Texas Legislature

Author:

Eissler | Hochberg | Keffer | Dutton | Raymond

Bohac | Bolton | Button | Cohen | Cook | et al.

Shapiro

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to public school accountability, curriculum, and promotion requirements.

Author:

Crownover | McCall | Sheffield | Alvarado

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

05/08/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted

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

Author:

Eiland | Turner, Sylvester

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

04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars

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.

Author:

Branch | McCall | Coleman | McClendon | Madden

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

Zaffirini

06/17/2009 E See remarks for effective date

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.

Author:

Lucio III | Jackson, Jim | Martinez, "Mando" | Edwards | Herrero

Allen | Alvarado | Bolton | Chavez | Farias | et al.

05/01/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to a medical assistance buy-in program for children with certain developmental disabilities.

Author:

Patrick | Eissler | Anchia | Pitts | Thompson

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

Zaffirini

06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor

Relating to an enhanced quality full-day prekindergarten program provided by public school districts in conjunction with community providers.

Author:

Naishtat | King, Susan | Howard, Charlie | Bohac | Hughes

Bolton | Herrero | Menendez

05/13/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to a career ladder for interveners who provide services under the deaf-blind with multiple disabilities waiver program.

Author:

Naishtat | King, Susan | Howard, Charlie | Bohac | Menendez

Bolton | Guillen | Jackson, Jim | Marquez

05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to providing home- and community-based support services under the Medicaid program to persons who are deaf-blind with multiple disabilities.

Author:

Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Kent | Anchia | Davis, John

Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.

05/21/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce

Relating to the on-premises consumption of certain alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty.

Author:

Anchia | Zerwas | Shelton | Howard, Donna | Hopson

Bolton | Maldonado

03/24/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to medical loss ratios of certain health benefit plan issuers.

Author:

Raymond

Bolton | Christian | Howard, Donna | Kuempel | Martinez, "Mando" | et al.

04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to prohibiting human cloning and other uses of human tissue by institutions of higher education; providing penalties.

Author:

Martinez Fischer | Pitts | Gallego | Berman | Lucio III

Allen | Alonzo | Bolton | Branch | Burnam | et al.

Ellis

05/13/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to a qualified privilege of a journalist not to testify.

Author:

Callegari | Harless

Allen | Bolton

05/15/2009 H Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.

Relating to the liability of certain public utilities that allow recreational use of land that the public utility owns, occupies, or leases.

Author:

Swinford | Rose | Eissler | Eiland | Gallego

Bolton | Bonnen | Cook | Creighton | Darby | et al.

04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to eligibility for the small and mid-sized adjustment under the public school finance system.

Author:

Strama | Gonzales | Anchia | Lucio III | Pierson

Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Bolton | Brown, Fred | et al.

05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to bullying and harassment in public schools.

Author:

Rose | Gattis | Aycock

Bolton | Howard, Donna | Maldonado | Miller, Doug | Strama

04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to access by the members of electric cooperatives to meetings of the boards of directors and certain information of the electric cooperatives.

Author:

Crownover | Naishtat | Flores | Heflin | Anchia

Alvarado | Anderson | Berman | Bolton | Bonnen | et al.

03/03/2009 H Referred to Public Education

Relating to funding of the Communities In Schools program.

Author:

Woolley | Hardcastle | Turner, Sylvester

Bolton | Howard, Donna | Kuempel | Martinez, "Mando" | Rose

03/03/2009 H Referred to State Affairs

Relating to the regulation of the use of human cells and tissue, including a ban on human cloning; providing penalties.

Author:

Pierson | Vaught | Dukes | Kent | Naishtat

Bolton | Burnam | King, Susan

Uresti

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to newborn screening and the creation of the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee.

Author:

Davis, Yvonne | Martinez Fischer | Deshotel | Hodge | Gonzales

Allen | Alonzo | Bolton | Burnam | Chavez | et al.

04/01/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee

Relating to the provision of commercial mobile service to customers.

Author:

Rios Ybarra | Anderson | Gonzales | Hunter | Martinez, "Mando"

Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | Bolton | et al.

05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to a public health extension service pilot program.

Author:

Davis, Yvonne | Deshotel | Hodge | Gonzales | Eiland

Allen | Bolton | Burnam | Chavez | Coleman | et al.

04/01/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee

Relating to the provision of video programming service to consumers.

Author:

Davis, Yvonne | Deshotel | Hodge | Gonzales | Eiland

Alonzo | Bolton | Burnam | Chavez | Coleman | et al.

04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the provision of Internet service to consumers.

Author:

Cohen | Anchia | Dukes | Pitts | Hartnett

Allen | Alonzo | Berman | Bohac | Bolton | et al.

05/13/2009 H Postponed

Relating to the fee based on admissions to certain sexually oriented businesses.

Author:

Solomons | Raymond | Marquez | Homer | Branch

Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.

Zaffirini

05/11/2009 S Left pending in committee

Relating to determination of state contributions for participation by certain junior college employees in the state employees group benefits program.

Author:

Rodriguez

Bolton

05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to certain mass transit entities.

Author:

Anchia | Bohac | Leibowitz

Bolton

Carona

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to the accuracy, security, and reliability of certain electronic voting systems.

Author:

Naishtat | Kent | Rios Ybarra | Leibowitz

Bolton | Lucio III

Zaffirini

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim who has not reported the assault to a law enforcement agency.

Author:

Dunnam | Crownover | Coleman | Turner, Sylvester | Gattis

Alvarado | Bolton | Castro | Cohen | Deshotel | et al.

05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance

Relating to accountability and transparency in government operations, including disclosure, oversight, and enforcement measures; providing penalties.

Author:

Coleman | Dukes | Zerwas | Davis, John | Naishtat

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

05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance

Relating to the administration and funding of and eligibility for the child health plan, medical assistance, and other programs.

Author:

Weber | Anchia | Thompson | Naishtat | Alvarado

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

Van de Putte

06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

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.

Author:

Maldonado | Kleinschmidt | Rodriguez | Dukes | Strama

Aycock | Bolton | Gattis | Howard, Donna | Naishtat | et al.

Watson

05/20/2009 E Signed by the Governor

Recognizing all those who participated in the 2008 Capital Area State Employee Charitable Campaign.

Author:

Hunter | Herrero | Ortiz, Jr. | Leibowitz

Bolton | Davis, John | Dukes | Howard, Donna | Naishtat | et al.

Hinojosa

05/22/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 22 2009 11:40AM

Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives to provide for a joint interim legislative study on the availability of medical treatment for patients with Lyme diseases in Texas.

Author:

Vo | Hilderbran | Pitts | Dunnam | Taylor

Alonzo | Alvarado | Bohac | Bolton | Brown, Fred | et al.

Hinojosa

06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor

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.

Author:

Elkins

Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bohac | Bolton | et al.

Wentworth

05/27/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar

Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.

Author:

Allen | Turner, Sylvester | Giddings | Bohac | Thompson

Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.

Ellis

05/26/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State

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.

Author:

Coleman | Farabee | Kuempel | Homer | Anderson

Allen | Berman | Bolton | Brown, Betty | Burnam | et al.

04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

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.

Author:

Raymond | Chisum | Homer | Hamilton | Pitts

Alvarado | Bolton | Eiland | Farrar | Guillen | et al.

Hinojosa

06/01/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State

Proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right of the public to access and use public beaches.

Author:

Kent

Allen | Anderson | Bolton | Cook | Davis, John | et al.

02/20/2009 H Reported enrolled: Feb 20 2009 8:10AM

Welcoming a delegation from Baylor University to the State Capitol on February 19, 2009.

Author:

Maldonado

Allen | Alvarado | Bolton | Cohen | Farrar | et al.

04/28/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 28 2009 7:55AM

Honoring State Representative Senfronia Thompson on her receipt of the Lifetime Achievement Award from Annie's List.

Author:

Dunnam | Coleman | Moody

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

04/24/2009 H Referred to State Affairs

Reaffirming the pride of all Texans in our one and indivisible National Union and State.

Author:

Riddle | Kent | Anderson

Bolton | Davis, John | Dunnam | Eiland | Hughes | et al.

06/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jun 4 2009 2:00PM

In memory of Brendon Chase Mooney of Spring.

Author:

Maldonado | Geren | McClendon | Dunnam | Taylor

Allen | Bolton | Davis, Yvonne | Gattis | Gonzalez Toureilles | et al.

06/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jun 4 2009 2:00PM

Honoring the staff of the housekeeping/grounds and maintenance divisions of the State Preservation Board for their role in preserving the Texas State Capitol.