Legislation authored by Dan Patrick
Includes legislation with Dan Patrick as the primary author for the 80th through 83rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 83rd Regular Session | |
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| SB 2 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to certain charter schools. |
| SB 3 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to public high school graduation, including curriculum and assessment requirements for graduation and funding in support of certain curriculum authorized for graduation. |
| SB 17 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the training in school safety of certain educators of a school district or an open-enrollment charter school authorized to carry a concealed handgun on school premises. |
| SB 20 |
Last Action: Referred to Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security Caption: Relating to prosecution and punishment for the offense of official oppression by the intrusive touching of persons seeking access to public buildings and transportation; providing penalties. |
| SB 23 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program. |
| SB 97 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to distributing or prescribing abortion-inducing drugs; providing penalties. |
| SB 98 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the punishment for certain intoxication offenses. |
| SB 99 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to lobbying by former members of the legislature; creating an offense. |
| SB 100 |
Last Action: Reported from s/c favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax. |
| SB 101 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations of revenue. |
| SB 102 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the rollback tax rate of a taxing unit other than a school district and to voter approval of a proposed tax rate that exceeds the rollback tax rate. |
| SB 103 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the elimination of straight-party voting for judicial offices. |
| SB 135 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the use of a public school student's performance on an end-of-course assessment instrument in determining the student's final grade for the course. |
| SB 154 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. |
| SB 155 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value for ad valorem tax purposes of commercial or industrial real property. |
| SB 161 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to the computation of the franchise tax by certain taxable entities that rent or lease equipment. |
| SB 200 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Pension Review Board. |
| SB 217 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the state employee charitable campaign. |
| SB 218 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Education Agency and to the abolition of the State Board for Educator Certification and the transfer of its functions to the Texas Education Agency; changing the amounts of certain fees and providing for the ad valorem tax rate to be imposed after annexation of an insolvent or inoperative school district. |
| SB 233 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to the use of funds of certain municipal hospital authorities. |
| SB 249 |
Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of breach of computer security. |
| SB 431 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to eliminating the set-aside of a portion of designated tuition for student financial assistance at public institutions of higher education. |
| SB 432 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits of individuals who serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district. |
| SB 433 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the regulation of game rooms in certain counties; providing penalties; authorizing a fee. |
| SB 452 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the date of the primary election and related procedures. |
| SB 573 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to equal opportunity for access by private and parochial school students to certain University Interscholastic League sponsored activities. |
| SB 574 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the option of providing electronic recordings of proceedings in the municipal court of record for the City of Houston. |
| SB 751 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 531; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. |
| SB 752 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 530; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. |
| SB 753 |
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits by the clerk of a district court. |
| SB 754 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the reporting of the hiring of lobbyists on behalf of a governmental entity. |
| SB 755 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the filing of reports of political contributions and expenditures and of personal financial statements by certain officeholders and candidates. |
| SB 756 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the responsibility for keeping fire-fighting equipment furnished to a volunteer fire department by a county in good working order. |
| SB 757 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 257; providing authority to issue bonds. |
| SB 767 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system. |
| SB 876 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the discharge of a surety's liability on a bail bond in a criminal case. |
| SB 877 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to establishing the Citizens' Star of Texas Award. |
| SB 878 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/13 Caption: Relating to the disposition of proceeds and property from criminal asset forfeiture. |
| SB 1028 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to the regulation of crafted precious metal dealers; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 1128 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to curriculum requirements in American and Texas history at institutions of higher education. |
| SB 1201 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to ad valorem tax lien transfers. |
| SB 1213 |
Last Action: Referred to Economic Development Caption: Relating to the eligibility of temporary election officers for unemployment compensation. |
| SB 1217 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the authority of a county to deposit fees collected by a county bail bond board in a separate county fund. |
| SB 1252 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain tangible personal property and services related to mineral exploration and production. |
| SB 1255 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to binding arbitration of an appraisal review board order determining a protest of an unequal appraisal of the owner's property. |
| SB 1256 |
Last Action: Effective on 1/1/14 Caption: Relating to the requirements for a sale to be considered a comparable sale for ad valorem tax purposes. |
| SB 1299 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to powers of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority relating to certain wells. |
| SB 1380 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the placement of video cameras in self-contained classrooms providing special education services. |
| SB 1403 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to public school teachers. |
