Legislation authored by Mary Polk
Includes legislation with Mary Polk as the primary author for the 66th through 68th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 68th Regular Session | |
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| HB 10 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to an exception to the physician-patient privilege in investigations or prosecutions involving driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence of drugs. |
| HB 106 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the certification of court reporters and the regulation of shorthand reporting for use in litigation. |
| HB 185 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to a local option election on the issue of prohibiting certain sales on consecutive Saturdays and Sundays. |
| HB 422 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Human Services Caption: Relating to medical care subsidies for certain adopted children. |
| HB 651 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to state loans to finance the purchase, installation, or repair of energy conservation devices and renewable energy systems for use in residences. |
| HB 914 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to medical assistance and counseling for certain expectant mothers and mothers and their parents. |
| HB 915 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to family planning services for minors. |
| HB 916 |
Last Action: Placed on daily Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to the creation of an office of adolescent pregnancy and parenthood in the Texas Department of Human Resources. |
| HB 917 |
Last Action: Passed Caption: Relating to instruction on reproduction and family life in public schools. |
| HB 920 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Health Caption: Relating to exceptions from the law regulating professional nursing. |
| HB 1179 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Human Services Caption: Relating to the continuation of the Council for Social Work Certification. |
| HB 1238 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Health and Human Services Coordinating Council. |
| HB 1349 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to requiring an institution of higher education to include a compulsory course on dyslexia as a part of its teacher education program. |
| HB 1576 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from calendar Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Human Resources to set and charge a fee for providing certain services. |
| HB 1577 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Human Services Caption: Relating to registration or licensing of a child-care facility, child-placing agency, or registered family home. |
| HB 1589 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the screening and treatment for dyslexia of students enrolling in a public school in this state for the first time. |
| HB 1904 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to refunding bonds of school districts. |
| HB 1905 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to limiting the percentage of school districts that may receive state equalization aid. |
| HB 1906 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation of a Capitol Complex Commission. |
| HB 1907 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation of a legislative ethics advisory committee. |
| HB 1908 |
Last Action: Placed on daily Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to the employment of professional nurses who are legal aliens. |
| HB 2114 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Health Caption: Relating to the composition of the Texas Board of Health. |
| HB 2242 |
Last Action: See remarks Caption: Relating to taxing open-end investment companies which are commonly known as money market funds. |
| HB 2243 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions Caption: Relating to fees charged in connection with the registration and sale of securities of open-end investment companies commonly known as money market funds. |
| HB 2244 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the assignment of justices and judges to the courts of appeals. |
| HB 2245 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to entry of certain orders and reports in the records of the courts of appeals. |
| HCR 82 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Requesting the Department of Health and Department of Human Resources to give high priority to the provision of family planning services for adolescents. |
| HCR 83 |
Last Action: Withdrawn from calendar Caption: Creating the joint committee on child care needs and alternatives; directing the committee to make a report to the 69th Legislature. |
| HCR 84 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting the State Board of Insurance to study feasibility of requiring optional health insurance coverage of pregnancy-related expenses incurred by dependent minors of policy holders. |
| HCR 85 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Requesting the Department of Human Resources to amend Medicaid program to provide reimbursement for prenatal care for pregnant women and evaluate the effectiveness of the program; directing the department to make a report of the evaluation to the 69th Legislature. |
| HCR 266 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending the University of Texas on its construction of a 300 inch telescope. |
| HJR 112 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the legislature from enacting a law restricting the sale of merchandise on consecutive Saturdays and Sundays. |
| HR 195 | Caption: Establishing procedures for referral of proposed agency rules to appropriate standing committees. |
| HR 216 | Caption: Congratulating Representative Al Price on his birthday. |
| HR 292 | Caption: Inviting Robert Caro to address the house of representatives. |
| HR 360 | Caption: Congratulating Representative Jack C. Vowell on his birthday. |
| 68th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 30 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the authority of a county historical commission. |
| 67th Regular Session | |
