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 6 | Author: | Eiland | Turner, Sylvester |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bohac | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to appropriations for damages and disruptions suffered by state agencies and institutions of higher education caused by natural disasters and to an appropriation for disaster relief generally. |
HB 9 | Author: | Truitt |
Coauthor: | Kent | |
Last Action: | 05/12/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to transportation funding in this state. |
HB 38 | Author: | Corte | Guillen | Maldonado | Flores | Gattis |
Coauthor: | Aycock | Button | Edwards | Gonzalez Toureilles | Kent | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/07/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call | |
Caption: | Relating to resident tuition rates at public institutions of higher education for certain veterans and their spouses and children. |
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 59 | Author: | Branch | Anchia | Giddings | Oliveira | Crownover |
Coauthor: | Alonzo | Berman | Button | Driver | Harper-Brown | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/13/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call | |
Caption: | Relating to the establishment of a law school in the city of Dallas by the University of North Texas System. |
HB 67 | Author: | Lucio III | Jackson, Jim | Martinez, "Mando" | Edwards | Herrero |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alvarado | Bolton | Chavez | Farias | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/01/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call | |
Caption: | Relating to a medical assistance buy-in program for children with certain developmental disabilities. |
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 498 | Author: | McClendon | Thompson | Gallego | Hodge | Pierson |
Coauthor: | Alvarado | Burnam | Chavez | Gutierrez | Kent | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Ellis | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to the establishment of an advisory panel to assist with a study regarding the prevention of wrongful convictions. |
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 610 | Author: | Naishtat | Herrero | Edwards | Menendez | Leibowitz |
Coauthor: | Guillen | Kent | King, Susan | Maldonado | Ortiz, Jr. | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Van de Putte | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to the establishment of the Legislative Committee on Aging and other initiatives relating to the aging population of this state. |
HB 662 | Author: | Ortiz, Jr. | Chavez | Coleman | Cook | Lucio III |
Coauthor: | Kent | |
Last Action: | 05/19/2009 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. | |
Caption: | Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle by a person under 18 years of age while using a wireless communications device. |
HB 741 | Author: | Castro | Strama | Villarreal | Farrar | Allen |
Coauthor: | Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | Cohen | Farias | et al. | |
Last Action: | 03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools. |
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 995 | Author: | Turner, Chris | Turner, Sylvester | Geren | Menendez | Bohac |
Coauthor: | Gonzales | Jackson, Jim | Kent | Kuempel | Pierson | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to notice of expiration and price change in certain retail electric service contracts. |
HB 1182 | Author: | Turner, Sylvester | Harless | Thibaut | Edwards | Leibowitz |
Coauthor: | Giddings | Kent | Pena | |
Sponsor: | Fraser | |
Last Action: | 05/26/2009 S Co-sponsor authorized | |
Caption: | Relating to the administration and purposes of the system benefit fund and the eligibility of customers for benefits under certain programs financed by the system benefit fund and other programs. |
HB 1198 | Author: | Button | Eissler | Pitts | Driver | Ortiz, Jr. |
Coauthor: | Allen | Brown, Fred | Edwards | Fletcher | Flynn | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to the qualifications for certification of a person as a qualified business under the enterprise zone program. |
HB 1205 | Author: | Button |
Coauthor: | Driver | Giddings | Jackson, Jim | Kent | Sheffield | |
Sponsor: | Carona | |
Last Action: | 05/20/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10 | |
Caption: | Relating to the circumstances in which the approval of the governing body of a taxing unit is required for refunds of overpayments or erroneous payments of ad valorem taxes. |
HB 1261 | Author: | Harper-Brown | Flynn | Laubenberg | Guillen | Herrero |
Coauthor: | Berman | Brown, Betty | Hopson | Kent | Martinez, "Mando" | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to an exemption from the motor vehicle sales tax for a limited period. |
HB 1277 | Author: | Button | Cook | Pitts | Deshotel | Giddings |
Coauthor: | Allen | Brown, Fred | Chavez | Driver | England | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Deuell | |
Last Action: | 05/25/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 25 2009 8:03PM | |
Caption: | Relating to the Texas Enterprise Fund, including the use of money from the fund, the terms of a grant agreement, and the duties of a grant recipient or entity that acquires a grant recipient. |
HB 1530 | Author: | Button | Driver | Hardcastle | Gonzalez Toureilles | Rios Ybarra |
Coauthor: | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Kent | Kleinschmidt | Miller, Doug | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Deuell | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to the licensing and regulation of health-related pest control by the Department of Agriculture. |
HB 1574 | Author: | Thompson | Pitts | Geren | Alonzo | Gonzales |
Coauthor: | Flores | Guillen | Kent | Leibowitz | Pena | |
Sponsor: | Gallegos | |
Last Action: | 05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to services for persons with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders and their families. |
HB 1594 | Author: | Anchia | Walle | Hodge | Miklos | Thibaut |
Coauthor: | Alvarado | Burnam | Farias | Gonzales | Herrero | et al. | |
Last Action: | 03/02/2009 H Referred to Insurance | |
Caption: | Relating to regulation of property and casualty insurance rates. |
HB 1633 | Author: | Walle | Martinez Fischer | Moody | Ortiz, Jr. | Leibowitz |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Bohac | Dutton | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Ellis | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of graffiti and to certain conditions imposed on defendants convicted of that offense or on juveniles adjudicated as having engaged in conduct in violation of that offense. |
HB 1673 | Author: | Crownover | Naishtat | Flores | Heflin | Anchia |
Coauthor: | Alvarado | Anderson | Berman | Bolton | Bonnen | et al. | |
Last Action: | 03/03/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
Caption: | Relating to funding of the Communities In Schools program. |
HB 1736 | Author: | Anchia | Davis, Yvonne | Branch | Hodge | Isett |
Coauthor: | Gonzales | Guillen | Jones | Kent | King, Susan | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Duncan | |
