and eligibility for municipal office of residents in areas subject to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements. |
SB 1301 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements for certain districts. |
SB 1302 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to certain areas exempt from municipal annexation. |
SB 1303 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to maps of the actual or proposed boundaries and extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality and certain notices related to expanding the boundaries. |
SB 1304 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to notice of proposed changes to municipal zoning classifications. |
SB 1309 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district. |
SB 1311 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the electronic transmission of an invoice or notice of toll nonpayment by a toll project entity. |
SB 1315 |
Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions. |
SB 1316 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the sunset review process. |
SB 1328 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the application of the open meetings law to the board of directors of certain tax reinvestment zones. |
SB 1329 |
Last Action: Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Caption: Relating to bonds issued by and the dissolution of municipal management districts. |
SB 1334 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the requirements for filing an annual financial statement by a municipality. |
SB 1335 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to municipal control of certain local public retirement systems. |
SB 1361 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the public resale by means of a public auction using online bidding and sale of property purchased by a taxing unit at an ad valorem tax sale. |
SB 1362 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the performance of administrative support services functions for the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general. |
SB 1385 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district and the election of trustees of certain school districts. |
SB 1476 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the requirement for certain administrators of certain educational entities to report certain educator misconduct to the State Board for Educator Certification. |
SB 1477 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to eliminating the requirement that certain top high school graduates be granted automatic admission to certain universities and eliminating the scholarship program for those graduates to attend certain institutions. |
SB 1478 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the fixed tuition price plan offered by certain general academic teaching institutions. |
SB 1765 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the administration and oversight of investigational adult stem cell treatments administered to certain patients. |
SB 1770 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Competency-Based Education Grant Program for certain students enrolled in competency-based baccalaureate degree programs and to formula funding and dropped and repeated course restrictions for students enrolled in those degree programs at public institutions of higher education. |
SB 1771 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the ad valorem taxation of a leasehold or other possessory interest in certain property owned by a municipality. |
SB 1772 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster. |
SB 1773 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the provision of alarm system services by certain municipalities. |
SB 1774 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to uncollectible fees and costs in criminal actions and proceedings. |
SB 1775 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
SB 2016 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to voter registration on issuance or change of a driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public Safety. |
SB 2017 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the countywide polling place program. |
SB 2117 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to approval of school district and charter school partnerships to operate school district campuses and programs and to eligibility for state funding. |
SB 2118 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to governmental entities that may partner with a school district to operate a district campus. |
SB 2219 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the notice required before the issuance of certain debt obligations by political subdivisions. |
SB 2220 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to fees collected by the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority. |
SB 2290 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the allocation of certain general revenues to the economic stabilization fund, the state highway fund, and the education enrichment fund. |
SB 2311 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards of county school trustees, and offices of county school superintendent. |
SB 2312 |
Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. |
SB 2337 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the treatment of captured appraised value and tax increment in the calculation of ad valorem tax rates for a taxing unit. |
SB 2338 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to student success-based funding for certain public institutions of higher education. |
SB 2427 |
Last Action: Referred to Property Tax Caption: Relating to the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes. |
SB 2428 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to authorizing the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to establish defined contribution plans or hybrid retirement plans to provide retirement benefits to certain employees. |
SB 2429 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to establish defined contribution plans to provide retirement benefits to certain employees. |
SB 2430 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the dissolution of a municipal management district by landowner petition. |
SB 2503 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the calculation of the rollback tax rate of a school district. |
SB 2520 |
Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Senate Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Cy-Champ Public Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. |
SB 2521 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 248; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes. |
SB 2522 |
Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Senate Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 571; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
SB 2523 |
Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Senate Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 572; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
SB 2524 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 375; providing authority to issue bonds. |
SB 2525 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 376; providing authority to issue bonds. |
SB 2526 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 379; providing authority to issue bonds. |
SB 2534 |
Last Action: Recommendations filed with the Senate Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 441; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. |