| SB 1404 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to attendance at and completion of high school by students who are in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
| SB 1406 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to State Board of Education oversight of regional education service center activities concerning certain curriculum management systems. |
| SB 1407 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the establishment of the recovery school district. |
| SB 1408 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to public school performance ratings that reflect acceptable and unacceptable performance. |
| SB 1409 |
Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to public information regarding facilities of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools. |
| SB 1410 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program. |
| SB 1570 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business by public junior college districts in awarding certain contracts. |
| SB 1571 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to home-rule school district charters and to the applicability of certain laws and procedures to those districts. |
| SB 1572 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the character of and citation to enacted legislation. |
| SB 1573 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the amount of money authorized to be used for Clean Air Act local initiative projects related to vehicles. |
| SB 1720 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the Math and Science Scholars Loan Repayment Program for teachers who agree to teach mathematics or science in certain school districts in this state. |
| SB 1721 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to a requirement that a student's postsecondary transcript include the average or median grade awarded in each class. |
| SB 1723 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain citizens residing outside the United States to vote a full ballot. |
| SB 1724 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to end-of-course assessment instruments administered to public high school students and other measures of secondary-level performance. |
| SB 1740 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the public education grant program. |
| SCR 23 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Rejecting unlimited submission to the current administration and Congress, reaffirming the sovereignty of our state, and opposing taxes imposed on the citizens of Texas by the passage of the Affordable Care Act. |
| SCR 33 |
Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Recalling S.B. No. 346 from the house for further consideration. |
| SCR 42 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections to S.B. No. 217. |
| SCR 47 |
Last Action: Withdrawn by the Author Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections to S.B. No. 2. |
| SCR 49 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections to S.B. No. 2. |
| SJR 10 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations of revenue. |
| SJR 14 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of commercial or industrial real property for ad valorem tax purposes to 110 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year. |
| SJR 15 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. |
| SJR 28 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to change the length of the unexpired term that causes the automatic resignation of certain elected county or district officeholders if they become candidates for another office. |
| SJR 35 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the taxation of the sale or use of certain food, drinks, and medicine. |
| SR 223 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Proclaiming February 17 through 23, 2013, National Engineers Week in Texas. |
| SR 394 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 5, 2013, as KIPP Day at the State Capitol. |
| SR 689 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Governor William P. Clements, Jr., Scholars. |
| SR 773 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Spring Volunteer Fire Department. |
| SR 877 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Watermelon Run for the Fallen in Hempstead. |
| SR 975 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Grant Manier for his outstanding achievements as an artist. |
| SR 1074 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 508. |
| SR 1081 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 5. |
| 83rd 1st Called Session | |
| SB 15 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations from state tax revenues. |
| SB 16 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to certain offenses relating to carrying concealed handguns on property owned or leased by a governmental entity; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 17 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program. |
| SB 18 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to distributing or prescribing abortion-inducing drugs; providing penalties. |
| SB 30 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to a prohibition against the knowing employment of unauthorized foreign nationals and to a biennial report regarding reported violations. |
| SB 31 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the date of the primary election and related procedures. |
| SB 32 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the rollback tax rate of a taxing unit other than a school district and to voter approval of a proposed tax rate that exceeds the rollback tax rate. |
| SB 37 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the number of charters that may be granted for open-enrollment charter schools. |
| SB 38 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to state savings and government efficiency achieved through a taxpayer savings grant program. |
| SB 39 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the condemnation of conservation easements. |
| SJR 4 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to change the length of the unexpired term that causes the automatic resignation of certain elected county or district officeholders if they become candidates for another office. |
| SR 9 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the dedication of an official Texas Historical Marker at Cypress Top Historic Park. |
| SR 117 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the Tomball High School Cougars baseball team for winning a 2013 state championship title. |
| 83rd 2nd Called Session | |
| SB 9 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to distributing or prescribing abortion-inducing drugs; providing penalties. |
| SB 13 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the number of charters that may be granted for open-enrollment charter schools. |
| SB 14 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to state savings and government efficiency achieved through a taxpayer savings grant program. |
| SB 15 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program. |
| SB 16 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations from state tax revenues. |
| SB 17 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to a prohibition against the knowing employment of unauthorized foreign nationals and to a biennial report regarding reported violations. |
| SB 37 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the date of the primary election and related procedures. |
