45th 1st Called Session
May 27, 1937 - June 25, 1937
Leadership
Governor: James V Allred
Lieutenant Governor: information not available.
Speaker(s) of the House:
Robert Wilburn Calvert
Special Session Topics
- Outlaw and prohibit the so-called pari-mutuel betting or gaming on horse races, at race tracks, legalized by the Acts of the Forty-third Legislature in 1933 [Sat May 22, 1937]
- Bookie statute [Mon Jun 7, 1937]
- Disposition of jacks and stallions belonging to the state [Mon Jun 7, 1937]
- Outlawing and prohibiting betting or wagering of any kind on this character of racing [Mon Jun 7, 1937]
- Authorize a suit against the State Highway Department and the State [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Authorize certain investigations to be made before the issuance of a charter to labor organizations, expecting farmers [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Authorize execution of oil and gas leases by nonresident guardians [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Bounty on rattlesnakes in Bell County [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Brownsboro independent school district bill [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Certain corrections in House Bill 5, Acts of the Forty-fifth Legislature, which corrections have been requested by Hon. Bert Ford, Administrator for the Texas Liquor Control Board [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Correct inadvertent errors in Senate Bill No. 84, Acts of the Regular Session [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Enable a renewal of the charter of the San Antonio Express Publishing Company [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Local bond validation bill for Harris County [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Local game bill [Prairie Chickens, Colorado and Austin Counties] [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Local game bill [Use of seines in Bosque River] [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Local hospital bill [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Local jury wheel bill [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Local time warrant bill [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Local validation bill [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Local validation bond bill for Chambers County [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Lower the allowance for prisoners working out fines from $3.00 to $1.00 [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Make the State season for mourning and white-wing doves correspond with Federal regulations [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Prohibit candidates from making certain donations [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Provide for six members of the State Embalming Board, to be appointed by the State Board of Health [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Repeal of House Bill 915, Acts of the Regular Session (School consolidation bill) [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Validate certain independent school district elections [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Validate local bonds [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Validate the issuance of bonds for the New London School District and Gladewater [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
- Amend Article 305, Revised Civil Statues of 1925 (relative to candidates applying for examination to practice law) [Tue Jun 22, 1937]
Bill statistics for the 45th Legislature, 1st Called Session
Status |
HB |
HCR |
HJR |
HR |
SB |
SCR |
SJR |
SR |
Total HB & SB |
Total |
Filed |
84 |
29 |
0 |
44 |
29 |
11 |
0 |
17 |
113 |
214 |
Passed |
29 |
19 |
0 |
33 |
21 |
7 |
0 |
16 |
50 |
125 |
Vetoed |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |