HB 768 85-0 (2017)
Author: Davis, Yvonne
Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 20 in Dallas as the Apostle Lobias Murray Memorial Highway.
House: Transportation
Referred to Transportation
HR 2525 85-0 (2017)
Author: Johnson, Eric
Expressing support for the selection of Dallas as host of the 2036 Texas Bicentennial Exposition.
Reported enrolled
SR 865 85-0 (2017)
Author: West, Royce
Recognizing the City of Dallas for its contributions to the State of Texas.
Reported enrolled
HB 880 82-0 (2011)
Author: Alonzo, Roberto
Relating to making an appropriation to the Texas Department of Transportation for a streetcar line in Dallas.
House: Appropriations
Referred to Appropriations
HB 3438 81-0 (2009)
Author: Hodge, TerriSponsor: West, Royce
Relating to authorizing the Texas Board of Criminal Justice to convey certain real property to the City of Dallas in exchange for comparable property.
House: Land & Resource Management Senate: Criminal Justice
Effective immediately
SR 10 81-0 (2009)
Author: West, Royce
Recognizing the City of Dallas on the occasion of its 27th annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Celebration.
Reported enrolled
HR 1375 80-0 (2007)
Author: Goolsby, Tony
Recognizing the effort to designate a portion of Central Expressway in Dallas as the George W. Bush Expressway.
House: Transportation
Referred to Transportation
HR 1584 79-0 (2005)
Author: Branch, Dan
Honoring the 100th anniversary of Munger Place Historic District in Dallas.
House: Rules & Resolutions
Reported enrolled
HR 1936 79-0 (2005)
Author: Alonzo, Roberto
Honoring Oak Cliff on the occasion of the 103rd anniversary of its annexation to Dallas.
House: Rules & Resolutions
Reported enrolled
HR 2227 79-0 (2005)
Author: Alonzo, Roberto
Honoring Oak Cliff on the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of its annexation to Dallas.
Reported enrolled
HR 14 79-3 (2006)
Author: Goolsby, Tony
Honoring Dallas on the 150th anniversary of its incorporation.
House: Rules & Resolutions
Reported enrolled
HR 336 79-3 (2006)
Author: Branch, Dan | et. al.
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Dallas city charter.
Reported enrolled
SR 115 79-3 (2006)
Author: Carona, John
Honoring the City of Dallas on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of its charter.
Reported enrolled
HR 592 78-0 (2003)
Author: Alonzo, Roberto
Honoring Oak Cliff on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its annexation to Dallas.
Reported enrolled
HCR 249 77-0 (2001)
Author: Wohlgemuth, Arlene
Encouraging Boeing to move its new corporate headquarters to the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
House: Economic Development Senate: Business & Commerce
Referred to Business & Commerce
HB 140 76-0 (1999)
Author: Reyna, Arthur | et. al.
Relating to the state's support of certain municipalities' bids to host the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2012 Summer Olympic Games and agreements relating to the hosting of those international sporting events.
House: State Affairs
Left pending in committee
SR 342 76-0 (1999)
Author: Moncrief, Mike
Congratulating the Foundation of Women's Resources, the City of Dallas, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Reported enrolled
HCR 22 72-0 (1991)
Author: Cain, David | et. al.Sponsor: Johnson, Eddie
Commemorating the sesquicentennial of the city of Dallas.
House: Rules and Resolutions
Signed by the Governor
HCR 221 72-0 (1991)
Author: Hartnett, Will | et. al.Sponsor: Johnson, Eddie
Commending the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth for hosting the Southwest Stars & Stripes Salute, and welcoming all participants.
Signed by the Governor
SR 555 72-0 (1991)
Author: Johnson, Eddie
Commemorating the sesquicentennial of the city of Dallas.
Reported enrolled
SR 22 72-1 (1991)
Author: Harris, Chris
Requesting the lieutenant governor to establish an interim study committee to examine regional transportation issues in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Senate: Intergovernmental Relations
Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
HB 1853 71-0 (1989)
Author: Johnson, Sam
Relating to the transaction of business by, and the location of support personnel for, the court of appeals for the Fifth Court of Appeals District.
House: Judiciary
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 1864 71-0 (1989)
Author: Hill, Patricia
Relating to the juvenile board and court services department of Dallas County and to the salaries of the district judges having jurisdiction in Dallas County.