SJR 43 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its location in this state for a temporary period may be located in this state for the purpose of qualifying for the tax exemption. |
SJR 57 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster. |
SJR 59 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment abolishing daylight saving time in Texas. |
SJR 71 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to use revenue attributable to oil and gas production taxes to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and reduce the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect the increased exemption amount. |
SJR 72 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of and use of money in the education enrichment fund; allocating certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the state highway fund. |
SR 17 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming Mayor James Collins and a delegation from Limerick, Ireland. |
SR 129 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Texas A&M University System Chancellor's Student Advisory Council. |
SR 221 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 20, 2019, as Texas BOMA Advocacy Day. |
SR 480 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band on the occasion of its 125th anniversary. |
SR 535 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Declaring the crisis at the Texas-Mexico International Border an emergency and requesting Congress to adopt a budget that fully funds all means necessary to fully secure the Texas-Mexico International Border. |
SR 628 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Be An Angel for its work on behalf of disabled children. |
85th Regular Session | |
SB 2 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the administration of the ad valorem tax system. |
SB 7 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to improper relationships between educators and students and reporting of educator misconduct; creating a criminal offense and expanding the applicability of an existing offense; authorizing an administrative penalty. |
SB 151 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to voter approval of obligations for certain municipal liabilities to a public pension fund. |
SB 152 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to municipal control of certain public retirement systems established for the benefit of municipal employees. |
SB 153 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for certain persons. |
SB 412 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to requiring a presidential elector to vote for the candidates for president and vice president who won the popular vote in this state for those offices. |
SB 488 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions. |
SB 542 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations. |
SB 598 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs. |
SB 641 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions. |
SB 642 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to required disclosures in and to the length of ballot proposition language authorizing political subdivisions to issue bonds or impose or change a tax. |
SB 646 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the elimination of the taxing authority of certain county boards of education and boards of county school trustees. |
SB 650 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to tax increment financing. |
SB 655 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to certain notice of the extent of a municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction. |
SB 716 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the sheriff's department civil service system in certain counties. |
SB 730 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount. |
SB 731 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the appeal through binding arbitration of certain appraisal review board orders. |
SB 870 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the scheduling by an appraisal review board of a hearing on a protest. |
SB 871 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to municipal voting rights and eligibility for municipal office of residents in areas subject to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements. |
SB 898 |
Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the ownership and local regulation of trees and timber. |
SB 939 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the regulatory analysis of rules proposed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
SB 945 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district to correct an ad valorem tax appraisal roll. |
SB 946 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to deadlines for performing various functions in connection with the ad valorem tax system. |
SB 1085 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the certification of unopposed candidates for the board of directors of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority. |
SB 1106 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the issuance of a citation for criminal trespass punishable as a Class B misdemeanor. |
SB 1166 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. |
SB 1167 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards of county school trustees, and offices of county school superintendent. |
SB 1230 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen. |
SB 1259 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of and municipal annexation by certain municipalities. |
SB 1286 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the system for protesting or appealing certain ad valorem tax determinations. |
SB 1609 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays. |
SB 1661 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to voting rights and eligibility for office of residents of certain districts subject to a strategic partnership agreement. |
SB 1662 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements for certain districts. |
SB 1702 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the requirements for filing an annual financial statement by a municipality. |
SB 1703 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the requirements for filing an annual financial statement by a municipality. |
SB 1750 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to a study of the cost-effectiveness and feasibility of implementing a hybrid retirement plan for newly hired state employees and teachers. |
SB 1751 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to authorizing the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to establish defined contribution plans or hybrid retirement plans to provide retirement benefits to certain employees. |
SB 1752 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to establish defined contribution plans to provide retirement benefits to certain employees. |
SB 1846 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the authority of municipalities to replat a subdivision without vacating the preceding plat. |
SB 1847 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the correction of an ad valorem tax appraisal roll and related appraisal records. |
SB 1848 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the award of attorney's fees in a judicial appeal of certain ad valorem tax determinations. |
SB 1884 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district. |