| SB 38 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to certain offenses relating to carrying concealed handguns on property owned or leased by a governmental entity; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 41 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the use by a school district or district employee of certain existing student curriculum materials developed or provided by a regional education service center. |
| SJR 11 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to change the length of the unexpired term that causes the automatic resignation of certain elected county or district officeholders if they become candidates for another office. |
| SR 50 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Danielle Bradbery for winning season four of The Voice. |
| 83rd 3rd Called Session | |
| SB 6 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations from state tax revenues. |
| SB 7 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program. |
| SB 8 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to certain offenses relating to carrying concealed handguns on property owned or leased by a governmental entity; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 9 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the use by a school district or district employee of certain existing student curriculum materials developed or provided by a regional education service center. |
| SB 14 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 18 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to a school choice program for certain students with disabilities. |
| SB 19 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the number of charters that may be granted for open-enrollment charter schools. |
| 82nd Regular Session | |
| SB 16 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to informed consent to an abortion. |
| SB 124 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 125 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the retention of the $1 million total revenue exemption for the franchise tax. |
| SB 126 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the duty of a peace officer to inquire into the lawful presence of certain persons. |
| SB 127 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of charter schools. |
| SB 128 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to lobbying by former members of the legislature; creating an offense. |
| SB 129 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. |
| SB 130 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to informed consent to an abortion. |
| SB 243 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the reestablishment of the Texas Bleeding Disorders Advisory Council. |
| SB 244 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the continuing education requirements for certain peace officers. |
| SB 391 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the provision of electronic samples of a textbook adopted by the State Board of Education. |
| SB 392 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the classification of certain entities as primarily engaged in retail trade for purposes of the franchise tax. |
| SB 393 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to amended sales tax reports and the reallocation of sales tax revenue. |
| SB 394 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of unlawful transport of an undocumented person. |
| SB 395 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the punishment for certain intoxication offenses. |
| SB 443 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to measures intended to provide flexibility and cost savings to school districts. |
| SB 444 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to eliminating the set-aside of a portion of designated tuition for student financial assistance at public institutions of higher education. |
| SB 474 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value for ad valorem tax purposes of commercial or industrial real property. |
| SB 475 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 524; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. |
| SB 476 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the classification of automotive repair shops as primarily engaged in retail trade for purposes of the franchise tax. |
| SB 477 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the allocation to a school district of the expenses of a joint election. |
| SB 515 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to required individual health insurance coverage. |
| SB 516 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran. |
| SB 714 |
Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain property from municipal drainage service charges and from related ordinances, resolutions, and rules. |
| SB 827 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the child health plan and medical assistance programs. |
| SB 828 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations and the use of surplus state revenues. |
| SB 829 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the provision of certain professional services by certain governmental entities. |
| SB 830 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the use of customs brokers to obtain a refund of sales and use taxes and to the retention of the $1 million total revenue exemption for the franchise tax. |
| SB 838 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the penalty for driving while intoxicated. |
| SB 839 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the presence of minors in certain alcoholic beverage establishments; providing penalties. |
| SB 840 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the issues at a hearing for a person whose driver's license is administratively suspended for refusal to consent to the taking of a specimen following an arrest for certain intoxication offenses. |
| SB 841 |
Last Action: House passage as amended reported Caption: Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of breach of computer security. |
| SB 842 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to requiring the use of an ignition interlock device on conviction of certain intoxication offenses. |
| SB 843 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of failure to identify. |
| SB 844 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the offense of escape from custody by a person lawfully detained. |
| SB 845 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the release of accused persons on personal bond. |
| SB 846 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the scope of practice of advanced practice nurses at certain sites serving medically underserved populations. |
| SB 847 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of certain hospital districts to contract for the performance of administrative functions and services. |
| SB 848 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to ambulatory surgical centers and to the provision of services at those centers by certain designated physician groups. |
| SB 902 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to participation by private school students in University Interscholastic League sponsored activities. |
| SB 903 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the punishment for certain intoxication offenses. |
| SB 904 |
Last Action: Considered in Calendars Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain citizens residing outside the United States to vote a full ballot. |
| SB 905 |
Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license laws to statewide elected officials, certain current and former members of the legislature, and certain federal and state employees. |
| SB 906 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board. |
| SB 945 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to authorizing a lower-division institution of higher education to award an associate degree to a student enrolled in a four-year public institution of higher education who previously attended the lower-division institution. |
| SB 946 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the small-sized district adjustment under the public school finance system. |
| SB 947 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to certain criminal investigators of the United States and to other federal law enforcement personnel. |
| SB 1199 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a ballot by mail single language requirement. |
| SB 1200 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the venue for prosecution of misdemeanor cases in justice of the peace courts located in certain counties. |
| SB 1201 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to regulatory takings. |
| SB 1202 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to asbestos and silica litigation. |
| SB 1214 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to equal opportunity for access by private and parochial school students to certain University Interscholastic League sponsored activities. |
| SB 1215 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district for maintenance and operations purposes of the appraised value of a residence homestead and the offsetting of the resulting revenue loss to school districts with state sales and use tax revenue. |
| SB 1396 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to measures to increase cost efficiency at public institutions of higher education and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, including the elimination of certain reporting and other requirements imposed on institutions or the coordinating board. |
| SB 1397 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to creation of a study committee for the Interstate Health Care Compact. |
| SB 1398 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to verification of precinct and ballot styles during the public testing of direct recording electronic voting machine systems. |
| SB 1399 |
Last Action: Committee report distributed Caption: Relating to the regulation of foundation repair contractors; providing penalties. |
| SB 1400 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain private security companies and occupations. |
| SB 1544 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to a determination on granting assault leave to a certified educator where there has been a juvenile or criminal conviction. |
| SB 1545 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the liability of a volunteer health care practitioner who conducts a physical examination or medical screening of a student athlete. |
| SB 1546 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the right to a new hearing before an appraisal review board following a failure to attend a hearing. |
| SB 1547 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the foreclosure of certain property associations' assessment liens. |
| SB 1548 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system and to an offense involving the release of a DNA sample to an unauthorized recipient. |
| SB 1785 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Department of Health Professions to regulate certain health professions, the transfer of certain powers and duties to the department, and the abolishment of certain state agencies and other licensing entities. |
| SB 1786 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the coverage by health benefit plans of expenses or procedures that violate certain religious convictions. |
| SB 1787 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/11 Caption: Relating to the information provided by a peace officer before requesting a specimen to determine intoxication. |
| SB 1788 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to planning for students enrolled in public school special education programs. |
| SB 1789 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to platting requirements affecting subdivision golf courses in certain counties. |
| SB 1790 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to distributing or prescribing abortion-inducing drugs; providing an administrative penalty. |
| SB 1791 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to requiring certain state retirees from the elected class to contribute toward the cost of health insurance. |
| SB 1792 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to unenforceable restrictive covenants affecting residential homes. |
| SB 1793 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to liability of certain public utilities that allow recreational use of land that the public utility owns, occupies, or leases. |
| SB 1822 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the administration of certain supplemental student loan programs and the issuance of private activity bonds by qualified nonprofit corporations. |
| SB 1823 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to guaranteed student loans and alternative education loans. |
| SB 1882 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of Harris County Improvement District No. 22; providing authority to levy an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds. |
| SB 1897 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation of the Vintage Municipal Management District; providing authority to impose a tax, levy an assessment, and issue bonds. |
| SCR 14 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Affirming the pride of all Texans in both our one and indivisible national union and our one and indivisible state, claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist from certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
| SJR 7 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. |
| SJR 12 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar 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. |
| SJR 20 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of commercial or industrial real property for ad valorem tax purposes to 110 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year. |
| SJR 21 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran in an amount equal to the amount of the residence homestead exemption to which the disabled veteran was entitled. |
| SJR 27 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth of state appropriations and the use of unencumbered surplus state revenues to provide for a rebate of state franchise taxes, to reduce public school district property taxes, and to fund the state's rainy day fund. |
| SJR 36 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by a school district for maintenance and operations purposes all or part of the appraised value of a residence homestead. |
| SJR 49 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to an individual's or a religious organization's free exercise of religion. |
| SR 87 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the efforts of the Boot Campaign and its contributions to United States active duty service members and veterans. |
| SR 503 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending the Patriot Guard Riders on their commitment to supporting the families of veterans and active-duty military members. |