House: Judicial Affairs
Laid on table subj. to call in comm.
HJR 79 71-0 (1989)
Author: Hammond, Bill
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to successive amendments in 1989 to the city charter of the City of Dallas.
House: Elections
1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal.
SB 1021 71-0 (1989)
Author: Harris, O.H.Sponsor: Johnson, Sam
Relating to the transaction of business by and the location of support personnel for the court of appeals for the Fifth Court of Appeals District.
House: Judiciary Senate: Intergovernmental Relations
Effective on 9/1/89
SB 1537 71-0 (1989)
Author: Harris, O.H.Sponsor: Hill, Patricia
Relating to the juvenile board and court services department of Dallas County and to the salaries of the district judges having jurisdiction in Dallas County; authorizing and setting fees.
House: Judicial Affairs Senate: Intergovernmental Relations
Effective on 9/1/89
SJR 57 71-0 (1989)
Author: Johnson, Eddie
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to successive amendments in 1989 to the city charter of the City of Dallas.
Senate: Intergovernmental Relations
Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
SB 340 70-0 (1987)
Author: Leedom, JohnSponsor: Wolens, Steven
Relating to the municipal courts of record in Dallas.
House: Judicial Affairs Senate: Intergovernmental Relations
Effective in 90 days - 8/31/87
SB 1352 69-0 (1985)
Author: McFarland, Bob
Amending Chapter 628, Acts of the 68th Legislature pertaining to Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District and conferring additional rights, powers, privileges, authority and functions upon the District, authorizing the issuance of bonds, notes and other obligations; validating prior election's and other actions and contracts finding compliance with applicable constitutional provisions and declaring an emergency.
Senate: Natural Resources
No action taken in committee
HB 392 68-0 (1983)
Author: Wolens, Steven
Enabling the creation of municipal courts of record in the City of Dallas; prescribing the jurisdiction, administration, and procedure of the courts; providing for municipal judges and other personnel of the courts; prescribing the appeals from municipal courts of record.
House: Judicial Affairs
See remarks
HB 656 68-0 (1983)
Author: Hudson III, Samuel
Relating to the appointment of commissioners of the housing authority in the city of Dallas.
House: Urban Affairs
Referred to Committee on Urban Affairs
HR 473 68-0 (1983)
Author: Granoff, Al | et. al.
Urging the City of Dallas to reconsider any effort to dispose of lead-contaminated soil at Samuell Farms.
SB 1279 68-0 (1983)
Author: Mauzy, OscarSponsor: Granoff, Al
Relating to the creation and description of the Trinity River State Park and to certain powers and duties of the Parks and Wildlife Department; authorizing the city of Dallas to initiate, develop, complete, or maintain certain projects.
House: Environmental Affairs Senate: Natural Resources
Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars
SB 1216 67-0 (1981)
Author: Leedom, JohnSponsor: Semos, Chris V.
Enabling the creation of municipal courts of record in the City of Dallas; prescribing the jurisdiction, administration, and procedure of the courts; providing for municipal judges and other personnel of the courts; prescribing the appeals from municipal courts of record; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
House: Judicial Affairs Senate: Intergovernmental Relations
Failure to suspend the rules
HB 515 65-0 (1977)
Author: Evans, Charles
Changing the names of the criminal judicial districts of Dallas, Tarrant, and Jefferson counties to regular numberred judicial districts and changing the names of the courts to district courts; relating to the jurisdiction of those courts and making other provisions relative to the courts and the judges of the courts.
House: Judicial Affairs Senate: Intergovernmental Relations
Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
HB 1109 65-0 (1977)
Author: Maloney, Robert
Relating to the establishment, jurisdiction, and operation of municipal courts of record in the City of Dallas and providing for municipal judges and other personnel of the courts; prescribing the appeals from a municipal court of record; conforming the jurisdiction of other courts to the municipal court of record.
House: Judicial Affairs
Assigned to Local Calendar
HB 2108 65-0 (1977)
Author: Maloney, Robert
Relating to the creation of an additional Court of Civil Appeals to be located in the Fifteenth Supreme Judicial District in the city of Dallas; providing for where its business is to be transacted; providing for the appointment and subsequent election of one chief and two associate justices.
