Legislation authored by Kenneth Vaughan

Includes legislation with Kenneth Vaughan as the primary author for the 64th through 65th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

65th Regular Session
HB 300 Last Action: Effective in 90 days
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Metric System Advisory Council and the study of a transition to the metric sytem; and declaring an emergency.
HB 702 Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing
Caption: Relating to fees collected by district clerks.
HB 889 Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing
Caption: Relating to retired district judges or appellate judges sitting as commissioners to the courts of civil appeals.
HB 890 Last Action: Effective in 90 days
Caption: Relating to military leave of absence and restoration of employment to veterans.
HB 900 Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs
Caption: Relating to exemption of certain child care facilities and child caring institutions and to venue in suits for injunctive relief under the Child Care Licensing Act.
HB 985 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs
Caption: Relating to authority of a city to extend the application of certain ordinances to its area of extraterritorial jurisdiction.
HB 1168 Last Action: Effective in 90 days
Caption: Relating to the definition of "rural area" in the Texas Rural Industrial Development Act.
HB 1254 Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing
Caption: Relating to jail facilities for low risk prisoners.
HB 1354 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare
Caption: Relating to exemption of certain child care facilities and to venue in suits for injunctive relief under the Child Care Licensing Act.
HB 1355 Last Action: Effective in 90 days
Caption: Relating to the membership of the Courts of Civil Appeals and the authority to sit in panels and to sit in other Courts of Civil Appeals.
HB 1356 Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to reasonable attorneys fees provided for in a note or other evidence of indebtedness.
HB 1385 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education
Caption: Relating to special education for exceptional children under the Foundation School Program.
HB 1542 Last Action: Assigned to General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the rate of interest on delinquent ad valorem taxes.
HB 1629 Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing
Caption: Relating to the amount of and recovery of attorney's fees in a suit by an independent school districts to collect delinquent property taxes.
HB 1676 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Liquor Regulation
Caption: Relating to the prohibition of alcoholic beverage advertising; providing penalties.
HB 1677 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Liquor Regulation
Caption: Relating to the transportation of an alcoholic beverage in a vehicle; providing a penalty.
HB 1863 Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing
Caption: Relating to the licensing of employees of pawnshops, minimum assets to be maintained, and providing for the retention by a pawnshop of pledged property upon written notice by any law enforcement agency; providing a severability clause.
HB 1864 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Energy Resources
Caption: Relating to powers, duties, and financing of certain entities providing certain electric facilities; validating certain actions of those entities.
HB 2045 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the taxation of all alcoloic beverages, distilled spirits, wine and vinous liquor, ale and malt liquor, and all other types of liquor; establishing the Retail Liquor Tax Fund; establishing a method of collection; authorizing expenditure of the funds.
HCR 185 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Directing the chief clerk to correct an error in HB1355.
HJR 77 Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing
Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Texas Constitution to increase the membership of the courts of civil appeals with authority to sit in panels or to sit in other courts of civil appeals.
64th Regular Session
HB 766 Last Action: Reported from committee with substitute
Caption: Relating to the authority of a Board of Adjustment to hear and determine initially the issue of discontinuance of a nonconforming use.
HB 767 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs
Caption: Providing authority for cities to extend ordinances governing development of land, building codes, electrical codes, plumbing codes and other ordinances governing the construction, alteration, or remodeling of structures, to extraterritorial jurisdiction.
HB 1630 Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing
Caption: Relating to the dismissal of certain members of a jury panel.
HB 1631 Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting
Caption: Relating to exempting certain child care facilities from State Department of Public Welfare licensing requirements.
HB 1632 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance
Caption: Relating to limits on certain policies of group life insurance.