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Legislation authored by Matt Shaheen

Includes legislation with Matt Shaheen as the primary author for the 84th through 85th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System. Author information is not available for the 86th Legislature.

85th Regular Session
HB 736	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the maintenance of information entered into a fee record.
HB 737	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the board of trustees of the Texas County and District Retirement System.
HB 738	Author: Shaheen, Matt \| et. al. Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to certain information included with ballot propositions for elections to authorize state and local general obligation bonds.
HB 739	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to ballot propositions authorizing certain political subdivisions to issue bonds.
HB 762	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the enforcement by certain governmental entities of state and federal laws governing immigration.
HB 763	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the duties of a law enforcement agency regarding the immigration status of an arrested person and the enforcement of an immigration detainer.
HB 764	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to civil liability of a local government for failure to comply with an immigration detainer.
HB 765	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to requiring political subdivisions to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program or E-verify.
HB 779	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to the abolishment of the Music, Film, Television, and Multimedia Office in the office of the governor and the moving image industry incentive program.
HB 780	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to county and municipality zoning rules concerning the cultivation, production, dispensing, or possession of low-THC cannabis.
HB 781	Author: Shaheen, Matt \| et. al. Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Caption: Relating to the issuance of a handgun license.
HB 782	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Caption: Relating to the handgun proficiency required to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun.
HB 819	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the authority of certain entities to enter into a comprehensive development agreement.
HB 820	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides health care services for which the physician agrees not to seek payment from any source, including the Medicaid program or otherwise from this state or the federal government, to indigent residents of the county.
HB 821	Author: Shaheen, Matt \| et. al. Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to the solicitation of pen pals by certain inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
HB 857	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the alignment for the proposed Regional Outer Loop project in certain counties.
HB 907	Author: Shaheen, Matt \| et. al. Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the content and process for certain petitions.
HB 923	Author: Shaheen, Matt \| et. al. Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to property owners' association fines.
HB 1095	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the phaseout and repeal of the franchise tax; lowering the rates of the tax.
HB 1206	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to allowing Medicaid managed care organizations to adopt their own drug formularies.
HB 1279	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to adopt or enforce a smoking ban on the premises of certain businesses.
HB 1282	Author: Shaheen, Matt \| et. al. Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the cessation of tolls by toll project entities in certain circumstances.
HB 1353	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to requiring a voter to be affiliated with a political party to vote in that party's primary election or otherwise participate in that party's affairs; creating a criminal offense; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty.
HB 1360	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the use of a mechanical or electronic device by a person occupying a voting station.
HB 1362	Author: Shaheen, Matt \| et. al. Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to state agency and local government regulation of the use of multi-occupancy private spaces.
HB 1482	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the dispensing of certain drugs by physicians.
HB 1541	Author: Shaheen, Matt \| et. al. Last Action: Referred to Government Transparency & Operation Caption: Relating to the posting of required notice by a political subdivision on Internet websites.
HB 1686	Author: Shaheen, Matt \| et. al. Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of a writing that is attached to tangible property.
HB 1695	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to training for governmental entities and vendors, including purchasing and contract management training; authorizing fees.
HB 1712	Author: Shaheen, Matt \| et. al. Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to the abolishment of certain advisory committees and other state entities.
HB 1797	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the offense of unacknowledged assistance to a voter in completing an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
HB 1824	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Transferred to Calendars Committee Caption: Relating to the execution of a warrant issued for certain individuals who violate a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision.
HB 1851	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred directly to s/c on Budget Transparency and Reform by chair Caption: Relating to the reporting of certain state agency contract information and the posting of that information on the Internet.
HB 1889	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to an interim study conducted by the Department of Information Resources on opportunities and strategies to reduce the state's volume of paper transactions.
HB 1943	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred directly to s/c on Budget Transparency and Reform by chair Caption: Relating to the review and oversight of state agency contracts.
HB 1951	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to firm names used by licensed attorneys.
HB 2069	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to a limitation on civil suits against persons reporting suspicious activity in good faith.
HB 2083	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to expedited processing of certain applications for a license to carry a handgun; waiving a fee.
HB 2138	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher.
HB 2178	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to observation of voter assistance by a poll watcher.
HB 2233	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the composition of the Contract Advisory Team.
HB 2234	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to interstate purchases of goods and services through the office of the comptroller of public accounts; authorizing a fee.
HB 2530	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to a reduction of amounts appropriated to the Texas Department of Transportation for a violation of provisions relating to public participation in the environmental review of transportation projects.
HB 2553	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to General Investigating & Ethics Caption: Relating to the disclosure of public money spent by certain political subdivisions for lobbying activities in a comprehensive annual financial report.