House: Judicial Affairs
Considered by subcommittee in public hearing
SB 339 65-0 (1977)
Author: Harris, O.H.
Authorizing the creation of municipal courts of record in the city of Dallas; prescribing the jurisdiction, administration, and procedure of the courts; providing for municipal judges and other personnel of the courts; prescribing the appeals from municipal courts of record; and declaring an emergency.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Vote recorded on
HB 1669 64-0 (1975)
Author: Semos, Chris V.
Authorizing the State Board of Control to convey certain land in Dallas County to the City of Dallas for public museum purposes with provision for reversion of title to the State of Texas under certain conditions.
House: State Affairs
Reported from committee favorably with amendments
SB 665 64-0 (1975)
Author: Braecklein, BillSponsor: Semos, Chris V.
Authorizing the State Board of Control to convey certain land in Dallas County to the City of Dallas for public museum purposes with provision for reversion of title to the State of Texas under certain conditions.
House: State Affairs Senate: State Affairs
Effective immediately
HB 327 63-0 (1973)
Author: Atwell, Ben
Authorizing the Commissioners Court of Dallas to establish and enforce subdivision development standards in unincorporated territory of Dallas County, except in areas wherein a city, by ordinance, has assumed jurisdiction for subdivision standards within its extraterritorial jurisdiction; providing for the submission of plats; providing for development specifications; providing for the subdivision filing fees, providing for construction standards, bonds, building permits, and on-site inspection.
House: Intergovernmental Affairs
Subcommittee hearing date
SR 271 63-0 (1973)
Author: Braecklein, Bill
Directing the State Affairs Committee or a sub-committee thereof to study feasibility of constructing State Office Building in Dallas.
Senate: Administration
HR 182 62-0 (1971)
Author: McAlister, R.B.
Congratulating the City of Dallas,
HB 324 60-0 (1967)
Author: Braun, Meyer Gus Rex | et. al.
Relating to authorizing the construction of improvements at certain institutions of The University of Texas System in Dallas, Houston, and Galveston; providing for a method of payment.
SB 274 60-0 (1967)
Author: Herring, Charles | et. al.
Relating to authorizing the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System to acquire by purchase, exchange, gift or otherwise certain properties to be used for campus expansion and University purposes in The University of Texas System.
SB 464 60-0 (1967)
Author: Kennard, Don | et. al.
Relating to directing the Board of Regents of The University of Texas to establish and maintain an Institute for Urban Studies in the Fort Worth-Dallas metropolitan area and the Board of Regents of the University of Houston to establish and maintain an Institute for Urban Studies in the Houston metropolitan area.
HB 348 59-0 (1965)
Author: Atwell, Ben
Relating to establishing the Dallas Neuropsychiatric Institute for treatment, teaching and research.
SB 23 59-0 (1965)
Author: Parkhouse, George M.
Relating to creating a municipal court in and for the City of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
HB 277 55-0 (1957)
Author: Sanders, Jr., Harold Barefoot | et. al.
Relating to leasing the Texas Hall of State Building located in the City of Dallas, situated in Fair Park, a park owned by the City of Dallas.
SB 139 55-0 (1957)
Author: Parkhouse, George M.
Relating to leasing the Texas Hall of State Building located in the City of Dallas, situated in Fair Park.
SB 99 53-0 (1953)
Author: Parkhouse, George M.
Relating to providing for constructing, operating and maintaining a turnpike between the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth.
HB 347 52-0 (1951)
Author: Sherman, Frantz H. | et. al.
Relating to amending certain acts authorizing Dallas County Flood Control District to issue bonds.
HB 544 52-0 (1951)
Author: Atwell, Ben | et. al.
Relating to amending certain Act relative to the taking of rough fish in the waters of Dallas County.
HB 2 51-0 (1949)
Author: Reed, William Otey | et. al.
Relating to creating the Southwestern Medical College of the University of Texas; making appropriations for buildings, equipment, maintenance and operation of said College; providing a saving clause.
SB 126 51-0 (1949)
Author: Harris, Fred R. "Red"
Relating to creating the Southwestern Medical College of the University of Texas; fixing its location; authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Texas to accept on behalf of the State of Texas certain real, personal and mixed property in the City of Dallas; providing a saving clause.
