Legislation authored by Joe Shannon, Jr.
Includes legislation with Joe Shannon, Jr. as the primary author for the 59th through 61st Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 61st Regular Session | |
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| HB 33 | Caption: Relating to purchasing procedures in counties having a population not less than 350,000 and not more than 800,000, and having an assessed valuation of $800,000,000 or more. |
| HB 141 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the engaging in certain disruptive activities or disrupting lawful assembly on the campus or property of private or public schools or institutions of higher education or public vocational and technical schools or institutes; prescribing certain penalties. |
| HB 260 | Caption: Relating to the establishment, operation and financing of a state library system consisting of a network of interrelated cooperating library systems designed to provide adequate library facilities and services to the public. |
| HB 417 | Caption: Relating to assault of a peace officer with intent to murder; providing a penalty. |
| HB 615 | Caption: Relating to providing for the appointment and compensation of Public Defenders of Tarrant County, defining their duties and responsibilities; providing for other court appointed attorneys. |
| HB 760 | Caption: Relating to crimes committed by persons under the influence of dangerous drugs. |
| HB 937 | Caption: Relating to the creation of the 238th Judicial District in Tarrant County. |
| HB 938 | Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Criminal District Court No. 4 of Tarrant County. |
| HB 998 | Caption: Relating to agreements for vending machine space in county buildings and sales of goods to prisoners in county jails in counties having a population of more than 500,000 but less than 800,000. |
| HCR 149 | Caption: Commending Mary Ann Harvey, Legislative Intern, for her service to the Legislature and the House Committee on Counties. |
| HJR 27 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a commission to set rules of ethics for state officers and employees and to prescribe compensation for legislators. |
| HR 394 | Caption: Providing for the appointment of an interim committee to make a study of county government and county officials. |
| HR 550 | Caption: Commending Representative Temple Dickson. |
| HR 576 | Caption: Commending Representative Tommy Shannon of Tarrant and the House Administration Committee. |
| 61st 1st Called Session | |
| HB 37 | Caption: Relating to the creation of the 238th Judicial District in Tarrant County. |
| HB 38 | Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Criminal District Court No. 4 of Tarrant County. |
| 61st 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 68 | Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Criminal District Court No. 4 of Tarrant County. |
| HB 69 | Caption: Relating to the creation of the 238th Judicial District in Tarrant County. |
| HB 82 | Caption: Relating to the compensation of court reporters in certain counties. |
| HR 36 | Caption: Commending the State DeMolay Association of Texas and the International Supreme Council of the Order of DeMolay, and granting permission for the use of the Hall of the House. |
| 60th Regular Session | |
| HB 95 | Caption: Relating to changing the name of the Criminal District Court of Tarrant County; changing the term of the Criminal District Court No. 3 of Tarrant County; granting the judge of said court same power as other District Judges in Tarrant County; authorizing exchange of benches among all District and Criminal District Judges in Tarrant County and with any other District Judges in Tarrant County; providing for appointment of Bailiffs for the Criminal District Courts and County Criminal Courts Nos. 1 and 2. |
| HB 109 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes in order to enable cities of over 350,000 population and being in a county having a population in excess of 500,000, but less than 650,000, according to the last preceding United States Census, to establish two (2) or more corporation courts, not to exceed one (1) court for each 80,000 population according to the last preceding census. |
| HB 211 | Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Consumer Electronics Service Control Board. |
| HB 272 | Caption: Relating to fees charged probationers. |
| HB 273 | Caption: Relating to the practice of barbering in this State; prescribing penalty for selling of barber supplies by certain persons. |
| HB 473 | Caption: Relating to validating all school districts, including all types of junior and regional college districts, together with the boundaries and names thereof. |
| HB 693 | Caption: Relating to amending certain articles of the Code of Criminal Procedures relating to waiver of rights, juries in felony cases, neglect of duty, identification of witnesses, writs of habeas corpus, arrest for offense within view, arrest by peace officers without warrant, execution of warrants, defining duties of arresting officer and magistrate, conducting of Courts of Inquiry by county and district judges, rights of witnesses, testimony of witnesses, and payment of costs of conducting Courts of Inquiry; repealing a certain Article; saving confessions made prior to the effective date of the Act. |
| HB 806 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the commissioners court of each county to contract for janitorial services for buildings owned, rented, or leased by the county. |
| HB 1012 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to provide for an annual salary for the Judge of the Probate court of Tarrant County, not less than Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($16,000). |
| HB 1013 | Caption: Relating to creation of a public defender office in Tarrant County. |
| HCR 3 | Caption: In memory of the Honorable R. Wright Armstrong Jr. |
| HCR 131 | Caption: Directing the creation of an interim committee on Workmen's Compensation Laws. |
| HJR 3 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas to provide that counties may put all county taxes into one general fund, without regard to the source or purpose of each tax. |
| HJR 34 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas to provide a four-year term of office for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Commissioner of the General Land Office, Secretary of State, and certain statutory state officers. |
| HR 134 | Caption: Electing Maria Dianne Dickinson to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 353 | Caption: Commending Coach Darrel K. Royal for his cooperating during the East-West Legislative "Touch" Football Game. |
| 60th 1st Called Session | |
| HCR 4 | Caption: Granting Crestridge Oil Company permission to sue the state. |
| 59th Regular Session | |
| HB 286 | Caption: Relating to making it a crime to jump bail. |
| HB 395 | Caption: Relating to authorizing probation by county courts and by county courts at law or county criminal courts or any court with original criminal jurisdiction, in certain misdemeanor cases. |
| HB 407 | Caption: Relating to increasing the penalty for using profane language over the telephone; amending the Penal Code. |
| HB 552 | Caption: Relating to creating the 172nd and 173rd Judicial Districts and the 172nd and 173rd District Courts of Tarrant County, Texas. |
| HB 553 | Caption: Relating to creating the Criminal District Court No. 3 and the Criminal District Court No. 4 of Tarrant County, Texas. |
| HB 636 | Caption: Relating to regulating the construction and operation of bottled water plants; providing a penalty. |
| HB 957 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to appointment and qualifications of probation officers. |
| HB 1164 | Caption: Relating to transferring jurisdiction of eminent domain proceedings from the County Courts at Law of Tarrant County to the district courts of Tarrant County. |
| HCR 107 | Caption: In memory of the Honorable Sherman Minton of Fort Worth. |
| HCR 186 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules to consider S. J. R. No. 39. |
| HR 41 | Caption: Commending members of Explorer Post No. 19 of Fort Worth, Texas on their interest in government. |
| HR 190 | Caption: Naming Vickie Lynn Holmes, Thomas Howard Holmes, III, and Charles Floyd Holmes as Mascots of the House. |
| HR 383 | Caption: Welcoming the girls from Our Lady of Victory Elementary School in Fort Worth to the State Capitol. |
| HR 437 | Caption: Commending the Girl Scout Troop sponsored by the Epworth Methodist Church of Arlington on their interest in state government. |
| HR 511 | Caption: In memory of Clyde O. Hagood of Forth Worth. |
| HR 603 | Caption: Commending the Honorable Dudley R. Mann, Jr., and the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. |
| HR 604 | Caption: Congratulating the Honorable Tom Holmes on the occasion of his birthday. |