| SR 551 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the 150th anniversary of the unification of the Republic of Italy. |
| SR 637 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Louis Bernard Marks on the occasion of his 87th birthday. |
| SR 770 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the 2011 class of Governor William P. Clements, Jr. Scholars, for their commitment to public service and public policy. |
| SR 827 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing pregnancy care centers for their dedication. |
| SR 846 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing O.A. "Bum" Phillips. |
| SR 873 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of William Arnold McMinn, Jr. |
| SR 931 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the participants in the Texas Honor Ride. |
| 82nd 1st Called Session | |
| SB 17 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to creation of a study committee for the Interstate Health Care Compact. |
| SB 20 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain citizens residing outside the United States to vote a full ballot. |
| SB 21 |
Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to distributing or prescribing abortion-inducing drugs; providing an administrative penalty. |
| SB 29 |
Last Action: Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal Caption: Relating to prosecution and punishment for the offense of official oppression by the intrusive touching of persons seeking access to public buildings and transportation; providing penalties. |
| SR 114 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the 5th Annual Weiser Air Park BBQ Cook-Off as a Texas State Barbecue Championship competition. |
| 81st Regular Session | |
| SB 19 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the computation of the franchise tax. |
| SB 182 |
Last Action: Placed on Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to informed consent to an abortion. |
| SB 276 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the determination of the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. |
| SB 299 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. |
| SB 300 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to eliminating or modifying certain mandates on school districts. |
| SB 308 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may grant for open-enrollment charter schools. |
| SB 357 |
Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to a prohibition against the knowing employment of persons not lawfully present in the United States and the suspension of licenses held by certain employers for the knowing employment of those persons. |
| SB 358 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities. |
| SB 359 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to punishment for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area. |
| SB 360 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to exempting certain hurricane preparation supplies from the sales tax for a limited period. |
| SB 361 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain water service providers ensure emergency operations during an extended power outage. |
| SB 389 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the definition of a police vehicle for the purposes of certain traffic laws. |
| SB 390 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to confidentiality of certain information under the public information law and in local tax appraisal records regarding federal law enforcement officers. |
| SB 391 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to certain election practices and procedures. |
| SB 392 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the elimination of straight-party voting for judicial offices. |
| SB 393 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the treatment for school finance purposes of school district optional residence homestead ad valorem tax exemptions. |
| SB 450 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to prohibiting the investment of retirement system funds in certain private business entities doing business in Iran. |
| SB 530 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the disposition of cash in possession of a deceased pauper. |
| SB 531 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the medical assistance program and to the billing coordination system for claims submitted for payment from the Medicaid program. |
| SB 532 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to a physician's delegation of prescriptive authority to physician assistants or advanced practice nurses. |
| SB 700 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to increased transparency regarding appraisals for ad valorem tax purposes and increased tax rates. |
| SB 727 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system. |
| SB 816 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the Texas Teach Corps Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program for undergraduate students who agree to teach in school districts in this state that have shortages of teachers in mathematics or science. |
| SB 850 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to information required to establish resident status in connection with tuition and fees charged by public institutions of higher education. |
| SB 851 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the reallocation of local sales and use taxes. |
| SB 852 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the collection and allocation of local sales and use taxes. |
| SB 853 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to authorizing injunctive relief during proceedings to cancel or suspend certain alcoholic beverage permits and licenses. |
| SB 854 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the operation and regulation of massage establishments; imposing penalties. |
| SB 928 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. |
| SB 1038 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the name, powers, and duties of the Northampton Municipal Utility District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. |
| SB 1039 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 478; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. |
| SB 1041 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the liability of public servants of certain governmental units for property damage. |
| SB 1174 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the disposition of the fines collected from persons issued citations for certain offenses by a school district peace officer. |
| SB 1175 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of failure to identify. |
| SB 1176 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the punishment prescribed for the offense of evading arrest or detention. |
| SB 1177 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the suspension of the driver's license of a person arrested for an offense involving the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol. |
| SB 1178 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the penalty for driving while intoxicated. |
| SB 1179 |
Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to requiring general academic teaching institutions to offer health benefit plans to students. |
| SB 1180 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to regulatory takings. |
