Legislation authored by Allen Hightower
Includes legislation with Allen Hightower as the primary author for the 68th through 75th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
75th Regular Session | |
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HB 975 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to preventing and prosecuting the criminal offense of escape. |
HB 1154 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the purchase by the Texas Water Development Board of certain bonds or other obligations issued by a political subdivision. |
HB 1155 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Criminal Justice Policy Council. |
HB 1185 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the fraudulent exercise of certain governmental functions and the fraudulent creation or use of certain pleadings, governmental documents, and records; providing penalties. |
HB 1186 |
Last Action: Companion considered in lieu of in committee Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas National Guard Armory Board. |
HB 1187 |
Last Action: Companion considered in lieu of in committee Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the adjutant general's department. |
HB 1422 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 Caption: Relating to prohibiting employment discrimination against certain employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for refusing to take a polygraph examination. |
HB 1427 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 Caption: Relating to the possession and use of tobacco products by employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
HB 1683 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the issuance of special license plates to county judges. |
HB 2048 |
Last Action: Referred to Licensing & Admin. Procedures Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain persons providing travel and transportation-related services; providing a criminal penalty. |
HB 2049 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 Caption: Relating to the authority of a county to regulate certain fireworks during a drought. |
HB 2073 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. |
HB 2074 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Youth Commission. |
HB 2075 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Youth Commission to access criminal history record information relating to certain persons and business entities. |
HB 2082 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Youth Commission to sell or license the right to use a treatment program developed by the commission. |
HB 2294 |
Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to the operation of the Tyler County Hospital District. |
HB 2345 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 Caption: Relating to the authority of a general-law municipality to annex additional areas. |
HB 2448 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Lake Livingston Special Utility District; granting the authority to issue bonds. |
HB 2532 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Commission on Jail Standards. |
HB 2533 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to liability of an owner of property on the shoreline of a lake for damages arising from a failure to construct or maintain adequate shoreline protection. |
HB 3061 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 9/01/97 Caption: Relating to regulation of the import, export, and management of deer; providing penalties. |
HB 3062 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to comprehensive revisions to Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure, the Crime Victims' Compensation Act. |
HB 3314 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/97 Caption: Relating to the conversion of Polk County Fresh Water Supply District No. 2 into a municipal utility district and confirming the boundaries and directors of the district. |
HB 3581 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the termination of certain receiverships. |
HCR 85 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Granting Dan Beto and Donna Beto permission to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery. |
HCR 104 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Dr. Eugene Morse Addison. |
HCR 305 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 2049. |
HR 366 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 25, 1997, as Corrections Day at the State Capitol. |
HR 799 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Roxie Anna Roy Douglas. |
HR 979 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Texas Department of Criminal Justice personnel who assisted in the Fort Davis standoff. |
74th Regular Session | |
HB 795 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to reinstatement, purchase, and transfer of service credit between the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
HB 949 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the ability of incarcerated individuals to access and use certain public records or personal information pertaining to certain other individuals; providing a penalty. |
HB 1219 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the handling and quarantine of certain animals; providing a penalty. |
HB 1343 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to inmate grievances and frivolous or malicious litigation filed by inmates. |
HB 1369 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to dispute resolution procedures for claims against a state agency for breach of a building contract. |
HB 1753 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the punishment of the offense of assault committed against a public servant. |
HB 1979 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to the procedures for selling state property under the management and control of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice. |
HB 1980 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the procedures for investigating the death of a person confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; providing a penalty. |
HB 2162 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/95 Caption: Relating to the efficient administration of the criminal justice system. |
HB 2278 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the transfer of certain facilities between state agencies. |
HB 2455 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to application of the sales and use tax to firewood. |