Last Action: | 05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to compensation of and services to persons wrongfully imprisoned. |
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 1948 | Author: | Rios Ybarra | Anderson | Gonzales | Hunter | Martinez, "Mando" |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | Bolton | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to a public health extension service pilot program. |
HB 2064 | Author: | Smithee | Hardcastle | Eiland | Bohac | Alonzo |
Coauthor: | Burnam | Flores | Gonzales | Herrero | Jackson, Jim | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Averitt | |
Last Action: | 05/30/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10 | |
Caption: | Relating to premium discounts for certain participants in the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool and to funding for those discounts through certain penalties. |
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 2083 | Author: | Solomons | Raymond | Marquez | Homer | Branch |
Coauthor: | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Zaffirini | |
Last Action: | 05/11/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
Caption: | Relating to determination of state contributions for participation by certain junior college employees in the state employees group benefits program. |
HB 2656 | Author: | Miller, Doug | Truitt | Herrero | Hunter | Gutierrez |
Coauthor: | Bohac | Brown, Fred | Button | Christian | Davis, John | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Duncan | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor | |
Caption: | Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
HB 2659 | Author: | Villarreal | Farrar |
Coauthor: | Kent | |
Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to an outreach campaign to promote fathers' involvement with their children before birth. |
HB 2686 | Author: | Shelton | Zerwas | Rose | Pitts | Naishtat |
Coauthor: | Coleman | Davis, John | Dukes | Gonzales | Hartnett | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/30/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to a pilot project to increase enrollee access to primary care services and simplify enrollment procedures under the child health plan program. |
HB 2942 | Author: | Dunnam | Crownover | Coleman | Turner, Sylvester | Gattis |
Coauthor: | Alvarado | Bolton | Castro | Cohen | Deshotel | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance | |
Caption: | Relating to accountability and transparency in government operations, including disclosure, oversight, and enforcement measures; providing penalties. |
HB 2962 | Author: | Coleman | Dukes | Zerwas | Davis, John | Naishtat |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bolton | et al. | |
Last Action: | 05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance | |
Caption: | Relating to the administration and funding of and eligibility for the child health plan, medical assistance, and other programs. |
HB 3331 | Author: | Pierson | Eiland | Gutierrez | Dunnam |
Coauthor: | Anchia | Berman | Coleman | Deshotel | England | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
Caption: | Relating to local option alcoholic beverage elections to change the status of an existing voting unit. |
HB 3634 | Author: | Geren | Rose | Callegari | Gattis | Ortiz, Jr. |
Coauthor: | Kent | Leibowitz | |
Sponsor: | Van de Putte | |
Last Action: | 05/27/2009 S Placed on intent calendar | |
Caption: | Relating to creditable service in the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the transfer of that credit between classes of membership for certain state employees. |
HB 4009 | Author: | Weber | Anchia | Thompson | Naishtat | Alvarado |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Van de Putte | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
Caption: | Relating to the provision of services to certain persons involved in, and the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of, offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, and to law enforcement training related to offenses involving that trafficking. |
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 4294 | Author: | Branch | Eissler | Strama | Oliveira | Aycock |
Coauthor: | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Button | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Shapiro | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
Caption: | Relating to textbooks, electronic textbooks, instructional material, and technological equipment in public schools. |
HB 4765 | Author: | Oliveira | Paxton | Hopson | Callegari | Creighton |
Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Patrick, Dan | |
Last Action: | 06/16/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
Caption: | Relating to the computation of the franchise tax. |
HCR 95 | Author: | Anchia | Naishtat | Marquez | Burnam | Menendez |
Coauthor: | Castro | Farrar | Hernandez | Kent | Olivo | et al. | |
Last Action: | 03/16/2009 H Referred to State Affairs | |
Caption: | Requesting that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security consider all alternatives to the detention of immigrant and asylum-seeking families with children. |
HCR 258 | Author: | Vo | Hilderbran | Pitts | Dunnam | Taylor |
Coauthor: | Alonzo | Alvarado | Bohac | Bolton | Brown, Fred | et al. | |
Sponsor: | Hinojosa | |
Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor | |
Caption: | Urging the University of Houston and other institutions of higher education to cease displaying the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and to replace it with the Freedom and Heritage Flag. |
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. |
HR 716 | Author: | Keffer | Kuempel | Pierson | England | Miklos |
Coauthor: | Alvarado | Christian | Edwards | Eiland | Herrero | et al. | |
Last Action: | 03/09/2009 H Referred to Appropriations | |
Caption: | Expressing intent that funds provided to the State of Texas by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act be spent, as far as practicable, on domestic goods, materials, and services. |
HR 1280 | Author: | Maldonado |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alvarado | Bolton | Cohen | Farrar | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/28/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 28 2009 7:55AM | |
Caption: | Honoring State Representative Senfronia Thompson on her receipt of the Lifetime Achievement Award from Annie's List. |
HR 1383 | Author: | Dunnam | Coleman | Moody |
Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bolton | et al. | |
Last Action: | 04/24/2009 H Referred to State Affairs | |
Caption: | Reaffirming the pride of all Texans in our one and indivisible National Union and State. |
HR 2886 | Author: | Maldonado | Geren | McClendon | Dunnam | Taylor |
Coauthor: | Allen | Bolton | Davis, Yvonne | Gattis | Gonzalez Toureilles | et al. | |
Last Action: | 06/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jun 4 2009 2:00PM | |
Caption: | Honoring the staff of the housekeeping/grounds and maintenance divisions of the State Preservation Board for their role in preserving the Texas State Capitol. |