| SB 1181 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Industry Caption: Relating to the employment of certain persons by amusement parks. |
| SB 1184 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to online and correspondence real estate and real estate inspection courses. |
| SB 1215 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to lobbying by former members of the legislature; creating an offense. |
| SB 1304 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to notice to students of a public institution of higher education of the required use of a portion of a student's tuition payments to provide student financial aid. |
| SB 1305 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to insurance premium payment assistance for certain persons who have hemophilia and are unable to pay the entire cost of treatment. |
| SB 1830 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of open-enrollment charter schools. |
| SB 1831 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to participation by private school students in University Interscholastic League sponsored activities. |
| SB 1832 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to the eligibility for judge-ordered community supervision or for release on parole or to mandatory supervision of a defendant convicted of criminal solicitation of capital murder. |
| SB 1833 |
Last Action: House appoints conferees-reported Caption: Relating to county participation in the enterprise zone program. |
| SB 1834 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the classification of certain entities as primarily engaged in retail trade for purposes of the franchise tax. |
| SB 1835 |
Last Action: Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. Caption: Relating to the offenses of unauthorized duplication, unauthorized recording, and improper labeling of recordings. |
| SB 1836 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to restrictions on the residence or location of certain sex offenders and to notice reflecting that location. |
| SB 1837 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the continuation of the Texas Bleeding Disorders Advisory Council. |
| SB 1838 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/09 Caption: Relating to involuntary termination of parental rights based on attempted murder or solicitation of murder of the child's other parent. |
| SB 1839 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle. |
| SB 1980 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the regulation of massage parlors by certain counties; providing penalties. |
| SB 1981 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the proximity of certain sex offenders' residences to a school. |
| SB 1982 |
Last Action: See remarks for effective date Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of pool-related electrical maintenance. |
| SB 2147 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the priority of transferred tax liens. |
| SB 2148 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to information and assistance provided by the chief appraiser to emergency management authorities. |
| SB 2149 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to the reporting of certain inventories for ad valorem tax purposes; providing penalties. |
| SB 2150 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the creation of a commission to study the practices and procedures of the Texas Legislature. |
| SB 2151 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to ambulatory surgical centers and to the provision of services at those centers by certain designated physician groups. |
| SB 2152 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to an exception to the wealth per student limitation for certain school districts. |
| SB 2335 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to auditing procedures and authority relating to county education departments in certain populous counties. |
| SB 2336 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board and the creation of a commission to advise the board. |
| SB 2455 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 495; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. |
| SB 2467 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of Waller Town Center Management District; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds; and granting a limited power of eminent domain. |
| SB 2472 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 14; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds. |
| SB 2473 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 13; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds. |
| SB 2496 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers of the Westchase District. |
| SB 2510 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 18; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds. |
| SB 2536 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority. |
| SB 2537 |
Last Action: Not again placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 524; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. |
| SB 2542 |
Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the creation of the Harris County Improvement District No. 17; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a tax, and issue bonds. |
| SB 2552 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of Harris County Improvement District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. |
| SB 2568 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and distributed Caption: Relating to a prohibition against the knowing employment of persons not lawfully present in the United States and the suspension of licenses held by certain employers for the knowing employment of those persons. |
| SB 2584 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the reporting of certain felons incarcerated in Texas jails to federal authorities. |
| SCR 51 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Urging the Congress of the United States to oppose any efforts to adopt the Employee Free Choice Act or any similar legislation. |
| SCR 63 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending the Governor William P. Clements, Jr., Scholars on their service to their state. |
| SJR 13 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. |
| SJR 40 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right of freedom of conscience. |
| SR 3 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring election volunteers on the occasion of Volunteers for Democracy Day. |
| SR 158 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Rodney Dale Waters of Spring. |
| SR 499 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Sydney Drain for her commitment to service and volunteerism. |
| SR 542 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Urging all Texans to work to reduce the incidence of drunk driving in our state. |
| SR 648 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Elnor Lee Garrett Moran of Houston on the occasion of her 100th birthday. |
| SR 747 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Houston Community College Northwest on the occasion of the renaming of its Town and Country Campus as the Spring Branch Campus. |
| SR 983 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating John A. Heath for being named one of Houston's "Top 40 Under 40" by the Houston Business Journal. |
| 80th Regular Session | |
| SB 186 |
Last Action: Co-author authorized Caption: Relating to the protection of life, including unborn life, from the point of fertilization; providing penalties. |