HB 2629 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the adoption of a scheduled admissions policy for the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
HB 2780 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to arbitration of certain claims against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice arising from the construction of certain state correctional facilities. |
HB 2781 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/28/95 Caption: Relating to the appointment of bailiffs for certain district courts. |
HB 3023 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to use of the open market purchase procedure for certain state travel services. |
HB 3235 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the creation of certain judicial districts and to the offices of district attorneys of certain judicial districts. |
HCR 231 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Instructing the house enrolling clerk to make technical corrections to H.B. 2162. |
HR 209 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of William J. "Bill" Clemons, Sr. |
HR 459 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Charles G. Shandera on the occasion of his retirement. |
HR 573 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Betty Tackett on the occasion of her retirement as Walker County district clerk. |
HR 642 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Honorable M. B. Etheredge. |
HR 845 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Claire Barker. |
HR 1202 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3235. |
73rd Regular Session | |
HB 420 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Children. |
HB 989 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to the notice provided by a county of the optional county motor vehicle registration fee. |
HB 990 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the period when a marriage ceremony may be performed. |
HB 1219 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to the exclusion of certain persons from eligibility for workers' compensation benefits as employees of this state or a political subdivision of this state. |
HB 1220 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to the management of certain funds of the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
HB 1234 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to punishment applicable to criminal offenses, the manner in which punishment is executed, the efficient operation of a system of community corrections, and the creation of the Texas Commission on Juvenile Issues; providing an appropriation. |
HB 1380 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Polk County Hospital District; authorizing a tax; granting the authority to issue bonds; and granting the power of eminent domain. |
HB 1430 |
Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to driver's licenses and personal identification cards issued to certain persons. |
HB 1635 |
Last Action: Companion considered in lieu of in committee Caption: Relating to authorization for Parks and Wildlife to receive fines for failure to appear and to the donation of seized aquatic life and wildlife; providing penalties. |
HB 1636 |
Last Action: Companion considered in lieu of in committee Caption: Relating to the issuance of tags for certain finfish species and to the definition of fish dealers; providing penalties. |
HB 1723 |
Last Action: Referred to Corrections Caption: Relating to the authority of the state to receive from other states for treatment, supervision, and rehabilitation defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses. |
HB 1816 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the duties of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Board of Pardons and Paroles with respect to limiting the number of prisoners that may be released on parole and mandatory supervision to a county. |
HB 1945 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to the definition and operation of personal watercraft. |
HB 1946 |
Last Action: Meeting cancelled Caption: Relating to hearings on inmate pro se cases. |
HB 1947 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain small county hospitals to receive state reimbursement for providing indigent health care services. |
HB 2009 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/93 Caption: Relating to the Texas Animal Health Commission and to the control of animal diseases and pests; providing penalties. |
HB 2206 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to public information under the open records law. |
HB 2443 |
Last Action: Companion considered in lieu of in committee Caption: Relating to certain fishing apparatus anchored in the Trinity River near the Livingston Dam. |
HB 2444 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the financing of correctional facilities. |
HB 2445 |
Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the imposition of a cost on criminal convictions to fund operations of the George J. Beto Criminal Justice Center at Sam Houston State University. |
HB 2473 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to certain agricultural commodities. |
HB 2737 |
Last Action: Referred to Corrections Caption: Relating to the preparation of documents for the transferring of a defendant to the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
HB 2829 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to authorizing the Elkins Lake Municipal Utility District to transfer money from the district's municipal utility district operating fund to the district's road utility district operating fund. |
HCR 51 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Granting the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe of Texas permission to sue the State of Texas. |
HMM 37 |
Last Action: Adopted Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Officer Charles R. Billeck of the Corrigan Police Department. |
HR 24 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending the constitutional order of business. |
HR 204 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of James Browder. |
HR 378 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Ms. Diane Lowe on the occasion of her retirement. |
HR 379 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the memory of Charlene Alsbrooks Purvis. |
HR 552 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Officer Charles R. Billeck of the Corrigan Police Department. |
HR 651 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Paying tribute to the life of Edward Leo Peveto. |
HR 801 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. 532. |