SB 1885 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the location of certain temporary branch early voting polling places. |
SB 1886 |
Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to the oversight of public education, including the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency. |
SB 1887 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to performance-based supplemental funding for school districts. |
SB 1888 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of students to general academic teaching institutions and on the admission of nonresident students to The University of Texas at Austin. |
SB 1889 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to insurance premium tax and alcoholic beverage tax credits for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations. |
SB 1890 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to employing, terminating, and reporting misconduct of public school personnel and related entity personnel, including creating a registry of persons ineligible for hire; creating a criminal offense. |
SB 1891 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a general employment review of persons who apply to school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and certain independent contractors for employment involving direct contact with students or children; providing a civil penalty. |
SB 1892 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to student success-based funding for certain public institutions of higher education. |
SB 1905 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to information provided by a voter to an election officer. |
SB 1906 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the matters that a taxing unit is entitled to challenge before an appraisal review board. |
SB 1907 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the selection of the officers of an appraisal review board. |
SB 1908 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the selection of an arbitrator for purposes of an appeal through binding arbitration of certain appraisal review board orders. |
SB 2032 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas State Technical College System to offer technical-vocational courses or programs. |
SB 2033 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the fixed tuition price plan offered by certain general academic teaching institutions. |
SB 2043 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its location in this state for a temporary period may be located in this state for the purpose of qualifying for the tax exemption. |
SB 2044 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the use of tax proceeds for lobbying activities or lobbyists. |
SB 2045 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the reporting by local governmental entities of expenditures for lobbying. |
SB 2046 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to voting by the qualified voters of a water or sewer district wholly or partly annexed by a municipality. |
SB 2047 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation, territory, and operation of municipal management districts and public improvement districts. |
SB 2048 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the student loan program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and to the repeal of a related bond program. |
SB 2197 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to documentation of proof of identification for voting. |
SB 2239 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxation. |
SJR 45 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual income tax. |
SR 58 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 2017 as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month. |
SR 257 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 23, 2017, as La Belle Day. |
SR 258 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 22, 2017, as Texas BOMA Advocacy Day. |
SR 314 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 28, 2017, as Texas Anesthesiologists Day. |
SR 340 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating Texas Independence Day 2017. |
SR 467 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of William Dowling. |
SR 608 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing James and Leeshan Chuang Birney for their service to the Houston community. |
SR 655 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Rita Polland on the occasion of her 90th birthday. |
85th 1st Called Session | |
SB 1 |
Last Action: Senate appoints conferees-reported Caption: Relating to the calculation of the ad valorem rollback tax rate of a taxing unit and voter approval of a proposed tax rate that exceeds the rollback tax rate. |
SB 83 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to certain notice of the extent of a municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction. |
SB 84 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the oversight of public education, including the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency. |
SB 89 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities. |
SB 90 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of and municipal annexation by certain municipalities. |
SB 93 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxation. |
SB 96 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxation. |
SR 159 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Republican Party of Texas. |
84th Regular Session | |
SB 182 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the calculation of the ad valorem rollback tax rates of certain taxing units. |
SB 449 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle. |
SB 515 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to an increase in the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district, a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue. |
SB 516 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to increasing the period of time for exempting freeport goods from ad valorem taxation. |
SB 567 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits by the clerk of a district court; authorizing a fee. |
SB 568 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a classroom visual aid stipend for public school classroom teachers. |
SB 576 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to an individual's eligibility to receive unemployment compensation benefits on the individual's waiting period claim. |
SB 642 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations. |
SB 694 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to authorizing patients with certain terminal illnesses to access certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices that are in clinical trials. |
SB 752 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to the repeal of the inheritance tax. |
SB 758 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property used by the owner of the property to manufacture, process, or fabricate tangible personal property for ultimate sale. |
SB 762 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount. |
SB 763 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain income-producing tangible personal property. |
SB 766 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit. |
SB 767 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the procedure for the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate. |
SB 849 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to access to and fees associated with binding arbitration of appraisal review board orders. |