| SB 268 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the imposition of a fee for money transmissions sent to a destination outside the United States and to the use of the revenue for border security purposes. |
| SB 347 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. |
| SB 348 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the establishment of a 10 percent limit on annual increases in the appraised value for ad valorem tax purposes of certain real property, other than residence homesteads, used primarily for residential purposes by the owner of the property. |
| SB 393 |
Last Action: Effective on 9/1/07 Caption: Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of election volunteers. |
| SB 394 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to joint municipal and school district elections. |
| SB 550 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the percentage of available general fund revenue allocated by a school district for instructional activities. |
| SB 582 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the school district's tax rate and protecting a school district against any resulting loss in local revenue. |
| SB 583 |
Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to the waiting period for a divorce on the grounds of insupportability. |
| SB 630 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the creation of a public integrity unit in the office of the attorney general to prosecute offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses, and offenses involving insurance fraud. |
| SB 631 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to an offense involving a motor vehicle with an altered or obscured license plate. |
| SB 773 |
Last Action: Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of criminal trespass by illegal aliens and to certain procedures for arresting illegal aliens suspected of committing criminal offenses. |
| SB 800 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the delegation of certain medical acts by a physician to an advanced practice nurse or physician assistant. |
| SB 801 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of property located in more than one appraisal district and to the boundaries of an appraisal district. |
| SB 920 |
Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to informed consent to an abortion. |
| SB 1010 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to exempting sales of certain hurricane preparation and summer seasonal supplies from the sales tax for a limited period. |
| SB 1098 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to a subsidy for health benefits coverage for certain adopted children. |
| SB 1099 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to a local option election in Harris County to set a limitation of not less than three percent on the maximum average annual increase in the appraised value of residence homesteads for purposes of ad valorem taxation by each political subdivision in the county. |
| SB 1190 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the establishment of a commission on state government spending to address waste, fraud, and abuse in state agency operations. |
| SB 1191 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to special reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission by certain candidates and political committees after receiving large political contributions from a person. |
| SB 1192 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to restrictions on certain lobbyist expenditures for meals provided to legislators; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 1193 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to lobbying by former members of the legislature; creating an offense. |
| SB 1194 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to retirement benefits for members of the legislature. |
| SB 1195 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to restrictions on the use of political contributions by certain state officers; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 1197 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to filling of a vacancy in an office of a county. |
| SB 1199 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to restrictions on certain lobbyist expenditures for meals provided to legislative employees; providing a criminal penalty. |
| SB 1200 |
Last Action: Placed on Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to rules governing the sale of tickets to an instant lottery game. |
| SB 1290 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to abolition of the statutory legislative continuance. |
| SB 1327 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle. |
| SB 1328 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the civil and criminal consequences of driving while intoxicated. |
| SB 1329 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the criminal penalty for evading arrest by using a vehicle. |
| SB 1330 |
Last Action: Referred to s/c by chair Caption: Relating to prohibiting the investment of state funds in certain private business entities doing business in Iran. |
| SB 1347 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to a mandatory DNA record for individuals convicted of certain offenses or adjudicated as having engaged in conduct constituting the commission of certain offenses. |
| SB 1348 |
Last Action: Referred to Civil Practices Caption: Relating to the liability of a governmental unit for action taken by a peace officer engaged in the pursuit of a motor vehicle. |
| SB 1349 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the annexation of certain municipally owned airports. |
| SB 1350 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to limits on the appropriations by the Legislature. |
| SB 1487 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to requiring annual reporting of public school district expenditures for extracurricular facilities. |
| SB 1488 |
Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the Texas Teach Corps student loan repayment assistance program for certain classroom teachers who teach academic subjects in public schools in this state that have a shortage of teachers in academic subjects. |
| SB 1564 |
Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to eligibility of certain persons for an alcoholic beverage license or permit. |
| SB 1565 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to a local option election in the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County to set a limitation of not less than three percent on the maximum average annual increase in the appraised value of residence homesteads for purposes of ad valorem taxation by each county, municipality, and junior college district in the territory of the transit authority and to require the redistribution of not more than one-eighth of the sales and use tax revenue of the transit authority to those taxing units. |
| SB 1566 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Bleeding Disorders Advisory Council. |
| SB 1567 |
Last Action: Referred to Health & Human Services Caption: Relating to the creation of the adoption incentive program. |
| SB 1568 |
Last Action: Referred to Education Caption: Relating to the structure, powers, and duties of the State Board of Education and the commissioner of education. |
| SB 1569 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the automatic admission of undergraduate students to a general academic teaching institution that is a component institution of a university system. |