72nd Regular Session | |
HB 719 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the criminal district attorney of Polk County. |
HB 729 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the availability of certain personnel records of employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
HB 824 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the criminal district attorney of San Jacinto County. |
HB 1062 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to reflective devices on county bridges. |
HB 1149 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the appointment of members of a board of fire commissioners in a rural fire prevention district. |
HB 1231 |
Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to requiring county constables and deputy constables to attend civil process courses. |
HB 1376 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to exemptions from regular registration fees and from inspection for vehicles used to transport log loaders. |
HB 1442 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the reimbursement of a county commissioner for the use of the commissioner's private property to store county equipment. |
HB 1518 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to exempting certain law enforcement officials who hold an elective office from the requirement that they be licensed by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. |
HB 1519 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of a commission to coordinate the celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of Sam Houston. |
HB 1579 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to an exemption from the nepotism laws for persons appointed or employed by hospitals in certain counties. |
HB 1673 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from intent calendar Caption: Relating to limiting the authority of a court that sentences a defendant to the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to exercise jurisdiction over the department or its officers or employees. |
HB 1674 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days -- 8/26/91 Caption: Relating to the authority of a court to order a convicted felon to participate in an alternative incarceration program operated by the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the manner in which the division operates that program. |
HB 1675 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the use of certain facilities of the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the imposition of sanctions on probationers. |
HB 1676 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the urban prerelease program at the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the Role of the Family in Reducing Recidivism Advisory Committee to the institutional division. |
HB 1677 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to disciplinary procedures for certain employees of the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
HB 1741 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to residency requirements for certain licenses issued by the Parks and Wildlife Commission. |
HB 1742 |
Last Action: Referred to Environmental Affairs Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the Parks and Wildlife Department to protect Endangered Species of the State. |
HB 1743 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to the authority of certain employees of the Parks and Wildlife Department to administer oaths. |
HB 1802 |
Last Action: Laid on table subject to call in committee Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain small county hospitals to receive state reimbursement for providing indigent health care services. |
HB 1803 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/91 Caption: Relating to requiring county constables and deputy constables to attend civil process courses. |
HB 1818 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to county regulation of subdivisions and to certain requirements before utilities may be connected. |
HB 1999 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to the proper assignment of duties and powers among the divisions of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the manner in which those divisions carry out the functions of the department. |
HB 2002 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the manner in which maximum capacity is established or modified for units in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or in correctional facilities operated for the division by private vendors, and to the housing and provision of necessary services to institutional division inmates. |
HB 2291 |
Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to an emergency appropriation to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
HB 2421 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to exempting certain persons from the requirements of the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. |
HB 2422 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to classification as a capital offense the murder of an individual with intent to participate in a criminal combination or the profits of a criminal combination. |
HB 2564 |
Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to public facility corporations and the sponsors thereof. |
HB 2565 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the re-creation of a joint powers agency by public entities for the purpose of generating, transmitting or distributing electric energy. |
HB 2865 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the composition of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the employment of parole commissioners to make certain parole decisions, and to the manner in which decisions regarding population management are made in emergency overcrowding situations in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
HB 2882 |
Last Action: Motion withdrawn Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice to manage inmate population at the institutional division during emergency overcrowding situations. |
HCR 54 |
Last Action: Referred directly to subcommittee by chair Caption: Granting the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe permission to sue the State of Texas. |
HCR 110 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Dr. George J. Beto by designating him as "Member Emeritus" of the Texas Youth Commission. |
HCR 233 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Designating the week of July 21-28, 1991, as Southern States Corrections Week in Texas. |
