Legislation authored by Gary VanDeaver
Includes legislation with Gary VanDeaver 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.
| 88th Regular Session | |
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| HB 8 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program. |
| HB 422 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to remotely conducting detention hearings in juvenile cases. |
| HB 425 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder. |
| HB 427 |
Last Action: Referred to Energy Resources Caption: Relating to information required to be provided to the public about planned excavations. |
| HB 430 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the criteria and qualifications for distributions under the rural volunteer fire department assistance program. |
| HB 433 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to the definition of a commercial fleet. |
| HB 806 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a study regarding the placement of rumble strips on highway shoulders. |
| HB 977 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the creation of a Texas Commission on Assessment and Accountability. |
| HB 1066 |
Last Action: Referred to Youth Health & Safety, Select Caption: Relating to a psychological assessment of homicidal risk of a public school student following the student's expulsion or placement in a disciplinary alternative education program for certain conduct. |
| HB 1067 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the detachment and annexation of school district territory by petition. |
| HB 1237 |
Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to the salary reclassification of certain positions with the Texas Department of Insurance State Fire Marshal's Office. |
| HB 1238 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the school health and related services program, including parental consent for program services, the establishment of a school health and related services program advisory council, and the publication of the School Health and Related Services (SHARS) Handbook portion of the Texas Medicaid Provider Procedures Manual. |
| HB 2456 |
Last Action: Referred to Youth Health & Safety, Select Caption: Relating to the employment of honorably retired peace officers as school district security personnel and the applicability to those officers of certain law governing private security. |
| HB 2558 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the authority of the TexAmericas Center to provide services to and make investments in certain business enterprises and to create certain business organizations for purposes of the center. |
| HB 2710 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to school district purchasing of and contracting for goods and services. |
| HB 2725 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to truancy; increasing a criminal penalty. |
| HB 2808 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the finality of public school accountability determinations. |
| HB 3009 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/23 Caption: Relating to the health care providers authorized to examine a person to determine whether the person is incapacitated for purposes of certain guardianship proceedings. |
| HB 3560 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to a membership interest in a limited liability company subject to a charging order. |
| HB 3561 |
Last Action: Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Caption: Relating to the payment of certain contributions for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service. |
| HB 3564 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes. |
| HB 3638 |
Last Action: Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Caption: Relating to the break-in service period for certain retirees preventing the loss of benefits and the state making payments for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service. |
| HB 4375 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator in public schools. |
| HB 4376 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to self-settled asset protection trusts. |
| HJR 147 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to the appraised value of the property when it was first qualified as a residence homestead, plus the value of subsequent improvements. |
| HR 81 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Texas Rural Education Association. |
| HR 292 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 1, 2023, as Northeast Texas Regional Alliance Day at the State Capitol. |
| 87th Regular Session | |
| HB 306 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the medical advisory board. |
| HB 315 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/21 Caption: Relating to the purchasing of the uniform of certain honorably retired or medically discharged peace officers. |
| HB 318 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder. |
| HB 363 |
Last Action: Placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to restricting the use of personally identifiable student information by an operator of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application used for a school purpose and providing an exemption from certain restrictions for a national assessment provider. |
| HB 685 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation of a critical care protection program for veterinarian electric customers. |
| HB 773 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system. |
| HB 890 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to remotely conducting depositions, hearings, and other proceedings in juvenile cases. |
| HB 1414 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the powers of the TexAmericas Center, including its authority to issue bonds. |
| HB 1496 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to requiring school districts to report management fees under certain cooperative purchasing contracts. |
| HB 1942 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the adult high school charter school program. |
| HB 2688 |
Last Action: Received from the House Caption: Relating to the term of office for certain trustees of an independent school district. |
| HB 3126 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the health care providers authorized to examine a person to determine whether the person is incapacitated for purposes of certain guardianship proceedings. |
| HB 3128 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the career and technology education allotment under the Foundation School Program. |
| HB 3402 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Franklin County Water District. |
| HB 3668 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the administration of assessment instruments in public schools, eliminating the requirement to use public school assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation, and the temporary suspension of certain accountability determinations for a school district or campus in a school year in which the operations of the district or campus are disrupted as a result of a declared disaster. |
| HB 3862 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to a recommendation for the removal of a member of the board of trustees of a school district by other members of the board. |
