Legislation authored by Lane Denton
Includes legislation with Lane Denton as the primary author for the 62nd through 64th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 64th Regular Session | |
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| HB 151 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Appropriating state funds to Texas State Technical Institute for constructing and equipping an instructional building. |
| HB 426 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the valuation of property in common school districts for school tax purposes. |
| HB 427 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the assessment and collection of taxes by rural high school districts. |
| HB 428 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the conversion of certain common school districts to independent school districts. |
| HB 429 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to certain tax exemptions and deductions as an incentive to the use of solar energy devices. |
| HB 465 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Exempting certain athletic organizations from the payment of the Limited Sales, Excise and Use Tax. |
| HB 581 |
Last Action: Reported from committee with substitute Caption: Relating to the examination, treatment, and discharge of children committed to the Texas Youth Council; requiring a hearing on the issue of parole revocation; authorizing the purchase of services from private agencies. |
| HB 582 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to programs of the Texas Youth Council to prevent the delinquency of children and to divert from the juvenile justice system predelinquent children; authorizing the Texas Youth Council to contract with cities and political subdivisions of the state and private individuals and organizations for the implementation of delinquency diversion and prevention programs. |
| HB 590 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the receipt and disposition of pollution complaints by certain state agencies and the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority. |
| HB 768 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the qualification of certain applicants for licensure to practice medicine. |
| HB 834 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the payment, collection, and deposit of adult probation fees in McLennan County. |
| HB 835 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the composition of state representative districts in McLennan County. |
| HB 844 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the organization of the executive department of state government; creating the Commission on Organization of the Executive Departments of the Government and prescribing its powers, duties, and functions. |
| HB 1233 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the disposition of funds collected or received by certain state agencies and institutions. |
| HB 1234 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the requirement that a tape recording and minutes be made and kept of every meeting or session of a governmental body. |
| HB 1246 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the type of services aged persons employed in community programs may provide. |
| HB 1525 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Relating to insurance covering losses and damages from accidents occurring at Nuclear power plants. |
| HB 1541 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the accessibility of information in the custody of certain governmental agencies or bodies; increasing the penalties. |
| HB 1556 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the furnishing of natural gas to certain public utilities and customers. |
| HB 1601 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to regulation of certain gas utilities. |
| HB 1661 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to the qualifications for membership on the Texas Board of Licensure for Nursing Home Administrators; providing for appointment of board members. |
| HB 1662 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the publication and distribution of the Texas Cotton Market News by the commissioner of agriculture. |
| HB 1663 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the disclosure of foreign investors' interests in certain real estate, corporations, banks, and insurance companies. |
| HB 1664 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to vertical integration in agriculture. |
| HB 1665 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to farming or owning of agricultural land by certain individuals or corporations. |
| HB 1666 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to regulation of certain health care institutions. |
| HB 1769 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to creation, powers, and duties of the Advisory Council on Services for the Elderly. |
| HB 1770 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: To prescribe the process for the calling of a Constitutional Convention to convene on May 17, 1976; to provide the qualifications of delegates and for the election of delegates; to provide for a preconvention planning committee; to provide for the authority and operation of the convention; to provide for the compensation of delegates; to provide for the submission of convention proposals. |
| HB 1848 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Revenue and Taxation Caption: Relating to the creation, powers, duties, and funding of a property tax division in the office of the comptroller of public accounts; authorizing certain suits in the district courts; providing for payments by certain taxing units. |
| HB 1849 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Revenue and Taxation Caption: Relating to the assessment of property for tax purposes. |