HR 208 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Judge Wayne Baker on the occasion of his retirement. |
HR 239 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the memory of Dallas Michelle Johnston Pedigo. |
HR 341 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Texas tree farmers and their sponsor, the Texas Forestry Association, on the celebration of their 50th anniversary. |
HR 536 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Donaldson. |
HR 666 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the participants in the annual conference of the Southern States Correctional Association. |
HR 673 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Louie C. Powledge. |
HR 813 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Polk County's "Salute to the Troops". |
HR 814 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Livingston High School Royal Brigade Band on being rated a Sweepstakes Band. |
72nd 1st Called Session | |
HR 294 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Resolving to suspend House Rule 14, Section 9(a), to enable the conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate Joint Resolution No. 4. |
72nd 2nd Called Session | |
HB 93 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the efficient operation of the state criminal justice and judicial system, including the punishment of offenses, probation and parole, criminal justice services, and the issuance of general obligation bonds for criminal justice facilities; making appropriations. |
HR 60 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Representative Sam Russell on the occasion of his birthday. |
71st Regular Session | |
HB 554 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds for projects relating to corrections institutions. |
HB 568 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to a requirement that a judgment in a felony case contain information necessary to ensure the payment of restitution to a victim of the offense. |
HB 569 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to information considered by the Board of Pardons and Paroles in making a parole decision. |
HB 887 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to benefits from the Employees Retirement System of Texas for certain officers and employees of the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. |
HB 993 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the sale of state-owned real property in Walker County; making an appropriation. |
HB 1090 |
Last Action: Pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the ad valorem tax rate in a county or municipality that adopts a local sales and use tax to reduce ad valorem taxes. |
HB 1331 |
Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in s/c Caption: Relating to prohibiting the probation of a term of suspension of a driver's license, permit, or privilege or a term of denial of the issuance of a license or permit following a person's refusal to.... |
HB 1474 |
Last Action: Effective on 1/1/90 Caption: Relating to the creation of the constitutional office of criminal district attorney of San Jacinto County and the abolition of the office of county attorney in that county. |
HB 1477 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds for projects relating to corrections institutions and Texas Youth Commission facilities and to emergency appropriations to the Texas Department of Corrections for.... |
HB 1540 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to fees for driver's education in public schools. |
HB 1541 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the tuition rate applicable to nonresident students holding athletic scholarships at institutions of higher education. |
HB 1879 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the payment by the state of expenses involved in the prosecution of certain offenses committed in the Texas Department of Corrections. |
HB 1880 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the qualifications of members of the Board of Tax Professional Examiners. |
HB 2069 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to a nonsubstantive revision of the laws relating to corrections, including criminal penalties and conforming amendments. |
HB 2082 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to the definition and operation of personal watercraft. |
HB 2083 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the age at which a child committed to the Texas Youth Commission may take a high school equivalency examination. |
HB 2084 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to credit in and benefits from the Employees Retirement System of Texas for certain officers and employees of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. |
HB 2333 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to issuance of a search warrant by certain judges. |
HB 2334 |
Last Action: Referred to Corrections Caption: Relating to the administration of Project RIO by the Texas Employment Commission. |
HB 2335 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to reform of the criminal justice system, including the administration of state and local correctional institutions and facilities; release on bond, probation, parole, and mandatory supervision;.... |
HB 2465 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain counties to impose a tax on occupancy in a hotel, motel, or similar facility. |
HB 2500 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the experience and education requirements for appointment as an adult probation officer. |
HB 2905 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to presentence investigations in criminal cases. |
HB 3125 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to assumption of road utility district authority by the Elkins Lake Municipal Utility District. |
HCR 82 |
Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Granting the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe permission to sue the state and the Texas Indian Commission. |
HCR 86 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Proclaiming February 14, 1989, as Corrections Day in Texas. |
HJR 1 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds for acquiring, constructing, or equipping corrections institutions. |
HJR 101 |
Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to organize and combine various state agencies that perform criminal justice functions. |
HR 160 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Proclaiming February 14, 1989, as Corrections Day in Texas. |