| HB 454 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to an exemption from immunization requirements for active duty armed forces personnel applying for admission to an institution of higher education or any elementary or secondary school. |
| HB 457 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Caption: Relating to the affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights and to the duties of the Texas Department of Human Resources and authorized agencies named in the affidavit as managing conservator of certain children. |
| HB 621 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for student publications of public kindergartens and primary and secondary schools. |
| HB 622 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the use of volunteers in providing human services. |
| HB 673 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to tax credits for corporations engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling, or installing solar energy devices. |
| HB 787 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to the creation, establishment, administration, maintenance, operation, and financing of a private, nonprofit corporation to assist in matters relating to mental health and mental retardation. |
| HB 823 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to qualification for property tax relief in the form of exemptions that do not have to be claimed annually. |
| HB 917 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to motor vehicle sales and use tax on motor carriers. |
| HB 918 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to special education services for school-age parents. |
| HB 1057 |
Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to delegation of medical acts, including the administration and provision of medication, under physician orders, standing medical orders and standing delegation orders. |
| HB 1224 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to regulation of court reporters. |
| HB 1225 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Caption: Relating to a deposit for a transcription by a court reporter and payment for a transcription ordered by the court for an indigent party. |
| HB 1261 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of mass transit authorities in certain urban areas. |
| HB 1334 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to shelter and services for victims of family violence and funding for these programs. |
| HB 1366 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to state loans to finance the purchase, installation, or repair of solar energy devices for use in residences or to finance the purchase of residences having solar energy devices. |
| HB 1464 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Caption: Relating to a deposit for a transcription by an official court reporter and the maintenance of a surety bond by certified shorthand reporters. |
| HB 1509 |
Last Action: House conferees appointed Caption: Relating to the certification of court reporters and the regulation of shorthand reporting for use in litigation. |
| HB 2003 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to property taxation of tangible personal property temporarily in this state. |
| HB 2076 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to the packaging and transportation of radioactive waste. |
| HB 2077 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to warrantless arrests in family disputes. |
| HB 2383 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to immunization required for admission to public schools and public institutions of higher education. |
| HB 2384 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Authorizing certain counties to establish certain kinds of public facilities, to levy a hotel occupancy tax, and to issue bonds. |
| HCR 75 |
Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Creating a special interim committee to study teenage pregnancy. |
| HCR 159 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending Firestone Tire and Rubber Company for development of guayule in Texas. |
| HJR 93 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize laws limiting ad valorem taxation of property only temporarily in this state. |
| HR 182 | Caption: Congratulating Representative Anita Hill. |
| 67th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 122 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to property taxation of tangible personal property temporarily in this state. |
| HB 150 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs Caption: Relating to the exclusion of easements, rights-of-way, and improvements from Franklin Mountains State Park, and to the removal and use of a repeater station located in that park. |
| HCR 7 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending the President on his appointment of Sandra O'Connor to the Supreme Court. |
| HCR 46 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Directing the Parks and Wildlife Department to refrain from removal of the repeater station situated on Mount Franklin. |
| HR 80 | Caption: Directing the Parks and Wildlife Department to refrain from removal of the repeater radio station situated on Mount Franklin. |
| 66th Regular Session | |
| HB 1148 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to school district participation in the federal breakfast program. |
| HB 1384 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to leasing of certain tracts of public school land. |
| HB 1886 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health Services Caption: Relating to the regulation and licensing of certain foster care facilities. |
| HB 2110 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to creation of the Joint Practice Committee and its adoption of rules governing physicians' standing orders. |
| HB 2111 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for printed matter and publications of public kindergartens and primary and secondary schools. |
| HB 2112 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve in the people the power of initiative. |
| HB 2274 |
Last Action: Scheduled for future calendar placement Caption: Relating to the annexation by a city of property to be developed by the city as an industrial park. |
| HJR 132 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve in the people the power of initiative. |