HB 5 | Author: | Crownover | McCall | Sheffield | Alvarado |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bolton | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/08/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted | |
Caption: | Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties. |
HB 51 | Author: | Branch | McCall | Coleman | McClendon | Madden |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Zaffirini | |
Last Action: | 06/17/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
Caption: | Relating to measures to enhance and maintain the quality of state universities, including funding and incentives to support emerging public research universities, to the abolition of the higher education fund, to the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system, to the independent status of Lamar Institute of Technology, to research conducted by public universities and other state entities, and to the authorization of revenue bonds for certain institutions of higher education. |
HB 109 | Author: | Phillips | Olivo | Paxton | Martinez, "Mando" |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/15/2009 H Recalled from subcommittee | |
Caption: | Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund. |
HB 130 | Author: | Patrick | Eissler | Anchia | Pitts | Thompson |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Aycock | Berman | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Zaffirini | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor | |
Caption: | Relating to an enhanced quality full-day prekindergarten program provided by public school districts in conjunction with community providers. |
HB 168 | Author: | Crownover |
Coauthor: | Anchia | Darby | Farrar | Heflin | Smith, Todd | |
Last Action: | 03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental hygiene. |
HB 410 | Author: | Isett | Homer | Legler | Eiland | Harper-Brown |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Button | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/05/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice | |
Caption: | Relating to the requirement under certain circumstances that a license holder display the person's license to carry a concealed handgun. |
HB 528 | Author: | Vaught | Pierson | Parker | Anchia | Gattis |
Coauthor: | Allen | Burnam | Chavez | Cohen | Creighton | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/08/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call | |
Caption: | Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense. |
HB 873 | Author: | Dukes | Pitts | McCall | Cook | Homer |
Coauthor: | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Branch | Brown, Fred | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Deuell | |
Last Action: | 04/23/2009 E Effective immediately | |
Caption: | Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries. |
HB 1310 | Author: | Solomons | Shelton |
Coauthor: | Edwards | Heflin | |
Sponsor: | Nelson | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
Caption: | Relating to the use of a tanning facility device by a minor. |
HB 1483 | Author: | Pitts | Kuempel | Geren | Homer | Callegari |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Button | Chavez | et al. | |
Last Action: | 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to the use of eminent domain authority. |
HB 1555 | Author: | Patrick | McReynolds | Swinford | Bonnen | Oliveira |
Coauthor: | Berman | Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | Farabee | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to public school finance. |
HB 1801 | Author: | Bohac | Martinez Fischer | Castro | Patrick | Oliveira |
Coauthor: | Aycock | Branch | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Shapiro | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
Caption: | Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for a limited period for certain backpacks and school supplies specified by the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. |
HB 1918 | Author: | Darby | Chisum | Swinford | Keffer | Hardcastle |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Betty | Frost | Heflin | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Estes | |
Last Action: | 05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to changing the name of the Office of Rural Community Affairs to the Texas Department of Rural Affairs. |
HB 2070 | Author: | Cohen | Anchia | Dukes | Pitts | Hartnett |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Berman | Bohac | Bolton | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/13/2009 H Postponed | |
Caption: | Relating to the fee based on admissions to certain sexually oriented businesses. |
HB 3325 | Author: | Hughes | Lucio III | Cook | Rodriguez | Harless |
Coauthor: | Alonzo | Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients. |
HB 3612 | Author: | Otto | Oliveira | Villarreal | Gattis | Truitt |
Coauthor: | Aycock | Branch | Button | Callegari | Flynn | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Williams | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10 | |
Caption: | Relating to the creation of a pilot program that allows taxpayer appeals from certain appraisal review board determinations in certain counties to be heard by the State Office of Administrative Hearings. |
HB 3613 | Author: | Otto | Oliveira | Paxton | Taylor | Pena |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Williams | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
Caption: | Relating to the determination of the market value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead and to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans and to the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled based on disability rating. |
HB 3769 | Author: | Fletcher | Gallego | King, Phil | Solomons | Turner, Sylvester |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/29/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to certain fraudulent investment schemes; providing penalties. |
HB 4261 | Author: | Rodriguez | Gallego | Harless | Taylor | Keffer |
Coauthor: | Anchia | Burnam | Button | Cohen | Deshotel | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/05/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to establishing a no-interest loan program to promote the use of energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technology in certain residential dwellings, commercial buildings, and places of worship. |
HB 4525 | Author: | Parker | Button | Legler | Guillen |
Coauthor: | Heflin | Shelton | |
Sponsor: | Ellis | |
Last Action: | 05/27/2009 S Placed on intent calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to qualified manufacturing project zones. |
HCR 48 | Author: | Isett |
Coauthor: | Craddick | Darby | Fletcher | Heflin | Jones | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Duncan | |
Last Action: | 03/06/2009 E Signed by the Governor | |
Caption: | Recognizing February 17, 2009, as Texas Tech University System Day at the State Capitol. |
HJR 36 | Author: | Otto | Guillen | Rose |
Coauthor: | Eissler | Heflin | Leibowitz | Moody | Quintanilla | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Williams | |
Last Action: | 06/03/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State | |
Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead solely on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead; authorizing the legislature to authorize a single board of equalization for two or more adjoining appraisal entities that elect to provide for consolidated equalizations; and authorizing the legislature to provide for the administration and enforcement of uniform standards and procedures for appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes. |
HJR 39 | Author: | Allen | Turner, Sylvester | Giddings | Bohac | Thompson |
Coauthor: | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Ellis | |
Last Action: | 05/26/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State | |
Caption: | Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. |
HJR 84 | Author: | Coleman | Farabee | Kuempel | Homer | Anderson |
Coauthor: | Allen | Berman | Bolton | Brown, Betty | Burnam | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing a state mandate imposed on a county to have effect only if the state provides for payment to the county of the cost of the mandate. |
HJR 102 | Author: | Raymond | Chisum | Homer | Hamilton | Pitts |
Coauthor: | Alvarado | Bolton | Eiland | Farrar | Guillen | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Hinojosa | |
Last Action: | 06/01/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State | |
Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right of the public to access and use public beaches. |