HR 252 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending William Darrell White, former sheriff of Walker County. |
HR 281 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Corrigan-Camden Bulldogs. |
HR 446 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Dr. Elliott T. Bowers, president of Sam Houston State University. |
HR 447 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Judge Erwin Ernst. |
HR 515 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Chief Kina, Robert Fulton Battise, of the Alabama- Coushatta Tribe. |
HR 533 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Texas Forestry Association. |
HR 822 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville. |
HR 823 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the Honorable Joe Kegans, district judge, for service on the Adult Probation Commission. |
HR 824 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Monsignor Dermot N. Brosman for service on the Adult Probation Commission. |
HR 825 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the Honorable Sam Callan, district judge, for service on the Adult Probation Commission. |
HR 826 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the Honorable Rufus J. Adcock for service on the Adult Probation Commission. |
HR 1116 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Resolution to suspend rules to allow conferees to go outside either house's version of SB 558 and to suspend printing and notice rules for CCR. |
71st 1st Called Session | |
HB 85 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution of the offense of assault. |
71st 2nd Called Session | |
HR 98 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from calendar Caption: Honoring Ruben M. Torres. |
71st 3rd Called Session | |
HB 129 |
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Caption: Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the criminal district attorney of Polk County; making appropriations. |
HB 130 |
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Caption: Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the district attorney of the 258th Judicial District; making an appropriation. |
HCR 43 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring the Criminal Justice Center at Sam Houston State University. |
HR 86 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Betty Tackett, Walker County District Clerk. |
HR 128 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Mickey Reily, mayor of Corrigan. |
71st 4th Called Session | |
HB 126 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to a write-in candidacy for an office sought in a preceding primary election. |
HB 139 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the criminal district attorney of Polk County; making appropriations. |
HB 140 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the district attorney of the 258th Judicial District; making an appropriation. |
HR 15 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Judith Honor Gassiot. |
HR 203 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Fred Goeke. |
71st 5th Called Session | |
HB 108 |
Last Action: Referred to Corrections Caption: Relating to the operations of the institutional division, pardons and paroles division, and community justice assistance division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the operations of the Texas Council.... |
HB 110 |
Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to a write-in candidacy for an office sought in a preceding primary election. |
71st 6th Called Session | |
HR 81 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Representative Mike McKinney. |
70th Regular Session | |
HB 279 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to granting limited law enforcement authority to special agents and law enforcement officers of the United States Forest Service. |
HB 305 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to benefits from the Employees Retirement System of Texas for officers and employees of the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. |
HB 391 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction and qualifications of campus peace officers at institutions of higher education and public technical institutes. |
HB 412 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the offenses of possession of a deadly weapon in a penal institution and concealing a deadly weapon in a penal institution. |
HB 611 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to inmate population in the Texas Department of Corrections and to sentencing provisions that affect that population. |
HB 731 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to removal of the property of an evicted tenant. |
HB 1130 |
Last Action: Comm. laid on table subj. to call Caption: Relating to the creation of the constitutional office of criminal district attorney of Polk County and to the abolition of the office of county attorney in that county. |
HB 1273 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to claims brought under the Texas Tort Claims Act. |
HB 1274 |
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Caption: Relating to suspension of the running of a statute of limitations because of a person's imprisonment. |
HB 1279 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the dissolution of the Corrigan Hospital District. |
HB 1280 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the dissolution of the Livingston Hospital District. |
HB 1330 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the release of turkeys; creating an offense. |
HB 1331 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the use of unsworn declarations made under penalty of perjury by inmates in the Texas Department of Corrections and county jails. |
HB 1526 |
Last Action: Posting rule suspended Caption: Relating to the rate of the state sales and use tax and to the use of sales and use tax revenue for corrections. |
HB 1795 |
Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the condemnation of a private lake by a county. |
HB 2158 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to granting limited law enforcement authority to certain employees of the Texas Department of Corrections. |
HCR 135 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Recognizing April 1, 1987 as George Jones Day. |
HCR 171 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Declaring April 29, 1987, as Corrections Day in Texas. |
HCR 193 |
Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Granting David Ferry permission to sue the State of Texas and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. |