SB 965 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the release of an accused person on personal bond. |
SB 966 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the recording of the presentment of an indictment by a grand jury. |
SB 967 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of a district clerk to collect certain fees for providing electronic copies of court records. |
SB 982 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for certain persons. |
SB 983 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to restrictions on the assessment of the fee charged for issuance of certain birth records. |
SB 984 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of registration under the Election Code. |
SB 985 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the acceptance of a voter at a polling place. |
SB 986 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to information obtained by a guardian ad litem representing a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
SB 1003 |
Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to the issuance of school district teaching permits to persons who teach career and technical education. |
SB 1004 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to courses and programs offered jointly by certain public junior colleges and independent school districts. |
SB 1013 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions. |
SB 1015 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to limiting the amount of assistance a person may provide a voter; creating a criminal offense. |
SB 1041 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to required disclosures in and to the length of ballot proposition language authorizing political subdivisions to issue bonds or impose or change a tax. |
SB 1042 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to fiscal transparency and accountability of certain political subdivisions. |
SB 1062 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the registration and certification of county tax assessor-collectors and their employees. |
SB 1215 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a study of the feasibility and benefits to this state of abolishing the property tax assistance division of the office of the comptroller of public accounts and transferring its powers and duties to an independent agency. |
SB 1216 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. |
SB 1217 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem appointed for a child to meet with the child before court hearings. |
SB 1218 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to filing requirements applicable to administrative writs of withholding for child support. |
SB 1219 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to a combined online application for persons applying for certain state and local economic development incentives. |
SB 1220 |
Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . Caption: Relating to tax increment financing. |
SB 1221 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to public school class size limits. |
SB 1222 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the authority of the commissioner of education to issue subpoenas during an investigation of educator misconduct. |
SB 1223 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to requiring the consent of all parties to legally intercept certain communications. |
SB 1335 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the period after which a governmental entity must execute an expunction order. |
SB 1452 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the power of a commissioners court to authorize ad valorem tax sales of real property to be conducted by means of online auctions. |
SB 1459 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority. |
SB 1460 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the evaluation and ranking of similar offers submitted to a governmental entity for certain construction-related contracts. |
SB 1680 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the procedure for the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate by a taxing unit. |
SB 1692 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the establishment of a limit on the maximum ad valorem tax rate of a county or municipality for a tax year based on inflation and the rate of population growth. |
SB 1693 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain inventory from ad valorem taxation by a school district. |
SB 1694 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation. |
SB 1782 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the status of separate legal entities for purposes of the sales and use tax on aircraft. |
SB 1783 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to apportionment of certain receipts of a broadcaster under the franchise tax. |
SB 1807 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes; authorizing a fee. |
SB 1808 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the confidentiality and use of information related to a taxpayer subject to audit by the comptroller. |
SB 1809 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to ad valorem tax protests and appeals. |
SB 1981 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the eligibility of persons to participate in an ad valorem tax sale of real property. |
SB 1994 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to municipal control of certain public retirement systems established for the benefit of municipal employees. |
SB 2051 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the study of public education performance. |
SB 2053 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Pine Forest Municipal Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds and impose a tax. |
SB 2056 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 148; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
SB 2059 |
Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the composition of the governing body of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. |
SCR 32 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Urging Congress to expedite natural gas exports. |
SJR 28 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount. |
SJR 29 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the number of days that certain tangible personal property to be transported outside of this state is exempt from ad valorem taxation. |
SJR 35 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions tangible personal property used by the owner of the property to manufacture, process, or fabricate tangible personal property for ultimate sale. |
SJR 36 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation income-producing tangible personal property valued at less than $50,000. |
SJR 56 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions of this state a person's inventory. |
SJR 57 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes, providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, and extending the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its temporary location in this state may remain located in this state before forfeiting the right to the exemption. |
SR 16 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the investiture of Jane Cummins as President of the Texas Lyceum. |
SR 17 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Cheryl Lynn McIntyre. |
SR 309 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the work of the KK125 Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. |