| SB 1570 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the eligibility of an undergraduate student for automatic admission to public institutions of higher education. |
| SB 1571 |
Last Action: Left pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to requiring a minimum SAT or ACT score as a prerequisite to the automatic admission of an undergraduate student to certain public institutions of higher education. |
| SB 1839 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain officers to serve as election judges or clerks. |
| SB 1840 |
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the authority of a peace officer to inquire into the immigration status of certain persons. |
| SB 1943 |
Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to participation by private school students in University Interscholastic League sponsored activities. |
| SB 1944 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public money for fees and dues of a state association or organization. |
| SJR 14 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum average annual increase in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to three percent or more. |
| SJR 15 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to establish a 10 percent limit on annual increases in the appraised value for ad valorem tax purposes of certain real property, other than residence homesteads, used primarily for residential purposes by the owner of the property. |
| SJR 24 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for public school purposes on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the rate of those taxes. |
| SJR 26 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the attorney general to prosecute offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses, and offenses involving insurance fraud. |
| SJR 39 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a local option election in Harris County to set a limitation of not less than three percent on the maximum average annual increase in the appraised value of residence homesteads for purposes of ad valorem taxation by each political subdivision in the county. |
| SJR 41 |
Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a commission on state government spending to address waste, fraud, and abuse in state agency operations. |
| SJR 42 |
Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on members of the legislature. |
| SJR 50 |
Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a local option election in the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County to set a limitation of not less than three percent on the maximum average annual increase in the appraised value of residence homesteads for purposes of ad valorem taxation by each county, municipality, and junior college district in the territory of the transit authority and to require the redistribution of a portion of the sales and use tax revenue of the transit authority to those political subdivisions. |
| SJR 59 |
Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow an officer of a municipal utility district to simultaneously serve as an election judge. |
| SR 141 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Providing for the display of the motto "In God We Trust" in the senate chamber. |
| SR 228 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Be An Angel Fund, Inc., for its contributions to the children of Houston. |
| SR 259 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring Joe H. Reynolds for his professional and civic service. |
| SR 473 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the contributions that individuals of Irish descent have made to the State of Texas. |
| SR 552 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Frankye Lloyd McHan on the occasion of her 80th birthday. |
| SR 891 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing James Christopher Schilling on the occasion of his 38th birthday. |
| SR 899 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Anna DeSanctis for winning the Prudential Spirit of Community Award. |
| SR 900 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Jonathan Nitsch for his accomplishments. |
| SR 941 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing May 1, 2007, as Cold War Victory Day. |
| SR 1019 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Glen Dock Cheek of Harris County. |
| SR 1121 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Irma Hicks of Houston on the occasion of her 100th birthday. |
| SR 1223 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Joanne Bentley for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1224 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Myra Davis for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1227 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Sherrie D. Giles for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1228 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Amy Delgado for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1229 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Deborah Houston for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1230 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Sonia Clayton for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1231 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Michelle Brekke for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1232 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Vicki Lynn Jowell for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1233 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Pushkala Atri for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1234 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Donece Knudsen for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1235 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Elizabeth Meyers for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1236 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Marie Myers for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1237 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Denise Marcilio for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1238 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Martha Ontiveros De Landeau for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1239 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Bindya Patel for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1240 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Kari Rhame for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1241 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Jane Shoppell for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1242 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Claretta Strickland for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1243 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Elizabeth Takacs for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1244 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Becky Thomas for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1245 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Sonya Ware for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1246 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Marguerite Williams for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1247 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Mercy Thomas for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |
| SR 1248 |
Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Cynthia Sterling for her selection as one of the Top Houston Women in Technology. |