HR 15 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Texas Ranger Captain Alfred Y. Allee. |
HR 111 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Sally Kessler Dawson. |
HR 112 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Grace Bostick. |
HR 113 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Aline Stephenson. |
HR 114 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Mr. Iverson G. Evans. |
HR 123 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the Honorable Ralph Davis, Jr., former Walker County judge. |
70th 2nd Called Session | |
HCR 16 |
Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Granting David Ferry permission to sue the State of Texas and the Parks and Wildlife Department. |
69th Regular Session | |
HB 229 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the testimony in certain cases of a child who is the alleged victim of an offense. |
HB 393 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the payment by the state of certain expenses arising from the investigation and prosecution of an inmate of the Department of Corrections for certain felonies. |
HB 667 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the place at which an execution may take place. |
HB 1066 |
Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to the application of gross weight limits on certain public highways for a vehicle transporting timber products in their natural state. |
HB 1067 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the weight limits to vehicles transporting, on public roads, timber products in their natural state. |
HB 1073 |
Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Relating to the use of funds appropriated to the Texas Department of Corrections for the construction and completion of certain building projects. |
HB 1345 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to creation of the County Court at Law of Polk County. |
HB 1559 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the authority to charge fees for driver education courses in the public schools. |
HB 1592 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to licensing and certification requirements for and certain records concerning peace officers and to park ranger departments in certain counties. |
HB 1678 |
Last Action: Returned from Senate as amended Caption: Relating to the participation of physicians in executions of convicts by the Texas Department of Corrections by means of lethal injection. |
HB 1679 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the conveyance of certain land in Tyler County under the control of the General Land Office in exchange for certain land in Cherokee County under the control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System. |
HB 1680 |
Last Action: Referred to Law Enforcement Caption: Relating to measures designed to reduce the prison population during periods of emergency overcrowding; by amending Article 6184o, (Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) Title 108, Acts 1983, 68th Legislature, page 979, Chapter 233, as amended. |
HB 2405 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the board of managers of the Livingston Hospital District of Polk County, Texas, concerning hospital system facilities, property, and equipment and concerning a nonbinding referendum on the sale of or the issuance of bonds to support the district's hospital. |
HR 204 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Dr. George Killinger on service as member of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. |
HR 251 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Welcoming Lukas Haas of the movie "Witness." |
HR 475 |
Last Action: Transferred to Calendars Committee Caption: Endorsing efforts of U.S. Forest Service to control the southern pine beetle. |
68th Regular Session | |
HB 382 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to payment by the state to Walker County for certain expenses arising from the prosecution of an inmate of the department of corrections. |
HB 552 |
Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the appointment, powers, and duties of law enforcement officers commissioned by the director of the Parks and Wildlife Department, and to rewards made from the operation game thief fund. |
HB 1263 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the powers and status of the Tribal Councils and tribal businesses of the Alabama-Coushatta and the Tigua Indian Tribes. |
HB 1669 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the 9th, the Second 9th, and the 258th District Courts in Polk County and to the compensation of the judges of those courts. |
HB 2011 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the creation of the constitutional office of criminal district attorney in Polk County. |
HB 2012 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the importation and transportation of redfish and speckled sea trout; providing penalties. |
HB 2013 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the creation of the constitutional office of the criminal district attorney of Tyler County, the application of the Professional Prosecutors Act to that criminal district attorney, and the powers, duties and supplemental compensation of the district attorney of the 88th Judicial District. |
HB 2119 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the marking of roads that follow historical routes. |
HB 2412 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the juvenile boards in the 12th Judicial District. |
HB 2431 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the boundaries of the Livingston Hospital District of Polk County, Texas, and validating the district and certain actions, proceedings, and elections of that district. |
HCR 185 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration Caption: Granting John W. Haney permission to sue the city of College Station. |
HCR 222 |
Last Action: Posting rule suspended Caption: Granting Howard Daniels, Jr, permission to sue the State of Texas and the Parks and Wildlife Department. |
68th 1st Called Session | |
HB 28 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the payment by the state of certain expenses arising from the prosecution of an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections. |
68th 2nd Called Session | |
HB 93 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to appropriations to the Texas Department of Corrections for operation of the department and authorizing transfers of amounts previously appropriated to the department. |