Texas Legislature

Author:

Thompson | Jackson, Jim | Madden | Harless | Menendez

Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | et al.

04/07/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and certain criminal and civil consequences of offenses involving or related to the trafficking of persons and to certain protections for victims of those offenses.

Author:

Darby | Geren | Anderson, Rodney | Pitts | Menendez

Aliseda | Aycock | Beck | Bohac | Brown | et al.

Harris

06/17/2011 E Effective immediately

Relating to prohibiting certain private transfer fees and the preservation of private real property rights; providing penalties.

Author:

Cook | Hilderbran | Kolkhorst | Schwertner | Lozano

Aliseda | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | et al.

Eltife

05/28/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11

Relating to reports filed with the comptroller regarding certain alcoholic beverage sales; providing a penalty.

Author:

McClendon | Gallego | Johnson | Dukes | Giddings

Burnam | King, Susan | Naishtat | Reynolds | Veasey | et al.

04/21/2011 H Motion to reconsider spread on the Journal

Relating to the creation of a commission to investigate convictions after exoneration and to prevent wrongful convictions.

Author:

Strama

Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Hernandez Luna | Johnson | et al.

03/01/2011 H Left pending in committee

Relating to bullying, including cyberbullying, in public schools.

Author:

Hochberg | Huberty | Hardcastle | Turner | Villarreal

Bonnen | Burnam | Christian | Isaac | Keffer | et al.

03/01/2011 H Left pending in committee

Relating to requirements for students to be assessed in certain subjects and in certain grades.

Author:

Johnson | Sheffield | Farrar | Crownover | Lucio III

Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Bonnen | Burkett | et al.

05/02/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities of certain elected officials convicted of certain crimes.

Author:

Pitts | Giddings | Otto | Riddle | Aycock

Darby | Hardcastle | Lozano | Madden | Patrick, Diane | et al.

Ogden

06/01/2011 E Effective immediately

Relating to making an appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund for expenditure during the current state fiscal biennium.

Author:

Eissler | Aycock | Guillen | Shelton

Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | et al.

Shapiro

05/17/2011 S No action taken in committee

Relating to state-adopted assessment instruments administered to public school students.

Author:

Callegari | Zerwas | Carter

Aliseda | Cain | Harper-Brown | Hughes | Isaac | et al.

04/12/2011 H Left pending in committee

Relating to requiring the use of an ignition interlock device on conviction of certain intoxication offenses.

Author:

Crownover | Zerwas | Pitts | Otto | Alvarado

Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Berman | et al.

05/12/2011 H Postponed

Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

Author:

Thompson

Reynolds

04/20/2011 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to consideration of a bidder's principal place of business in awarding certain municipal contracts.

Author:

Allen | Nash

Burnam | Farrar | Miles | Patrick, Diane | Reynolds | et al.

03/15/2011 H Left pending in committee

Relating to corporal punishment in public schools.

Author:

Gonzalez, Naomi | Hughes | Villarreal | Oliveira | Margo

Reynolds

Seliger

06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11

Relating to the calculation of interest on certain ad valorem tax refunds.

Author:

Kolkhorst | Pitts | Harless | Zerwas | Phillips

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Bohac | et al.

Hegar

06/17/2011 E Effective immediately

Relating to repeal of authority for the establishment and operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor.

Author:

Elkins | Sheets

Aliseda | Anchia | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.

Williams

05/28/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11

Relating to speed limits.

Author:

Sheets | Taylor, Larry

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Carter | Driver | et al.

03/15/2011 H Left pending in committee

Relating to adding certain synthetic substances to Penalty Group 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Author:

Veasey | Bonnen | Lewis | Keffer

Gallego | Gonzales, Veronica | Harper-Brown | Mallory Caraway | Pickett | et al.

04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee

Relating to requiring the Legislative Budget Board to disclose proposed discontinuation of funding for public institutions.

Author:

Simpson | Rodriguez, Eddie | Menendez | Kolkhorst | Chisum

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.

Patrick

05/25/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar

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.

Author:

Simpson | Rodriguez, Eddie | Menendez | Kolkhorst | Chisum

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.

05/09/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the regulation of body imaging scanning equipment in airports; providing criminal and civil penalties.

Author:

Patrick, Diane | Shelton | Strama | Eissler | Guillen

Alvarado | Aycock | Burnam | Dukes | Farias | et al.

Van de Putte

06/17/2011 E Effective immediately

Relating to bullying in public schools.

Author:

Coleman | Woolley | Turner | Callegari | Bonnen

Allen | Alvarado | Bohac | Creighton | Davis, John | et al.

03/23/2011 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the distribution of money appropriated from the national research university fund.

Author:

Miller, Doug | Button | McClendon | Chisum

Burkett | Christian | Creighton | Flynn | Gooden | et al.

Duncan

06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11

Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Author:

Cain | Strama | Morrison | Schwertner | Torres

Anchia | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Burkett | Callegari | et al.

04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the format of the general appropriations bill.

Author:

Gonzales, Larry | Huberty | McClendon | Strama | Veasey

Bohac | Burkett | Carter | Christian | Creighton | et al.

05/16/2011 S Referred to State Affairs

Relating to a supplemental payment for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the unfunded actuarial liabilities allowed under that system.

Author:

Hilderbran | Frullo | Perry | Smithee | Keffer

Chisum | Craddick | Darby | Hardcastle | Landtroop | et al.

Duncan

02/14/2011 E Signed by the Governor

Recognizing February 1, 2011, as Texas Tech University System Day.

Author:

Dukes | McClendon | Johnson

Allen | Anchia | Burnam | Coleman | Guillen | et al.

05/05/2011 H Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.

Designating February 21 through 27 of each year from 2011 through 2020 as Barbara Jordan Freedom Week.

Author:

Creighton | Taylor, Larry | Gonzales, Larry | Bonnen | Hilderbran

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Berman | et al.

Patrick

05/25/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar

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.

Author:

Burkett | Flynn | Brown | Paxton

Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Berman | Cain | et al.

05/19/2011 S Referred to State Affairs

Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Author:

Thompson | Geren

Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | et al.

Wentworth

06/17/2011 E Signed by the Governor

In memory of the Honorable Edmund Kuempel of Seguin.

Author:

Hartnett | Sheets | Aliseda | Riddle | Anchia

Allen | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Bonnen | Branch | et al.

05/23/2011 S Received from the House

Urging the federal government to grant a conditional green card to certain noncitizens to allow them to enlist in the United States armed forces and urging the federal government to award citizenship to these immigrants upon the completion of four years of honorable military service.

Author:

Solomons | Callegari | King, Susan | Kolkhorst | Truitt

Aliseda | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | et al.

04/21/2011 H Considered in Calendars

Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on local governments.

Author:

Farrar

Allen | Alvarado | Coleman | Dutton | Hernandez Luna | et al.

02/01/2011 H Reported enrolled: Feb 1 2011 8:00AM

Congratulating Sarah L. Hirsch on being named director of party administration of the Harris County Democratic Party.

Author:

Farias | Coleman | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | McClendon | Gallego

Allen | Burkett | Davis, John | Davis, Yvonne | Farrar | et al.

05/05/2011 H Reported enrolled: May 5 2011 9:40AM

Commending President Barack Obama, intelligence personnel, and members of the armed forces for the successful completion of their operation.