| HB 1850 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Revenue and Taxation Caption: Relating to the imposition, collection, and disposition of a real property transfer tax; providing penalties for certain violations. |
| HB 1851 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Requiring that school lunches be made available to students in certain schools; directing the Central Education Agency to establish nutritional standards for school lunches. |
| HB 1852 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to the allocation of classroom teacher units for kindergarten classes under the Foundation School Program. |
| HB 1853 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to contracts negotiated by the State Department of Public Welfare with private insurance organizations for the payment of medical assistance services for eligible recipients. |
| HB 1854 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to facilities in which certain persons suspected of being mentally ill may be admitted for emergency observation or treatment. |
| HB 1855 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Relating to prohibition of certain types of discrimination in determining motor vehicle insurance rates. |
| HB 1857 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to sick leave and injury leave of absence for certain fire fighters. |
| HB 1858 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to validation of the proceedings and ordinances of a general law city annexing or attempting to annex areas that include the entire territory of a municipally owned municipal airport and to validation of the boundaries of the city after the annexation or attempted annexation. |
| HB 1871 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to a comprehensive program for child care and child abuse services; creating the Texas Children and Youth Services Council; transferring certain duties, functions, and property of the Texas Youth Council, the State Department of Public Welfare, the State Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and the Texas Department of Community Affairs. |
| HB 1899 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Energy Resources Caption: Relating to a research and development program for the conversion of solar energy into electric energy. |
| HB 2071 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Youth Council to assist local communities with services and funding of programs for delinquent children and children in danger of becoming delinquent; permitting the Texas Youth Council to promulgate rules and regulations concerning such funding; providing for the creation of an Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and of County Youth Services Boards. |
| HCR 6 |
Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Congratulating the Baylor University Bears football team on winning the 1974 Southwest Conference championship. |
| HCR 99 |
Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Industrial Development Caption: Relating to requesting the Industrial Commission to study problems of communities when a state institution is closed. |
| HJR 82 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: Relating to providing separate formulas for the appraisal of certain open-space land. |
| HR 8 | Caption: Providing for a picture panel of the members of the House of Representatives. |
| HR 155 | Caption: Relating to requesting the Committee on Social Services to make an interim study on the delivery and effectiveness of social services. |
| HR 178 | Caption: Requesting the Highway Department to designate the road between Waco and Washington-on-the-Brazos as "Old River Road" for the bicentennial celebration. |
| 63rd Regular Session | |
| HB 6 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the accessibility of information in the custody of certain governmental agencies and bodies; prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 57 |
Last Action: Sent to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the receipt and disposition of pollution complaints by certain state agencies; and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 58 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Revenue and Taxation Caption: Relating to exempting from the Limited Sales, Use and Excise Tax Act the sale, production, distribution, lease or rental of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this State of gas and electricity for residential use. |
| HB 59 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Authorizing certain transportation companies to provide reduced rates or fares for persons who are 60 years of age or older or who are blind or disabled. |
| HB 207 |
Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to the determination of motor vehicle insurance rates by the State Board of Insurance and their approval by the Legislature. |
| HB 208 |
Last Action: Sent to Calendar Committee Caption: Relating to political advertising in elections; providing criminal and civil penalties for false representations of the source of the advertising. |
| HB 365 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the exemption of certain children from compulsory attendance at public schools. |
| HB 366 |
Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Relating to death or disablement pension benefits for firemen suffering from heart or lung disease. |
| HB 368 |
Last Action: Sent to Calendar Committee Caption: Relating to residence requirements for certain firemen and policemen. |
| HB 390 |
Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to the creation, organization, management, and financing of districts. |
| HB 391 |
Last Action: Message from the Governor Caption: Relating to advertising prior to the sale of bonds of municipal utility districts, water control and improvement districts, fresh water supply districts, and certain special law water districts defined in this Act. |
| HB 392 |