HB 623 49-0 (1945)
Author: Parkhouse, George M. | et. al.
Relating to authorizing and directing the State Board of Control to purchase site for and construct at a total cost of not to exceed $1,500,000.00 of which entire cost of the amount of the purchase of the site therefor shall not exceed 10% of said total sum, for the purpose of constructing within not more than five miles from the city limits of Dallas, Texas, State Cancer and Pellagra Hospital and the Dallas Psychopathic Hospital, and both of which shall compose the Dallas State Hospital; making an appropriation.
SB 469 39-0 (1925)
Author: Moore, Joseph M. "Joe" | et. al.
Relating to making an appropriation of $150,000.00 to construct and equip a psychopathic hospital in in the City of Dallas.
Senate: Finance
HB 516 38-0 (1923)
Author: Carpenter, Lewis Thomas | et. al.
Relating to governing the Issuance of Teachers' Certificate in the Teacher Training Course of the Dallas Public Schools.
HB 31 32-1 (1911)
Relating to amending "An Act to grant a new charter to the city of Dallas, Dallas county, Texas," approved April 13, relating to the issuance and ratification of bonds of the city of Dallas, regulating the hours of opening and closing saloons.
HB 583 31-0 (1909)
Author: Crawford, Jr., William Lyne
Relating to amending an act entitled "An Act to grant a new charter to the city of Dallas, Dallas county, Texas, repealing all laws or parts of laws in conflict therewith and declaring an emergency," providing that the board of commissioners shall have the power to appropriate private property for public purposes either within or without the city limits, whenever the said board shall deem it necessary of certain purposes, and by further amending said act, providing for the holding of a special bond election for the purpose of determining upon the proposition of issuing bonds of the city of Dallas, for the purpose of disposing of and diverting the sanitary sewerage of the city for Trinity river.
SB 300 31-0 (1909)
Relating to providing for the sale, disposition or removal of any and all property of the State of Texas, which is or has been used by the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas, at Tyler and Dallas, Texas; to provide for the removal to Austin, Texas, of any of such property not so sold.
SB 173 30-0 (1907)
Author: Senter, Erasmus Gilbert
Relating to amending the city charter of the city of Dallas and the acts amendatory of said city charter of the city of Dallas, and confirming, ratifying and validating certain series of municipal coupon bonds issued by the city of Dallas by virtue of certain ordinances passed by the city council of the city of Dallas under the charter of the city of Dallas.
SB 316 30-0 (1907)
Author: Senter, Erasmus Gilbert
Relating to granting a new charter to the city of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
HB 628 29-0 (1905)
Relating to amending the charter for the City of Dallas in regard to city boundaries, elected and appointed offices, and other matters.
SB 316 28-0 (1903)
Author: McKamy, Jr., William Cooper
Relating to amending the charter for the City of Dallas, relative to the boundary lines of said city, changing said boundary and limits of the said city of Dallas, and thereby including within and attaching to said city of Dallas the corporation and city of Oak Cliff, and certain other adjacent territory, and abolishing the corporation of the city of Oak Cliff.
SB 317 28-0 (1903)
Author: McKamy, Jr., William Cooper
Relating to Dallas - city charter- amendment.
HB 342 26-0 (1899)
Relating to incorporating the City of Dallas, and to grant it a new charter.
HB 562 24-0 (1895)
Relating to transferring cases and writs of error now on appeal from the counties of Smith and Gregg in Court of Civil Appeal at Dallas, to the Court of Civil Appeals at Galveston.
SB 258 24-0 (1895)
Relating to incorporating the city of Dallas and to granting it a new charter.
HB 676 23-0 (1893)
Relating to incorporating the city of Dallas.
SB 259 23-0 (1893)
Relating to creating a criminal district court for the county of Dallas, and prescribing the jurisdiction thereof.
HB 280 20-0 (1887)
Relating to incorporating the city of Dallas.
HB 391 19-0 (1885)
Relating to amending the acts incorporating the city of Dallas.
SB 236 18-0 (1883)
Relating to amending an act incorporating the city of Dallas and granting a new charter to said city
SB 333 18-0 (1883)
An act ceding to U.S. exclusive jurisdiction over certain property in Dallas for public building.
SB 341 18-0 (1883)
Relating to amending an act incorporating the city of Austin