HB 2554	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the location and hours for early voting by personal appearance.
HB 3259	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the enforcement of penalties imposed by a local authority using a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
HB 3271	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to General Investigating & Ethics Caption: Relating to the right of certain public officers to access public information, documents, records, and property.
HB 3412	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to preauthorization by certain health benefit plan issuers of certain covered benefits under the health benefit plan.
HB 3414	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the membership of the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners.
HB 3415	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to holding elections on uniform election dates.
HB 3427	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the state virtual school network and a study on digital learning.
HB 3456	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the types of highway projects for which the Texas Department of Transportation is required to hold a hearing.
HB 3480	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the dispensing of certain drugs by therapeutic optometrists.
HB 3627	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to compliance with ethical and statutory requirements by out-of-state attorneys providing legal services in this state.
HB 3645	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the types of highway projects for which the Texas Department of Transportation is required to hold a hearing and a reduction of amounts appropriated to the Texas Department of Transportation for a violation of provisions relating to public participation in the environmental review of transportation projects.
HB 3671	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Government Transparency & Operation Caption: Relating to the requirement that state agencies notify the Department of Information Resources in the event of a breach of system security or unauthorized exposure of certain information.
HJR 50	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides health care services for which the physician agrees not to seek payment from any source, including the Medicaid program or otherwise from this state or the federal government, to county residents who are indigent or who are Medicaid recipients.
HJR 63	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
HJR 104	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select Caption: Urging the Congress of the United States to propose for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution which would prohibit, with one exception, the practice of abortion within the United States or in any place subject to their jurisdiction or, in the alternative, applying to Congress to call a convention, pursuant to Article V of that Constitution, for the specific and limited purpose of proposing such an amendment to that Constitution for ratification.
HR 1370	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Erika Manning of Weatherford Elementary School on being named the 2016 Elementary Teacher of the Year by the Plano Independent School District and by Region 10.
85th 1st Called Session
HB 220	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means 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.
HB 381	Author: Shaheen, Matt \| et. al. Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain facilities of political subdivisions, including public school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools.
HR 473	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Patience LeBlanc on her selection as the 2017 Texas History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
84th Regular Session
HB 1181	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the maintenance of information entered into a fee record.
HB 1182	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to ballot propositions authorizing political subdivisions to issue bonds.
HB 1183	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the authority of certain entities to enter into a comprehensive development agreement.
HB 1257	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public money for lobbying activities or lobbyists.
HB 1355	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the consequences for an elected officer who threatens, punishes, or intimidates a person based on the person's religious beliefs; creating a criminal offense.
HB 1362	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides health care services for which the physician agrees not to seek payment from any source, including the Medicaid program or otherwise from this state or the federal government, to indigent residents of the county.
HB 1397	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the eligibility to serve as a member of the board of trustees of the Texas County and District Retirement System.
HB 1553	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to requiring political subdivisions to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program or E-verify.
HB 1554	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to a report on local government operations prepared by the comptroller.
HB 1734	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred directly to s/c on Long-term Infrastructure Planning by chair Caption: Relating to the cessation of tolls by toll project entities in certain circumstances.
HB 1750	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the issuance of certain capital appreciation bonds by local governments.
HB 2686	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the provision and use of certain transportation funding, including the allocation of certain revenue from the taxes imposed on the sale or use of motor vehicles.
HB 2687	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to persons who are public servants for purposes of the offenses of official oppression and misuse of official information; creating offenses.
HB 2707	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the abolishment of the Music, Film, Television, and Multimedia Office in the office of the governor and the moving image industry incentive program.
HB 3219	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the use by a school district of public money for lobbying activities or lobbyists.
HB 3221	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to mandating a study by the state comptroller on procurement consolidation of all state agencies in state government.
HB 3313	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Energy Resources Caption: Relating to unit operations for oil, gas, or oil and gas production from depleting reservoirs or carbon dioxide storage; authorizing a fee.
HB 4070	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the adoption or enforcement of laws relating to labor by a political subdivision.
HJR 89	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides health care services for which the physician agrees not to seek payment from any source, including the Medicaid program or otherwise from this state or the federal government, to county residents who are indigent or who are Medicaid recipients.
HR 1345	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Austin Olivera of Plano on attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.
HR 1528	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Ryan Frederick Rumney on attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.
HR 2223	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Plano West High School boys' basketball team on winning the 2015 UIL 6A state championship.
HR 2460	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Titan robotics team from Plano ISD Academy High School on qualifying for and competing in the 2015 FIRST World Championship.
HR 3499	Author: Shaheen, Matt Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Plano West High School girls' basketball team on its 2014-2015 season.