Last Action: Committee hearing date Caption: Relating to qualifications for tax assessor and collectors of water control and improvement districts, fresh water supply districts, municipal utility districts, and certain special law districts defined in this Act. |
| HB 393 |
Last Action: Message from the Governor Caption: Relating to the district office, meeting place, and records of water control and improvement districts, fresh water supply districts, municipal utility districts, and certain special law districts, municipal utility districts, and certain special law districts as defined in this Act. |
| HB 394 |
Last Action: Message from the Governor Caption: Relating to the qualifications and disqualifications of directors of water control and improvement districts and municipal utility districts, supervisors of fresh water supply district, and members of governing boards of certain special law districts. |
| HB 821 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to right of a person arrested for an offense of which an element is intoxication to a chemical test of his breath. |
| HB 1103 |
Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to programs of teacher training for the teaching of disadvantaged students in the public junior colleges. |
| HB 1285 |
Last Action: Sent to Calendar Committee Caption: Relating to the coordination of emergency medical services by State Department of Health; and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 1286 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to local fund assignment under the Foundation School Program for certain school districts in McLennan County. |
| HB 1308 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the certification by the Comptroller of the qualifications of certain persons appraising property for property tax purposes; providing certification for certain schools, colleges, and universities training certain property appraisers; providing penalties; limiting the purposes for which certain persons may be employed by the commissioners court in determining tax data. |
| HB 1309 |
Last Action: Committee hearing date Caption: Relating to repealing the authorization of cities to designate industrial districts; providing a saving provision. |
| HB 1311 |
Last Action: Committee hearing date Caption: Relating to the assessment of property for tax purposes. |
| HB 1313 |
Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to the calculation of an economic index of the financial ability of each county to support the Foundation School Program. |
| HB 1314 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to property tax exemptions for certain nursing home operations. |
| HB 1315 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Business and Industry Caption: Relating to the payment of interest to the borrower on certain monthly charges collected by banks and savings and loan associations on real estate loans. |
| HB 1316 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the creation, powers, duties, and funding of a property tax division in the office of the comptroller of public accounts; authorizing certain suits in the district courts; providing for payments by certain taxing units. |
| HB 1317 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the imposition, collection, and disposition of a real property transfer tax; providing penalties for certain violations. |
| HB 1323 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the waiting period following the initial claim for unemployment compensation. |
| HB 1324 |
Last Action: Laid on table Caption: Relating to service retirement allowances and longevity pay for certain members of the Employee Retirement System of Texas. |
| HB 1325 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Providing for citation by publication in actions in forcible detainer. |
| HB 1329 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Transportation Caption: Relating to the suspension of drivers' licenses. |
| HB 1380 |
Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Relating to compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned. |
| HB 1381 |
Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the creation of a state personnel board. |
| HB 1382 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Elections Caption: Relating to write-in candidacy for public office. |
| HB 1383 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to contracts negotiated by the State Department of Public Welfare with private insurance organizations for the payment of medical assistance services for eligible recipients. |
| HB 1384 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to contracts negotiated by the State Department of Public Welfare with private insurance organizations for the payment of medical assistance services for eligible recipients. |
| HB 1385 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the assessing, administration, collection, and enforcement of taxes on certain intangible property of individuals, firms, corporations, and others; providing a penalty; providing for severability. |
| HB 1528 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the membership of the Texas Commission for Indian Affairs, amending Article 5421z, Subchapter A, Section 2, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 1545 |
Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Providing for a Voters' Information Television Broadcast; amending the Texas Election Code by adding Section 8(a); and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 1623 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Providing for nonvoting student representatives on the boards of trustees of junior college districts; amending Subchapter E, Chapter 130, Texas Education Code, by adding Section 130.088; and declaring an emergency. |
| HCR 2 | Caption: Directing the State Board of Insurance to make certain changes in its ratemaking system regarding drivers under 25 years of age. |
| HCR 5 |