| HB 3989 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education 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. |
| HB 3991 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to measures to assist small and rural school districts in implementing a collegiate model and expanding broadband access, including the establishment of the Rural Schools and Communities Technical Assistance Center and a grant program. |
| HCR 3 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the House of Representatives to direct the appropriate house and senate committees to conduct an interim study regarding the feasibility of integrating the Northeast Texas Trail into the state park system. |
| 86th Regular Session | |
| HB 330 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to excluding certain students from the computation of dropout and completion rates for purposes of public school accountability. |
| HB 331 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the medical advisory board. |
| HB 396 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to acceptable uses of the instructional materials and technology fund and the instructional materials and technology allotment. |
| HB 397 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to acceptable uses by a school district of the instructional materials and technology allotment. |
| HB 418 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the availability of personal information of a current or former federal prosecutor. |
| HB 497 |
Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Caption: Relating to the classroom instruction part of the handgun proficiency course taken to obtain a license to carry a handgun. |
| HB 644 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the regulation of cottage food production operations. |
| HB 735 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the calculation of the rollback tax rate of a school district and a related study. |
| HB 1051 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to an adult education program provided under an adult high school diploma and industry certification charter school program and reporting requirements regarding certain students. |
| HB 1054 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to proportionality between state accountability performance indicators that apply to school districts and the State's share of the foundation school program for school districts. |
| HB 1223 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the creation and enforcement of a criminal offense relating to interference with child custody and to the prosecution of child custody offenses. |
| HB 1388 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system. |
| HB 1480 |
Last Action: Placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to assessment of public school students, providing accelerated instruction, appropriately crediting certain student performance, and eliminating requirements based on performance on certain assessment instruments. |
| HB 1538 |
Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures Caption: Relating to driving safety courses provided by certain organizations. |
| HB 1556 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to school district purchasing of and contracting for goods and services. |
| HB 2034 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal punishment for the offense of invasive visual recording. |
| HB 2351 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 196 in Lamar County as the Nick S. Lingo Memorial Highway. |
| HB 2691 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to restricting the use of personally identifiable student information by an operator of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application used for a school purpose and providing an exemption from certain restrictions for a national assessment provider. |
| HB 2823 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal punishment for assault committed against certain sports participants. |
| HB 2824 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the pilot program for assessing public school students in writing under an alternative method. |
| HB 2958 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by the TexAmericas Center. |
| HB 3505 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Optometry Board. |
| HB 3510 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the intermodal shipping container permit in North Texas. |
| HB 3511 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the creation of the Commission on Texas Workforce of the Future. |
| HB 3521 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to data collection, reporting, and notice requirements for certain educational entities. |
| HB 4166 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to a study of the feasibility of the expansion of navigation on the Red River by the Red River Authority of Texas. |
| HB 4177 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the establishment of a student performance designation for secondary-level substitute assessment instruments and the use of that designation for public school accountability purposes. |
| HB 4302 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to regulations authorizing special education hearing officer subpoenas. |
| HB 4324 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the submission and use of electronic student records in the electronic student records system. |
| HCR 24 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the House of Representatives to direct the appropriate house and senate committees to conduct an interim study regarding the feasibility of integrating the Northeast Texas Trail into the state park system. |
| HCR 64 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Encouraging the Texas Department of Transportation to develop and support bikeway network projects. |
| HR 87 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 2019 as Career and Technical Education Month in Texas. |
| HR 156 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Carl D. Kuhle of Bogata. |
| HR 323 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. |
| HR 359 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 28, 2019, as Northeast Texas Regional Alliance Day at the State Capitol. |
| HR 524 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 27 and 28, 2019, as Lamar County Days at the State Capitol. |
| HR 656 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Brandon Luke Earley of Reno. |
| HR 657 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Kolby Todd "Tut" Fletcher. |
| HR 1059 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 8, 2019, as Texas A&M University-Texarkana Day at the State Capitol. |
| HR 1247 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Sonja Yates Hubbard on being named the 2019 Idalee Hawkins Leader of the Year by Leadership Texarkana. |
| 85th Regular Session | |
| HB 486 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the calculation of the rollback tax rate of a school district. |
| HB 515 |
Last Action: Senate appoints conferees-reported Caption: Relating to assessment of public school students and providing accelerated instruction and eliminating performance requirements based on performance on certain assessment instruments. |
