Legislation authored by Joseph F. Pentony

Includes legislation with Joseph F. Pentony as the primary author for the 63rd through 64th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

64th Regular Session
HB 220	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: To supplement the appropriation to the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
HB 296	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Requiring that the members of the governing body of any city having more than 600,000 inhabitants be elected from single-member districts.
HB 297	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Providing for a referendum election on the question of electing the members of the city's governing body by single-member districts in certain cities; making other provisions in regard to the election of the governing body by single-member districts.
HB 298	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to presidential preference primaries and selection of delegates to national political conventions.
HB 299	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Placing limits on the amount of campaign expenditures on behalf of candidates for certain offices; fixing civil and criminal penalties for violations.
HB 300	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to campaign expenditures for public office; placing limits on the amount of expenditures on behalf of candidates for certain offices; requiring certain communications media accepting advertising on behalf of candidates subject to the expenditure limitations to file reports of expenditures made with the media; fixing civil and criminal penalties for violations.
HB 301	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Providing for the conduct and financing of primary elections to be held jointly for all political parties required to make nominations by primary elections; prescribing the methods by which a candidate may qualify for a ballot position in a primary election; also making changes with respect to conventions and other affairs of political parties and to other matters relating to the nomination and election of candidates, which are necessitated by the changes in the law with respect to primary elections; containing penal provisions.
HB 489	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the requirement that officers appointed to the governing boards of state-supported institutions of higher education file financial statements.
HB 490	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the maintenance of a flight log by state agencies operating or maintaining aircraft.
HB 491	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to the construction, repair, and rehabilitation of facilities at state-supported institutions of higher education.
HB 492	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the application of the Interagency Cooperation Act to certain lease agreements.
HB 493	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to biennial reports on statewide needs in the field of higher education.
HB 574	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to the regulation of private mental hospitals by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation through its Private Mental Hospital Division; providing a penalty.
HB 575	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to tuition for certain children from other states enrolled in public schools.
HB 576	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to special education programs for exceptional children.
HB 577	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to providing medical, psychological, and counseling services to mentally ill, mentally or developmentally retarded, and emotionally disturbed children committee to the Texas Youth Council.
HB 803	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to prohibiting state employees from communicating certain information to a member of the legislature; providing a penalty.
HB 1236	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the reporting and regulation of donations, receipts, and disbursements of salary supplementation for certain state officers and employees.
HB 1237	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the authority of the Central Education Agency to establish pilot early childhood programs.
HB 1238	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to standards promulgated by the State Board of Education relating to the approval of colleges and universities offering programs in teacher education and the issuance of teaching certificates.
HB 1239	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Revenue and Taxation Caption: Relating to records maintained by the Comptroller of Public Accounts regarding state property.
HB 1240	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the assessment of needs of public school students and the evaluation of programs designed to meet those needs.
HB 1305	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Authorizing the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to sell and convey certain land in Harris County; providing that the proceeds from the sale shall be part of the Special Game and Fish Fund of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and appropriating the proceeds for that purpose.
HB 1339	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to the filing of records of rates charged and services provided by certain hospitals and by convalescent homes, nursing homes, and related institutions.
HB 1340	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to the regulation of health care facilities.
HB 1341	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to the issuance of licenses to practice medicine in the State of Texas.
HB 1342	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to requiring certain minutes to be filed with State Department of Health.
HB 1343	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the admission of students to state-supported medical schools.
HB 1496	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the establishment of a certificate of need program for health care facilities.
HB 1497	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to examination of an applicant for an operator's license by an instructor of an approved driver training course.
HB 1498	Last Action: Considered by committee in formal meeting Caption: Providing for nonvoting student representatives on the governing boards of institutions of higher education.
HB 1929	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the limitations for bringing an action to recover possession of land by certain elderly or handicapped persons.
HJR 25	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: Relating to providing for the apportionment of the state into congressional, senatorial, and representative districts.
HJR 68	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: Relating to guaranteeing bonds issued by school districts for permanent improvements.
63rd Regular Session
HB 310	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing notice posted Caption: Requiring that the members of the governing body of any city having more than 600,000 inhabitants be elected from single-member districts; and declaring an emergency.
HB 323	Last Action: Amended in committee Caption: Relating to campaign expenditures by candidates for public office; placing limits on the amount of expenditures on behalf of candidates for certain offices; requiring certain communications media accepting advertising on behalf of candidates subject to the expenditure limitations to file reports of expenditures made with the media; fixing civil and criminal penalties for violations.
HB 324	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to presidential preference primaries and selection of delegates to national political conventions.
HB 426	Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Providing for nonvoting student representatives on the governing boards of institutions of higher education.
HB 455	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing notice posted Caption: Providing for a referendum election on the question of electing the members of the city's governing body by single-member districts in certain cities; making other provisions in regard to the election of the governing body by single-member districts; and declaring an emergency.
HB 687	Last Action: Committee hearing date Caption: Relating to the conduct and financing of primary elections for nomination of candidates by political parties; the procedures for making nominations by other methods; the organization, officers, conventions, and other affairs of political parties; nonpartisan or independent candidacy in elections held by counties, cities, and other political subdivisions; and related matters; containing penal provisions.
HCR 125	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Welcoming the students of James Madison High School in Houston, teacher Mrs. Kay Wolfer, and the other trip sponsors to the occasion of their visit to the State Capitol.
HCR 130	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Evan E. Worthing High School.
HR 62	Caption: Honoring Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce.
HR 65	Caption: Instructing the House Appropriations Committee concerning the General Appropriations Bill.