Last Action: Committee hearing notice posted Caption: Creating a Constitutional Revision Commission. |
| HCR 55 |
Last Action: Reported engrossed Caption: Proposing that the meetings and hearings of the Legislative Budget Board be tape-recorded and the records or tapes be kept on file. |
| HCR 69 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Granting Moses M. Kincannon permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HCR 70 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending Dr. Abner McCall for the outstanding job he has done at Baylor University and for the many invaluable contributions he has made to the city of Waco and the State of Texas. |
| HCR 122 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration Caption: Creating an interim committee to study problems of emotionally disturbed children. |
| HCR 146 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Memorializing the Congress of the United States to take immediate action to insure that the proposed cuts in veteran's benefits will not be effectuated. |
| HJR 47 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing an amendment of the Texas Constitution authorizing the legislature to impose ad valorem property taxes for public school purposes. |
| HJR 48 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing an amendment of the Texas Constitution to exempt from all property taxes household furniture and furnishings and personal clothing and to remove any requirement to render or account for those articles for purposes of taxation. |
| HR 22 | Caption: Congratulating the Honorable Bobby Loyd Thomas. |
| HR 26 | Caption: Instructing the Railroad Commission to make a written report on certain aspects of the energy crisis. |
| HR 55 | Caption: Instructing the Committee on Human Resources to study the problem of cardiovascular disease and health care. |
| HR 72 | Caption: Requesting Committee on Human Resources to study the needs of children of migrant families. |
| HR 76 | Caption: Authorizing the Sub-committee on Public Welfare of Human Resources Committee to conduct necessary studies on public welfare. |
| HR 119 | Caption: Memorializing Congress to take immediate action in the area of tax reform. |
| HR 120 | Caption: Creating an interim study committee to study nursing home costs, treatment, and care. |
| HR 124 | Caption: Amending the House Rules to provide for issuing passes to guests of members. |
| 63rd 1st Called Session | |
| HCR 3 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Requesting the State Board of Insurance to reduce automobile insurance rates in accordance with reduced speed limits. |
| HCR 4 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Natural Resources Caption: Requesting the Attorney General to conduct an investigation of trade practices of Texas oil companies. |
| HR 9 | Caption: Concerning activating the House General Investigating Committee to permit a thorough study of the energy crisis. |
| 62nd Regular Session | |
| HB 119 | Caption: Relating to the exemption of school teachers, clerical employees, and supervisory personnel from the requirement for annual tuberculosis examinations. |
| HB 120 | Caption: Relating to supplemental state salary aid to school districts. |
| HB 121 | Caption: Relating to a tax on abandoned motor vehicles. |
| HB 122 | Caption: Relating to presidential preference primaries and selection of delegates to national political conventions. |
| HB 141 | Caption: Relating to the creation and administration of a Texas Youth Employment Program by the Parks and Wildlife Department. |
| HB 142 | Caption: Relating to providing for the regulation and control of children's summer camps organized for education, recreational, or religious purposes; providing penalties for violation. |
| HB 526 | Caption: Relating to exempting from state college and university tuition and fees the dependent children of Texas military personnel missing in action or taken prisoner of war. |
| HB 864 | Caption: Relating to requiring separate confinement of persons younger than 25 years who are charged with or convicted of a narcotics or dangerous drug violation. |
| HB 919 | Caption: Relating to the authorization for students to serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the board of regents of each state-supported institution of higher education. |
| HB 1126 | Caption: Relating to participation in the municipal retirement system and board membership. |
| HR 24 | Caption: Creating an interim committee to study current programs of the emotionally disturbed child. |
| HR 166 | Caption: Allowing members to subscribe to Executive Services Incorporated. |
| HR 512 | Caption: Commending Mr. and Mrs. Travis Ellison of Axtell. |
| HR 605 | Caption: Commending Howard Ball of Waco. |
| 62nd 2nd Called Session | |
| HR 29 | Caption: Amending Rule I of the House Rules concerning officers of the House. |
| HR 30 | Caption: Amending Rule I of the House Rules concerning the staff of the Speaker. |
| HR 49 | Caption: Appointing a special interim committee to investigate improper use of state facilities for campaign purposes. |
| 62nd 3rd Called Session | |
| HCR 22 | Caption: Requesting the Governor to open the Call to consideration of certain legislative matters. |
| HR 25 | Caption: Urging Congress to step up screwworm control program. |
| 62nd 4th Called Session | |
| HCR 17 | Caption: Memorializing Congress to consider and enact emergency legislation raising the cotton loan rate to 50 percent parity and increasing exports of cotton under Title 2 of Public Law 480. |
| HR 13 | Caption: Commending the men of Delta Upsilon Fraternity and the women of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. |
| HR 14 | Caption: Requesting the Governor to include insurance reform generally under the call of the session. |
| HR 47 | Caption: Creating a special interim committee to study the amounts of and reasons for losses of wheat farmers. |
| HR 69 | Caption: Commending Henry Holcomb. |