| HB 539 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the ability of certain dependents of members of the United States military to enroll full-time in courses provided through the state virtual school network. |
| HB 594 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to procedures for the dissolution of a county hospital authority. |
| HB 786 |
Last Action: Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder. |
| HB 809 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to prohibiting the use of an electronic device to film or photograph a traffic accident; creating an offense. |
| HB 967 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the powers of the TexAmericas Center. |
| HB 1238 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to investment training for officers of public housing authorities. |
| HB 1239 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the governance of public housing authorities. |
| HB 1255 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the maximum amount of certain awards made to public school teachers under the Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program. |
| HB 1371 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the small-sized district adjustment under the Foundation School Program. |
| HB 1531 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the sequencing of required English language arts courses in schools. |
| HB 1611 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the use of warning devices by stationary authorized emergency vehicles. |
| HB 1748 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the use of a portable electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense. |
| HB 1980 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the high school graduation of a student who transfers to a public school in this state after the student's junior year of high school. |
| HB 2047 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the detachment and annexation of school district territory by agreement. |
| HB 2087 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to restricting the use of covered information, including student personally identifiable information, by an operator of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application for a school purpose. |
| HB 2090 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to compensation for heritage property acquired through eminent domain. |
| HB 2611 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to broker agreements for the sale of real property by school districts. |
| HB 2916 |
Last Action: Received from the House Caption: Relating to the appointment of a bailiff by district courts and county courts at law in Bowie County. |
| HB 3104 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the assessment of public school students in writing and English language arts. |
| HB 3460 |
Last Action: Returned to Calendars Committee Caption: Relating to the movement of vehicles transporting sealed ocean cargo shipping containers; authorizing a fee. |
| HB 4276 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/17 Caption: Relating to the Paris Junior College District. |
| HR 214 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 7-9, 2017, as Lamar County Days at the State Capitol. |
| HR 492 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Smith-Hughes Act. |
| HR 622 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association on the celebration of its 100th anniversary in 2017. |
| HR 630 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 1, 2017, as Texas A&M University--Texarkana Day at the State Capitol. |
| HR 770 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 8, 2017, as Northeast Texas Regional Coalition Day at the State Capitol. |
| HR 1212 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Wilbur Smith Rotary Club on its 100th anniversary. |
| HR 1842 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Tippi Pyle on her 30 years of service in behalf of Denver Pyle's Children's Charities in Lamar County. |
| HR 2387 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Commending the members of the House Committee Coordinator's Office for their work during the 85th Legislative Session. |
| HR 2498 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the members of the House Committee Coordinator's Office for their work during the 85th Legislative Session. |
| 85th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 168 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the calculation of the rollback tax rate of a school district. |
| HB 320 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the establishment of an education enhancement program for students with certain disabilities. |
| HB 322 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the sunset review of the Red River Authority of Texas. |
| HR 52 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Jana Graves Kennedy of Paris. |
| 84th Regular Session | |
| HB 1162 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to eliminating satisfactory performance requirements for public school end-of-course assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation. |
| HB 1163 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the percentage of the annual distribution from the permanent school fund set aside for the state instructional materials fund. |
| HB 1164 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to conduct a study to develop a writing assessment method for public school students and establish a pilot program to administer the assessment method developed. |
| HB 1474 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/15 Caption: Relating to the placement of money in the state instructional materials fund and payment of the instructional materials allotment. |
| HB 1673 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to eliminating certain state-required assessment instruments and certain end-of-course assessment instruments not required by federal law. |
| HB 1706 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to reducing paperwork and duplicate reports required of a school district. |
| HB 1731 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for an academic and student services building at Texas A&M University--Texarkana. |
| HB 2156 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to requirements for providers of certain technology services in public schools. |
| HB 2209 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium. |
| HB 2280 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties. |
| HB 2566 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to educator preparation programs. |
| HB 3548 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the authority of the TexAmericas Center to incorporate a nonprofit corporation for certain purposes and to the tax treatment of such a nonprofit corporation. |
| HR 591 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 8-9, 2015, as Lamar County Days at the State Capitol. |
| HR 600 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 25, 2015, as Red River County Day at the State Capitol. |
| HR 838 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Justin Holt. |